"With a familiar hand who has traveled through Majia Port, you can assign a pilot ship later."

Chen Ju returned from Majia Port in North Asia and only met Chen Mu at the port on the first day, and directly changed to a riverboat to report to the Beijing Cabinet.

When he returned to the Beiyang Military Mansion, Chen Mu had time to talk to him about the situation in North Asia.

After more than half a year of sea sailing, especially in the alpine region, the elegant eunuch Chen Ju in the past had a more windy and frosty face, and his oval and rich goose egg face became more angular, and he looked very tired.

Although he has been resting for two days after returning to Beiyang, he still can't get rid of the heavy dark circles.

"The voyage is very dangerous, we have seen it this time, it is really not good to have a pilot ship that is familiar with the sea route, and the return trip is in the glacier of the Heishui Ya Islands, there are about thousands of miles of headwinds and sea fog, but it takes a lot of effort."

"However, this road is close, I am worried that there will be an accident, and I will send three other boats south to the north of the equator and smooth sailing, which will be estimated to be still at sea, and it should be to the waters of the Nanyang Military Government."

More than half a year of sea life made Chen Ju have the confidence of an old seaman, and said to Chen Mu: "You can send two teams of ships a year, one trip in March and April, and one trip in July and August, the length of the voyage is different. ”

As he spoke, Chen Ju waved to the attendants, and the long nautical chart scroll was spread on the table, from the Ming Dynasty in the west to the coast of America in the east, and the palm of his hand was covered on the three big characters in the ocean area, and said to Chen Mu: "Chen Shuai, please see, this is the nautical chart we drew along the way." ”

Chen Mu carefully looked at the beautifully painted and reconstructed charting method, which showed a route in the north, and also marked the mileage of the voyage to and from the voyage, the direction of the wind, the direction of the current, and the islands encountered along the way.

However, the word is not the Pacific Ocean, but the Cangming Sect.

Chen Mu was very pleased with this chart, just as he first saw Guan Yuangu make a beautiful cuirass - he could bring a certain degree of technological progress, but it would also lose the aesthetic beauty that existed in the tradition through his hands.

Anything he is directly involved in making is absolutely useful, including the vast majority of the accelerated students of the lecture martial arts hall who have learned separately, military maps are military maps, and navigation charts are navigation charts, but to make the value a little higher? No way.

But Chen Ju is different, in his fleet, there are enough admirals of the Jiangwutang who have received specialized education to make up for his shortcomings in cartography, while Chen Ju himself is well-educated, and he understands calligraphy and painting, politics and military affairs.

Chen Mu raised his hand to ask Chen Ju to wait a while, picking and choosing on the table, but found that there were only all kinds of charcoal pens of different thicknesses, so he had to call someone to offer pen and ink, and wrote "Chen Lingang Canghai Chart" at the end of the volume, postscript time, Wanli Ding Chou Zhongchun.

Lin Gang is Chen Ju's number, and Chen Mu is not so arrogant as to write his name on the chart that others have worked so hard to make.

Putting down the pen, he retracted his sleeves and smiled at Chen Ju: "How, Chen's words are now disgraceful, right?" This is my first map of China's sea, and in a few hundred years, I will be a national treasure. ”

Chen Mu's words are indeed not as ugly as the rumors in the past, but they are not very handsome and majestic, they are nothing more than generals, about any show talent is better than him, but at least it is not like children's graffiti.

After all, his main energy is not to study and practice calligraphy, and which Xiucai has worked much harder than him in this matter.

"A national treasure? Then let's draw another one for Chen Shuai? ”

In addition to the fact that there was no fluctuation in Chen Ju's eyes, there was no modesty in his words, but his eyes looking at Chen Mu were faintly worried about whether the Dongyang handsome was still healthy.

He didn't feel that he was painting casually, nor was he casually, and he put in a lot of effort, but what he drew made Chen Mu become a national treasure with an inscription, and your Chen Mu's fingers were opened?

Chen Mu was very serious, put the pen back and nodded heavily, his eyes lit up: "Yes, I will draw another picture for me when I have time to go back, with fine silk." ”

After laughing, he clapped his hands, pointed to the chart and said: "Let's talk about the business first, if you don't get down to business, you go to Dagukou to rest for a few days, Beiyang has given special training to the flag army in the past two months, and sometimes it will be noisy at night, and you just came back from the sea I'm afraid you won't sleep well." ”

The eunuch of the black tooth let out a sigh, and he was about to refuse subconsciously because he didn't admit defeat, and his head shook halfway, so he sighed and nodded: "Well, go to Dagu." ”

After that, he spread his hands and brushed the back of his hand on the map, and said: "The voyage is mostly calm and calm, but the voyage is too far, it is not suitable to sail with a large fleet of more than ten, I have seen Xiyi's ships, they have lights in the bow and stern of the ship like us, but their lights are brighter, much stronger than lanterns." ”

"Brighter at night can reach farther, our next voyage, we must also install a few glass lamps on the ship, otherwise the fleet of ships is more than ten, and the end is connected two miles away, and it is easy to get lost."

"Glass?"

Chen Mu understood, the lamp on the Westerner's ship was a glass lamp, Chen Mu nodded and said: "This is easy to do, four months ago, an oil refinery was built in the northeast of Beiyang Yamen, and the fire oil was refined with the method of lighting by the people in the northwest. ”

"If the cost is high, let's do it first, we have to make the glass ourselves, Lin Afeng, this guy has made a mess of the Western route, and I don't know if the Portuguese Yi who was recruited to open a glass factory in Haojing can come alive, go back and let the glass factory ponder and figure it out, and it is convenient to get the glass out."

It's best if you can get it, and there's no way to get it if you can't, so it's a big deal to wait for the Oriental Fleet to set sail and bring this method back.

"What about Magui's situation?"

"Ma Shuai is okay, the loss of the army is about to settle in Majiagang has been extreme, only more than 200 people remain, fishing, hunting and farming, leaving hundreds of reinforcements and materials this time, enough to support a section, they plan to trade with the local natives to the west, and appropriately recruit some people, and after Majiagang can feed hundreds of people, then go east, the next baggage, give them more horses and dogs."

Horse, horse is the pimple in Chen Mu's heart, he nodded and said: "This time I shouldn't be a good person, I'll find the court to transfer horses, and if Taifu Temple doesn't transfer it to me, I'll make trouble with him, bastard, Lao Tzu bought horses and they found someone to sell them to me." ”

"Oh yes, this is the letter that Ma Shuai wants to give to Chen Shuai, he said that he wrote his gains and losses on this crusade on it, and I hope Chen Shuai can read it well and listen to his advice."

The thin booklet, called "Cutting Thorns", Chen Mu took it in his hand like a thousand jun, and the cold hairs on his face exploded for a while-just for this thin book, they lost more than 700 good hands.

When he opened the "Thorn Cutting Record", the problems of this expedition were all presented in his eyes.

They think they are fighting a war across the oceans, but in fact they are trying to survive.