Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1720 Snake Mountain Island

Wang Xuance saw the merchants walking away, so he stepped forward and said: "Mr. Fang, Mr. Wei, the place to stay has already been prepared. You two are exhausted from the long journey. You might as well take a rest first. When Pei Changshi returns in the evening, Let's hold a banquet to clean up the dust for the two of you."

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "It's not tiring to go down the river by boat." Glancing at Li Jing, he said, "I'm surprised now, and I'm eager to see this lighthouse worth 60 yuan. Peer?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "It's not just you who are surprised? The old man is almost scratching his heart. When he thinks of the number of 60, he is simply shocked by your son! Walking around, I don't see this so-called lighthouse. I'm afraid it will be tonight." Can't sleep at all!"

Fang Xuanling said politely to Wang Xuance: "So, please trouble little brother Wang to guide us."

Wang Xuance hurriedly said: "Don't dare, you can just call me by my name... The big ship the two of you are on is not suitable for going to sea, wait a moment, and wait for me to call a warship over."

Fang Xuanling and Li Jing were good friends, so they stood on the pier, looking curiously at the busy merchants around, while waiting for Wang Xuance to personally order the warships to come.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Your Erlang is really good at buying people's hearts. Just now, Wang Xuance would rather let two merchants reprimand us than to stop him. It shows that Xuanling's words have already offended this person. Hehe, he is so loyal to defend your son even if he offends you as a father. This person has a bit of a military style, not like the slippery and sophisticated in the officialdom, very good."

The army has its own system, and the subordinates are absolutely loyal to the superiors, which is completely different from the officialdom where everyone is happy.

That's why it is said that "scholars can't rebel for ten years", but when military generals rebel, there will always be a group of cronies who will follow them to the death...

Fang Xuanling nodded and said: "This son is a remote family of the Wang family in Taiyuan. He has never been welcomed by the family. When he was pulled out of his infancy by the dog, he was naturally grateful. He is indeed a person who values ​​love and justice. A talent, a talent."

Just as they were chatting, they saw a huge warship with a scissored bow and a sharp bottom slowly approaching upstream. Standing at the bow, Wang Xuance ordered the warship to dock, and helped Fang Xuanling and Li Jing board the warship.

When Fang Xuanling and Li Jing boarded the warship, sailors had already raised a huge dragon flag to the top of the mast, and the warship slowly sailed out of the Wusong River with the current, and when it reached the Yangtze River, it was fully hoisted. , the river wind was blowing, the sails were full, and the scissor-shaped bow split the river, galloping swiftly, no less than a galloping horse!
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The ochre-colored rocks are surrounded by yellow and blue sea water. From a distance, it looks like a magnificent picture scroll.

This is Snake Mountain Island...

If the Yangtze River is compared to a giant dragon, then Sheshan Island is the eyes on the top of the dragon's head.

The huge and mighty warship in the Wusong River is like a drop in the ocean at this moment, bumping on the vast sea, surrounded by wind and waves. The islands and reefs that are getting closer and closer can feel the magnificent sea and appreciate the insignificance of human beings.

At the bow of the ship, the sea breeze made Fang Xuanling and Li Jing's clothes squeak violently, Wang Xuance took a step behind and said: "On the sea, the wind blows and the waves are rough, and the waves are often turbulent, so it is difficult to sail, so it is very difficult to build this lighthouse. Just wait until the day of completion, the lighthouse erected on this island will guide the ships sailing in the wind and rain or at night."

As he spoke, he pointed to the southeast of Sheshan Island, and said, "It's the most dangerous place in the entire Yangtze Estuary, Jigu Reef. All the reefs are several feet above the sea surface. In the windy and rough weather, you can't see the rocks hidden in the waves." There are no reference objects around the reef at the bottom, and it is difficult to locate in the vast sea. I don’t know how many ships run aground here every year. The nearby seabed is full of sunken ships and dead bones. But after the lighthouse on Snake Island is built, ships can travel far away. If you see it, you can locate Jibone Reef, and no ship will sink here again.”

Fang Xuanling was silent for a while.

I always thought that my son made such a lighthouse just for fun, but unexpectedly it has such a function?
Just to help ships avoid Jigu Reef, the 60 guan is worth it!
The warship cut through the waves and arrived at Sheshan Island in a short while.

What is this island called?

It is simply a huge rock protruding from the sea...

Under the attack of wind, rain and fog for many years, the rocks on the island have been washed clean, the rocks are completely exposed, and no vegetation grows.But at this moment, dozens of ships are berthing beside this island, and a large square base on the island has already stood upright, white and majestic, and particularly eye-catching.

