Chapter 584： My students are competent

Marin's bodyguard brought Columbus back to Aurich's palace in the morning three days later, and when he brought it back, Columbus was still full of alcohol.

Marin was surprised. Isn't Columbus now the principal at Captain's School? Why did you come back in three days? When I came back from the captain's school by the sea, I couldn't use it all day. Could it be that the students were taken to sea for sea trials?

But when I heard the report from the bodyguard, it was not so ...

It turned out that Columbus went to Las Vegas for drinking wine. Moreover, it was invited by Amerigo ...

According to the bodyguard report, when they rushed to Las Vegas to find Columbus and Amerigo, both of them slept around with the smooth Mao sister in their arms.

Although they are both admirable navigators, neither Columbus nor Amerigo are good men. American is better, Columbus is purely a villain and a pervert. Amerigo called a mao sister, while Columbus called two ...

Moreover, because Marin has more food in hand and more wine, Las Vegas also has a lot of spirits. The two big navigators not only fell asleep, but also drank a lot of wine.

As a result, when Columbus was awakened, he was drunk and his consciousness was not yet awake. Finally, as a last resort, the guards arranged a shock-absorbing carriage to bring Columbus back all the way.

There was no cement road along the way, not even the Roman Drive. Therefore, even if it is a shock-absorbing carriage, it will go up and down. At most, the bumps are not intense, and the carriage will not "hard landing". In this way, Columbus was wrapped in a quilt in the carriage of the shock-absorbing carriage, and returned to Aurich "seven and eight" all the way. Amazingly, this product has been sleeping soundly ...

Moreover, when he came to see Marin in the morning, Columbus drove from Aurich's mansion on his own horse. When he came, he was still full of alcohol.

Marin sniffed his nose and said:

"Christopher, did you know about drunk driving?" | Marin bet that Columbus was so drunk that he was caught by the traffic police and had to be deducted ...

"Drink driving? What do you mean?" Columbus didn't respond for a moment.

Malin patted his head and forgot that it was ancient, and he didn't have a driver's license. Then he directly skipped this topic. Although Columbus was puzzled, the boss didn't want to talk, so he did.

Marin looked at Columbus and said:

"Christopher, I have an important task to hand to you now, will you?"

Columbus shook his head to make himself more awake, and then answered seriously:

"Yes, Duke! By the way, are you going to find a route to China?"

According to previous agreements, the Americas are named after Amerigo. But discovering the merits of India and China, all belong to Columbus. Of course, that refers to China's first discovery right. Columbus was responsible for continuing east from India, crossing the Strait of Malacca, and arriving in India. And Americano departed from Panama to cross the Pacific Ocean in search of the Daming route.

"No, I plan to find the coastal port on the other side of the Devil's Sea first. After all, our ship cannot pass through land. So, I need you to take the fleet first and look for the port there." , Marin deliberately called the Pacific Ocean the Devil's Sea. In this way, those explorers can be scared. Columbus and Amerigo are all clear about this.

Marin took out the map, showed the outline of South America to Columbus, and pointed out the location of Panama. As for the Chilean side, Marin did not immediately demand landing on the Chilean mainland. After all, Chile is now controlled by the Inca Empire, and if it is landed, it will inevitably conflict with the Inca Empire. Therefore, Marin's plan is to find an island as a foothold and freshwater supply point in the offshore seas of central Chile. Then, using this as a springboard, seek to attack the Inca Empire on the mainland.

Or, avoid conflict with the Inca Empire. Because the Inca Empire expanded along the Andes. In the water-rich areas along the coast of Chile, the Inca Empire must have control. But in the desert area of ​​northern Chile, because there is no fresh water, the Inca Empire did not send troops to control it. Moreover, no one lives there.

As long as Marin has a small island with fresh water as a base, it is sufficient to transport fresh water to Iquique. As for where Iquique is, Marin is still very clear. Because there is an unreliable legend about Iquique in later generations-it is said that tens of thousands of people in the Taiping Army once mined there and joined the Chilean army to help Chile defeat Peru and Bolivia, and then settled in Iquique ...

Although this legend is not reliable, it has also attracted the attention of Marin. Even, Marin specially searched for Iquique's data for this, knowing its latitude-20 degrees 7 minutes and 0 seconds south latitude ... At the same time, Marin also remembered that the port of Antofagasta, south of Iquique Dimension-23 degrees 39 minutes south latitude ...

