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Chapter 1566 Crossing the Windless Zone

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    It was the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the third year of Wanli, and September 18th, 1575 AD.

    After seventy-two days of arduous sailing, Lin Feng¡¯s fleet finally saw land again!

    Seeing the dense virgin jungle and the wide and flowing river, the crew members, who had suffered from high temperatures, heavy rain, fatigue, and loneliness along the way, and were about to go crazy due to torture, all rushed to the side of the ship and stamped their feet, letting out cheers like howling wolves.

    Many crew members jumped directly into the water and swam towards the shore.

    ??????????????????? This one is really too difficult

    Speaking of which, we traveled 4,000 kilometers in 72 days, and an average of 110 miles per day is not too outrageous. But in fact, we covered 3,000 kilometers in the first month, and the next 1,000 kilometers took a full 42 days!  An average of just over 23 sailing kilometers per day¡­

    Because they entered the dangerous equatorial windless zone, the cause of its formation was introduced in "Little Knowledge of Nature" compiled by Zhao Gongzi - it was formed under the attack of the trade wind belts north and south of the equator.  The airflow that remains unchanged for many years blows from both sides to the equator. After encountering the high temperature of the tropics, the airflow rises and continuously forms heavy rain. On the sea, there is only weak wind and it often changes direction, which has a fatal impact on sailing sailing.  .

    Since crossing the 5th parallel of north latitude, there has been almost no decent wind on the ocean. It is all thanks to the Chinese style sailing, which is not picky, and with the help of the fickle breeze and turbulent ocean currents, it has moved here little by little.

    Although the speed of sailing is not as fast as walking, the daily workload of the crew is extremely heavy.  They constantly adjust their sails every day to adapt to the changing winds.  Sometimes you have to take turns rowing in the small boat and dragging the large sailboat against the reverse ocean current to prevent it from going backwards.

    In addition to wind, the fleet also needs to pay attention to avoid heavy rain at all times.  Although heavy rains can bring precious fresh water, as "Nature Tips" said, the closer you are to the heavy rain zone, the weaker the wind on the sea surface.

    Of course, sailing in a windless zone is not completely useless. At least the sea is calm, the ship is not bumpy, and people don¡¯t get seasick. The blue sky, calm sea, and gentleness like an old lady make people almost forget her violent side.  .  This allowed the crew to move forward wholeheartedly without worrying about distractions, and only then could they move to the mouth of the Amazon River little by little.

    If there is another stormy sea, death will be inevitable.

    In fact, the mouth of the Amazon River is located on the equator, in the center of the windless zone.  However, the ocean current course they learned before setting off told the crew that the Amazon River is the most abundant river in the world. The amount of water poured into the Atlantic Ocean every year is equivalent to one-sixth of the total amount of rivers in the world entering the sea. Therefore, the strong coastal currents formed,  Enough to carry them south to the trade winds.

    So now that we are here, this most arduous journey has come to an end.

    Lin Feng announced that he would rest here for a month, sail the boat into fresh water, and kill the barnacles and shipworms on the bottom of the boat.  At the same time, an expedition team was sent upstream to look for villages and towns that could provide supplies.

    When it left Havana, the fleet only completed half of its supplies and fled.  Relying on the thousands of flamingos hunted on Turkey Island, as well as the bacon, black bread and inferior rum on the Spanish ships, as well as the fish caught from the sea, they could barely survive these four months.

    Fortunately, there were 300 tons of sucrose on the ship. The crew members drank sugar water without malnutrition. As a result, many people suffered from tooth decay and had to chew tobacco leaves to relieve the pain.

    Although there are still two hundred tons of tobacco on the ship, these things cannot be used as food after all. The only solution is to quickly replenish them.

    ??~~

    When the "Eternal Sinner Liu Daxia" anchored at the mouth of the Amazon River, where the river is wide and deep, Zhang Xiaojing happily led the scientific expedition team to set off.

    The researchers are also very excited, but not because they are finally out of the sea of ??suffering and can go ashore, but because this is the Amazon!

    According to the description of "Nature Knowledge", the Amazon rainforest contains 20% of the forests on the earth and can be called the "lungs of the earth"!  It contains the richest and most diverse biological resources in the world, with millions of species of insects, plants, birds and other organisms!

    Nearly one-fifth of the scientific research tasks of researchers must be completed here.  They want to search for more than 500 kinds of plants with great medicinal and economic value among the lush plants in the Amazon, including cinchona trees, curare plants, magenta campanula, tree pepper, Brazilian ginseng, cocobolo, and rubber trees, and try their best to  It is possible to bring its seeds, seedlings or rhizomes back. The climate in Nanyang is very suitable for these South American guests to migrate.

    Lin Feng had to stay behind and was unable to set off with the expedition team and scientific expedition team. She could only board a hot air balloon from time to time and overlook the magnificent landscape of the Amazon basin.

    Well, she was just bored and wanted to see when the people who went out would come back.

    Lin Feng is not interested in the beautiful scenery and scientific research of Laoshizi at all.??

    And it¡¯s very big, weighing over a hundred pounds as an adult.  In the end, what you want is to be really stupid. Whether you use a bow and arrow or a trap, there is no time when you can't hit it It's simply a godsend of meat.

    Lin Feng named it "water pig" and took the crew to hunt it along the river bank. After bringing it back and cleaning it, in addition to making canned water pig, he also coated it with thick spices and salt and hung it in the equatorial sun.  Dried and used as reserve meat for voyages.

    Fortunately she came out this time.

    Because the expedition team traveled a thousand miles along the river, they did not find a serious town. They only found a few primitive tribes, and the materials they exchanged were natural.  I only brought back some dried fish, cassava, nuts, honey, medicinal materials and the like.  Except for cassava, the rest can only be used as non-staple food to adjust the taste.

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