"My lord! I was wrong! Lard blinded my heart! Spare me, I'll never dare again!..."
"Haaha! The Main God protects us! Shipwright Kim, this sea ship looks complicated just at a glance—yet you actually helped design and build it? Not bad! Very good! You truly have real skill, unlike that blacksmith called Ootani or whatever. Once we reach the Lake Kingdom, as long as you build ships properly for His Majesty—great ships that can go to sea—His Majesty will surely reward you richly!..."
"My lord! Spare me, don't kill me, I'll kowtow to you!... Bodhisattva! Please save me!..."
"Main God above! Get up! Why are you kneeling again? I'm not punishing you... I mean, as long as you convert to the Main God and build great ships for the kingdom! Forget being enfeoffed as a military merit noble—even being enfeoffed as a hereditary noble and marrying a noblewoman of the kingdom are things you can see and touch!... You should know that the kingdom's great craftsman Pukuta was appointed by His Majesty as director of the Shipbuilding Department because he designed and built the kingdom's Longships, governing thousands of craftsmen and Laborers north and south! He was directly promoted to third-rank Divine Inspiration Priest, Driller, granted two or three thousand mu of fief land, and holds a title equal to a hereditary noble!..."
"Ah! My lord wants me to get up? Uh... Thank you, my lord, for sparing me. I'll kowtow to you again... Uh! I'm not allowed to kowtow? Not allowed to kneel?..."
The five-masted Zheyang Ship rested on the snow by the shore, like a giant whale stranded on a white beach. At this moment, Zuwaro stood atop the giant whale, his heart filled with excitement and pride. To be honest, this sea ship's shipbuilding technique was clearly