It's the middle of summer in the fourth year of the Great Tomorrow Dao. The great navigator and explorer, Wen Tianxiang, who was the first to complete a round-the-world trip and went down in history with a book of "Wenshan Manji", was seasick at sea again.

His activities in Mingzhou had come to an unsatisfactory end, although he had passed on the Confucian tradition and educated some Indians and Aztecs. But he witnessed one of the most evil massacres in human history...... But there is no way to stop it, and there is not even any evidence to reveal the true face of the murderer.

Although every Han Chinese in Zhongmingzhou believed that this plague was caused by the Heavenly Taoism, every aboriginal also believed in it. However, the Han people of Zhongmingzhou were only bent on digging for gold and silver, while the natives of Mingzhou firmly believed that the plague was released by the gods to punish them. How can man fight against God? Let's be an honest slave!

In addition, Wen Tianxiang spent three months secretly collecting evidence, but found nothing - there is no evidence to prove that this disaster was caused by Meng Qi, Yang Aguo and Zhou Xiaoqi. There is not even much evidence that this "scourge of the dead" was man-made.

Meng Qi urgently summoned the Han Chinese who were mining in Mingzhou to inoculate them for their pox, only because a case of smallpox was found among immigrants - it was found in the port of Yinshan Port, that is, a Japanese woman who had been sold to Mingzhou, and arrived at Yinshan Port on a "New World"-class flying scissor sailing ship. Got sick on the ship, and when he got off the ship, he was already a marijuana. The customs officers at the port were careless (because there were too few customs officers at the port, and all the gold and silver mining taxes were collected for export, regardless of imports). No timely measures were taken to isolate the crew and passengers on the "New World" class, allowing them to wander around the port of Silver Mountain. It didn't take long. The Taoist temple in Yinshan Port treated two new cases of smallpox. So the governor of Yinshan Port immediately complained to the governor's palace of Zhongmingzhou, and then summoned all the Han people to plant pox.

The entire incident was carried out in strict accordance with the procedure. There seems to be nothing wrong with the Governor's Mansion in Zhongmingzhou, except that smallpox is prevalent in Zhongmingzhou at an unimaginable speed......

Sitting on the spacious foredeck of the Atlantic, the flagship of the Western Fleet, blowing the cool sea breeze from the North Atlantic, looking at the rolling and undulating layers of the turquoise sea, and breathing in the salty humid air, Wen Tianxiang felt a little more comfortable. As a great navigator, he was still seasick and dizzy, and this time he was adrift at sea for two months, which was a terrible crime.

Originally, it would not have taken that long to sail directly from the port of Zama to Europa. However, the Governor's Office of the Mayan Sea also used this voyage to explore the northern shores of the Mayan Sea and establish a stronghold there. Thus, after leaving the port of Zama, the fleet followed the coastline north, then eastward, then turned back south, and finally turned east between a peninsula and a large island. Only then did you enter the vast Atlantic Ocean.

During the exploration of the northern shores of the Mayan Sea, the Atlantic Fleet also established several extremely valuable strongholds. One was at the entrance of a large river running north-south, and the Atlantic Fleet also sent a "Maya" class to explore the river, and sailed for several days without seeing the end of the river. So it was decided that this was a big river no less than the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. So they took a word from each of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers and named it the Long River (they found the Mississippi River). A large stronghold was established at the mouth of the Long River and named it Changhe Fort.

The other is located on a large island across the sea from the mainland of Beimingzhou in the Mayan Sea, which is a large island with a narrow east-west direction. Because of its shape, it was named Long Island (probably Cuban Island). The Atlantic Fleet found a nice bay in the middle of the north shore of Long Island, and built a wooden fort there, leaving behind a hundred military families and a few hundred Indian Eight Bannermen. Because this wooden fort is located right near the entrance to the north of the Mayan Sea. Therefore, it was named "Haikou Fort".

The Atlantic Fleet rested for ten days in the bay of Fort Haikou, and sent the Aztec Green Battalion ashore to conduct a search. Several indigenous tribes were discovered. They were shown a salvo of muskets, and several small knives were presented. Formed an alliance with these tribes. There were no clashes between the two sides, and there were no casualties.

However, Wen Tianxiang is still very clear that these indigenous people will be basically extinct in 5 to 10 years......

After leaving Long Island, the Atlantic Fleet also discovered an archipelago of hundreds or even more small islands, named the Atlantic Islands (Bahamas), and also established a stronghold on one of the islands with a natural harbor, which was named Fort Atlantic.

After leaving the Atlantic Islands, he first went south, and then the east wind blew on the sea, pushing the fleet all the way to the east, and no islands were found. Looking around, the eyes are full of water glittering in the sun, and the endless seems to be until the end of the world.

