"Sir, after going back this time, can the student go back to the newspaper office to become the editor-in-chief? I really can't stand this kind of torture, either I'm idle to death, or I'm tossing to death. From the morning to now, the students have not eaten water and rice all day, and I don't know how many times I have vomited, I am afraid I can't wait to go back......" Wen Nan is actually a relatively strong literati, when he crossed the Indian Ocean, he was also seasick, but he gritted his teeth and survived, and there were no complaints. But this time he really couldn't bear it, the first month was to bask in the sun every day on the endless sea and wait for death, and finally survived, and before he had time to be happy, the monstrous waves came again. As soon as the wind blows, it will take two or three days, and the sea water will be like a boiling pot, and a big ship like the Golden River is simply a fallen leaf, easily thrown into the sky by the waves, and then plunged down again. This kind of tossing and turning stimulation is really not something that ordinary people can bear, not only mentally but also physically. At this moment, Wen Nan's little face is sallow, and he looks really close to death.

"You'd better die of this heart, and if you step on my thief ship, you won't be able to bear it! Want to die? It's not that easy, Yaya, go and call two sailors to hang your Uncle Wen on the first floor, and I'll let him see what it means to be dizzy! Hong Tao wiped the seawater from his face, smiled and gave an inhuman order.

“…… Let me go! Let me go! ...... with the surname Hong Wow...... You don't have to die well! …… Wow...... Died...... Wow...... Wow wow...... "Wen Nan has been vomiting for a day, as the saying goes, a good man can't stand three bubbles, he is not a good man, vomiting and diarrhea are essentially the same, and the noodle-like body was easily hung up by two sailors. If you say that you are seasick standing on the deck, then when you reach a horizontal stretch more than ten meters high, you can't describe it as dizzy, and the whole world is like entering a washing machine. The deep black waves are rolling beneath your feet. People drift to the left and right for a while, just like a rag doll. At first, Wen Nan was still shouting, but then he changed to scolding, and then he couldn't scold anything.

"Yaya, do you see, your Uncle Mai has faith. He is not afraid, your Uncle Wen has no faith, he is afraid to death! Therefore, no matter what you believe in life, it is good to have a faith! Unlike Vennan's mental breakdown, Matini knelt on the stern tower and prayed to his Allah devoutly, neither vomiting nor crying. It's calm. Hong Tao felt that this might be the power of faith, to put it bluntly, his ability to comfort himself was relatively strong, although he didn't have any unified beliefs, but he felt that it was better to have a faith.

"I believe my uncle, at least my uncle can see it, I can't see what they believe, I don't believe it!" Weng Ya didn't understand much about what faith was, so she felt that Hong Tao was the safest by her side. So he came over again and hugged Hong Tao's arm.

"Girl. You're forcing me, and when you get to the coast of Africa, I'll find a prince of a black tribe to marry you. Hong Tao really had no tricks, so he could only quickly hide back in his cabin, he had always harassed others, and now it was his turn to be harassed by others.

"What are black tribes like? Do they have a big ship like ours? Weng Ya obviously didn't want to let Hong Tao go. She also followed Hong Tao into the captain's room.

"Allah, your faithful slave needs to go back to the cabin to change his pants first, and once his master finds out, he will laugh at me for the rest of his life!" Seeing that Hong Tao and Weng Ya had entered the captain's room, the helmsman's mercy was staring intently at the flag signal given by the lookout. Martini, who had been kneeling on the stern, suddenly came to life, got up with a word in his mouth, and ran down the deck with a trouser leg of water. Hong Tao praised the wrong person just now, Martini didn't cry, but he was not calm, he was paralyzed by fright, peed his pants, and didn't dare to get up if he wanted to.

The tropical storm came and went as fast as it came, and three days later at night, the sea suddenly calmed down, and the gentle southeast wind resumed, and the long-lost stars were revealed, blinking in the sky, staring at the two sailing ships on the sea. Why two sailboats? Because the remaining three ships didn't know where they were blown by the storm, only the Guangzhou was still near the Jinhe and put out a light signal to communicate.

This is not a big problem, on this more than 3,000-kilometer route, Hong Tao has already set three assembly points in advance, even if he runs away, according to the measurement of the tenth parallel of south latitude, and then observe the distance relationship between the moon and the fixed constellation, he can also find the convergence of these assembly points on his own. When everyone was back together, the fleet regrouped, with the Jinhe taking the lead, leading the four smaller warships behind to sail due west again.

After eleven days of walking, seabirds appeared on the mast again, and the fleet finally arrived at the east coast of Africa, nine and a half degrees south latitude, which, if Hong Tao remembers correctly, should have been the coastal zone of the future East African country of Mozambique. Hong Tao is even more unclear about the history of Africa, who will read it if he is not a historian who specializes in this? Not to mention remembering, the sense of presence is too weak.

