The thirst for wealth has led people to a sea full of unknowns and risks.

Although the voyage at sea is full of risks, the real danger for every sailor is not the unpredictable sea, but the torture of the will caused by the long and boring voyage.

Life on the ship is boring, even monotonous, and the corresponding food on the ship is also very simple, each meal is a compressed biscuit, as well as a little pickles, two toffee, plus a cup of persimmon leaf tea - persimmon leaf tea containing a lot of vitamins, is the exclusive magic weapon for the Ming crew to avoid scurvy, and it is precisely because of this seemingly inconspicuous persimmon leaf tea that the sailors on board can avoid the nightmare "scurvy" at sea in this era. It has been an inescapable nightmare for all ocean-going sailors for hundreds of years. In fact, the treatment of scurvy is very simple, as long as you properly supplement vitamin C and eat more vegetables and fruits, it can be cured. However, due to the fact that vegetables and fruits rot very quickly, the food carried by the European fleet at that time was mainly bread and cured meats. This unbalanced diet was the cause of scurvy, but it was not discovered at the time.

However, persimmon leaf tea, which contains a lot of vitamins, has become a necessity for the navigation of Daming sea ships under the promotion of Zhu Mingzhong, and it is precisely because of this that no one on the sea ships of Daming has never fallen down due to scurvy. But now, on this expedition, persimmon leaf tea can be the greatest way to avoid scurvy among the crew.

Of course, in order to prevent these energetic sailors from getting into trouble after eating and drinking, on the ship, Xu Yunxian, as the captain, will squander the sailors' physical strength by cleaning the deck, so that they have no energy to make trouble.

As the commander-in-chief, Fang Zhonglu would record the experience of sailing in writing every day, and more often, he would chat with the sailors, learn about the ports they had been to from the mouths of the sailors, and then record those ports, for him, this is a way to understand the world.

After the ship spread to the north-east, the weather became colder and colder, and even sometimes there would be snow, and the snow on the sea would melt quickly, because the sailors did not have a uniform uniform, so the winter clothes they wore were also various, and those old sailors wore a canvas coat with a head pocket, and a woolen coat inside, and a dogskin hat on their heads, as for new sailors like Wang Jie, they wore ordinary cotton clothes, because ordinary cotton clothes could not resist the sea breeze, so they would always do everything possible to collect old canvas, Sew yourself a canvas shirt with a headband and lean on the thick canvas to keep warm from the wind.

In order to save fuel, the sailors only ate one hot meal a day, and it was at this time that hot tea could be drunk, but as a captain, Seo Yun-hyun could drink tea at any time, and for many of the time, he would stand on deck, look around the horizon, or talk to the helmsman, at this time he was clearly completely drunk with the wonderful voyage.

"Today's weather is good, the wind is also favorable, sail half-sail!"

Even though you are drifting with the tide in the Kuroshio, there is always something you can do with the right wind direction to speed up.

"Half-sail!"

At the command of the boatswain, the sailors raised their sails, and by the afternoon the work to be done during the day, such as scrubbing the deck, twisting ropes, tying things with ropes, repairing the ship's implements, etc., was almost done by this time.

If they don't have to rig the wind, the sailors sit down to clear the nets, and if the snow on the boat makes a snow ball, they rub themselves with it, which is more comfortable than taking a sea bath.

Although the trade winds and the sea propel the sailboat, and the boat rises and swings with the waves, the boring and long voyage is a test for everyone. In the face of the boring sailing, the sailors' emotions inevitably began to fluctuate, and Seo spent most of his time comforting the seafarers.

However, this comfort is slowly losing its effect as time goes by.

30 days, 50 days, 60 days, 90 days, 100 days、......

During the voyage, which lasted more than four months, the sailors could not see anything but their own ship, and the other two ships in the fleet. There was nothing in the vastness of the ocean, not a single boat in the sky, not even a bird, and the whole sea was a very beautiful dark blue that was almost black, indicating that they were still in the midst of the Kuroshio.

Now, except for the stormy sea, which can make the sailors excited, otherwise most of the time, the people on the ship are lifeless.

Once upon a time, the beautiful scenery of the ocean had long been boring and boring in Fang Zhonglu's eyes, and his mood became extremely irritated, and he couldn't even calm down when he wrote.

