After staying in the harbor for a while, Yang Congyi saw many merchant ships coming and going in a hurry, and he had some ideas in his heart, and he suggested to Xue Wang that the port should be further expanded and more warehouses and freight yards should be built, not only to allow merchant ships to dock and replenish supplies, but also to allow them to trade here, and provide them with a stable place to live for ten days, a month, two months, three months, or even a year or two, and finally build this place into a prosperous commercial city, and when it reaches a certain scale, They can later sit and collect money.

Xue Wang is a rough man, the purpose of his recruitment to join the Xuanwei Army was to fight and make meritorious contributions, but for so many years, he has been left in Nanyang, which is far from the original intention of joining the Xuanwei Army back then.

So when Yang Congyi made a suggestion to him, he immediately said what he thought in his heart, in a word, he didn't want to stay in Nanyang to waste time, he wanted to return to the army, return to his hometown, and return to the battlefield, those who joined the Xuanwei Army with him back then, many of them made war exploits and won the imperial court reward, and he also longed for war merits and the battlefield!

Yang Congyi was silent for a long time, and then agreed to Xue Wang's request, once Song Jin started a war, those who wanted to fight and dared to fight were more important than anything else!

Xue Wang returned to the army as a general, and the head of the "Nanyang Governor's Office" re-selected a general from the fleet, and that general was also an old man of the Xuanwei Army.

"Song Hao, Nanyang will be handed over to you, manage it well, there will be a chance in the future, if you want to go back, I will find a way to let you go back." Yang Congyi handed over the appointment paperwork.

"Thank you, Lord Yang, the last general will definitely live up to your trust!" Song Hao hugged his fists and thanked him, and respectfully accepted the paperwork.

"The affairs of the Governor's Mansion, you and Xue Wang will do a good job of handing over and take over as soon as possible."

"Yes, sir."

"If you have any ideas and difficulties, you can also tell me directly and try to provide you with convenience."

"The difficulty is not to be said, the last general has not yet taken over the affairs of Nanyang, so I don't know very well. There is something to be decided by the adults! ”

"What?"

"Can the last general transfer some familiar subordinates over?"

"Yes, the limit is 200 people."

"Thank you, sir!"

From that day on, the "Nanyang Governor's Office" officially changed hands, and under the leadership of Song Hao, according to Yang Congyi's design, it developed rapidly in Nanyang within a few years.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months passed, the north wind disappeared, and the fleet waited for the westward monsoon.

On 27 March, the Great Song Huiyi fleet departed from the port of the "Nanyang Governor's Office" and entered the Strait of Malacca.

When the fleet left the strait, the sails were fully furled, day and night, all the way to the west.

According to the plan, the fleet would stop at Ceylon, the southernmost point of Tianzhu, replenish fresh water supplies and continue westward, and the final destination of the fleet was to enter the Red Sea, which no one had ever visited, and I don't know how far it would be and how much time it would take.

Seventeen days later, the fleet reached the southernmost point of Ceylon, stopped at the mouth of the river to replenish fresh water, and five days later set sail for the northwest.

Twenty-five days later, the fleet took advantage of the southwesterly wind to reach a continent, a strange place, full of red deserts, and it was not easy to find fresh water, and no one knew what this place was.

Yang Congyi, who led the fleet to this place, was not sure whether this place was the east coast of Africa or the Arabian Peninsula, and if he ran in the wrong direction, he would have to go through a lot of trouble if he wanted to enter the Red Sea.

Unable to discern the location, the fleet could only temporarily dock at the coast, waiting for an opportunity to replenish fresh water.

At the same time, a sea ship was sent to move along the coast, and according to the needle and disc directions, the young trainees trained by the "room" always marked and recorded the direction of the warship's travel.

Four days later, the ship returned to the fleet, and drawings recording the direction of the ship were sent to Shenzhou.

Yang Congyi returned to his room with the drawings, and the maps he brought from later generations were standard, and by comparing the coastline direction, he could determine whether the location of the fleet was on the coast of the Arabian Peninsula or the coast of the northeast corner of Africa.

"Husband, what are you?" Meng Yunniang watched Yang Congyi take out a book, which was different from all the books she had seen, because the patterns inside were colorful, and the text was very small, not handwritten or engraved and printed at all, and she was amazed for a while.

"This is the map, I can't tell you very clearly now, I'll talk to you about it later when I have time. Some things can be seen in the eyes, but don't say it, especially this map, once you say it, it will inevitably cause unwarranted disasters, or even murder. Remember? Yang Congyi trusted Meng Yunniang very much, as soon as he saw her eyes, he couldn't help but want to share the secret in his heart with her, as for why, he couldn't say clearly, it was a very wonderful feeling, not in Qingchen, not in Siniang, even he felt strange.

