Chapter 678

oh? Qian Jiujiu understands that today is to look at the finished product first, and then look at the manufacturing process tomorrow. This seems to be not bad, she has never seen the launching ceremony of the new boat in her previous life, so it happened to be a fun event today.

"That's it, well, let's see what the boat you built looks like first."

The new boat has not been launched yet, and it is parked in a hall. This hall seems to be specially used for docking new boats, because there is no cover around it, only the top can keep out the rain. There is also an oblique wave below, which directly connects to the sea. It is from here that the rope is lowered and the boat slides into the sea by itself.

It has to be said that these people's intelligence is still very high. After Qian Jiujiu walked around the shipyard, he saw Wan Houyu coming forward: "My lord, my concubine, the ceremony is ready."

Qian Jiujiu was quite curious, what kind of ceremony was it? The two followed behind Wan Houyu and walked towards the beach. It was only then that Qian Jiujiu saw that behind the shipyard there was a huge statue by the sea, which was a woman.

But now there are three live cows in front of the woman, some sacrificial items, and an old man in sacrificial attire leading a group of people singing and dancing there.

Qian Jiujiu asked curiously: "What are you doing?"

Wan Houyu replied with a smile: "Princess Wangfei, this is what we are praying to Empress Tianhou. After the new boat was launched, everything went smoothly. These three cows are sacrifices for Empress Tianhou, and they will be put on the boat later. Put it into the sea from the boat and dedicate it to the Empress Dowager.”

Speaking of this, Wan Houyu paused for a moment: "When the big boat goes into the water, if the concubine wants to be blessed, she can get closer to the boat. The splashes on the big boat represent the blessings bestowed by the queen of heaven."

The corner of Qian Jiujiu's mouth twitched, she knew that when the new boat was launched, there would be a ceremony, but this really has nothing to do with luck or anything.

Of course she won't say it out, after all, these are people's traditions, and they cannot be questioned by others. Instead, he quietly pulled Mu Yexiao: "Let's step back a little later, and take care of the two children, so nothing will happen."

Mu Yexiao looked at the position where the big boat was launched, and instantly understood what it was, as for luck. He felt that his good fortune was enough.

On the contrary, South, South, North and North have been paying attention to the sacrificial dance below, which seems to be very interesting. After the sacrificial dance is over, everyone drives the three cows towards the big boat together.

It is said to be a big ship, but in fact there is only one layer above it, except for the cabin deck, which is canvas. Relying on such a boat to go to sea, it is really close to death.

Qian Jiujiu watched the crew drive the three cows onto the big boat, and then started yelling to get the people standing on both sides of the passage to get out of the way. The people on both sides of the passage had already evacuated consciously, heading towards the sea.

"one two three!"

They yelled in neat voices, and waited for the three to be called, and then let go of the rope holding the big boat together, and then the big boat slid down towards the sea, fell into the sea, splashed a lot of water, and rushed towards both sides of the sea, A little sea water fell on the people on the beach.

This is different from what Qian Jiujiu thought, she thought it could knock people down! It turned out that it was really just a little wet, and nothing else happened.

The moment the big ship rushed down, it still looked very spectacular. South, North, and North were all dumbfounded: "The water splashes so high, sister, did you see it?"

Beibei followed suit and nodded: "Yes, but what are those people doing?"

The people below and the workers of the shipyard were all collecting the water below, and then poured the water on people, and the people who splashed it were still smiling.

Qian Jiujiu understood, this might also be a process of the ceremony. The four of them just stood on the sidelines and didn't participate, and soon the basic ceremony was completed.

Wan Houyu appeared in front of Qian Jiujiu and the two again: "My lord, my concubine, you can board the ship now."

Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at the wobbly big boat parked in the sea. The rope was picked up again and tied to the stake by the sea, which seemed to have stopped steadily.

After boarding the boat with Wan Houyu, watching the crew throw three buffaloes into the sea, it was regarded as a tribute to the Empress Dowager, and the ceremony was officially completed.

"My lord, my concubine, I will take you to visit the ship."

The upper deck is very wide. After entering the cabin, Qian Jiujiu found that these cabins were divided into small rooms. It looked very crowded, but Wan Houyu was very proud.

"These small rooms ensure that everyone has their own room. There is a special place to eat in the back, and there is a large cabin, which is used to stack the items we exchanged."

Qian Jiujiu looked around and realized that the life of these people at sea is not very good. If they go to sea, they can't take such a boat. It seems that an upgraded version of the shipbuilding process is bound to come out.

