Chapter 416 Return journey (1)
Time went back a few months ago, two large and one small and three sea boats appeared on the sea. It was June. If it were in the Ming Dynasty, the weather would have been very hot. However, Li Fangyuan on the boat wrapped his clothes. Even though the sun was shining in the sky, he still felt a little cold.
Li Fangyuan knew this abnormal climate very clearly because they were now driving on the sea surface of the southern hemisphere. The booklet that Zhu Di gave him was introduced. The northern hemisphere they lived in before was the opposite climate to the southern hemisphere.
So even in June, the hottest summer in the Ming Dynasty, but it is winter here. Fortunately, they are on the sea, and the climate is still relatively mild. Even in the early cold morning, they can get over it even if they wrap their clothes tightly.
The sun rose from behind. Li Fangyuan stretched his hands and feet on the observation deck, then looked at the sea conditions around him. When he saw the two boats behind the ship, he couldn't help but sigh.
Originally, they had five boats when they set out, and one of them lost the way to America. After successfully reaching America, their four boats were completely repaired. They took a boat to go south along the coast of America, recording the coastal situation along the way. He also learned to draw a chart with the Sequoia scholars on the ship.
The entire fleet was walking and stopping along the coast of America, looking for what Zhu Di asked them to look for, especially some precious crops, which was the focus of their search. They did not disappoint their expectations and were the first to find the legendary corn, which also made them ecstatic, and then found many legendary crops.
In the end, the entire fleet spent a whole year in the Americas. Although they could not find the things they needed to look for in the album, they had been out for too long, so they could not stay any longer. So in this case, the fleet decided to return to the Ming Dynasty.
However, just as they were about to return, the fleet had internal conflicts, mainly because some people were afraid. When they came to America, they encountered too many difficulties on the road, and whether it was storm or hunger, they all took the lives of many crew members.
In addition, after a year of observation in the Americas, many crew members also found that America was indeed a very rich land. Not to mention, the gold here is so common. Many native tribes have a large amount of gold, and they even use gold to build temples, and they can exchange the goods they bring for a large amount of gold.
As for the fertile land, it can be seen everywhere here, not to mention that there are some tribes who maintain friendly relations with the fleet. As long as the fleet is willing, they can live a life like a land emperor here.
On one side is the comfortable America and on the other side is the dangerous journey back, so some crew members naturally chose the former. They were unwilling to take the risk to go back, but wanted to stay in the Americas to live. In particular, some crew members even married local native women, and some even had children, so they naturally were even reluctant to go back.
Faced with this situation, several captains of the fleet also had differences. Wang Meng wanted to force everyone to take away, but Captain Jiang and others were unwilling to turn against each other with their brothers who lived and died.
In the end, the two sides discussed for a long time, and finally convinced the hardliners such as Wang Meng. The fleet decided to leave a boat in the Americas. Those who were unwilling to leave would stay in the Americas. Of course, they did not have nothing to do, but wanted to build a port in the Americas to welcome the fleets coming to the Americas in the future.
So the fleet lost another ship, and the remaining three ships, led by the Americas, resolutely embarked on the return journey. However, what the fleet did not expect was that after their fleet left America, in addition to the initial itinerary being relatively boring and islands rarely seen on the sea, the subsequent itinerary became very exciting, because they could see various islands from time to time on the road.
There are various supplies when there are islands, and freshwater can be replenished at any time, especially the ocean currents at their feet converge, attracting a large number of marine creatures. Some islands are surrounded by lobsters with arms lengths everywhere, so whenever they go to an island, they hold a happy party to boost the morale of the fleet.
Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. There are many islands, which means that there are more reefs that may be encountered on the road, so they were very careful to explore the route along the way. However, even so, they still experienced several accidents of hitting the reef. Fortunately, the rescue was timely and the ship was saved.
In addition, storms on this route are also very frequent, and they will encounter super-large storms from time to time. Fortunately, they have accumulated a lot of experience in this area. If they can avoid storms, they will avoid them. As long as they are not faced with storms, they will not cause too much loss.
Thinking of this experience after leaving America, Li Fangyuan couldn't help but sigh. Before leaving America, the fleet specially returned to the Sunset Tribe, where he married his native wife Jima. What surprised him even more was that after the last separation, Jima was pregnant. When he saw the other party again, Jima had already given birth to a son for him.
Since his family was destroyed, Li Fangyuan never thought that he would have another complete family one day, but in this distant America, he had a wife and son, which made him very confused at that time. He even considered whether he would stay in America and not go back.
However, in the end, Li Fangyuan said goodbye to his wife and children cruelly and embarked on the return journey with the fleet. Because he was unwilling to give up, he was unwilling to live so mediocrely for the rest of his life. He still had many ambitions and ideals that had not been realized, and he must not be trapped in the Americas. Only by returning to the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Di can he realize his ambitions and ideals.
But at this moment, Li Fangyuan suddenly found that the color of the sea surface in front was a little wrong, so he immediately stood up and observed it with a telescope for a moment, and immediately shouted to the bottom: "The water in the sea is on the left side in front is darker. I suspect it may be a reef or ocean current. It is best to slow down and go slowly!"
Hearing Li Fangyuan's warning, the people on the boat became busy immediately. Some began to lower the sails and slow down, some hung down the boat to check the sea water, and the two ships behind also began to prepare. This situation was so common, so the fleet also responded in an orderly manner.
The boat sent out soon found out the situation. The sea area in front was full of reefs, and the fleet could only detour. However, the appearance of reefs was not all bad, because sometimes the appearance of reefs also meant that islands were likely to appear nearby, and they had not encountered islands for nearly ten days.
However, just when the fleet was about to bypass the reef, Li Fangyuan suddenly found something strange in the northwest direction again, so he raised his telescope again to observe, and then shouted excitedly: "The long coastline is found in the northwest direction, which is suspected to be a large area of land!"
Chapter completed!