woman and sea

The academic system of the Nautical Academy is a closed three-year period.

The first year is to learn how to estimate the location based on the altitude of the sun, the habits of seabirds, the species of fish, the local climate temperature, the color of sea water, etc., to master the judgment method of the weather, and to understand the emergency situation. Response and handling, as well as the operation and maintenance of the ship, at the same time, it is necessary to carry out physical training that is so strict that it is not an exaggeration to call it harsh, so as to lay a sufficient foundation of physical fitness for future voyages.

In the next half a year, practice operations will be carried out on ships along the river and offshore, and in the last year and a half, practice operations will be carried out on ocean-going ships and three round-trip voyages with a two-month sailing period and two voyages with a two-month period will be completed. Three-month round-trip voyage and one half-year round-trip voyage.

After completing all the studies and obtaining the seal certification of the teaching navigator, the Nautical Academy will issue them a badge at the same time, and issue a cover with the emblem of the Nautical Academy to those graduated monks. There are achievements, and the nautical documents stamped with the seals of the Ship Federation and the Nautical Academy are used as their identity verification, and evidence of their future nautical work and promotion to the Lord.

After bumping on the sea for more than three months, Hongyan finally returned to "Da Qinglong Port" when he was headed for the first ten days of the class reunion.

——The regulations of Daqinglong Maritime Academy are: the first day of the first ten days of April is the day of the opening and enrollment of the Nautical Academy, the first day of the middle ten days is the day of graduation, and the first day of the second ten days of April is the day of the graduate students It's time to meet.

In fact, Daqinglong Navigation Academy is also the only navigation academy in the world that expressly stipulates holding alumni reunions.

This Daqinglong Port is the largest and most prosperous port within the direct jurisdiction of the Daqinglong Ship King, and it is also the largest and most prosperous port in the known world.

The jurisdiction of this port alone has a radius of more than 120 square meters.

Therefore, the people here always like to call the place they live in "Tiangang".

There is a wide canal within the jurisdiction of Daqinglong Port, which goes directly to Daqinglongwang City, which is more than [-] square meters away.

The water depth of the canal is no different from that of the ocean, and it can even accommodate four giant ships of the thousand-rope class driving side by side.

Naturally, this Daqinglong Port is garrisoned and administered by the personal guards of the Daqinglong Ship King. From the port guards who are nobles to the garrison warriors who are civilians, within three generations, they must be related to the Daqinglong Ship King. A little bit of a relationship, a little bit of a story - there is no doubt that they are also some one in a million martial arts masters.

Hongyan didn't want to come back here because it was too depressing.

Daqinglong Port, and Daqinglong Navigation Academy, they have witnessed all the pride of Hongyan.

She once stood on the watchtower of the training ship and was greeted by the people - this is the honor bestowed by the Daqinglong Navigation Academy to the most outstanding graduates;

She also once stood on the prow of the delicate and beautiful painting boat along the canal to the Daqinglongwangcheng, and received a high-level reception from His Majesty the Ship King. The honor bestowed by the Academy on the most outstanding graduates;

She also once stood on the lighthouse of Daqinglong Navigation Academy, and led the 59 other graduated monks who were in the same class as her below to solemnly swear:

May you and I inherit the obsession of our ancestors,

In that vast ocean,

Write the glory that belongs to you and me!

——Naturally, this is still the honor bestowed by the Daqinglong Navigation Academy on the most outstanding graduate monks.

Moreover, she is also the first female monk in the history of Daqinglong Navigation Academy to board the lighthouse.

So, she doesn't want to come back.

Rather than saying that he doesn't want to come back, it's better to say that he doesn't dare to come back.

look up.Wherever you look, there are always one or two things that touch your past mood, reminding Hongyan how dazzling pride she once had.

——Now, to her, everything is like a sharp knife, stabbing her numb heart one by one.

"Hey...the pride that once belonged to me, you guys, are you also watching my joke?..."

After getting off the gangway and stepping on this strange and familiar land, Hongyan, who wanted to cry but had no tears, could only smile bitterly in embarrassment.

However, she had to come back.

Because this is the tradition of Daqinglong Navigation Academy.

There is a stipulation in Daqinglong Navigation Academy that has developed from a convention to a written rule - after the monks graduate, as long as they are still alive, they must come back here to gather once every five years until No. 30 years after graduation.

