"The goods have been shipped! Brother Dong, please sign and place a deposit." Yuan Dazhong smiled and handed Dong Fengshan a cargo list at the Jianye City pier.

"I don't have any points!" Dong Fengshan casually signed and stamped the goods list, and then threw it to Yuan Dazhong: "If anything is missing when it arrives at Beikou Fort, I will come back to you to settle the account!"

Beikou Fort is a supply point established in early October when Dong Fengshan took the "Feiyu 2" to explore eastward. It is about 600 kilometers east of Jianye City and is located on the Gough Peninsula in northern Australia.

The small town of Newlambai.

In the following month, Jianye City transported a large amount of building materials to the camp named Beikou Fort. At the same time, it also moved 120 residents here for construction.

These relocated residents have received a commitment from the Hanzhou Civilian Government. As long as the initial construction of Beikou Fort is completed and the residence time reaches one year, they can choose according to their own choices or return to Jianye City and receive the thirty acres allocated in advance by the civil government.

Land. Or, settle in Beikou Fort and be allocated no less than fifty acres of land (to cultivate by yourself). At the same time, they will have priority in allocating their daughters-in-law.

Beikou Fort is positioned as one of several supply points leading to the eastern coast in the future. The main focus of the residents here is to grow a variety of fruits and vegetables to provide daily supplies for ships and people. As for food, it is best to be self-sufficient.

, cannot be self-sufficient, it is nothing more than passing ships carrying food and hoarding it here.

"Feiyu 2" is the second flying shear ship built by Hanzhou Shipyard, with a full load displacement of 70 tons. In view of the feedback from the first flying shear ship, artillery is no longer installed on the ship.

The clipper ship itself is super fast. Even if an enemy ship discovers it, it can easily escape the pursuit of the enemy ship by virtue of its speed advantage. It is estimated that the psychological effect of placing a few cannons is far greater than the actual effect. Moreover, the hull itself is narrow

, and then the artillery was placed, which greatly affected the use area of ​​​​the deck.

"Flying Fish 2" left the dock and headed northeast. They will cross a peninsula (Coburg Peninsula) that goes deep into the bay, and then drive straight east. In about three days, they will reach Beikou Fort.

Dong Fengshan was sitting in the cabin, and he and the two teenagers took out the drawn nautical chart and compared it with a sketched outline of Hanzhou.

The general map of Hanzhou is Qi Tian's general map of the entire Australia in later generations based on his memory. In addition to exploring suitable supply points eastward, Dong Fengshan also has another task, which is to work with the two young men on the ship to map this Hanzhou.

Compare and revise continental overview maps.

"Huang Mingfang, Zhang Qisheng, you two kids really make me jealous!" Dong Fengshan put down the chart and said to the two teenagers with a smile: "The map drawn by the chief manager is different from the chart we have drawn over the past month.

There are only a few differences. Sometimes, I really think that the Grand Controller has been to this continent."

"The teacher said that he drew this picture based on the dictation of a Yi man. Presumably, that Yi man must be a legendary navigator, who actually surrounded such a huge piece of land!" Zhang Qisheng put down his pen, eyes filled with emotion.

With an envious look, he said, "In the future, I will also be a navigator and discover unknown lands and islands in this world."

"Come on!" Huang Mingfang patted Zhang Qisheng on the shoulder, "If you want to be a navigator, you must first explore the east side of Hanzhou!"

After Dong Fengshan and his party arrive at Beikou Fort, they will repair for a while and continue eastward, crossing a huge bay and arriving at Cape York (Cape York). Then they will go south along the coastline and find a suitable supply point.

Return to Beikou Fort.

After traveling for most of the day, "Feiyu 2" crossed the peninsula deep into the bay in the evening and began to change direction and head east.

"A big ship was found!" the lookout suddenly shouted: "A big ship was found about three miles northeast of the front!"

Upon hearing this, Dong Fengshan immediately left the cabin, holding the side of the ship with one hand, and holding a monocular telescope with the other to observe in the northeast direction.

Under the evening glow, a large Western ship was sailing towards them, and it must have discovered their clipper ship.

"Portuguese?" Zhang Qisheng asked.

"It's possible." Dong Fengshan stared at the approaching Western ship, mentally calculating the time and distance between the two sides at a rapid pace.

"Turn south!" Dong Fengshan shouted loudly.

"Going south, we are going to hit the coast!" Huang Mingfang whispered.

Zhang Qisheng glared at him, Dong Fengshan was an old sailor, how could he easily hit a reef and be stranded.

The Western ship that discovered and tried to intercept the "Flying Fish 2" was not Portuguese, but the "St. Lawrence", one of the main battleships of the Spanish Philippine Fleet. It set out from Manila in early October and passed through Palawan

Island, passing through Borneo (Kalimantan Island), then crossing Batavia at night, and driving east along the coastline slightly away from Java Island to explore the location of Hanzhou.

