After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Chapter 253 Qi Dynasty's Ships

Not long after Lei Dahong left, he brought someone over.

The man looked to be in his forties, with dark skin, a tall and thin figure, and long limbs. His fingers and toes were wider than those of ordinary people, similar to the shape of a palm-leaf fan.

Ye Wuwei took a look: This is the typical appearance of a fisherman who makes a living at sea.

"Sir, I heard you want to rent a boat and go out to sea?"

I didn't expect that this fisherman spoke Central Plains dialect quite well, at least fluently.

"Yes, I want to find the most experienced boatman and rent the best boat."

"My boat is the best in our fishing village, and I have extensive sailing experience. I just wonder what you want to do at sea?"

"I heard that watching the sunrise at sea is particularly beautiful, so I want to rent a boat to go out to sea to watch the sunrise."

"If you just want to go out to sea to watch the sunrise, then I can take you out to sea, but we can't stay overnight at sea, so we have to set off early."

"If I want to sail on the sea after watching the sunrise, is that okay?"

"It's okay within thirty miles of the coast, but I wouldn't dare go any further."

"Haven't you ever been to a farther sea?"

"Yes, we usually fish within 30 miles of the coast. Mainly because our boats don't dare to sail into the deep sea."

"Hasn't anyone from your fishing village ever been to a farther sea?"

The fishermen were a little hesitant.

Ye Wuwei didn't rush to ask, and threw a gold bar to the fisherman:

"Take us for a tour of the sea now, and tomorrow morning take us to watch the sunrise in another direction."

The fisherman's hands trembled as he took the gold bar: he had never seen such a big gold bar in his life.

"Master, please follow me."

The fisherman's boat was the most common fishing boat Ye Wuwei had ever seen in historical records, but this fishing boat was a bit big and could accommodate more than twenty people.

Such fishing boats really cannot go to the deep sea.

I don’t know what the most powerful ship of the Qi Dynasty looked like?

I don't think it's that powerful, otherwise the Qi Dynasty wouldn't have even formed a navy.

There were two other people on the boat.

The fisherman introduced: "This is my brother-in-law, and this is my son."

Ye Wuwei and the two of them nodded.

After getting on the boat, Ye Wuwei said casually:

"Do all the fishermen here speak Central Plains as well as you do?"

After receiving Ye Wuyi's gold bar, the fishermen spoke more casually.

"We can only speak simple Central Plains dialect, not complex ones."

Ye Wuwei pretended to be curious: "Why?"

"Since a few years ago, outsiders have often appeared at the beach and bought fish, shrimp and some food from us.

They mostly spoke the Central Plains dialect, so in order to do business with them more easily, we all learned some simple Central Plains dialect."

"You said there are often outsiders on the beach. Are they passing merchants?"

"We don't know either, but they all came from a big ship."

"There are big ships too?"

Ye Wuwei showed great curiosity:

“I’ve never seen a big ship, and I don’t know what a big ship looks like.

Can you show me the big ship? Money is not a problem."

The fisherman thought of the gold bar he had received, which was enough to support his family for several years, and his heart warmed.

"The big ship they were on only comes to the coast once in a while, so if you want to see it, you'll have to wait a few more days.

However, there is a business that has several large sailing ships that are not much different from the ones those people are on. I wonder if you would like to see them?"

"I want to see it, can you take me there now?"

"I can take you there right now, but I'm not sure if there are any ships docked there."

Ye Wuwei was lucky, he saw a large sailing ship docked on the shore.

The merchant company's large sailing ship was the junk that Ye Wuwei had seen in historical documents.

The four sails on the boat are not facing directly into the wind, but facing the windward side horizontally and slightly tilted.

According to historical records:

The design of the sails allows the ship to move forward at high speed even in headwinds, without having to lower the sails like Western sailing ships.

Historical records also record:

After improvements and evolution, junks were still active in coastal waters until the beginning of the 20th century, mostly used for trade and transportation.

The famous "Treasure Ship" of a certain dynasty was a modified version of the Junk ship we see today, and it sailed to the West many times.

Of course, the junk we see now can only sail near the coast.

Ye Wuwei asked:

"You've lived on the sea for many years. Apart from the large ships those people mentioned earlier were on, is this the largest and best ship you've ever seen?"

"Yes."

Ye Wuwei figured it out, so he asked the fisherman to take him on a voyage on the sea for a while before going ashore.

As soon as he got ashore, Ye Wuwei saw a familiar figure.