The fleet temporarily settled in the port of Yanagijuku.Cheng Bi pondered: "At the moment, there are three most important things, one is about survival, we must build the camp well, and find food and stockpiles.The second thing to do is to scout the land around Yanagijuku to see if there are any potential enemies and be prepared.The third thing is to find a route back to Daming and get in touch with Dashuai. ”Cheng Bi looked at the camp that had begun to take shape, "Now that the camp has been built, we have a place to live for the time being, I will let people try to sow some seeds, and then organize people to hunt and fish."
If you find the Shengfan tribe, you can also trade with it to obtain some supplies, and the problem of survival should be solved. ”Ji Mengchen listened to his words, and Cheng Bi continued: "In the past two years, we have been adrift at sea and are used to seeing many killings.Xiyi established a stronghold on the route, slaughtered the surrounding Shengfan tribes, and the Shengfan tribes attacked the Xiyi who came ashore, and even the Xiyi attacked each other's strongholds for the sake of profit.In the midst of such killings, it is not uncommon for the fortifications that have been built to be destroyed.Therefore, we must not be careless, because there are great benefits in sailing, but also great risks, so to speak, there are enemies all around, and if we are not careful, we can be killed by the enemy.I asked Zhang Yida to take people to explore the surrounding environment to see if there were Dutch and Shengfan tribes around us, just to ensure the safety of the camp and be prepared!
”"Sir is thoughtful!"
Ji Mengchen bowed his head and agreed.Cheng Bi immediately looked at him and said solemnly: "Doing the first two things well can only allow us to survive here temporarily, but we can't do big things."
Therefore, even if you don't say it, I hope that you will soon draw up the charts and find a new way to pilot the ship so that the fleet can return north and take everyone home. ”Ji Mengchen said solemnly: "Sir, don't worry, Yu will do his best." ”At that moment, Ji Mengchen also turned around and left, and then took a sea boat, left Liusu Port, sailed north, and drew nautical charts and the topography of the sea and coast around Liusu Port.After the ship left the port, Ji Mengchen sailed north first.At this time, after crossing the equator, what the fleet saw in the southern hemisphere made Ji Mengchen subconsciously doubt the cognition of "the sky is round and China is in the middle".He gradually believed that he had read "The Circle of the Western Kingdom", but it was not easy to break the inherent worldview for thousands of years, and it was also difficult for people to accept for a while, and he still had too many things to figure out, so he needed to verify it.The fleet is in the process of sailing south, and the North Star suddenly disappears, so as long as it sails to the north, the North Star will reappear, so the sea surface cannot be a plane.If this is proved, then his achievements may be greater than that of his uncle Xu Xiake, and he will become a figure who shocks the world.At the request of Ji Mengchen, the sea ship sailed north, Ji Mengchen found a few stars as a reference, and sure enough, he found that the further north he sailed, the smaller the angle between the stars and the sea surface.He estimated the distance to be sailed in a day, and according to the changes in the angle of the stars and the sea surface, he was able to calculate the distance of the subsequent voyage and draw a chart.A few days later, when Ji Mengcheng observed the star, the position was lowered, and when it was judged that the North Star was about to reappear in the sky, a huge coastline in front of it was blocked in front of the fleet.Ji Mengchen judged that the location of the sea ship should be somewhere east of Java, and the west should be Batavia, the den of the Dutch in the South Sea, so he could only let the sea ship sail southeast along the coast, wanting to bypass the coast and go north, but the ship walked for a few days, and it was still the coast, considering the lack of fresh water and food, the sea ship could only return to the south.The land discovered by Ji Mengchen was New Guinea, which was also not drawn on the chart, so he marked the location and called the island of New Guinea New Ryukyus, which means an island larger than the Ryukyus.The ship sailed south, because the chosen pilot star, unlike the North Star, was almost unchanged, so when it returned, the position was deviated, and the ship arrived at the Cape York Peninsula east of Yanagijuku, and then sailed west along the coast before returning to Yanagijuku without a hitch.This voyage did not achieve the purpose of finding a return route to the north, but it did explore some water patterns and geography of New Ryukyu and the north coast of New Mingzhou.At this time, after Ji Mengchen sailed for a month and a half, he returned to the camp from Xin and landed from the simple dock.More than a month ago, the simple camp had erected a fence and built wooden houses to form a village and town.Zhang Yida led Ji Mengchen to the camp, and asked as he walked, "Huiming, have you found a route back?"
”Ji Mengchen shook his head, "Yu sailed north, and was blocked by a huge island, I wanted to bypass it, but the food and fresh water were consumed too quickly, so I could only return to Liusu first." ”When Zhang Yida heard this, his footsteps stopped, his expression was a little disappointed, and he continued to walk forward, "Alas, let's go see Mr.
Cheng first!"
”Seeing this, Ji Mengchen couldn't help asking, "What, what happened?"
”Zhang Yida said as he walked: "According to Mr.
Cheng's intentions, I will probe around the camp to see if there are Hongmaoyi and Shengfan around the camp." ”Red hair and sheng fan are very dangerous for the fleet, needless to say, red hair yi, once they find out, they will definitely come to exterminate the fleet, and sheng fan because of the language barrier, you don't know where to offend them, it may attract sheng fan's attack.The fleet has been on the sea for two years, and has seen and heard a lot, and has also met all kinds of shengfan, and even has a cannibalistic shengfan tribe, in the eyes of the Ming people, these shengfan are really uncivilized, and the behavior is quite barbaric.Ji Mengchen frowned and said, "There are red haired people on the island?
”Zhang Yida nodded, "Yes."
It's not far from me, it's more than fifty miles east of Liusu, and it seems that I've already been on the island, and I'm still in touch with several surrounding Shengfan tribes. ”The Dutch discovered Australia earlier, but they did not actually occupy it, and only occasionally sent a few people to the island to trade with Ikuban.Because they discovered Australia early and did business with some Shengfan, they have a certain relationship with the Shengfan tribe.Ji Mengchen said nervously: "Hongmaoyi found out that we didn't have it?"
”Zhang Yida suddenly pointed to a group of Shengfan, who were imprisoned in a cage, with brown skin, black coarse hair, high nose and thin lips, and said in a deep voice: "As soon as we arrived in Liusu, Hongmaoyi found us, but there were not many of them, only fifty or sixty people, so they didn't dare to attack us rashly, but instructed a nearby Shengfan tribe to attack us, fortunately, we were prepared to repel them." ”()