Veracruz.

It was the largest port on Mexico's east coast, and last year, the Americans amassed tens of thousands of troops to attack it, making it one of the largest battles of the Mexican-American War, second only to the Battle of Mexico City.

But by the time the horse whistle arrived, the atmosphere of war had largely dissipated, or rather, had been transformed into politics, and was continuing at the negotiating table.

Limited by sluggish communications, the negotiations could last six months or more.

Naturally, people don't wait so long, and in fact life has largely returned to normal for the Veracruz people, so Ranfa was able to find merchant ships here to go to Europe.

Port.

The endless sea water comes into view.

"Great Chief, that's the merchant ship I found." Ranfa pointed to a wooden sailing ship moored in the harbor, which was not large, but it was slender and long, and the tip of the bow was sharp and protruding, which looked quite eye-catching.

This is...... Clippers?

The horse whistle looked at the sailboat, a little uncertain.

The clipper is a type of sailing ship that has only emerged in the last decade or so, and although it is a sailing ship, it is actually not inferior to a steamship, especially in speed - the steamship of this era is not mature.

Of course, this ship is most likely not a real clipper, but a modified sailboat with a design close to that of a clipper.

After all, the real clipper has only been born in the United States for a few years, and it is not popular enough.

"I've heard that this kind of boat is very fast, and it takes less than a month to get from here to Liverpool in England. ”

"Let's go, let's take this boat." The horse whistle nodded, and then led the group behind him to the sailboat.

The captain appears to be a mixed-race man, in his thirties, with both white and yellow features, black hair and pupils, pale skin, and eye sockets.

"This is Captain Guzmán."

"Hello, Apaches." Captain Guzmán greeted, "Are you going to Liverpool?" ”

"Yes."

Guzmán nodded, and then said, "May I take the liberty of asking, what are you going to do when you go to England?" ”

"Learn." The horse whistle didn't explain much.

"It's really strange." Captain Guzmán couldn't help but say that he really hadn't heard of such a thing. But when he noticed that there were twenty or thirty teenagers in the Chipaches team, he thought it might be true.

He shrugged: "Well, whatever you do in England, even if most of the British don't like you very much." I'm only responsible for collecting money, there are about 50 of you, are you ready for the money for the ticket? ”

"How much?"

"The price of a ticket is six pounds and fifteen pence per person." Captain Guzmán added, "I have been given five hundred silver dollars as a deposit, so you will probably have to pay two hundred pounds." ”

At this time, one pound was almost equivalent to five dollars, and six pounds and fifteen pence were about thirty dollars.

Ma Sentry took out some gold dollars, counted them, and handed them to the captain: "Are these enough?" ”

"Five dollars short...... But forget it, you're ready to get on board. Captain Guzmán flipped his gold coin bag and smiled.

The war had just ended, business was not very good, and he seemed to be in a good mood to be able to come with more than fifty passengers at a time.

"When are you leaving?"

"Two days later." Captain Guzmán added, "Northerners, I hope there are no seasick among you. ”

Seasickness?

The horse whistle didn't pay attention.

Although he has never been on a boat in his life, he has been on a boat in his previous life, and he has no seasickness problem.

Moreover, although the Apache people are not watery, they are proficient in equestrianism, and they have carried the bumps on horseback, and they are not afraid of seasickness.

Three days later.

"Vomit...... ...... "The horse whistle was lying on the side of the boat vomiting, his face pale.

Although he had stomach juice left in his stomach for a long time, he still vomited twice from time to time.

He was seasick and badly.

The horse whistle must now admit that seasickness and motion sickness may be a metaphysics.

In his previous life, he was a fat house, and he neither got motion sickness nor seasickness.

Now he was nearly 1.9 meters tall and weighed more than 100 kilograms - and he was not fat, his huge weight came mainly from a body of steely tendons, he could ride the fiercest horses, he could hold the strongest bow, but he was severely seasick.

For this reason, Ma Whistle has not eaten or slept for a day and a night.

If this state of affairs continues, he feels that he may die in the Atlantic......

The horse whistle lay on the side of the ship, looking at the blue ocean in front of him, and his spirit was a little trance.

"It's normal, many people get seasick on their first boat ride." Captain Guzmán walked over and looked at the feathers on the horse's head, "Seasickness is common for even the bravest warriors. ”

The horse whistle didn't say anything.

Guzman said again: "You are the Great Chief, why are there only nine feathers on your head?" ”

Ma Whistle: "Is there any necessitation between the two?" ”

Guzman: "As far as I know, many of the Great Chiefs wear a crown with dozens or even hundreds of feathers stuck on it, symbolizing the enemies they have defeated...... Of course, I only lived in an Indian village as a child, so I didn't know much about it. ”

Ma Whistle said slowly: "Indeed, but the vast majority of them have the battle crown because they have the power to issue feathers, not because they have really made so many feats. ”

Guzmán was silent for a moment: "So, these nine feathers on your head mean that you have indeed killed nine enemies?" ”

"At least nine." Ma Whistle said.

"That's amazing."

After a pause in conversation, Guzmán smoked his cigar.

Until the horse whistle suddenly said: "How much does it cost to buy a boat like yours?" ”

"It all depends on where you buy it." Guzmán swallowed, "Like this ship, if you buy it from a British shipyard, it may cost eight thousand pounds. In the United States, it is cheaper. How, do you want to buy a boat? ”

"Just ask, vomit ......" Whistle vomited a few more times.

Fortunately, although he was seasick and dizzy, he adapted quite quickly, after only three or four days, he basically did not get dizzy, and after a week, he was completely adapted and could eat and rest normally.

After nearly a month of sailing, one day in May, the sailing ship crossed the Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico to the Irish Sea, and saw the coastline of the British mainland.

"Liverpool has arrived!"

The bustle grew outside, and there was no doubt that they had arrived at a bustling port.

The horse whistle put down the pen and paper and walked out of the room, looking at the harbor where the sailboat was heading.

"Liverpool ......"

There is no doubt that Liverpool is a truly big city as a world-class port, and even by the standards of later generations, the city with a population of 300,000 and thousands of ships passing through it every year is not shabby.

"It's England, it's time for us to disembark." When the sailboat docked, the horses and the sentry group came down one after another and set foot on British soil.