On the vast sea, strong winds gathered dark clouds. Between the dark clouds and the sea, the petrel flies proudly like black lightning.

While the petrel was flying proudly in front of her, it was followed by several Galen ocean-going merchant ships, which were swaying from side to side under the impetus of the waves, looking extremely dangerous.

The Cape of Good Hope, because da Gama returned from India, the King of Portugal changed the place originally called Cape Storms to the Cape of Good Hope, expressing his delight.

At the confluence of the warm Mozambican Agalhas Current from the Indian Ocean and the cold Benguela Current from the waters of Antarctica, the strong westerly jet stream sets off scorching waves all year round.

Every year, it is not known how many merchant ships sink here, feeding the fish.

The three armed merchant ships, one of which was the 800-ton "Prince Henry" and the 500-ton "Desire", were Portuguese merchant ships.

On the far right, a British merchant ship is struggling to follow the footsteps of the Portuguese merchant ships.

In the captain's room, the gray-bearded captain held a telescope, stared at the cloudy front with some fear, and muttered: Damn, damn, I hope it's not a "murderous wave"!

"Murderous waves? Captain, what is this thing? When the first mate on the side heard this, he couldn't help asking.

"This is your first visit to the Cape of Good Hope, and you don't know how famous it used to be at Cape Storm!" The gray-haired captain looked at the puzzled first mate on the side, sighed, and said earnestly:

"I've been to Portugal a few times, and every time I've walked through here in fear of an accident!"

"The killer waves, on the other hand, are the most terrible waves of the Cape of Good Hope, like a cliff in the front and a gentle hill slope in the back, and the waves are usually forty to sixty feet high, and they occur frequently in the winter!"

When he heard forty feet, the first mate on the side suddenly took a breath of cold air, forty feet, more than twice as high as the ship they were driving, it was really terrifying!

"And that's not the most frightening, but the most terrifying thing is that it has swirling waves from time to time, and when these two waves are stacked, the sea conditions are even worse, and the whole sea rolls like a boiling pot. Passing ships are dead! ”

As soon as these words came out, the first mate's face was even more bloodless.

Luckily, it was spring when they set out to sea, and they followed the more experienced Portuguese, and this time they finally made it through the Cape of Good Hope without danger.

Except for the captain and some of the sailors, the rest of the fleet had never been to the East, and it was the first time they had experienced such a terrible scene, which made them feel uneasy.

"It seems that the trade in the East is still dangerous! This is still the case with a route map! The first mate patted his chest and said in fear.

At this moment, he had a real understanding of why spices were so expensive for the first time.

With such a dangerous situation, the price is not mentioned several times, and this eastern route is really unwilling.

"Yes! Thanks to His Majesty's wisdom and cooperation with the Portuguese, if we were to find the route ourselves, we don't know how many people would have died! The captain looked at the calm waves ahead and sighed.

At this moment, the first mate felt the same in his heart, and his admiration for His Majesty the King surged from the bottom of his heart.

Soon the fleet continued on its way, arriving at a port called Sofala, where the fleet was repairing and replenishing supplies.

If Edward knew, then he would know that this was what would have been Mozambique.

The trading post was taken by the Portuguese from the Arabs, and then became a trading post for the Portuguese and an important colony for the Portuguese.

"Is this Sofala? Sure enough, it's a good place! ”

The fleet slowly stopped in the harbor, the sea was wide, the berths were deep, and it was still in the delta region, and the economy was very prosperous.

Captain Grey Haired took a cursory glance at it, and the wide sea surface of this port was enough to dock a hundred ships at a time, and it was an excellent port.

At this time, dozens of pale and frail sailors were carried down on the Portuguese merchant ships that were moving forward, some of their gums were swollen and bleeding.

"Hey! Man, how many of you are sick with the "Fierce God of the Sea", you should take it down and recuperate, and it will be fine after a while! ”

The Portuguese captain with a stubble on his face asked with some schadenfreude as he looked around at the English captain.

"Oh? None of us have the "god of the sea", all of them are good! The gray-haired captain shook his head, and replied with some confusion.

"What? This is impossible, after traveling for so long, how can no one blame the soldiers? The Portuguese captain shook his head and said incredulously.

"By the way, there's one!"

"That's normal!"

"A sailor has broken a bone!"

“…………”

While the Portuguese sailors were enduring the pain of the ocean-going ships, England did not receive any "sea gods", which really surprised Portugal.

It took a few days for the Portuguese to learn that they had drunk all the wine they had brought, and had added a little yellow concentrated water to their buckets.

The yellow concentrated water has become the root cause of the lack of "sea gods".

This discovery surprised Portugal, but the ingredients inside were difficult for them to know, and it was called "divine water".

In desperation, I can only buy it at a high price, a bottle of divine water that is enough for ten barrels of water, it costs twenty pounds, and an oriental trade runs down, and it costs hundreds of pounds to spend on it, these are all costs.

And this "divine water" is actually the scurvy written in the biology book, also known as the "fruit disease", which was discovered and solved in the eighteenth century.

And in order to ensure the success of the first Eastern route, His Majesty had lemon juice concentrated, and in order not to be discovered, other fruit juices were added to confuse the public.

Sure enough, the first voyage came to use, and it also brought a new source of wealth to the royal family, a great source of wealth.

However, after a few days of repairs in Sofala, the fleet came to the port of Massawa in the Eritrean region of Ethiopia, which is also a Portuguese trading station, and saw some Ethiopian customs and saw this Christian enclave.

At the behest of His Majesty, the people also went to find an Earl of Asab and got in touch with him.

Then they came to India, a port called Goa, which was the first port established by the Portuguese.

After arriving here, the English merchant ships stopped going, not only because they were not well prepared, but mainly because the Portuguese had exhausted their enthusiasm and did not want to take them to the real ancient country of the East, the land of silk and porcelain.

In this way, they purchased a large amount of spices, as well as some silk porcelain, and began to return home.

This was the first time that the English had come to India, and the trip to the East was no longer far away.