Small Blessed Land Cave Heaven

Brimming pond waters, vast river winds.

At Accumulated Water Pond in the Imperial Capital, where waterways and roads converged, merchant ships and painted boats hurriedly gave way, terrified of colliding with the treasure ship in the channel.

At first, the common folk found it novel, but they soon scattered in twos and threes.

A treasure ship, that was all.

It was not as though they had not seen one before.

Splash! Water sprayed everywhere, startling away the small fish by the shore.

The water workers cast the ship anchor and moored the vessel at the bank, its hull facing Liang Qu's backyard.

"Lord Liang, this way." Eunuch Li lightly leaped ashore, draping his fly whisk over his arm as he bowed and gestured.

"This ship..."

Liang Qu was struck with amazement. Rather than boarding, he stepped back over a dozen paces, looked up, and examined it again and again.

At first glance, apart from its color, the entire treasure ship seemed nothing remarkable. Its shape resembled the Fortune Ships from Liang Qu's hometown, merely a size larger. A two-story little building stood in the middle of the deck, and from bow to stern it measured over twelve zhang, nearly twice the previous size.

Yet once one drew close, a sense of incongruity arose. One could feel how different this treasure ship was from an ordinary wooden vessel.

There was not a single seam in the forward belly of the entire ship!

Liang Qu owned several boats himself. Leaving aside the Ship Model he had given the Toad, he had two large ships capable of sailing, so he knew the most crucial step in shipbuilding—caulking the seams! Caulking the seams, caulking the seams.

First, there had to be seams to caulk.

This was the exclusive craft of shipwrights and boatbuilders, used