Cheng Hong brought a full set of drapes, and the horse's head was gone, and the forage was too troublesome, but the bears and cats brought a lot.

Take a cat on the boat, one is to catch mice, and one is to taste and eat, the fish in this sea are poisonous or not, whether the things on the shore can be eaten or not, you can't take people to taste it.

After tidying up, they began to board the ship, and the Lingnan Feng family took the lead with Feng Zhikui, with a very low posture, looking like Cheng Hong's horse!

It was Feng Zhiji who helped garrison Quanzhou City, Li Ke told Cheng Hong: "I have everything in Quanzhou City, I can't come back for us, it's a big deal to go to the fourth brother to take out a loan and issue bonds!"

Cheng Hong nodded: "After the spring farming is busy, we will start to break ground, first build roads and cities, and Yuhang will wait for me to come back and build it!" But you can prepare the brick kiln, cement kiln and stone first! ”

"Got it, don't worry!"

Cheng Hong nodded, turned around and waved his hand: "Anchor, sail, trumpet!"

"Whew!" The dull sound of the horn sounded, and the ships, large and small, began to move!

The two only Yin-class warships served as flagships, one was commanded by Cheng Hong, and the other was handed over to Niu Jianhu, and the Taoist priest was divided into two teams, one team headed by Li Chunfeng on Niu Jianhu's ship.

And Cheng Hong's side is a team led by Dao Xuan Zhenren of the Jingming Sect. Cheng Hong held a large piece of paper and drew a chart as he went.

This trip to sea is the first time to explore the ocean since the founding of the Tang Dynasty! There were two Yin-class battleships, thirty-eight Mao-class battleships, and one hundred and twenty Chen-class battleships, all of which were loaded with enough food and wine for everyone for two months.

The Mao-class battleships and Yin-class battleships were flanked by small boats, and two people could carry them away to prevent accidents, or to land in the shallows.

The boat could hold up to four people, but it was enough for a shoal landing.

Li Ke watched the sails disappear into the sky, retracted his gaze, and went back to Quanzhou to study the drawings......

At the beginning, it was a novelty, although there were many times from the sea, but they were all near the sea, and you could see the land as far as the eye could see!

But this time, he plunged directly into the open sea, with a little uneasiness in his apprehension and a little expectation in his excitement. The navy, acting as sailors, searched up and down for the ship's objects!

Everyone marches with Cheng Hong's flagship! Fortunately, I didn't encounter too much wind and waves in the past few days of departure, and it was rare to have a smooth journey!

When the journey has reached seven or eight days, the endless side, the occasional seabirds resting on the mast, the dolphins jumping on the bow of the boat, and the whales are no longer in the heart!

Cheng Hong stood on the watchtower on the mast and looked around, marking on the drawings, drawing vertical and horizontal lines, occasionally marking where there are islands and where are reefs!

Of course, as we get farther and farther from shore, these reefs are getting harder and harder to find! Sometimes it's not impossible to hit an island at an hour.

Cheng Hong's purpose this time was to occupy the city, go to the city first, fill all the Chen-class battleships with rice, and go back along the coastline. Thirty-eight Mao-class warships and two Yin-class warships turned southeast and headed straight for the Indonesian archipelago.

Cheng Hong was planning here, and the Dao Xuan Zhenren below suddenly ran over: "Cheng Dudu, it's not good!"

Cheng Hong asked, "What's wrong?"

Dao Xuan is really humane: "Looking at today's weather, I am afraid that there will be a wind and rain in the near future, and we can just hide from the wind and rain on land, but how to hide from this sea?" Please also ask Cheng Dudu to make plans in advance! ”

As soon as Cheng Hong heard this, he immediately handed the pen to Cheng An on the side: "Is it accurate?"

Dao Xuan Zhenren nodded, Cheng Hong turned around anxiously, what are you afraid of, although it is impossible to be calm every day, but Cheng Hong also hopes that this wind and rain can come later!

Let everyone be more prepared, at this time Hou Jie said: "Wind and rain will be wind and rain, who are our Tang Dynasty soldiers afraid of in the sky and on the ground?" It's just a battle! It's just that I'm a little itchy these days! ”

Cheng Hong heard it, yes, it's just a battle! Sooner or later, I have to experience this, and I can still hold up a little momentum if I have my own strength!

Cheng Hong put down the things at hand: "Hou Jie, summons, all ships, check whether the things on the ship are fixed!" Including the barrels of alcohol in the ballast, fix all the activities for me!

