"Land! See the land! ”

After the rainstorm, the endless sea was calm and calm, and the pirate lookouts who had not seen the land in recent months shouted loudly on the mast, and the sailors who looked embarrassed lay on the bow of the ship and looked into the distance, without binoculars, they could only see the sea and the sky.

Lin Afeng pushed away a few sailors who were blocking the front, took out the binoculars while rubbing the small mud ball at the back of his neck, and immediately ran back to the cabin after seeing the land, found a few maps in the rickety cabin and spread them on the deck, waved his hand and poured the notes and route records on the map, looking for the exact location of the fleet.

The map on the deck not only has the map of the world in the second year of Wanli, but also the map marked with foreign characters, some of which Lin Feng can understand and some of which he can't, but the maps are roughly the same, and he can always see some clues when he compares them, plus his route record - he knows where he is.

"Wood bones, all bundles?"

Behind his shaking flagship, there was a huge fleet of ships on the sea, more than 70 three-masted ships, most of which were lucky ships, 17 800 large ships were blue-painted Lin's flying sharks, and the rest were white trough and black trough lucky ships.

In addition to these native ships, there were Caravel and Clarke, which belonged to the Portuguese, and the galleys of the Safavid dynasty, which were laden with his trophies, especially the Clark galleon, which could carry huge quantities of cargo, and hung far at the end of the fleet that stretched for miles at sea.

The door of the captain's room was gently pushed open, and it was the flying shark captain Zhuang Gong who was following the flagship to come over on the springboard, he saw Lin Afeng kneeling on the chart without any image, and hurriedly knelt down on the side of his body, and bowed his head with a serious face: "Lord, the lookout hand sees the land, but it doesn't seem to be a bundle of wood and bones, like a big island." ”

Mogadishu has always been the largest trading port on the African coast, and since the arrival of Zheng He's fleet, there have often been maritime merchants selling porcelain here, and Lin Afeng's arrival here is no exception.

He had to replenish food and water, repair the warships, sell the huge booty, and grab a piece of land nearby for a temporary rest.

"Island?"

The focused Lin Afeng was not affected by the noisy shouts of the sailors outside the cabin, but he turned his head because of Zhuang Gong's soft reminder, he nodded slowly, and then searched for the charts and notes, and said casually: "It's okay, even if it's not a wooden bone, it's not far away, and the flying shark is scattered all over the sail to explore the coast." ”

"I heard that the African coast is the territory of Portugal, so don't take it lightly."

Lin Afeng's voyage was more difficult than all the previous fleets, including Zheng He, because they did not sail all the way along the coastline, but sailed all the way southwest along the border between the Mughal and Safavid, and on the way he offended all the people who could offend them - Arakans, Portuguese, Mughals, Persians, merchant ships, warships, it didn't matter who was in any country.

At first, the Ming merchant ships that went out of Malacca were happy to go with such a large Ming fleet, and even some businessmen planned to change the original route and follow Lin Afeng to trade farther away, but they didn't expect that Lin Afeng would not rob except for the Ming ships, not to mention that all the ships at sea were his prey, once the sea ships resisted and brought him some casualties, even the nearby coastal ports would suffer.

In the small Western Ocean, Lin Afeng's fleet was like no one, and no merchant ship could stop his robbery, until the fleet went deeper and deeper, and was pursued by two huge imperial navies, and many coastal ports were already on alert, making it no longer so easy to succeed, so he sailed all the way to the southwest.

After all, he is just a helpless pirate, even if the fleet is huge and powerful, no port is like rootless duckweed, and others can't beat him in a surprise battle, but once he enters a regular naval battle, he will always lose, so it is better to run away.

The merchants who had been with him for half a small Western Ocean did not succeed in a single business, but all the profitable ports along the way, those that could be burned were burned, those who could be robbed were robbed, and those who could not be robbed would not let the Ming ship dock at the port, but finally made a deal with Lin Afeng.

Lin Feng used the warships captured by the war booty that were of little use to arrive at the caravan with a lot of goods.

Seeing the land and stepping on the land meant two hours for Lin Feng, and to the disappointment of the pirates, what they found was indeed an island.

In the evening, when they learned that there was no harbor in the northeastern part of the island's coast, and that there were only a few settlements resembling fishing villages, they found a suitable bay to dock ships, and a large force removed the grain and cargo from the bay from the ships that smelled of unpleasant dampness, and sent two flying sharks and galleys to explore separately from the landing site.

"After three days of sailing, we returned without an encounter."

"This island doesn't need to be big, as long as it has a radius of 100 miles, enough for me to eat and live."

Carrying goods continued until the night, Lin Feng's people didn't do these things, the coolies were all looted after the ports were captured, and the foreigners who were captured in naval battles were all outsiders, these people are now close to three thousand, which has become the biggest uneasy factor in their voyage, and several leaders in the pirates hope that Lin Afeng can find a place to throw them away, not like now.

"Wasting rations like now, the leader must think about it, in case the bones are not bound and let us dock, and we will be captured and robbed."

Li Mao, the leader of the Qiongzhou pirates, has suffered a lot for more than a month, his ship was damaged in an artillery battle in an encounter with the Mughal Imperial Navy, and the angry Li Mao drove his ship into a white-knuckle battle with the enemy after crashing an oar-sailing warship.

As he spoke, Li Mao turned his head and smiled at Shi He, Su Da and other pirate leaders: "Going to sea with Leader Lin once, Lao Tzu has never felt so happy, but at this time, I also feel that gold and silver are tiring!" ”

The pirate leaders laughed, Lin Feng also raised his head and smiled, raised his hand to carry the bonfire and said: "Yes, the war spoils have nowhere to sell, and now they have become a burden, and I don't know if I can trade with me, if it is not easy...... It's a big port, and it's best to barter, and if you can't, burn it and get more than we have now!" ”

"Wow!" Shi He let out a startled sigh and patted his legs and said, "What kind of goods are you exchanging for, wouldn't it be better to grab it directly?" ”

Su Da, who was from Qiongzhou with Li Mao, picked up the stone and threw it out jokingly towards Shi He, and said, "Grab it again, do you still have a place to put the goods on the ship, we are gone!" ”

Shi He looked at the people who were still struggling to carry goods under the light of the torches on the shore: "If you leave those people behind, you can still put a lot of goods." ”

"People, don't lose it."

Lin Feng's hand that stirred up the bonfire paused, his eyes swept over the pirate leaders, drew a circle on the beach, and said: "We are not far from the wooden bones, offended Yin Zhengmao Malacca will not be able to go back for a while and a half, there are only more than 6,000 soldiers from all walks of life, and the shells and shells of the warship are worn out, and they must be repaired." ”

"If the wood and bones are bundled and can trade, these people are here to farm and repair ships for us, and let them be craftsmen and shipwrights, if they can't trade."

Lin Afeng took a deep breath and spit it out quickly, threw the firewood into the fire, and as the spark rose, he said: "Fight down, recruit troops, build ships and build cannons!" ”