Chapter 689, Playing Small Clever Tricks

Translator: Silavin

 

“Yes, they definitely need to go out to sea to catch fish.” Su Bai nodded.

 

Such excellent advantageous conditions cannot be abandoned. Some Tribes want to catch fish but have no way to do so.

 

Very few Tribes were by the river. The Flame Dragon Tribe could be counted as an exception, fortunately this great river is very wide. They could also catch quite a lot of river fish, though the taste naturally was not as good as those fish caught in the sea.

 

The Sea Fish Tribe, being by the sea, naturally makes their living from it.

 

“But they don’t have tools. How will they go fishing?” Sha Lan asked in confusion.

 

Previously she had heard that they fished using wood rafts, but wood rafts easily fall apart. They do not provide much guarantee for safety either. Sometimes, they even lose their lives while trying to catch fish.

 

“Let’s wait a while for this matter to be resolved. Let’s see how Long is getting on with building the ship. It’s been some time already.” Su Bai said seriously.

 

“But the news he sent a few days ago was all good. He’s already entered the final stages.” Sha Lan immediately said.

 

Su Bai stood up and patted his clothes, saying. “Let’s go and have a look then. It’s been quite some time since we went.”

 

He had not been to look at the shipbuilding for over half a month already. He did not know what stage it had progressed to.

 

“Yes.” Sha Lan nodded.

 

“Yay.” Yan Hua immediately laughed aloud, excited.

 

*Step step step…*

 

They changed their causal clothes and left the Yong’an Building.

 

Unlike usual during training, the clothes they wore then were all tight-fitting, for the convenience of movement.

 

Returning to the Yong’an Building, they naturally wanted to be more comfortable, so the clothes they changed into were naturally casual. Those casual clothes were also limited to wearing inside the Yong’an Building. Going out, they naturally had to change into normal clothes.

 

After everyone left the Yong’an Building, they got into a carriage. Half an hour later, they arrived at the shipyard by the river.

 

“Shaman, recently quite a few people have been arranged to patrol this place. No one will come to disturb this area.” Sha Lan said.

 

The number of patrol personnel around the shipyard would be more than before, possibly because as the ship construction time grew longer and longer.

 

They also did not want everyone to know about the ship, so they could only keep the news sealed.

 

“En, before the ship has truly launched, don’t let anyone know.” Su Bai nodded.

 

He still did not want the people of the Primitive Tribe to know about them advancing things so quickly. They had to let them gradually accept these new things.

 

“I understand. They’re not like us, who’ve stayed with the Shaman for quite a long time. After they find out, they should also be able to accept it.” Sha Lan nodded.

 

Sha Lan had already seen the ship’s blueprints. When the ship was being built, she had also gone to look. The ship’s general size and structure looked extremely large, like a colossal beast.

 

If people who did not know saw it, they would indeed be startled. Rather than explaining so much, it would be better to wait until the ship launched and was truly operational, then let them know. At that time, they would know the ship’s function.

 

“Good that you understand.” Su Bai said softly.

 

*Step step step…*

 

Everyone walked in. Long had not  yet noticed, keeping his head lowered, seriously looking at the ship blueprint.

 

When Su Bai and the others had just walked in, they could see a large ship set up there.

 

The ship overall looked extremely large, equivalent to a thirty-metre large ship from Earth.

 

Originally at the beginning, they had wanted to make a fifty-metre large ship or even a hundred-metre large ship. But due to technical reasons, it was better to make it smaller.

 

Smaller ships were easier to control, and during testing they were not as likely to fall apart.

 

After all, they were just beginning to build ships. Taking too large steps at the beginning might be too overly ambitious.

 

They had to wait until their shipbuilding techniques got more refined before considering whether to make hundred-metre large ships.

 

“Long, the Shaman has come.” Sha Lan reminded quietly.

 

Long heard the voice and immediately raised his head, turning around to apologise. “Shaman, I was just looking at the blueprint. I didn’t notice you. I apologise for being rude.”

 

He instantly became extremely nervous, keeping his head lowered and not daring to raise it. This was extremely impolite.

 

In this Primitive Era, this could result in punishment. One had to be extremely respectful to the Shaman.

 

This was also why he was so nervous. He had not even noticed the Shaman coming in. It was truly too discourteous of him.

 

“It’s fine. How is the ship construction going?” Su Bai shook his head indifferently.

 

He was fine with these things. In any case, the other party had not done it deliberately, and was also building ships for him.

 

If he criticised the other party for this, it would seem he was being a bit too unreasonable.

 

“The ship construction is proceeding to completion. I’m checking some detailed things.” Long immediately said.

 

He felt relieved in his heart. He had not expected the Shaman would forgive him. His respect for the Shaman in his heart increased by another degree.

 

“I just saw the ship’s overall form. It doesn’t differ much from the design drawings I gave you.”

 

Su Bai looked again towards that ship, continuing. “I just don’t know what the internal structure looks like right now.”

 

Last time when he came to look, the keel construction had been built without errors. It was just that he had not seen the construction of other places.

 

“Shaman, rest assured. The internal structure is completely according to your design drawings. I experimented many times.”

 

Long immediately brought out the things he’d made from previous experiments, continuing. “I tried many kinds of methods. Your method is still the best.”

 

At the beginning he had harboured a bit of doubts. He did build according to Su Bai’s blueprints. But at the same time, he also wanted to tinker, wanting to see if his own added designs could improve it.

 

Regrettably, his little schemes were all completely unhelpful, and instead kept wasting time.

 

“En, I’m very much looking forward to the trial voyage. How much time do you need to check over the details?” Su Bai asked.

 

He was thinking that if the time was not long, he could wait here, then watch the ship enter the water.

 

“I can do it right away. I’ll check the internal structure now, and also the places where the external wooden boards join.” Long immediately said.

 

He had already been researching ships for several months. Being able to build to this extent now could be considered fast.

 

At the beginning he had thought that building ships would definitely take one or two years. The blueprints looked truly too difficult.

 

Finally, steeling himself, he asked Su Bai several times. After asking, some puzzling places finally made him suddenly see the light.

 

“I’ll wait here then. You go and check first, don’t rush.” Su Bai waved his hand.

 

The ship’s exterior looked not much different from ships on Earth. All the aspects that should be there were there.

 

He wanted to wait for the other party to finish checking, then go and see the internal structure, see if the capacity inside was large.

 

“Yes, I’ll go now.” Long immediately took his apprentices onto the ship.

 

“I hope there won’t be any problems.” Su Bai said in a low voice.