Now that they were going to do so, the crowd began to act. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Forcing the hidden enemies to appear and get them to launch them early is the first and most important step. It's been a few days, and I don't know how many opponents those Krakens have arranged for Mingxuan Zhenren, but there is no doubt that the sooner they make a move, it is much better than continuing to drag on.

Huge charts were laid out in the center of the command room. Professional surveyors use a ruler to cut the huge charts piece by piece, and the dense lattices are marked under the ink line. Surveyors and pilots then deduced the general position of the vessel on the chart based on the latest nautical records. Although it is impossible to locate a sea ship to tens of meters or even several meters accurately in this world without satellite positioning, it is possible to accurately locate the position of the sea ship to several miles through navigation records, simple sextants, star plates and other navigation instruments. That's pretty accurate data. The distance of several miles, in the case of fine weather, is close as far as the eye can see. On the vast sea, such an error is acceptable.

When the position is marked, various data are reported: wind direction, wind speed, sailing angle, sailing speed...... A large amount of data is collected and then calculated by several bookkeepers and astro-accountants on the basis of this data, and the trajectory of the fleet's voyage and related data are identified on the chart in quarter-hour increments.

"That's ...... We'll know where we'll be in the next quarter of an hour at our speed, while maintaining the inconvenience of our angle. With the beginning of the operation, many people dispersed, and in the huge cabin, there were only a few Xia Di, Mingxuan Zhenren, Li Jingxuan, He Chaozhi and Tang He. Among them, Xia Di and Mingxuan are the real bosses, and Li Jingxuan is Xia Di's entourage. When they followed Xia Di here, one of the tent in charge of the reception whispered to everyone what they had done.

"I see!" Hearing the man say this, Xia Di and the others suddenly got up, but they understood what those people were busy doing at the moment.

The calculation is very fast, especially on the basis that these account offices and star reckoning officers have a certain degree of cultivation, this calculation is even faster. In just half an hour, they had calculated the ideal route and sailing time to reach Luo Harbor in the Blue Underworld Continent from here while maintaining the same speed and inconvenient sailing angle.

As the calculation was completed, a vermilion ink line was marked on the chart - the first step in the whole calculation.

"This is an important step because we are doing the next calculations based on this line. The bookkeeper said, and then he asked in a loud voice, "Captain, when did we change direction?"

"Tomorrow night, you have more than a dozen hours from now. Xie Liuyun, the captain of the Zhongyuan, thought for a moment and replied seriously.

"Six hours in the evening?is that the time of the sun?" the dominant star calculator repeated, and then gave the order: "Take the first quarter of the hour as the benchmark, plus or minus two quarters as the purpose time, and set the deflection angle ......" said here, the star arithmetic glanced at Xie Liuyun again, the deflection angle of the fleet, which is also a decision that only Xie Liuyun can make.

"At the beginning of the hour, turn to the northeast, forty-five angles, sail for four hours...... Let's see how it works. Xie Liuyun thought about it for a while and made such a decision.

"At the beginning of the hour, the course headed northeast, deflected forty-five degrees, and sailed in a straight line for four hours...... Is that so?" the star reckoning officer repeated Xie Liuyun's order.

"Well! That's it!" Xie Liuyun nodded heavily, but affirmed his statement.

"That's good......" The star arithmetic officer understood, and then turned his head and handed over the relevant data to the other person in charge of the calculation.

Once again, the calculations began. Those who have already understood the relevant formulas have broken down a whole set of calculation processes into countless simple formulas. They struck up the abacus with a snapping sound. At this moment, their slender fingers carried a heavy afterimage, dancing between the abacus, and soon came up with one answer to one arithmetic problem after another. These answers are aggregated by a special person and then passed on to the next round of calculators. After a few twenty breaths, a yellow dot was added to the ink line on the chart, which represented the position they had turned to tonight.

After that, the calculations continued, and as the crowd waited patiently, the yellow dots continued to spread northward, leaving a yellow dotted line on the huge chart.

One o'clock in a quarter of an hour, eight quarters and eight o'clock in an hour, and thirty-two o'clock in four hours.

With the marking of this dotted line, everyone saw how long the fleet had sailed north, and where it was located.

"Well, this place doesn't seem to be too far from the main route. If the other party sends someone to see it, we should still be seen. The weather is fine these days, but the range that can be seen from the sea is very large, which is not good for us. "The markings on the charts are so distinct that everyone can see them clearly, and they all see the trouble involved.

"Can we go a little further north? We need to be farther away from the scheduled route. Tang He suggested with a frown.

"Then deflect another forty-five degrees, sail due north, and sail in a straight line for two hours. Tang He's suggestion was also Xie Liuyun's idea, and when he heard Tang He say so, he was naturally as good as a stream. So, he gave a new order. Because of the previous experience, he ordered the data inside very clearly this time.

And so, the calculations began again. The yellow dotted line once again changed direction and extended northward, little by little, and drew sixteen more points before stopping.

This place is far from the regular shipping route, and everyone looked at the chart, and they all thought that it might be relatively safe in this place. Finally, everyone nodded in approval.

