The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

After a short period of celebration, everyone continued to set sail, and the ship moved along the black water.

Another two hours passed, and it was now afternoon. The hot sun in the sky made everyone sweat. There was not much fresh water on board, and it was estimated that each person could only drink half a small cup.

Abbas was secretly anxious. The extreme shortage of fresh water resources is really terrible. Fortunately, since fresh water has always been in charge of a very sincere old sailor, Abbas told this old sailor not to Leak the amount of fresh water storage, because once everyone knows it, it will hurt everyone's confidence. A team that has no fresh water and causes panic can't last long.

"Captain, give me some water, I haven't had any water for half a day."

A panting sailor ran to the helm cabin and asked Abbas.

Abbas has not closed his eyes much for two nights. He has been staying in the cockpit and holding the steering wheel. His eyes are bloodshot at the moment. With too many unstable variables, as the captain of a ship, he has been withstood tremendous pressure. A few days ago, he sadly and accidentally lost a sailor partner. Now this is related to the lives of the eighteen partners on the ship, and he dare not be careless at all.

Recovering his thoughts, Abbas pursed his dry and violent lips. He also forgot that he didn't drink a drop of water that day.

"Well, Puhe, hold on for a while, and you can drink water when the sun sets."

Abbas smiled lightly to comfort the old sailor who had always been very important to him, and then told a white lie: "Don't worry, I will let you have a full drink then, go back to your post now, pay attention to the measurement of sea current and wind speed, fearless navigator."

"Obey! My good partner Abbas...you have to hold on, we agreed to return to the Persian Gulf together alive, and we made an appointment next spring, and our family is waiting for you at the port."

The subtle expression in Abbas's eyes did not conceal Puhe, an old sailor. His long-term sailing career has rich experience.Bahe was keenly aware that there were not many water sources on the boat, and the worst estimate was that there should be no water left.

Puhe said meaningfully, and then chose to remain silent. He patted the captain's shoulder, and Abbas was inexplicably moved by his encouraging gaze, and sighed in his heart:

"Until you find fresh water, good Puhe, you must hold on, my old partner, and the rest of the voyage will be left to the great Allah to bless you."

Abis quickly sailed northwestward in the hot equatorial monsoon, chopping the waves all the way, extremely fast.Abbas stabilized his mood and then calmly directed the sailors to move forward.

He estimated that the merchant ship had already arrived in the waters of Malacca, and there were likely to be island groups in the northwest. As long as the islands were found and landed, the problem of fresh water shortage would not be a big problem.

The ship was sailing in front of the black water, and a sailor stood on the high platform of the mast overlooking the observation route. Suddenly he shouted to his companions on the deck below:

"Look at a distance of about three nautical miles to the northwest, there is a white current there!"

Soon, under the guidance of the sailor, everyone saw a line of white currents on the sea level in the distance.Abbas immediately ordered the sailors to change the direction of the three sails, and the merchant ship drove towards the white torrent sea.

"Weird things happen every year, especially this year. Now we encounter white sea water, milky white, Lao Guo, do you think this is like the fragrant goat milk tea that Turkic Tartars often drink in felt tents!"

Fatty was surprised to see the white ocean current under the hull. He couldn't help swallowing his saliva because of his hunger and thirst. If it was goat's milk, Fatty would not hesitate to jump down and drink it to his heart's content. Even if he drowned, he would be satisfied.

Guo Nuan looked at the water below with serious eyes. He felt very puzzled. Because he was too absorbed in thinking about the problem, he ignored the fat man's words.

To say that the phenomenon in front of me is indeed very strange. The black water and the white water meet to form a winding water line that winds until the end of the distance. These two streams are like well water that does not interfere with river water. The right side is black. Flowing, while on the left is white water flowing, unusually stable, without any blending.

"Guo Nuan, you said the 'place where black and white meet' suggested by the ancient text on the turtle shell..." Pei Pei quietly stood beside Guo Nuan and asked her own question.

"Well, I guess the answer to this sentence has been found."

Guo Nuan nodded, he knew what Pei Pei was referring to before he finished guessing the second half of the sentence.Immediately, the two wooden barrels were put down, and Guo Nuan filled the barrels with white and black sea water and brought them to the deck.

Dip it with your hands and feel the coolness. "The white water is cooler than the black water, and the black water is warm. Where does the white water come from?"

Anyone who has studied elementary physics knows that black color absorbs heat more easily than white color, and this problem of temperature difference can be explained.Regarding the incompatibility of black and white water, Guo Nuan guessed that there was a chemical reaction involved, but he didn't know why the components of the two kinds of water were incompatible.

The black water became clear immediately after being picked up, and after the white water was kept quietly in the wooden barrel for a quarter of an hour, Guo Nuan and Pei Pei found that the milky white water was gradually diluted, and there was a thick layer of white powder at the bottom of the barrel. Then it becomes ordinary transparent sea water.

After twisting the white powder in the water with his hands, Guo Nuan put the powder in his nose and sniffed it. It was tasteless.

"Looking at the appearance of this powder and its insoluble properties in water, it is estimated that white calcium carbonate has sunk to the bottom."

As for why the insoluble calcium carbonate in the sea did not settle at the bottom of the ocean, Guo Nuan speculated that it was due to the disturbance of the unstable ocean currents, which caused the calcium carbonate to never sink. The white water formed by mixing calcium carbonate with seawater was actually is not dissolved.

Abbas was a little excited, he vaguely felt that the appearance of the white ocean current probably meant that there were islands nearby.For the karst caves or limestone mountains at the bottom, when the water flows in the rainy season, the streams that flow out will generally turn milky white.

Limestone, marble, travertine these rocks are common in islands.How could Abbas not be excited when he thought of this.Maybe the island is really not far away!

"Everyone continues to stick to their posts. Now we are driving the boat upstream towards the black and white water intersection trajectory. It is estimated that the source of the island's underground river flowing into the sea from the lava cave is ahead!"

Following Captain Abbas' order, everyone was instantly boosted by the captain's heroic and passionate voice.Everyone is looking forward to the appearance of the island, in addition to the sweet fresh water and delicious food on the island, and maybe the mysterious treasure left by One Piece. ． ．