The clipper ship is very fast!

Even for Zhu Mingzhong, who is accustomed to high-speed sailing in another world, he is also surprised by the high speed of the clipper.

When the first glimmer of dawn came, Shi Yiwen began to use a sextant to measure the latitude of the ship, from the latitude can be judged that now the "New Hope" has sailed into the Taiwan Strait, this way the ship is sailing in the wind, because of the wind, so now the "New Hope" and "Xintiandi" are not on the traditional route, perhaps, it is also because of this reason, so that they did not encounter pirates at all on the way, after all, the pirates of this era are "waiting for the rabbit" near the fixed route.

"What is he doing?"

Again, when he saw Shi Yiwen fiddling with his instrument there, ***'s heart was full of doubts, but in addition to doubts, he was more annoyed.

"Could it be that he really wants to take the big guy to the brink?"

The reason why there is such a thought in his heart is because, after the ship went to sea, this General Secretary Shi was taking the big guy to a dead end.

Not to mention anything else, it is to let the ship sail into the "Black Water Ocean", I don't know how much risk it takes, although *** believes that with his own skills, he can still let the big guy return to land safely, but if he is allowed to mess around like this, something big will definitely happen.

No way!

We can't let him do this again!

After making up his mind, *** walked to the side of the gunwale, and he saw that Mr. Shi was counting something there, so he said.

"Director-General, there is a sentence below that must be said to you!"

"Oh? What words? ”

Shi Yiwen, who had just figured out the latitude of the ship, was surprised, even though he had just been out to sea for two or three days, he could also feel ***'s resistance to himself.

"I think it's more appropriate to say in the cabin."

"Okay, Zhang Qin, you take measurements every hour, and calculate our speed."

After telling the students what they need to do, Shi Yiwen went to the captain's cabin with ***, and when he entered the captain's cabin, even if he was full of opinions about Shi Yiwen, he still couldn't help but sigh at the brightness of the captain's cabin, and the transparent glass windows allowed sunlight to shine into the cabin, so that ***, who was used to the dim cabin, would always sigh at the difference of this ship.

"General, what's the matter?"

Although *** is not a general of the imperial court now, Shi Yiwen will still call him that.

"This ...... Hmmm......"

After a moment's hesitation, *** said.

"That's right, Mr. Shi, although you have a noble status, but on the ship, you should listen to me, after all, I am the captain of a ship."

Because of the other party's noble status, although *** was a little dissatisfied, his tone still seemed very polite.

"I know, the captain is the biggest on the ship!"

Shi Yiwen nodded, and then said.

"Rest assured, I absolutely agree with this, and it will not affect your authority!"

The captain of the ship is the first, which is the core factor of the Age of Discovery, and the fundamental reason why the Western powers can cross the seas, of course, the same is true on the ships of the Ming Dynasty, but in many cases, the captain needs to give way to the powerful.

"Moreover, I also think that you, as the captain of the ship, should have absolute authority over the captain, and anyone who comes to your ship must obey your command!"

Seeing that Shi Yiwen said it so simply, *** couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then tried to say.

"In that case, I hope that you will not interfere with my command any longer, and I will soon order the ship to sail westward, so that soon we will see the islands and coastline off the coast, and then we can follow the wind all the way south......"

Although it was to "recapture" the command, the tone of *** still seemed very polite.

"I don't know, what does the Director-General think?"

"No way!"

Shi Yiwen refused directly.

"General Li, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to compete with you for command. Compared to sailing in the deep sea, sailing close to the coast is very risky, not to mention the pirates you may encounter, even the messy wind direction, currents and reefs along the coast will have a lot of impact on navigation, and I hope you can understand that I am not indiscriminately directing now. ”

Thinking of his previous maintenance of the captain's command, Shi Yiwen explained.

"General Lee, well, I think this is a scientific experiment, and in this experiment, as a captain, I will respect your opinion, but please believe me, if this experiment is successful, it will fundamentally change navigation technology."

In the past month, Shi Yiwen has not been idle, while the craftsmen are building the boat, he has been searching for all kinds of nautical books in the space library, where he studied navigation, although those nautical books did not tell him how to operate a sailboat, but through those books, he learned to measure latitude with a sextant and longitude with a clock. It is precisely because of this that he deliberately returned to the capital during this period, and then used the observatory in Shitaizhuang, which was actually only a simple astronomical equipment such as an astronomical telescope taken out of the space library, as the prime meridian, and then reclassified the map.

However, during this voyage, Shi Yiwen made two preparations, on the one hand, based on the "new map" of Shitaizhuang as the prime meridian, and on the other hand, he referred to the map of another world. Therefore, it can be regarded as a double guarantee, and it is natural that I am full of confidence in sailing.

"Experiments?"

"Yes, it's an experiment, well, it's an attempt at the latest nautical technology......"

Looking at ***, Shi Yiwen tried to convince him.

"This new type of navigation technology is not just a sextant, clocks and other navigation tools, including the flying clipper ship we are now sitting in, it is also a new type of ship, its speed is at least two or three times that of ordinary ships, but its high speed needs to sail in the deep sea to avoid risks such as reefs in coastal areas, so this requires more advanced navigation means as a supplement, and now, the test we are conducting is this test ......"

Almost at the moment when Shi Yiwen's words fell, *** said a little excitedly.

"However, Mr. Shi, even if you try again, you can't risk the lives of your brothers!"

In the face of ***'s questioning, Shi Yiwen didn't explain anything, but raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and then said slowly.

"General Li, if I'm not mistaken, in half an hour, we should arrive in Penghu."

"It's impossible, you can't know these ......"

Twenty years of sailing experience makes *** seem very stubborn. Faced with his stubbornness, Edwin smiled.

"Won't we know the answer in an hour and a half?"

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