Since the Manchester City base switched to a salary system, the captain of the Shenghe, Zhao De, the owner of the Ming Dynasty sailing ship, has increasingly felt that he has no place here, unlike others, he knows how to manage the sailboat and coordinate the relationship between the crew, and he can't do anything else, if he can, then he also takes care of the identity of a maritime merchant.

Although after the reform of the Manchester City base, he and his crew received a living allowance issued by the executive committee, at first everyone was quite happy and praised this group of former Song people for their righteousness, but after a long time, they were not happy, three meals a day were provided, but they also became the most leisurely people in the Manchester City base except for the children, and even those children needed to collect branches and stones every day.

After thinking about it, he decided to go back to Daming, after all, he has almost no use here, you said let him do coolies, and he is definitely unwilling to be a captain. So after Zhao De discussed with the crew, he got almost the same reply as him, and they all thought that they should go back, after all, they were different from those refugees who went to Luzon, they still had relatives and property in Daming.

After careful consideration, he finally submitted his resignation to Wang Tiehammer, in addition to this, he also needs to ask Wang Tiehammer about the way back to Daming, they arrived in Australia because of the mist in the wrong direction, and they don't remember the route, so if you want to go back, you have to figure out how to go back first.

Wang Tiehammer is the person he thinks knows the route, in addition to the fact that the other party is the captain of the Sea Blue, he also heard him mention by chance how to take the route from the Manchester City base to Daming, although the other party was not very clear at that party, but he remembered it heartily.

"Captain Wang, I'm here to bid you farewell, the days are counted, I think I have been at sea for more than four months, I miss my relatives at home very much, and I want to thank you for your hospitality in the past ten days, this is a little courtesy." Zhao De smiled and opened a rectangular wooden box and pushed it in front of Wang Tiehammer, which contained nothing else, it was full of fluorescent silver, and there must be at least a hundred taels in it.

It is said that money can be grinded, no one will hate silver, except for sending silver to Wang Tiehammer, Zhao De just hopes that the other party can tell him the route back to Daming.

Seeing that Wang Tiehammer saw the silver, the expression on his face did not change much, Zhao De's heart was confused, is it too little, or is it interesting, but as an ancient person, he can't guess what Wang Tiehammer is thinking, although the silver is good, but it can be said how much to be in Australia, as long as you find a silver mine, you can mine a lot through the crowd, not to mention the silver, it is gold, Australia is also more.

"You want to go back to Daming," Wang Tiehammer asked, looking directly into the other party's eyes.

"Yes, don't hide it from Captain Wang, I and the crew are a little homesick, and we can't help much here, so we are going to go back, last time I heard you mention the route back to Daming, I came to ask you for a navigation chart."

Zhao De looked at the other party a little nervously, he didn't know what the other party was thinking, after all, the nautical chart was a very important thing. In this era, there is no satellite navigation positioning, navigation basically relies on the navigation charts left by predecessors, and there is an accurate navigation chart in the vast sea, and life is more secure.

"Captain Wang, I know that this request may be excessive, but rest assured, as soon as we return to our hometown, we will immediately burn the charts and never leak out."

Looking at Wang Tiezhu's thinking appearance, Zhao De thought that the other party was afraid that the nautical chart would be known by others and had concerns, so he patted his chest and promised.

"No, no, Captain Zhao misunderstood, I can draw the nautical chart for you, but I can't guarantee the accuracy, after all, after our ancestors came out of Yashan, our descendants have been living on this island in western Australia, and no one has returned to Daming, so I dare not guarantee the accuracy of this map."

"Don't worry, don't worry, Captain Wang's ancestors sailed all the way south, and finally drew this map should not be much different."

In fact, before Zhao De came, Wang Tiezhu and several other members of the Executive Committee had discussed their problems, and they had already discovered their idea of wanting to go back, but at that time, the Executive Committee had just been formed and encountered the indigenous attack and couldn't take care of it for a while, so it was delayed, that is, yesterday everyone sat together and discussed this matter, everyone knew that the departure of Zhao De and others was inevitable, after all, they were not refugees.

The 17th century was in the era of great navigation and colonization, and it was also an era when European powers competed for maritime supremacy, and there were not many forces in Southeast Asia, such as the Spaniards, the Portuguese and the Dutch, not to mention that these were larger pirate groups that could now wipe out the Manchester City base.

Once the route is exposed and attracts external forces, it is very dangerous for the crossing of the public, but there is also a reality in front of everyone, many necessary materials are not currently in Australia and must rely on imports. In addition to this, the Executive Committee intends to bring in some talent in a year's time, but only if the Manchester City base develops enough capacity to protect itself before then.

According to the latest report of the working meeting of each group, it will take two months to make guns and cannons at the earliest, which is still a conservative estimate, because there are no real military experts in the crossing, and most of the members of the military industry group are military enthusiasts, they know a lot about the structure of various weapons, but they have not really manufactured them, and they must go through a stage if they want to come up with a product.

The study of the executive committee finally agreed that they would leave, and according to the time of the voyage, even if Zhao De and the others got the navigation chart and returned to Daming, it would take at least half a month and a month. And at present, there is nothing worth wiping in Australia, if it is for the land, no one knows how big Australia is except for crossing the public, that is, in the eyes of Zhao De and others, it is estimated that it is a big island, so after assessment, although the risk coefficient is there, it is not large.

In addition to this, the Executive Committee also intends to develop a lasting relationship with Zhao De, hoping that he will be able to transport the necessary supplies from Batavia.

But only if there must be enough interests to impress him, otherwise a person who desperately wants to return to his hometown will not be willing.

According to Hu Xijing, I am not afraid that Zhao De will not agree with him, I am afraid that he is not greedy enough, the shipowners who dare to go to sea and run the South Seas in this era are by no means good stubble, how can they run to the South Seas without a certain amount of courage, they go to the South Seas to make money.