"I've found the island, in the southwest."

Wang Ertao's voice shook the two lookouts around him, although the expressions on their faces did not change much, but the two quickly turned around and looked in the direction where Wang Ertao found the target.

"Huh! It's true, Ertao has discovered the island again. ”

"Hopefully this time it's the Big Island."

The three lookouts on the Tanhai were sure that they had found the island, so it was not false, Lin Zhen quickly ordered the flag bearer to pass on the information to the other two ships, and it didn't take long for the entire fleet to complete the turn and move in the direction where Wang Ertao had discovered the island.

The fleet slowly approached the target of the suspected island, and the island in the telescope's field of view slowly grew larger, and to the delight of the lookout, a touch of green appeared in the field of vision.

Green means that there are plants growing on the island, and ordinary islands and reefs are made of rocks, and it is impossible for such islands and reefs to grow plants, because the newly discovered island is not an island, but I don't know how big the island will be.

As we got closer and closer to the island, the outline of the island came into view, and even the crew standing on the deck could see the island with the naked eye.

"It's Big Island, it's really Big Island."

The whole fleet resounded with bursts of cheers, and looking at the big island that was getting closer and closer, no one could not help but smile happily, and some even cried with joy.

The discovery of the big island means that the journey to explore the sea is a success, as long as there are no accidents on the subsequent return trip, everyone in the fleet will receive a large bounty, and Wang Ertao, who was the first to discover the big island, will be rewarded heavily, and marrying a wife and having children is no longer a dream.

As the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Yun Yong is also excited in his heart, with this big island, the Yun family has a way out, once there is a war and other things, the Yun family can retreat to this big island to live in seclusion, and then return to the land of Shenzhou in the future, more importantly, Yun Yong proved his value to the clan, he is not a waste, and he can also contribute to the development of the family, but Yun Yong is born in the Yun family after all, and the cultivation quality makes Yun Yong not like to be in shape, which represents stability.

Closer, closer, the flotilla had already come to a point less than two hundred meters from the island.

The fleet stopped here temporarily, not knowing the terrain, and then the possibility of the ship running aground is very high, if you want to go to the island, you need to take the small boat carried on the ship, but Yunyong has no idea of landing on the island, and does not know the specific situation on the island, with the strength of the fleet itself, he rushed to the island like this, who knows what accidents will happen.

Yun Yong will not rush to the island when he is not fully prepared, not to mention that the goal of this trip is only to find the big island, there is no plan to go to the island to explore, and now it is enough to find this big island.

In this less than two hundred meters from the shore, the people on the boat can clearly see the situation on the shore, the beach, strange trees and flowers, but no animals were found, the weather is not too cold, but it is relatively low, I am afraid that few animals will be active at this temperature.

Although there was no intention of landing on the island, the fleet would not leave directly like this, and the fuel carried on the ship was still relatively sufficient, so Yun Yong decided to go around the island to see how big the island was.

The Discovery took the lead, and the entire fleet began to sail around the coastline of the Big Island.

The big island is not a lonely existence, and during the voyage of the fleet, it is also found that there are some reefs or smaller islands next to the big island, but they are too small in size for anyone to pay attention to.

"Huh! What is that? ”

Wang Ertao was not carried away by the surprise of the first discovery of the big island, and still stood on the lookout to perform his duties, inadvertently, Wang Ertao found that there seemed to be something in the farthest part of the telescope's field of vision, and the next moment Wang Ertao lost the figure of this thing, it was too small, Wang Ertao didn't know what it was, maybe it might be an island, and even Wang Ertao thought he was dazzled.

Wang Ertao rubbed his eyes with his hand, continued to pick up the telescope and looked in the direction just now, unfortunately, he didn't see anything, at this moment Wang Ertao thought that he was really dazzled, there was nothing there.

Regardless of whether there was something there or not, Wang Ertao did not continue to make a statement, the harvest of the fleet this time was enough, the fleet did not need to venture further away, and if they wanted to explore other places, they could only land on the island next time.

It took about an hour for the fleet to return to its previous position, and after the fleet's exploration, Yun Yong had a rough idea of the size of the island.

The island is an irregular rectangle, about 14 or 5 li long and 8 or 9 li wide, with an area of about 700 hectares (35 square kilometers).

Seven hundred hectares is not a small area, it is roughly one thousandth the size of Yunhua County, and there is not much difference between the area of Xinping City, the imperial capital of the Dali Empire, and the total population of Xinping City has reached 550,000, this island is enough to be called a big island.

In addition to confirming the approximate size of the island, Yunyong found a place with few deep reefs that was suitable for building a wharf, and it is expected that he will choose this place as a landing location when he comes to this large island next time.

For the exploration of the outside of the big island, Yun Yong officially announced the return of the entire fleet, and immediately the entire fleet resounded with cheers.

Finally able to go home, although it was only more than ten days away from Wanghai Town, but the crew seemed to have experienced a lifetime of adventure.

The small flotilla of three steamers began to turn around, and the direction was aimed at Wanghai Town, moving forward!

According to calculations, this large island is about 600 miles southeast of Wanghai Town, and if nothing else, the fleet will return to Wanghai Town in two days, and each steamer will have enough fuel left to keep the ship running for five days.

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Wanghai Town Mansion

In the room, Yun Yi sat on a stool, his eyes looked into the distance, although Yun Yi's expression was relatively indifferent, but Yun Yi's thoughts had drifted to the fleet exploring the sea.

"Calculate the time, they should start to return, I don't know if they have gained anything from this exploration, alas, forget it if there is no gain, as long as they can return safely."

In most people's hearts, the sea is a forbidden place, if it is not for the attraction of money, I am afraid that few people are willing to go to sea, as long as this time the fleet returns safely, even if there is no gain, it will make people's impression of the sea change to a certain extent, and the next time to explore the sea, there will be more people willing to participate.

If the fleet doesn't come back this time, I'm afraid that Yunyi will be much more troublesome in organizing the fleet to explore the sea for the second time, and it will have to spend more money to attract people.

"I hope they can come back safely." Yun Yi prayed silently in his heart.

Woo! Woo! ……

Note: 1 hectare = 100 mu