Chapter 256 The Ocean of Freshwater

When Li Ji and others changed to a sailing clipper in Walvis Bay Harbor, the luxury yacht was driven back to China. A large clipper ship is naturally not as stable and fast as a luxury engine and sail hybrid steel yacht, and the service level has dropped significantly due to the lack of facilities, without those first-class refrigerators and electrical appliances and other high-tech equipment, these long-distance clippers really let the unexperienced wind and waves through the public experience what it means to be dizzy to death, hot to prostration, stuffy to nausea (no stabilizer, air conditioning and ventilation system). Since there was no need for many sailors on the yacht, and the bodyguards could not leave, the ship could not fit so many people, so that these extra posts could be used by those bodyguards and crossers themselves. Sun Chang's family contracted the work of the kitchen, Li Fei's family contracted key positions such as captain, and the rest of the people basically contracted sanitation and various chores.

Five days later, the fleet sailed to the vicinity of Luanda, and the careless Sun Chang used the valve of the water storage tank as a waste water discharge valve after making breakfast, and drained the fresh water for drinking. For a time, the threat of not having fresh water to drink turned into the biggest crisis. More than 200 kilometers from the coast, and the advanced Imperial ships did not use barreled rum (which is not perishable) as a beverage stockpile, thirsty and smoky people had to sail east, hoping to dock to replenish fresh water before most of them suffered from heat stroke.

"This is the sea off Xuanzhou in the southwest near the Kalahari Desert, and it takes fourteen hours to reach Luanda in the northeast, and I can't guarantee if something will happen in the middle. Anyway, I tried my best. Li Fei had no choice but to promise everyone.

Three tense hours passed, and as the time got closer to noon, the temperature gradually rose. The deck had been overwhelmed by the scorching sun, and the last few cans of water had been delivered to several posts on the deck and at the lookout that were in dire need of water.

"I'm dying of thirst, it's all my grandson's fault, I don't have the strength to scold him." Liu Jiao couldn't help but complain weakly.

"It's almost there, there's still a few hours, hold on." Li Ji cheered.

"It may not be possible for us to enter the port directly, and the irrelevant personnel are staying at the bottom to enjoy the coolness in order to help when it is almost time. According to the wind speed of this pit father, it is estimated that he will not be able to reach the port tomorrow. ”

"This is really terrible, I didn't expect my dignified imperial prince to die so meaningless and without image. To die of thirst? "It's not that Liu Xin wants to say something frustrating, with his identity, it is naturally impossible to die of thirst, and the emergency backup water on the ship can last for three hours, but those bodyguards are dying of thirst. They were also able to land smoothly. Rather, the concept of equality and the idea of mutual assistance that penetrate the hearts of the people are too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"It's really terrible, the wind direction has become a headwind, everyone comes up in several batches to handle the sails, and there are not enough people on the deck." Li Fei shouted at the brass pipe.

"Oh no, the physical exertion and fresh water consumption have doubled, and the speed of sailing has been halved, and it seems that it is going to be explained here." Li Fei couldn't help but sigh.

A few hours later, the sail pilots, who had been roasted dry by the scorching sun, retreated. There are still 100 kilometers to the coastline and all the water is used up. All the people hid at the bottom to rest. Just wait until the sun goes down, the temperature will drop a bit, and the night sailing, although a little dangerous, should be able to reach the coast before sunrise.

The bowl in the middle of the basin on the deck of distilled seawater contains only half a bowl of water, and although the basin of black lacquered ceramics is covered with a layer of the latest technology - a transparent heavy plastic tablecloth, this distilled water is simply not enough for more than a hundred people.

Looking at the endless sea water in a daze, Li Ji kept swallowing saliva, he still understood the truth that the sea water can't be drunk, but people who are thirsty will lose their minds, electrolyte imbalance will affect many organs, and many people are already lying on the ground and can't get up.

Freshwater, freshwater! The surrounding sea surface was somewhat reflective, and the strong light entered the room through the window of the cabin, and the light spots continued to flash with the undulations of the waves, and Li Ji suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

He got up and walked to the captain's room, and when he arrived in front of Li Fei, he pointed to the picture and said, "Sail to the northeast, not to the southeast, we can't reach Luanda in the southeast, we will die, and sail to the mouth of the Congo River in the northeast There is still hope to reach the freshwater ocean surface there." ”

"Freshwater sunny? What kind of face is that? I don't think I've ever eaten it. The listless Li Fei said in a daze.

"I'm talking about the area at the mouth of the Congo River that is freshwater, not saltwater, and if you sail northeast, it's not against the wind and current, and the speed will be at least doubled, and you can get there at midnight. There is as much fresh water as you want! ”

After Li Fei heard the content clearly, he also became excited, "Zuo Manrudder, sail to the northeast, you can be saved!" ”

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Everyone is afraid to eat, for fear that the digestion will use up the last water, although a day or two without drinking water can not die, but there will be an accident, dehydration and heat stroke will not be rescued in time will be very difficult. After learning the news that they wanted to be saved by the Northeast Voyage, everyone's mood stabilized a lot.

"I didn't expect that the geography book would be a little interesting after reading it, and it could save lives at critical moments." Li Fei sighed.

"Although no one has ever been here, the captain and sailor have not been here does not necessarily mean that they do not know about it, and I, the honorary president of the Royal Geographical Society and the honorary editor-in-chief of the Chinese Imperial Geographical Monthly, have read at least every issue. Three years ago, the front page of the monthly magazine was devoted to the Congo River. How could I have forgotten that this amount of water is thirty pages long for the largest known river in the world (and the Amazon of South America has not yet been explored)? Li Ji proudly showed off his sullen title collector experience again.

