Ang Lee would lie on the deck and look at the stars at night. However, if there was no little beauty accompanying him, it would be really boring to look at the stars by himself. Looking at the stars was secondary. Being accompanied by a beauty was the most important and most comfortable thing.
It was said that many seafarers in the later generations had good knowledge of astronomy. At least, they could recognize many important stars. The reason for this was that they were too bored. When they were drifting on the sea, they could look at the birds flying in the sky occasionally during the day, look at the sea and other ships passing by. But once it was night time, they really couldn't see anything except the stars. Therefore, they could only look at the stars every day to relieve their boredom. As long as a seafarer knew a little about astronomy, he would quickly pass this knowledge to others. Over time, the seafarers at sea would understand astronomy.
For example, the soldiers that Ang Lee opened up the Maritime Silk Road Belt this time didn't know the names of the stars at all in the beginning. After such a long voyage at sea, most of the soldiers learned a lot about astrology. They even knew how to use the starry sky to identify the direction. It could be seen that people could also promote learning when they were bored because if they didn't learn, there was really nothing to do.
Any ship that was sailing on the sea would need to stop at the port as frequently as possible to rest and reorganize before setting off again. The purpose of resting and reorganizing was to give the sailors time to relax. If they continued to sail on the sea without stopping, the sailors' hearts would likely not be able to bear it. As such, it would inevitably lead to extremely serious consequences.
In history, many sailors would bring extremely serious disasters to the entire ship when they became manic. Even many sailors who couldn't vent for a long time would riot. Murder and arson were not a big deal.
It was because life at sea was too monotonous. People couldn't stand staying at sea for a long time. They had to go to the port to rest and relax. This way, they could better start the next stage of the voyage.
Ang Lee understood that a long voyage at sea would cause harm to the soldiers, so they didn't go all the way to the west. Instead, they stopped midway. The purpose was to let the soldiers relax.
In addition, the interior of the ship had undergone various modifications. Some relatively simple books were prepared. There were also things like chess and go. In this way, when the soldiers were bored, they could read books and play chess to relieve boredom. This greatly reduced the soldiers' boredom.
Originally, Ang Lee wanted to give them some beauties or something. Later, he thought about it and gave up! In any case, there were many stops along the way, enough for the soldiers to have fun. Moreover, there were too many soldiers. If there were too many beauties, the burden would be too great. If there were too few beauties, the soldiers might even fight over them. In this way, it would further increase the danger.
In the entire fleet, only Ang Lee had a little beauty, which was the little beauty Li Xiaolu. The rest of the soldiers could only choose to go ashore when the fleet docked. Anyway, they would only hold it for a few days at most. They wouldn't die.
Although there was heating and ice in the cabin, Li An still preferred the cool breeze on the deck. This kind of gentle breeze was especially comfortable when it blew on his body. It made him feel relaxed and happy, especially when there was a little beauty beside him with a fragrant body. This feeling was even more intense.
The reclining chair was brought from Ang Lee's own ship. Moreover, he brought several reclining chairs. It was enough for Ang Lee to use alone. When the sky was full of stars at night, lying on the rocking reclining chair, enjoying the warm cool breeze, looking at the beautiful starry sky in the sky, and telling the little beauty next to him the basic knowledge of astronomy. This was indeed a great enjoyment. Ang Lee was somewhat overjoyed.
During the day, Ang Lee spent most of his energy on reading books and designing drawings. Reading books meant reading books that were useful to him. As for designing drawings, they were mainly about the design of the new ports everywhere, the canal bridges and ports of the Tang dynasty, and some better tools and weapons.
Although the industrialization of the Tang dynasty had begun, and there were many technical talents in the R&D center in Chang 'an City who were constantly developing and improving various kinds of machinery, Ang Lee knew that without his participation, it would be difficult for these guys to achieve great things. After all, Ang Lee already had a lot of machinery and drawings in his mind, but these contemporary people had nothing. It would be a bit difficult for them to design new machinery by themselves, especially many useful machinery, which was not realistic.
Because they did not bring enough machinery when they set out, many of the designed machinery and weapons could only be manufactured when they returned to Chang 'an City.
As for the design of the ports, Ang Lee did it according to the topographic maps drawn by his subordinates. After careful consideration, some of the people trained by his subordinates also had to design. Everyone's ideas were different, so the drawings they designed were certainly different. In this way, if everyone pooled their ideas, the effect might be better. After all, Ang Lee's ideas were limited, and there were many problems that he might not be able to think of. However, the drawings designed by his subordinates could give him a lot of inspiration, so that he could design more reasonable drawings.
Every day after breakfast, his subordinates would send the homework assigned by Ang Lee, and Ang Lee would review it very seriously. If there was a subordinate with a clever idea that could make good use of the topographic features of the port, so as to help the port in saving costs and expanding benefits, then Ang Lee would definitely give a big reward. Many times, a magical idea would make Ang Lee give a big promotion to his subordinates.
Due to the generous rewards, these subordinates worked very hard when they were working. Almost all of them racked their brains to come up with the design. They almost thought of all the possible problems that the port might encounter and wrote down their own ideas in the form of words beside the drawings so that Li An could compare them to the drawings.
Of course, Ang Lee was very happy with the efforts of his subordinates. Since his subordinates worked so hard, Ang Lee would naturally not treat them badly. As long as the subordinates thought hard, no matter if the design results were approved by Ang Lee, they would get a reward. It could be food, items, or of course, a few words of encouragement.
