"The flow rate of the waves decreased, as if it was blocked by land and began to separate in the north and south directions." Cao Bianjiao looked at the continental shelf of North America from the bow.

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

"It is not only blocked by the continental shelf, but also affected by the wind belt. The warm current forms a fork in the road here. The diversion that is biased towards the north is affected by the westerly wind belt, and the diversion that is south is affected by the trade winds in the northeast." Zheng Zhihu, as the younger brother of Zheng Zhilong, once studied in the Naval Martial Arts Hall for several years and was one of the first students trained in the Naval Martial Arts Hall.

As an academy for cultivating excellent navigators and naval officers, astronomy and geography are essential courses.

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

"Why should we sail to the north or south next?" Cao Bianjiao asked.

"Based on the orientation and the most detailed world map of our Admiralty, Kingsoft Bay should sail south along the coast edge. If you haven't found Kingsoft Bay for five days, it means we have estimated that there is a deviation and then turn north. However, it will take time and effort to counter the ocean currents at that time, and often take more than twice the time. I hope that you will not encounter a large storm before finding Kingsoft Bay." Zheng Zhihu said.

Before leaving, Zheng Zhihu had already known the specific outline and location of America, as well as world maps and various sea charts, and knew where he was and the target to visit. It was much better than the voyagers who were aimlessly searching for a new continent at the beginning of the Age of Great Discovery. At the beginning of the Age of Great Discovery, they did not know the location of the unknown continent, and the voyagers often collapsed due to the boundless unfolding of unknown continents and seas. For example, when the Magellan fleet was in South America, some crew members had rebelled and took some ships back to Europe because they did not know when and when they could sail around the world.

Zheng Zhihu and other experienced sailors made no mistake in their judgment. They sailed south along the west coast of North America and discovered the San Francisco Bay in just three days.

The fleet entered from the sea entrance where the Golden Gate Bridge was later located, and it was the vast San Francisco Bay Area, an excellent harbor on the west coast.

"Li Yizhu, look, 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!" 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, followed behind her, shaking their tails excitedly. They seemed to be full of yearning for the mountains and ridges.

"I don't know if there are any flat rivers that impact the plains. If there are any, you can open a farm in the local area." Li Yizhu observed everywhere.

In fact, this kind of excellent harbor is generally formed by huge inland rivers flowing into the sea. The valleys in the Sacramento River Basin are the best agricultural areas. If they can be developed, they can fully meet the grain supply of the colonies. The Sierra Nevada to the east are a large number of forest resources and gold mines.

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

Other ships are loaded with large amounts of personnel and supplies, and the sixth sailing boat is a reserve ship to prevent other ships from hitting the reef or sinking in the wind and rain. When it is necessary to explore whether there are reefs in the harbor, the reserve ship comes in handy.

The preparatory boat was first driven by sailors to the coastline near the San Francisco Peninsula. More than a dozen sailors walked down to the beach with muskets on their backs, their shoes and trousers were wet with sea water. They set foot on the land for the first time.

"It is said that a captain named Drake in Britain discovered this place during a global voyage decades ago. We missed an era." Zheng Zhihu leaned against the side of the ship, with plenty of sunshine here, and the water of the Great Harbor slowly flowing, making everyone who had left the boundless ocean feel lazy.

The unknown continent is not as wild as everyone imagines, but it just lacks the history of human development. Especially the temperate coastal areas are more suitable for Chinese civilization at the same latitude as colonies.

"But now we are beginning to catch up with the era of great navigation, right? The feng shui turns to turn, and we will be the most brilliant civilization." Cao Bianjiao was not pessimistic about the era of losing on the ocean after Zheng He's voyage to the West. At least now the Pacific Ocean is in a tendency to become an empire's domestic sea.

After landing, the first group of sailors explored the deeper land area around them, roughly exploring the 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 main personnel then docked along the exploratory ship's sailing route.

"It's time to get off the boat!" the captains urged.

Expedition members came down from the sailboat, as well as farmers, herders and their families who came along. As for the livestock they brought, they were parked on the sailboat. They needed to find suitable flats or valleys as the starting point for North American colonies, and then build towns, cultivate farmland, and build this place into a harbor that allows hundreds or thousands of people to live normally.

Two Caucasian puppies followed Li Yizhu with their heads shaking their heads. They shook their bodies and dried the salty sea water, splashing Li Yizhu and the people around them.

"I don't know if there are rivers nearby, we want to change into a slightly clean set of clothes." The women among the expedition team couldn't wait to find the river to take a shower and change into clean clothes.

People who have been sailing 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 and salty. A woman who loves cleansing has long been unbearable. Even male sailors and others want to find a place to rinse the dirt.

"Gold mines in the Sierra Nevada..." Cao Bianjiao did not care much about taking a bath, but was looking at the Sierra Nevada that was faintly visible to the easternmost. His secret mission to come to San Francisco Bay this time was to take students from the University of Geosciences to find the gold mines near the Sierra Nevada.

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

"It's hard to say... neither the scholars from the Military Department nor the Capital University knew the distribution of the indigenous tribes in North America. It may be that the indigenous peoples of the New World were too scattered that there was no decent kingdom or even social order, and even iron tools could not be cast out." Cao Bianjiao said.
Chapter completed!