There is a saltpeter mine near Iquique, and the reserves are huge, otherwise Iquique will not be so famous. As for Antofagasta, that's even more so. The city itself was built because of the discovery of silver mines. Moreover, there are many saltpeter mines nearby. A little further away is the famous world-class copper mine in later generations-Chuquicamata copper mine.

Later, the saltpetre of Chile was basically exported through these two major ports. Therefore, as long as you find these two ports, you can find saltpetre.

Of course, the first task now is not to find these two ports, but to find the transit island first. This island will become a place for the fleet to rest and add fresh water. Then, the fleet continued to go north, and no fresh water was added, reaching Panama City directly. Even later, the island will become a freshwater supply point for Iquique.

Marin will let people set up a fresh water production point on the island, using a large pot to cook, and put oak barrels filled with fresh water to heat. Finally, the oak barrels are stuffed and closed as in the production of cans. The only difference is that the canned corks are closed with beeswax. The fresh water bucket is sealed with sealed mud. The sealed barrels of fresh water produced like boiled cans can be kept for several months. After being transported to Iquique, it can also be transported to the desert to drink for the workers who mine saltpetre ...

After making a detailed explanation, Columbus looked at the map from left to right. After reading it, Columbus said:

"Dagong, this simple voyage along the coast of the mainland seems to be not enough for me and Amerigo ..."

Marin froze and asked:

"What do you mean? You don't want to go?" At this point, Marin was a little unhappy.

Columbus waved again and again:

"No, Grand Duke. I mean, this kind of sailing along the coastline is relatively simple, and it doesn't need me and Amerigo at all. Just finding an excellent student from the captain's school is enough. Mission now. "

"This works?" Marin was still a little worried. This year, the big voyage is so difficult. If the mission fails, it will be a waste of time.

"Fully feasible!" Columbus said firmly. Then he said:

"The reason why it still works is to benefit from the technology provided by Dagong ..."

"You mean ..."

"Yes, it ’s the sextant and clockwork clock you created, Dagong. With these two things, our captains can calculate the latitude and longitude at any time. In this way, as long as you do n’t sail deep into the ocean, generally The captain who knows how to use the sextant and navigation clock and makes calculations is sufficient for this goal. "

Marin really thought, especially when going to the old route, the longitude and latitude were marked there. As long as the coordinates left by the forerunner of the exploration route are calculated all the way against the navigation, there is definitely no problem.

As for finding Panama along the coastline of the South American continent, it seems not too difficult.

First, Columbus has discovered the Caribbean Sea. The coordinates of Grenada have also been recorded by Amerigo. Later captains, as long as they knew how to use the sextant and navigation clock to measure and calculate the latitude and longitude, they could reach Grenada very smoothly.

Then, go south from Grenada, cross Trinidad and Tobago, go south along the east coast of the Americas, then to Tierra del Fuego, cross the Strait of Magellan, and then go north along the southern coast of the South American mainland. With the help of telescopes, as long as the land is well observed, it is easy to go all the way north.

Finally, it is easy to reach Panama Bay facing south, and find the area where later Panama City is located. If this is not possible, you can first stand on the island of Taboga in Panama Bay near Panama City, and then wait until the uncle Black cuts the tree to the Pacific Ocean before meeting it. The important thing is to get a foothold first ...

"Then who do you think can handle this matter?" Marin asked after thinking about it.

"I think Captain Aben is fine!" Columbus said after thinking for a while.

"Abn? Bald Abn?" Marin remembered the young Frisian fisherman who resembled the late star Luo Luohan ~ www.novelhall.com ~ That bright bald head was very dazzling ...

At the beginning, Marin, who had just obtained Texel Island as a fief, knew the young fisherman very early. Unexpectedly, after so many years, the bald arbon can become the captain alone ...

"Yes, Arben looks silly, but he is actually very clever, mathematics is good, and he is very skilled at calculating latitude and longitude. He can also be led by him."

After thinking for a while, Marin agreed with Columbus's suggestion, and sent someone to find bald Aben, and decided to lead him to find Chile and the Pacific coast of Panama. Of course, we still need to find a small island with fresh water as a transfer point and fresh water supply point in the offshore waters of Chile ...

After talking about Arben's arrangements, Marin turned back to Columbus:

"Christopher, do you have enough rest?"

"Yes, almost!" Although there was some reluctance to live a corrupt life in Las Vegas, Columbus knew it was time for him.

Because it's time to explore the Daming route ...