Section 859 Rush to Xinyaozhou
Thousands of miles to the plane, the sea is like flying!
That Captain Cheng did have two brushes, watching the wind make the rudder, constantly letting the sails eat the wind, and the battleship continued to move towards the southeast.
The sea and the sky looked spectacular at first, but soon became monotonous, and Shi Kefa simply went back to the cabin to read his encyclopedia of development.
In the past, he studied and read the Four Books and Five Classics, but now, he is more interested in practice, and the previous Chinese studies have been lost to Java, at most he is interested, there is no way, there is no time.
Economic development is a major topic, involving all aspects.
The development encyclopedia is broad and profound, and Shi Kefa reads this book in his spare time in addition to his out-of-cabin activities.
The food on the ship is not bad, at first Shi Kefa thought about how such a small ship could sail far, but soon found out that it made sense.
Along the way, there are ports in our southeastern province!
Every time you sail a distance, you can find large and small ports and strongholds in the southeast province, the port city has a population, an economic circle, strong supplies, and can repair ships, while the strongholds are guarded by small garrison troops, and the materials may not be very good, but at least there are fresh water supplies.
I heard Captain Cheng say that it was initially a half-month voyage before it was replenished, but now it is a one-week voyage to have supplies.
The non-stop boat, along the way, you can see the lighthouse to guide the way, the flags of the peaks, the sea and the stars fluttering in the southeast province, and the indicator buoys set up by the southeast province, which makes Shi Kefa quite touched!
Passing by a sea, the sea was churning, and there were many reefs, but on a small island here, a row of bungalows, a lighthouse, a flagpole, two soldiers, and a dog, they saw the warship coming, and the two soldiers stood solemnly and saluted the warship.
Captain Cheng ordered the crew to stand on the slope and pay tribute to these unsung heroes who silently guaranteed the route!
Thousands of miles away, all are land!
Unconsciously, I, the Chinese, have come so far!
They entered a sea area, close to the coastline, and Captain Cheng invited Shi Kefa to come and pointed out to him to see: "This is the Tuao Continent." ”
What appeared in the telescope was a vast and infinite continent, stretching into the distance, and Shi Kefa could feel the solemnity, which was incomparable to the coast he had seen before.
The sparse grasslands on land may not be as fertile as the northern grasslands, but they are extremely large.
They went ashore in Xinyu (the area around Darwin Harbour, where they were originally occupied) and rested for a day, and saw that there was a large population, herds of cows, horses and sheep on the hills outside the city, and the cries of children everywhere in the city!
As long as it is the rear of the Southeast Mansion, there is always laughter and laughter, which makes everyone who sees it feel gratified.
With children, there is tomorrow!
The local officials were very enthusiastic, and in the morning the chief executive invited them, and in the afternoon the military chief invited them, all of them were big fish and meat, and more than a dozen dishes were delivered.
Shi Kefa was taken aback, looking at his face, the masters smiled, and immediately told him to rest assured, there is no exceedance, and we will not do anything that violates discipline!
The southeast province has set official reception standards, no more than how much to meet the requirements, the key is that the meat and seafood here are so cheap!
The price is equivalent to half of the large islands of the southeast province and a quarter of that of the Ming Dynasty.
If it weren't for the fact that Chinese people like to grow vegetables and eat vegetables, I'm afraid that all of them are big fat here.
Shi Kefa ate kangaroo meat!
The taste of kangaroo meat is a bit similar to beef, no beef tastes tender, and the smell is very strong, fortunately, the Chinese have a way to deal with this smell, what ginger, onion, garlic, star anise, peppercorns, sprinkled with an ancient brain, Bao Bao eats comfortably.
Now kangaroo meat is more expensive, because the kangaroos near the city have all entered the stomachs of the Chinese.
My Great China Foodie Empire can make all animals endangered! The number of Chinese is still small, and if there are more, the fate of kangaroos is unimaginable!
