Hong Tao didn't care about the king of this small port in Malacca. If he hadn't had enough staff, he would have sent a ship to send people to turn them all into slaves, or at least they would have to be a colony. The broken city was not as big as Jinhewan, and a few grenades were thrown in and the battle was over.

Now Hong Tao is concerned about the sea conditions ahead. If you walk four or five days further, you should enter the Andaman Sea. From the Andaman Sea to the west, it is the Indian Ocean. The real trans-ocean sailing is about to begin. Hong Tao is not sure what he is waiting for him in front. Although he and the old man Luo Youderong, Bofu Bozhu, said it was quite certain, it was still very adventurous to take four ancient sailboats to do this transocean sailing.

The Indian Ocean is not yet named because there is not even India. It will not be the official name of the Indian Ocean until the 16th century. The ancient Greeks called this place the Eritrean Sea, which means the Red Sea, but they probably never came to the Indian Ocean at all, and they went back to the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabs called this sea area the Arabian Sea, and their expansion to the east was very powerful. Islam and Buddhism have been fighting in Southeast Asia. From this, it can be seen that a long time ago, the Arabs had already begun to explore the east.

Hong Tao crossed the Indian Ocean several times in his previous life. He was driving a sailboat and driving the Superman. There were both summer and winter. He studied the climate here. Generally speaking, crossing the Indian Ocean in summer is not a good choice, especially from east to west. Because the Indian Ocean has a monsoon climate. In the northern waters, the monsoon in summer is southwest wind and rainy. Sailing from east to west is equivalent to facing the wind all the way. In winter, the wind direction becomes northeast wind. It is sunny and has low precipitation. Therefore, those big food merchants were blown all the way through the southwest wind in summer and can blow to Japan. They lived in China for a few months. After having fun enough, they bought the right goods. With the northeast wind in winter, they were blown back to the Arabian Peninsula.

It sounds like this is an easy thing, but not all Arabs can come by just by driving a boat. For such a long-distance trip, they have to dock and replenish supplies from time to time along the coastline. Without accurate charts and basic measurement techniques, it is still a little bit of good luck. So, the Arabs' sea boats come in a team. There are very few ships alone. Even if there are, they will probably escape by chance when encountering a big storm.

Hong Tao has no supply points along the Indian Ocean coast, and even if he has one, he doesn't plan to take a detour along the winding coastline. If that happens, how can he reflect the value of his time traveler? So, when the fleet arrived at the Andaman Sea, just turned over the northern end of Sumatra, he uttered the flag words to the other three ships: the flagship pilot, the Zhenzhou breaks behind. Keep a nautical mile of ship distance, and the third confluence point gathers

"Right rudder 10, full sail. Tell the ship behind me." When the other three ships sent me the flag words of the order, Hong Tao walked up to the stern with his chest and belly, stood next to the rudder wheel, and issued further instructions to his two deputys, Boyu and Boyu. Now is the time for his performance. The previous voyage was commanded by the two brothers Boyu and Boyu. In addition, with the ships ahead leading him, he basically didn't care much about the course.

"Right rudder 10, the flag-spoke command of the whole sail," Boyu immediately shouted with a sharp voice when he heard Hong Tao's order. He is 12 years old this year, and he knows much more than his brother Bojiao. He has been playing a small sailboat with Hong Tao since he was 7 years old. He has been studying seriously for several years and has sufficient nutrition than Bojiao. Now he is an old sailor. He can drive the Explorer back and forth between Ximaozhou and Jinhewan. The same is true for his cousin Bojiao, who is half a year younger than him, and he is even taller than him. Boyu is always worried about this. In his opinion, it is the ideal to grow to the size of his uncle.

Under the leadership of the flagship, the four sailboats slowly raised their sails, and their course slightly tilted to the northwest, turning the side wind into the side wind. The speed immediately increased. The heavy bow of the ship split the waves, tilted slightly to the right, and headed towards the depths of the vast sea.

This 1,500-kilometer sea route is probably the most thrilling part that everyone in the fleet has experienced except Hong Tao. Every day, there are strong winds from morning to night, the wind speed level is about 10 meters per second, and the wind speed is about six or seven levels. What is this wind speed? If it is on land, thick branches will be blown back and forth, and the wires will make whimpering sounds. It is already difficult to hold an umbrella. On the sea, the sky and earth are white, and the waves will be blown by the strong wind, all of which are splashed. The waves are about three or four meters high, and the waves can swing back and forth to reach 40 degrees. The bow of the ship has just been raised and it is pierced again. If you are not seasick, don't look at the bow of the ship. Staring at a few minutes, you will have to vomit immediately.

