"Shrimp, how is the weather today?Do you see signs of a storm?" After instructing the navigator Zhao Kaidi, Pei Xiu then found the humanoid weather tower Sea Shrimp who had been fooled by Chi Jin, patted the latter's shoulder, and asked as usual.

Hearing this, the shrimp raised his head and rolled his eyelids to look at the sky, and listened in the direction where the wind came from, and then said with a determined face: "Not for the time being." ”

This kind of judgment method that is almost child's play was uncharacteristically accepted by Pei Xiu, not only him, but even the people around who heard the shrimp talking looked relaxed and relieved, obviously trusting the shrimp's judgment very much.

This is in recent months, the shrimp in the previous sea, with the proof of his own ability, as for the principle of judgment, sorry, he himself can't say clearly, can only say that he is talented, there is no other reason.

"Well, that's good!" Pei Xiu showed a rare comfortable smile on his face, but he still couldn't help but nag, and said: "Work hard, be diligent, detect every once in a while, if there is any abnormality in the weather, report it to me or other captains immediately, don't be negligent, after all, it is related to the great cause of the king and the lives of hundreds of people in ten boats." ”

"Don't worry, captain!" said the shrimp as he touched the back of his head.

Bidding farewell to the shrimp, Pei Xiu inspected and warned again in various posts under the ship, and completed the daily tasks, so he easily led two or three entourages and helpers, holding paper and pencils, leaning on the side of the ship, writing and drawing, and from time to time instructed his subordinates to put down the boat, or land or survey along the coast, during which Pei Xiu even boldly boarded the only hot air balloon in the fleet and looked high.

The fleet did not move quickly, as they had to note the locations of the islands and harbors they encountered along the way, and sometimes they had to stop for temporary large-scale landings to recontour future colonies.

No, six days after leaving Qinhuang Town, the fleet had to stop at a large island, which was extremely close to the coast, and the strait between the two was less than twenty miles wide, and when they looked at each other, they could faintly see each other's outlines.

"This big island is really nice, it's a place of rest that God has prepared for us. Pei Xiu found the captain Zhang Qian and said excitedly.

"Discovery?" Zhang Qian's eyes lit up and he asked urgently.

"Yes, my men found a sandy beach on the west side of the island, surrounded by high ground on three sides, and a large piece of depression in the middle, which is a natural haven... The lower officials have already sent someone to survey the hydrology, and if the water is deep enough and the water conditions are good, we can build a simple temporary camp and dock now. Pei Xiu said.

"Really?" Zhang Qian was also very happy, knowing how happy it is for people who have been adrift at sea for a long time to have a known harbor that can be docked for repair and refuge.

"Order the fleet to make a direct detour to the west of the island, and then send more men to speed up the survey. Zhang Qian ordered.

Although there are many reefs on the seabed in the harbor, the good thing is that the density is not large, and the distribution is relatively concentrated.

"It's not early today, so I'll rest here for the night and set off tomorrow. Zhang Qian gave the order to the fleet.

Zhang Qian's order immediately ushered in a burst of cheers, the fleet methodically entered the harbor, found a suitable anchorage, the sails were lowered, and the heavy anchors were also thrown into the sea, after doing all this, many crew members couldn't wait to row the dinghy to the shore, but Zhang Qian led a high-level did not rush off the ship, before the safety of the shore, they would not risk their lives, really take the lead, that is not brave, that is irresponsible.

Of course, regardless of the danger on the shore or not, they can only stay on the boat tonight.

"Captain, just stay for one night, there is not enough time at all!" Chi Jin frowned and looked at Zhang Qian's back and said.

"Huh?" Zhang Qian retracted his gaze on the shore, turned around, and said: "I didn't think about building on the shore now, the reason why I took a break for a night is because it was getting late, and everyone was tired from wandering for days, so I took the opportunity to let everyone relax, and by the way, conduct a preliminary investigation on the island, so as to facilitate future operations... Now we don't have much energy to be distracted by other things. ”

This kind of thing can't be said to be right for anyone's idea, but since Zhang Qian is positive and Chi Jin is vice, it is naturally subject to Zhang Qian's will, and others will not say more.

But the truth is always unexpected, just when the high-level people changed the topic and were about to talk about some relaxed and casual things, the door of the conference room was knocked rhythmically, and the hurried words of the shrimp came into everyone's ears through the door panel.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there will be a storm between tonight and tomorrow, so please prepare as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Qian didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly called the shrimp in and asked for details.

However, observing and predicting the weather is completely the instinct of the shrimp, and Zhang Qian asked him to describe the size and duration of the storm in detail, which was really difficult for him, but even if he was short of words, the word 'big' still cast a shadow on everyone's hearts.

Letting his subordinates send away the shrimp, Zhang Qian's brows furrowed, and he fell into deep thought.

"Captain, even if the storm is approaching, you don't have to, before the storm came, we happened to find this safe haven, this is exactly the help of the Ji people, I think it will be fine. In his opinion, this place is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and after the storm blows in, the power will be greatly reduced.

"That's not what I'm thinking..."Zhang Qian waved his hand, he also felt very lucky, just before the storm, the fleet took refuge in a safe harbor, if this is still a heavy loss, then there is nothing to say, can only consider himself unlucky, encountered a rare super storm.

"The captain is preparing to build a dock?" said Wu Bingjian, the deputy captain.

"Ahh

But that's what Zhang Qian meant.

"In a storm, it's safer on shore than on a boat. Zhang Qian said, "I originally felt that the construction was unnecessary now, so I naturally didn't want to waste energy, but since it was necessary, it was another matter." ”

"And what if the shrimp misjudges?" Chi Jin said.

"Did the shrimp make a mistake?" Zhang Qian glanced at him and said, "Besides, even if the judgment is wrong, it is nothing if the dock is repaired in advance, and it will be repaired sooner or later anyway." ”

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