As the name suggests, the lounge is a place for sailors to rest, entertain, and read books in their spare time, and Gao Junshan often uses this place as his office space.

This hall is located in the left front of the second floor of the battleship front building, and you can see it when you walk into the restaurant and turn left, there is an arch between the two halls, and the arch is usually not closed, but it is difficult to say when Gao Junshan is used as an office space.

There are more than a dozen deck chairs on the seaside side of the lounge, where sailors can soak up the sun and enjoy the scenery from the sea. There are also five tables where you can enjoy and chat.

There is also a reading area in the hall, which has bookcases and chairs, and there is a light in front of each chair, and whoever sits on the chair and reads can control this light.

Gao Junshan led Marven down to the second floor, and then entered the leisure hall, at this time, because it was just a short time of departure, no one in the leisure area came, Li Derong sent someone to guard in front of the arched door, strictly prohibiting others from entering the leisure hall.

In the corridor near the window, there was a Taishi chair, which was specially set up for Gao Junshan, Gao Junshan sat down on the Taishi chair, and let Marven sit on a chair not far away.

"Have you made all the plans for this trip?" Gao Junshan asked Marven.

"Return to my father, follow my father's will, and do everything well."

Gao Junshan said: "Then tell me again, what is the first thing you want to do after you arrive in the Americas?" ”

Marven replied: "First of all, settle everyone down and solve the problem of survival. Build houses, open up wasteland for farming, build roads, build power plants, wharves and other grassroots facilities. ”

Gao Junshan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Survival comes first, take root first, and then develop." ”

Marven asked, "We won't meet Westerners along the way, will we?" ”

"Probably not, it doesn't matter if you encounter them, I have already ordered that if I encounter Westerners, I will resolutely wipe them out."

Marven suggested: "Father, the first place we arrived at is called Bethel, such a place name does not conform to the customary name of our Chinese culture, and the child suggests that this place name be changed, can you?" ”

Gao Junshan asked: "What do you think is the best place name to change?" ”

Marven said: "This is the place where we first landed on the west coast of America, can it be called Xijing?" ”

Gao Junshan agreed to Marven's proposal: "It's called Xijing, and this area is called Xizhou, and I will appoint you as the governor of Xizhou." ”

Xizhou was later Alaska, and Xijing was the seat of the state capital.

Marven immediately got up and thanked: "Thank you for your father's love, the child will definitely live up to my expectations!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Manage your territory well, and when it develops to a certain extent, then develop to the east, in order to connect with Chang'an." I will give you and Ma Jin a chance to compete now, and whoever opens up the areas of both sides first and connects my Huaxia land in North America will be rewarded. ”

Ma Wen said: "Father, this doesn't seem to be fair, Xizhou is obviously inferior to Chang'an!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "This is just my idea, how to compete still needs to be considered by experts, in short, competition is needed, how to set conditions, and we will discuss it later." ”

Marven stood up and walked on the edge of the porthole and looked out, Gao Junshan smiled: "What? In a hurry? Want to fly to Xijing sooner? ”

Marven's face was a little gloomy, and he said, "Father, why is there so much ice floe on the sea?" ”

It was a blue sea just now, why is there ice floe now? Gao Junshan also stood up and walked over to observe.

"Is there a problem with the route?" Marven asked worriedly.

Gao Junshan said: "There should be no mistake in the route, let's go up and have a look!" ”

The two hurriedly went up to the command cabin on the third floor, and the captain Wang Wenliang sat on the telescope, nervously observing the ice floes on the sea.

Gao Junshan said to Wang Wenliang: "Immediately pass the order, everyone pay attention to safety, and pay attention to keeping warm." ”

Wang Wenliang put down the binoculars, picked up the microphone on the driver's table and said, "Everyone, pay attention!" Attention everyone! There is ice floe on the sea, there is ice floe on the sea, please don't be nervous, please don't be nervous, put on warm clothes, pay attention to safety, pay attention to safety. ”

Fleet Commander Zheng Chenggong was also issuing warnings to other ships, and the "Jinling No. 1" issued orders to all ships in three forms: flags, lights, and telegrams.

This fleet has a total of 17 ships, and because it is the first time to cross the Bering Sea, Gao Junshan's "Jinling No. 1" sails at the forefront of this fleet.

"What is the speed of the ship now?" Gao Junshan asked Captain Wang Wenliang.

Wang Wenliang replied: "Back to the mountain chief, 16 sections. ”

Gao Junshan said: "Reduce the speed again, 12 knots is enough, don't ask for fast." ”

"Yes!"

Gao Junshan also picked up the binoculars and once again observed the ice floes on the sea, these are some fragments of ice floes, which do not threaten the fleet's navigation at present, and it is worrying whether there will be even bigger ice floes if they go further.

At this time, the whistle of lunch sounded, and Gao Junshan asked the captain Wang Wenliang to arrange someone to be on duty to pay close attention to the movement at sea, and then returned to the rest cabin.

In the rest cabin, Liu Rushi and Cai Xiaorui also heard the captain's announcement, they were both in the rest cabin of Gao Junshan, and they both put on their leather clothes, and they were very nervous.

"Your Majesty, the radio asked us to wear more clothes, is it going to snow?" Liu Ru nervously asked Gao Junshan.

Cai Xiaorui also asked: "Your Majesty, is it cold after a while?" Will we freeze into popsicles? ”

Gao Junshan smiled lightly: "Don't be so nervous two of you, we have encountered ice floe, but this is a normal thing, the Bering Sea has been covered with ice and snow all year round, and only this month can you sail, and the ice floe encountered now is broken ice that has melted, so there is no need to make a fuss." ”

"Oh, it's already melted ice, I said, the sun is out, how can there be ice!"

It was Cai Xiaorui who spoke, he had seen the ice and snow in the north, so he was much calmer.

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In the afternoon fog began to rise on the sea, and the speed of the fleet was forced to drop again, and the fleet was sailing at a speed of 9 knots.

In the cockpit, everyone's mood was extremely nervous, as time went by, the fog became bigger and bigger, and at a glance it was white, because of the fog, now even the ice floes on the sea surface could not be seen clearly.

Captain Wang Wenliang suggested that Zheng Chenggong transfer the speedboat behind him to strengthen the cruising force in front. Following the "Jinling No. 1" was a Zheng He-class battleship, and the Zhenghe-class battleship also had five speedboats on it, and these five speedboats received orders and drove to the front of the "Jinling No. 1" to participate in the cruising mission, so that in front of the "Jinling No. 1," there were 10 small speedboats cruising, which greatly guaranteed the safety of the "Jinling No. 1."

In the evening, the wind began to pick up on the sea, accompanied by lightning.

The sea breeze blew away the fog and rolled up layers of waves, "Jinling No. 1" turned on the high-strength searchlight, and from time to time fired flares on the sea surface, due to the rolling of the waves, there was a lot less ice floe on the sea surface, and only some sporadic ones could be seen, which were pushed by the waves to sway.

Without the ice floes, everyone's hearts were finally half relieved, and the rolling waves in front of them were not a threat to battleships of more than 10,000 tons, and the smallest of this fleet was a 5,000-ton ship, even a 5,000-ton ship could sail safely.

"Hope to get a good night's sleep tonight." Gao Junshan put down the binoculars and said to the captain, "Keep the speed and watch out for the ice floes at sea!" ”