Qian Wubing's order was to find a nearby desert island to drive away evil spirits from the fleet.
It was easy for him to give this order, but it was not a simple matter to actually execute it. The meaning of "nearest" is naturally that the sooner the better, but at least it cannot be the news that Yan Jiu brought back from near Luzon Island.
On Luzon Island, the epidemic has become prevalent among the people of the Xu family. With the speed of the epidemic spreading, I am afraid that in three or two days, the entire island of Luzon will not be a safe place. By then, let alone exorcising evil spirits, there will be
The evil spirits that have been driven away may come back again.
No one dares to take this risk.
There is no need to worry about insufficient food and fresh water when returning to Champa City. However, Tang Yin's idea is also reasonable. If the origin of the epidemic is in Champa City, then the fleet will be trapped in a trap if it returns. As for going to Fusang,
Returning to Dongfan, or simply returning to the Ming Dynasty, was not a polite approach. Tang Yin's few words made almost everyone clear about the danger involved.
So, the current direction of the fleet is very embarrassing, and it feels like being forced to advance and retreat.
"Go with the wind!"
After the Trek incident, no one really dared to make decisions on this route without permission. After hearing the request from the people below, Qian Wubing pondered for a moment and gave such an answer.
"Sir, if there is a place to replenish our fresh water food, it is best to replenish it as soon as possible..."
The person who asked for instructions was obedient, but Qian Wubing understood the meaning of his words. He was reminding Qian Wubing that if he followed the wind, he would plunge into the vast sea. If the fresh water and food supplies were not available, the fleet would
The fate of this can be imagined.
"Go with the wind!" Qian Wubing repeated again, and the man responded without daring to say anything more. Soon the order from the flagship was passed on, and the fleet rearranged its formation and slowly left Luzon.
Qian Wubing can certainly understand the concerns of those in the fleet who only have an incomplete chart in their hands. Even when Sanbao eunuch sailed to the West, he followed the wind and plunged into the depths of the ocean like this.
What is unimaginable is that the huge fleet on the Western Ocean is moving slowly along the coast. The supply of fresh water and food is naturally not the biggest problem for the fleet.
However, due to the difference in vision, Qian Wubing knows everything about the current world, but he still knows the general outline. The current southeast wind, Luzon, is roughly the Philippines in later generations.
It has to be this part of Southeast Asia. If you go with the southeast wind, even without using the compass and star-finding skills on the ship, the fleet will not worry about diving into the Pacific Ocean. It is impossible to even plunge into the Indian Ocean. There are many obstacles ahead.
With that, the most likely possibility is to dive into the Indonesian archipelago. Anyway, there are not many other places in Southeast Asia. There are many large and small islands. Just find a place and disinfect the fleet up and down. That's not a problem.
Simple things.
What is more likely is that following the southeasterly wind, the fleet sailed all the way to Boni Country, which was his original destination, and now it is just a matter of adjusting the route.
The Boni Kingdom is recognized by the Ming Dynasty as the junction between the East and the West. Generally speaking, there are two theories about the trip of the Eunuch Sanbao to the West. The first one is that the fleet of the Eunuch Sanbao crossed the Boni Kingdom.
, arrived at the Western Ocean beyond the Eastern Ocean. Another way of saying it is that this Western Ocean has an actual origin. In many classics, the end point of the Sanbao eunuch's first voyage to the Western Ocean was in the ancient country of Guli.
The country, recorded in the classics, is called the Western Kingdom.
However, Qian Wubing is inclined to the first theory. This Guli country should be a place in India where birds don't shit. Anyway, he has no impression of it in later generations. His division is very simple, Southeast Asia and them
The sea area between the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty belongs to the East, and outside of Southeast Asia, whether it is the Boni Kingdom or Manlajia, it belongs to the West. To put it too much, he has long considered this area in his heart.
It is regarded as the Ming Dynasty’s inland sea. If the fleet collapses in its own inland sea without water and food, wouldn’t it be a big joke?
Luzon Island slowly became smaller behind them, and finally disappeared without a trace. The atmosphere in the fleet had always been somewhat depressing, but after a day's voyage, it became slightly lively.
In real terms, this time, the fleet made a loss-making business in Luzon, wasting time, and killed and injured hundreds of soldiers, but he did not get any benefit at all. However, Yan Jiu returned to the ship,
His soldiers quickly told the story about the epidemic on the shore. Thinking of the fact that the fleet had been anchored at sea for almost ten days without docking, and that Qian Wuyi was boiling soup and medicine for everyone to take, the ship
Everyone in the team is eager to leave this place as soon as possible, so there are no complaints.
This is especially true for those businessmen. Although doing business means losing money if you don't make money, it is better than risking your own life. You have to lose money. Your Excellency is wise and sent people ashore to find out what happened first. Otherwise, the fleet will crash.
If we dock at the port together, we will all be in a foreign land.
For this reason, those soldiers who died will not be mentioned. Those who died in battle are naturally extremely mournful and honorable. The injured soldiers did not need money and no illness to speak. Various merchant ships took turns sending people to the ships of the wounded soldiers to express their condolences.
If you calculate it carefully, their gains are more than winning several battles.
Three days later, the fleet arrived at a small island. The island was not big, with a radius of about ten miles, and could be seen at a glance. What was wonderful was that the island actually had mountains, water, and lush greenery. The fleet rested here for two days.
In addition to replenishing all the fresh water from the lakes on the island, a large number of rocks were also quarried, and a lot of lime was burned based on the number on the island.
Load after load of lime was loaded onto the ship, and all the ships in the fleet were disinfected inside and out. Qian Wubing felt slightly relieved. At the same time, everyone in the fleet was ordered to sterilize all the ships.
After boiling the clothes and utensils in boiling water and exposing them to the sun for two days, it can be regarded as directly cutting off the place where the epidemic disease can live. Whether it is a plague or an epidemic, the Ming Dynasty pays attention to the fact that when an evil spirit enters the body, Qian is not sick.
He knew that this was probably caused by viruses and germs. If the flu could resurgence under such measures, then he would have no choice but to accept his fate. At worst, he would never return to the Ming Dynasty again. There was no way he could bring this thing back to the Ming Dynasty.
go.
No one had any resistance to Qian Wubing's order. Facts have proved that if Mr. Qian had made a decisive decision at the beginning, everyone might not have discovered until the plague spread. Although these measures now are different from those of the court every time the plague spreads.
The measures are very different, but don't you know that this is Mr. Qian's "ancestral secret recipe". If it were not overseas, you can see that Mr. Qian would not be willing to use these methods on everyone.