Today's new ship was launched very smoothly, and the benefits of Wanjia Shipyard are also good. The day after the new ship was launched, it turned out to be a holiday for everyone to rest for a day.

Afterwards, they continued to build ships. Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao took their children to play in Yongfeng Town for a day. After the workers started working the next day, Qian Jiujiu, Mu Yexiao and others also brought their children. Visit again.

Wan Houyu found that today's princess is very silent, and when she walks to a working position, she will stare at the worker and keep working. This made Wan Houyu feel very strange. Could it be that the concubine wanted to memorize all the procedures and then go back to build the ship by herself?

But it is not enough to know all the procedures in shipbuilding, there are also wood and so on, and the princess does not need to be so troublesome at all.

Nannan Beibei didn't have much interest in these things, and turned to look at Wan Xinxin: "Xinxin, let's go to the beach, there is nothing to see here."

Wan Xinxin also wanted to go to the beach, so she nodded in agreement, "Then let's go talk to my uncle."

The three children ran in front of Qian Jiujiu and the others, and Beibei spoke first: "Father, mother, we are going to play at the beach, is it okay?"

Qian Jiujiu thought that she would be very busy today, and it would not be safe for these children to walk around here, so she nodded: "Okay, go and play by yourself. Qingyue, look after the princess."

Qingyue nodded and saluted, then followed the three children and walked towards the beach. South, North and South rarely go to the beach to play, so seeing the sea, the whole person is very excited.

When I first arrived at the seaside, the north, south, and north were stunned, looking at the wide sea, could they go up, what fun is there here? So the two of them looked at Wan Xinxin. Wan Xinxin was also a child who grew up in Fucheng, so they knew how to play.

Wan Xinxin lowered her head in embarrassment: "Although I grew up in Fucheng, I didn't go out often, and I don't know what the children at the beach do."

South, South, North, and North were also dumbfounded. Fortunately, the luck of these three people is still very good. They saw the children who should be boatmen. At this time, they were holding things that the three children could not understand, and they were going to play on the beach. play.

South, South, North and North looked at each other, isn't this a ready-made playmate! Beibei looked at the two of them: "One of you two should go up and ask if we can play with them."

There were about ten or so children in this group, and they all looked about ten years old, not too big or too young, some were holding shovels and some were holding buckets, and there seemed to be something in the buckets.

I saw a few children starting to dig a hole on the beach as soon as they arrived at the beach, which aroused the three children's strong interest. Beibei couldn't help looking at Nannan: "Brother, go, you are all boys, so it's easier to talk."

There seems to be some truth in what he said, and it's not good to let his sister strike up a conversation with others. Nan Nan decided that it would be better for him to do this difficult task by himself.

Taking a deep breath, Nan Nan turned around and ran towards the children: "Hello, what are you doing?"

The children had no idea that this well-to-do-looking boy would come to talk to them. After a moment of silence, the older child replied, "We are roasting sweet potatoes."

Roasted sweet potato? Nan Nan didn't know what sweet potatoes were, but she still asked with great interest, "Then can my sisters and I join in? We finally came to the beach and want to play with you."

Hearing this, the children all looked towards Beibei and Xinxin. Seeing such a pretty little girl, the boys blushed, making the corners of Nannan's mouth twitch.

Thinking about letting my sister come over to play together, it doesn't seem like a good idea. I heard the boy who spoke first say: "Okay, you can come and play together, but you must obey the instructions."

Nannan speaks both dialects, and his younger sister wants to play too, so she nodded, "Okay, by the way, my name is Nannan, and the girl in red is called Beibei, and she is my younger sister. The other one is Xinxin, who is our friends."

While talking, he also waved at Beibei and Beibei, calling them all over. Beibei and Xinxin looked at each other, and then ran towards Nannan together.

I just met a few children introducing themselves, and the first child said: "My name is Da Mao, this is my brother Er Mao, this is Gou Zi, this is a stone, this is Xiao Yu..."

Xiaoyu is a girl, and the name is not bad, but someone actually called Gouzi, Beibei and Xinxin looked at each other, Beibei is quite well-informed, and it is not surprising that she has seen many nicknames like this.

"Big Brother, what are you doing?"

Da Mao looked at Beibei's blinking eyes, and instantly felt a kind of proud courage: "We are roasting sweet potatoes, you will know later, it is very delicious, I guess you haven't eaten it yet!"

Hearing this, the three people in the north and the north really became curious. The species in the Great Zhou Dynasty were not very rich, and it was only after Qian Jiujiu came that they got some.