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Chapter 1116 San Francisco Bay
"The current speed of the waves has decreased. It seems that they have been blocked by the land, and they have begun to separate in the north and south directions." Cao Bianjiao looked at the continental shelf of North America from the bow of the ship.

The range of the North Pacific warm current is too large, spanning almost seven latitudes and more than 700 kilometers from north to south.

"It is not only blocked by the continental shelf, but also affected by the wind belt. The warm current forms a bifurcation here. The northward diversion is affected by the westerly belt, and the southward diversion is affected by the northeast trade wind." Zheng Zhihu as Zheng Zhilong's younger brother, who had studied in the Navy Lecture Hall for several years, was one of the first batch of students trained by the Navy Lecture Hall.

As an academy for cultivating excellent navigators and naval officers, knowledge of astronomy and geography is an essential course.

"It seems that there is still some distance from the Jinshan Bay we are looking for." Zheng Zhihu asked people to calculate the position of the fleet on the chart.

"Should we sail north or south?" Cao Bianjiao asked.

"According to the azimuth and the most detailed world map of our Admiralty, Jinshan Bay should sail south along the edge of the coast. If Jinshan Bay has not been found after sailing south for five days, it means that we have made a mistake in our estimation, and we will turn back north at that time However, it will take time and effort to go against the ocean current, often more than twice the time. I hope that there will be no large-scale storms before finding Jinshan Bay." Zheng Zhihu said.

Zheng Zhihu already knew the specific outline and location of America, as well as the world map and various nautical charts before setting off. Knowing his own position and the target to visit is better than navigators aimlessly searching for the new continent at the beginning of the great age of voyages. many.At the beginning of the era of great exploration, the location of the unknown continent was not known, and voyagers often collapsed because of the boundless unknown continent and sea area.For example, when the Magellan fleet was in South America, some of the crew did not know when and when they would be able to sail around the world, so they rebelled and hijacked some of the ships to return to Europe.

Zheng Zhihu and other experienced sailors were not wrong in their judgment. They sailed south along the west coast of North America and discovered San Francisco Bay in just three days.

The fleet came in from the estuary where the Golden Gate Bridge was located, which is the vast San Francisco Bay Area, an excellent harbor on the west coast.

"Li Yizhu, look quickly, this is Jinshan Bay! There are many mountains along the coast, and there seem to be endless tall mountains at the end of the east!" The members of the agricultural team shouted excitedly on the deck.

Li Yizhu was on the deck, and two Caucasian puppies, Xiao Hei and Xiao Hui, were following her and wagging their tails excitedly. They came from the Caucasus mountains and seemed to be full of longing for the mountains.

"I don't know if there are flat rivers flooding the plains. If there are, we can open up farms there." Li Yizhu looked around.

In fact, such excellent harbors are generally formed by huge inland rivers flowing into the sea. The valley of the Sacramento River Basin is a good agricultural area. If it can be developed, it can fully meet the food supply of the colony.To the east is the Sierra Nevada, with large forest resources and gold mines.

"Let the reserve ship dock to find out the depth." Zheng Zhihu mobilized the sixth sailboat in the fleet.

The other ships were loaded with a lot of men and supplies, and the sixth sailboat was a reserve ship in case other ships ran aground or sank in the wind and rain.When it is necessary to explore whether there are hidden reefs in the harbor, the reserve ships come in handy.

Under the driving of the sailors, the reserve ship took the lead in landing on the coastline near the San Francisco peninsula.A dozen sailors went down to the beach with muskets on their backs, their shoes and trousers were wet by sea water, and they set foot on this land for the first time.

"It is said that a captain named Drake in Britain discovered this place during his voyage around the world decades ago. We have missed an era." Zheng Zhihu leaned against the side of the ship, where there is plenty of sunshine, and the water surface of the big harbor flows slowly. Let the people who are separated from the boundless ocean have a lazy feeling.

The unknown continent is not as wild as everyone imagined, it just lacks the history of human development, especially the temperate coastal zone is more suitable for the Chinese civilization at the same latitude as a colonization point.

"But now we are starting to catch up with the age of great voyages, aren't we? Fengshui turns, and we will still be the most brilliant civilization." Cao Bianjiao is not pessimistic about the era lost on the ocean after Zheng He's voyages, at least for now The Pacific has a tendency to become an imperial sea.

The first batch of sailors who landed explored the surrounding deeper land area after landing, and roughly explored a range of more than three miles before sending all safety signals to the other five ships still on the water.

The remaining five sailboats, loaded with key personnel, then followed the exploration ship's route and docked.

"It's time to disembark!" the captains urged.

The expedition team got off the sailboat one by one, as well as the accompanying farmers, herdsmen and their families.As for the livestock brought in, they are still parked on the sailboats. They need to find suitable flat land or valleys as the starting point for the North American colony, and then build towns, reclaim farmland, and build this place into a place where hundreds or thousands of people can live normally. harbor.

Two Caucasian puppies followed behind Li Yizhu shaking their heads, shaking their bodies to shake off the salty sea water, splashing Li Yizhu and the people around them.

"I don't know if there is a river nearby. We want to change into a set of slightly cleaner clothes." The women in the expedition team couldn't wait to find the river to take a bath and change into clean clothes.

People who have sailed on the sea for more than a month have no chance to take a bath. Although the sea is full of water, it is salty sea water.Women who love cleanliness have long been unbearable.Even male sailors and others want to find a place to wash off the dirt.

"Gold mines in the Sierra Nevada..." Cao Bianjiao didn't pay much attention to the issue of bathing, but was looking at the Sierra Nevada, which is faintly visible in the far east. Gold mines near the Sierra Nevada.

"Do you think there are any indigenous tribes around here?" Zheng Zhihu asked Cao Bianjiao.

"It's hard to say... Whether it's the military or the scholars in the Beijing Normal University, they don't know the distribution of the aboriginal tribes in North America. It may be that the aborigines in the New World are so scattered that they don't have a decent kingdom or even a social order. Even Even iron can't be cast." Cao Bianjiao said.

"This continent is too closed, and a civilization that stands still can't become a powerful civilization, and a civilization that is backward can only end up being reduced to our labor force." Zheng Zhihu said.

(End of this chapter)