Chapter 414 Huge Ship
In case any strange big fish emerge from the deep water, it is better to have a precaution.
The boat was swaying, the water was rushing, and the birds were singing sharply. Mu Qingli raised her head. This culvert is really big, not only the hole is big, but the inside seems to be even bigger.
Incredibly wide.
Although the light is dim, it can still be seen that there are countless petrel nests densely hung on the uneven and high cave wall. Countless petrels are chirping and flying around, looking for food to feed the young petrels in the nest.
It's just that there is no land to stay in this culvert, so Mu Qingli and Mo Yunshen can only continue rowing inside.
After about a quarter of an hour, the light became darker and darker, and only the outlines on both sides could be vaguely seen.
But the two didn't take flashlights for lighting - they were afraid that the light would attract some fish at the bottom of the water.
"Mo Yunshen, do you feel that the water flow has slowed down a lot here, and it seems to be shallower than outside?"
Mo Yun smiled deeply: "I can't feel the depth, but the water has indeed slowed down. Ma'am, shall we continue?"
"That's natural." Mu Qingli nodded without thinking, and said with a smile, "I don't believe it. I can't find a place to stay in such a big culvert?"
As soon as the words fell, Mu Qingli frowned, and hurriedly said to Mo Yunshen with a "huh", "Look at the front? What is that?"
"Front? Nothing?" Mo Yunshen looked forward and saw a dark patch, which should be the wall of a mountain cave, right? Instead, he caught a glimpse of a place ahead, and said with a smile, "If you go further, you can go ashore!"
"I didn't mean that," Mu Qingli's voice was cautiously nervous, anticipating, and excited. She stopped the rubber boat, took out a flashlight from the space, turned it on, and shot it forward——
With this beam of bright light, the situation in the distance is clearly in sight. Both of them felt dizzy and blank for a while, and Mo Yunshen exclaimed in surprise: "Boat! It's a boat! My God, it's so A big boat! There is a boat here!"
Mu Qingli was also overjoyed. It turned out that her feeling was not wrong. The dark and almost integrated mountain in front of her was a huge ship! It's just that the distance is too far and the light is too dim, so I can't see clearly.
"Let's go there quickly!" Mu Qingli said hastily.
"Okay, lady!"
Both of them became excited, and they rowed the rubber boat together towards the huge boat.
When they came to the front, the two discovered that this huge ship had run aground here. The water depth here seemed to be not as deep as the waterway in front, and it might also be because of the sediment deposited later. The time is certainly not short.
And the wide waterway has come to an end here, and there are still waterways going forward, but the area has indeed shrunk by more than half suddenly, and it is impossible for such a huge ship to drive forward.
The two stood in the rubber boat and looked up. The boat was very, very huge, three floors high, but they were also about ten meters high from the lowest deck.
Mo Yunshen threw up the flying claw rope in his hand, and the iron claw hooked on the side of the ship.
After pulling the rope, it felt quite strong, Mo Yunshen smiled and said, "Lady, let's go up and have a look."
Mu Qingli nodded and said with a smile: "You go up first, and I'll come after I collect the rubber boat."
Mo Yunshen said hello and climbed up with the rope.
Mu Qingli followed afterward.
Standing on the huge deck, I stomped my feet vigorously, the deck is very strong. The two of them ran around and looked around again, and found that everything was solid, without any signs of decay.
Mu Qingli lit up on the deck with a flashlight, and said with a smile: "This is made of ebony, and there are probably no less than dozens of tung oil varnishes on the surface. Even if it has been exposed to wind and rain for hundreds of years, it will not be a problem. No wonder it’s still so solid.”
Mo Yunshen was also overjoyed, and said with a smile: "It seems that the material used for the hull and bottom of the boat must be stronger! My lady, with this boat, we can leave here!"
Mu Qingli's heart was beating wildly, and she couldn't help looking at Mo Yunshen: "Are you sure? Are you really willing to take the risk of going out to sea? If you can't go back, it will be worse than staying here."
Mo Yunshen smiled slightly, and said: "With this boat, there is still room for a lady. I don't think we have anything to be afraid of."
Mu Qingli laughed loudly, nodded and said with a smile: "That's true! It's just—those villagers..."
Mo Yunshen looked at the boat. The boat was undoubtedly huge, but the total population of the upper and lower villages was more than 6,000. Although this boat would not be overloaded with so many people, it would definitely be crowded.
Not only is it crowded, I'm afraid it will be too crowded.
That is not suitable for long voyages.
But when that time comes, it's hard to say who will be left behind, so we have to work harder.
According to him, it is more appropriate for this ship to carry 2,500 to 600 people, and 4,000 people are barely enough, but if it takes 6,000 people to load it, plus food, clothing, housing, transportation, and food storage, even if there is room for Mu Qingli , that is also a very headache.
"If possible, we can build two smaller boats to follow. There are a lot of good wood in Yixiantian. This is the shipbuilding technology..."
Mu Qingli raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "That's a good idea, I think it's a good idea. Isn't there a carpenter in our village? I think Uncle Qin's craftsmanship is very good. Isn't there a ready-made big boat here? Let him think about it , Research and research, maybe one can be created.”
There is no need to make such a big one, as long as it is strong enough to make do with it.
Anyway, let's sail first, if it's too bad, they will all be crowded on the big ship.
The two looked at each other and smiled, feeling relieved of their worries.
"Come on, let's go to the cabin and see what's inside!" Mu Qingli waved her hand, took out another flashlight from the space, and entered the cabin one after another with Mo Yunshen.
The cabin was covered with a thick layer of dust, intertwined with cobwebs, and many places were quite messy.
The two of them wandered around, and they were all common daily necessities and utensils.
The two of them didn't have much interest in these things, so they continued shopping.
In a camphor wood box in the captain's room, two thick logbooks, nautical charts, ship structure diagrams and other items were found, and the two couldn't help being ecstatic.
In this way, the worry about the future is really gone. With these things, there is no doubt that there is a guiding light, and with the ship structure diagram, it is not a problem to build one or two new ships.
Mu Qingli put these things into the space without hesitation, and took a closer look at them after returning.
Going down to the cabin, there are only some empty wooden barrels and empty boxes in the storage room. There is no food for a long time. There are a few bags of rice, but they are all moldy and spoiled, making it impossible to eat.