In fact, it doesn't make a difference to Hong Tao at all, there are not too many countries in Southeast Asia at this time, there are small city-states and tribes everywhere, Africa in the thirteenth century should be more barren, whether there can be a country or not.

But this time Hong Tao was wrong again, Africa actually had a country in BC, called the Monk Empire, which was established by a group of Persian nobles who were exiled here, and Monk means black in Persian. They also visited Zanzibar, the largest island on the east coast of Tanzania, and later gradually controlled a large area of East Africa from Kenya in the north to northern Mozambique in the south, and moved the capital to Kilwa, which was later known as the city of Kilwa Kiwenje, which was renamed the Samgi Empire.

"Order the Qiongzhou to reach the coast and sail south, release a small boat to measure the depth of the water, and report back after finding a suitable river." Unbeknownst to Hong Tao at this time, his fleet had invaded the territory of the Sangqi Empire, and that his own fleet was methodically commanding south along the coastline in search of a landing site.

Don't look at the Zangei Empire with a large territory on land, in fact, their main areas of activity are near Kilwa City and Zanzibar Island, and a large area of the East African coast is really barren. The fleet went south for a day and a night, and did not even see a small fishing boat, which also strengthened Hong Tao's judgment, Africa is still an undeveloped land, just take it!

Since it was exploring and sailing, the speed was very slow, and two days later in the morning, the Qiongzhou sent back a signal that they found a large river, which met Hong Tao's requirements, and asked if the flagship needed to send someone ashore to investigate.

"Big River? A river six miles wide and fifteen meters deep! Didn't this Nima go to South Africa? What's it called? Ruma River? I can't remember......" Hong Tao looked at the coordinates of the river marked on the map, and felt that this river should be the boundary river between Tanzania and Mozambique in the later generations, and at the same time, this river is also the boundary between the two geographical regions of East Africa and South Africa. But he had forgotten the name of the river, except that there was a ruma pronunciation.

"Sir, the Qiongzhou is still waiting for a reply." Just as Hong Tao was muttering the name of the river, Weng Ya reminded him, don't just think about the name, should you go ashore or not?

"Oh, yes! Right! …… When I went ashore, I personally led the team and let the marines of Langya follow me, you watch the house! Hong Tao came back to his senses at this time, and without thinking about it, he was going to land in person. He was not afraid of nature compared to the city where humans lived, and he wanted to see for himself how Africa was different from the one he had visited in his previous life.

"Sir, will the students come ashore with you?" Wen Nan was hung on that horizontal stem for an hour and a half before he was put down, and from then on, he was no longer seasick, and everything he could faint on it was enough. As soon as he heard that Hong Tao was going to go ashore for an expedition, his interest also came, and in order to emphasize his importance, he deliberately held up the small notebook in his hand to remind Hong Tao that he had to follow the record.

"Lao Mai, you can't run fast, it's better to stay on the boat to be safe, there are a lot of fierce beasts here, when I'm done exploring, set up the camp and you can go up again, let's go!" Hong Tao didn't pay attention to Wen Nan, this person is now the same as when Carl first came, the righteousness on his body is getting less and less, and he has become a bit of a laid-back face. Hong Tao doesn't like such people very much, because once he has the skill of Lai Pi Lai Face, he will almost be unable to control them, and the thicker the skin, the more difficult it is to fight.

"Uncle, I want to go up and see ...... too" Weng Ya often heard about this mysterious continent from Hong Tao's mouth, and she was also very curious and wanted to go up and explore with her.

"There are a lot of snakes on it, and there are such big ants, you are not afraid to bite and follow!" Hong Tao didn't say that he wouldn't let Weng Ya go ashore, but he just exaggerated the environment on the shore, but Weng Ya hid with grinning. She is not afraid of heaven and earth, she is afraid of ants and snakes, not pretending to be afraid, but really afraid.

Five lifeboats, carrying 30 marines and Hong Tao, slowly rowed inland along the estuary of the river. Without exception, the people on the boat all wore long clothes and trousers, changed leather boots on their feet, and according to Hong Tao's orders, tied the neckline, cuffs, and trouser legs with ropes to prevent any small insects from getting in and biting. Although there may not be so many epidemics on the African continent now, Hong Tao does not dare to relax, after all, it is a plague-prone area until later generations, and it must be vaccinated when entering the country. Bringing back AIDS Hong Tao is not afraid, that thing will be the same as a normal person if it doesn't have an attack, maybe he will only be a carrier of the virus for the rest of his life. If you bring Ebola or something back to the ship, it will be lively, and if you don't reach the Cape of Good Hope, all the people on the ship will die! (To be continued.) )