In the cold winter of October, it snowed heavily in the capital, the cold wind howled, and the snowflakes fluttered.

Liu Jin skipped work again, and he didn't go to order, this is not the first time Liu Jin has skipped work, and the Hanlin Academy has long been used to Liu Jin skipping class.

The other Hanlin are honestly repairing and compiling books, but Liu Jin is a busy man, fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, and it is rare to see Liu Jin go to the Hanlin Academy.

Of course, Liu Jin can find a valid reason every time, Liu Jin and the prince are close, just find an excuse, and no one really says that they can't get along with Liu Jin because of this matter.

Everyone knows that Liu Jin has a bright future, he is the champion, and he can only be promoted after a year or two here in the Hanlin Academy, and he can become an important minister in the court after a few years of hard work.

Emperor Hongzhi liked Liu Jin very much, and Liu Jin got close to the crown prince, so it can be said that the future is promising.

What is the matter of skipping a shift, Liu Jin didn't go, but someone did it for Liu Jin every day.

"Twelve years of Hongzhi have passed, and it has been more than three years since I crossed over."

Looking at the goose feathers and heavy snow outside the window, Liu Jin couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

In the past few years, Liu Jin has indeed done a lot of things, engaged in coal, glass, built ports, opened the sea for fishing, went to sea to do business, opened a maritime college, built a shipyard, and also built the Miyun Iron Works and the First Bank of Daming......

It's not that I don't know that so many things have been done in just a few years.

The trajectory of history has also changed dramatically because of Liu Jin's wings that crossed the butterfly.

The 12th year of Hongzhi in history is quite a wonderful year, not to mention anything else, the imperial examination case alone has made Tang Bohu's life trajectory change dramatically.

There is also Wang Shouren, in the twelfth year of Hongzhi in history, his results were the seventh in the second grade, but this time he was in the second rank and entered the Hanlin Academy, which is naturally very different from the seventh in the second grade.

In history, the little prince of the twelfth year of Hongzhi still went south to plunder, and Emperor Hongzhi still had no way to take him, but now the army led by the little prince was completely wiped out.

This winter's grassland is unusually cold, because the little prince's army is all folded in the Ming Dynasty, and the 120,000 army is also not running, the grassland has undergone great changes, bloody wind and rain, one tribe after another has suffered heavy losses, and the west of the warat is ready to move, intending to unify the entire grassland.

History has changed dramatically, and it has become more and more detached from its original trajectory.

Liu Jin didn't know whether this was good or bad.

"That's right, the fleet heading to the Golden Continent has been out for more than a year, and it stands to reason that it should be almost back."

Soon, Liu Jin thought of the fleet heading to the Golden Continent.

The fleet set off from Tianjin on the first day of June in the 11th year of Hongzhi, and now it is October of the 12th year of Hongzhi, which has been more than a year.

"It stands to reason that I should be back, but could it be that something happened at sea?"

"With my preparations, if something happens and I can't reach the Americas and then return, it's really hard to imagine how the Europeans carried out the great voyage."

Then Liu Jin frowned, he was full of confidence in the fleet heading to the Golden Continent.

Liu Jin used his golden finger to make the most accurate map of this era, plus the sextant, as well as the most advanced sea ships and a lot of nautical knowledge and concepts, if even this will fail, then Liu Jin really has nothing to say.

"In this era of navigation, there are still too many uncertain factors, I hope they can come back safely."

Liu Jin thought about it, and couldn't help but pray silently in his heart.

The fleet to the Golden Continent is really important, not only the high-yield crops on the Golden Continent side are very important to Daming, but also many things about the Golden Continent were blown out by Liu Jin first.

If the fleet does not return from the Golden Continent, it will be a huge blow to Liu Jin's reputation.

In addition, the gold on this side of the Golden Continent, the vast and rich land, this is the most ideal place for overseas colonization in the future, and this is a place that Daming must not miss.

Therefore, it is very important that this fleet can successfully return from the Golden Continent.

