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After a night's rest, the caravan led by Liu Kata went on the road again early the next morning. There were fifty elite sailors in their team, and there were hundreds of Mayan warriors in addition. They didn't dare to provoke them, so they didn't worry about safety issues. [Supreme Aura]

After another five days of traveling, the caravan finally returned to Mansa City, and Lu Wan, who received the news, greeted them in person. In the evening, he and Mansa City jointly held a grand dinner to welcome the warriors in the caravan They returned victorious, but after the banquet, some boys in the caravan immediately found their lovers impatiently, and went to find a place where no one was around to exchange feelings.

However, the return of the caravan also means that the return of the American fleet is coming. After all, the route has been explored, and the equatorial ocean currents can indeed reach America, and with the help of Mansa City, they have also collected various crop seeds. , and even built a port, it can be said that the task has been overfulfilled.

In addition, the most important point is that it is already October of the 21st year of Zhenguan, which happens to be the calmest period along the coast of Datang, and Lu Wan predicts that the return time will definitely not exceed three months, so they completely You can take advantage of this safest time to return to Taiwan. If you delay any longer, you may encounter a storm on the way back, which will cause unnecessary losses.

It is also true that on the fifth day after Liucata and the others returned, the fleet finally set sail again. They will go north along the coastline of Central America, and then find the direction of the North Equatorial Current, and then follow this westward ocean current return.It's just that Lu Wan and the others don't know.If they go this way, the situation they face may be even worse than when they came to America.Capital Datang 591

When the fleet left Mansa City.Both Mansa City Lord and Zituo came to see them off. In addition, many people in the city, especially the lovers of the crew members here, were all sad, especially among these women, there were many The women with big bellies were pregnant with the seeds of the crew, and all of them were teary.It's heartbreaking to watch.

Lu Wan on America [-] was standing at the bow of the ship, with most of the crew behind him, he saw Lu Wan pointing to the group of pregnant women on the shore and said: "See, those women are waiting for you to come back in America. Everyone cheer me up, not only will you return to Taiwan alive this time, but you will also come to America alive next time!"

"Here!" The crew who were still immersed in grief just now heard this.They all responded with a bang, these people are all living at sea, and every time they go to sea, it is equivalent to pinning their heads to their belts, so they have long adapted to this kind of life, and soon woke up from the love of their children , One by one, they started to get busy.

The Northern Equatorial Current lies south of the Tropic of Cancer.If you look carefully on the maps of later generations, you will find that there are very few islands on the way this ocean current passes, and the closest to America is the Hawaiian Islands of later generations, but these Lu Wan and the others don't know about it.I also didn't know that on the route I chose, it would be more difficult to get supplies than when going to America.

Same as when it came.After Lu Wan and the others left the American continent, they hadn’t encountered any islands for nearly a month. This made Lu Wan and the others very discouraged. However, the west coast of America is just the opposite. There is not even a single island within thousands of miles.

Fortunately, there is also a Hawaiian Islands, which are just in the way of the North Equatorial Current, so Lu Wan and the others don't have to look for them, and they can easily see the islands in front of them.

"Haha, it looks like we're lucky this time. We encountered this archipelago less than a month after going out to sea. I guess we won't encounter the supply crisis like we did when we came here again!" Lu Wan held a binoculars and observed carefully. The island in front, said while laughing.

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

But they are happy, and they should be careful but not sloppy. They first drove around the islands a few times, and found that this archipelago is not very big. There were less than ten islands in the sea, and they also found traces of native people's activities on several large islands. Even when the fleet passed one of the big islands, the native people on the island waved and cheered to them.

"Captain, shall we send someone to the island to get in touch with these natives?" Feng Shijie on America [-] asked Lu Wan next to him.

"Of course, but it's really strange. We have seen it just now. The big island at the southern end of Mingming Islands has the largest area, but there doesn't seem to be any native people living there. On the contrary, the small island in front of us is full of people. Are there many natives living there?" Lu Wan thought while looking at the cheering natives on the beach.

The fleet has already visited several large islands in the archipelago, and finally found a large island at the southernmost tip of the archipelago. The area of ​​this island is almost larger than the sum of other islands, but there are not many islands found A native, 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." Hearing Lu Wan's question, Liu Kata next to him laughed.

"It's not impossible, but don't worry, let's send people to the island to get in touch first!" After Lu Wan finished speaking, he immediately ordered the crew to put down the boat, and then arranged for dozens of fully armed crew to land.

But in addition to weapons, these crew members also carried some small gifts, such as glass crafts and the like.Generally speaking, as long as the natives on the island don't take the lead in using force, the crew will use these small gifts to gain the other party's favor, and then proceed to the next step of contact, and finally may trade with the other party.

Facts have proved that the natives on the island are still very hospitable. Like most of the natives, they were quickly bought by the small gifts in the hands of the crew, and they also knew how to bring fruits and meat from the tribe, which was very generous. Entertain the crew.This situation reassured Lu Wan and the others, they drove the big boat to the side of the island, and then began to board the island to communicate with each other.

However, Lu Wan and the others soon discovered that the language of the natives on this archipelago was very different from the Mayan language, but was very similar to the native languages ​​of some islands around Australia.This discovery greatly boosted Liu Kata's confidence, because he had been exposed to this language family before, and he could understand the meaning of the other party's words even without deliberately learning.

It is precisely because of this convenience that the communication between the fleet and the natives became easier. After talking with Lu Wan and the others, they learned that this island has a native language name, which is transliterated as Hawaii, which means "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 will erupt from time to time. There was one time many years ago. After the eruption, the erupted volcanic ash almost covered the entire island, so although the island was large, the natives did not dare to live there, and instead moved to Oahu in front of Lu Wan and the others.

In addition, what surprised Lu Wan and the others was that a large amount of sugarcane was planted here, and because of the climate, the sugarcane production here was extremely amazing. Among the foods they ate on the island, there was sugarcane juice. drinks.Of course, sugar processing here in Hawaii is still very primitive, unlike Taiwan where a large number of industries have formed.Capital Datang 591

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. The result made them very depressed. The direction they were sailing was towards the Hawaiian Islands. If the fleet insisted on sailing for another two days, they would probably have discovered the Islands in advance, and then they would not have to worry about food afterwards.

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 also for this reason that after leaving the islands, their fleet has been sailing due west, preparing to reach Taiwan directly.

But soon Lu Wan and the others discovered that it was not feasible to sail along the due west direction, because the direction of the north equatorial ocean current was a little west and south, and the monsoon also kept blowing from the northeast behind, so Their course has been a little bit southerly, and if there is no accident, they will finally reach Luzon.

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

And just when Lu Wan's fleet was full of sails and sailing towards Luzon at the maximum speed, Li Yin from Taiwan was extremely troubled by two things.

The first thing to do was Java Island in Southeast Asia, which was originally the main slave hunting ground of the slave hunting association. However, after years of slave hunting, the local natives were finally overwhelmed by oppression. They began to attack the strongholds established by the Han people on Java Island. So far, six strongholds have been conquered. Fortunately, these strongholds were built near the sea. Not too serious.

The other thing is about Li Shimin. This incident caused Li Yin a headache even more than the uprising in Java Island. He even thought about whether to go back to Chang'an again, otherwise he really didn't know how to solve this matter? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)