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Text 745 [A Story of Shipwreck and Drifting]

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    "Hurricane! Hurricane!"

    "Quickly find a port to dock!"

    "Where is the Portuguese navigator? Ask him where there is a port nearby!"

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    The old waterway between east and west, the most dangerous place is the Cape of Good Hope.  However, just as the Chinese envoy fleet approached Mozambique, it encountered a hurricane without warning.

    It's purely a matter of luck.

    With luck, I have traveled along the coast of East Africa for several years without encountering a single hurricane.

    Bad luck, one after another.  There will even be double cyclones and triple cyclones, and hurricanes can sweep over in teams.  It is also possible that one hurricane has just passed, and another hurricane will follow, which can last for more than half a month at the longest.

    At this moment, the wind and waves are getting bigger and bigger, and the sky is getting darker and darker.

    All ships headed towards the coast at full speed, wanting to grab the time to dock and enter the port.  There is no need for a big port, just a small natural port that can avoid wind and waves.

    The Portuguese navigators recruited from India, who were supposed to prepare for the crossing of the Cape of Good Hope, played their role in advance.  The special envoy sent by Said to accompany the ship also guided the fleet to sail towards the nearest good port.

    On the flagship, the flag commander hugged the mast with one hand, and frantically played the semaphore with the other, commanding the ships behind to follow.

    The wind suddenly became stronger, and the flag was blown directly into the air, and the rope tied around the waist fell to the sea.  Suddenly a huge wave hit, and the flag bearer was knocked out in the air. This situation is probably more ominous.

    The closer you get to the coast, the more rocky islands become.

    The sky was getting darker and darker, and the day suddenly turned into evening, and every ship could only continue sailing with the help of a compass.

    "Boom!"

    In the dark, unable to distinguish things, a warship unfortunately ran aground.

    An isolation compartment quickly filled with water, and the ship moved forward crookedly.  The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the tilted ship is in danger of capsizing at any time, but they are destined to be unable to get help.

    "Your Majesty, tie it with a rope!"

    Lu Tianxiang hugged things tightly, but she didn't know what she was hugging.  A female officer handed over a rope, and she quickly tied it around her waist, trying to command the rest of the servants, but found that everything was messed up.

    A huge wave lifted the ship, and then quickly fell down. Many crew members also rose and fell, and many of them directly hit their heads and passed out.

    "Dock, dock, dock, hurry, hurry, hurry!"

    Fan Chao roared and roared, and he didn't know how many people could hear the order.

    "General, you have to lower the sails, the wind is too strong, it will blow the boat over!"

    "Quickly go down!"

    It was even more chaotic on the deck. The sailors braved the wind and waves to operate, and some people were blown into the sea from time to time.  Many of the slaves taken in before had become apprentice sailors after more than 20 days of training, and they were also sent to the deck to help at this moment.

    "Dead, dead, dead!"

    Pan Wei was trembling with fright in the cabin, and suddenly the ship took off again.  He also flew out by mistake, his brain hit something, and he passed out just like that.

    After two full days, the hurricane finally passed through completely.

    Since the sailing route is very close to the coast, most of the ships hid in the bay smoothly.  However, the exact amount of loss has not been ascertained, and it is finally possible to move at this time.

    "General, one mast is broken, and the crew lost 12."

    "Send the boat out to see other ships."

    In fact, without Fan Chao sending people to investigate, other ships have already sent people over.

    According to some statistics, there are two missing ships and 561 missing crew members.  These include not only naval soldiers, but also support personnel and accepted slaves.  In addition, most of the surviving ships are damaged and must be repaired as soon as possible.

    The ship that Lu Tianxiang and the civil servants were on was fine because of its solid hull.  Only some of the sailors were missing, and many were injured.

    Fan Chao selected three less damaged ships and searched for the missing ships along the coast.

    Near a reef, a large number of planks were seen floating on the sea, apparently a ship had sunk.  However, a miracle also happened. Seven people climbed onto the reef and persisted until friendly troops came to rescue them.

    Another three consecutive days of searching, but nothing was found.

    The damaged ship, after simple repairs, was taken by Portuguese and Arab navigators to the port of Mozambique further south.  There is a Portuguese colony, and there are shipyards that can repair ships. It depends on whether the Portuguese are willing to help, whether they want to collect money or want to eat guns

    Deng Youzhang woke up with sore body, and felt something was wrong when he opened his eyes.If you can go back to China, you have to take some of them back and plant them.

    He also gave this food a name, the roots are like sweet potatoes, and the branches are like trees, so he named it "cassava".

    The cotton cloth on the boat became a commodity, and the natives liked it very much, and brought a lot of cassava to exchange.

    There are indigenous tribes farther away. After these indigenous people obtain cotton cloth, they take out part of the cotton cloth and go to further tribes to exchange items.  It soon attracted attention that these exquisite cotton cloths attracted more than 200 indigenous troops.

    The natives who came to invade were obviously more advanced.

    A copper dagger is pinned to the leader's waist, and the tip of the spear is also made of copper.  However, there are very few copper weapons, and most of the indigenous invaders still use stone spears as weapons.

    One evening, when the local aborigines were having dinner, more than two hundred invaders suddenly rushed out.

    The invaders first threw their spears, and the hit rate was not low, causing damage in an instant.  Then he swung the rope again, and the rope threw stones, smashing the villagers' heads and blood.

    The aboriginal villagers fled in panic, and the invaders rushed over, pulled out the thrown spears, and chased them down, screaming.

    They killed the male villagers and captured the women and children alive.  He went into the house to search for belongings, constantly moved out salt and grain, and shouted excitedly if he found cotton cloth.

    More than 20 male villagers fled to Deng Youzhang's residence one after another.

    "Yiliwala"

    The villagers pointed in the direction of their own village, stamping their feet and crying in anxiety.

    Although Deng Youzhang didn't understand what it meant, he knew he had been attacked when he saw the wounded villagers.

    "Take up your weapon and put on your armor to fend off the enemy!"

    Deng Youzhang led his troops to rescue the village, but encountered the invaders chasing him halfway.

    "Bang bang bang bang!"

    The gunpowder has been dried and re-sifted for use.

    After a gunshot, several invaders fell down, and the rest fled in terror, thinking that the Datong army was using witchcraft.

    ?This battle was a complete victory, killing more than 60 invaders, capturing more than 20 invaders alive, and all the rest fled.  Those captives were all killed by angry villagers.

    But the village was also destroyed. There were less than thirty adult men left, and the rest were all women and children.

    Deng Youzhang called He Wenpeng over: "I'm afraid we won't be able to go back, so let's settle down here."

    He Wenpeng was silent, thinking of his wife and children at home.

    Deng Youzhang sighed and said: "There are not many men left in the village, they are all women and children. Our side is also full of men. It's better to make two places and one place, and move to the village. Those who want to marry a wife and settle down, they can live in the village.  The village chooses women as wives. The aborigines here are not ugly except for their short stature. These foreign aborigines even carry bronze utensils. We have to be careful in the future. Learn to speak the local dialect first, or teach the villagers to speak Chinese. Find  Time to inquire again to see if there are any other big tribes nearby."

    "Oh, you have the final say." He Wenpeng said helplessly.

    This is Madagascar, the central part of the island, where indigenous peoples have already established themselves.

    The race is mixed, with obvious Southeast Asian characteristics.
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