1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 59 Home!

"Xiaotian, when do you think we will turn south and sail south?" After leaving Batavia, we sailed for another six or seven days, passed countless islands, and encountered several scattered Dutch East India Company merchant ships. Everyone was a little overwhelmed. Energetic.

This sea area is very strange to them.On the boundless sea, explore the unknown land.Over time, out of fear of the unknown, people's hearts are often on the verge of collapse.

How long will it last, I don't know!Qi Tian also complained in his heart, although in his previous life, he went to Australia several times, but it was not by plane!

Qi Tian looked at the rough map he drew on the paper again, because there was no scale and all relying on memory, it was really hard to estimate the distance.But, I guess, it's getting close.

"Go east for another three days, then turn around and head south!" Qi Tian decided to find Timor Island, and then turn south to Australia.

Cao Xiong nodded helplessly, saw Qi Tian started to draw on the paper with his head down again, and left the cabin.He knew that Qi Tian was also very anxious at this time. Starting from Luzon, except for a short stop in Sulu and Boni for a few days, everyone was on the road almost non-stop for the rest of the time.Occasionally, fresh water will be replenished on the small islands or coasts passing by, and the personnel will have a little activity for half a day.

The nearly [-]-day voyage seems to be gradually wearing down one's endurance and one's body.More than a dozen people on board have died one after another, including immigrants from Luzon and sailors on board.Everyone seemed exhausted by the long journey, everyone seemed a little numb, sluggish, and some even seemed hysterical, yelling on the deck.

For this reason, Cao Xiong called all the old brothers together when the ship was docked for repairs, and ordered them to do "ideological mobilization" for the sailors on the ship, so that the brothers firmly believed that the future life will be so beautiful, and the endless wealth on board All will be distributed equally to everyone.In the future, everyone will be rich and powerful, with a house full of children and grandchildren...

Cao Xiong stood in the middle of the boat, looked up at the sky, the sun was still dazzling, the sky was as blue as the ocean, and the wind was weaker, making the boat slower.Oh, let's do it!

Qi Tian threw the quill irritably, pushed the sketch on the table, covered his face with his hands, rubbed vigorously, and a few pieces of paper fell on the floor.

Gouzi looked at Qi Tian, ​​then squatted on the ground, picked up the fallen pieces of paper one by one, and put them neatly on the table.

"Huh!" Qi Tian let go of his hands, let out a long breath, stood up and stood up.

"I'm going out to get some air." Qi Tian said something, turned around and left the cabin.

Standing on the side of the bow, looking at the blue sea in front of him, Qi Tian suddenly felt depressed, and suddenly opened up.

Qi Tian opened his hands, leaned forward, and roared towards the sea.

"Ah!...~"

"ah!……"

"Hi!……"

"Ow!..."

"..."

"Ahem..." After roaring for a while, his throat suddenly became stuck, and he lowered his head and coughed non-stop.

"It's over, isn't it more comfortable?" A voice came from the side of the ship.

"Brother Chen..." Qi Tian turned his head to look, it was Chen Dalang, sitting on the deck, leaning against the side of the boat, tilting his head, looking at him playfully.

"I'm really worried that you're going to jump into the sea!...I can't help you up!" Chen Dalang said, his right sleeve dangling empty.

"...How could I jump into the sea! I am still so young, my future is still so bright, and countless wealth is still waiting for me!" Qi Tian looked at Chen Dalang's broken arm, his heart was shocked, but he laughed teasingly.

"Yeah, your beautiful life hasn't started yet....You haven't married a wife yet. Haha..."

"Didn't you have a wife too?" Qi Tian said, "I'm still so young, but it's not time for me to marry a wife."

"Who said I didn't have a wife?" Chen Dalang smiled, "Ten years ago, I had a wife."

"Ah?" Qi Tian looked up and down at Chen Dalang, he was only 26 seven, didn't it mean that the ancients looked old? "Brother Chen, how old are you?"

"I... 26." Chen Dalang thought for a while and said.

"You married a daughter-in-law when you were 16?" Qi Tian was a little surprised. Before his elder brother fell into the water, he was 30 years old and hadn't married a wife yet. The second brother was also 28 and didn't have a wife, let alone the third brother.

"What's wrong?" Chen Dalang was asked by Qi Tian, ​​his face blushed, and he said angrily: "My family is rich, so I can naturally marry a wife. It's not like your family, which only provides for you to study!"

"Then... what about your wife and children?" Qi Tian asked, and he immediately regretted it as soon as he finished asking.

"...They are all dead." Chen Dalang said lightly.

