The busiest on the ship is naturally Ren Zhixing's drawing detachment, and they are also the only troops who did not participate in the Landlord Fighting Competition, but for them Li Yuanjing naturally has a separate reward, and each person is rewarded with two as compensation.

After all, this part is so important that they need to constantly look at those compasses to make sure that the fleet does not deviate, and even if it does, it needs to be marked immediately on the chart to ensure the path of the fleet.

If they are careless, it will be a disastrous outcome for the subsequent voyage, and it is very likely that they will follow their chart and end up lost in the sea.

"It's unbelievable that it's only about 700 miles from the Ryukyus!" Looking at the distance counted from the survey paper, Ren Zhixing could not hide the shock on his face.

Is this a long distance?

It is not far at all, from Undeng County to Silla, the middle is about 750 li, that is, the land in front of you is roughly equivalent to the distance from Mundeng to Silla, of course, this is only from the Ryukyus.

In the past few days, Ren Zhixing's team has also been drawing a topographical map of the Ryukyus, although it is only a rough layout, but it can basically determine an outline, and it can be known that they are starting from the southernmost part of the Ryukyus.

"According to the longest route, it is only about 1,700 miles away from Toyoshu, and according to the current speed of the fleet, it will be possible to come here from Toyosu in about ten days to half a month." Ren Zhixing kept talking.

But this was not his only discovery, and he then said: "According to the known topographic maps, if you start from here and sail to the northwest, that is, from ten to eleven o'clock, it is very likely that you will eventually reach a place between Guangzhou, Xunzhou, Chaozhou and Zhangzhou on the Lingnan Road, and this straight-line distance is about 1,300 to 1,500 li." ”

Listening to Ren Zhixing's inference, Ma Zhou couldn't help but smack his lips, and at the same time widened his eyes and said, "In other words, under the most ideal situation, starting from these four states, you can get here in less than ten days at the earliest?" ”

"Suffice it to say, if it's a steamship, maybe two or three days away?" The more Ren Zhixing thought about it, the more terrifying he felt, and as the time spent at sea increased and his knowledge increased, he became more and more aware of the power of steamboats.

Although there is only one small steamship of 100 stones, and there are only 11 crew members on the entire ship to control it, the rear fleet needs to keep supplying him with coal and fresh water, in order to ensure that the small steamship can sail normally, Li Yuanjing has freed up a large ship of 1000 stones to provide logistics support for it.

But the good thing about the steamship has to be admitted, once it goes crazy, after a short while, the lookout can only judge its approximate location based on the black smoke in the sky.

In fact, the speed of the steamship is not too fast, according to Li Yuanjing's visual inspection, it is only about ten knots, or even less.

But even at this speed, the rowing boat can only look up, according to the calculation of ten knots, it can run about 18 kilometers per hour, and according to the calculation of twelve hours a day, it can run 216 kilometers, 1,300 to 1,500 miles, in fact, it is about 700 kilometers, according to the speed of the steamship, is it not three to four days?

If you can sail at night, run non-stop twenty-four hours a day, you can reach it in a day and a half, and this is only the initial speed, as time goes by, the power of the steam engine will definitely increase, and then the ship will get faster and faster.

"Okay, this is the imperial court!" Li Yuanjing said with a final word.

Other people in the Philippines don't have to think about it, it is impossible for the imperial court to divide it to other people, it will definitely set up a state here, according to Li Yuanjing's plan, the nearest fiefdom will also be south of the Philippines, that is, the Malay and Indonesian generation area.

Since Li Yuanjing made a choice between Australia and the Americas, the Philippines and Australia are the places where Li Yuanjing circled the king for the imperial court, that is to say, if nothing else, the future prince of the Tang Dynasty will be divided into these two places, of course, before the partition, the imperial court is still needed to build and maintain, and a teenage prince can't come here, the front is deserted, there is no one in the whole rule, there is no building, right?

Although this fact is very depressing, it is also acceptable, after all, they knew this result before they came out, and it is too close to Datang to give it to them.

"The fleet is in combat readiness, it will arrive on the shore today for observation, and the landing will begin tomorrow afternoon!" Li Yuanjing ordered directly.

The fleet now has a whole set of operational processes, discovering land, anchoring in the offshore area for observation, then landing for initial exploration, then preliminary determination of the size of the area, and then the end of the business.

All they have to do is find out and then determine if it's habitable, and the most crucial factor is the water, and whether there is a state on land, and as for the rest, that's the goal of the next voyage.

According to the rules formulated by Li Yuanjing, after returning from this voyage, the scale of the next fleet will be expanded, after all, a new round of construction has begun on the shipyard side, and the next round of sailing, the fleet will also be divided into several different teams, each of which has its own goal, and then it is to land for detailed exploration, and then determine what to do next.

"Someone! There are people on land! However, as soon as Li Yuanjing gave the order, the roar of the lookout came from the microphone.

Li Yuanjing hurriedly walked to the front of the command cabin and looked ahead, but because the height was not enough, he couldn't see where the so-called people were?

"How many are there?" Li Yuanjing thought about it and felt that it should be the indigenous people of Luzon, and the first country in Luzon in his memory should have been established more than 600 years later, that is, in the next 300 years, it is very likely that there will not be a large number of foreign peoples taking root here.

"There are not many people, about 100 people, they seem to be fishing? But it's strange, it's too far away to see clearly, and it feels a bit like Kunlun Nu! ”

Dwarf Negro!

Li Yuanjing instantly determined the identity of the other party, the dwarf black man is one of the natives of Luzon Island, and his characteristics are like this, short and dark.

"The steamer is going to probe and see if you can catch it alive, don't land, and don't get too close to the shore!" Li Yuanjing commanded.

Immediately afterwards, the steamship quickly broke away from the fleet and rushed straight ahead, and at this time the advantage of the steamship was unceremoniously manifested.

However, an hour later, the steamer returned in vain.

Although the dwarf blacks were fishing, they did not enter the sea too much, some of them tried to stab with sticks on the shore, and they also made a heavy raft, but it was only one or two hundred meters away from the land, and at the same time as they saw the steamship rushing towards them, the dwarf blacks on the shore and on the raft instantly scattered and fled, only allowing the soldiers on the steamship to see their existence, and that's it.