Chapter 671 Henry's Diary (Part 1)

April 11, 1145, New Demon Era:

I finally applied for the qualification for this exploration route. Of course, I had expected this result and was not surprised

Tanzania Terez is a place rich in mechanical alchemists and has a strong scientific research atmosphere, but it lacks the adventurous spirit that an island country should have. As a result, it has been more than three months since the reward order was issued, but there has been no response from nobles in the country.

As a member of the Alliance of Archipelagos, it seemed a little uncooperative not to send a powerful nobleman to participate in this matter, so at that time I smelled the smell of opportunity, and the powerful nobleman did not want to participate in this kind of adventure, but the empire and The alliance must be given face. In this country, there are people who appear to be a little bit important but are actually insignificant. Who else can there be except myself, a guy who has royal blood but is excluded?

May 7:

Although I started preparing three months ago, the time is still not enough. Through various lobbying and exhausting all my wealth, I finally got the two large ships with advanced equipment, the Victory and the Triumph. enough supplies.

Of course, the sacrifice was quite big. Everything that could be sold at home was sold, including collectibles, shares in tobacco companies, and Sicilian fields, including my most profitable shops. I hardly left anything for my wife and children. , like a gambler who has given up everything, but I believe that I will succeed. Today's sacrifice is a necessary setback for her to become a duchess. I will never forget my wife's dedication to me, including her accompanying me for me. That disgusting seafood merchant!

Oh my god, that guy who smells like squid, Ye Tina paid too much

May 10:

After hiring enough people, my two ships are finally ready to set sail. I hesitated for a long time on the day I left, and even discussed with Ye Tina to let her sail with me, but she said that the children should not be allowed to take risks, and decided to stay and raise them for me those two kids

I guess I must have saved the world in my previous life, otherwise how could I have married such a good wife? I swear, when I return home rich and honored, I will make up for her grievances a hundred times and a thousand times

When they saw this, a group of people had weird faces, especially Goudan, pointing directly at the virtual screen and said: "I know he is a dick, but I didn't expect to sell my wife, such a shameful thing, dare to keep a diary inside?"

Everyone nodded

Lei Xue sighed and looked at everyone, the heart of gossip in this world can really counteract all horrible things, now that you are in this situation, you are still interested in caring whether others sell their wives

Then he ignored everyone and continued to read the following content

Most of the following content is some boring daily life at sea, and this guy's longing for his family. Lei Xue frowned and flipped through it quickly, and finally saw what he wanted to see in January of the next year.

January 1, 1146, New Demon Era:

This day was originally Tanzan Trez’s recovery festival. Tanzan Trez, who started as an agricultural company, attaches great importance to this festival of spring recovery. In order to keep the crew in a state of mind, I decided to hold a celebration to improve morale. May the new new beginning of the year

The celebration is set at 12:00 noon, and we are going to have a carnival all day to vent the boring days at sea. Of course, first of all, people have to clean up the excrement and urine on the deck, which affects the atmosphere a bit. Only the captain and the large toilet have independent toilets, and the rest can only be solved on the deck.

In order to be more lively, the celebration was held on the Triumph, which has a wider deck. I took out the sausages and my fine wine on board, and since it was a celebration, I tried to make it better.

As a result, as soon as we arrived on the Triumph, someone reported that there was a large amount of ice floes ahead.

This news instantly extinguished my enthusiasm for hosting a banquet

January 2:

We circled the ice floe for almost a whole day, but the size of the ice was beyond my imagination, giving people a feeling of boundlessness, and we couldn't go around until dark

At that time, I even had the illusion that we were going in the wrong direction. This is the east, not the north and south poles, right?

How could there be such a large floating ice field?

In the end, I knew that we couldn't go on like this, because of the detour, we deviated farther and farther away from the predicted route. If we were detouring, I'm afraid it would take an indefinite amount of time to get back to that route.

Moreover, I have been drifting at sea for more than half a year. Considering that the predicted distance is at least half a year away, the supplies will be a little tight if I go around, and this includes not encountering other special circumstances.

So I proposed to go directly through this ice floe!

After this proposal was put forward, it was opposed by many people. Among them, the captain of the Triumph was the most vocal. He thought it was too risky. It is very difficult to cross this large ice floes. It is possible that the power system of the shipbuilding main engine is damaged. This is not the worst. If the temperature inside continues to drop and the floating ice area becomes a solid ice area, they will be trapped inside. At that time, it will be really terrible. The response is not working!

I sneered at what he said, sailing is an adventure, how can it be successful if you want to be safe in everything? If the prince I supported before can listen to my decisive wave, maybe there is still a chance to fight for it, instead of waiting slowly to die

After several arguments, both sides could not convince each other, but he was the highest officer of the ship, so in theory he could make a decision directly. In the end, Sean (the captain of the Triumph) proposed to divide the troops into two groups, and the Triumph, which has a relatively strong ice-breaking ability Responsible for crossing the ice field, the more powerful Victory will continue to circle!

This will keep at least one ship safe!

I was against this proposal at first, but this is obviously Sean's final bottom line. Although I am his chief, but I am a down-and-out royal family, and my prestige among sailors is obviously not as good as Sean who has many years of sailing experience!

In the end I accepted his offer, but with a slight modification.

His suggestion is that he lead the Triumph to try to cross the ice, and I lead the Victory to take a safer detour route.

The seemingly loyal decision made me smell a conspiracy. I thought to myself: What if this ice area is not as serious as the other party said?

He traveled through the past easily and arrived at the Eastern Continent one step ahead of himself. After obtaining the information and opportunities, maybe all the credit should go to him. Didn't he pay so much for others to make a wedding dress?

Of course, it is not allowed to let him take risks instead and let him turn around and operate the Victory to circumnavigate, because once the ice area is really so dangerous, the Triumph will not be able to get out of it, and all his efforts will belong to him.

After much deliberation, I decided to venture into the ice on the Triumph with Sean, and asked my trusted adjutant Polly to serve as the captain of the Victory to detour, and told him that if he failed to get out of the ice, he would remember to go back. Take care of your wife and daughter

So it was like this, on the same day, I transported more than half of the supplies to the Triumph, and I will enter the ice area from tomorrow, I hope the god of the sea can bless me, and return safely, my family is still waiting I'm coming back victorious