Chapter 889: Snail

In fact, several key points in the South China Sea have been occupied by the Song Dynasty. It is like the layout in the opening of Go. With a few pieces laid out, the board has been basically established. Even if the remaining players are mediocre, it will not be easy for them to play bad cards.

At this time, if the court and Zhao Xu are not allowed to have a sense of participation, then it is called not being a human being and not being an official.

Therefore, this gathering has another meaning, which is that the military, political, and financial elites will deduce the situation of occupying the city and the possibility of subsequent changes.

Everyone discussed the planned plan and made a detailed plan. They were going to report it to the court and Zhao Xu in a few days, requesting "internal surrender and command."

Wang Shao couldn't think of these extravagant things. He secretly praised Su You, but in the end you still knew how to be an official.

In fact, no one knows the purpose of Su You's troubles in Jiaozhi.

Su You's purpose was to use huge overseas interests to force the court to pay attention to shipping and maritime trade.

Ten thousand taels of gold, tens of thousands of jins of silver, hundreds of thousands of jins of tin, three million jins of refined steel, countless rice...

These things are not the jewelry, ivory and rhinoceros horns that were used in sea trade in the past. These things are all strategic materials!

The Song Dynasty was a moderate dynasty, and its external aggressiveness was not as aggressive as the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty's maritime transport was not very good, but it also occupied Burma, established a government on Sumatra Island, and established the Xuanwei Department in the old port.

But if the Song Dynasty wants to do these things now, it's almost like picking them up for nothing.

In the end, the problem that should come will definitely come, and countless people will be led by interests to set their sights on a place that flower growers have never set their sights on - the open sea.

This may change the increasingly conservative nature of this nation, continue to pick up the pioneering and enterprising spirit of thousands of years ago, and create greater glories.

The rest will be taken care of by the elites, and Su You no longer needs to worry about it.

Just like the current gathering, the big guys were deducing the situation on the map based on military and political intelligence, but Su You took Shi Wei, slipped into the boat, and went diving on the other side of the island.

There is a steam engine on the boat, which is somewhat similar to the one on the Flying Fish, but the structure is more sophisticated.

Because of its small size, higher pressure must be used to provide sufficient power.

So this is a completely different high-pressure steam engine than before, and a lot of ancillary facilities have been added, including external cylinder insulation, planetary gears, centrifugal speed regulator, separate condenser, oil-lubricated pistons, and parallel motion.

The connecting rod mechanism, throttle valve, pressure gauge, etc. increase the efficiency of the steam engine to more than three times that of the original mine pump.

Another feature is that it is all metal, unlike a mine pump with some wooden structures. The whole thing is full of steampunk style.

Put the hose down, the eight-meter hose, to the bottom. After a while, the water surface is still bubbling, indicating that the power of the steam engine can resist the eight-meter water pressure and send the gas to the bottom of the water.

Shi Wei changed the water support in the canopy, Su You also put on big pants, put on Shi Wei's diving goggles, pulled up the hose, and began to practice breathing.

There is an air valve on the breathing head. Depending on the depth of the dive, the amount of air intake suitable for the person can be adjusted, and excess air will be discharged by the bypass.

Su You can only do this now.

Shi Wei was not good at water and was still a little nervous. Su You comforted her: "Weier, don't be afraid, I will carry you down."

The two practiced breathing for a while, feeling that everything was fine. Shi Wei nodded obediently, then climbed onto Su You's back, hugged his neck, and made a ready gesture.

There was a lead plate on his waist and it was quite heavy. Su You went down awkwardly into the water, grabbed the anchor rope, and slowly dived into the water.

Shi Wei immediately hugged Su You tightly.

Su You patted her thigh gently, signaling her not to be nervous.

Shi Wei's courage was beyond what Su You could imagine. After a moment of panic, she was attracted by the magical scenery around her. She excitedly gestured downward in front of Su You's diving goggles, signaling him to get off quickly.

latent.

Su You then took the strung rubber speargun, gently released it with one hand, and slowly dived along the anchor rope.

The water in the coral reef is warm and clear. As you dive deeper, the colors around you seem to be getting darker and more colorful.

Today's sea is completely free of pollution, and the visibility in Halong Bay is generally more than 20 meters.

Pearl divers in the South China Sea have been diving since childhood. They can dive deep underwater for several minutes without relying on any breathing equipment.

However, due to the special structure of the human eye, before the advent of flat glass diving goggles, their vision underwater was blurred.

