One in front and one in the back, two large ships gradually sailed away from the Yangzhou wharf. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Nowadays, the main source of power for boats is sails, and manual oars are also used, but after leaving the bay, the manual oars stopped, the boat raised its sails, and the fleet officially entered the East China Sea and headed for the South China Sea.

Entering the sea, Daiyu and Snow Goose, the two little girls, were completely excited, probably better adaptation, the two of them had no signs of seasickness at all, and the seasickness medicine prepared by Tao Bao did not come in handy.

It's a girl after all, although she is curious about the sea, the two of them don't dare to go out of the room, they lie by the window every day and watch, it was quite fresh at first, and it was still this kind of scenery for four or five days in a row, and the two girls were tired.

There are people on the boat to make food, because of Gao Wu's special care, Daiyu can still eat hot meals, although the dishes are simple, but Tao Bao is staring, Daiyu does not dare to be picky, every meal is a bowl of rice eaten finely, not daring to leave at all.

The days on the ship are very boring, except for the two cooks who are women, only Tao Bao and the three are women, and the others are all big men, Tao Bao doesn't mind, but Daiyu grew up in a feudal social background after all, even if she was brainwashed by Tao Bao for two months, she didn't have the courage to go out and hang out on the deck.

In addition to square dancing and yoga every day, I just learned foreign languages, and I lived a very monotonous life.

After half a month of closing the door, when the fleet went south into the South China Sea, Daiyu finally couldn't sit still, and saw that Tao Bao was going out to the deck again, so she hurriedly grabbed her hand:

"Sir, take me out. ”

"Huh, did I hear me right?" Tao Bao raised his eyebrows, "I can't wait, this journey will take at least a few months, come with me to the deck to take a look, there are a lot of people, and it's interesting to listen to everyone chat." ”

Saying that, he stretched out his other hand and took the envious snow goose, Tao Bao walked out of the room with the two girls.

"It's not spring yet, but it's not cold outside, and the farther south you go, the warmer it gets, and when you get to the equator, you two will have to wear a veil when you go out. ”

"Why, sir, what is the equator?" the snow goose looked up at Tao Bao in confusion.

"I know what the equator is!" Daiyu raised her hand triumphantly, she had seen the globe, and her husband had told her.

Xue Yan asked very cooperatively: "What is the equator? Miss tell the slave maid~"

Daiyu frowned: "Xue Yan, we are both students' students now, it's wrong for you to call yourself a slave again, Mr. said that he wanted to call himself mine, why do you keep forgetting?"

Tao Bao saw Daiyu's more real appearance, and felt funny, after getting on the boat, whether it was learning English or practicing yoga, she didn't leave the snow goose behind, one is to help Daiyu cultivate, and the other is that this snow goose is indeed a good student and studies very seriously.

She has also been teaching Snow Goose as her own student, so she asked Daiyu and the two to stop being called master and servant, but I didn't expect Daiyu to keep it in mind, this is really cute.

Xue Yan was shocked by what Daiyu said, and immediately scratched her head embarrassedly, "I know, miss, don't be angry." ”

Daiyu snorted arrogantly, and then she couldn't help but laugh out loud, laughing enough, and then explained to Xue Yan what the equator is.

"The equator is the longest circumference in the trajectory of the point on the earth's surface with the rotation of the earth, the radius of the equator is 6,378.2km, the circumference of the equator is 40,075.7km, it divides the earth into two hemispheres, north of it is the northern hemisphere, south of it is the southern hemisphere, is the baseline of the division of latitude, the latitude of the equator is 0°, is the longest latitude on the earth, it is located between the Tropic of Capricorn, and is directly exposed to sunlight all year round. ”

Daiyu was forced by Tao Bao to finish reading the knowledge points she memorized in one breath, and looked at the dazed Snow Goose and paralyzed her hands helplessly, "Actually, I don't know what it means, Mr. asked me to memorize it." ”

Tao Bao looked funny and pinched Daiyu's little face, "Ghost elf, anyway, the further south you go, the more vicious the sun becomes, in order not to get tanned, remember to wrap your face with a veil." ”

"Got it, sir!" Daiyu and Snow Goose replied in unison.

As they spoke, the three of them had already descended to the deck.

Today the weather was fine, the sky was cloudless, the wind was just right, and it was boring to stay in the cabin, and everyone came to the deck to bask in the sun.

