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In modern times, you just find a middle school student and tell him that he wants to go to Japan from Zhejiang Province to the sea, which direction do you want to take? He'll tell you to go northeast.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, this was an impossible thing. Northeast? It's great to know that the Wa Kingdom is just east of the Tang Dynasty. As for the east, how far it is, it is even more impossible to know. In this era, there are no maps that are usually seen by ordinary people, probably only in the army or in the palace.

Even their maps are very sketchy, and they don't know a general direction, whether there are mountains or rivers in between, and that's it. As for the details, it is impossible to mark how high the mountain is, whether there are paths, how wide the river is, where it is deep and where it is shallow. It is necessary for local talents to know better.

Li Chen dared to go to sea from Mingzhou and sail directly to Japan, because he had a map in his heart, knew what the whole environment was like, and knew that as long as he went to the northeast, or even a little further north, he could definitely go to Japan. It is impossible for the bow of Xin to know this when he ran to Goryeo.

Secondly, although the last few Tang envoys have landed in Mingzhou, it shows that Mingzhou can go to the Wa Kingdom. But it's too dangerous, although this matter has not spread in Datang, but the boat must know it. This route was dangerous, and it was the norm for envoys of the Japanese kingdom to be killed.

In the most recent case, six years ago, the Tang envoy had to be dispatched, and this time it was relatively smooth. However, it should have come earlier, but the first two times failed, and this time I heard that even the officials who originally presided over the dispatch of the Tang Dynasty made the Japanese state dare not come because they were sick.

Third, there is the issue of crew morale. As mentioned earlier, in this era, from the Tang Dynasty to Tianfang, there was a constant supply from the port along the way. In addition to saying that the water will be bad, it is also necessary to supplement fresh fruits and vegetables to avoid scurvy. What's more, the crew is easily panicked during the long, inaccessible voyage.

The reason is actually the same as the first point, the bow of the ship does not know where he is going, let alone the crew.

Although Li Chen is hired by veterans, it is no exception. None of them had the experience of sailing without seeing land for long periods of time. What's more, they are working together for the first time, and they don't know each other very well, and they don't trust each other very much, and I'm afraid that this panic of not being able to see land will be doubled.

In fact, there was already talk about it at night, where would it go if it sailed like this? Some people say that they are in the Wa Kingdom, and some people say Goryeo, but they can't convince others, so they can only comfort themselves, because they have heard that these two countries are both in this direction.

I heard that I don't know in detail, how can I convince others? I'm afraid I can't even convince myself. Therefore, at dinner that day, Li Chen heard many crew members whispering, and they were all worried about where they would go if they went on like this.

The next morning, after breakfast, the situation was even worse. Many crew members were so worried that they couldn't sleep well all night. After yesterday's speed measurement, under the south wind blowing Buddha, the Flying Fish reached a speed of 11 knots, and there was an uneasy atmosphere. If you are uneasy, you will be absent-minded and uneasy.

'Boss, let's go back.' Diligently found Li Chen and suggested, it is rare to say a lot of words. 'Okay. Li Chen looked up at the sky, agreed, and said without waiting for hard work, "Tell the crew that after lunch, we will return to the sea." ’

'No. Xin Xin was very puzzled, and wanted to go back early, but he didn't say much, and after agreeing, he went to announce to the crew.

After the hard work left, Li Chen sighed, he and Huang Tiansheng had confirmed it last night, and they had calculated it well, combined with Li Chen's map, and the speed of the ship measured yesterday, if they couldn't get to the country before noon today, eighty percent of them would have made a mistake. Li Chen will agree and return after lunch.

'There are seabirds, seabirds have been spotted. After the hard work was announced, he returned home after lunch, so that the sailors could rest assured, and after not panicking, they soon found something and found seabirds feeding on the surface of the sea.

Lookout, originally in the Chinese sailing ship, there is no such position. Chinese ships, when have you ever seen a lookout? There are not even ships from the heavens. The reason is simple, there is no need....

Western ships will be equipped with a lookout on a mast, so that sailors can detect land or pirates as early as possible. Because they have to explore the unknown seas, they need lookouts.

But not in the East. Even if the navigation industry is more developed than China, don't forget that they have always occupied the shipping route from Tianfang to China, even if the Tianfang people trade by the existing routes, there is no need to look at the position.

The so-called existing shipping route is to go close to the shore. Since it is close to the shore, even if it is a little farther away, as long as it is not too inverted, it will not get lost, and there is no need for the position of lookout.

However, of course Li Chen would not think so, he wanted to train a crew who could sail long distances. So he installed a lookout on the mainmast.