Because there were too many ports and bridges to design, Ang Lee's subordinates were still very busy. There were a lot of design drawings submitted every day. In order to store these important drawings, Ang Lee's ship specially opened a room for storing drawings. The room was very large. In addition to a door and a window, there were two rows of shelves around it.
The shelves were divided into six layers. Each layer could be used to place drawings. In the center of the room, there was a very large workbench, which was equivalent to a large table. After the paper was spread out on the table, a very large drawing could be drawn.
For a general general design, only a small drawing was needed. However, if a lot of details of the design were to be shown, a large drawing must be used. The premise of using a large drawing was that there must be a table with a large enough area. If there was not a table with a large enough area, the drawing could not be spread out. If the drawing could not be spread out, there was no way to draw a good design.
In his previous life, Ang Lee specialized in design and often used large pieces of paper to draw. As long as it was drawing, it was necessary to use a large table with a door. Only then could the drawing be done well. If there was no large flat table, there was no way to draw a large design.
Ang Lee remembered that when drawing, there was a need to use a T-square. A T-square, drawings, a large flat table, and a pencil were all necessary tools to draw a large design. It would not be good if any of them were missing.
Ang Lee did not accurately calculate how many large drawings he had drawn in his previous life. However, the number was definitely not small. There were at least a few hundred large drawings. Otherwise, how could he live up to his years of university life?
Because of this experience in his previous life, Ang Lee's drawing level was very high. The drawings he drew were very detailed. Therefore, he was qualified to guide others and guide a group of subordinates to draw drawings.
The T-square used in the future was made of plastic and marked with a detailed scale. However, this was the Tang dynasty. It was difficult to find a transparent plastic T-square. Therefore, Ang Lee and his subordinates were using a T-square made of bamboo. However, it was different from the solid T-square used in the future. Ang Lee and his subordinates were using a T-square with a gap in the middle. The top of the T-square was a solid piece of bamboo, but the middle of the main part was hollowed out. This was easier to observe. After all, bamboo was not transparent. It would feel better if there was a gap in the middle.
Whenever Ang Lee sat in the drawing room and looked at the drawings, Li Xiaolu seemed particularly bored. She would quietly run outside the room to see what Ang Lee was doing. After finding that Ang Lee was working, she would quietly retreat so as not to disturb Ang Lee.
Ang Lee was very happy when he was playing. He was also very serious when he was working. Sometimes, when he was fascinated by the drawings, even if someone walked behind him, Ang Lee would not notice it, let alone walk around outside the door.
Of course, if Ang Lee was tired from looking at the drawings, he would choose to look into the distance and look outside the door. Or he would simply stand up and walk outside to enjoy the scenery to let himself rest. After all, working non-stop for a moment was very tiring. It was very harmful to the body.
When Ang Lee turned his head to look outside the door, he happened to see Li Xiaolu loitering outside the door, so he said, "Xiaolu, what are you doing? Come in quickly!"
When Li Xiaolu heard that, she ran into the room very happily and threw herself into Ang Lee's arms. She was like a little doll acting coquettishly. She looked very cute.
"Come, look at this drawing. Do you feel that it is very familiar?"
Ang Lee took out a drawing of the Gibraltar Harbor from a pile of drawings and placed it in front of Li Xiaolu.
Of course, this drawing was not designed by Ang Lee. It was drawn by his subordinates. It was the actual situation of the Gibraltar Harbor. In other words, the current tribal map in front of her was the drawing in front of her.
Li Xiaolu looked at it for a long time and pointed at the many symbols on the map. She said, "This should be a mountain, this is the sea, and these are trees, right?"
Ang Lee nodded very satisfactorily and said, "That's right. It seems that Xiaolu is very smart. You can understand the map on your first look. You're really good! Oh right, do you see where this is clearly? "
After saying that, he signaled Li Xiaolu to take a few more looks.
Li Xiaolu carefully looked at the mountains, rivers, and villages. Sometimes she was excited, sometimes she was frowning, sometimes she smiled, and sometimes she was thinking.
"This is my hometown, the Gibraltar Harbor! It really looks like this is the Gibraltar Harbor! "
Li Xiaolu said excitedly.
Ang Lee smiled and nodded. He said, "That's right. This is the Gibraltar Harbor, the hometown that you think about day and night. Look, the Gibraltar Harbor has become like this. The harbor next to the residential area was probably not this big in the past! This is the result of the Moors' expansion. Isn't it very spectacular? However, this is still too small. If the Tang dynasty could take over this place, the harbor here would be ten times bigger. "
After saying that, he took out a drawing and placed it in front of Li Xiaolu. This drawing was the future Gibraltar Harbor that Ang Lee had designed.
"Why are there so many small houses on this drawing? How many people will live in my hometown in the future?"
Li Xiaolu exclaimed.
Ang Lee pointed at the location of the harbor and said, "This will be a huge harbor in the future. There will be many merchants coming and going. Merchants and sailors will have a need for accommodation. Naturally, a large number of houses will be added. In addition, the Gibraltarians who were originally chased away will also be allowed to return to their homes. After they return, they will also need a house for them to live in. In addition, when the environment here improves in the future, more and more people will want to migrate here. This will require a large number of houses, so houses cannot be lacking."
"My hometown was originally just a small fishing village. If this is done, it will become a prosperous harbor in the future."
Li Xiaolu seemed to be quite happy.
After that, Li Xiaolu pointed at many places on the map and told Ang Lee many things. For example, where her house was, how many children there were in the neighborhood, which neighbor was especially good to him, and which neighbor hated him very much.
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