Yes, Amerigo is back!

After leaving the port of Keelung in September last year, Amerigo's fleet followed the route pointed out by Marin, first following the Kuroshio Current, then reaching the waters near Japan, and then following the westerly wind of the westerly wind belt, all the way to the east. After reaching the west coast of the Americas, it followed the cold California current all the way south to Panama City.

However, after arriving in Panama City, Amerigo did not continue south, but parked the ship in the freshwater harbor of Panama. And he himself, with a few cronies, rode overland, crossed the Isthmus of Panama, arrived at Colon Bay on the Caribbean Sea, and hurried back to the mainland on the new 250 armed merchant ship that had been waiting here for a long time.

Because the new 250-class armed merchant ships use upper edge boom sails, they can easily travel the Caribbean Sea and the east coast of North America. And when crossing the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Breton Island, they were replaced with sails suitable for sailing downwind...... Then, more than two months later, Amerigo returned to Port Emden......

At this time, it was already the end of June, and the weather was already hot. Of course, the hotter here is the guide to the European region. East Friesland is located on the north coast of the sea, and it is a westerly wind belt, and the sea breeze is constant, so it is not very hot at all.

Amerigo was about to get some sleep when he was asked to get into a spring-loaded carriage by the guards sent by the roaring Marin. So, Amerigo simply fell asleep in the carriage. The carriage from Emden to Aurich took a concrete road, which was also very smooth and did not affect America's sleep.

Arriving in the city of Aurich, the guards woke up Amerigo, who was sleeping soundly, and took him to Marin's office. At this time, Amerigo had a full beard, apparently not taken care of for a long time, and his clothes were dirty and sloppy like a beggar.

But Marin didn't care, and went up to give Amerigo a hug to welcome him back.

Amerigo was also very interested, and knew that Marin was not interested in him as a person, but in the results of his voyages. So, he handed the logbook in his arms to Marin for review. He then began to report on the voyage and answer Marin's questions.

In fact, America was puzzled by Marin's ability to predict the route in the Pacific. After all, it seems that no one has ever set foot on this route. Moreover, since someone knows about this route, someone should have walked this route before him. Well, his "discovery" seems to be worthless. Even, it belongs to "fraudulently" claiming the right to discover......

As for Americago's doubts, Marin's explanation is simple and rude: it is true that no one has traveled this route, because this route was predicted by the great sage Albert Einstein using his "prophetic" ability to divination......

Amerigo was suddenly thundered...... Nima, there is still this statement......

However, although he doubted it in his heart, Amerigo would never dare to bring it up. Because, to oppose this statement is to question the identity of Marin's "disciple of the great sage", and it is also to question the gods. This kind of death, America does not dare to mess around.

However, in the absence of any traces of the voyage of the predecessors, it seems that only Marin's explanation is the most reasonable......

And Marin also values this logbook. Because, the above coordinates can be used as an important reference for future navigation. As long as you have these coordinates, in the future, as long as you are a captain who knows how to use a sextant and calculate latitude and longitude, you can sail along the coordinates.

Moreover, in this logbook, there are not only the coordinates of the route, but also the location of the reef that may be encountered, and that sea area needs to be more careful. As long as you follow these reminders and pay attention to the relevant sea areas, there will be no problems.

Of course, Marin also added a sentence to the logbook that there are typhoons in summer and autumn every year, and the three months of August, July and September are the most dangerous......

This mark is important because, in the age of sailing ships, seafarers could not resist natural disasters such as typhoons. And the presence of sails makes sailboats more susceptible to typhoons. Even if the 10,000-ton steel steamers that do not use sails in later generations will have to avoid typhoons when they see them, let alone the wooden sailboats of this era?

Of course, it doesn't matter if an ordinary sailor or even an ordinary captain lives or dies. This annotation was actually marked by Marin to himself.

After all, if Marin wants to make a trip to the Ming Dynasty, he must avoid the typhoon season. Otherwise, in the event of a typhoon, even Marin with a fleet will not be able to stop it.