"What a clever way for leaders to develop productivity!" Shi Kefa couldn't help but think.
He was an official in the past, and he knew that the local officials had a headache for ushering in the pick-up, and gave the supplies to the passing officials, but they couldn't afford it, and they didn't give it well, and they were complained.
Like now, the food is so abundant that it is impossible to eat.
Bidding farewell to the officials of Xinyu Prefecture, they walked along the coastline, and the cities along the way were very welcoming, sometimes they docked at the station outside the port, and the local officials came by traffic boat to talk to them, deliver the prepared dishes, and then pack all kinds of food for them.
For their enthusiasm, it is worth it.
Before leaving, Captain Cheng had collected newspapers and magazines that could be found on the market, and now they came in handy, as soon as they took them out, those people couldn't wait to read them.
Shi Kefa once went ashore and saw that there were also newspapers in the local area, and there were many people who read newspapers and read books, and there were many schools.
The wisdom of the people has been opened, and the society is different!
He couldn't help but be glad that he had known about affairs early and changed his course!
As the warship headed east, they gradually entered a sea area with fascinating scenery, unpredictable and complex currents.
Great barrier reef!
The Great Barrier Reef is located in the northeast of the Tuao mainland opposite the sea, is a stretch of more than 2,000 kilometers, it runs through the winding east coast, a total length of 2,011 kilometers, the widest point of 161 kilometers. The southern end is 242 kilometers from the coast and the northern end is only 16 kilometers from the coast. At low tide, some of the coral reefs emerge to form coral islands, and boats passing by can see a continuous stream of colorful, multi-shaped coral scenery, and the clear water is a wonderful underwater spectacle where fish swim.
Every coral reef here is different, and the scenery is magnificent, and Shi Kefa is fascinated by it, and exclaims: "Nature's magic is nothing more than that!" ”
He said to Captain Cheng: "If you knew better, you should learn to draw more!" He wanted to paint it as a souvenir.
The two warships arrived in Xinshunzhou, where the same prosperity was made, but the accent was more noisy, and at the same time, the smell there was unpleasant, and there were large coal reserves in the local area, so the people widely used coal, in addition to civilian use, but also coking, Shi Kefa visited it, and saw that they were building steel mills and cement factories.
The origin of immigrants here is complex, but no matter who they are, they all look very busy, and there are few idlers on the streets.
Shi Kefa knew in his heart that in such a fat place, no one would want to leave, some would have the opportunity to make money, and no one would be too lazy to play any tricks.
But why is there no information in Xinyaozhou?
He talked to local officials about the disappearance of Xinyaozhou, and the officials were surprised: "Won't it?" We also sent people there a while ago, and the banner of my southeast province was clearly hung there, and they also had people who came to us to buy iron, and it was our acquaintance who led the team, and I knew him, and he would say anything if he had anything, but everything was normal! ”
"Is there such a thing?" Scofaci said.
"When did it happen?" Shi Kefa asked.
"Last week!" The other party replied.
"Oh!" Shi Kefa was surprised.
He then asked, "Have you seen their chief officer?" ”
"Not really!" The other party replied.
Hearing that this kind of thing happened, the officials of Xinshun Prefecture sent four patrol ships and six medium-sized sailing boats to Shi Kefa, a full 800 people, half of whom were militiamen, and people from all regions had it.
Shi Kefa, who led a brigade of thousands of people, rushed to Xinyaozhou, and was piloted by the navigator of Xinshunzhou, they arrived smoothly, and saw the flag of the southeast province hanging high on the coast, it seemed that there was nothing unusual?
Shi Kefa played the banner of the senior inspector of the Southeast Prefecture, and the other party also saw it, and lined up on the dock to greet him, and he didn't look vigilant.
On the contrary, when Shi Kefa went ashore, the posture of the army rushing to the dock made the other party incomprehensible.
In less than ten minutes, Shi Kefa figured out what was going on!