Under such a huge storm, the entire fleet was directly shrouded in darkness. There was deathly silence on the ship, with only the sound of the rain and the "whooshing" of the wind.
In the cabin, the soldiers responsible for starting the steam engine worked hard to fill the steam engine with coal, hoping to make the ship fly directly.
"Go down with the order and light up the lights!"
"Your Majesty has an order, turn on the lights!"
"Turn on the lights..."
The lamps on sea ships are not usually lit. They will only be lit when encountering natural disasters such as heavy fog and storms.
Now, Li Xuan upgraded the big lights on the ship from the original candle lanterns to large oil lamps covered with glass.
As long as it is lit, unless the lamp oil inside is not burned out, no matter how strong the wind and waves are, it will not be able to blow it out.
Of course, this kind of headlight still needs someone to look after it.
At this time, the person holding the lamp has already been prepared. As long as the person does not die, the lamp will never be extinguished!
If someone stands at a high place, they can see that between the originally vast sea and sky, a black curtain stretches across the sea, cutting the entire world in half.
Behind the fleet, there is a thick dark curtain wall, and boundless black clouds roll above the fleet, mixed with lightning and thunder.
Not far in front of the entire fleet is a bright land illuminated by the sun.
Now, under the dark curtain at the rear, this fleet is like a small toy floating in the sea. As the waves come, it directly lifts the big ship, and then slams it hard on the sea. It keeps bumping back and forth, and the remaining
The two small boats that got off were soon smashed into pieces and sank to the bottom of the sea.
And everyone standing on the big ship couldn't help but hug the big ship tightly.
But despite this, everyone was still dizzy from the bumping up and down.
At this moment, everyone can directly feel the despair that the power of the sea can bring to people!
At the same time, everyone also understood why His Highness Prince Jin was so cautious along the way!
If they were driving in the middle of the sea and encountered such a storm and had no place to hide, then they could just wait to die!
Soon, after a quarter of an hour of suffering, the fleet arrived at the nearest island and quickly arrived behind the island following the push of the sea water.
Fortunately, there is a deep natural harbor on the back side of the island.
Three giant steel ships, with the only three remaining sea-going ships behind them, rushed into the harbor and dropped multiple anchors at the same time.
In this way, the fleet became slightly more stable.
Seeing this, Li Xuan could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
He began to hold on to the side of the ship and inspect the ship.
"Is anyone on board injured?"
"Your Majesty, two soldiers seem to have fallen into the sea!"
Xue Rengui said in a deep voice.
"Fall into the sea?"
Li Xuan's heart sank, and he sighed and said, "Wait until the storm passes, then go back and search again!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Xue Rengui responded with his hands, and then reported again: "Your Majesty, the sweet potatoes, potatoes, corns, tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins and other seedlings planted have been destroyed by strong winds and heavy rains!"
“Wait until the storm passes before planting again!”
Li Xuan said.
He also saw these situations.
"Go and ask about the situation of other ships!" Li Xuandao.
"yes!"
Xue Rengui responded, turned and left.
Li Xuan, on the other hand, took a few personal guards and got into the cabin.
However, as soon as they entered the cabin, they found that Cheng Chusi, Li Chengqian and others all had blue noses and swollen eyes, but they were not in a sorry state.
However, after meeting Li Xuan, these bastards all showed relaxed smiles.
"Master, the storm has been avoided?"
"No!"
Li Xuan slowly shook his head, "We just came to the bay behind the nearest island to use the island to avoid the edge of the storm!"
"Is there any damage in the cabin?"
Upon hearing this, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others all looked dark.
"Back to Master, the storm was so fierce that none of the soldiers in the cabin were prepared. Therefore, the sweet potatoes, potatoes, and tomatoes stored in the cabin were tossed everywhere, and many of them fell.
It’s all in shreds, and it will all rot before we return to the Tang Dynasty.”
"In the end, it was the soldiers who all tried their best to stuff sweet potatoes and potatoes into their arms. In this way, we only managed to save two hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes that we had just harvested, as well as one hundred kilograms of potatoes and fifty kilograms of tomatoes.
Twenty pumpkins!”
At this time, hearing the noise, the soldiers and boatmen in the cabin also came out. At the same time, you can see that each of these soldiers was holding a few sweet potatoes, potatoes, or tomatoes in their arms!
And everyone's face was also in shock, with bruises and swollen noses and faces, even worse than those of Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others!
Seeing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but chuckle.
"Everyone can save two hundred catties of sweet potatoes and one hundred catties of potatoes, which is a great contribution! Now, we and the fleet have hid in the harbor, and everything is fine for the time being!"
"It's finally okay!"
Hearing this, all the soldiers and boatmen subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately, he remembered something, bowed slightly to Li Xuan, and hurried in.
They need to hurry up and sort out all the sweet potatoes and potatoes scattered everywhere.
Afterwards, Li Xuan checked the cabin one by one. After finding no problems, he finally breathed a sigh of relief!
At this moment, Xue Rengui also came back, but his face was solemn.
"Your Majesty, a total of five soldiers fell into the water on the other two steel ships, and all the sweet potatoes, potatoes, tomatoes and other sacred objects planted were also destroyed.
In addition, the sweet potatoes, potatoes and other items in the cabin were scattered all over the place by the waves. The soldiers and boatmen were able to save more than 300 kilograms of sweet potatoes, more than 160 kilograms of potatoes, and more than 50 kilograms of tomatoes.
, was not injured!”
"Five more soldiers fell into the water!"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh again.
Behind him, Li Chengqian, Cheng Chusi and others also had solemn faces.
No one would have any hope of falling into the sea in such a big storm.
"Is there anything else to lose?"
Li Xuan continued to ask.
"Your Majesty, of the six wooden boats we brought out, three small boats were all sunk by the waves, and one of the other three large boats was damaged and cannot be repaired."
As he said that, Xue Rengui's face darkened again, "There is also a giant steel ship, and a steam engine broke. It seems that it was caused by excessive force!"
"Broken a steam engine?"
Hearing this, Li Xuan's face darkened and he asked hurriedly: "Did it explode?"
"Back to the king, there was no explosion, but the tracks of the steam engine could not rotate!"
Xue Rengui replied, "Also, more than half of the Danshui we had stored on the ship was lost!"
"As long as there's no explosion!"
Hearing this, Li Xuan slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
"It doesn't matter how much Danshui is lost. We have returned here. The mainland is nearby, and Danshui can be replenished anywhere!"
Now that he is numb, he only needs to save some sweet potatoes and potatoes so that no more people die.
As for the wooden ships that were lost, Li Xuan didn't even take it to heart.
Those wooden boats are the most insignificant things, they are purely used for hauling cargo and landing.
Even Li Xuan usually didn't send soldiers to the top.
In this way, everyone waited on the boat for more than an hour.
The wind and waves on the sea gradually subsided, the sky gradually cleared up, the dark clouds dissipated, and light came to the world.