The fleet, which had only been partially supplied, continued to sail westward, and the long sea journey made the soldiers lose their former passion, whether it was playing poker or group chess games, they were no longer interested, and some soldiers were even beginning to become agitated. Look at the charts and astrology, it should be in the middle of the Pacific Ocean now, if you want to get close to the island to rest, you have to sail nearly 10,000 miles, and now the fresh water and food can support it for a while, the key is that the soldiers are a little too tired, in order to find the island with people as soon as possible, Yu Hualong decided to start the steam engine. Looking at some wilted soldiers, Niu Jinxing was also a little worried, according to the view of the Celestial Empire in later generations, he was the political commissar of this fleet, this is the concept of Zhu Youxiao receiving more than ten years of orthodox education, Niu Jinxing's idea mobilized the passion of the soldiers, he carefully watched the navigation chart that Zhu Youxiao gave him, trying to find useful things on it, but Zhu Youxiao's picture is relatively large, and it is not particularly detailed, not everyone can write very beautifully, Zhu Youxiao does not have these skills, Niu Jinxing still had to struggle to identify the words written by Zhu Youxiao, and the humid climate also made the font a little blurry, so Niu Jinxing had to slowly identify it.

At this moment, Yu Hualong came in, looking at Niu Jinxing, who had lost a whole circle, Yu Hualong felt a little distressed, after all, Niu Jinxing was also a young man under thirty years old, and he didn't have more experience of his own, he grew up in the military camp since he was a child, and he was more patient with these boring itineraries.

Yu Hualong said to Niu Jinxing: "Mr. Niu, take a rest, and rest when we find the island where people live, the soldiers are indeed very tired and irritable, but you should also pay attention to your body, now we are in the most difficult period, just wait for this part of the voyage." ”

Niu Jinxing said with a wry smile: "Old Yu, it seems that the emperor has taken great care of me by letting you partner with me, and I am afraid that others will be angry with me, supply problems and soldiers' emotions, this is the task given to me by the emperor, looking at the current predicament, I feel very uncomfortable." ”

Seeing that Niu Venus had no intention of resting, he continued to look at the map, Yu Hualong also came over to look at the map, and suddenly Yu Hualong saw that there seemed to be a small island in a place with folds, and there was not even a name on it, so he thought that he didn't pay attention to a little ink on the ground.

Yu Hualong asked: "Mr. Niu, look at the picture here, is it a marked island, or is Your Majesty not paying attention to the ink on the ground?" ”

Niu Jinxing looked carefully at the place of Yu Hualong's finger, and said decisively: "It must be a small island, we all know the emperor's habits, he will not drip ink so carelessly, let's sail wherever we go, and strive to get there a day earlier." ”

Perhaps God also helped, and the next day there was a light breeze, and the wind direction was just right, so Yu Hualong ordered the soldiers to start the steam engine, and hang the sails, and the fleet began to move at full speed. Looking at the confident gaze of the main general, the mood of the soldiers began to improve, especially the fast-moving warship, which made the soldiers even more excited.

The enthusiasm of the soldiers lasted for three days, watching them get closer and closer to the goal, Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong were also in a mood, and now even if they encounter an uninhabited island, they can replenish fresh water, and go ashore to rest can also improve the morale of the soldiers. It's a pity that I haven't seen any islands after three days of sailing, and after three days of light winds blowing in the apocalypse, it suddenly stopped, and the turbulent Pacific Ocean in Poland suddenly calmed down, which must indicate something, and Yu Hualong's mood suddenly became bad.

The dark clouds in the distance slowly began to accumulate, the waves began to grow up suddenly from a calm state, Yu Hualong had a premonition that the situation was not good, so he ordered the soldiers to turn on the maximum power of the steam engine, and quickly leave the sea area in this area, the source of the big waves was in the direction of the east, Yu Hualong let the fleet sail to the southwest, and gradually the waves became bigger and bigger, even Yu Hualong's flagship felt that it was difficult to travel, the sails had already been lowered, and the fleet tried to keep a certain distance between them, and drove forward with difficulty, The dark clouds in the sky had completely obscured the sun, and in an instant a torrential rain and lightning came suddenly, and the fleet stopped in the midst of mutual shouting, as is the case on the sea, and sometimes it is only resigned to fate. The storm and the monstrous waves lasted for a whole night, and Yu Hualong and Niu Jinxing did not close their eyes in the cabin all night, thinking sadly about how many ships would disappear and how many brethren would not be seen when the day dawned.