And, no matter what their status is.

Even if they become the aloof ship kings, they must follow this rule.Moreover, even if there is a flight mission, you must ask for leave and come back in advance to ensure that there is room for class reunions.

Hongyan knows very well that the so-called class reunion is nothing but a snobbish event to compare each other and strengthen the relationship network-everywhere you look, it is full of mundane affairs and smoky atmosphere.

Here, some people can satisfy their vanity, some people can weave a network of relationships, and what's more, some people can regain a little self-confidence-if they see someone who is not as good as themselves.

As soon as he came to Daqinglong Port, Hongyan found the mansion of the guard of the port and became his entourage.In exchange, during this period, she needs to take care of the escort and security work of the family members of the port guard when they travel.

So, she lived in the port guard's house.

And so until the first day of late April.

This day is the day when Daqinglong Navigation Academy holds alumni reunion.

Early in the morning, Hongyan was neatly dressed in the monk's gown that advertised her status as a monk of Daqinglong Navigation Academy.

It was a set of sea-blue cotton deep robes, plus a cloud-white cloak woven from snow satin. The coat of arms of the big green dragon was embroidered on the left chest of the cloak, and a crown of beams was worn on the head.

Different from the "enhancement of officials and honors" on the earth, what is practiced in this world is "creation of honors and honors".

Here, the ship is jointly responsible for the identification of navigators, navigators, ship owners and ship kings, and grants or reissues the crown beam and front flower medal on the beam crown.

When every monk of the Nautical Academy graduates, regardless of whether they are male or female, they will be crowned at the same time, and they will be given a beam crown without a crown beam and forehead flower. Later, when they are crowned and become knights, they will be awarded crown beams and medals.

——Of course, only male monks.

among them--

The brown-wood navigator is crowned with a brown-wood beam in addition to the medal of the brown-wood anchor.

In addition to the medal of the red iron anchor, the red iron navigator is crowned with the red iron two beams.

The Bronze Navigator is crowned with the Bronze Three Beams in addition to the Bronze Anchor Medal.

The brass navigator is crowned with brass four-beams in addition to the medal of the brass anchor.

In addition to the medal of the silver anchor, the silver navigator is crowned with five silver beams.

—These are junior navigators.

also--

The golden navigator is crowned with six golden beams in addition to the medal of the golden anchor.

In addition to the medal of Zijin Anchor, Zijin Navigator is crowned with Zijin Six Beams.

In addition to the medal of the black and gold anchor, the black and gold navigator is crowned with black and gold six beams.

—These are senior navigators.

As for the owner and king of the ship, they are different from navigators and navigators.

When the ship owners and ship kings wear formal dresses, they don't wear "beam crowns" but "crowns"——

The crown of the ship king is crowned with nine pearls, each with twelve pearls.

The captain's crown is crowned with six pearls, each with twelve pearls.

——Among them, the crown of the Great Azure Dragon Boat King is quite special, it is crowned with twelve pearls, and each crown naturally has twelve pearls.

——As for Hongyan, as a female monk, she naturally wore a beam crown without a crown beam and forehead flower.

The female monks who came to participate in the class reunion, no matter how old or young they were, all of them had no crowns and foreheads.

Just because they are women, they cannot be crowned as nobles, and they can only be quasi-nobles for the rest of their lives.

The location of the alumni reunion is not in the Daqinglong Maritime Academy, but on the "ship island" off the coast of Daqinglong Port.

The so-called "ship island" is not an island, but ten giant ships with five thousand ropes arranged in a five-pointed star shape.

This is also the largest tonnage sailing ship known to have been built in an overseas country under the joint rule of ships.

At the beginning, the Great Dragon Ship King was planning to organize a large fleet and command them to search for the end of the world. Unfortunately, due to insufficient sailing power, they could not go out to sea, so since they were created, they can only be placed on the big ship. The coastal area of ​​Qinglong Port is used to promote the country's prestige, and by the way, it is used as the venue for the alumni reunion.

When he came to the entrance and exit of Daqinglong Port in the monk's uniform, Hongyan saw many graduated monks queuing up to enter the port.

The extremely large number of male monks were divided according to the five years, ten years, 15 years... to 30 years of graduation, and they stood in six rows, while the female monks only stood in one row because of the small number of them.

