Capital Datang

The morning sunlight came in through the gap in the cabin door, just hitting Feng Shijie's eyes, which made him rub his eyes involuntarily, then looked up at the sky outside, and then got out of the hammock stand up

Feng Shijie is the surveyor of the fleet, and his status is only under Lu Wan, so he also enjoys some privileges on board. For example, he has his own separate cabin just like Lu Wan. More crew members are needed, but with the lack of food on board during this period, Lu Wan took the lead in canceling the privileges of food and drinking water, so now Feng Shijie is treated the same as ordinary crew members

Standing up from the bed, Feng Shijie felt a lot of sweat all over his body, sticky and very uncomfortable. This is because he was sleeping shirtless, and a human figure appeared on the hammock. If he was wearing clothes, it would be even more uncomfortable.

"It's so hot in the early morning, it's worse than the climate in Luzon!" Feng Shijie muttered, bent down to pick up his clothes and prepared to put them on, but what made him depressed was that every piece of clothes had a strange smell. The weather was so hot last night, so I decided not to wear it at all. I wore a pair of underpants and walked onto the deck barefoot.

The sun had already risen more than a foot above the bow of the ship. The crew on duty last night had already had breakfast, and then they went back to rest together in twos and threes. I was very hungry, but I was not in a hurry to get my food. Instead, I took out a tool to measure the latitude and longitude of the fleet, and then went to the captain's room to record in detail. Capital Datang 569

"Captain, have you eaten yet?" After Feng Shijie finished recording, he looked at Lu Wan who was drawing the chart and asked

"No, help me bring the things here!" Lu Wan said without raising his head, holding a ruler and a charcoal pen in both hands, and kept drawing on the white silk

"Okay!" Feng Shijie agreed, and then went to the material demand officer at the stern to get breakfast for the two of them. Now they and the crew eat the same thing. Take this breakfast as an example, it is actually a hard stone. Bacon, there is another piece of bread that is a little bigger than bacon but harder, and at the end is a glass of water

Although there are not many of these things, people will not die from hunger. However, since the reduction of food, the crew members in the fleet seem to be a little panicked. Can wait to die

In fact, Feng Shijie was also a little apprehensive. After all, when facing life and death, it would be a lie if he said he was not afraid. It was just that when he agreed to Lu Wan to join the fleet, he had already prepared for this in his heart, and he had already settled down at home. That's right, and if they really can't go back, His Royal Highness King Qi will definitely take care of their families, so Feng Shijie doesn't have any regrets in his heart, but he still has some regrets in his heart for not being able to reach America

Returning to the captain's room with breakfast, Lu Wan was already busy, and was sitting on a chair to rest with his eyes closed. When Feng Shijie came in, Lu Wan opened his eyes and glanced at him, and then reached out to take his own breakfast. When it came to two breakfasts that were harder than rocks, I couldn't help but smile wryly

I saw Feng Shijie sitting down opposite Lu Wan, reaching out and grabbing a sharp dagger from the side, and then chopping up the bacon and bread bit by bit. Seeing how he was struggling, it was almost like cutting wood. Fortunately, the bacon was Newly made in the past two years, if it is kept for a few more years, it is estimated that even a dagger will not be able to cut it open

Then Feng Shijie put the chopped bacon and noodles into a bowl, and poured the water next to it into it. After soaking for a while, Feng Shijie drank the bowl of black and yellow paste into his stomach. To be honest, although the appearance of this thing looks disgusting, the taste is not bad, especially the smell of wine in the water, which really hooked Feng Shijie's wine worms out, but unfortunately the smell of wine in the water is too weak to taste at all. enjoyable

There are two types of fresh water stored on board Lu Wan and the others. One is ordinary fresh water, which is boiled beforehand and loaded onto the ship. This way, it can be stored for quite a long time. However, if this kind of water passes a certain period of time, it will still become muddy. It stinks, so generally only the crew of short- and medium-distance transportation will use this kind of fresh water. As for the other kind of fresh water, it is actually similar to the first kind, it is boiled water, but there is an extra process, that is Add high-strength alcohol to the water, and then seal it for storage. This kind of fresh water with alcohol can be stored for several months without deterioration. Therefore, as long as it is a long-distance ship, a lot of this light alcohol will be stored.