It's better to be strong, so it's right to ride the wind and waves. It's wrong. Whether it's wind facing the wind or the wind is good, the higher the wind speed, the more the sails will fall, otherwise the mast will not be able to stand it. Everyone is stunned by the crack. How to sail in the strong wind tests the level of a captain. He not only needs to have an understanding of the wind speed, but also needs to understand the condition of his own ship. He can make full use of the wind to provide enough power for the ship, and not to ruin the mast and leave plenty of margin.

The reason why Hong Tao wanted to be a flagship was not as simple as leading the way. It was more important to replace the other three captains and help them choose the state of sails. These four ships used the same batch of wood, so their performance was basically the same, which was also due to the pine and hardwood that were burned by wildfires and naturally dried for more than ten years in Jinhewan. In general, it is difficult to find such a large number of wood with similar performance to build several similar ships. Even if the trees cut from different batches have different performances, the performance will be different after different times.

Since the four ships have similar performance and similar load capacity, Hong Tao can bring his sailing experience to the extreme and sail in formation with them. Each command on the flagship is transmitted to the next ship by the lookout hand on the mast in a flag language. One ship is passed on one ship, and the four ships are commanded by Hong Tao alone. The same sailing number is the same, and the speed is naturally the same, and the entire formation can be maintained very well. At the same time, the captain of each ship can also carefully observe how to use sails to protect the masts in such sea conditions and how to effectively form them.

At night, three strings of large lanterns will be hung on the top of the three masts. These lanterns are also specially made. The outside is a thin whale skin, the inside is a clever universal ball, and the middle is a round candle and counterweight. No matter how the lanterns shake, the candle will never fall. Even if the lantern is turned over, the candle will still rush up. Relying on the simple changes in the number of lanterns and the Moores code, simple sentences can still be transmitted to each other. This is the 13th century sea night communication device that Hong Tao figured out. The effect should be good. Of course, there is a prerequisite for this. Whether it is a flag or a light signal, it requires weather assistance. If the sea conditions are too bad, it is cloudy, rainy and foggy, you can only ask for more blessings. Once you leave the formation, don't bother looking for other ships and navigate directly to the nearest confluence point and wait.

Fourteen days have passed, and seabirds finally appeared in the sky, and the front is not far from the land or island. If Hong Tao’s sextant is not wrong, then this place should be near 83 degrees east longitude 7 degrees north latitude, and the one that appears in front is probably Sri Lanka. At this time, it should be called the Lion Kingdom or Ceylon. As for whether lions are born here, Hong Tao is not sure, anyway, there should be no lions here in later generations.

It is located in the southernmost part of the Indian continent. It has been the origin of ruby ​​sapphires and cat-eye gems since ancient times. The Arab merchants brought them to the goods sold by the Song Dynasty, and there were many gems. They said they were produced from Dashi. In fact, they bullied the Dashi merchants rarely traveled so far. They exchanged these gems with spices from Ceylon in the middle of the journey. They had already made a fortune, and then brought them to Dashi, and made another fortune. So Luo Youde said that the Dashi merchants who came to the Song Dynasty, whether they lived in Guangzhou or Quanzhou, were all rich. How could they not be rich? They made money twice along the way, and whoever did this kind of business would have to be rich.

Now Hong Tao is helping the Song people to smash the Arabs' transactions. I can't control how you made money in the past. Now I, Hong Lunbu, Hong Zhelun, have come, so I will rest. From now on, this Maritime Silk Road will be named Jin. Only sea ships authorized by Jinhe Company are allowed to travel. If ships from other countries want to run, they have to pay taxes to Jinhe Ocean Resources Management Co., Ltd. but don't pay one. The security company's fleet sinks you in minutes, the goods are confiscated, and people are taken away as slaves. Are you afraid of evading taxes?

What, you said this is the high seas, why should you pay taxes? You are just unreasonable. You haven't seen the first rule of Jinhe Company. Any sea area within the captain's sight is the territorial waters of Jinhe Company. Oh, if you don't admit this rule, it doesn't matter. If you hit you once, you will know next time. Not only will you remember it, but you will remember it very clearly, and you will never forget it in your life.

What, you said you didn’t do business with Jinhe Company? This is such a cliché method, and you still dare to use it. The security guard of Jinhe Company got on the boat and the ocean, and when he got off the boat, he was still the same thing. Are you afraid of the urban management who was pushing the cannon?

Which country dares to say that it is not doing business? Grenades are served in minutes. You will blow up any ports for you. If you have the ability, you will move all the residents to the mainland, and you will not go to the sea. Without this ability, you will honestly open the ports to me, and you will have to sign unequal treaties, and you will have to get a few pieces of concessions. As for which country to choose to take action first, Hong Tao has not yet thought about it. That thing is the future development trend. At present, Jinhe Company's strength is not so proud enough. To be continued.
Chapter completed!