Niu Jinxing and Carlos are like a pair of good friends, they are using language that they are not familiar with each other, plus some gestures, they can basically understand each other's meaning. Because Niu Jinxing has studied at the Daming Official School for a period of time, coupled with the two years of wandering in Nanyang, he is very smart, and Carlos has been wandering on the sea for more than ten years, even in Macau, he has lived for a while, so the communication between the two is barely okay, which also lays a good foundation for the interaction between the two.

The two men made an agreement to deal with each other, and Carlos returned to his fleet. Niu Jinxing brought Yu Hualong and told Yu Hualong about his conversation with Carlos, which is necessary, lest something go wrong in the future, Niu Jinxing can't afford it himself, which is also Niu Jinxing's cleverness, because he doesn't know how many Jinyi Guard's spies are in this fleet, and he cleaned himself up.

Xiao Hailong looked fierce, but this guy is also a smart person, otherwise he would not have become the commander of the fleet, he is not only strong, but also has a kind of wisdom that outsiders can't see, which is also the reason why Niu Jinxing will definitely discuss with him in case of trouble.

Although he made an agreement with Carlos, his strength still had to be hidden, and the entire fleet was still relatively long, following the Portuguese fleet to the west coast of Africa. The long voyage is extremely anxious, especially the Ming sailors who have not been tested by long-distance voyages, Zhu Youxiao has long been prepared for this, he asked Niu Jinxing to prepare a sufficient amount of playing cards and chess Go, and it is still with magnets, you can also play on the boat, and tell Niu Jinxing a variety of ways to play, poker is mainly bridge, Go chess is based on two, threesome, four-person team competition, most of the implementation of the ring competition, the failure to wash clothes, draw turtles, so that the soldiers will cooperate with the idea of fighting deep into the bone marrowToys such as mahjong tiles and pai gow that are purely gambling are absolutely not allowed to be brought into the army, but they can bet on wrestling, competitions and other competitions, but they are limited to play, and are not allowed to affect eating.

Sailing on the sea is full of unpredictable dangers, and pirates are the least danger, because with a warship like the Ming Dynasty, pirates are basically delivering food, and the biggest danger comes from nature. It was a calm morning, but by noon the sky suddenly became dark clouds rolling, and the sea breeze was getting stronger and stronger. Mr. Carlos looked at the heavy rain in the sky, but told everyone that today's problem was not big, and sure enough, it didn't take long for the wind and rain to get smaller, but it scared everyone, and it didn't cause any damage, but instead replenished a lot of fresh water and let everyone take a bath.

Many Ming soldiers thought that this was the worst weather in the Indian Ocean, but the danger came again, and the next day, when everyone was still talking about yesterday's heavy rain, Captain Carlos sent a message asking everyone to pay attention to the possibility of bad weather in a few days. Looking at the red sun overhead, no one expected an unexpected storm. After lunch, the sun was slightly westerly red, even frighteningly red, and Captain Carlos sent a message asking everyone to drop anchor quickly, and to use the strongest anchor, there may be an earthquake nearby, maybe a tsunami, and most of the soldiers have not taken it seriously. Niu Jinxing began to be vigilant, thinking that he had accepted Zhu Youxiao for the longest time, Zhu Youxiao also mentioned the tsunami in the letter, he immediately told Yu Hualong, and ordered all the soldiers to tie themselves to any place where they could be fixed, put down all the sails, fix them all, and prepare for emergencies, and then send a speedboat, use a steam engine, and immediately inform the fleet behind that they must make every effort to prepare for the most difficult situation.

Sure enough, after an hour, the weather was still fine, but the waves gradually increased, and then the waves three or four feet high swooped down on the fleet, and the soldiers were shaken by the seven meat and eight vegetables, and the food they ate at noon was vomited, and when the waves were seven or eight feet high, some of the ropes that tied the soldiers were torn off, and a few careless soldiers were thrown into the sea. Niu Jinxing's room was usually neatly arranged with books and papers thrown all over the room, and he tied himself to the pillar of the cabin and hugged the pillar tightly, so that he did not fall. Yu Hualong was still directing the soldiers on the deck, he tied himself to the mast, and loudly told the soldiers to go to the cabin, and he watched the weather change on the deck.

