On the ninth day of the ninth month of the fourth year of Xingqian, it is advisable to marry and travel far away.

On this day, just after midnight, at the wharf of Keelung Port, a group of soldiers lined up on the wharf, and Zhao Guoan, the prefect of Wannian Prefecture, waved at Fang Zhong.

"This official wishes Brother Fang a safe journey!"

There are not too many blessings, there are not too many words, there is only one expectation, and that is the expectation of a new world.

"Please rest assured that Governor Zhao will definitely live up to expectations!"

After a brief resignation, Fang Zhonglu stepped onto the deck of the flagship "Anping", he first looked at the sailors on the deck, then at the local officials and merchants on the dock, and then said to the sailors.

"Set sail!"

After giving the order to sail, to the cheers of the sailors, the sailors turned the anchor plate and creaked to retract the iron anchor. The weather was excellent on this day, and although the wind was not very strong, it did not affect the sailing. Two hours after leaving Keelung, the flotilla of two ships encountered a strong sea breeze, which forced the flotilla to sail due east, and the speed of the ships soon exceeded 5 knots. A few hours later, the Taiwanese disappeared from the sailors' sight. At this moment, the wind direction reversed slightly, and Seo Yunxian, who was the captain of the ship, immediately ordered the sails to be adjusted in order to head northeast.

According to Fang's plan, he first sailed to the Ryukyus, which was a well-established route, and then sailed northeast to Kuroshio, and then with Kuroshio, according to Fang's calculations, after six months, he could reach America.

The wind was not weak throughout the day and night on the first day of anchoring, but the wind direction was uncertain, and the speed of the fleet was affected by the large number of loads and the excessive load, which averaged less than 4 nautical miles per hour. Two days later, the wind was clear and the speed of the ship began to pick up.

Ten days later, after sailing out of the port of Naha for sulphur, by the time night fell on the fourth day, all images of the land had disappeared, and the fleet had entered the vast ocean of which they knew nothing.

For the vast majority of the voyage, the flotilla's course was simple and straightforward – eastward!

Since ancient times, ships have always followed a set of strict rules when sailing at sea, and the replacement of the steering wheel must be in a certain way, and the succession of shifts must be in accordance with a certain procedure. The sun and stars must be observed at the prescribed time, and so on. All sailors on board, including trainee sailors, craftsmen and new sailors, were divided into two shifts of four hours each. Each class is foreshadowed by a senior sailor. When sailing by boat, the ship may be at sea for a month or even months, and the fixed time of watch and the way of handing over the shift are obviously reasonable, so that each seafarer can only be on that nasty midnight shift once every other night.

At sea, rules are life, and that's why the captain has 100% authority. Even as the commander-in-chief, during the voyage, Fang Zhonglu also needs to obey the orders of the captain Xu Yunxian, of course, his only privilege, I am afraid that he does not need to be on duty.

On this day, the sea was calm and the sky was clear and cloudless. A slight easterly wind ruffled the ocean. Standing on the bridge, you can see far away even without a telescope.

But the people on the boat couldn't see anything. You can't see the reef, you can't see the island. The land has long since disappeared, and all that can be seen is an ocean.

Fang Zhong crawled his sextant, which is a unique navigation equipment of the Ming Dynasty, which is commonly used in navigation to measure the angle between the sun and the horizon, so as to quickly know the latitude of the ship, the principle of this sextant was proposed and designed by His Majesty the Emperor, and its biggest advantage is that the movement of the ship does not affect the results of observation. He waited a few minutes for the sun to match the horizon. As he observed, he held the sextant tightly, and it remained absolutely steady.

"We're in the right place right now,"

Putting down the sextant, Seo Yun-hyun said.

"Mr. Fang, according to the current course and speed, we should enter the Kuroshio today or tomorrow, and then we can sail along the Kuroshio."

Then Xu Yunxian said to Fang Zhongzhi again.

"In five months, our ship was faster than the Spanish galleon, and in five months at most we would be able to reach America......"

In Xu Yunxian's words, Fang Zhonglu's eyes were fixed on the large flat map placed on the folding platform of the bridge, this is not a map, but a blank piece of paper, they will draw a nautical chart during this voyage, the only nautical chart that can be used as a reference, is a non-standard nautical chart drawn by the Japanese on a voyage decades ago.

Stacking the non-standard chart with the newly drawn chart, Fang Zhonglu said to Guan Tianfang.

"We should be in this position into the Kuroshio."

"Kuroshio?"

