Chapter 430: Developing Australia (2)
In the early morning of December 15, 1278, at the port of Badaohe, the fleet of gnawing dogs was about to set off in the cool sea breeze.
Their destination is clear only to them, and others are confused when they hear it.
Concerned about their safety, Zhang did not let the "Liuqiu Times" report in depth, and other tabloids did not know exactly where the criminals were serving, and only vaguely knew that it was a strange place called Australia.
Yang Youxing and his wife also came to see off their friends.
Hearing that they were going to stay overseas for a year------ editor-in-chief Yang Youxing looked jealously at the big ships that were ready to go.
What a majestic thing it would be to be able to lead a fleet.
Editor-in-chief Yang Youxing quietly said to the gnawing dog: "My score measured by the sextant is better than yours------"
Gnawing Dog also quietly replied: "That was the beginning------ now you have forgotten it, right?" ”
Editor-in-chief Yang Youxing was speechless.
Shen Qianqian said: "Listen to the gnawing dog, I want you to catch a kangaroo for me back, it should be small, not big!" ”
Nana didn't like her tone, stabbed her secretly, and said, "I want it too, to be a toy for our children!" ”
The gnawing dog put on the captain's hard-brimmed hat and said, "Order!" ”
Editor-in-chief Yang Youxing rolled his eyes and looked to the side, he needed to put on this posture!
However, it is indeed cool for a man to wear a hard-brimmed hat.
At seven o'clock sharp, the whole fleet officially departed, and countless people who saw it off waved at the fleet, the relatives or friends of those criminals, and those who cried quietly.
Editor-in-chief Yang Youxing sighed and said: "They could have lived a good life, but they want to commit crimes, I hope to warn those who come after." ”
Shen Qianqian shook his head and said, "I have a strange feeling, it seems that they are not exiled, but they are going to develop new places in the distance!" ”
Editor-in-chief Yang Youxing wanted to laugh, how could he have such an idea.
Shen Qianqian said: "Look at those sailors, there are no whites or blacks at all!" It's so different-------"
The owner of Zhang Island is a good man, and after working for a few years on Liuqiu Island, the slaves he bought a few years ago were released by him as free people, regardless of skin color or race, and those people could choose to return to their hometowns, or they could choose to stay as citizens and earn money by virtue of their own ability.
The vast majority of people chose the latter, but most of them were only engaged in manual labor, so it was rare to say that there were no black-and-white-skinned sailors on any ship, except for the Navy.
Editor-in-chief Yang Youxing couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time, well, ten men can't answer a question raised by a woman.
Nana hugged the child but suddenly burst into tears, saying: "Gnawing dog is the best man in the world, he doesn't go out to play at night, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't drink, he cooks for me, washes my clothes, and gives me all the wages, just a little pocket money every month------- but he really wants to leave me for a year!" ”
Shen Qianqian hurriedly went to persuade her.
Editor-in-chief Yang Youxing knew that he would be scolded by someone again in such a situation, so he had to squint his eyes to look at the sail shadow in the sky.
The fleet, blown by the northeast monsoon, was moving rapidly southward.
In fact, the name of Captain Gnawing Dog can only be called by a few people, and all his subordinates call him Wu Dalang, and the honorific title is Captain Wu.
His voyage was completely in accordance with the route map sent to him by Wang Defa's family, and he wanted to strive for the right score.
Wang Defa's host gave him the route map from Shanghai to Perth Port in that world, this route mainly uses natural waterways, if you can take 100,000-ton cargo ships in that world, then of course it is not a problem for the navigation of two or three thousand tons of wooden ships in this time and space.
This route goes directly through the Dongsha and Spratly Islands and travels south along the west coast of the Philippines to the Zamboanga region.
Of course, now there may only be tribes there.
Wang Defa's family made a note at that point, indicating that there were plenty of fresh water resources and countless fresh wild fruits, which could be simply docked.
Then through the Maluku Strait, and then through the Banda Sea, you will reach the western part of Australia, and then follow the shore south to reach the designated location.
Captain Gnawing Dog had never seen so many strange names, but he believed everything Wang Defa's family said.
Luckily, they didn't encounter a major storm on their trip.
When they spent fifteen days, passed through the Dongsha and Nansha Islands, and arrived at the west coast of the Philippines, sure enough, as Wang Defa's family said, the wind and waves on the sea suddenly calmed down a lot, and they didn't even see many waves of more than three meters!
The captain of the dog gnawing team ordered all the ships carrying people to report the situation of the personnel and the sheep and calves again.
This time they also brought two hundred ewes, forty rams, and the same number of calves.
Soon the news came that three more Tatars had died, and the members of the triad and the cattle were unharmed.
Captain Dog Gnawing frowned, after only a few small storms, even twenty-six Tatars died in a row, and they were too resistant to tossing at sea!
The group of Tatars transferred from the coal mines of Shandong numbered only 1,000 people, and all of them had been engaged in grazing, and all of them had committed relatively minor crimes, and strictly speaking, they were also skilled laborers.
Captain Dog Gnawing ordered the sailing to slow down in order to alleviate the turbulence on the ship, and he did not want another dead man.
In the captain's cabin, he held a telescope and tried to look towards the so-called west coast of the Philippines, which was all green and green, and nothing else could be seen.
At this time, the sailors outside the captain's room shouted excitedly.
He went out and heard the sailors shouting, "Behold, that sand island is full of turtles!" If you can't say anything, you can still find turtle eggs! ”
Without thinking about it, the captain of the dog gnawing said: "It's, the turtle egg-laying season has long passed!" ”
Some sailors laughed and shouted, "This strange place, maybe they are weird too!" ”
With the naked eye, you can see that on a sand island less than 300 meters away, there are dense lying on the stomach full of large sea turtles.
Turtle meat is a rare delicacy, and it's especially popular with long-distance sailing vessels.
If you can catch a few of them on the boat, as long as you put them in the bilge and splash a few pots of seawater, it can live for a long time, it can be killed and eaten for up to half a year!
Of course, it would be even better if you could find turtle eggs.
The sailors looked eagerly at the Captain Dog, their mouths squirming unconsciously.
Yes, after eating canned food for more than ten days, no one is not annoyed, even if you can occasionally eat mung bean sprouts, soybean sprouts, and mushrooms.
Captain Dog also misses the taste of turtle meat------ well, he tells the sailors to catch turtles.
Oh!
All of the boats are hoisted with swordfish-type boats, and some have more than one sailboat.
The sailors jumped like monkeys down the rope into the boat, and with great speed they rowed their oars, and the boat was shot like arrows to the sand island.
The giant turtles on the sand island may have never seen a person, but they are not afraid at all, they don't care at all.
Captain Dog took off his captain's hard-brimmed hat and wiped his sweat with a handkerchief.
The sea around him was still calm, and he looked at the barometer, but nothing happened.
He knew that those people would definitely not be able to stand it on such a hot day, so he gave an order to let those people go to the deck in batches to breathe.