Aztec Eternals

"O Bodhisattva! How many times have I taught you this? Even Yumu's head should be enlightened! Why is it still muddy and clueless!...You look at my hands, like this, and like this, and finally Like this!...Turn hard and adjust the direction of the sail, facing the southwest..."

"The wind at the moment is south wind, south wind! The wind blows from south to north! If we sail north, the sail will face the south wind and turn slightly to the east, and cannot face it squarely! The Tang style longitudinal sail is naturally facing the wind. It needs to be tilted a little, and it needs to be tilted at such a small angle... But now when sailing eastward, the sail has to be turned greatly to the east, tilted at a big angle... Only half of it is left, and the other half is facing the south wind! Only in this way can we get out of the south wind. , borrow the strength of the wind and sail eastward!..."

"Oh my God! The mainsail is biased. Let's look at the direction of the bow! The two sails on the bow and stern must also be adjusted accordingly. Make sure the bow points east and don't let the ship slide north... The hull is tilted. Pressing toward the north is correct! We must rely on this oblique force to remove the force of the wind heading north, leaving only the force heading eastward..."

"Lord God! As he spoke, the wind direction changed again. It came from the southwest, and the strength it could borrow to go east would naturally be greater! ... Therefore, the sail needs to be adjusted a little more to make the ship sail faster. Quick...how to adjust it? Come and try...what?! Why are you still adjusting it to the west? You need to borrow energy from the east, not dump it! You will only adjust it slower and slower...What the hell! Why are you still adjusting it to the north? ?Then the bow of the ship will press northward, and then gradually turn northward!... Damn it! You have adjusted it to due north, facing the south wind completely, and the bow of the ship has not even turned around... In such a strong wind, the bow and sails If you twist your head, you will capsize the boat!… No, you are all wrong, you are a bunch of idiots!…”

Under the main mast of the shelter boat, sailmaker Pu Shunfan gestured and cursed, skillfully manipulated the complex rigging, and kept demonstrating the steering and adjustment of the main sail. He taught it hard for several times, and then asked the surrounding Unanga sailors to try to operate it. After a moment, he jumped up angrily and cursed loudly at a circle of tall sailors who were strong, silly, with simple eyes, and who couldn't understand his words at all.

"! What a bunch of stupid idiots! They grew up so big in vain, without any thought at all!...! I taught you for a month, and you didn't remember this. Such a stupid apprentice has to beat you with a stick. Only then can you have a long memory!…”

"Pu, the priest of Jiaoren is here!..."

Monk Soldier Watanabe stood nearby, folding his arms and covering the four fingers of his left hand, lazily looking at the joke. But when he glanced out of the corner of his eyes, he immediately reminded Park Shunfan. Then he turned around and saluted Mickey the Knowledgeable. After studying hard for more than half a year, he could actually say a Mexican greeting that was not fluent at this moment.

"Praise the Lord God! Salute you, respected priest!..."

"Ah? Ayigu! The priest who is bigger than the sky, I kowtow to you!...Praise that...Go carrot!..."

"Praise the Lord God! May the Lord God bless us and this ship of the Wind God! No need to kneel down, get up, everyone!..."

"Ah! Master, how can you salute these little ones? You can't do it, you absolutely can't do it!..."

Mikey, the knowledgeable man, returned the favor with a smile and pulled the sailmaker Pu Shunfan up with his own hands, which really made him feel a little flattered. Although these Jiaoren warriors killed people with great ferocity, the Jiaoren masters were all very polite to them. Meeting the courtesy of these noble people really made him a little uneasy, a little happy in his heart, but he didn't know how to respond... Pu Shunfan thought for a while, then held the golden sun charm around his neck, prayed devoutly, and secretly glanced at Mi Ki glance.

"Praise the Lord God! The Lord God is so good! ...Master, sir! Why are you here? Did I disturb you to rest? I will shut up now..."

"Ah? I, come here, rest?...Oh! I came to see how you taught them to control the sails and how to use the power of the wind..."

Listening to Pu Shunfan's stammering Mexica words, and looking at the other person's constant hand gestures, the knowledgeable Mickey blinked and could probably guess what the other person meant. He smiled and nodded, then looked carefully at the three masts on the ship, and also at the long sails that were spread out against the wind and rotated at an angle.

The tall main mast in front of us is about sixteen or seven meters high. The two masts at the bow and stern are much shorter, the mizzen mast is slightly shorter and tilts back, and the fore mast is half shorter and tilts forward. A wide fore-and-aft sail hangs from the mainmast, and the same fan-like fore-and-aft sail hangs from the bow and stern. Just depending on the height of the mast, the shape and size of these three longitudinal sails are obviously different.