Guan Tianfang, who has been learning to sail, was a little surprised.

"What is Kuroshio?"

The so-called ocean seems to be the sea, and the others, like the continent, have their own "rivers". These "rivers" are actually special currents, which can be identified by their temperature and color, the most notable of which is the "warm current". It is these water routes that connect the world and become a sea. On the sea, we sail with the help of the monsoon winds and these "rivers", and rely on them to get us to the right place! ”

Xu Yunxian pointed to the map and began to introduce.

"The so-called Kuroshio Current, is the "black current", the black current comes out of the Bay of Bengal in the Tianzhu Sea, by the direct rays of the tropical sun, the sea water is extremely warm, it crosses the Strait of Malacca, continues along the coast of Shenzhou, until it enters the northern Pacific Ocean as a ring bend, until Mexico, its color is obviously separated from the current of the ocean, well, dark blue, almost black, we are going to take this current, the Spaniards are also walking here! ”

Guan Tianfang's eyes stared at the map, and at this moment, he seemed to see that there was a "river" in the boundless ocean of the Pacific Ocean, and this river would send them to their destination.

The next day, early in the morning, a sailor who was squatting under the bow boom to defecate suddenly saw the color of the sea under his feet change from blue to black, and black and blue met below him, and he immediately shouted loudly.

"We're here, we're here! It's Kuroshio! It's Kuroshio! ”

At his shout, all the sailors looked at the canal towards the sea, and they could clearly see the surrounding water, showing two colors, and now they could clearly see the difference between the two colors.

On one side was the blue sea, which was so blue that it was transparent, and on the other side it was black, black and shiny, and it was hard to believe that it was the same sea, which they had rarely used to sail with currents in the past, so it was difficult to see such a view.

At this moment, looking at the blue and black that stretched all the way to the sky, everyone became a little fascinated, and they watched all this, standing there quietly, looking at the sea. No one broke the silence caused by the strange scenery in front of them.

After a long time, Fang Zhongxu said.

"Now, we can record the moment!"

This is a very important moment, this is the first time they have entered the Kuroshio, and then they will sail along the Kuroshio all the way to America.

"Yes, yes!"

Xu Yunxian kept nodding, he even forgot his duty, just looking at this black tide, what he felt was an irresistible temptation.

"Now we will sail here and on, all right, brethren, and now our fate is all in the hands of the sea!"

Lowering the sails, of course, at this time, all the sails are lowered, and after all the sails have been lowered, the ship seems to be motionless, because there is no wind. However, after a while, the people on board could feel that the course of the ship was adjusting, and it was automatically adjusting to the north, which was the effect of the Kuroshio, under the influence of the Kuroshio, after the hull of the ship was adjusted, the ship resumed sailing again, the bow parted the sea, and the water lines drawn from both sides swept backwards in front of people's eyes.

The speed of the ship with the help of the current is not fast, of course, although with the help of the current, it is not the same as giving the ship to the sea completely, they will still keep a few sails to increase the speed, but not too fast, the speed must not overcome the current, and let the ship sail in the direction of the current.

On the rest of the voyage, the voyage became a bit of a flavour, as on any previous voyage, and the seafarers on duty had to wash the deck with water before the morning shift was handed down. When it's time to rest, everyone casually finds a plank that is not too hard to lie down.

Despite the hammock, but for Wang Jie, he was still willing to sleep on the plank, he was not a sailor before this voyage, he was an exile, in a brawl between young people, he missed and seriously injured the other party, although he compensated the other party a sum of silver, but according to the laws of the imperial court, he was still exiled to ten thousand years, in order to avoid being like other exiles, or to cultivate paddy fields in the plains, or to cut wood in the mountains, he chose such a path, although he himself did not know, what would await him, but at leastThere is no need to worry about diseases such as dysentery and malaria that can kill people at all times.

"Today, the course of the "Togaku" seems to have changed, from north-east, to east, to east, is the destination of this trip......"

Wang Jie, who has only studied social studies for three years, has always had the habit of taking notes, on the sea, this is the same as reading a book to pass the time, without affecting the activities of others, after taking notes, he picked up the book again - "Rudean Crusoe".

This is a book about navigation, which has been very popular in Daming in the past two years, and tells the story of a sailor who encountered a storm on the way to sail and drifted alone on a desert island, with a strong will and unremitting efforts, survived tenaciously on the desert island, and finally returned to his hometown, the story is very exciting. Of course, for Wang Jie and many others, the stories that attract them are often rich and opportunity, just as he chose this voyage......

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