The mysterious sea opened its arms to mankind for the first time today, clearly displaying its magnificent and colorful side in front of visitors.

Shi Wei somewhat understood why Ping Zhengsheng was so fascinated by the seabed. The large aquarium on the Flying Fish could not even match one percent of the beauty here.

Among the huge colorful coral trees, countless colorful small fish swim freely, as well as many strange-looking nudibranchs, sea anemones, conches, sea urchins, lobsters, eels, octopuses...

The two finally dived to the bottom of the sea. Su You loosened the rope, took out a tin can from his waist, opened it, and the bait inside floated out.

As if a signal had been triggered, the small fish all around suddenly gathered around.

Shi Wei excitedly stretched out her hands wearing vinyl gloves, wanting to touch the bird-like fish, but every time she stretched out her hands, the fish spread out like explosions.

Shi Wei gestured excitedly, but unfortunately Su You was not a Muke or a Marine, so he could only understand half of it.

And he still has to be alert to his surroundings. Although sharks don't bite very often, what if it happens?

Gradually, big fish began to surround us, first a group of cute stone snappers with black and white stripes, and then a group of larger barracudas with long mouths.

The stew pot with barracuda heads and stewed tofu was a specialty. Su You quietly pointed the spear gun at the group of guys swimming slowly in front of him.

Shi Wei noticed Su You's intention and gently waved her hand in front of him, then pointed towards the coral bush ahead.

Su You followed Shi Wei's fingers and couldn't help but feel surprised and happy.

There is a huge conch there.

The big snail in front is catching scallops. The snail tower is tall and pointed. The snail shell has dark brown and white crescent-shaped markings. When it turns over, the bright orange shell mouth is revealed, and the pattern on its body is like a phoenix tail.

So gorgeous.

There are so many conch shells in the South Conch, but Su You knows few of them. This large conch shell is one of the ones he knows.

Because he had seen it at Daxiangguo Temple.

**screw.

The Dharma conch in Daxiangguo Temple was five inches and two cents long. The great monk Daolong blew it and said, "If you blow it, the gods will be extinguished, and if you hear it, the obstacles of sin will be extinguished."

It is also said that in the fifth year of Jiayou's reign at Dafu Lingjiu Temple in Wutai Mountain, when the Dharma Assembly was built, the conch was used in conjunction with the konghou and harp. It is said that "if you bless the conch, look at it from high places, and blow it loudly, all living beings in the four living beings will be harmed."

, Hearing the sound of the conch will extinguish all serious crimes, be able to accept the body and give up oneself, and wait for rebirth in heaven."

This conch is much larger than the one at Elephant Kingdom Temple, over a foot long!

Let Shi Wei grab the rope, take a deep breath, exhale, hold his breath and swim over, grab the snail in his hand, turn around and shake it like Shi Wei, there is a smile clearly in the corner of Shi Wei's eyes, and then

Give him a thumbs up.

It was rare for him to be better than his wife in a sport, and Su You swam back proudly after receiving praise.

Su You couldn't stay too long on his first dive, so Su You put Shi Wei on his back again and slowly climbed up along the anchor rope.

After an underwater safety stop, the two surfaced.

After taking off the lead weight from Shi Wei's waist, Shi Wei jumped onto the boat and pulled Su You aboard.

Su You didn't even bother to take off his glasses, and laughed loudly while holding the conch in his hands: "When I go back to Bianjing, I will swell the face of Monk Daolong!"

Shi Wei said excitedly: "Brother Xiaoyou, the bottom of the sea is so beautiful! It turns out that the Dragon Palace you told Bian Guan is true!"

After saying this, he finally came to his senses: "What does it have to do with Master Daolong?"

Su You held the conch in his hand and couldn't put it down: "There is a conch in the temple of the great monk Daolong. It is only five inches long and extremely precious. It is said that when Sakyamuni first came to Luyeyuan, Emperor Sakyamuni and others once took one.

A right-handed white conch was dedicated to the Buddha. From then on, the right-handed white conch became a symbol of auspiciousness and perfection and was widely used in Buddhism."

"I told him at that time that there is a more precious left-handed conch in this world, just like the ten thousand words in Buddhism. Monk Daolong would not believe it even to death! Weier, didn't you notice that this conch is left-handed?!"

Shi Wei really didn't notice it, and she didn't know what the big difference was between left-handed spirals and right-handed spirals.
Chapter completed!