However, the three hard longitudinal sails are all made of bamboo, wood and hemp, but there is no cotton material visible. Judging from the sailors' operations, the sails were adjusted by locks with simple pulleys, which seemed not difficult. After just a few glances, Mickey clearly felt the complexity and subtlety within it, and the wisdom and knowledge contained in it far exceeded that of the kingdom's galleys.

"Hey! May the Lord God enlighten you!...The layout of these three masts, the shape and size of the sails, and the rigging rigging all seem to contain the mystery of divinity. This is the best way to use the power of the wind god... "

"Witness the Lord! Master Pu Fan, why are the masts and sails on this ship designed in this way? And how come the material of this sail feels so hard and strong? What exactly is this strange hard longitudinal sail like? Being able to move and retract freely in the headwind?..."

"Uh! Sir, what did you say?...This, the mast? This, the sail? And this, the rigging?...Why is it such a shape, such a size? And why is it such a sail?...Why ?”

Hearing the priest's series of whys and watching Watanabe's interpreting words and gestures, sailmaker Pu Shunfan suddenly sweated on his forehead and felt a mountain of pressure. When he became nervous, his knees became weak as usual, and he wanted to kneel down and reply. But when he saw the kind expression on Mickey's face, he finally had the courage to stand and answer in a low voice.

"Ah! That...this...praise the Lord God!...Return to the Lord! The ship is hung with a hard Tang sail. It is originally stretched lengthwise, like a half-expanded fan!...You ask about the fan? Uh, I I don’t have one on my body... Oh! This fan shape is for the convenience of borrowing the wind, but it is not straight, but slightly slanted..."

"Oh! The square sail you are talking about is a sail shape from ancient times, and it is not suitable for sailing on the sea... I have also seen the square sail on the long ship. It is really fine cotton. It is really luxurious. Hey! Just like the 'Jin Sail Thief' in the Three Kingdoms storybook, it looks good, but it's useless for sailing..."

"Ahem! I'm wrong, I'm wrong! I didn't mean that, my lord, you are definitely not a thief, your lord is a general who leads the navy, oh no, he is the two stars in the sky!..."

Facing Mr. Mickey's inquiry, sailmaker Pu Shunfan was nervous and incoherent, wishing he could give himself two slaps. But he took a look at the other person's face, then looked at Watanabe who shook his head helplessly, and then he took a long breath. Obviously, Watanabe didn't translate what he said indiscriminately, maybe he didn't know how to say it at all...

"Ahem! Praise the Lord God!... This Tang-style longitudinal sail is different from the ancient horizontal sail. As long as this sail is hung up, it generally does not need to be raised or lowered during sailing. Even if it is against the wind, it does not need to be raised or lowered. Lower it. Just turn the sail sideways to the wind and adjust it in a line to avoid the influence of the headwind, and even borrow a little bit of wind power to move forward... Why do you think? Why why? Why can Borrow the wind?"

"This...I...that...the longitudinal sail can borrow the wind, and it can borrow the wind diagonally! In that wind, there are actually many winds, which can be divided into different directions. Then you can use different sails and different orientations Come and borrow it, finally put it together and drive the boat in one direction... Oops! Oops! I have been on the boat for twenty years, and this is what it looks like!..."

Mickey the Knowledgeable blinked curiously and asked questions one after another. Sailmaker Pu Shunfan tried hard to answer for two quarters of an hour, and the sweat dripped from his forehead, and he didn't even know what to say.

He has been sailing since he was fifteen years old and has been sailing for twenty years. How to adjust the sail to meet the wind is all the instinct of the muscles, engraved in his bones! If you ask him how to do it, under what wind conditions, how to adjust the opening and closing of the three sails, and how to adjust the bow and stern rudder, he will know it all. But if you ask him why? Then his head hurt and he couldn't explain the reason...

"Ayigu! Sir! I... I really don't understand what you mean. These are all sailing techniques taught step by step from generation to generation!... When I was learning, the master never taught me anything. Why am I just beating me with a stick to make me remember it!... But after staying on the boat for a long time, sailing the sail for many years, and how to adjust when encountering different winds, I have a clear understanding in my heart. I can’t tell you why!…”

"Uh! Are you asking about the shape?...The shape of the masts and sails, and even the shape of the hull, are all fixed in France. They are passed down from generation to generation by master craftsmen... This kind of ocean-covering boat The French style comes from the shipbuilders of the Ming Dynasty, and was passed down to us by the shipbuilders of the Ming Dynasty... If you want to ask..."

"Golden Shipwright, Jin Shanshu! Come here, my lord, I have something to ask you!...Sir, the Golden Shipwright knows! He knows what the French way of building a ship is!..."

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