The one who followed Cao Xiong from Dengzhou didn't mean his family was ruined and his wife and children were separated.Just like Qi Tian's parents, they were beheaded by the imperial court's counter-insurgency army in the name of rebels outside Dengzhou City.

"If the two children are still alive, the eldest will be eight years old." Chen Dalang said leisurely, "This damn rebel! Damn the court!...Damn the world!"

"Brother Chen, in the future, when we arrive on that continent, we will establish a perfect world! Our own world!"

"That's nice. . . . But I've got a broken arm and I can't help much."

"Why can't we help?" Qi Tian said sincerely: "When we get there, each of us has to contribute! Whether it is the elderly, women, or even children, we must work hard to build our home. world."

"Brother Chen, you only had one broken arm, but everything else is intact. In this world, there are many people who are missing an arm, but they have done great things. For example, those one-armed heroes, one-armed generals... .If you practice your left hand well in the future, you may be even better than those with both hands!"

Chen Dalang stared at Qi Tian fixedly, since he broke his arm, he has been very decadent, he feels that he is a useless person, even a drag on everyone.

Many times, he wanted to kill himself and go down to accompany his wife and children.He had been blocked by his companions, and he also had the fear of death, which made him numbly hold on and stand next to each other.

Today, someone suddenly said that he is very useful and will be even more powerful than before.He didn't know whether Qi Tian's words contained more comfort or encouragement.But suddenly a trace of unwillingness appeared in his subconscious, and his arm was broken, so I might not be a waste!
"Xiaotian, this kid is really good!" Cao Xiong on the console in the midship department looked at Chen Dalang and Qitian chatting and laughing, and couldn't help nodding slightly.

Two days later, after passing an island and sailing along its coastline for another day, Qi Tian confirmed that it was Timor Island.In the evening, the five ships searched for a bay and docked overnight for a rest.

The next day, the fleet turned around and headed south, heading for the expected continent.Thinking that there was still the last voyage left, the people on board cheered up a little.

The fleet had sailed south for five days, and looking around, it was still a vast ocean without even a small island.Every time Cao Xiong wanted to ask Qi Tian if those barbarians lied to him.But seeing that Qi Tian was also looking at the sea with a sad face, he held back and stopped asking.

Is there really such a large piece of land in the south, and no one has occupied it yet? !

"Hey, you've come to this point, why does the sun in the sky go to the north?" Niu Hu looked up at the sky and said.

"That's right! Isn't the sun at noon supposed to be in the south?" In fact, many people have noticed the change of the sun's position, but the dull atmosphere on the boat makes everyone lazy to discuss this issue.
"We're in the southern hemisphere, so the sun is in the north." Qi Tian explained casually.

"What is the southern hemisphere?...Aren't we on the ground?"

"The southern hemisphere, as the name suggests, is the southern half of the earth. The sun moves according to its orbit, so..." Qi Tian suddenly didn't want to explain. To clarify this question, he has to popularize why the earth is round, and the sun, The earth's orbit... oh, some, I can't tell.

"Land! I see land..." Someone suddenly shouted.

Everyone crowded onto the side of the ship and looked forward.

I saw, at the end of the line of sight, a dark green coast appeared.As the fleet approached, the lush coastal forest appeared in front of everyone.

"That continent...has arrived?" Cao Xiong murmured.

"It's hard to say." Qi Tian shook his head, maybe it's an island? "Walk east along the coastline and have a look."

The fleet resisted the urge to go ashore, and continued sailing northeastward for another two days close to the coastline. Looking sideways, there was still an endless coast.

"We're here!" Qi Tian let out a long breath and said softly.

And just in this June (the year will be counted according to the Gregorian calendar), Daming and Henan were flooded with bandits, and the bandits were trapped in Yingchuan, Chaoxian, Fengyang, Wuweizhou, Luotian, Hezhou, Lujiang and other places, and no place could stop them.

In the middle of June, in Houjin, Huang Taiji sent Dorgon and Yue Tuo to lead thousands of troops across the river, and recruited Lindan Khan's tribe to Ezhe. Lindan Khan's wife and son surrendered, handed over the Khan's seal, and the entire Monan Mongolia It was completely incorporated into the territory of the Later Jin Empire, and the Khan position of the Mongol Empire was cut off, and the Mongol Empire disappeared forever.

June 25, Manila, Philippines.

Rear Admiral Larginho, commander of the Spanish-Peruan fleet, led ten main battleships, over fifty large and small merchant ships, and more than 8000 soldiers. They sailed out of Manila Bay and headed for Palawan Island, Sulu Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)