The weather on the sea is unpredictable, storms come and go quickly, and on the twenty-sixth day of March, just after dawn, the whole sea has returned to calm, and the blue waves are thousands of miles.

It was a rare good weather.

Through simple flag communication, the three Kanzi-class steamers not far from each other set sail again, Wang Ertao's fleet was going to continue to sail around the land of China for a week, and Wang Ertao, who was idle and bored, once again took a monocular to the lookout of the main ship.

Seeing his own captain boarding the lookout, the lookouts on the lookout quickly gave up a place for Wang Ertao, and even one of the young lookouts kept looking at Wang Ertao with a kind of admiration.

Wang Ertao stood firm on the lookout, raised the monocular with his right hand, and looked into the distance.

"Huh!" Just when Wang Ertao raised his telescope to look east, Wang Ertao let out a surprise in his mouth, because a small black dot appeared in Wang Ertao's field of vision, and a small black dot could appear on the sea, most likely an island, and the nautical chart in Wang Ertao's hand did not indicate that there were islands nearby, could it be that Wang Ertao himself saw it wrong?

Wang Ertao rubbed his slightly dry eyes with his hand and raised the telescope again, Wang Ertao could be sure that there was indeed a negligible black spot in his field of vision.

What is the situation, why is the island not marked on the nautical charts, it was they who pulled it down?

No, soon Wang Ertao understood the reason for this, in the storm just past, Wang Ertao's fleet was pushed to the edge of the safe area by huge waves before anchoring, that is to say, if Wang Ertao's fleet deviated a little further east, it would enter the unexplored area, and because Wang Ertao was farsighted, he could see farther and clearer than other lookouts, so Wang Ertao could make new discoveries here.

Then in front of Wang Ertao, a new question arose, whether Wang Ertao would continue to lead the fleet to sail around the land of Shenzhou for a week, or temporarily stop the mission and go to the island that Wang Ertao discovered to investigate.

The food and fuel of Wang Ertao's fleet are relatively sufficient, even if he goes to that unknown island to investigate, it is more than enough to go to the next island to supply the base.

In the end, Wang Ertao decided to temporarily stop sailing around the land of China for a week and turn to exploring the newly discovered islands.

Sailing in the middle of the sea is lonely, and the newly discovered island can be a lot of fun for the crew, and if the newly discovered island is of great value, the whole fleet can jump on it.

When Wang Ertao conveyed that the fleet of ships that discovered the new island was going to turn to explore the new island, the whole fleet had a little more vitality.

After a while, Wang Ertao's fleet completed the turn, and the fleet slowly moved in the direction of the newly discovered island.

The fleet sailed a little further east, and the lookouts on the three ships reported seeing the islands that the captain had discovered.

The fleet continued to sail eastward, and in the field of vision of the lookouts, the island was getting bigger and bigger, and Wang Ertao, who was still staying on the lookout, could feel with his years of experience that the island ahead would not be small.

In the Great Qin Empire, the islands in the sea are divided into several levels:

The first class, the state island, that is, the area is about the same as Yingzhou or even larger than Yingzhou, such an island because of the vast area, in which countless medicinal materials grow, and the island has a lot of fertile land and no shortage of fresh water resources, this kind of island is the most valuable island, once such a state island is found, it will immediately get the attention of the entire empire, but at present, the Great Qin Empire shipbuilding only found Yingzhou, a state island.

Second, there is a large island with vegetation and fresh water resources, the area of this kind of island will be smaller than that of the state island, which can be used for a small number of immigrants and the establishment of a sea base, and the probability of finding and growing medicinal materials on this island is relatively large, and the number of such islands found by the Great Qin Empire over the years is more than ten.

Third, small islands with vegetation and fresh water resources, the area of this kind of island is relatively small, and the chance of finding medicinal herbs is very small, and this kind of island is at most to establish a sea base, and the value is not too great.

Fourth, small islands with vegetation and islands composed entirely of rocks, no matter how large or small the size of such islands, because there are no fresh water resources, their value is the lowest, there is no development value, and the fleets under the Great Qin Empire's shipyard found that such islands were basically without any rewards.

The exploration fleet found the most in the sea is the fourth-class island, and the number of first-class islands is Yingzhou.

Some of the crew members in Wang Ertao's fleet silently prayed to the heavens in their hearts: "God bless, as long as it is not a fourth-class island, it is fine, it is not a fourth-class island." ”

In the hearts of the crew, as long as the newly discovered island is not a fourth-class island, it means that when they return home, they can also get a reward for discovering a new island, and even many people hope that the newly discovered island is a second-class island, as for the first-class island, the crew can't even think about it, the probability is too low, but once a state island is found, the crew will get a generous bonus.

The distance between the fleet and the island is decreasing, and the telescope can already see a hint of green on the island, which is enough to indicate that this is an island with vegetation, and that there is a good chance that there are fresh water resources on this island for its size.

After sailing for a while, Wang Ertao has been able to determine that the newly discovered island is not small, if there are fresh water resources on the island, this island can be called a second-class island, once it is determined, the crew will receive a large bonus when they go home, which may be the biggest harvest of the fleet's voyage.

The crews of Wang Ertao's fleet were full of joy, as if the island in front of them had become a golden mountain.

However, after the fleet sailed for a certain distance, the fleet got closer and closer to the island, and suddenly Wang Ertao, who had been looking at the distant island, had his heart beating violently.

"The state... Island? Wang Ertao showed an incredible look, in Wang Ertao's field of vision, the green actually extended to both sides, which shows that the area of the island in front of him is larger than Wang Ertao imagined, Wang Ertao has determined that the island in front of him is the worst second-class island, and there is a good chance of returning to the state island.

In the Great Qin Empire, only Wang Ertao has ever discovered the island, and everyone wants to discover a new island, but the chance is slim.

"Is it really going to be a state island?"