In the endless ocean, an all-white sailing ship is sailing on the route from Fremantle to Christmas Island.

With no sail at all, the sailboat travels at an average speed of 16 knots, and if a sailboat were to be seen nearby, it would be absolutely astonishing at its speed.

Fast, it's just too fast, for the average speed is only only ten knots, and in the case of a tailwind, the fastest run is twelve knots on the 17th century ocean, the speed of the mermaid has to be said to be very fast, this is still without the premise of raising the sail assistance, if the sail is raised downwind, the maximum speed is at least twenty knots.

Standing on the deck at the bow of the ship, You Nanzhe breathed deeply in the fresh air blowing from the sea surface in the 17th century, and said proudly: "I didn't expect that I would be able to build a steam-powered sailing ship one day." ”

"Wanderer, I have to thank you this time, otherwise we won't be able to get on the boat, and the guy in the base will be jealous." Tang Wei walked from behind with a smile, still holding a kettle in his hand, which was obviously sent to You Nanzhe.

According to Manchester City's existing immigration control law, it is generally easy to enter and difficult to get out, and everyone who wants to leave Manchester City and go to other places outside Australia by boat needs to submit an application like the Executive Committee, and there must be enough reasons, although Tang Wei and they have obtained the application, but at the same time, someone needs to be willing to take them out, and obtain written consent, and finally the border National Guard soldiers at the port will let them get on the ship.

So at this time, Tang Wei said thank you, it is not an exaggeration at all, it is indeed to thank You Nanzhe, otherwise even if the two of them get the application of the Executive Committee, they will not be able to get on the ship without You Nanzhe's signature, as the general person in charge of the long-distance sea trial test, You Nanzhe's rights can be described as very great.

Everything on this voyage was managed by him, and all the crew and soldiers accompanying the ship must strictly obey his arrangements, even now Tang Wei and Jiang Junbo.

"Thank you, taking the kettle in Tang Wei's hand, You Nanzhe looked at Tang Wei with some curiosity: You want to take the Dutch ship to Batavia from Christmas Island to carry supplies, and then go to Daming, aren't you afraid that there will be no return?"

Now as long as you know a little bit of history, you know when was 1641, the end of the Ming Dynasty, the bandits and peasant uprisings may have appeared somewhere, and ordinary people will never run to Daming without any security guarantee.

Even if the annual immigration plan from Daming proposed by the Executive Committee is now, it does not say that a person will be sent to Daming in person to sit in the town, but through Zhao De and the Dutch Portuguese, that is, taking into account the environmental factors in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and in case of a situation, it cannot be rescued at all.

"Rich and dangerous, yougong, in fact, the current environment of the Ming Dynasty is not as chaotic as you think, at least in the Liangguang and Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, the environment is still relatively peaceful, and the main area that is not peaceful is the northwest region."

"Hehe, I hope as you said, no matter what, I still hope to see you come back safely, from the day we crossed over, we 543 people are a collective, we are all relatives, I don't want to see anything happen."

"Haha, of course, itiner, don't make it like life and death, I'm almost in tears." Tang Wei smiled to hide the unrest in his heart, only now did he feel that long-lost sense of intimacy, no matter how everyone made trouble, but in the end, everyone was each other's relatives in this world.

The Mermaid continued to move forward, and the captain Adams had been temporarily hired as the captain of the ship and set sail with the ship, and there were five Dutchmen on this voyage, one was Adams, and the other four were experienced sailors at sea, and the reason why they were brought was that they were afraid that the Mermaid would break down and switch to sails for power without an experienced person.

In order to prevent the navigation charts from being secretly copied by them, You Nanzhe specially explained that Ye Tianming, who is currently the deputy captain of the Mermaid, kept it, and it was arranged in the same room as Adams when it rested.

Although it is convenient for the two of them to communicate with the outside world, Adams knows that these Australian veterans have not let go of their suspicions about themselves, don't look at the Naval Academy, when they see him, they will be very respectful and call him Hello Teacher Adams, Captain Adams is good, but that does not mean that the Australians have accepted him, on the contrary, they are extremely strict against him.

This situation has been present since his first day as a teacher at the Naval Academy, because he has always found that during classes or recesses, there are always people who unintentionally or intentionally stand at a distance to watch his behavior, which is not what surveillance is.

"Hi Captain Adams, how is the equipment running?" After feeling the 17th-century sea breeze, Yau Nanzhe returned to the bottom of the cabin and asked like Adams, who was checking the equipment.

"Everything is fine, nomad, I have a question, I don't know if I can ask you." As early as after You Nanzhe transformed his ship into a steam-powered ship, Adams had great respect for You Nanzhe and liked to ask him many questions.

"Well, let me think about what is the problem that stumped our Captain Adams, is it the steam engine that makes the ship move on its own, or why it makes that weird noise." You Nanze looked at Adams with a smile and asked.

"Oh, no, it's not you, what I want to ask is, since raising the sail with a tailwind can save the use of coal, why not save a little, aren't you afraid that all the coal will be used up."

"Haha, that's the problem, you're right, raising the sails and stopping the steam engine can indeed save some coal, but that speed is very slow, and the three-day voyage may be delayed to five days or a week, and if you are transporting a group of urgently needed supplies or soldiers, it will seriously affect the success or failure."

"Well, maybe you're right, but this voyage wasn't about carrying much-needed supplies." Adams asked, puzzled.

"Yes, it's not an important material, but I want to get the overall test data of the sea trials earlier, so you understand, as for the coal running out of coal you said, I can tell you this, it is calculated by how much coal is consumed per hour, and the coal burning here is enough for us to run a round trip under normal circumstances, okay, Adams, do a good job of docking, we are almost there."

Half an hour later, the Mermaid sailed away according to the port construction location explained by Xiao Baitu before, when the Western sailing ship with white paint quickly docked, at this time, the Dutch petty officer who had just boarded the ship on the shore and was about to return to Batavia happened to be standing on the deck and saw this scene, thinking in his heart, this Australian ship is really sailless brake, and the speed of sailing is very fast, when he saw a silver-haired and blue-eyed man standing on the deck of the other ship, he was extremely surprised, and couldn't help but shout, Captain Adams.