Whatever happens in the future, it's the future, and now the "Yun Clan" fleet set sail to the sound of blessings on the dock, aiming for the blue sea ahead.

The people on the dock saw that the fleet was far away and could not see the figure before slowly leaving, but some women were crying and could no longer walk, so they could only be supported by their families and slowly moved in the direction of home.

Yun Yi also left the dock with the guards, and returned to the town mansion in the central area of Wanghai Town, the town mansion is Yun Yi's temporary residence, Yun Yi will continue to stay in Wanghai Town for a month, waiting for the return of the fleet, if the fleet does not come back for a month, then Yun Yi can only start to prepare for the next fleet.

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On the blue sea, three strangely shaped "Tan" class ships spewed black smoke and sailed forward firmly, with the flagship Discovery at the forefront, and the Exploration and Exploration on both sides.

On the lookouts of the three ships stood several people, one was a standard-bearer with two small flags, and the other two or three were lookouts with monoculars.

The flag-bearers of the three steamers wave flags from time to time to exchange information.

It is not the first time that the fleet has sailed in the sea, when the ship has just been launched, it has been tried on the sea, and when the three ships form a small fleet, and sail on the sea many times, the captain of the exploration Yun Yong, the captain of the exploration Lin Zhen, and the captain of the visit Wang Jinwen, who have no experience in driving ships, are accumulating experience a little bit through this kind of exploration, and finally have this first exploration of the sea.

Yun Yong, a child of the Yun family, is twenty-seven years old, and his biggest feature is that he is ordinary, and it is not easy to find Yun Yong when he puts on ordinary clothes and throws Yun Yong into the crowd.

If he was born in an ordinary family, Yun Yong would live an ordinary life, but born in a big family like Yunhua Yun's family, ordinary is the biggest shortcoming, and the other Yun clan people look down on Yun Yong, and Yun Yong himself can't raise his head to see people, and he hides at home all day long and doesn't dare to see people.

Yun Yi gave Yun Yong a chance, a chance to prove himself, as long as Yun Yong can lead the fleet to find a larger island in the sea, or a new continent, then Yun Yong is definitely a great hero of the Yun clan, Yun Yong can prove to all the Yun clan that he is not a wreck, and he is also a useful person.

With the blood of the Yun family flowing in his body, Yun Yong's backbone was not lost, and he resolutely accepted this "death" task.

In fact, as a captain, Yun Yong does not have many tasks, which is to lead the fleet to sail according to a predetermined plan and find targets.

The "Tan" class steamers can travel 45 miles per hour, and the fleet is not sure of the route, for fear of hitting the reef, and the fleet will only travel during the day and stop at night to rest.

It is only the twentieth day of the first lunar month, and the time for a steamer to sail in a day is only five and a half hours, that is, under calm conditions, the fleet can travel two hundred and fifty miles in a day.

The "Tan" class steamship is a transport ship, which can carry more cargo, but with so many people on board, food and fresh water take up a lot of space, and the fuel carried by the ship can only last the ship on the sea for 16 days at most.

In sixteen days, the fleet could sail more than 4,000 miles at most, but this was only a one-way trip, and in order for the fleet to return to Wanghai Town, the fleet could only sail to a maximum of 2,000 miles away from Wanghai Town, and then it had to return.

However, this was not the case with the exploration plan formulated by Yun Yi and the three captains: under the leadership of Yun Yong, the fleet set off from Wanghai Town and headed due south, and if no suitable target was found on the way, it would keep driving with the 22nd of the first lunar month, traveling about 750 li, and on the morning of the 23rd of the first lunar month, it would begin to turn around to explore whether there were islands within 750 miles of the mainland, and when there were only five days left on the fuel, it would have to return.

This is only Yun Yi's first plan to explore the sea, Yun Yi does not want to find the new continent in one fell swoop, that is not realistic, it is better to explore step by step according to the distance, first look for islands within seven hundred and fifty miles.

As long as an island is found within a 750-mile area, the smaller island can be used as a supply base through which the fleet can explore farther afield; And the larger islands can be developed directly, and when it is critical, the Yun clan can move the whole clan over, which is the Yun clan's back road.

In fact, Yunyi did not expect to gain anything from this first exploration of the sea, the sea is vast and boundless, and the exploration fleet composed of three "Tan" class ships is so small, like a drop in the ocean, even if the range is limited to seven hundred and fifty miles, it is a very large range.

You must know that the depth of Yunhua County is not as long as seven hundred and fifty miles, and a small fleet of ships can explore in a sea area larger than the area of Yunhua County, the difficulty can be imagined, but fortunately, people have a very wide horizon on the sea, and they are expected to have a sharp weapon like a telescope, which saves a lot of effort to find the island.

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On the deck of the Discovery stood a number of people, leaning on the side of the ship, looking into the distance, as if they wanted to discover an island or a new continent with the naked eye.

Yun Yong also stood on the deck, holding a monocular in his right hand and a small disc in his left hand.

This small disc is not an ordinary thing, it is more precious than a telescope on the sea, and this thing is the compass.

If you look closely, the disc is wooden, and the four positions of the disc are engraved with the words east, west, north and south, and the other positions also depict the unit of time.

The wooden disc is not important, the thin magnetic needle on the important disc, with the magnetic needle, this object can be called a compass, in order to guide the direction.

Yun Yong laid the compass flat, and the pointer pointed due south.

In fact, Yun Yong also has doubts in his heart, it is only the twentieth day of the first month, and the weather is still a little cold, sailing in such weather is not a good thing for the entire fleet, once it rains, it is a very troublesome thing, if someone accidentally falls into the water, it is either a cold or a serious illness, or it is possible to be swallowed directly by the sea, and no one is seen alive or dead.

Yun Yong wanted to ask Yun Yi why he didn't wait until the weather was warm before going to sea, but his identity and status made Yun Yong bury this sentence in his heart, he just had to execute Yun Yi's orders perfectly.

Yun Yong didn't know that there had always been a sense of urgency in Yun Yi's heart, as if a crisis was coming, driving Yun Yi to do more.

If it weren't for the very cold weather and the Chinese New Year, Yunyi would even want to start the plan to explore the sea years ago.

For various reasons, Yunyi's first exploration of the sea was postponed until the twentieth day of the first lunar month, when the weather had warmed up and people did not need to stay in their houses to escape the cold.