Whale Falls and Becomes a God

Chapter 79: The Heavenly Ship
Jiangdu, also known as Yangzhou City, is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the Jiangsu region, at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal. Due to its unique geographical location and superior natural environment, it is a battleground for military strategists.

In particular, the intersection of the two major mainstreams has made Jiangdu's water transportation extremely strong and the port extremely prosperous. It is an important transportation hub and cargo distribution center on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

This largest and most prosperous port is called Yangzhou Port, which has not changed its name due to the city's name change. It has hundreds of docks of various types and buildings that stretch to the sky, and is extremely prosperous.

During this time of chaos and war, Yangzhou Port was naturally more heavily guarded than the city gates and was almost armed to the teeth.

When the Sui army was on the move, Xiao Ying arrived at Yangzhou Port in plain clothes, just like arriving at a crowded supermarket.

The port is huge, and from a distance you can see countless large and small ships docked, stretching as far as the eye can see, reaching straight to the sky!

In addition to the dense and majestic crowds of people like a swarm of ants, there are also countless elite soldiers in fine helmets and armor on guard and patrol, and many military equipment and buildings like steel behemoths such as crossbow carts, thunder chariots, well carts, arrow towers, watchtowers, etc.

The vast and magnificent Yangzhou Port is divided into many areas with distinct uses, such as military port, commercial port, fishing port, passenger port, and civilian port, all separated by city walls and water barriers.

The naval port belonging to the navy is located in another area, surrounded by high walls and heavily guarded. Ordinary people cannot even see it, let alone enter.

"See you, my lord!"

Even if Xiao Ying wanted to enter the military port area, he would have to go through layers of inspection and verification and be watched by countless spies along the way at all times.

The expedition is imminent, and the collected warships have basically arrived, with hundreds of them in total. They are like countless sea beasts of all sizes crawling on the sea, stretching as far as the eye can see, and are extremely spectacular.

Among the many ships, the most conspicuous, largest and most magnificent are the three terrifying giant ships. They are also one of the most important, precious and rare treasures of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. There are only a handful of them in the world and they are of immeasurable value!
The world-guarding celestial ship!

Commonly known as the Ten-Perfect Treasure Tower Dragon Boat, it is said that Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty summoned skilled craftsmen from all over the world and spent countless hours to specially build a super-sized tower ship. It was the greatest confidence for him to cross the Grand Canal, dominate the water, and roam the world.

The entire ship is divided into ten floors, each about three meters high, with painted beams and carved buildings, which is exquisitely crafted.

The whole structure is shaped like an angular pyramid, with the top layer being a magnificent and luxurious palace, which is as majestic as an ancient sea king.

There are dozens of giant poles several meters thick and dozens of feet long standing in front, behind, left and right. They are as heavy as mountains and can easily smash approaching large and small ships.

The battlements and balconies on each floor are densely covered with ferocious-looking crossbow carts, thunder chariots and other military equipment, resembling ancient ferocious beasts with fangs all over their bodies.

The entire ship was made of metal, with a small portion made of precious wood and embellished with countless rare materials and treasures. It was thirty or forty feet tall, a hundred feet wide, and three or four hundred feet long. It was four or five times the size of Xiao Ying's previous life's aircraft carrier, which deeply shocked Xiao Ying's cognition.

"This is a super-enhanced version of the Sui Dynasty's most advanced and famous Five-toothed Warship and the Emperor's Great Dragon Boat (a large ship)—two in one..."

"This is a complete maritime military fortress, or even a city on the sea!!!"

"If nothing unexpected happens, there should only be three of these remaining in the world, and they won't appear anytime soon..."

Just looking out from the shore was enough to shock Xiao Ying. He couldn't help but feel heroic, his blood boiling, and a little ambitious!

Watch carefully, upload and watch...

Incredible!

Xiao Ying was shocked repeatedly. Many of the components, designs, and equipment were difficult to achieve even with the high technology of the previous life. They looked exactly like the fairy ships in myths and legends, or the futuristic sci-fi battleships of the Chinese style.

……

After a long while, seeing the "Departure Sacrifice and Inspecting the Troops and Generals" ceremony approaching, Xiao Ying led the others away. Even after leaving the naval port area, Xiao Ying was still somewhat dazed, unable to react for a long time. This world seemed to be far beyond his imagination?
The Zhenshi Tianjian alone was beyond Xiao Ying's imagination and knowledge of this world in many aspects. Xiao Ying had no doubt that it was an alien ship.

“Ah, roar…”

Suddenly, there were chaotic roars, screams, shouts, and obvious chaos.

"What's going on? At this time, there are still people causing trouble?" Xiao Ying came back to his senses and asked with a frown.

Qian He explained in a low voice, "Master! This is probably another disturbance caused by slaves escaping or rebelling. This is the most common problem in the port!"

"Oh!" Xiao Ying's face was heavy, he frowned and remained silent.

Whether in the past life or this life, although the Sui Dynasty was a feudal country, slavery existed, was quite common, and was protected by law.

This is the general trend, which has been deeply rooted in people's hearts and engraved in their roots. Even Xiao Ying cannot change it easily.

After the Jiangdu Rebellion, over 90% of the eunuchs and maids in the Forbidden Palace were lost. Slaves were now the primary source of replacements. Next in line were voluntary refugees and voluntary displaced persons, though the latter only made up a tiny fraction.

In other words, the Forbidden Palace is currently the largest slave owner in Jiangdu. How can Xiao Ying change or eliminate this?!

"Go and see..."

Although Xiao Ying understood clearly, he still found it a little hard to accept. Adding to the fact that his thoughts were already in a mess, he felt even more overwhelmed.

In this world, due to the existence of the vital energy of heaven and earth, spiritual practice is prevalent, and materials are extremely abundant. While ensuring basic living, it also magnifies people's desires accordingly. As a result, the problem of food and clothing may not be necessarily good.

Xiao Ying and his group were already quite conspicuous, so the crowd of onlookers consciously made way for them.

From a distance, you can see a group of men in tight clothes and carrying swords, surrounding a group of people with ragged clothes or disheveled hair, including men, women, young and old, including babies and children, the latter of whom are slaves!

Although the imperial court would not arrest people arbitrarily and had strict laws, the slaves mainly came from prisoners of war, criminals and their families, as well as people who sold themselves into slavery due to various problems. However, despite the outward appearance of this, it was difficult to say what was going on during the chaotic times.

"It's really a slave issue..."

Xiao Ying frowned and murmured, observing carefully. There were about a hundred slaves in this group. They looked ugly but their clothes were made of good materials. It was obvious that they were not poor people, but were suffering.

At this moment, a man in strong clothes was whipping three strong men, who were protecting an old man who had fallen to the ground and two women holding young children. The other slaves were trembling on the side, most of them looked numb, confused, or terrified and angry.

There were countless other people watching, but there was not much discussion, as if it was commonplace. If there was any discussion, it was about these slaves.

It might be a problem of being restricted. Xiao Ying took a quick look and didn't see anyone with a particularly strong temperament or aura or who was extremely conspicuous.

Come to think of it, if there were, this group of people might not have become slaves and been brought here!

"Buy them all and put them in place!"

Xiao Ying gave a simple order and turned away without waiting for the four maids to respond.

Xiao Ying was powerless to change the current situation, nor could he save many people. However, since he had encountered it and he could do it, he could not turn a blind eye!
(End of this chapter)