Xia Xun finally made the decision to move forward, a decision that was opposed by almost 99% of the personnel, but fortunately, these Ming soldiers were accustomed to obedience, and Xia Xun had extremely high power and prestige.
If Zheng He's fleet can't arrive in time to pick them up, they will die at sea halfway, this ship will become a ghost ship, and it will be the same if you stay here, the scurvy will get worse and worse, and you can only go forward and get out of the sea and desert to have a glimmer of life.
Xia Xun made this decision, not because of a blind adventure, nor just because of Su Ying's encouragement, but because he knew very well in his heart that since he had been walking along the land, he was not afraid of getting lost in the vast sea, and the desert on this land would never be endless.
His confidence comes from his understanding of geography, and Su Ying's confidence comes from his unconditional trust in him, as for whether others agree or not, now Xia Xun has no time to persuade and communicate one by one, at the critical moment, he used his power, and everyone must obey his will.
The flotilla was on its way after replenishing as much food and water as possible, and repairing the ships once more.
Even the shallow areas close to the land are always full of risks, and for some reason, there are no winds and waves in the offshore areas, and the water is always tumbling and turbulent like boiling water.
According to Fei Yinglun, in terms of the ship technology of Western countries, such sea areas are quite dangerous for them, their ships are adapted to the Mediterranean climate, and only a small number of ships have the ability to operate in such a treacherous environment, and the crew with this kind of control technology is also limited.
And the ships of the Ming Dynasty are obviously technically superior to them, and they can still cope with such sea conditions.
Where there are large rocks, Xia Xun will still stop and let the stonemasons carve obvious signposts on the cliffs.
After a few days of arduous sailing, mountains began to appear on the land, and lush vegetation began to appear, which revived the desperate sailors.
They anchored on the shore and went ashore to pick wild fruits and vegetables, which kept the scurvy of the crew under control, but unfortunately no river was found, and they still had to quench their thirst by separating the sea and raining water for drinking.
Finally, one day, in the distance, they saw a narrow mountain pass in front of them, and the fierce water rushed into the sea, and the splashing waves stained the whole river white, like a cloth thrown into the sea for washing.
The crew, who had been suffering from a lack of water, immediately cheered, and the flotilla stopped at the mouth of the river, and the crew rushed ashore with cheers.
There are many animals drinking at the water's edge, and herds of antelopes and tall African elephants are startled by the sudden "monkeys" that have rushed ashore and have fled one after another.
The crew didn't have time to pay attention to them, they only had water in their eyes now.
They took off their clothes, threw themselves into the river, picked up the sweet water, drank it to their heart's content, threw it on their heads and faces, and at last they were all immersed in the water, as if they were celebrating a festival.
Xia Xun restrained himself from throwing himself into the cool river water, and first took Su Ying and Tang Sai'er to the depths, the women were so clean, and they always bathed with seawater and had a layer of salt flowers on their bodies, which made them unbearable.
There was no way to do it on the boat, and now that a big river was in front of them, they couldn't restrain themselves, if it weren't for the fact that there were so many men in the water by the sea, they would have stripped naked and bathed to their heart's content.
Xia Xun took them upstream, and the terrain around the river was mountainous, with twists and turns, and the riverside was full of dense shrubs and wild grasses, and there was never any human habitation.
It only takes a short distance to cut off from the soldiers.
Xia Xun drew his sword and fiddled in the grass for a while, but he didn't find any poisonous snakes and beasts hidden, the river water was clear, the shore was not deep, and the crocodiles couldn't hide, so he said to them: "Okay, I didn't find any snakes, insects, ants, and beasts, you go into the water to bathe, be careful, I'll give you the wind on the side." ” Su Ying and Tang Sai'er couldn't hold it back for a long time, as soon as Xia Xun walked away, the two cheered, and after the beauty in the water came out of the bath, they changed to Xia Xun to take a bath.
Xia Xun took a happy bath in the river, and his body seemed to have rubbed three catties of old mud, and then he felt relaxed.
The cool river water washed on his body, which had the effect of massage, so he was reluctant to get up for a while, so he lay in the water and enjoyed the washing of the river.
On the shore, Su Ying and Tang Sai'er sat under a big stone with their backs to him, while arranging their wet hair, while whispering, suddenly a strange scream came from a distance, followed by another strange scream, startled the two of them quickly stood up, reached out and pulled out the knife at their waists.
At this time, when I looked at the strange scream, I saw a "baboon" jumping and jumping, howling all the way over, jumping on a boulder, next to a tree with a crooked neck, beating his chest with both hands, and continuing to make a strange cry of "oh oh oh".
Su Ying and Tang Sai'er looked at him in amazement, it was Fei Yinglun, because he hadn't taken a bath for a long time, his hair and beard were stuck together, so that his facial features were a little unclear, he seemed to be about to bathe in the water, his shirt had been taken off, and he was only wearing a pair of tattered pants.