Swan geese came earlier, so they stood in a relatively front position.

——All graduated monks, every time there are 20 people, line up to enter the port, and the trained monks who are responsible for escorting them will ferry to the ship island by barge.There is one barge for every 20 male monks and one barge for every ten female monks.

When Hongyan was queuing there, he couldn't help but cautiously sized up the line of male monks next to him——

Not far from her, among the male monks who have graduated for 30 years, there are already more than a dozen ship owners and ship kings wearing crowns, and the rest are all navigators above the gold rank.

In this world, navigators with a gold rank and above are eligible to teach in the Nautical Academy.Moreover, different from the rank recognition of navigators, navigators must open up new routes and discover new continents and islands before they are eligible for promotion.

Hongyan carefully set his eyes on the only Zijin navigator in the team, his eyes were full of envy: "That Your Excellency...has opened up ten new sea routes..."

"After returning this time, he plans to continue to go to sea and continue to open up new routes."

The one who spoke was an older female monk with a kind face behind Hongyan and two people away from her. It seemed that she was about 50 years old.

Hongyan turned back a little calmly, raised her eyebrows in confusion and asked, "Oh? Your Excellency and your Excellency..."

The older female monk nodded politely to Hongyan, smiled gently, and said softly, "He is my husband."

Hongyan's heart trembled, and he hurried out of the line, stood up straight, put his right palm on his chest, bowed to the older female monk, and said humbly, "So it's Mrs. Zheng, I'm sorry."

——In this world, only the wife of a nobleman is qualified to call that nobleman "husband", while the flat wives of the nobleman can only call him "head of the family".

Hongyan bowed and motioned for the two female monks standing behind her to move forward, allowing her to stand in front of the older female monk so that she could have a conversation with him.

The older female monk smiled and said, "Your honor is very polite. My name is Fanglan, and you can call me Aunt Fanglan. ——Looking at your age, you must be a monk who graduated five years ago, right? "

"Yes." Hongyan nodded humbly, put her right palm on her chest, and bowed again: "Aunt Fanglan, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Hongyan."

Aunt Fanglan nodded with a smile, and smacked: "Hmm... Hongyan, that's a good name. Did you come here with your husband, too?"

Because the monks who have the funds to support them to study at the Daqinglong Navigation Academy are either rich or noble, Aunt Fanglan subconsciously believes that Hongyan has married a nobleman as his wife.

Hongyan pursed her lips and smiled, then shook her head lightly: "I am not married."

Aunt Fanglan seemed to be surprised, she looked at Hongyan with interest, and asked slowly: "Oh? Is your lord unmarried so far? - To be honest, I am as old as your lord , the children can go to school now."

Hongyan sighed, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice, "My...my heart is not here..."

"Oh? Your honor... would you like to talk to me?"

"To tell you the truth, Aunt Fanglan, I...actually want to be a navigator. ——It is to be a navigator in an upright manner, not a relative who will accompany your husband on a long voyage." Hongyan replied with a wry smile.

Aunt Fang Lan let out a long "oh", nodded and said, "No wonder..."

Hongyan seemed puzzled: "No wonder?..."

Aunt Fanglan smiled kindly at Hongyan, and explained: "Yes, no wonder. ——I saw just now that your eyes did not rest on His Majesty the Ship King, nor His Majesty the Ship Owner. , but only admired my husband there. Thinking about it this way, your honor doesn't seem to be a person who values ​​the country and authority."

"Yes, Aunt Fanglan Mingjian."

Hongyan felt relieved, and felt a lot of sympathy for Aunt Fanglan, so she couldn't help but say a few more words to her: "If I guessed right, I think, Aunt Fanglan, you are still working with your husband. Sailing away, right?"

Aunt Fanglan nodded: "Yes, that's true. My husband and I were in the same class back then. Although he was the son of the former Suzaku Ship King, he didn't have the habits of a playboy, but he was full of yearning for the ocean. Yes. That's why I fell in love with him. If it were the son of an ordinary ship lord, at his age, not to mention he would have already become a new ship owner, even a new ship lord would be able to be one.