It can be said that there is only success and no failure.

Just when Liu Jin was silently praying, in a sea area of the Yellow Sea, ten Daifuku ships lined up in a line and eagerly sailed on the sea, heading towards Tianjin.

On the deck of the 'Taishan', Du Mingen couldn't help but want to open his hands and shout at the sea.

"We're back~Finally back~"

Du Mingen couldn't help shouting in his heart.

At this time, Du Mingen's beard was sloppy, the clothes on his body were in tatters, and more importantly, the whole person was tanned, his skin was cracked, he had been on the sea for a long time, the wind and the sun were blowing, and the conditions on the ship were very difficult.

The first part of the Golden Continent was very smooth, in January of the twelfth year of Hongzhi, they arrived at the Golden Continent smoothly, and soon found the big treasury easily, found the concentrated high-yield crops that the Hongzhi Emperor needed, and even the peppers, peanuts, tomatoes, rubber trees, and cinchona trees that Liu Jin explained were very smoothly collected.

Heading south along the west coast of the Golden Continent, Du Mingen's fleet arrived in Central America, where Du Mingen and others understood what it meant to be full of gold.

A country descended from Yin Shang in Central America really built houses with gold, and they easily exchanged some silk, glass and other things brought by the Ming Dynasty for suffocating gold, and filled ten Daifuku ships to the brim.

After arriving in Central America, according to the map provided by Liu Jin, Du Mingen and others chose to cross the Pacific Ocean and return to Daming along the warm current of the North Equator through Hawaii in later generations.

Du Mingen and others decided to take this route because this route is the nearest route, if you want to return along the same route, it will take a long time, and when you pass through the white-collar strait when returning, it is very dangerous, especially in winter, there are a lot of ice floes, which is extremely unsafe.

The second is that through this period of sailing, they also have enough confidence in their sailing skills, can clearly know their position in the sea, and are very confident in crossing the Pacific Ocean.

But because they decided to cross the Pacific Ocean, Du Mingen and the others suffered a lot when they returned.

Although the transpacific route is the closest route, and because of the warm current of the north equator, the speed of the ship can be relatively fast when returning, which is indeed a time-saving process.

But the Pacific Ocean is so vast that the only place in the middle of this route that can replenish fresh water, vegetables and fruits is here in the Hawaiian Islands.

Therefore, this has very high technical requirements for navigation, which can accurately calculate their location, and ensure that there will be no mistakes in the route, and the condition of the materials and personnel on the ship is very fast.

If you go back the way you came, there is a coastline along the way, and you can dock on land at any time to replenish fresh water, etc., so the pressure is relatively less.

Because they were very confident, and because the trip to the Golden Continent was too smooth, Du Mingen and the others were like arrows, so all the crew members almost unanimously decided to cross the Pacific Ocean and return to Daming as soon as possible.

They all couldn't help but want to return to Daming as soon as possible, to tell the whole Daming about their experience of sailing in the sea, and at the same time to show everyone what they had gained from going to the Golden Continent, and to show them the boxes and boxes of gold in their cabins.

Originally, it stands to reason that there is not much problem in crossing the Pacific Ocean, as long as the materials are well prepared, it is also feasible to cross the Pacific Ocean, because they have mastered the most advanced navigation technology of this era and have the most advanced navigation equipment of this era.

However, they got too much gold from Central America.

Ten Daifuku ships, each of which is filled with gold.

For them, the crew members, this gold is their wealth, from top to bottom, including Du Mingen, who is reluctant to give up this gold, and when they are ready to return home, because the gold occupies too much space, so that the materials prepared are not enough.

Needless to say, the results are self-explanatory.

They spent the most difficult months of the voyage on the seas of the Pacific Ocean.

As for the time of going, pasta, rice, bacon, dehydrated vegetables, canned food, etc. have already been consumed, so when you come back, you can only eat corn and sweet potatoes purchased from the descendants of Yin Shang, plus fish caught from the sea.