In addition to fresh water, there will also be a considerable amount of spirits stored on board, especially Taiwan's sugarcane production is getting higher and higher, and many people are already using sugarcane to make wine, which also makes the price of wine lower and lower. Drifting at sea, bears considerable mental pressure, and drinking is undoubtedly a good way to reduce pressure, and the captain often uses spirits as rewards for the crew, and sometimes it is necessary to add spirits to store fresh water, so Crew has become another big customer for spirits sales

Lu Wan didn't like soaking food, but took a dagger and cut the bacon and bread into slices, and then ate them together. It's just that you need a good set of teeth, otherwise the bacon won't be crushed, and the big teeth will be fine. Can't be knocked off

"These bacon and noodles are spare food. I didn't expect to use them one day, but the taste is really not very good." Lu Wan said while chewing. Unfortunately, after chewing for a long time, he still couldn't swallow it. Finally, he drank it. Only after saliva is sent into the stomach

After hearing this, Feng Shijie smiled wryly and said: "It's good to have something to eat. When we first went to sea, we could guarantee that the fire would be raised once a day, and the crew could also have a hot meal, but now the fuel on the ship is almost used up." It's over, the rest is for emergency use, and even if the ordinary food is not eaten, the rest will go bad, only these bacon, dry bread and other things are well preserved, but it seems that there are not many, I guess In two days, we still don't know what to eat?"

However, Lu Wan seemed very optimistic, and said with a smile: "In fact, we still have a lot of fresh water on board, and we also have food. For example, in order to preserve these bacon and bread, in addition to removing water in advance, we also need to preserve them. In the bran, these bran can also be eaten, and there are also some things made of cow and sheep skin, such as boots, belts, etc., if you are very hungry, eating it can also save your life!"

Hearing Lu Wan's words, Feng Shijie immediately showed a wry smile and said, "If I get to the point where I eat bran and leather belts, I'd rather go to sea to eat sea vegetables."

Seeing Feng Shijie's bitter face, Lu Wan laughed loudly and said: "Shi Jie, actually, it might not be that way, maybe we will meet a big fish group, and we will catch a few more fish at that time." Dried fish made from nets, although this food is not very tasty, but at least it is much stronger than bran.”

"I hope!" Feng Shijie said without much confidence. It's strange to say it, and he doesn't know if it's because of the ocean current or their bad luck.During this period of time, I didn’t encounter any fish at all, and every time I caught them, the harvest was very small, and I couldn’t supply everyone at all. Now thinking about the exploration in Nanyang, it’s like a paradise compared to now.

After breakfast, Feng Shijie turned around on the deck, and then returned to the cabin to lie down. This was mainly due to the lack of food, and it had already been changed from three meals a day to two meals a day. As long as there was nothing to do At that time, most of the crew would choose to rest and Lu Wan climbed to the observation deck on the mast with his binoculars after finishing the affairs on board, and then looked around, for fear of passing by some unknown island, after all, now As long as an island can be found, most of their current food crisis can be solved

However, Feng Shijie was not very optimistic about Lu Wan's actions, because when the food crisis first occurred, Lu Wan stayed on the lookout every day to watch, but now half a month has passed, but there is still not a single island. See, this shows that the sea area where they are located probably has no islands in the first place Capital Datang 569

Sure enough, Lu Wan came down from the observation deck in great disappointment until the evening, and at this time Feng Shijie had already received a dinner. Compared with a simple breakfast, this dinner was a bit more 'rich', and the staple food was still noodles, but But sprinkle some water, it is no longer so hard, there are more than a dozen sprouts, two pieces of canned meat, and a bowl of black sugar water

Beans are a must-have item for every sea-going ship. They are mainly used to grow bean sprouts. I heard that this was proposed by His Royal Highness Qi. Eating bean sprouts can prevent some diseases. In addition, beans are rich in nutrients, so there are usually a lot of them on board. Lu Wan and their fleet brought quite a lot, and they haven’t finished eating them yet. There is also cane sugar, which was originally used as a commodity for trading with the natives on the island, but now that food is scarce, they can only be brought help

Lu Wan sandwiched the canned meat between the noodles, swallowed it in a few mouthfuls, picked up the bean sprouts one by one, and ate them into his mouth carefully. Vegetables on the sea surface are really too precious, and bean sprouts are what they can eat. As for the last bowl of sugar water, Lu Wan sighed. The material demand officer even brought out the traded goods. It seems that the food on board is really going to be exhausted.

The next day, the food was worse than yesterday. The bacon and bread in the morning were smaller, and the canned meat in the evening changed from two slices to one slice. Lu Wan still climbed to the observation deck after breakfast. , looking around with the binoculars, but unfortunately at night, still nothing

On the third day, the bacon and noodle cakes in the morning were smaller again, and the sugar water was replaced with a sweet and salty soup at night. I heard that it was the soup left over from the original pickled sweet cabbage, and then added water. The soup made tastes weird

On the fourth day, there was only a small piece of bread for breakfast. Some crew members in the fleet were already preparing suicide notes, and some crew members were very emotionally unstable. However, on this day, Lu Wan on the observation deck suddenly discovered a life-saving thing (to be continued...)