After two hours, the tsunami finally stopped, Yu Hualong hurriedly checked the loss, it didn't matter, scared Yu Hualong, the ships of the entire fleet were lost, there were soldiers on each ship, and more than a dozen soldiers died in the sea, and even some ships may be scrapped, Yu Hualong hurriedly arranged for the soldiers to repair and deploy, as much as possible so that all the soldiers had to go on the big ship. The flotilla behind also came with news, their luck was much better, they were in a big position just on the other side of a ridge in the Indian Ocean, they didn't suffer much damage, and there were no casualties, which made Yu Hualong feel at ease.

Yu Hualong suffered some minor injuries in this tsunami, which is also funny, Yu Hualong tied himself to the mast, the mast was not interrupted by the waves, but the ribbon fish entrained from the big waves caused by the tsunami hit Yu Hualong's face, and his face was bruised, but Yu Hualong's style of taking the lead has been unanimously recognized by everyone, and no one dislikes the boring life at sea anymore, and everyone is dedicated to training.

After this terrible tsunami, there were no too dangerous sea conditions, and basically arrived at the east coast of Africa, the fleet docked in Mogadishu, which was known as Mugudushu in ancient China, which is a seaport city on the Indian Ocean coast in the north of East Africa, and is the largest city in Somalia. Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, an important port and a historic city, is located in the southeast of the country, on the west coast of the Indian Ocean, in the Shabelle River basin, although only 200 kilometers from the equator, but the climate is cool, the forest is verdant, is a scenic spot in Somalia. Since ancient times, it has been known as the "country of frankincense and myrrh", and it is the place with the longest history of producing the most frankincense and myrrh. Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, has been here twice, and Yu Hualong and Niu Jinxing are the third time that the Ming fleet has arrived here. Since this is the famous production place of frankincense and myrrh, it is natural that it cannot come in vain, it is estimated that the frankincense and myrrh needed in the country are produced from here, and Niu Venus naturally has to transport some back, so after going ashore, Niu Jinxing bought a few boats of frankincense and myrrh, and then sent a few ships with some soldiers who are not in good health, here to recuperate their bodies, let them go back, and the rest continue to move forward, and let them bring back the information here and the route they got from Captain Carlos. If His Majesty the Emperor has any holy decree, he can then send someone to Portugal along this route to look for it.

After supplying fresh water, Yu Hualong and Niu Jinxing continued to sail south with Captain Carlos, and then arrived at a series of Portuguese colonies on the east coast of Africa to resupply. Through a series of supplies on the way, Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong discovered an important problem, that is, due to the existence of these supply sites, Portugal's maritime trade was very convenient, basically there was no need to carry more supplies, and their trade could be carried out in sections, which made it easier to trade by sea.

The flotilla was attacked by pirates in the waters passing through the Zangei Empire, and the attack took place at midnight, when most of the crew of the Portuguese fleet was resting and there were not too many people on duty, only to be surrounded by a large number of Arab pirates, and the Portuguese, including Captain Carlos, were captured by them. At the same time, the warship of the Ming Dynasty was also attacked, but the Ming warship was not an ordinary crew, they were all well-trained soldiers, the soldiers on duty were also very vigilant, after discovering that the situation was abnormal, they immediately fired a warning, and the soldiers quickly entered their posts, although these pirates armed with Arab scimitars were very brave, but in front of the battle-hardened Ming soldiers, they were still vulnerable, whether it was the gap in personal combat ability or weapons, the Arab pirates were left behind, In less than a New Year's meal, these pirates were driven off the warship, and the Ming army suffered more than a dozen casualties, but the pirates were killed more than 100 people, especially after being driven out of the warship, the rapid shooting of the Ming army's rifles frightened them to quickly get out of the entanglement with the Ming army, and most of them went to the Portuguese fleet.

After dawn, Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong discovered that the Portuguese fleet had been hijacked by pirates, and they began to approach the coast. Originally, Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong didn't want to fight with the locals here, their purpose was to find a new navigation route, according to Zhu Youxiao, they were going to the Americas to find gold and silver, and try to avoid conflicts along the way, so as to facilitate future trade, but now that the leader has been hijacked, then they must be rescued, otherwise it will be more difficult to explore alone.