Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 768 Change the way
Wang Chong was completely dizzy during this time, because there are too many forks and tributaries of the Amazon River.

He only explored about six or seven thousand miles along the main river, and found almost tens of thousands of tributaries!
At this moment, he was even a little confused by the newly discovered fork, because the two rivers forked were about the same width, and they both went west.

He had already ordered people to explore the two rivers for more than [-] miles, but the two rivers hadn't narrowed much, and were still about the same width.

Which one is the main stream and which one is the tributary?

He really couldn't tell the difference, he didn't know which river to lead the fleet into.

What to do, should we continue to send people to investigate the two rivers separately?
For more than five hundred miles, it would take about two days to go back and forth, and he would have to wait at least another three days to continue dispatching the fleet.

He had already wasted three days at this fork, and if he wasted another three days, it would be six days.

The problem, wasting another three days may not necessarily result in results.

What should I do?

He was struggling there when suddenly there was an exclamation from behind.

What's going on here?
He looked back, and saw a guard who was watching over the railing at the back, holding up his binoculars to scan, pointing at the back of the fleet and exclaiming.

Uh, could it be that some monster came from behind?

As for the enemy fleet, that is impossible.

Because the fleet led by the emperor is near the mouth of the river, there is no navy of any country in the world that can beat the emperor's personal guard fleet, and it is impossible for the enemy's fleet to enter.

To put it bluntly, even if the enemy fleet sneaks in, there is nothing to make a fuss about.

He has thousands of Spike warships under his command. In this kind of river several miles wide, even if the enemy comes over with hundreds of buildings and gunboats, they can't beat him!

What is behind it?
He subconsciously wanted to turn the large telescope in front of him to take a look, but found out embarrassingly that if the large telescope turned around, he would have to squat on the steering wheel to look back.

Well, forget it.

He simply walked outside and said loudly: "What's the matter? Shouting."

Your personal guard quickly put down the binoculars, pointed to the back of the fleet and said, "My lord, a fast boat is coming from behind."

There's a fast boat coming from behind, what are you yelling about?
How about our thousands of clippers!
Wang Chong said angrily: "Haven't you seen the Clippers, do you need to yell?"

Unexpectedly, the guard nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, yes, my lord, I have never seen this kind of fast boat."

And such a thing?
Hearing this, Wang Chong couldn't help walking over quickly, took the guard's binoculars and scanned the back.

Uh, what ship is this?

He has never seen it!
This kind of boat seems to be about the same width as the Spike Warship, but it is a lot longer than the Spike Warship. Moreover, the bow of the boat is very pointed, almost like a shuttle.

What's even more exaggerated is the speed of this ship, it's like flying on water, at least twice as fast as the Spike.

Fortunately, when he raised his binoculars to scan, the clipper was already less than six miles away from the flagship, and he could already see what the people on it looked like.

Standing at the bow of the boat is a Jinyiwei, who is dressed similarly to his subordinates.

Obviously, this was sent by the emperor to deliver the decree.

He quickly put down the binoculars and said in a loud voice: "The emperor sent an order, hurry up, send an order, and order the Spike warships behind to spread out on both sides to make way for a passage."

After waving the command flag, the Spike warships in the back immediately gave way to both sides as if they were split, and soon, a passage about ten feet wide appeared behind the flagship.

After a while, the Clippers rushed over.

Before the boat stopped, Jin Yiwei cupped his hands and said: "My lord, the emperor has a decree to order you to speed up the fleet to return, and bring back all the more than a thousand Spike warships."

Ah!
What's going on here?
Is it going to start a war with the anti-Habsburg alliance!
Wang Chong hastily cupped his hands and bowed, "The final general will obey the order."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and ordered the fleet to turn around immediately, turn around immediately.

The Clippers didn't stop much, and just turned around and went back.

No way, there are only two such fast boats in Xinma City at the moment, and the emperor often needs to use them. They don't have time to accompany these spiked warships and large fishing boats to slowly turn back.

In fact, the speed of the Spike warship and the large fishing boat down the river is already very fast, and it is not a problem to gallop more than a thousand miles a day.

However, this speed is indeed far behind the new Clippers.

The new fast boat can run at least [-] miles downstream in a day!

It's been a long time since Wang Chong returned to Xinma City. He didn't know what happened, so he was naturally a little anxious.

Xiaoxing stayed overnight in their line, galloping all the way, rushing back frantically.

However, the situation seemed to be a bit wrong when they rushed to Xinma City, which was more than two thousand miles away.

They unexpectedly encountered small fleets going upstream one after another!
These small fleets are still two armed merchant ships, four Spike Warships, and they all carry a Spike Warship that builds a temporary dock.

What is going on here?
Wang Chong became even more curious, because the soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion on these fleets seemed to be normal, and there was nothing unusual about them.

This proves that there should be nothing wrong with Xinma City.

Then why is the emperor so eager to recruit him back, and let him take all the Spikes back.

Although he was curious, he didn't stop to inquire.

Because the fleet under their command was going down the river in a neat formation, galloping at full speed, it would be quite troublesome if they had to stop suddenly.