There are also merchants who have prepared horse cranes in advance, four people are fighting, five or six people are watching and coaxing, the ship Tao Bao is sitting on walks in front, most of them are adventure merchants who hire the Shen family's fleet, and the one behind is the Shen family's own warehouse.

Each of the two ships has a steward, the latter one is personally managed by the third master of the Shen family, and the one that Tao Bao is sitting on is in charge of Gao Wu, and the ships are equipped with escort archers, and even a cannon, this kind of force value is enough to deal with ordinary pirates, so these merchants are so idle to play horses and cranes on the ship.

At first, Daiyu was a little scared when she saw so many men, but then she saw that everyone was playing their own games, and no one paid attention to them, so she played on the deck with the snow geese.

"Oh, Ms. Tao, what a coincidence!"

Tao Bao was sitting on the railing watching Daiyu and Snow Goose playing rock-paper-scissors together, when he heard someone calling him in a strange accent, and he didn't turn his head, but raised his hand to say hello:

"Hey, Mr. Charles, are you coming over for a sitting? It's a good day. ”

"Aunt Tao, hello!" Charles's son Jack ran to Tao Bao to say hello, his eyes kept looking at Daiyu Snow Goose who was having fun.

Tao Bao naturally understood what that meant, and beckoned to Daiyu and Xue Yan, "You two come over and introduce you to a new friend." ”

Hearing Tao Bao call herself, Daiyu turned her head to look and saw two blonde and blue-eyed people, she opened her mouth slightly in surprise, and ran back to Tao Bao with Xue Yan curiously and a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but look at the blonde boy in front of her who was about the same age as herself.

Daiyu raised her hand and tried to get high, but Jack immediately asked excitedly in English, "Do you speak English?"

Daiyu understood, she nodded, and said to outsiders for the first time: "Yes!"

"Oh, great, Daddy, I can have a new little friend!" Jack happily tugged at Charles's sleeve and jumped happily.

Charles was also very happy, there were no children on this ship at all, let alone children, and there were not many who could even speak English, but his son was bored, and now it was good, there were two more peers at once, and they could also speak English, which was a big surprise.

Without Tao Bao's introduction, the excited Jack took the initiative to introduce himself, and he bent down very gentlemanly, "Hello, my name is Jack Charles, my oriental name is Big Fish, you can call me Jack, or Big Fish." ”

Daiyu and Xue Yan glanced at each other, the eyes of the two little girls were full of excitement, they were seeing foreigners for the first time, so they were naturally very curious.

The two of them blessed their bodies together, and Daiyu said, "Hello, my name is Lin Daiyu." ”

Xue Yan also said: "My name is Xue Yan, and I am very happy to meet you." ”

"Lin, Xue, let's go to the front together, shall we?" Jack invited.

Although the new friend called herself strangely, Daiyu and Snow Goose did not bother to correct it, because they still did not know how to say these more complicated sentences in English.

The two of them responded to Jack's request and ran to the front of the deck to play, and Tao Bao and Charles shook their heads amusefully and sat on the railing and chatted.

"Mr. Charles, the last time you came to us, which route did you take, and how long did it take to reach our Great Qing Kingdom?"

Gao Wu has been busy, Tao Bao rarely meets him, and the merchants on the ship disdain to be in the company of women, nor do they like to deal with her, so these news have not been heard.

However, from the recent weather changes, based on the observation of the sun's altitude angle, Tao Bao guessed that he had now reached the South China Sea and was heading towards the equator, and it was not difficult to guess that he would definitely pass through Malaysia and cross the Strait of Malacca, and after that, she could not guess.

Charles didn't expect Tao Bao to not know, and after being a little surprised, he said:

"It takes eight months, or more, to get from our Great Britain to your side, because there are times when it is not suitable for sailing, so we will stay in a safe place for a long time, and the route is from the Indian Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope on the African continent, to the Atlantic, and then along the coastline north to our Great Britain. ”

After saying this, Charles said with admiration in his eyes: "I admire the Shen family very much, his boat is the safest boat I have ever taken, and the storm can't overturn it, this is also the only ship I have seen over there from your Qing Kingdom, it is really very powerful!"

In response to Charles's admiration, Tao Bao nodded in agreement.

The ship of the Shen family is indeed first-class in this era, but soon the West will invent the steam engine, while the Qing Dynasty is still stuck in the era of wooden boats, and even at that time, the sea ban will be even more severe, and if you want to go abroad, I am afraid it will not be as simple as it is now.

The two chatted some anecdotes about other countries, and led the child back to the cabin before dark.