Marin hesitated for a long time because he didn't know how to convince Magellan to give up. After all, this is a good thing that can make the world famous. There is no sufficient reason, and it is difficult for the other party to give up.
Finally, Marin thought about it and felt that since Magellan thought that circumnavigation could earn the greatest reputation, it was because of a "first". If this "first" was gone, would the other party give up? So Marin thought about it and said:
"Mr. Magellan, it's not that I don't want to help you. But someone has already completed the global navigation. But it's not published..."
Then, a big pot was pressed on the legendary God Einstein's head...
"What? Someone has completed the global voyage? Who is it? Why is there no news? It shouldn't be..."
Magellan couldn't understand. In his opinion, if someone completes a global voyage, he should be impatient to announce the results to achieve his reputation.
Marin, who decided to blame Einstein, said calmly:
"Not everyone is keen on fame and fortune, Mr. Magellan. As for whom is, I might as well tell you, it is my teacher Einstein..."
"Is it 'Saint Einstein'?" Magellan was shocked, and then suddenly realized. Because, now all Europe knows that Einstein is a dead monk, a traveler, and is said to have traveled many parts of the world. Such a person completes a voyage around the world, which seems reasonable. As for the unpublished results... they are monks and don't care about fame and fortune at all...
Marin nodded, then pretended to be remembering the martyrs and explained:
"Yes, he had spent decades of savings during his lifetime, including donations from many believers during his travels, bought a large ship, and carried dozens of followers to conduct a global sailing. However, the global sailing was too dangerous. In the end, only the teacher survived. The dozens of followers he brought with him either died in a terrible storm or died of scurvy on the ship..."
In fact, Marin is just scaring Magellan - the global navigation is dangerous, don't go...
Magellan hesitated indeed. Although he was 35 years old, he was not married yet and had not improved in his career. He did not want to die so early. However, he was a little unwilling to accept it. So he asked:
"So, Your Majesty, I want to know what is going on west of the Wild Continent?" After saying that, he looked at Marin with hope.
Marin thought for a while and said:
"It's an endless sea..." The name of the sea between the continent of Azeroth suddenly popped up in Marin's mind.
Since the name of the Warcraft was applied, Marin simply continued to apply it:
"It is said that to the west of the wild continent is an extremely wide endless ocean, so it is called the Endless Sea. At the same time, because of the violent storm, it is also called the Storm Sea..."
"The teacher's record says that the large ocean is very wide, with a large vortex in the middle, with high winds and high waves. There seems to be a bottomless pit in the middle of the sea, which swallows hundreds of millions of barrels of sea water every day, which seems to lead to the hell in the center of the earth. During that voyage, half of the teacher's followers were swept into the sea and disappeared into the bottomless pit when they passed the bottomless pit of the big vortex... The teacher and the others were also lucky. Just as the ship was blocked by a reef, the entire boat was swallowed into the bottomless pit of the big vortex... Later, when the wind calmed down, they escaped in a panic..."
"Big vortex? Bottomless pit?" What the hell is this? Magellan's head is covered in mud...
Marin became interested, took out a pencil, and based on the map of Yamaguchi Mountain in his previous life, he casually described the endless sea and the large vortex on a white piece of paper. Then, he told Magellan:
"Anyway, navigating in the endless sea is very dangerous. If it weren't for God's blessing, my teacher wouldn't even come back to himself..."
Magellan swallowed, thought for a while, and asked hesitantly:
"So, how wide is this endless sea?"
Marin thought about it—it seems that the Pacific Ocean is 19,000 kilometers wide, while the Atlantic Ocean is 2,800 kilometers wide... Well, that's the case...
"It's probably six or seven times the width of the Atlantic Ocean..."
Magellan suddenly collapsed a little - Damn, it will take more than two months to cross the Atlantic Ocean. So, the Pacific Ocean, which is six or seven times wider than the Atlantic Ocean, wouldn’t it take more than a year to sail?
It seemed that Magellan's idea was seen, Marin continued to introduce:
"Taiping... no, there is no continent in the middle of the Endless Sea, only a few small islands. Moreover, it should be pointed out that these islands may be coral reefs with no fresh water on them. In other words, sailing on the Endless Sea does not matter to avoid the terrible whirlpools and storms, and also to prevent the crew from dying of thirst without fresh water..."
"In addition, the teacher once said that if you stay on the sea for several months, the crew will be very prone to scurvy. Therefore, it is best to land on ashore and eat fresh food..." Marin did not explain any knowledge of vitamin C, because Magellan is not his own person, so there is no need to tell him. In addition, scurvy and other things are also known compared to Magellan. Because the Portuguese had encountered many such situations when sailing in India. Even the younger brother of Dagama, who first discovered India, died of scurvy.
Magellan nodded solemnly and said:
"I understand, we often encounter this when we sail in India..."
Marin smiled and said:
"Maybe the distance to sailing in India is not as close as crossing the endless sea, but you must understand that most of the time you sail to India is sailing along the African continent. Only after arriving in Mombasa or Malindi on the east coast of Africa can you cross the Arabian Sea and head to India. However, this time is only about one month (less than one month when you encounter a tailwind). Therefore, the fleet has the opportunity to dock to replenish supplies and get some fresh food and water to prevent scurvy. But if you cross the endless sea, there is no land to replenish fresh water and food along the way. Not to mention that you can die of thirst, and the chance of scurvy is very high! You are a sailing professional, and you must understand what I said."
Magellan nodded solemnly, then asked in confusion:
"So, how can the respected Lord St. Einstein solve the freshwater crisis when crossing the endless sea?" According to Marin, the people on Einstein's ship should not be able to persist in crossing the endless sea. Because there is not enough freshwater...
Malin was stunned for a moment and also noticed a loophole in his words. So he told Running the Brain and finally thought of a reasonable explanation-
"That's right. My teacher is lucky. He encountered rainy weather many times along the way. It was by collecting rainwater that he solved the tamsui crisis."
"That's also good luck. If you are not lucky and encounter sunny days in a row, the teacher may not be able to persevere... It is said that for a period of time, there was a continuous sunny day and it did not rain, and everyone did not drink enough fresh water. When they were the most thirsty, the sailors all rely on drinking their own urine to solve the thirst problem..." Marin deliberately exaggerated.
Magellan was startled - what? Drinking urine? It's so scary! It's so scary...
Chapter completed!