Chapter 638 It seems that I went a little off track
Now when it comes to big ships, Li Er feels depressed. There are so many big ships floating in the waters of the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately they are not his own.
I had the audacity to ask my daughter for some of the ships I owned to transport grain!
However, Su Chen's shipyard has been busy building warships, and ordinary ships are not enough for him.
Of course, it is impossible to give Li Er much.
"Hmph! Damn the Xingyang Zheng family and the Lanling Xiao family, do you really think I can't build a big ship?"
"After I train these great craftsmen, I will let you know that I am not only the emperor of the land, but also the king of the sea!"
Li Er cursed a few words secretly, and Li Er regretted it later.
If I had known, the size of the Royal Navy would have been expanded, so that when Su Chen left, some of his people would be able to stay in the Tang Dynasty.
Now that Su Chen has taken away almost all the Royal Navy warships, the pirates have become rampant again.
Without a navy, there is really nothing we can do against the pirates supported by these noble families.
To form a new fleet, we need no ships, no people, and a large group of people are holding us back.
It really annoys me to death!
If Su Chen's navy is still in the territory, these clowns dare to come out and prance around?
…
"Ah sneeze!"
Su Chen, who was far away in the Arabian Sea, sneezed!
"Someone in the Tang Dynasty must have missed me!"
Li Chengqian rolled his eyes at him,
"Teacher, you are sure you are here. It is the same as before, the sea and the sky are the same everywhere,"
"We've been searching for a while, but we haven't found any land!"
Su Chen glared at him: "Did you learn navigation in vain along the way?"
Li Chengqian said: "The navigation calculation taught by Mr. Song can only calculate our position, but it cannot calculate where there is land."
After not seeing the land for more than half a month, Li Chengqian felt a little irritable again!
At this moment, the lookout on the mast shouted happily:
"land!"
"Land discovered!"
Su Chen Yile: "Direction, mainland or island?"
"40 degrees west by south!"
"The island is a big island!"
Su Chen was stunned: "Southern?"
"Slow down the fleet!"
"Don't hit the reefs near the island or anything like that!"
The fleet began to slow down, and soon everyone saw the sea channel in the distance.
"First find a place to dock, and then we'll take measurements and calculate the position. I guess we're a little off track!"
The fleet circled the island and finally found a place to dock.
The Marines came back and reported that there were indigenous people on the island, but not many and they couldn't understand the language!
"Let's go up and have a look,"
"The wind and waves around this broken island are very strong, and there is no good port. It is really not easy for the fleet to dock!"
Su Chen and Li Chengqian were about to land on the island. Yuchi Baolin, who was accompanying them, hesitated and said: "Your Highness, Marshal, on the island..."
"What's going on on the island? Don't you say that the natives on the island are not in danger?"
"It's not the residents of the island, it's the animals and plants on the island. They are too ugly. Don't scare His Highness..."
Li Chengqian glared at Yuchi Baolin: "In the tropical rain forest, what kind of animals and plants have not been seen before and can still scare people?"
After everyone landed on the island, Su Chen finally understood why Yuchi Baolin was hesitating just now.
The flora and fauna on the island are so fucking sci-fi!
Li Chengqian's eyes widened: "Teacher, are you sure this is a normal plant!"
"Why is it abnormal? There are branches, leaves and flowers."
"Are you sure this is a tree trunk?"
Su Chen glanced at the swollen tree trunk and nodded: "I guess most of the plants on this island have this virtue."
Su Chen also roughly guessed where he had arrived.
Li Chengqian couldn't bear to look at the flora and fauna on the island, so he returned to the boat to rest.
At noon the next day, after many careful measurements and comparing it with the map redeemed by the system, Su Chen confirmed his guess.
The fleet did not dock directly in the southwest of the Dashi Peninsula, but ran to Socotra Island in the east of the Horn of Africa.
However, the difference between the two is only a few hundred miles.
At this time, the Persians also got some information from the local residents.
The Persians told Suchen that the locals should speak the language of the Ham people, and they called the island Banhe.
"We did go a little off track, but compared to a voyage of more than 6,000 miles, this deviation is normal!"
"We are now on an island called Banhe by the Ham people. To the west is the Somali Peninsula of Africa and to the north is the Dashi Peninsula, only a few hundred miles away."
Su Chen took out the map and introduced it to everyone.
As for why Su Chen has a map of this area?
Just say that it was left to you by your master.
Anyway, Li Er and many ministers knew that Su Chen had a very awesome master who gave him many weird treasures.
Everyone gathered around the map, and Liu Ren asked: "Is this the Dashi Peninsula?
So we have reached our destination."
"In fact, it is better to come to this island than to go directly to the Dashi Peninsula, so as not to attract the attention of the Dashi people prematurely."
"How can we carefully plan our trip to Dashi Peninsula here?"
Su Chen nodded: "That's true. We found an island not far from the Dashi Peninsula by mistake this time."
"We don't know anything about Dashi now. It's not a good idea for the fleet to approach the Dashi Peninsula directly,"
"I'm going to send a small number of ships to observe the enemy's situation near the Dashi Peninsula first and collect some intelligence. What do you think?"
Liu Rengui frowned: "Commander, the shape of our ship is too obvious. Once it approaches the Dashi Peninsula, it will probably arouse the alert of the Dashi people. It may not be easy to collect intelligence in this way."
"It's better to find a local boat. That would be easier."
Everyone agreed with Liu Rengui's proposal, but where to find local ships?
The few small fishing boats owned by the indigenous people on the island definitely can’t do it!
Liu Rengui pointed to the west side of the map and asked: "Commander, we are closer to the Somali Peninsula than to Dashi."
"Does the commander know anything about the situation over there?"
Su Chen shook his head and said: "I don't know much about the situation here, but it is so close to Dashi."
“The Somali Peninsula is known as the Red Sea Gate!”
"You have also seen from the map that there is a bay across the Dashi Peninsula,"
"So I estimate that there is a high probability that it is now controlled by a giant cannibal."
Su Chen only knew that in later generations this area was synonymous with poverty, turmoil and piracy.
Who knows what was going on here in the seventh century AD? During the past life history lesson, Su Chen felt that he must have fallen asleep.
It was the first time for Su Chen to hear about the Ham people mentioned by the Persians just now.
But Su Chen thought for a moment, aren't there indigenous people on this island? They should know something about the situation, right?
"How well do those Persians communicate with the natives on the island?"
After a while, Cheng Wuting came back with several Persians.