As the sun rose, the storm began to slowly decrease, Yu Hualong and Niu Jinxing came out of the cabin with a sad mood to check, the problem was not big, except that more than 20 ships were not affected by a lot of collisions, suffered some damage, and the loss of personnel was minimal, that is, a few unlucky people were injured by falling, it seems that after a long voyage, the soldiers' ability to cope with bad sea conditions has increased a lot, and the mood of the two has improved.

The rain is clear and the sky is clear, on land, and on the sea. The weather after the heavy rain was extremely clear, Yu Hualong asked the soldiers to calculate the current position according to the angle of the sun and the day, this is the work that must be done, otherwise they will take too many unjust roads if they deviate from the direction, especially drifting with the wind overnight, and now they must determine the position before deciding the course. Just as Hualong patiently waited for the results of the calculation, suddenly the soldiers on the watchtower shouted, followed by a cry, and it sounded happy.

Perhaps because of the combination of good fortune and misfortune, the soldiers were frightened too much last night, but today they were given a great surprise, the soldiers on the watchtower saw a small island in the distance, and the soldiers began to cheer, and the morale that had just been lost was immediately boosted. After asking Yu Hualong, the fleet began to move in that direction, and as for the soldiers who were still calculating the position of the fleet, they were also asked to continue calculating, that is, when they arrived at the island, they had to determine the location of the island, and in case they had to pass by again, this could also be used as a supply point, so they didn't have to worry about it all the time.

When the mood is good, I don't feel that time flies slowly, and the fleet that started the steam engine at full speed also arrived near the island in the evening, in fact, this is not a small island, but a group of small islands, Yu Hualong did not dare to sail in such a sea area at night, so he sent a small boat to cross the shoal, and went to several nearby islands to check to see if there were people living there, or if there was a suitable place to go ashore to rest.

One morning, the soldiers who went to the island to reconnoiter all returned, most of the islands were uninhabited, only the largest island was full of people, probably less than a hundred people, they spoke the Japanese language, the island could be replenished with fresh water, there was nothing, there were only some unknown fruit trees, the fruit on it was the only source of food for these Japanese people, but there were fruit trees on other islands, but there was no fresh water.

Niu Jinxing had been to the Wa Kingdom, and the war of the Wa Kingdom was provoked by him, so he asked Yu Hualong to order the fleet to approach the islands with fresh water, and try to replenish enough fresh water, and the fruits were as ripe as possible and transported to the ship as much as possible, and the soldiers could also supplement some nutrients by using these fruits, especially the vitamins and other things that Zhu Youxiao said, and they could also be used as food.

The soldiers captured the inhabitants of several islands, and Niu Jinxing learned through questioning that the war of the Japanese Kingdom was still in full swing, these people were residents of a village, they could not bear the burden of war, so they begged for a living from the sea, and as a result, they were blown to this island by the sea breeze, although these islands could not grow food, but there were ripe fruits to satisfy hunger all year round, and it was finally better than being frightened in the Japanese country.

Niu Jinxing thought about it and asked the soldiers to kill all these fleeing people, Yu Hualong didn't understand what the reason was, Niu Jinxing told him that once a large number of people from the Japanese country arrived here that day, or if these Japanese people had more children after a long time, this island would be occupied by the Japanese people, and others would not be able to use it, in fact, Niu Jinxing couldn't tell what the reason was, but when he heard Zhu Youxiao speak, he hated the Japanese people, and he hated it.

After replenishing the fresh water, he rested on this island for a day, although he was not as calm as on the mainland, but it was still more relieved than on the boat, and he left these islands immediately, Niu Jinxing suddenly played with him, he and Yu Hualong said: "Let's name these islands, just use our own names, this island group is called Shuntian Islands, we are guards, the largest island is called Hualong Island, use your name, the second one is called Venus Island with mine, and the rest will be named according to the size of the officer, For the soldiers, this is also a miss for us. ”

Yu Hualong was happy: "Sir, your idea is good, but aren't you afraid that the official will say that you are rebelling?" ”

Niu Jinxing said: "It's okay, go back and tell the emperor first, the emperor agrees, don't worry about anything else." ”

Then Niu Jinxing said: "Also, we have planted some of the crops we brought from South America here, maybe the next time we come here, we will have our food on the island, regardless of whether it is suitable for growth or not, let them adapt to the environment here." ”

Yu Hualong said: "I think let's set up some more stone tablets and engrave words on them, and say that it is the land of the Ming Dynasty, and the offenders will be investigated, and there will be no forgiveness for killing." ”

The two of them exchanged views with great interest, let the soldiers go to work, and after doing these jobs, they left this small island group, and after determining the course, they went directly to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, and finally arrived at Quanzhou Port in the late autumn of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and then the soldiers took a vacation to recuperate, and Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong went back to Beijing to report on their work.