The summer night came relatively late. After a busy day at the Namba Tsu Shipbuilding Workshop, Sakichiro dragged his tired body out of the cabin of a seagoing ship under construction.

As a craftsman who went to the Tang Dynasty following the Japanese envoys sent to Tang Dynasty, Jie Zhilang was highly used after returning to China.

Originally, he was just a small craftsman from Nambazu who built ships for generations, and he mostly made various small fishing boats. He was only sent to the newly established Nambazu Shipbuilding Workshop a year before the mission to Tang Dynasty to assist in the construction of ships.

At that time, there were almost no craftsmen who could make sea-going ships in the entire Japanese nation. They barely built several ships based on the models of the sea-going ships from Baekje and Goguryeo. One of them unfortunately sank.

However, when he arrived at the Namba Tsu Shipbuilding Workshop, Sekinoro quickly stood out and became one of the few craftsmen in the workshop who knew how to design ships.

Later, he had the opportunity to follow the envoy sent to Tang Dynasty and stayed in Datang for more than two years.

Although during his time in Chang'an, Jie Zhilang was only able to go to the shipbuilding workshop for the first period of time, and was later arranged to study scriptures in Huayan Temple, he still took advantage of various opportunities to

The shipbuilding technology of the Tang Dynasty was explored and studied.

I even wrote several notebooks myself and purchased several related books.

Unfortunately, all these things were lost due to the fire in Dengzhou Mansion.

Despite this, after returning to Japan, Jie Zhilang was still entrusted with the important task of personally designing a new generation of sea ships for the Namba Tsu Shipbuilding Workshop, fully imitating the shipbuilding technology of the Tang Dynasty, and providing ships for some merchants and nobles of Japan for overseas trade.

"Jie Zhilang, let's have a drink together later. Thanks to the favor of my boss, a new batch of rice wine has recently arrived in the workshop, and I bought a jar."

A craftsman from Silla took the initiative to talk to Ren Jie Zhilang.

To put it nicely, these craftsmen were helpers introduced by the Nambazu Shipbuilding Workshop. To put it badly, they were actually high-end slaves purchased by the workshop from Silla.

Therefore, they were still fawning over Jie Zhilang, a relatively distinguished master craftsman in the shipbuilding workshop, consciously or unconsciously.

"Forget it, let's save it for tomorrow. I just encountered a problem that I haven't figured out yet. Just eat something and I'll think about what to do later."

Jie Zhilang was very aware of the gap between Nambazu Shipbuilding Workshop and Datang, and he also cherished this opportunity to preside over the construction of new sea-going ships.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jie Zhilang has not left the shipbuilding workshop for three months. Anyway, there is a specially built residential house next to the workshop for everyone to rest.

Transportation is inconvenient these days, and few workshop helpers go home every day. Most of them live in the workshops.

This shipbuilding workshop, said to be a workshop, can actually be regarded as a small village.

…

Night slowly fell in the Namba Tsu Shipbuilding Workshop. After eating, Jie Zhiro did not go back to rest immediately. Instead, he came to the deck of the ship again, looking at the sea in the distance, constantly recalling his life in the Tang Dynasty in his mind.

Scenes seen in the shipbuilding workshop.

He didn't know how long he had been standing on the deck, but Jie Zhilang suddenly found that three ships appeared in front of him.

Because it was dark and the visibility on the sea was not high, by the time Jie Zhilang saw these ships, they were actually very close.

"As expected, the waistline is designed this way and seems to give people a more stable feeling."

Jie Zhilang seemed to have entered a new state. The moment he saw those ships, he suddenly felt that his understanding of ships had improved.

The abbot of Huayan Temple once said to himself that a person's understanding of Buddhism requires enlightenment.

Jie Zhilang didn't know if he had an epiphany about Buddhism, but he felt that he had a sudden epiphany about ship design.

…

"Yuchi, you take the left path, Yiai, you take the right path, I'll rush in from the middle, and I'll leave no one alive if I encounter one. Remember, kill people first, and then burn the ships later. Don't let the shipbuilders escape.

Already."

Cheng Chumo and his party were all covered with black cloth, with only their eyes exposed. After quietly landing on the shore, they immediately began to act according to the agreed plan.

The Namba Tsu Shipbuilding Workshop has never encountered any attacks. In fact, in this era of Japan, if it were not for Li Kuan, there would not be many overseas ships coming a year, so the shipbuilding workshop did not arrange any force to protect it from the sea.

attack.

The only few people guarding the door of the shipbuilding workshop were hiding in the gatehouse and snoring.

Without any consciousness, they went to see Amaterasu, which was another kind of happiness.

"puff!"

"puff!"

Since I had seen the map of Nambazu Shipbuilding Workshop beforehand and knew where the craftsmen lived, everyone made progress very smoothly.

It wasn't until a craftsman who got up late at night noticed that there were many more masked people around that he screamed, making the scene a little more chaotic.

The calculations were done mentally but not carefully, and most of the people we dealt with were just craftsmen, so the result was naturally not much suspense.

Jie Zhilang didn't know whether it was luck or misfortune. When Cheng Chumo came to the front of the ship with a torch, he was still squatting in the cabin, wandering around, thinking about the design of the next ship.

Then I found that the surrounding temperature seemed to be getting hotter and hotter.

By the time he realized what was happening, the deck was filled with fire.

With the help of fierce fire oil specially used for fire attacks, how can these ships made of pure wood withstand it?

In less than half an hour, most of the boat was burned and then slowly sank into the water.

The sea breeze was strong at night, so Cheng Chumo and his team were constantly preventing fires everywhere. The entire Namba Tsu shipbuilding workshop soon fell into a sea of ​​​​fire. However, in the fire, except for the crackling sound of burning, basically no one could be heard calling for help.

"Let's go! Go to the next shipbuilding workshop as planned!"

Cheng Chumo confirmed the results of the battle and quickly called everyone on board. Under the cover of darkness, the three ships disappeared into the sea in front of Nambazu Shipbuilding Workshop.

The next day, Soga Shichiro, the Daimoku of Nambazu, was awakened by a rapid knock on the door from his subordinates before he could wake up.

The nobles of Nara Castle emphasized that the shipbuilding workshop where the merchants in the city personally raised funds is gone!

When Soga Shichiro got the news, he was stunned.

Why did a large shipbuilding workshop disappear?

Yesterday, I went there with a few businessmen to see the ships under construction.

After witnessing the huge profits from sea trade, he personally went to Nara Castle to persuade his uncle to join the Nambazu Shipbuilding Workshop.

"What are you waiting for? Hurry and prepare the horses. I want to go and see for myself!"
Chapter completed!