"Captain, this is the sea that just brought up." A handsome guy, who is Li Fei's third son, is a part-time first mate, scooped a bowl of water from the bucket and handed it to Li Fei.

"Ahh Looks like we're saved! Li Fei took a sip first, then drank all the water in one gulp and shouted. The person who heard it immediately rushed to the bucket and ran not at all like a person who was about to dehydrate and suffer from heat stroke.

Dozens of buckets were thrown into the sea, some of them too late to tie ropes. The secretary slapped the guy who had thrown the bucket into the sea without a rope and was still lying on the side of the ship and was looking at it. They were ordered to jump off the boat and get the buckets back, and without saying a word, they jumped into the water from a high platform and rushed into the sea.

After stopping the boat, the guys who were crowded on the side of the boat to catch water from the pump outlet were stimulated by the captain's whip and fell to the ground.

"Bastard. Although this is fresh water, it is also raw water, and if it is not filtered and boiled, you dare to drink it, and you are not afraid of diarrhea and death in the toilet? In addition to establishing a large number of shipyards and all the material and technical basic industries of the modern maritime shipping industry, Li Fei has established a system more importantly. One of the most important systems of navigation is the sanitary system. Basic common sense, such as that rotten and spoiled food should be discarded rather than eaten, and that raw water that has not been boiled or strictly filtered is never drunk, is also instilled every day. Unexpectedly, this accident made people thirsty and forgot these common senses.

The honest sailors had to watch as the cooks and the chief clerk poured buckets of water into the storage bin and the huge filter bucket, and then lined up to carry the cups to the faucet of the filter bucket and trickle down.

After the crisis is resolved. Sun Chang, the culprit, breathed a sigh of relief, and fainted on the bed as if he was exhausted after finishing the dinner.

The next morning, "the feeling of being woken up by the biological clock didn't seem very pleasant, and I was pretty much the same." The brain seems to be stuffed in a jar, and it can't be that the ventilation is bad. Li Ji said to Sun Chang, who walked out of the room.

"What about Wu Qi and others? Why didn't you see this doctor? Liu Jiao asked while brushing his teeth.

He was the first to lie down, running around to save people, his physical strength and water loss were very fast, and he suffered the fastest heat stroke, and he couldn't save himself when he saved people on the deck. If it weren't for his son's opportunistic action. First aid was given immediately after he fainted. Maybe he'll be the first person to die from heat stroke! ”

"Huh!" The traversers laughed when they heard the news.

"This time it's a big boss who saved our lives, and Lao Sun will go back and ask for a few new dishes to atone for the crime and reward us!"

"I know, I'm not right this time, I should be bleeding profusely, and I'll go back and have a whole table of land, sea and air parades."

"Okay, it's decided, let's not be wronged by the Five Organs Temple this way, and the next stop is West Africa, right? Look at the food book, what ingredients can be charged? ”

Sun Chang pulled out a hardcover travel magazine from his suitcase, "I'll take a look." …… Pregnant. Here, rice introduced a decade ago has gradually replaced local sorghum rice. Hence the popularity of pilaf and delicious fruit meat stew. The last issue of the Food Monthly only had a cursory introduction, after all, this is the farthest edge of the empire's power, and it would be nice to have a text caption the size of such a tofu block. ”

"Are there bananas and dragon fruit in the area?" Foodie Liu Xin asked.

"There must be! Don't you know that there is our plantation there? You can take a shower with a banana milkshake and no problem! "Foodies forget about the freshwater crisis when they think of deliciousness.

Li Ji walked to the deck alone to blow the wind, looked at the waves on the sea, and thought that this ocean with a radius of hundreds of miles turned out to be fresh water, and he couldn't help but worry about crossing these guys who are similar to freshwater. Maybe it won't be long before I and others will be assimilated into salt water by this era.

Bai Jia also walked onto the deck and saw Li Ji staring at the sea in a daze. "What are you thinking?"

"The cause of this freshwater ocean is that a large amount of freshwater from the Congo River has diluted the salt, like we are strongly inserting into this era, using technology and the concept of the old time and space to change everything in this time and space?"

"We are not the Congo River, I think at least the total amount of fresh water dissolved by the global glaciers during the Ice Age is about the same, and our information impact is definitely hundreds of times that of this time and space in terms of quantity, and it is even more difficult to compare in terms of quality. Changing the ocean may seem difficult, and it is not impossible in the face of sheer power and scale. ”

"yes, if we didn't have enough information, we wouldn't be alive now." Li Ji lit a special cigarette and took a long puff, and after spewing out a smoke ring, he left the deck, the sea breeze quickly blew away the eye circles, Bai Jia looked at Li Ji's back thoughtfully.

'Could it be that the fifth king of ten thousand years wants to spread out in this time and space? This crisis seems to be a good thing! This time he got the hang of it! I happily thought of the meeting a few years ago, and the best way to change the world he proposed was to become the helmsman, when the leader of any organization became the leader who could influence the world, the world would naturally be changed, but the system would be eliminated, the spirit would be lost, the patent would expire, and only the bloodline could be passed on forever. The importance that Chinese attach to the inheritance of bloodline is indeed a major essence of civilization, which is almost as important as the inheritance of spiritual civilization. (To be continued......)