The Atlantic Fleet is a lieutenant surnamed Lin Shilong, a native of Yangzhou, only twenty-seven years old, with the rank of vice admiral, and was awarded the title of Wei Yuanbo. He is the earliest student in the Ming Navy. Prior to serving as Admiral of the Atlantic Fleet, he served as a ship pipe band, commander of a detachment fleet, chief of staff of the fleet and flagship pipe band in the Two Oceans (North and South Oceans) Fleet. Last year, he also led five "New World" class ships to complete a voyage around the Nanmingzhou mainland, and according to the order of the Navy General Staff, a huge saltpeter mine and countless guano were discovered in a large coastal desert in the middle of the west coast of Nanmingzhou.

This is obviously a piece of desert of great value!

Lin Shilong, who has served in the navy for many years, becomes majestic and rigid as soon as he goes on deck, and he does not manage Wen Tianxiang and Liang Chongru much, but just stares at the work and practice of the sailors and crews every day.

Wen Tianxiang thought about his thoughts, and he had no interest in provoking a lieutenant general who was an earl of the Ming Empire. These high-ranking generals of the Ming Dynasty all possessed a temperament that made Wen Tianxiang feel very uncomfortable - high, unsightly, rigid and majestic, and disrespectful to civilian officials. This Vice Admiral Lin Shilong is even more so, even when he talks to the Atlantic Governor Liang Chongru, he is very loud, and he does not regard himself as a subordinate (in fact, he is not a subordinate, the Atlantic Fleet is jointly managed by the Admiralty and the Naval Staff). However, he was quite enthusiastic with Chen Chongguan, who was one level lower than him in the mission, and called him brother and brother when he met.

Wen Tianxiang felt a little better when the sea breeze blew on the deck, and motioned for his Aztec student Tesven to help him up, pacing on the deck, and moving his muscles.

At this moment, Lin Shilong happened to walk to the foredeck with heavy steps, with a rare expression of excitement on his face. When he saw Wen Tianxiang, he said: "Mr. Wenshan, the Maya No. 1 who was exploring the road in front sent a signal, and they found a sailboat of unknown nationality!" Most likely the ships of the Europa. ”

'Bad luck for the Europas!' Either hacked to death by the Mongols, or exterminated by Chen Dexing with smallpox or something! Wen Tianxiang thought so in his heart, but there was an interested expression on his face, "Really?" How do you know it's a Europa ship? ”

"I don't know, but it's certainly not our ship...... If you find someone else's sailboat, it must be the mainland nearby. It has only been more than a month to find the mainland, and this time the luck is not bad! ”

By this time, the jingling bells had already sounded from the lookout post on the mainmast, and the lookout of the Atlantic had also spotted the target.

"Admiral, 20 miles to the northeast have spotted 2 sailing ships with crosssails, about the size of the Maya, heading south."

The seafaring staff of the fleet rushed to the foredeck and loudly reported the findings of the lookout post.

"Get Niccolò on the lookout!" Lin Shilong gave an order, "Tell him to take a closer look, whose ship is that?" ”

"The whole fleet is ready for battle! Level 1 Preparation! ”

The shrill and rapid sound of metal knocking sounded, and the crew members on the ship who were resting, exercising, or working all flew to their combat posts when they heard this sound. The staff officers of the Atlantic Fleet, the pipe band of the "Atlantic" and Chen Chongguan also rushed to the foredeck from the cabins of their respective sons. This is the command position of the Atlantic, and the steering wheel is also placed here.

Niccolò, having received the order, suppressed the excitement in his heart, clumsily climbed the tall mainmast of the "Atlantic" and climbed into the narrow observation basket.

"Official, give you a telescope." The sentinel in the lookout basket handed a telescope to Niloko, a glass telescope - China has had glass firing technology since ancient times, but with the existence of porcelain as a powerful opponent, glassware has always been difficult to develop, and no one has studied more sophisticated glass firing technology. However, after Chen Dexing founded Liaodong, the glasses company founded by Qu Huajie has been looking for ways to produce highly transparent glass. Considerable progress has been made to make lenses from glass.

"Thank you." Niccolò took the telescope tremblingly, he had been away from Europe for 15 years, and I don't know if it was 16 years...... It's almost time to forget the Mediterranean, to forget what Venice looks like.

"Official, over there."

Niccolò looked in the direction of the sentry's finger, and soon spotted two small boats that seemed to be floating leaves on the rough sea. Niccolò recognized it at a glance as the Kirk Galleon, the most common sailing ship in the Atlantic. The flag of the Kingdom of Portugal also flies on the mast of the sailing ship! These two Portuguese sailing ships, the Iberian Peninsula is nearby.

Niccolò lowered his binoculars and took a few sharp breaths of the salty sea breeze. That's right, the earth is really round, and the Mingzhou continent and the Europa continent are across the sea! The continent of Europa is really right in front of you, and it won't be long before you can return to the haunting Venice! (To be continued......)