'There are seabirds? As soon as he heard this, he immediately approached the side of the ship, and looked in the direction of the water's finger, and after looking for a while, he could not see anything, and he thought that the sailor had lied, but only one thing had a light blow on his chest, and he remembered that he had a clairvoyant.

He also remembered that the sailors at the lookout also had a clairvoyant mirror, and he could see anything with the naked eye, not to mention, his position was relatively low.

He hurriedly picked up the clairing mirror and looked at it, and sure enough, he saw a seabird. When you see a seabird, it means that the land is not far away, and the seabird must return to its nest at night. Everyone knew this, so the whole ship began to permeate an atmosphere again, not uneasy, but expecting, if they could find land earlier, they would be relieved, and they would be able to land early.

The sailors were so distracted that they began to pay attention to the lookout, waiting for the lookout to find land. Only Li Chen brought the children unaffected, and they did whatever they had to do.

'Give me something to do seriously,' roared so hard that the sailors did not dare to stare anymore, and turned their heads and pretended to be busy. But they didn't have to wait long, and soon the lookout shouted, 'Land, land has been found.' ’

The crew rejoiced and celebrated loudly, Li Chen was also in a good mood, not because of the discovery of land, as early as when he found seabirds, he was prepared to find land. The good mood is because the route to the Japanese country has been opened.

Along the way, Yixin and Huang Tiansheng continued to measure latitude and longitude and routes, and now they have discovered land and determined their directions. Even if it's not Japan, it doesn't matter, to Goryeo, it's not far from the Wa Kingdom.

Wangshan ran away from the horses, and although they found land, they also passed through most of the day, and after noon, and arrived in the evening.

They didn't get to the land they had just discovered, because they ran into a local fisherman, and they told them that there was a port where they could anchor, and they sailed there.

'What is this place?' It's a small port. Li Chen looked at the port in the distance, because he didn't know the hydrology, he was afraid of hitting the reef, so he didn't order to approach, and personally took a few sailors and drove a small boat into the port. Li Chen observed with a telescope, this is a small port, it is really too small, there are probably only dozens of fishing boats parked, and it seems that there are no merchant ships.

Slowly, the sun set, the port lit up with stars, Li Chen continued to look with a telescope, and found that the entire port was lit with torches, and the firelight flickered, illuminating the entire port into a city that never sleeps.

'Weird, this torch doesn't cost money, huh?' Li Chen wondered, this port is not big, why is it so bright?

'Boss, this is Xuanyang. In the firelight, he came back in a small boat. After getting on the ship, he told Li Chen, "Because suddenly a Tang ship came, the whole port was moved, and the port officials had prepared a hot meal and were ready to recruit us." ’

After listening to the hard report, Li Chen learned that because they got it, the whole port was in an uproar. This port, I have never seen such a large ship, and the residents have come to watch.

After his hard work, he was warmly entertained, and although he did not speak Japanese, the port officials knew Chinese. Knowing that they were from Datang, they became even more attentive, and hundreds of families in the entire port moved.

If you want to compare it, the visit of Li Chen's ship had an impact on the residents of this port, just as in the 21st century, the US aircraft carrier suddenly sailed to the port of a certain second-tier city.

The Exocet stayed here for a day and two nights to allow the crew to rest and restock. During this time, they caused a sensation with their large ship, and the residents of the neighborhood continued to visit it, and they were in awe of the huge ship that was several times larger than their house. Even, in the evening, there were several halls to the nearby princes who had received news, and they hurried over, and after seeing the giant ship, they came to see Li Chen again.

Jin Jian is Li Chen's own feelings, of course they won't say that. Li Chen just felt their sincerity and fear, as well as the eagerness and flattery.

When Li Chen said that he was just launching a new ship for sea trials, not a special trip to Xuanyang to trade, they were not much disappointed, but repeatedly said that Li Chen was welcome to come here to do business. Xuanyang's port is too small, but as long as Li Chen comes often, they will expand the port for him.

After a day and two nights of departure, the ship was much heavier, no longer as light and fast as it had been, and without him, they were stuffed with some Japanese cargo.

At this time, what good goods can be in the country? It is nothing more than some local specialties of dried fish and timber, not to mention that they have been visited, the Japanese side is unprepared, and if they are prepared, they have nothing to sell as if they were in China.

'Hehe, the bow has been on the loose for the past two days. Li Chen worked hard, and it was rare to see the bow of the ship blushing when he was silent. For a day and two nights, every sailor was treated with the best hospitality, well... That's it, Japanese anyway, you know. Of course, those Japanese hostesses did not take any benefits, Li Chen gave them some cloth as a salary, and then it flowed to those hostesses. (To be continued.) )