Su Ying said in surprise: "No, he didn't go crazy after going all the way so hard, but now he is crazy."
Xia Xun shaved off his beard with a sharp knife in the water, tidied his hair, was leisurely, heard the strange screams and hurriedly went ashore, grabbed a robe and tied it around his waist, and ran over, just saw the wonderful scene of "Tarzan of the Apes", Xia Xun shouted inexplicably: "Fei Yinglun, you are crazy" "Ahhh Fei Yinglun jumped down from the stone and hugged Xia Xun, Xia Xun was stunned and said, "You do it" Before the words were finished, he was kissed on the cheek, Xia Xun was shocked, and pushed Fei Yinglun away, Su Ying and Tang Sai'er saw that Fei Yinglun was crazy enough to kiss Xia Xun, and when they were stung by a poisonous scorpion, they invariably raised their willow eyebrows, and they were murderous.
As a result, because Xia Xun pushed Fei Yinglun, the robe casually wrapped around his waist was stretched and fell to the ground, and the two women couldn't help but scream, Su Ying was better, after all, he was his own man, but Tang Sai'er was so ashamed that he covered his face, and then divided his fingers, revealing a pair of sparkling eyes between his fingers.
Xia Xun hurriedly grabbed his clothes, tied them around his waist, and asked angrily: "Fei Yinglun, what are you crazy about?"
Fei Yinglun grabbed his hand and danced a butt twisting dance, and after a few dances, he shook off Xia Xun's hand again, twisted his waist and swung his hips to dance alone, and sang with a chirp in his mouth.
Xia Xun looked at him dumbfounded, and immediately shouted loudly: "Come on, come on, this thing is crazy, tie him up for me" Fei Yinglun didn't hear what Xia Xun was saying at all, he danced wildly for a while, and then pounced in front of Xia Xun, grabbed Xia Xun's hands tightly, all the muscles on his face were trembling, so that his face was distorted into an indescribable shape, matching the hair on his face, as if he really looked like a gorilla.
"You did it, Mr.
Xia, you did it, you are so great, my God, we have found a route that has never been known to anyone, Mr.
Xia, you are the greatest dirty family, you really did it" Fei Yinglun spoke incoherently, and under the excitement, he used his native language, and Xia Xun didn't understand a word.
At this time, Jiang Xu, the interpreter, ran over with his stomach in his arms, because the rainwater he drank on the boat was unclean, he had a stomach upset, and as a result, his already weak body became even weaker.
Xia Xun pointed at Fei Yinglun and asked him: "What did this thing say, is he crazy?"
Jiang Xu and Fei Yinglun replied to each other, and suddenly let out a strange scream, beat his chest and laughed three times, and then cried loudly.
Xia Xun was stunned and said: "Can madness be contagious?"
Jiang Xu cried and laughed at him and said, "My lord, we have found a way out, Fei Yinglun said that he knows here, we have found a way out."
Xia Xun was overjoyed, grabbed Fei Yinglun, and asked incessantly: "Seriously, seriously."
Fei Yinglun took Xia Xun to the mouth of the river, and found a stone carving under a cliff stone by the river, which was full of Western characters.
Fei Yinglun pointed to the stone tablet and explained to Xia Xun hand in hand.
It turns out that this large river at the mouth of the sea is the Zaire River, the second largest river in Africa, which is commonly known as the Congo River.
At this time, there were no large numbers of Westerners exploring the area, but some Westerners had already visited, and this was the end point of their exploration to the south.
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Further south, the sea conditions were more complicated, and there were violent winds and waves on the offshore sea, which was a very serious test for their ships.
At the same time, they had become desperate along the way, and did not know that if they continued to sail, they would be able to bypass the south coast of Africa and enter the Indian Ocean, so they had only been here in the previous voyages.
When the first explorers, or thought they were the first to arrive, they erected a rudimentary stone monument here to record the story of their voyage here.
When these explorers returned, the story of this place, and the name they gave to the estuary, spread in the west, and although not many people knew about it now, as a well-informed pirate, Fei Yinglun had heard about it, and when he discovered the stone carving, he immediately realized that he had found his way home Keep going and he'll be able to go home It turns out that there is really a shipping lane in the world that can sail directly from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean without having to go overland, without going through many countries The joy of returning home and the discovery of a new channel made him ecstatic, and he was really going crazy After Xia Xun asked what he had done, he couldn't help but be surprised and delighted, and soon, he gathered all the teams.
Most of the soldiers had just come out of the river, drenched in water, and only wrapped in simple clothes to block their shame, Xia Xun stood on a big rock and announced the good news to the entire crew in the loudest voice.
Immediately, an ape turned into a group of apes, countless people raised their heads to the sky and screamed, and the valleys on both sides magnified their howls infinitely, scaring a few African lions who had just walked to the river to drink water and fled To be continued: