After half a month's voyage, the fleet arrived at Zhenbao Island from Tohae Province and from Zhenbao Island to Wajima.

Su Ziheng stayed in Wajima for nearly ten days, arranged the affairs of Wajima, supported the rebel forces of the original Ashikaga family, and provided them with weapons and food support, so that they would not be driven away by the people of the current shogun's mansion.

Su Ziheng originally thought that Togen would stay on Wajima and resist the people of the Oda Shogun's Mansion with the people of the Ashikaga family, but who knew that after she contacted the remnants of the Ashikaga family, she and Su Ziheng continued to embark on the journey to find the western continent. Leave the matter of communication with the Ashikaga family to the people of the secret investigation department to deal with.

Su Ziheng was very surprised by this, and asked her, "Girl, why don't you stay on the island yourself?" You must know that this trip is a long way, no one knows what will happen ahead, how long it will take, in case of danger, Lord Ryujin may save me, but you are not necessarily. ”

Hearing this, Dong Yuan smiled charmingly: "Master, slaves don't care. The slave is the master's person, no matter how difficult and dangerous the road ahead is, it is natural to always be by the master's side. Not only this time, but in the future, the slaves and maids will stay with the master and will not go anywhere. ”

Su Ziheng knew this, he knew that it must be the person he was willing to support the Ashikaga family, and he made a knot in Tomoto's heart, so that she could relax and follow him honestly in the future. As for whether the Ashikaga family with the support of the Tokai Prefecture can return to the country, this is not something for her to consider, anyway, she has done her best to be benevolent, and the next thing to do is to live for herself.

After ten days of repairing and replenishing food, vegetables, fruits, and fresh water, the treasure ship finally left Wajima and set out on its way to the western continent according to the rough and sketchy chart provided by Dong Yuanyu.

Along the way, Su Ziheng made detailed records, and asked the people on the treasure boat to record in detail all kinds of things encountered along the way. Every time he passed by an island, Su Ziheng would send someone to reconnoiter the island to see if there were any fresh water resources.

On the treasure ship, in addition to the goods transported, most of them were food, which was enough to support a shipload of more than 500 people to live for two years.

Therefore, as long as there is no major accident involving the shipwreck, there is no need to worry about the people on the ship starving to death. But freshwater resources are different, there is no food to eat, you can catch fish and shrimp from the sea for food, but there is no water to drink on the sea, then you will really die of thirst.

Therefore, it is necessary to find out the islands encountered on the road and investigate the resources on the islands. You must know that it may be hidden on a certain island, there are rare raw materials, especially some special spices and the like.

In this way, although it will delay a lot of time, it will go very steadily, and Su Ziheng will contact Donghai Mansion by telegram from time to time, and he will learn that some of the development of Donghai Mansion is moving forward in a steady manner, and he has not encountered any problems, so he can devote himself more easily to the task of opening up routes.

Of course, the road was not all smooth sailing, and it was inevitable that there would be various tribulations along the way. For example, there are terrifying bloodthirsty mosquitoes on some islands, each the size of a thumb, and once a prey enters their encirclement, it will quickly be sucked into jerky. Fortunately, Su Ziheng found out in time, activated the Shenlong battleship, used the flamethrower to eliminate the group of bloodthirsty mosquitoes, and escaped from the terrifying island.

For this reason, on the new nautical chart, Su Ziheng drew the location of the island and marked it with an extremely dangerous grade.

In addition, they also encountered uncivilized cannibals, as well as the golden islands full of gold, and encountered violent storms and terrifying deep-sea monsters as high as a dozen zhang in size on the sea.

If it weren't for the weather controller on Su Ziheng's Shenlong battleship, he could have known the future weather forecast a few days in advance, and he might have accidentally died in the storm.

Of course, not all of them encountered bad things along the way, and they also passed by some islands on the way and met hospitable natives. Su Ziheng exchanged the goods on the ship for a lot of good things, including all kinds of gold and silver ores and rare gems and spices, as well as all kinds of seeds.

From those people, they also exchanged a lot of charts of the surrounding seas, and constantly revised their navigation routes, allowing them to approach the western continent more quickly.

Su Ziheng set off from Donghai Mansion in early March, exploring, repairing, and opening up new routes along the way, and after more than half a year, until around mid-October, he finally arrived at a coastal port city in the western continent.

The arrival of Su Ziheng's fleet immediately caused a sensation in the port of Antepura. This is the first time in recent decades that we have seen a ship in the Eastern Continent driving a ship across the endless sea to reach the Western Continent, and in the past, the goods in the Eastern Continent were all transported by land from the Western Regions to the Western Continent, not to mention the long time spent in between, and the danger on the road was not much less than that of the sea route.

It is impossible to reach the port of Antpura by land, which is one of the most important reasons for their curiosity.

Arriving at the port of Antepura, before Su Ziheng and the others began to repair, they were received by the governor of the port city.

It's just that the two sides don't understand the language, and the conversation completely relies on hand gestures and guesses, and the communication is not smooth.

Later, Su Ziheng and the governor borrowed a lot of books and dictionaries, and Pandora began to decipher the words and languages of the Western Continent. A simple dictionary was recompiled to make it easier for both parties to talk.

For this reason, Su Ziheng stayed in Antepura Port for more than a month, and after processing all the goods brought with the ship, he purchased many special products and cherished spices and other items from the Western Continent.

The treasure ships left the port of Antepura at the end of November, and it was already winter, and the winter sea seemed docile, without the fury and recklessness of their arrival.

On the way back, because of the newly made nautical chart, he bypassed the dangerous area and found a safe route, and in addition to stopping for supplies on the way, he continued to travel day and night, and it took only two months to return from the Western Continent to the Eastern Continent.

This is mainly due to the presence of a steam engine, which makes the speed of the treasure ship less dependent on the sails and can travel stably. Otherwise, according to the previous sail and manpower driving method, let alone two months, I am afraid that half a year may not be able to cross the endless sea from the Western Continent to the Eastern Continent.

The successful return of Su Ziheng's fleet to Donghai Province aroused enthusiastic interest in Donghai Province and the merchants who had cooperative relations with Donghai Province.

Now it is already very difficult to develop trade internally, and now a new route has been opened up to trade directly with the western continent, how can this not make them overjoyed?