Strap the rope around the sail and be ready to retract the sail at any time, keep the distance around the boat, be careful not to fall behind, and use the spinnaker and rudder to control the direction!

Watch out for whirlpools and reefs, and hide in the bilges except for the necessary personnel, close the doors, plug the windows and keep out of the rain!

Everyone cheered up and prepared for our first battle after we went to sea! Prepare for the storm! ”

"No!"

Hou Jie called a Chen-class battleship with a flag and began to spread the word!

Cheng Hong also began to personally see some places that were easier to miss.

The cries of the high seabirds came first, and the wind became more urgent, Cheng Hong ordered: "All ships lower their sails, and the Chen-class battleship water wheel is equipped with a check baffle!"

The black oppressive clouds in the distance pressed from behind, and occasionally lightning cut the sky like a sharp sword, looking at the dark clouds chasing behind, everyone found that this person was too small compared to heaven and earth!

The wind was in the rain, and the wind was blowing more and more fiercely, and Cheng Hong ordered: "All ships, heading forty-five degrees to the west, will stick out this storm obliquely!"

The helmsman maneuvered nervously, "All ships pay attention to the distance, pay attention to the flagship, do not deviate from the course, if they are scattered, they can see the land in the direction of the setting sun!" ”

At this time, Hou Jie came back: "What a thief, the first time the master knows that it is so terrible when it rains!" The scared master is shaking! ”

Cheng Hong ran to the mast, hung the big lantern himself, and watched the light of the lantern flash in the gradually dark sky, everyone seemed to have a backbone!

To say that this lamp is really powerful, the air intake and outlet of nine bends and eighteen bends, such a strong wind outside does not shake the candle flame, but the ship undulates with the waves, and the candle flame is sometimes shaken a little flicker.

Cheng Hong walked to the observation room and shouted: "Raise the lantern, fight!"

"Fight! War! War! ”

When the wind and rain came, Cheng Hong fought and ignited the arrogance of the Tang soldiers! It's just a little wind and rain, afraid of you?

At this time, the huge waves were surging, and the helmsman tried hard to stabilize the rudder, and the Chen-class battleship wanted to rely on the water wheel to provide power at the beginning, but when the huge waves came, everyone realized how naïve this idea was!

Not to mention the Chen-class battleship, even the largest Yin-class battleship is just drifting with the flow, the big lantern turns into a bright spot, the red one is the flagship, the pink one is the Mao-class battleship, and the ordinary one is the Chen-class battleship!

The two Yin-class battleships are guaranteed to be within each other's line of sight, and if they disappear, they will immediately move closer to the direction of disappearance, and the Mao-class battleships are guaranteed to see at least one red lantern at any time, and all Chen-class battleships have at least two pink lanterns in their eyes!

And all ships must keep their lanterns on, as long as they are unsinkable! Life can be abandoned, the lantern must be lit!

Cheng Hong tied himself to the observation room, wiped a handful of rain or sweat, stared at the red lantern on his right, and shouted: "Keep your distance, pay attention to the whirlpool in front of you!" Dodge to the right! ”

The helmsman scrambled to dodge! Cheng Hong shouted again: "Don't be afraid, the waves are three feet higher than the waves, and the boat is three feet higher than the waves!" The waves are not as high as the boat! Steady!

Pay attention to the twenty zhang Yuchen-class battleship on the right, and pay attention to dodge! The whirlpool passes, just hold steady! ”

The waves are tumbling, and the boat is like a toy in the hands of a bad boy, tossed around! Thankfully, the ships are all new and no corners are cut!

Although the boat creaked with the waves, there was no rainwater leakage!

Rainwater flowed down the deck into the boat's skirt, the sailors blocked the inlet, and the rest of the water flowed into the sea.

The lifeboat on the boat gang was sounded by the upside-down "Bang Bang", trying to break free from the shackles of the rope net.

The Chen-class battleships tried their best to adjust their direction, trying to avoid collisions with the Yin-class and Mao-class battleships.

Cheng Hong glanced at the fleet from time to time, and saw that a sailor may not have grasped it firmly, was thrown high by the ship, and was dragged back to the ship by the rope around his waist, and saw that he could not live......

Cheng Hong didn't know whether it was right or wrong to bring them out, and he didn't know how many ships would survive after this storm, and everything would have to wait for the heavy rain to pass......