"Don't worry, I won't say anything to outsiders." Meng Yunniang smiled lightly.

Then he couldn't help asking, "Husband, what are you doing here?" ”

"Verify where the fleet is located. We are disoriented, and if we can't figure out the location, not only will we not be able to reach our intended destination, but we may not even be able to go back. Yang Congyi flipped through the map, found the Arabian Peninsula, and then compared the route of the warship in his hand with the coastline.

"Ah, can't we go back?" Meng Yunniang was shocked.

"Not necessarily, I'm not looking for a location, if I find a location, I can go back." After careful comparison, Yang Congyi found that the trends of the two did not coincide very well.

So he immediately opened the map of East Africa, looked at the coastline of East Africa, and compared the two slightly, the coastline of East Africa was excluded, because the latter was northeast-southwest-northerly, and the course detected by the warship was northeast-southwest, and the direction was relatively standard, without much deviation.

After repeatedly comparing the coastline of the two places with the course of the transshipment ship, Yang Congyi believes that the location of the fleet is closer to the Arabian Peninsula, although it does not coincide very well, but it is definitely not the coast of East Africa.

"Found it?" Meng Yunniang saw Yang Congyi close the book and hurriedly asked. Although it's okay at sea, she still cares about whether she can return to Da Song.

"Well, I found it." Yang Congyi put the map away, turned around and walked out of the cabin.

Meng Yunniang received an affirmative answer, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief and continued to read her book quietly.

"Order, the fleet will set sail tomorrow and continue along the coast!"

Yang Congyi gave an order, and the order quickly spread throughout the army.

The elite army and the escort army, who had been confused for many days and were uncertain, finally cheered up, because the fleet was not lost, they could reach their destination, and they could go back!

After the flotilla set off, it sailed southwest along the coast for dozens of days, and then the coast turned to the northwest, and the flotilla turned with it.

The map of the Red Sea region, Yang Congyi gave a relatively brief one, because what tells you is that this map comes from the Seljuk region, and the distance from Baghdad to the Red Sea coast, the capital of the Seljuk country, is far away, if you take the land route, the distance in a straight line is two or three thousand miles, and the road is full of desert Gobi, barren and inhabited, it is difficult to get through, and from the sea road, the distance is even farther, no less than from Mingzhou to the "Nanyang Governor's Mansion", so this map is not very detailed, and some places are not clear, which requires the pilot warship to be extra careful and report the situation in time.

Because the Red Sea area is very unfamiliar, no one in the fleet has ever come, and no one has gone to Seljuk to find a guide, so Shenzhou's position in the fleet has to be advanced after the first warship, so that it can make decisions at any time and provide suggestions for the pilot ship at any time, of course, these decisions and suggestions are basically made by Yang Congyi.

After resetting sail from the fleet, the "intercourse" trainees on the Shenzhou will draw everything they see along the way on a large white paper, without a day of interruption, and when they reach the end of the sea area, all the drawings can be spliced together, and a relatively complete nautical chart can be formed, and the next time they come, the fleet can sail along the previous route to avoid going astray and delaying time.

The fleet sails slower in unfamiliar waters, sailing at full speed during the day and halving at night, passing through dense islands and reefs, and ceasing to sail as soon as the sun sets, so as not to be dangerous.

After sailing in the sea for more than ten days, Yang Congyi ordered the fleet to move from the east coast of the ocean to the west coast, and then continued along the coast.

Due to the reduced speed, it eventually took almost a month for the fleet to reach the end of the Red Sea, where the ships docked.

At this point, the fleet finally reached the end of the voyage.

The scouts of the Jingwu Army landed as soon as possible, and after probing in the east, west, and north directions, they reported that there were no towns within twenty miles, and only a very few people lived in them.

The absence of a town means that there is no danger in landing in this place for the time being, and it also means that this place is not suitable for habitation.

Since there was no danger, a large force of the elite army and the escort army quickly landed, set up camp three miles from the shore, established a defensive area, and then found a small river near Youna.

With their feet on solid earth, they undoubtedly came to a new continent, farther than the Seljuks, stranger than the Seljuks, and more desolate than the Seljuks from the first impressions.

Walking on the New World, looking at the red land full of eyes like the desert Gobi, Lu You sweating on his forehead, his heart was half cold.

"Brother Yang, how do you look at it, it doesn't look like it is inhabited, all the way, the coast is a barren land where there are no people and grass does not grow, can the goods we brought from the Great Song Dynasty really be sold? Sell to whom? ”

Lu You and Yang Congyi got down from the Shenzhou together, and walked all the way towards the built camp, he looked at everything in front of him, his brows furrowed.

"Don't worry, a hundred miles away in the north is the most prosperous place in this whole strange continent, and that area has existed longer than the Central Plains, and it was once richer than the Central Plains."