Because the chart was drawn based on the descriptions of several captured sailors, the "St. Lawrence" accidentally sailed past Timor Island and arrived near the later Dana Island. It went ashore to replenish some fresh water and repaired for a day.

Then, turn around and drive south.

As a result, in the evening, when the "St. Lawrence" was about to approach a piece of land, they discovered the "Flying Fish 2."

"Rush over and capture that small boat! It must be the ship of those pirates!" Captain Anthony Goldstein of the "St. Lawrence" ordered loudly.

As long as this small boat is captured, the exact hiding place of the pirates will definitely be known. Then, this exploration activity will come to a successful conclusion.

The small boat began to head south, trying to sail along the coastline. The "St. Lawrence" quickly approached it to a distance of 800 meters. The small boat shuttled along the coast very flexibly, and now it had begun to escape eastward.

Based on its speed, the "St. Lawrence" might not be able to block its path in front of it.

"Turn southeast! ...fire to warn them!" Captain Anthony Goldstein ordered.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Several shells landed more than a hundred meters to the left of "Feiyu 2", stirring up several water jets.

"What a fool, you fired the cannon!" Dong Fengshan cursed. Then he continued to instruct the sailors to change the ship's sails and prepare to speed up and escape.

"Feiyu 2" quickly rushed forward before the large Western ship came diagonally, leaving it behind. During this time, countless shells fell around it, making everyone on board the "Feiyu 2" heartbeat.

No end. As long as their small boat takes a few hits, it will definitely be left behind.

As the speed of "Feiyu 2" became faster and faster, the shells fired at them also went farther and farther, eventually leaving the enemy out of sight.

"How did it run so fast?" Captain Anthony Goldstein watched in surprise as the small boat gradually disappeared into the distance, and couldn't help but look at his first mate.

"That must be the latest type of fast ship!" said the first mate: "I have never seen such a fast ship!... Captain, it may have been invented by those pirates!"

Anthony Goldstein was stunned for a moment, and then understood what the first officer meant. Catching the pirates would not only safeguard the honor and dignity of the Kingdom of Spain, but they would also be able to obtain a new type of clipper ship and even its construction method.

"We must find them!" Anthony Goldstein said firmly: "They should be nearby. And, I am convinced that the direction from which the clipper came is their hiding place!"

The "St. Lawrence" turned around and sailed towards the peninsula deep into the bay. At nightfall, it found a shore on the inside of the peninsula and rested for the night.

At dawn the next day, we started searching slowly along the coastline.

He Qing sat on the side of the ship bored, watching the huge fishing net being thrown into the distance. He paused for seven or eight minutes. With a "kick up", several sailors struggled to drag the fishing net.

"What are you doing? I'm dreaming in broad daylight!" A big foot kicked He Qing's butt, the force was very light, and it was a kind reminder.

"Be gentle, Liu Tou. You kicked me into the sea, and you still have to work hard to fish me out!" He Qing lazily turned around and looked at the old sailor he called Liu Tou.

As a spy sent by Zheng Zhilong, He Qing is quite competent. In less than five months, he has basically figured out the situation in Hanzhou, including who their leaders are, their population, their force, and how many ships they have...

…

However, how to pass on the ascertained news was difficult for him. I heard that a while ago, Hanzhou lost three sailors in Batavia. Therefore, it became more and more strict to control the sailors who went to sea.

Almost all the sailors who went to emigrate to the Ming Dynasty had families in Hanzhou. As for the sailors who went to Batavia, they were also the first two batches of immigrants to come to Hanzhou, and they all had families.

Nowadays, He Qing, like many immigrant men, has the wish to marry a wife. After marrying a wife and starting a family, then he may become a sailor on the Batavia transport ship. If he has children, then,

It is possible to board a ship bound for Daming.

Abandoning the family? Don’t be ridiculous, I have a wife and children in Quanzhou. What kind of wives are distributed here in Hanzhou!

The strange-looking Persian female slaves are obviously different from the Han women in Aceh, but there are less than 2,000 real Ming women.

I heard that Hanzhou is planning to go to Malacca and Johor to purchase women. There are many descendants of the Ming Dynasty in those two places, which are relatively close to the Han people. It is really difficult to get a wife in this poor place of Hanzhou. Here, they

The development potential is more than a little weaker than that of Zheng Zhilong and Governor Zheng.

With the Ming Dynasty at his back, tens of thousands of troops, and thousands of ships, Zheng Zhilong was worthy of his name as the King of the Sea of ​​the Ming Dynasty.

"There's a big ship!" Suddenly a sailor shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!