In the event of a normal storm, even if Marin's ship capsizes, he can still escape to another ship in a lifeboat. But if you encounter a typhoon like this, I'm afraid there will be no place to escape. Because, the whole fleet could be doomed.

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In fact, on the mainland, a fleet of up to 10 500-ton warships has long been ready. They are ready to leave at any time, and at the first order, they will leave their home port and go to Daming.

The home port of these 10 battleships was very secluded, no longer in the port of Emden, but in the later Wilhelmshaven. That is, the deep-water port west of the outlet of the Gulf of Oldenburg is also the deepest deep-water port in Germany in later generations, and it is also the largest military port in Germany during the two world wars.

Of course, this is the best port after the ships are made steel. But in this era, it was not a good port. Because, this is a seawater port, not a freshwater port.

It has been said many times before the British Navy invented the copper skin nailed to the bottom of the ship to prevent ship maggots, wooden ships could not stay in the sea for a long time. Otherwise, the wooden bottom of the ship is easily damaged by maggots, causing the cabin to leak and sink the ship.

So, before the 19th century, most ports were located at the mouth of the Tamsui River, such as New York at the mouth of the Hudson River, London near the mouth of the Thames, and Hamburg at the mouth of the Elbe......

It was not until the mid-19th century, during the American Civil War, that the appearance of ironclad ships in the true sense of the word and the popularization of wooden ships with copper bottoms, that saltwater ports had practical significance. Wilhelmshaven, on the other hand, also began construction in the late 19th century. Moreover, it was built for an important purpose as the home port of Germany's large ironclad warships.

Originally, Marin also did not have the conditions for the opening of Wilhelmshaven. But with the advent of nickel steel skins, and the success of the four armed merchant ships in America nailing the bottom of the ship with nickel steel skins to prevent seawater corrosion, the existence of Wilhelmshaven became meaningful.

It just so happened that Emden Port was a trading port, and too many warships docked there would frighten people. Therefore, Marin made up his mind and simply moved all 10 battleships with nickel and steel skins on the bottom to Wilhelmshaven. After all, it's a secluded and remote place, and it's usually not visited. By the way, Wilhelmshaven is still called Wilhelmshaven. As for the reason, because Marin is lazy...... But externally, Marin declared that his second son would be named William, which is nothing to do......

At present, Marin has a total of 20 500-ton warships, and plans to nail all the bottoms of the ships with nickel and steel skins in the future. After that, you can hide all in Wilhelmshaven. Saltwater ports like Wilhelmshaven are generally rarely visited. And those freshwater ports at the mouth of the Tamsui River tend to have more people coming and going, and there are many people. After all, along the Tamsui River, there is a concentrated population.

However, because there were fewer sisal fibers in stock from the Aztec Empire in Mexico, there was not enough sisal rope to make a pulley-type steering wheel, as well as the "bones" of marine cables and sails. As a result, Marin was now only able to muster 10 ships that used sisal ropes and sails (partially). More sisal fibre will have to wait until next year's Cuban sisal fibre harvest. After all, Marin has already ordered the cultivation of sisal in the hilly regions of Cuba, and the first sisal fibres will be harvested by the end of next year.

And this time to Daming, Marin plans to use these 10 warships. Marin intends to notify the departure of these 10 warships as soon as possible. However, he did not set off with him.

Why? Because these warships need to bypass Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost island in South America, and reach the west coast of South America first. Then, head north to the Panamanian sea.

Marin didn't want to follow the fleet around all of South America, he planned to let the fleet go first. And himself, at the end of the year, he took a boat to Panama. Then, cross the Isthmus of Panama by land, join the fleet, and then go to Daming together.

At that time, it was probably the early spring season. And when he went to the Caribbean, it was winter, and there were no hurricanes in the Caribbean. There will be no typhoons in the western Pacific in the spring...... As long as there are no hurricanes or typhoons, he doesn't have to worry about accidents......

After all, a traverser only has one life, and it is best if there are no accidents...... Caesar is still young after all, and if he hangs up in an accident, God knows if the North Sea Kingdom will collapse like Alexander's empire......

Moreover, the knights' jousting tournament is about to begin, and he can also stay and join in the fun......