บท 526: A Disaster

In the whistling wind, the enormous castle-like ships sailed on the sea. On the deck, the boatswain commanded seven to eight sailors to exert themselves to turn the large wooden poles connected to the sails. Several of the sails were adjusted with the help of the pulley block to expertly rely on the southern wind to aid the ship to sail west.

This kind of sailing skill was very clever since the wooden ship could always travel by wind to its targeted destination correctly at any time unless the wind was blowing in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, if the wind was blowing in a different direction, the dynamic energy loss would considerably reduce the speed of the vessel significantly.

Noon had just gone by, and the pale sunshine slowly slanted westward. After having his lunch in one of the most spacious and comfortable cabins of the caravan's flagship, Zhang Lisheng routinely walked out of the cabin and strolled in the wind.