On the ninth day of the first month of April, it is advisable to marry and travel far away.

Zhang Bao put away the yellow calendar in his hand and officially announced the order for the fleet to set sail.

From last year to this summer, the expedition has sailed thousands of miles south of the Sunda Strait.

There are only two large and one small expedition ships left.

The storm of the South Seas engulfed another ship, killing everyone on board, and not a single one survived.

The ruthlessness and ferocity of the sea are vividly displayed.

But it was also the blessing of the storm, Zhang Bao and his entourage successfully landed on the Australian mainland. After repairing the boats, they made their way south along the coastline, another thousand miles away, but they still didn't see the end of the island.

This can no longer be described as an island, but should be called a continent.

The only pity for Zhang Bao is the geography of this continent, which seems to be only green along the coastline, and some distance further inland, there is only a vast expanse of yellow sand.

This diminishes their excitement about discovering a new continent and the rewards they can get in the future.

If this vast land really had a narrow stretch of land on the edge of the sea, and the rest of it was a vast desert, the island would be much less valuable, and with only a handful of wild people in the place, it wouldn't even be as good as a Java island.

This is the surviving crew of the expedition's two ships, and all of them are happy.

The flotilla did not return the same way, but followed the current in a straight line north.

The sailors and seamen on board were no rookies, and they had spotted the northward current as they were heading south along the coastline, which had only caused trouble for them at the time, but was now their best helper.

With the sails furled, taking advantage of the sea breeze and harnessing the currents, the expedition on the way back was not much faster than when it came.

A few days have passed, and the excitement of everyone's departure and return has been completely polished out by the boring ocean.

These people who were selected for the expedition, whether up or down, almost all of them were motivated by the desire for wealth and fame, which prompted them to resolutely go to the sea full of unknowns and risks.

Everyone knows that the voyage at sea is full of risks, but for the crew of the expedition, the real danger is not the unfathomable sea, but the torture of the human will on the long and boring voyage.

Life on board is boring and monotonous, and even if you can't help but play, it's hard to get excited all the way to the end of the expedition ship.

The reason is very simple, there is a world of difference between the ship and the drug stall.

Correspondingly, the food on the ship is also very simple, each meal is a piece of compressed dry food, a salted fish or salted meat, and a dish of Sichuan Shu pickles, Zhao Gou remembers that this pickle is rich in vitamins, two pieces of crystal sugar or preserved fruit, plus a bowl of persimmon leaf tea - persimmon leaf tea containing a lot of vitamins, is the exclusive magic weapon to keep Zhao Song's crew away from scurvy.

As a traverser, Zhao Gou naturally knew the existence of sepsis, and once read many articles on the Internet praising the ancient Chinese fleet's use of tea and bean sprouts to prevent sepsis.

But then some people said that this was nonsense, and the reason will not be said, anyway, the opponents swore by it, and finally took out such a magic weapon as persimmon leaf tea.

Zhao Gou didn't remember some things clearly, but he remembered persimmon leaf tea, remembered that this thing was rich in vitamins and was the big nemesis of sepsis.

Then it's good to match.

It's not a very rare thing, just persimmon leaves.

Moreover, the preservation of drinking water has always been a big problem in ocean voyages, and this thing can easily spoil, grow green algae, become sticky, and emit a peculiar smell, making it difficult for people to drink.

But if you use this water to boil tea leaves, or use it to make wine, then you can do it.

The latter is also the daily drinking of the crew during the voyage, a high degree of soju mixed with water, which can not only sterilize, but also improve the taste, everyone can receive a full iron kettle in the morning and evening, how to look at it is more than five catties.

But Zhang Bao should be glad that he didn't need this trick at all, and after crossing the Sunda Strait, he has been sailing close to Jawa Island, and can easily obtain clean drinking water and a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables. When the New World was discovered, although it was arid and desert, it was still possible to find water on the edge of the sea.

Even on the way back, I went north along the current, and this speed was much faster than when I came.

According to his calculations, it will not take long to reach Java Island, but it is unknown where it will land.

Back to business.

Eating the same way every day, working every day, and seeing exactly the same scenery every day, day after day, is really tormenting.

Therefore, in order to avoid chaos on board, whether it is a serious warship or an expedition ship, all of them are strictly disciplined, and the upper and lower ranks are distinct. Zhang Bao was born as a sailor, so he naturally knew how to deal with the sailors under him. He will keep their feet from touching the ground, and drain them of their strength, so that they will not have the energy to make trouble.

But some people are not among them, such as Na Wang Cai.

Once upon a time, the beautiful scenery of the ocean had long been boring and tasteless in his eyes, and Wang Cai's mood became extremely irritating with the day after day of sailing, and he could not even write quietly.

"I want to jump, jump ......"

Standing on the deck, he had this idea of destruction many times in his heart. The idea of jumping off the initiative is getting higher and higher day by day.

If it weren't for the sudden storm that scared him, Wang Caibao might have already been finely divided.

One of the three expedition ships sank, and two of the other two were also damaged, which frightened Wang Cai. What is his origin? Even if you already know that there are risks at sea, do you know more and have a deep understanding of your own experience?

Wang Cai was honest for a while.

Then the kangaroos of the New World caught his attention. This creature is simply beyond the imagination of everyone on the expedition.

There is a bag for a child on the belly, which is unbelievable.

Not to mention that adult kangaroos are strong and powerful, and in the process of catching kangaroos, many people are killed and injured.

Yes, it's dead.

Those who were kicked to death, those who were swept to death by their tails, and those who had their arms and legs broken.

Before returning home, they caught a few such strange beasts and prepared to return to the Central Plains to show the emperor.

Then Wang Cai was irritable again.

The kangaroo was a strange thing at first, and it was not a peerless beauty, so it could go on and on. Of course, when there was a boredom in my heart, when I looked at the surrounding scenery, it was all a blue ocean, and there was no other color at all, and Wang Cai's mentality was unstable again.

Zhang Bao's heart is gone.

What did Wang Cai say before? How do you do it now? Anointing children, it's really not credible!

In the middle of the night, he suddenly screamed wildly, and Zhang Bao, who lived next door, was about to jump out of his heart.

The impact is very bad, very bad. The atmosphere on board has changed a bit over the past two days. If this makes Wang Cai scream a few more times, it will not be worse.

"Unfortunately...... "It will take a few days to reach Java Island."