"Land! Look ahead, it looks like there's a piece of land! The lookout on the ship suddenly waved the telescope in his hand and shouted excitedly, this is the first time they have discovered land on the sea in fifty miles since they left Europe, and it is likely to be the legendary America, so the lookout is so happy.

"Great, speed up and try to get to land sooner!" Zhao Jia on the deck was also very excited when he heard this, after he led the global fleet to leave Europe, he sailed all the way to the west, and encountered a lot of difficulties and dangers during the process, the biggest danger was the storm in the Atlantic, once they were even blown off the course, fortunately they could be located through various navigation instruments on the ship, and finally found the right route to continue to move forward.

"Great, we have finally found land, and according to the time we sailed, it is almost time to reach the Americas, unless there is a problem with the distance we estimated before." At this time, a young general standing next to Zhao Jia also said happily, this young general is Zhao Jia's friend Yang Shiliang, he is also an important member of the round-the-world fleet, Li Cheng also wanted to participate in this voyage, but unfortunately was stopped by his father.

"I can finally find a place to sleep well, and if this continues, the poor monk will really lose his appearance." At this time, a tall monk standing on the other side of Zhao Jia also said with a smile, if Zhao Yan saw this monk at this time, he would definitely be startled, because this monk was the Yuan who went to Europe with him before, but compared to the appearance of Maitreya Buddha a few months ago, the current Yuan has become much thinner, and the wide monk's robe is loosely worn on him, like a bathrobe, originally he didn't look too tall when he was fat, but now he has lost weight. He immediately looked tall and thin, but he looked more like an enlightened monk.

Originally, Yuan was an idle man, and in addition to missionary matters when he went to Europe, the most important thing was to take a walk to see the customs of other places, and it was precisely because of this that he had only arrived in Europe for a few months. I heard that Zhao Jia was going to sail around the world, but he immediately found Zhao Jia to sign up for a while, and it happened that Zhao Jia also felt that there was a master of Buddhism on the ship in the fleet, which could relieve the anxiety of the crew in the fleet after a long voyage, so the two of them also hit it off, and Yuan became the last person to decide to participate in the round-the-world voyage.

However, although Liao Yuan participated in the global fleet, he suffered a lot for it, he was not seasick, in fact, he came to Europe from the Great Song Dynasty. Along the way, even if he was seasick, he also adapted, but when he was sailing on the Atlantic Ocean before, he encountered strong winds and waves, and he was almost hit by the waves in order to save a crew member, and then it may have been because of the cold sea water and the cold sea breeze that made him catch the cold, he was old, and when he was sick, he was not resting well at all, and the illness almost killed him, but in the end he survived. But the whole person has lost dozens of pounds, if someone who is not familiar with him sees him at this time. I'm afraid I don't recognize it at all.

Just as Zhao Jia was talking to them, the fleet was speeding up to the land ahead, but when they approached this so-called land, they were disappointed to find that this land was not actually a real continent, but an archipelago, just because it was far away. So this archipelago was like a vast land in their eyes, which made Zhao Jia and the others mistakenly think that they had really arrived on the American continent.

"Hey, I remember my father once said that according to the route we chose, we should reach the middle of North and South America. That's where Central America is, there's a sea called the Caribbean Sea, and it's full of islands, and if you want to get to Central America, you have to go through here, so I wonder if we're in the Caribbean? At this time, Zhao Jia suddenly thought of something and said.

After finishing speaking, I saw that he immediately turned around and opened the map, and sure enough, he found that the sea on the east side of Central America was marked as the Caribbean Sea, but this map was drawn by Zhao Yan himself from memory, and it can only be used as a reference, after all, even the shapes of the continents are drawn very inaccurately, so it can only provide some vague place names and references, if you really follow this world map to travel around the world, I am afraid that you will never be able to complete the task of traveling around the earth.

Liao Yuan and Yang Shiliang also gathered around to watch at this time, and Yang Shiliang quickly continued: "Yes, there are almost no big islands on the Atlantic Ocean voyage we chose, and only the Caribbean Sea close to the American continent has a large number of islands, judging from the number of islands we see now, it should be the Caribbean Sea." ”

"It doesn't matter what island it is, let's find an island with a water source to dock, that is, change the fresh water on the ship and find some food, the poor monk is about to vomit when he eats fish these days." At this time, Yuan suddenly said, he is a monk who is greedy for appetite, but after getting on the boat, in addition to canned fish, these things can be eaten occasionally, but if you eat them at once, it is simply a torturous stomach, at least Yuan is a little unbearable, thinking that when he and Zhao Yan took the European to Europe, there were special chefs on the ship to cook for them, and they did not bring the same every day.

Hearing Yuan's words, Zhao Jia and Yang Shiliang also laughed, they both graduated from the Naval Academy, and they have long been accustomed to the diet at sea, but after eating canned food and sea fish for a few months, they are naturally a little tired, this time they can encounter so many islands, and looking at the lush plants on the islands, there must be no shortage of food sources.

From the discovery of these islands to the arrival of the nearest island, they spent nearly two hours, and the area of the first island is not large, and there is not much vegetation on the island, so Zhao Jia did not stay on the island, but continued to move forward until he found an island with a considerable area, and found a river entering the sea on the side of the island, so he docked the fleet at the mouth of the sea, and then sent a small boat ashore.

The reason for choosing this kind of large island with lush vegetation, in addition to fresh water and food resources, there is also a possibility that there are local indigenous tribes on this island, and they are also indigenous to the Americas, if you can meet these natives, maybe you can exchange some food and other things from them, and you can also ask them about the surrounding situation, of course, the language barrier is a big obstacle, but human communication is not only by language, can still communicate in other ways, It was also an opportunity to learn about the Native American language and lay the foundation for future exchanges. (To be continued.) )