After resting for a night, the caravan led by Liu Kata set off again the next morning. Their team had fifty elite crew members and hundreds of Mayan warriors. This armed force did not dare to provoke even in ordinary small towns, so they were not worried about safety. [Supreme magical powers]

After another five days of itinerary, the caravan finally returned to Mansa City. Lu Wan, who received the news, greeted them personally. In the evening, he held a grand dinner with Mansa City to welcome the warriors in the caravan to return successfully. However, after the banquet, some young men in the caravan immediately found their lovers and found a place where no one was to communicate their relationship.

However, the return of the caravan also marks the day when the American fleet returns. After all, the route has been explored, and the equatorial currents can indeed reach the Americas. With the help of Mansa City, they have collected various crop seeds and even built a port, which can be said to have exceeded the task.

Another important thing is that it is October of the 21st year of Zhenguan, which happened to be the calmest period on the coast of the Tang Dynasty. And Lu Wan predicted that the return time this time would definitely not exceed three months, so they could take advantage of this safest time to return to Taiwan. If they delayed again, they would likely encounter storms on the way back, causing unnecessary losses.

It is also true that on the fifth day after Liu Kata and his team returned, the fleet finally set sail again. They will go north along the coastline of Central America, then find the direction of the North Equator current, and then return along the westward current. However, Lu Wan and the others do not know that if they take this road, the situation they face may be worse than when they came to America.

When the fleet left Mansa City, the Lord of Mansa and Zito came to see them off. There were also many people in the city, especially the lovers of the crew members here, who were sad, especially among these women, there were many women with big belly. They were all pregnant with the crew members, and they were all full of tears. It was sad to see it.

Lu Wan on America One stood at the bow of the boat, and behind him were most of the crew members. Lu Wan pointed to the group of pregnant women on the shore and said, "See, those women are waiting for you to come back in the Americas. They cheered me up. This time, not only will you return to Taiwan alive, but you will also live and come to America again next time!"

"Here!" After hearing this, the crew members who were immersed in the sadness all responded. They were all seeking life at sea. Every time they went to sea, it was equivalent to putting their heads on their belts. So they had already adapted to such a life, and soon woke up from the love between children and began to get busy one by one.

The Northern Equator current is located south of the Tropic of Cancer. If you look closely on the map of later generations, you will find that there are few islands on the way through this current. The closest to America is the Hawaiian Islands in later generations, but Lu Wan and the others do not know about these. They do not know that it is more difficult to replenish supplies on the route they have chosen than when they go to America.

Just like when they came. After Lu Wan and his team left the American continent, they had not encountered any islands for nearly a month, which made Lu Wan and his team very discouraged. They thought that this American continent was really evil. In theory, the closer they were to the continent, the more islands they should be, but the opposite was true on the west coast of America. There was no way to find an island within thousands of miles.

Fortunately, there is also a Hawaiian archipelago, which just blocks the way forward of the North Equator current, so Lu Wan and the others don’t need to look for it specifically, and it’s easy to see the islands in front of them.

"Haha, it seems that I have good luck this time. I encountered this archipelago in less than a month after going to sea. I guess we will not encounter the supply crisis like the ones we came!" Lu Wan held a telescope in his hand and carefully observed the island in front of him, while laughing.

Behind Lu Wan, the crew members on the boat were cheering. After all, they had been holding on the boat for almost a month, and having a piece of land for them to pause was their only enjoyment during the voyage.

However, no matter how happy you are, you should be careful but not careless. They first drove a boat around the islands for a few times, and found that the archipelago was not very big. Although there were hundreds of islands, there were less than ten islands that could actually live in. In addition, they also found traces of native people's activities on several large islands. Even when the fleet passed one of the large islands, the native people on the island waved to them and cheered.

"Captain, are we sending people to the island to get in touch with these natives?" Feng Shijie, aboard America One, asked Lu Wan next to him.

"Of course, but it's really strange. We've seen it just now. The large island at the southern end of the archipelago has the largest area, but there seems to be no natives living there. Instead, there are many natives living on the small island in front of us?" Lu Wan looked at the cheering natives on the beach and pondered.