Anyway, Xinma City is not far away, so he might as well run back and ask.

On the afternoon of the sixth day, Xinma City was finally in sight.

Wang Chong couldn't help but raised his binoculars to scan the port pier, and was stunned.

The number of Aegis ships and armed merchant ships docked on this pier has nearly doubled, and there are hundreds more Spike warships.

What is even more surprising is that a hot air balloon takeoff and landing platform has been built next to the pier, and the huge hot air balloon has already floated above the takeoff and landing platform.

Obviously, this is the fleet of Daming's native land, and it also brought hot air balloons.

He seemed to vaguely understand that the emperor might have asked them to investigate in a hot air balloon.

Although he never sat in a hot air balloon, he often climbed up the mountain to check the surrounding terrain.

Basically, as long as you climb to the top of a mountain that is tens of feet high, you can easily see the surrounding terrain within a range of more than ten miles.

That is still without a telescope, if a telescope is added, the scope of investigation will be wider.

After pondering for a while, the flagship finally found its place and docked at the pier.

At this time, a eunuch who passed the decree was already standing on the pier waiting.

Wang Chong thought for a while, then rolled up the newly discovered map into a roll, and hurried off the boat.

Sure enough, the emperor summoned him, so of course he followed the eunuch to the emperor.

At this time, Taichang was standing in the largest meeting room, carefully checking the map of the main road of the Amazon River.

Wang Chong went in to take a look, and hurriedly bowed his hands and said, "The last general will see the emperor."

Looking at the map in his hand, Taichang couldn't help but asked with interest: "Is this the latest map? How many miles have you explored?"

Uh, this.

Wang Chong said with some embarrassment: "When the general explored for more than [-] miles, he encountered a fork. The two rivers at the fork were about the same width, and they were both very long.

The last general ordered people to probe into the two river channels for more than [-] miles, but the two river channels still showed no signs of narrowing.

At the end of the day, I am a little confused about which is the main branch and which is the tributary. "

More than 6000 miles, it should almost be over.

The South American continent is only so wide in total. It is impossible for the Amazon River to run through the entire South American continent and flow into the Pacific Ocean.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked: "Have you ever seen any tall mountains in the west?"

Wang Chong was a little puzzled and said, "After exploring the two rivers for more than [-] miles, it seems that there is a huge mountain range to the west. The general did not enter these two rivers, and the specific situation is not very clear. "

That's right.

They have already detected the vicinity of the Andes Mountains, and the real trunk of the Amazon River should be considered to be almost explored. These two rivers can be regarded as the trunk of the Amazon River or the tributaries of the Amazon River.

He could even speculate that these two rivers should turn when they meet the Andes Mountains, otherwise, they would have to pass through the entire South American continent. "

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Okay, it's almost enough to explore the main road there. Let's count the two as tributaries for the time being. Don't worry about it for now. Next, we will start to fully explore the entire Amazon River Basin."

Uh, that's the end of it?

Hearing this, Wang Chong couldn't help being taken aback.

The completion of this task is really a bit abrupt.

Seeing this, Taichang simply raised his hand and said, "Open the map, let me take a look."

Wang Chong hurriedly spread out the map in his hand on the long conference table.

Taichang looked at the map carefully, then nodded slightly and said: "It's already pretty good, if we build a dozen or so hot air balloon take-off and landing platforms, we will probably be able to reach the mountains to the west.

Did you see the hot air balloon outside? "

Wang Chong nodded repeatedly and said, "The last general saw it."

Taichang then asked the school again: "How about it, what do you think?"

Wang Chong said cautiously: "The general thinks that taking a hot air balloon to a height of several tens or even hundreds of feet to investigate is definitely much faster than using a Spike warship."

Well, yes, this kid has a future.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Yes, next we will change the detection method and start detection with a hot air balloon.

After all, many tributary rivers cannot be entered by Spike warships. Moreover, some tribes may not necessarily be on the riverside, but may be on the edge of any stream or even lakes and ponds, so the Spike warships cannot enter.

With a hot air balloon, it is different, no matter where it is, it can detect the road.

This time, we're going to take a closer look at the entire Amazon basin.

Including the river system, including the detailed terrain, including the distribution of primitive tribes here, including the approximate distribution of tree species in the forest, etc. must be investigated clearly. "

Well, with a hot air balloon, these are not difficult, just stand on it with a telescope and scan carefully.

Wang Chong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "The general will understand."

Taichang then confessed: "While probing, your men and horses must not be idle.

This time, we will contact all the primitive tribes here, and strive to let them all migrate out, and migrate to Xinma City or the cities we built on both sides of the main trunk and major tributaries.

At that time, I will match you with a thousand young men from the giant horse tribe, and you will take them to contact the primitive tribe here.

After the hot air balloon finds the primitive tribe in the air, you mark the exact location and then send the fleet to contact it.

It doesn't matter how small the river is now, because a lot of octopus boats and net shuttle boats have been built, and they can completely enter the narrow river, even if they run aground, it doesn't matter. "

(End of this chapter)