Yang Fan made up his mind that no matter what Chongzhen called him, he would not go back.
Let him handle the matter of establishing slaves by himself. Yang Fan gave up his choice.
Anyway, I was beaten to the end by him, and the military power was completely lifted. Now, in addition to an empty title without a fiefdom, there is also a Suiyuan provincial capital that is almost no man's land. It is basically standing aside and hanging up.
Yang Fan raised his middle finger to express his deep contempt for His Majesty's behavior of always looking forward instead of behind.
Yang Fan returned to Vladivostok and immediately summoned Chen Zuwang. He is now the commander of the Japan Sea Fleet. The seven small clippers built early were assigned to the Japan Sea Fleet.
The smallest of these ships is more than 200 tons, and the largest is more than 500 tons. There are also a dozen Siamese boats worth 2,000 yuan, which were bought from Macau. These ships formed the Japan Sea Fleet.
A Siamese ship is a Western hull with Chinese sails. It can be regarded as a design that learns from each other’s strengths and offsets weaknesses. Chinese sail propulsion is more efficient when there is insufficient wind. It is better to take advantage of the wind when there is a headwind.
Yang Fan directly chose three 500-ton clipper ships and five 2,000-ton Siamese ships. Set sail and go to Temple Street at the estuary of Heilongjiang River. When they went there, Yang Fan and the two ladies were still riding the Royal Clipper. However, the Heilongjiang estuary is in the narrow strait between the mainland and Sakhalin Island. It is difficult for large ships to travel. At that time, we will need to change ships to enter Heilongjiang.
Going north this time is different from before.
At this time, look out through the floor-to-ceiling glass door of the bedroom. The Sea of Japan is filled with whitecaps and rolling swells. At this time, Siberian cold air flows from the land to the ocean. When strong winds blow, huge waves will form.
The swells rushed up to the balcony, overflowed over the balcony, and fell back into the sea with foam. Fortunately the boat was strong enough and well sealed so no water would get in. But Yungro walked half a meter over the balcony and still made his wives scream in fright.
Because the waves on the bow of the ship were too serious. The waves, seven or eight meters high, are dark in color and undulate like mountains. A five-thousand-ton sailing ship is no different from a leaf in the sea.
Lin Yuan held the steering wheel and rushed towards the huge waves.
He was very calm, and he was not uncommon in sea conditions much more severe than this. At this time, the sail must be lowered and driven by the steam engine and propeller. Head straight into the waves. If you face the wave crest sideways, the boat will capsize.
The ship began to rock violently. Due to the waves, the bow of the ship was pitching forward and backward very severely, and the rolling motion also reached 15 degrees.
If the furniture is not fixed to the floor, it will definitely slide on the ground. All the things on the table fell to the ground with a clatter.
Yang Fan was okay, and Xiao Niangpi was okay, but Lin Yueru, Mei Xiang, and Chen Xi all started to get seasick.
Yang Fan originally wanted to leave them in Vladivostok, but they refused and insisted on following him. But now it's better, everyone is starting to suffer. The previous voyage had not encountered high sea conditions, and they regarded the sea as enjoyment. Now they are all vomiting.
Xu Xiu brought a stack of plastic basins to the ladies. Used to catch vomit.
Yang Fan quickly found seasickness medicine for them. Let them eat to stop vomiting. The child was placed in a cradle with a level, so it would not be affected. She was sleeping soundly, and Miss Yang was still eating her fingers.
In the evening, they all didn't eat, so they drank some millet porridge and sour radish kimchi. Otherwise, it will be even more uncomfortable if there is nothing in the stomach. It was late in the night when the strong wind stopped. The sea returned to tranquility. They just fell asleep.
The north wind was howling at sea, and the temperature dropped to more than ten degrees below zero. The glass was frozen.
When they woke up in the morning, they recovered. Although they were still dizzy, they were able to eat. Although the indoor temperature was constant at 25 degrees, there were ice flowers on the porthole windows.
Beautiful ice flowers make wives happy. They all ran to play and cheer.
These ice flakes are radial and hexagonal like snowflakes. No two ice flowers are the same. Yang Fan is too lazy to care about these boring things, what's so good about the window grilles. He is studying the map.
The Royal Clipper cannot enter Heilongjiang. Because the water there is only 3-4.5 meters deep. The "Royal Clipper" has a total length of 133.8 meters and a width of 16 meters.
.5 meters, draft 5.5 meters. If you go in, you will be stranded. So we can only anchor in the bay outside the estuary.
Yang Fan wants to transfer to a boat to enter Heilongjiang. To go upstream, you must use a steam engine boat.
Three days later, the Royal Clipper finally arrived at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River with three clipper ships.
The Heilongjiang estuary is not an estuary delta like the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, but a bay, the Heilongjiang Drowning Valley or the Amur Drowning Valley. The length is about 185 kilometers, the maximum width is about 40 kilometers, and the average depth is between 3 meters and 4.5 meters.
Heilongjiang disappears after entering a wide bay here, somewhat like an estuary bay like Sydney.
Here, Heilongjiang flows into the Heilongjiang Drowning Valley in the north of the Tatar Strait connecting the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan, facing Sakhalin Island (Sakhalin Island) across the sea.
Drowning valley refers to an ancient river channel preserved underwater, which is a common coastal landform on subsidence coasts. When the main stream submerges, the tributaries of the submerged section flow into the sea alone, which is called "Duanwei River".
Yang Fan stood on the bow of the ship with his hands behind his back, observing this wild land. Don't talk about the crowds around. There is not even a rabbit. Infinite desolation, infinite loneliness, a feeling of desolation came to mind.
"Let's use this as an anchorage. The big ship will stop here and wait for the Siamese ship to arrive. Zu Wang, I'll take your ship to go upriver." Yang Fan said.
The ladies were so tired of seasickness that I stopped taking them. Let them recuperate on the Royal Clipper at the mouth of the river. At the same time, we keep an eye on the icing situation in Heilongjiang and use the radio to contact us at any time. Don't freeze Yang Fan's boat in the river.
"Sir, there are no people in Jiangkou. Let's go directly to Temple Street." Chen Zuwang said.
"Well, let's go to Temple Street."
Chen San quickly turned the steering wheel. Now he was an old helmsman. Under Chen Zuwang's step-by-step guidance, he has grown into a qualified helmsman.
Woohoo! As the whistle blew, three small clipper boats sailed towards the Heilongjiang inland waterway. The draft of these three boats is only 1.5 meters, so they can travel upstream to the Onan River.
Temple Street is 80 kilometers within the river mouth. Located on the north bank of Heilongjiang. Both sides of Heilongjiang are mountainous. There is only a small piece of flat land near the river. This is the administrative seat of Nuergandusi.
Three steamers soon arrived at Temple Street. Yang Fan looked curiously at this ancient city built by the Tang Dynasty.
The entire ancient city has no walls, only a wooden fence. Most of it collapsed. The city covers an area of approximately one square kilometer. There are hundreds of wooden houses. You can see a few people moving around.
Yang Fan saw a temple in the north of the city. It had a three-entry courtyard and a relatively grand building. However, it fell into disrepair and half of the hall collapsed. The roofs of other houses are also covered with grass, and their branches stick out from the snow on the roofs.
Saw three white sailing ships of 500 tons docking. The people in the city were a little panicked. The bronze bell in the temple rang. The sound of the bell is melodious and pleasant to the ear.
Soon four to five hundred people ran out with spears and crossbows. They looked at these white, ridiculously beautiful sailboats with vigilance. Don't know who it is.
Yang Fan was shocked when he saw these people. These people were all Han and wore Han attire.
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