In recent times, the entire Chinese Republic seems to have entered a kind of seafaring fever.

Perhaps it was the sight of ships pulling gold, spices, and all sorts of valuable produce ashore in a boatload that stimulated those who weren't involved. In addition, the two types of ships offered by the Republic have a large carrying capacity and are relatively smooth to sail on. On top of that, the speed is still quite fast, and the weapons are very advanced.

All these factors make it possible for a fleet of 20 ships to run rampant in the waters of Southeast Asia. In addition, the country's fleet is also roaming around here, so those businessmen naturally think: since there is no risk and they can make a lot of money, why not get involved?

In just one month, Congress received more than 30 applications for the construction of a total of 500 ships. Of course, it is not in vain, the money is given in full accordance with the silver prescribed by the Congress, and if one person is not enough, a dozen or even dozens of people can pool money to buy it.

The direct upgrade of sailing has become a popular investment at the moment, and the income is very large, which is greater than the bank interest.

But Congress naturally will not allow the manufacture of so many sea vessels, not to mention that Zhang Hongbin's supermarket purchase ceiling does not allow him to buy so many ships in one go. Besides, a sound national economy should not devote all its energy to navigation, but must be in an all-round way is king.

Therefore, the state has issued a regulation that the upper limit of private sea vessels is 50, in other words, orders beyond 50 will not be contracted. If you want, you can find someone else to make your own, but in terms of weapons, you can only buy more inferior firearms, that is, firearms that are now commonly sold to various powers as commodities.

For a while, the person who placed the order quickly laughed, and the person who placed the order slowly cried, and even found the person who had successfully placed the order before and asked if it was possible to cooperate.

In fact, many people ignore a very important question, that is, sailors and seamanship, how to come?

Many people may have the skill of operating boats in the rivers and lakes, but the sea is not the rivers and lakes. Especially in ocean voyages, if you don't have enough skills, you will suffer.

Not to mention the power of the republic, it was not originally close to the sea, and there were almost no qualified Chinese sailors, so they could only be recruited by local fishermen in Myanmar. But whether it can be trusted or not is a matter of two words. After all, the time for Myanmar Province to be incorporated into the Chinese People's Republic is still too short, and it remains to be said whether the people here are truly united.

Seeing that so many people are going to sea, Zhang Hongbin can't monopolize navigation technology, who will be responsible for what happens?

In desperation, the information could only be published in the newspapers, and of course, the more core ones were not published, which could only be held by the Republic Navy. However, the existing technologies are much better than those in Europe and the United States, and are enough to meet the current aviation needs.

Affected by the seafaring fever, those who have ships really bought a lot of newspapers to study slowly, and even went to the publishing house to ask if there was a whole book of materials, and they could buy it at a large price.

The publishing house also took advantage of the trend to bind and sell in volumes, and the sales channel was not only opened in the Republic, but also directly sold to other places, including the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

With the joint efforts of several shipyards, the second batch of twenty-three ships began to sail. The owner of the ship is also bold, spent a lot of money to collect a large number of seafarers in Fujian and Zhejiang, and then hired a group of Burmese crews, and finally simply went to sea to start a trial voyage for a few days. After confirming that the basic run-in was completed, he began to follow the route map and head towards the Malacca area.

On the day when the twenty-three ships went out to sea, even the newspapers reported on it, and the whole wharf was full of people from all over the world who came to watch the ships go to sea.

On the first day of sailing, the group followed the route to Yecheng. Staying at sea for such a long time for the first time is a very uncomfortable thing for many people, especially ship owners. In fact, they did go to sea in a hurry this time.

After a day's rest in Jere, the fleet continued on its way.

According to the original plan, they would travel all the way south until they reached the port of Malacca. It had recently been visited by the Navy of the Republic, and the Viceroy of Portugal had been forced to sign a trade agreement with the Republic, and as long as it was within the territory of Portugal, the ships of the Republic could be traded, and he did not want his Viceroyalty to be attacked again...... What makes him even more depressed is that his beloved little secretary is now happy under others...... But he still has to smile at the intruders who kidnapped his little secretary.

A governor should be in his position, which can be regarded as aggrieved enough.

Perhaps it was only now that he and most of the people in the navy of the Republic understood a truth: a weak country has no diplomacy, and if it is backward, it will be beaten.

Now that the port of Malacca is open to the public, it is a good choice to trade here as a resupply, so the fleet also intends to pass through the port of Malacca, enter the South Seas for a while, and then return home.

Originally, their ultimate goal today was to dock near Zedaiki Island to resupply and rest for the night. But the first mate said that the wind is good now, and if you go directly into the high seas area, the wind will be even stronger. Maybe you will be able to log in to Malacca directly in one day.

Perhaps the shipowner did not want to waste a day on Zedeki Island, so he gave the order to enter the area of the high seas.

Originally, according to the novice navigation guide, there was a special sentence written on it: Novice sailing, it is best to move slowly along the coastline.

But in this world, there is always a group of people who like to be smart.

As they sailed their fleet out onto the open sea, night slowly fell. According to the latitude and longitude, they were likely to arrive in Malacca in the second half of the night, so they sailed overnight, judging the course by the stars. This is also thanks to the fact that there are many crew members from Zhejiang and Fujian on their ship, and these old Chinese boatmen are best at using the stars to judge the direction.

But things on the sea are sometimes so weird.

Originally, the sky was still clear, but suddenly dark clouds began to appear, and then the clouds directly covered the moon, and no stars could be seen anymore. In this case, it is naturally impossible to sail, so you can only temporarily dock at the sea, waiting for the stars to appear, or tomorrow dawn.

It wasn't even half an hour before the sea breeze became more intense and the humidity in the air began to increase.

Experienced boatmen soon realized that a storm might be coming.

Then they thought of an ancestral admonition: Don't underestimate the sea!

But at this point, is it still useful to remember it? How to get back to shore, how to resist the wind and waves, became the first test God gave them.

It started to rain in just ten minutes after the wind blew, and it took only an hour to go from the first light rain to torrential rain and even to a violent storm.

Eventually, the sea began to churn, the waves began to become turbulent, and the danger factor increased countless times.

When a five-meter-high wave crashed directly from a distance, the owner of the boat seemed to see death and beckoned to him......