The problem came out, because there were not enough dehydrated vegetables, and the body lacked vitamins for a long time, so that many crew members had sepsis, but fortunately, the tea was very well prepared, and it could also be drunk by making tea, and eating the leaves together, plus some spare dehydrated vegetables and canned fruits to replenish and treat, barely supported it, and did not let any crew lose their lives because of this sepsis.

The hardest part is fresh water.

The Pacific Ocean is so vast that it spans the Pacific Ocean, and there are very few islands in between, and they can only be replenished with fresh water when they are here in Hawaii, so there is always a shortage of fresh water on the ship halfway through.

When I go, because I am walking along the land coastline, I can replenish fresh water from time to time, and the fresh water is quite sufficient, washing my face and brushing my teeth is nothing, and even occasionally you can take a luxurious bath.

But when I came back, fresh water was so scarce that I couldn't wash my face and brush my teeth, and there was a limited supply of fresh water per person every day.

In addition, the route taken by the route belongs to the tropical and subtropical regions, the weather is extremely hot, and there is a lack of fresh water, and the days are really difficult.

At the most difficult time, the fresh water on the ship was used up, and they had to use the seawater desalination device designed by Liu Jin to continuously use the things that could be burned on the ship to boil water, and then use the seawater desalination device to get some precious fresh water, which slowly came over with difficulty.

When they went to the Golden Continent, everyone thought that the desalination device designed by Liu Jin was useless at all, and when they returned, they realized that this thing was the real life-saving treasure.

Without the desalination device, all the people on these ten Daifuku ships would have been dried and all of them would have died of thirst.

The seawater desalination device is very simple, and the principle of use is also very simple, which is nothing more than the principle that water vapor will liquefy when cold to produce fresh water.

The device is very simple, and the water that can be desalinated is naturally not too much, but it is with this simple device that the fleet survived the most difficult days and returned to Daming smoothly.

Du Mingen looked at the sea in front of him, breathed the air here, and always felt that the air of Daming was sweet, they had arrived in the Yellow Sea, and they would soon arrive in Tianjin and return to the arms of Daming.

At this time, everyone was like an arrow, and they all came to the deck one by one, just like Du Mingen, looking at the sea in front of them, with a smile on their faces.

The same is true of Lin Shuhong, Tian Erniu, Zhao Monkey, Silly Bear and others, this is their roots, their hometown, and everything they miss here.

"I don't know what the situation is at home, whether my parents are still worried about me~"

"In this year's imperial examination, I don't know the teacher, Brother Huang and Brother Tong are in high school~"

Lin Shuhong thought a lot in his mind, thought of his parents, thought of his mentor Liu Jin, and thought of his friends Huang Jinquan and Tong Yuan, the more he thought of these, the more he felt like an arrow, and he couldn't wait to fly back now.

"Finally back~"

Tian Erniu grinned with a big mouth, the whole person was very tanned, his lips were chapped, and the boat was in tatters, looking like a beggar asking for food, not like a captain at all.

Of course, everyone in the fleet is the same as Tian Erniu, even Lin Shuhong, a scholar, is no different from them at this time, and no one can see that Lin Shuhong used to be a talent.

"There is a ship~There is a ship~"

At this time, the lookout in charge of the lookout suddenly shouted excitedly.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel excited, and they took out their binoculars and looked over the sea, only to see that a whaling ship was sailing on the sea a few miles away, looking for whales.

The other party also discovered Du Mingen's ten Daifuku ships, and was also shocked by the size of the fleet, and also looked at the situation on the side of the fleet with a telescope.

Soon, the two sides got closer and closer, and they could clearly see each other's appearance through the binoculars, and the flag speakers also began to question each other through the flag.

"It's our Ming whaling ship~"

"It's our Ming whaling ship~"

Soon, the fleet could confirm that this ship was the whaling ship of the Ming Dynasty, and the entire fleet immediately cheered.

"We're back~"

"We're finally back~"