Cai He yawned, although the sun was shining in the cabin, but the room was too big, so he still lit an oil lamp. He listened to Duran's request to record his work every day, but sometimes he was so sleepy that he had to wait until the next day, and he wasn't busy every day anyway.

The sea can be extremely boring, dealing with the information from various ships every day, determining the location of the fleet, and beyond that, there is a long wait.

“...... Yesterday I saw a big fish on the sea, the back is like a small island, can spray water, I thought that the big fish can swallow a small boat, I don't know its name, I don't know its whole picture, to return to Daqin, please teacher name. "They saw the whale, but the ships of the fleet were no smaller than the whales, so there were no accidents, but some of the crew thought it was the dragon king of the sea, saying that they had provoked the dragon king. Cai He finally quelled this feudal superstitious statement and locked up the rumor-mongers for two days.

“...... It has been thirteen days to go to the sea to the east, and every day is positioned by the star compass, supplemented by nautical charts, and the sea breeze is controlled, and I dare not slack off. Since the island was replenished ten days ago, there has been no land for ten days, and the situation of the sea is really terrifying. "If Cai He hadn't had 100 percent confidence in Duran, he would have wondered if they wouldn't be able to go home.

As the time spent without land grew, the crew became more and more restless, unsure of what awaited them.

This fleet consisted of three huge building ships and sixty supply boats, as well as twenty cargo ships. Including 3,000 elite infantry of the Qin State, as well as 3,000 sailors, 1,000 merchants, and thousands of animals: horses, poultry, cattle and sheep, etc.

This is definitely the largest ocean-going fleet in the world, and neither Rome nor Macedonia has such a plug-in as Duran in this era.

This is an era when all civilizations on the earth are in their own closed circles, especially the Mayan civilization in South America, which is isolated from other civilizations.

"My lord, there are a lot of dark clouds ahead, and I am afraid that there will be a storm. "It's not the first time they've had a storm, and it's fair to say that the weather on the sea is more erratic.

Cai He stood up and walked outside, he was on the second floor of the ship, and below was the wide deck, and there were many sailors cleaning the deck.

Picking up Duran's 'magic weapon' - the telescope, Cai He really saw the sea surging in front of him, and the dark clouds and the sea water were connected, knowing that this was not a good phenomenon, although the ships of the fleet were very strong, if they were overturned by the waves, they would also be powerless.

"Give the order to go down, secure everything, and then keep all the boats at a distance to prevent a runaway collision. "Order the captains of the ships, take care of the crew, and we will make our way through the storm. "You can't hide, you can only go through.

Cai He smiled when he saw that the herald had faithfully conveyed his orders to the other ships in flags, at least he had not disappointed his master.

At the top of the flagship, there is the largest flag device in the fleet, which can be seen by the lookouts of the entire fleet as long as it moves. Although there was no pinyin in this era, and the syllables could not be transmitted, it was still possible to separate the nautical terms. Other complex commands still need to be delivered by carrier pigeons or directly rowed boats.

In short, simple commands are convenient in flag language.

Everyone immediately took action, and in the face of the storm, Cai He was also very nervous, and the strong winds and waves were enough to subvert the entire fleet. It was still sunny just now, and it got dark. Cai He had people light up the lanterns in all corners of the building ship to guide the other ships. However, the lantern is easily extinguished by the rushing seawater, and everyone can only judge the distance between themselves and the surrounding ships based on the vague outline.

This time the storm was several times stronger than the previous one, and this is the true temper of the sea.

Cai He couldn't help but worry, they would definitely deviate from course in such weather, in addition to the loss of the fleet, getting lost was even more terrible.

The first voyage without any guidance, Cai He was under a lot of pressure, and he didn't want to delay his master's mission. With the ups and downs of the ship, the faces of the guards changed, and they all heard the sound of the ship as if it was about to be disconnected, but Cai He's face was as usual, and people couldn't help but admire.

At first, they looked down on Cai He, the young eunuch, but his unchanging bearing won the respect of the entire fleet.

For example, now Cai He is also bent on the nautical chart, calculating the direction and distance they may deviate from.

Cai He didn't sleep all night, and the storm lasted for a day and a night, and the sea calmed down the next day.

In a big storm, three supply ships and two cargo ships went missing, presumably sinking. Several other ships were damaged by the waves, and two were so bad that they could no longer move.

Cai He immediately made a decision, ignoring the lost materials and crew, and first transported the people and things on the ship that lost power to the building. The entire fleet counted the damage as quickly as possible, and the wounded were treated immediately, and the ships that were not seriously injured were repaired as they went, and they still had a long way to go.

Cai He walked back onto the deck, there was still a vast sea outside, and many crew members knelt on the deck to thank God for sparing their lives, and the scene was very funny. Cai He didn't stop it this time, there are still countless difficulties ahead, a storm caused them to lose seven ships, I'm afraid that when they return to Daqin, it will be good to be able to leave three building ships.

You must know that other ships are not small, although compared to the two hundred meters long and thirty meters wide, and the fifteen-meter-high building ship is a small boat, but this small boat is also seventy or eighty meters long, and it is also a behemoth in this era.

Everything was ready, Cai He looked at the sun, determined the direction, and set sail again.

So Cai He said something that obviously shouldn't belong to this world: "All ships turn on the power mechanism, six scales to the left, and all ships follow." ”

At the bottom of the cabin, the two crew members spin a huge mechanism in the shape of a stone mill, which is powered once the ship is opened, and it is completely unknown what the principle is, but it just allows the ship to move forward quickly.

It was obviously a great ancient voyage, but as soon as this power mechanism appeared, it became less magnificent, but more opportunistic.

However, the person concerned, Cai He, said that it doesn't matter, the important thing is to complete Duran's mission, to find a new continent and then circle the earth, and what he sees and encounters along the way is still full of infinite unknowns.

“...... On the thirtieth day after we set out to sea, one of the crew saw an unknown bird, and I knew that we were close to land. "Cai He's logbook for another day, a full thirty days of sailing has made him fully mature, and after the big storm, a lot of things have happened, and a group of people who want to rebel and grab the ship back have been suppressed. Cai He showed supreme martial arts, jumped from the building ship to the cargo ship where the rebellion occurred a hundred meters away, killed the initiator, and shocked everyone with force.

There was also an infectious disease, but fortunately, Cai He had medicine to suppress the outbreak. The road was not easy, the most serious were the rebellion and the contagion, both of which almost shook the entire fleet.

Today, however, a bird made everyone excited, because birds always have to land, which means that they are already very close to land.

"Report-" A long and passionate howl made Cai He stand up.

"Newspaper, it's Lu ......"

Cai He didn't wait for the guards to finish speaking, and walked outdoors in a few steps, and an undulating black shadow appeared in the sky in the distance, yes, it was land, and it would never be wrong.

Finally arrived, Cai He, who was only ten years old, couldn't help but shed tears, along the way, he had borne too much on his slender shoulders, resisted too many doubts about the great master, and now that he had finally arrived on the mainland, he could announce to everyone that his master was not wrong, there was another continent on the other side of the sea, and the great master would never say big things.

Thinking of this, Cai He turned around and bowed in the opposite direction of the mainland, expressing his unswerving trust in Duran and his joy of fulfilling his mission.