Chapter 672 Weather is the enemy
On the vast sea, the strong winds gather dark clouds. Between the dark clouds and the sea, the coconuts are flying proudly like green lightning.
People from the inland and offshore experience the storm deep in the ocean for the first time.
All ships were parked in places where they could shelter from the wind on various islands, and all personnel were evacuated.
The tents are spread out in the woods and tied to the strong trees to avoid being blown away.
Some people are not afraid of the storm and roar at the beach: "Let the storm come more violently!"
Then it was smashed by coconut.
The tent was rustling by the strong wind, and inside, Amy was introducing Lilu to the purple flowers.
The leaves of this flower are a bit like orchids. There is a layer of wax on the thick leaves. Now the leaves are a little dry and wrinkled on the surface. Several flower stems grow in the middle of the leaves. The flowers that were still purple not long ago have now grown into seeds that look like dandelions.
People on the western coast of the southern continent call it a storm flower, which only has leaves on weekdays. When the storm is about to come, flowers and seeds will bloom and bear seeds in a short time, allowing the wind to blow the seeds into the distance.
Lilu plans to let someone dry the coconut shells into flower pots, and try planting a few trees on each boat.
Frederick was still wet when he returned to the tent. When he opened the curtain, he was mist on his body. After entering, the rain had disappeared without a trace.
"Do you want a coconut?" He handed the coconut to Lilu, "and just picked up one."
The fresh coconut has a soft outer layer and a pit on it that feels a bit like the back of Frederick's head.
The storm that lasted for a day and two nights had only one injured person, but the situation on the ship was not optimistic.
"It seems that the shortcomings of paddle steamers are still very obvious." Frederick couldn't help but shake his head, "The water wheel is still too easy to damage."
Lilu nodded and said, "It's better to concentrate resources on the propeller boat in the future."
Eight of the ten paddlefishes have more or less damaged water wheels. Fortunately, the steel pipe skeleton of the blades can be repaired by knocking back or welding. If the wood blades are damaged, they can be directly cut into pine trees on the mountain to repair them. With the remaining allowance left by the design, it will not affect the subsequent navigation.
In contrast, except for a swordfish on the flying Tulip, the two new ships had basically nothing big to do. Only a few lifebuoys were blown away, passengers did not have fixed luggage rolling around in the cabin, and some vegetables and meat in the ice warehouse collapsed.
The photographers on the boat got busy, took photos of the swordfish from different angles and then roasted them.
This made the captains of the paddle ship fleet very depressed. They also wanted to accompany the sailing, so they could only wait for Frederick and others to follow up.
Frederick arranged the follow-up work and then found Kamala.
"Are there many such storms?" Frederick asked.
Kamala said with some wonder: "Often such storms only appear after the sun is at its highest level in a year, and this season only happens once every many years."
Frederick was a little depressed, probably because he was not lucky and encountered extreme weather.
But this is also beneficial. First of all, the design of the base house needs to be changed.
The originally square house was converted into a round one, and the three floors were converted into two floors.
Frederick asked them to build a shed on the top of the second floor to prevent the sun from shining directly on the roof, otherwise they would die of heat in summer.
This situation cannot be encountered in the north, and the southern translator has no say in this matter. Frederick lived in a container room at the construction site in his previous life. He knew that the sun was so powerful in the south at noon, so he reminded them.
Two days later, the fleet set out and sailed straight south for about 500 kilometers.
Frederick was worried that misfortune would not happen alone, and the storms came one by one. After discussing with Lilu, he decided not to look for the Horseshoe Islands and set up his second stronghold on an island near the southern continent.
The southwards the weather became hotter and the weather was. Everyone on the boat wore clothes made of light spider silk, and the air conditioner in the cabin never stopped.
"You are from the south and you are afraid of heat!"
Frederick pinched Susan's nose and handed her a small cup of salt soda.
Most northerners in the fleet have never seen such weather, and as a result, there are more people with heatstroke than seasickness.
Susan is from the south and ends up having heat stroke. "I have lived in the north for many years." She took the cup and took a sip, handed it back and said to Frederick, "I want to drink ice."
Frederick shook his head and said, "No, it will make you sick if you drink it very cold suddenly."
"You are a doctor yourself, but you don't know?"
Susan smiled a little embarrassedly. Of course she knew this, but she just wanted to act coquettishly towards Frederick.
After drinking, she placed the cup on the bedside table, spread her hands and reached for Frederick to hold her.
Frederick put the cup into the basket to prevent the sea from breaking, then turned the temperature of the air conditioner down, and then returned to the bed and lay down with Susan in his arms.
In less than two minutes, Susan fell asleep in his arms, snoring softly.
Frederick touched her back and under her armpits, and his body temperature had recovered. Just take a break and drink more salt soda.
When Susan was asleep, Frederick gently pulled away his arm that was used as a pillow for her, put the pillow on it, and then came to the captain's room.
Lilu is studying the chart, but many places on the chart are empty, with only latitude and longitude grids, and the fleet needs to fill in the content.
All we can do now is to calculate how many distances we have sailed these days.
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When Lilu saw Frederick coming in, she said, "We have deviated."
Frederick asked, "Is it serious?"
Lilu replied: "Maybe it is because of the current. The location is west than the scheduled location and is getting further and further away from the coast."
"I plan to determine the orientation at noon tomorrow and then adjust the course."
Frederick said: "Yes, I suggest finding a place to dock first so that everyone can adapt to the climate here."
Lilu thought about it and agreed to his suggestion.
The biggest trouble this sea trip brought was the weather, the storms and high temperatures and high humidity were beyond everyone's imagination.
Even Kamala used to be a part of an inland river and was not adapted to the high temperature and humidity at the sea. He had a severe heat stroke than Susan. Now he is hanging saline in the cabin.
Frederick was about to find a document when he found a black envelope on Lilu's desk, so he frowned and asked, "Whose will is this?"
Lilu sighed helplessly.
Frederick asked before he knew what was going on.
The sunshine in the south is quite bright. The lookout was greedy for coolness when working, and did not wear long-sleeved clothes. This morning, he found that he had peeled off a large area and wrote a will to the captain. He is now waiting to die in the cabin.
Frederick twitched his mouth, turned to the secretary and said, "Christina, go and see how he is doing on behalf of me, and ask about the situation."
Christina came back ten minutes later and reported to Frederick: "He had a serious peeling on his body, half of his back was peeled off, but now he was in a stable mood and there were many people accompanying him in the cabin."
Frederick just smiled. The sunshine in the north is not that strong, and no one knows that sunlight can make you peel off.
Christina felt a little unhappy. She was about to die, how could he laugh?
Frederick said to Lilu: "Let the lookouts open the awning in the future."
Lilu said, "I have arranged it."
Frederick found the list of food on board, studied it carefully for a while, and said, "I inform the kitchen to make more salt soda, add some banana powder and stir well, and give a cup to the engine room every hour."
The Kushi Kingdom introduced bananas from India, but for the reasons of preservation and transportation, the Principality of Weisen could only eat dehydrated bananas. After adding water, it could be made into banana puree. Some of them were used as snack materials on the ship.
The engine compartment is very hot and people sweat a lot. They can only rely on banana salt soda to replenish various minerals.
Frederick just finished speaking, and the lookout reported that there was a strange ship in front of him.
(This chapter ends)