On one side of the island, due to the weathering and peeling of the sandstone, a magnificent landscape is formed. On the straight up and down cliff is a platform, and there are several suspenders hoisting the huge white stones on the boat docked under the cliff one by one. , not far above the platform, is the huge square base of the lighthouse.

Fang Xuanling just glanced at the scale of the project from a distance, and couldn't help sighing in his heart: His Majesty Li Er's construction of the Zhaoling Mausoleum was probably nothing more than that...

The warship slowly docked not far from the cargo ship. Wang Xuance led Fang Xuanling and Li Jing to disembark, and saw a wooden frame made of giant logs standing on the edge of the cliff, and a square lifting platform tightly tied by ropes slowly After descending, several blood-stained peasants were carried by the soldiers, and hurried to the docked clipper.

Wang Xuance said: "This island is full of steep rock walls, there is no way to go up, and we can only take this elevator."

As he spoke, he led Fang Xuanling and Li Jing into the wooden frame, and stood on the elevating frame made of thick wooden boards. A small red flag was placed aside. Wang Xuance pulled it up and shook it towards the top, feeling The ropes struggled, and the lifting frame slowly rose, and it arrived on the island in a short while.

Li Jing lifted his feet and got off the lifting frame. He saw a huge winch on one side, which was used to twist the rope to control the lifting frame. He couldn't help but nodded secretly. This is similar to the device of the lifting suspension bridge at the gate of the city. It is very simple but very effective.The most exquisite thing is the lifting frame. The square plank is sandwiched by eight thick giant logs in the front, back, left, and right. There are slides on all sides.

As soon as we got to the island, we saw the huge base of the lighthouse.

Looking at it from a distance on the sea, I still don't feel any difference. Now, standing under the pedestal, looking up at the pedestal, which is more than [-] feet tall, can feel the shock!

The Great Wall of Qin is probably nothing more than that...

Not far from the pedestal, there was a group of people standing there, and one of them was yelling loudly.

"How many times have I told you, what is the most important? Safety, safety, or safety! The life of the peasants is not life? In order to catch up with the construction period, you can ignore the lives of the peasants, regardless of the lives of the peasants? They still have wives and children in their families. This life is thrown here, how can you bear it? Erlang has written repeatedly, telling me to protect the safety of the people no matter what, you teach me, when something like this happens, more than a dozen people died, what do you want me to do? Explain to Erlang?"

This person's voice was sharp, judging from his figure and official uniform, he was undoubtedly Pei Xingjian.

Someone couldn't help but said: "Pei Changshi, we are naturally duty-bound for such things to happen, but this is an accident after all, no one thinks about it! Besides, what's so important about dying? Erlang was in Niuzhu back then. Ji killed the mobs in the mountains, and later killed the indigenous monkeys in Nanyang, thousands of them were killed so that blood flowed into rivers and corpses littered the fields, and the natives of Linyi even got the nickname of "Second King of Hell"... Oops!"

Before he finished speaking, he was kicked somersault by the furious Pei Xingjian, and fell to the ground with a scream.

Pei Xingjian scolded: "Mother! Dare to talk back to me, right? The people who died now are the people of the Tang Dynasty, can they be compared with the Shanyue mob, the native monkeys of Linyi country and other animals? Every life of the Tang people is supreme. Come here, hand this person over to the army Sima to deal with according to military law!"

"Here!"

Someone next to him stepped forward, detained that person, and turned him aside.

The man turned pale with fright, and begged for mercy loudly: "Chang Shi, forgive me once, my subordinates will never dare again!"

Pei Xingjian scolded: "Military law is like a mountain, who dares to forgive? Today you dare to contradict me in front of me, tomorrow you dare to question military orders in front of the battle, if you are not punished today, are you waiting for tomorrow because you disobeyed orders and buried an army of soldiers or even caused a big war?" Defeated? Hurry up to collect the punishment, let the past be ignored, if you dare to make noise again, you will be dealt with severely!"

The man quickly shut his mouth, his face was ashamed, and he didn't dare to beg for mercy again.

The navy has strict military discipline, who dares to make mistakes?

When Pei Xingjian looked back, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Fang Xuanling and Li Jing, and he was taken aback for a moment, then quickly walked over, bowed to the ground, and saluted: "Mr. I welcome you at the town dock, and I hope you will forgive me.”

Li Jing stepped forward to help Pei Xingjian up, patted him on the shoulder, nodded and smiled, admiring Pei Xingjian's performance just now.

Especially the sentence "How can the fate of the Tang people be the same as that of the mob and the aborigines?" It even touched his heart. After all, Li Jing is also a pure Hanist...

(End of this chapter)