The fleet had already transferred several large islands in the archipelago, and finally found a large island at the southernmost end of the archipelago. The area of ​​this island is almost larger than the sum of other islands, but there were not many natives found on the island, so this made Lu Wan feel a little strange.

"Haha, maybe there are some ferocious beasts living on that big island, so the natives dare not live there." Liu Kata next to him smiled when he heard Lu Wan's question.

"It's not impossible, but let's not worry about it. Let's send someone to the island to contact us first!" After Lu Wan said that, he immediately directed the crew to put down the boat, and then arranged dozens of fully armed crew members to land.

However, in addition to weapons, these crew members also carry some small gifts, such as glass crafts. Generally speaking, as long as the natives on the island do not take the lead in using force, the crew members will use these small gifts to gain the favor of the other party, and then make the next contact, and finally have the possibility of trading with the other party.

The facts proved that the natives on the island were still very hospitable. Like most natives, they were soon bribed by the small gifts in the hands of the crew. They also knew that they brought fruits and meat from the tribe and were very generous in entertaining the crew. This situation made Lu Wan and the others feel relieved, and drove the big ship to the side of the island, and then began to land on the island to communicate with each other.

However, Lu Wan and the others soon discovered that the native languages ​​on this archipelago were very different from those of the Mayan languages, but were very similar to those of the native languages ​​on some islands around Australia. This discovery greatly increased Liu Kata's confidence because he had been exposed to this language system before and did not even need to learn it deliberately, and he could roughly understand the meaning of the other party's words.

It is precisely because of this convenience that the communication between the fleet and the natives became simple. After talking to Lu Wan and the others, they learned that this archipelago had a local name, which was transliterated as Hawaii, meaning "primitive home". The largest island in the archipelago is called Volcanic Island. The reason why there are not many natives living on the island is mainly because there is a huge volcano on the island, and it erupts from time to time. There was a major eruption many years ago, and the volcanic ash erupted almost covered the entire island. Therefore, although the area on the island is large, the natives did not dare to live there, but moved to Oahu Island in front of Lu Wan and the others.

What surprised Lu Wan and the others was that there was a large amount of sugarcane planted here, and the sugarcane yield here was extremely amazing due to the climate. Among the food they ate on the island, there were beverages made of sugarcane juice. Of course, the sugar sugar processing in Hawaii is still very primitive, unlike Taiwan, which has formed a large number of industries.

After Lu Wan and the others obtained enough food and fresh water on the island, Feng Shijie also measured the latitude and longitude of the Hawaiian Islands, which made them very depressed to find that when they came to America, they had deviated from the route because of the failure of the compass. The direction of their navigation was aimed at this Hawaiian Islands. If the fleet insisted on sailing forward for another two days, they would probably discover the island in advance, and then they would not have to worry about food later.

Feng Shijie also found that the Hawaiian Islands are almost at the same latitude as Taiwan, but the climate here is cooler than Taiwan. It is precisely for this reason that their fleet has sailed in the west direction after leaving the archipelago and is preparing to arrive directly at Taiwan.

However, Lu Wan and the others soon discovered that it was not feasible to sail in the west, because the direction of the North Equator current was a little southwest, and the monsoon was also blowing from the northeast behind it, so their course was a little southward. If nothing unexpected happened, they would eventually reach Luzon.

Another point worth mentioning is that when returning, Lu Wan and his fleet not only followed the direction of the ocean current, but also the monsoon behind them also quickly pushed their ships, which was much faster than when they went to America. So in the end, Lu Wan estimated that they might have arrived in Luzon much earlier than expected.

Just as Lu Wan's fleet was full of sails and sailing towards Luzon at the maximum speed, Li Yan from Taiwan was very troubled by two things.

The first thing is that it is located far away on Java Island in the South Ocean. It was originally the main slave-catching place of the slave-catching association, but after years of slave-catching, the local natives finally couldn't stand the oppression. In the autumn of the 21st year of Zhenguan, they joined forces to attack the strongholds established by the Han people on Java Island. So far, six strongholds have been conquered. Fortunately, these strongholds were all built near the sea. When the Han people in the stronghold could not resist, they immediately fled to the ship to go to sea, so the casualties were not too serious.
Chapter completed!