Chapter 367: Xuanzhou (2)

Wang Ertao wants to become a captain is not a simple thing, if you want to become a captain, the first thing is to read and write, if you don't know words, you are not qualified to become a captain, and then you have to learn all kinds of knowledge, and you can become a captain only after you are qualified.

Not to mention other conditions, the first article alone stumped Wang Ertao, Wang Ertao could only be regarded as a farmer who made a living from farming before he became an ordinary lookout on the Tanhai steamer, and he couldn't read a single big character, and Wang Ertao was old, how difficult it was to learn to read and write.

However, Wang Ertao did not give up, in normal times, Wang Ertao is still an ordinary lookout on the Tanhai steamer, in his spare time, Wang Ertao is working hard to read and write, with a large bonus he has received before, reading and literacy is not a difficult thing for Wang Ertao, mainly to see whether Wang Ertao can learn.

Perhaps it is the belief in Wang Ertao's heart that supports Wang Ertao, Wang Ertao quickly learned to read and read, Wang Ertao's hard work was appreciated by Lin Zhen, the captain of the Tanhai at the time, and with Lin Zhen's support, Wang Ertao stepped forward step by step on the captain's road.

In the second year of Kaiyuan, Wang Ertao finally became a captain under the Great Qin Empire Shipmaster, although Wang Ertao's ship was a Linzi-class steamer, which was considered an old steamship in the Great Qin Empire's shipbuilding, but Wang Ertao did not say anything, and honestly drove this relatively old Linzi-class steamer to complete the various tasks assigned above.

Another four years have passed, and Wang Ertao has grown from a captain to a captain.

The captain can only be the captain of a ship, but the captain is in charge of the fleet composed of three ships, in the Great Qin Empire, a single ship is never allowed to go to sea, there are too many dangers in the sea, if a single ship goes to sea, once there is danger, it is difficult to survive by itself, so if the ship wants to go to sea, it must be more than three ships to form a fleet to go to sea, once there is danger, they can support each other, which is the main reason why the shipwrecks of the Great Qin Empire are rare.

From a lookout to a captain, Wang Ertao has become a role model for ordinary crews, I don't know how many crew members are striving for Wang Ertao's goal, Wang Ertao's experience is simply a legend, an ordinary person can grow to this point today, many crew members are also working hard, they want to become the next Wang Ertao.

Wang Ertao became the captain of the ship, after more than a year, Wang Ertao applied to the above to carry out the arduous task of sailing around the land of China for a week, this task is too dangerous, in the shipyard, no one has made up their minds to complete this task, Wang Ertao is the first person.

Soon, the fleet was formed, and the three ships of the fleet were still the newest and largest ships among the steamers owned by the Great Qin Empire, which shows that the shipmaster gave Wang Ertao great support.

Finally, the emperor of the Great Qin Empire came to the dock in person, and Wang Ertao's fleet began its own voyage around the land of China.

In fact, the task of sailing around the land of Shenzhou for a week is not too difficult, the shipmaster has already simply explored the waters around the land of Shenzhou, drawn a chart of sea navigation, and marked the safe route that has been explored on the way, as long as you follow the safe route, the task of sailing around the land of Shenzhou for a week can be completed, and there are island supply bases established by the shipmaster in all the waters of the land of China, which can supply food and fuel for Wang Ertao's fleet.

To say that the only difficulty in the task of sailing around the land of China for a week is that the voyage is too long, more than 60,000 miles, and two months is only the minimum estimate.

Sailing in the sea for half a year, I am afraid that not many people can persevere, Wang Ertao's fleet encountered difficulties in the formation of a lack of manpower, or Wang Ertao personally went out, so that many crew members joined Wang Ertao's fleet.

Time passed in a flash, and Wang Ertao's fleet sailed through the waters of the Great Qin Empire, and also sailed through the waters of the Tang Empire, and now has entered the waters off the coast of the Great Liang Empire.

When Wang Ertao's fleet passed through the open sea of the Great Qin Empire and the outer sea of the Tang Empire, it encountered a lot of dangers, and the windy weather was just the most ordinary encounter, and huge waves slapped against the steamer, but fortunately, the Kanzi-class steamer was larger and stronger, and could endure huge wind and waves.

If Wang Ertao's fleet had just moved in this bad weather, it was very likely that it would deviate from the safe navigation and encounter danger, and it was more likely that the ship would capsize in the storm.

In addition, there are sea monsters attacking, when passing through these two sea areas, Wang Ertao's fleet encountered three attacks by sea monsters, one of which was killed by Wang Ertao's fleet, and the remaining two were sea monsters were driven away, when the sea monsters attacked, a side ship in Wang Ertao's fleet also suffered some small damage, but fortunately, the loss did not affect the ship's navigation, and after Wang Ertao came to the next supply base, the ship was repaired.

Wang Ertao's fleet is not too much force, a main ship and two auxiliary ships each have an acquired ninth-order martial artist, these three acquired ninth-order martial artists are all equipped with a divine weapon, and their strength is as strong as the innate one, and then the other high-level and middle-level martial artists have a total of more than forty people.

In addition to the warriors, the three ships were equipped with a variety of weapons, such as large-caliber guns, rockets, muskets, and bed crossbows.

A month has passed since Wang Ertao's fleet sailed from Wanghai City to the sea off the coast of the Great Liang Empire, and Wang Ertao's fleet has only carried out about one-fifth of its one-week voyage around the land of Shenzhou.

Staying on the sea for a long time, the crew's mood is easy to become anxious, although there is no such situation on the fleet now, but Wang Ertao has to be prevented, so Wang Ertao added a variety of entertainment activities to the fleet, such as playing chess (Go, backgammon, etc.), playing cards (fighting cards), performing unique skills, etc., colorful entertainment activities even let the crew forget the time.

Another half a month has passed, and Wang Ertao's fleet has come to the open sea area in the southeast corner of the land of China, as long as it passes this sea area, Wang Ertao's fleet will sail north.

However, at this time, a storm came unexpectedly, and under the sudden storm, Wang Ertao's fleet had to stop the ship and anchor after only sailing a short distance, waiting for the storm to pass.

The storm lasted for two days and two nights, and in the storm, the three ships of Wang Ertao's fleet kept shaking violently, as if they were about to capsize, but in the end all three ships persevered, and only a few unlucky crew members did not fix themselves and injured themselves in the cabin.