"Well, that's pretty much it! Then they won't be able to see us. Xia Di nodded with satisfaction, not so professional, he turned around and asked the star arithmetic officer who had been receiving him: "That's pretty much it." ”

"No, it's not just that. If I wanted to plan it, I had to plan the whole route. Regarding Xia Di's words, the star arithmetic officer shook his head gently: "No matter what, we must always link a yellow line with Luo Gang." You know, that's where we're going to go. ”

"Well, that's right!" Xie Liuyun nodded clearly. He listened to the words of the star reckoner, but his heart was a little touched, and then he reported another set of data: "Biased due east, the angle is zero degrees, and sail east for six days in a straight line - this is still a relatively safe direction, but it will not drive the fleet out of the chart." ”

"Okay!" Hearing Xie Liuyun say this, the calculators started a new calculation. Three hours later, the new yellow line reached its tentative end. That place, very close to the edge of the chart, seemed to be almost to the coastline of the Blue Continent.

"Well, I guess that's pretty much it. Now we are connected to the location of Luogang at this point, and if we can, we will go directly to the coastline, although it is a bit detouring, but I think we can still reach Luogang safely. ”

"Understood!" Xie Liuyun said this, and everyone suddenly became up, and they all understood the purpose of Xie Liuyun's actions - as long as we could see the coastline of the Qing Netherworld Continent, and then we walked in the right direction along the coastline, then we would definitely reach the goal that everyone wanted to reach. As for the waste of time that will result from this, as long as it is within the range of the fleet's supply, then there is no problem. ”

"Sure enough, it's the old captain. In this way, even the problem of deviating from the course is solved. Tang He looked at Xie Liuyun with admiration, and there were faint stars in his eyes.

"In that case, the biggest question at the moment is whether our supplies will be able to sustain until then. Li Jingxuan was still relatively calm, and he immediately pointed out the biggest problem with Xie Liuyun's plan -- the conflict between time and supplies: "Are our supplies enough? ”

"What's this?!" Xie Liuyun didn't dare to guarantee this. "It's all about the calculations. Still, in my opinion, there should be enough supplies. Our three boats can hold a lot of things. He said.

However, his thoughts are just his subjective thoughts. As for whether it really works, it doesn't depend on his thoughts, but on the results of objective calculations.

The calculations take time, especially in the latter part, which is much more computational than the original, taking into account the changes in speed caused by the general direction from south to north and the changing angles required to sail along the coastline. However, everyone here understands the importance of this calculation, and now they are desperate to calculate it, but they don't even care about the so-called protest from the belly.

The progress of the calculation was slowly advancing, and under the waiting of everyone, the result finally came out after four hours. At this time, the star teller and the bookkeeper in charge of the calculation looked very bad. The long-term calculation consumed a lot of their physical strength and spirit, making their cultivation not particularly profound, showing a distressing and tired appearance.

"These people are so hard. If this plan can be successful, they can be said to have contributed to it. Looking at their hard work, Li Jingxuan thought so: "If Master Xia forgets, then I really need to remind Master Xia to give them some rewards." ”

This is indeed a necessary thing.

However, this is also a matter for later. For now, the most important thing is to hear what the results of their calculations are. If the calculation results are good, then the matter may be temporarily over, but if the calculation results are a little wrong, then it is necessary to modify the existing line and recalculate a line.

"How's it going?" the crowd asked with concern, staring at them intensely. Obviously, they all understand the key to this answer.

"No......" In everyone's expectation, the star arithmetic officer shook his head slightly: "The supplies brought by our fleet are enough for us to sail for thirty-eight days at most. According to the route map drawn up by Captain Xie, if we need to reach Luogang, as long as we need to sail at sea for forty-four days, there is already a shortage of six days in between. Moreover, the number of days on the voyage is now calculated under ideal conditions. As for the actual number of days of sailing, it requires practical support, and we may not even need to reach Luo Gang in 30 days, or we may need more time - in short, according to the current route plan, it is not very reliable. ”

"That would shorten the time to the east by one day, and then calculate what the line would be. Xie Liuyun stared at the chart tightly for a while, and then proposed a new plan.

"This ......" The already tired star arithmetic officer showed a little embarrassed on his face. He looked at Xie Liuyun, who was eager, and then at his colleagues who also didn't have much energy, but he bit his teeth and turned his head fiercely: "Lord Xie, everyone can't support it anymore, can you slow down first?"

"This ......" Xie Liuyun was a little reluctant, because this matter had already tightly grabbed his heart. He knew that the success or failure of this matter was at stake for all human lives. Out of responsibility to the entire fleet, how could he want to see this matter postponed? You know, the result line calculated today is only an imaginary.

In fact, as the voyage continues, the calculation of the entire route needs to be adjusted in due course. The dotted line is just something that exists in the imagination, and only the solid line is the line that everyone really walks. To put it simply, the solid line represents the past that cannot be changed, while the dotted line represents the unpredictable future. How to make the future less variable, make yourself clearer, that requires continuous calculations.

In this case, today's calculations are best done today, and if they are delayed, it will undoubtedly affect the series of calculations in the future. This is something that Xie Liuyun doesn't want to see, but he also sees the appearance of these star reckoners, and he knows that they have done their best. If they are allowed to continue to persevere, it will be difficult for him to speak.

At this moment, Xie Liuyun hesitated.

"Actually, according to the results you calculated, there is no problem at all if you want to arrive safely in Luogang. When Xie Liuyun hesitated between unwillingness and conscience, Li Jingxuan suddenly said such words.

This sentence can be described as earth-shattering in the ears of everyone. They all felt that they had heard it wrong, but they stared at Li Jingxuan with some horror and weirdness.

"What kind of statement is this?" a doubt grew in everyone's hearts. (To be continued.) )