I want to jump, jump......

I don't know how many times, looking at the black sea, he even had a hallucination, fantasizing that a giant beast would emerge from it, dragging him into the sea, and he even wanted to jump off the initiative.

I can't do it anymore, if I continue like this, I'll be crazy!

The voyage of more than 150 days, on this ship less than 60 fathoms long, had already brought Fang Zhong to the brink of collapse, boring and boring. He can't even read in peace because he doesn't know when the end will be.

Two days ago, a phantom suddenly appeared at sea. At sunset, one of the sailors suddenly ran to the aft deck and shouted with joy.

"Land, land!"

The sailors on both ships climbed the sail lines, and each claimed that they had seen land, and the position was just northeast of the fleet.

Seo Yoon-hyun, who was the captain of the ship, immediately ordered the fleet to sail in a northeasterly direction instead. After a day of sailing, he still did not see the land, and he continued to sail in the same course until the afternoon, when he concluded with dismay that the land that everyone saw was only an illusion. The hallucinatory land is a common phenomenon at sea. For example, a cloud on the horizon at sunset is often mistaken for land because it looks like land, especially when sailors are eager to find land. As long as one person sees it, all will see it.

It is terrible to make such a mistake in the Kuroshio, and once they leave the Kuroshio, they will most likely have to sail with the help of the wind at latitude, and no one knows where the wind will take them.

Everyone is longing for landing, for the end of the voyage.

Just when Fang Zhonglu was hallucinating there, Xu Yunxian came out. But he did not look at Fang Zhongzhi, but continued to make his series of measurements, as he had done in the past, and after measuring latitude, his eyes were fixed on the ocean.

As the captain of the ship, he could feel that the mood of the sailors had reached the extreme, the mainland had not yet retreated, and the inner complaints, after a long period of suppression, were likely to turn into a rebellious mood, and on the sea, most of the rebellions were caused by this emotion.

Seo Yoon-hyun may have been young as the captain, but he was aware of the danger, and the calm on the faces of the sailors could not be maintained for long, as evidenced by the irritation on their faces and the occasional look of trepidation, as well as the menacing demeanor of squinting at people, and the fact that they were prone to conflict with each other.

"They will not dare to rebel!"

Looking at those sailors with his spare eyes, Xu Yunxian secretly thought to himself, he had clearly told the sailors that if they started a rebellion, they could kill him, he had no ability to resist, but doing so would not be good for everyone, once they returned without him, the government would hold them accountable, and their only choice was to become pirates.

Of course, intimidation is not the best option, the best option is comfort with kind words. When the worries of the sailors grew, he had to show confidence as a captain.

"Mr. Fang, if I'm not mistaken, in another 25 to 30 days at most, we should be able to see the land, I heard that when the Spaniards arrived in America, he once asked the natives to take out a room of silver and a house of gold to ransom their chieftain, Mr. Fang, if we also meet such natives, should we do the same! Let the natives redeem them with money! ”

Seo Yun-hyun's voice was very loud, and he needed to encourage the sailors with wealth and the rewards they would receive if they sailed successfully, so that they knew what they could get by continuing the voyage.

"Gold? Silver ......"

Fang Zhong, who was originally immersed in fantasy, came back to his senses, and was confused for a while, but he didn't realize why Xu Yunxian said this, but he was still in a trance.

"There's a lot of gold in Ameria and the silver we use is mined by Mexicans from America! There must have been a lot of gold in the hands of the natives there......"

"Captain, when the time comes, can we rob their women?"

The sailors, who had been gloomy faces, were immediately attracted by the gold in the captain's mouth, but one of them obviously had other desires.

"Woman? You kid only has women in his eyes! ”

"You don't have the, last night, you made a hairy ......"

With the laughter of the sailors, the atmosphere that had seemed to be tense once again returned to calm.

Over the next five days, the speed began to pick up. During this time, the sailors still complained from time to time that the long voyage had worn out their patience, and they were unwilling to hide their inner dissatisfaction. Even gold and women could no longer arouse their interest.

At this moment, flocks of petrels and other seabirds flew in and circled above the fleet, a sight that gave the water a new hope, and everyone knew it was a sign that they were approaching land!

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