To be honest, seven of the ten shipping routes he opened up in the early years lead to new islands explored from uncharted waters, adding up to two or three thousand at least.He gave it all to his younger brother. ——Now, his younger brother has become the new Canglan Ship King. "

——The "Union Law" stipulates that if a male noble with a nautical certificate has a sphere of influence exceeding a thousand squares, a ship with a total load of more than 20 shi, and more than [-] ocean-going ships of the hundred-rope class , leading more than forty lower-level nobles, then this nobleman can obtain the title of Ship King through the certification of the Ship Federation.

"But, Aunt Fanglan, you don't feel sorry at all." Hongyan said to Aunt Fanglan with a smile.

It can be seen from this that this Aunt Fanglan is in the same category as her in a sense.

The only difference is that Hongyan wants to go on a long voyage as an independent navigator. Moreover, she is gritting her teeth and is unwilling to compromise with the world no matter what. Compromised, and chose the most compromise method - since women cannot go to sea and sail independently, then it is the same to simply marry a navigator who is keen on sailing.

Aunt Fanglan smiled and nodded: "Yes. ——Nation and authority are not what my husband values, and naturally, they are not what I value. What he and I value are both the glory of sailors. I The two have the same pursuit, and their hearts are towards the sea, so they only care about the wind and rain, and the waves are unimpeded.

Also, my husband and I are both dual-discipline monks.He has obtained the first-class and second-class certifications in both the navigation department and the chart department.Although my aptitude is not as good as his, I still won a third class in the first class and a first class in the second class. "

Hongyan's heart trembled, and she subconsciously clutched the navigation documents in her arms.

Aunt Fanglan naturally took in this tiny gesture, she thought about it, and said with a smile: "But I don't know, what kind of grade certification did you get when you graduated?"

Hongyan shook his head, smiled dryly and sighed, "It's not worth mentioning..."

Aunt Fanglan hesitated and asked, "Can you... show me?..."

Hongyan clenched her fists, gathered herself together, and finally nodded to Aunt Fanglan, took out the navigation document from her arms, and handed it to Aunt Fanglan.

Aunt Fanglan opened it carefully, and immediately became horrified.

After a long while, she just looked at Hongyan in disbelief, and said in amazement: "But I don't think, Guiqing is also a monk of double disciplines...and... a first-class of double disciplines... Hey! Even the cover of this navigation document is They are all framed with black gold! Admiration, admiration!..." As he spoke, he carefully closed the navigation document in his hand, and handed it back to Hongyan.

Hongyan silently withdrew the voyage document, and said with a wry smile: "Even if you are a double-discipline monk, a first-class first-class...what's the use?...I'm not a man after all, and I'm still a vain-minded man now. Cai, the pitiful situation that I have never embraced in my life..."

Aunt Fang Lan shook her head with a smile, and comforted her in a gentle voice: "My good boy, although we women cannot sail alone, if you can find a husband who shares your pursuit, you can still go on a long voyage—— People, sometimes, you really can't be too persistent..."

Hongyan pondered for a moment, then nodded infatuatedly, and said with a feeling of emotion: "Well... If you can get a bosom friend who is compatible with each other in this life, it is not in vain. ——Ah, Aunt Fanglan, I think... ... Your husband only has you as his wife, and he didn't accept other Mrs. Ping, right?"

Aunt Fanglan smiled and nodded: "Yes, this is the luck of my life. To have such a loyal husband by my side, my life is not in vain."

"Well, isn't that right?" Hongyan agreed with a smile.

Just as I was about to continue talking, I heard a female monk who was in charge of ushering come to greet me and guide the female monks who were queuing up to board the barge.

Hongyan happened to be the tenth in the queue, and Aunt Fanglan was No. 11, so the two of them took different barges.

——Since the number of female monks is very small, the barge they take is also small, and only ten people can sit on a boat.

Therefore, Hongyan could only bow to Aunt Fanglan with a heart full of disappointment, saying "I will see you later", and then parted ways with her, and boarded the barge with everyone.

——"Perhaps... this is also a good way..."

——"But... a bosom friend like that Your Excellency, in the end, it is still possible to meet but not to seek..."

——"Furthermore, relying on others is still a kind of bondage after all. Is this... really the life I want?..."

Thinking of this, Hongyan sat down in the barge with a heavy heart.

The author has something to say: ah... so good Ji Mo...

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