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第四十一章 目的地

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“真正的目的地?”

“没错!”泰勒笑道:“别告诉我是去虾夷地打海豹,这个季节海豹都在海里呢,哪来的海豹可打?您放心,我是个勇敢的人,哪怕是九层地狱我也不会害怕!”说到这里,他在心里补上一句“只要能挖到黄金”。网址找回邮件:ltxsba@gmail.com天籁小『说ww

“那您能够保守秘密吗?”

“当然,我向上帝起誓,除非经过您的允许,我决不会让第三个人知道目的地。”

“很好!”林河水脸上露出嘲讽笑容:“您看,我也能保守秘密!”说罢,他转身走下艉楼,留下气得脸色白的泰勒。半响之后他猛地一顿足:“早晚我会弄明白金矿在哪儿?”

“橡树”号穿过对马海峡后,便领着其余的船只沿着朝鲜半岛靠日本海一侧的海岸线向北方向航行,沿途每当遇到大的河流入海口,林河水便下令船只停泊下来,派出小船逆流进入河口,一来补充淡水,二来打听到了何处。这在当时的航行中,尤其是前往陌生海域的航行中都是很正常的行为,但泰勒却从中找出了一些线索,原因很简单,朝鲜半岛对于当时的中国人来说是很熟悉的海域,完全没有必要像这样每到一个河流入海口都停下来查看。那么答案只有一个——这次航行的目的地应该是位于某条河流的入海口,或者位于某条流入日本海的河流两岸。

事实证明泰勒的揣测是正确的,当五月的第四个星期三——也就是“橡树”号穿越对马海峡之后的第十二天,这支小舰队已经抵达了东北亚大6的海岸线,开始沿着海岸线转向东北方向航行时。泰勒受到了林河水的邀请,在喝了两杯酒之后,林河水神色严肃的说:“泰勒船长,我现在可以回答你航行的最终目的这个问题了。”

泰勒那张被海风吹得黑红的脸上微微颤抖了一下,旋即露出得意的笑容来:“林大人,你应该早一点告诉我的,不过现在也不算晚!”

林河水笑了笑,从怀中取出一张画在羊皮上的简陋地图来,不难看出地图的作者没有受过基本的绘图训练,只用了几根粗陋的线条标记了地形与河流,泰勒注意到在图中一个应该是湖泊的地方画了一个叉,他正揣测这个叉代表什么,林河水便伸手点了点那个叉:“这里便是我们此行的目的地!”

“喔!”泰勒惊讶的睁大了眼睛:“这不是一个内6湖吗?难道我们还要步行穿越几百英里的原始森林?”

“不!”林河水摇了摇头:“这个湖和大海有水路连通,冬天的时候水路会封冻,但现在是夏天,我们可以通过水路抵达那儿?”林河水一边解说一边伸出手指在地图上比划着。泰勒瞪大眼睛,好不容易才在那张粗陋的地图上找到代表河流的线条。他仔细的观察了一会地图,最后一摊手道:“如果就这些恐怕我们没法抵达目的地,这附近恐怕有几百个与大海有水路连通的湖泊,我们怎么知道目的地是哪一个?”

“当然不止这点!”林河水笑道:“这个湖泊周围盛产水耗子,当地蛮子称其为水耗子湖,因为水耗子在蛮语中叫‘兴凯’,是以当地土人称其为兴凯湖,其流出河为松阿察河,然后汇入乌苏里江,再汇入哈拉穆河(即黑龙江),最后在尼噜罕流入大海,我们只要找到尼噜罕这个地方即可。“

“等一下!”泰勒突然打断林河水的描述,皱眉思忖起来,林河水见他这样,也不敢打扰,坐在一旁静静等候,过了半响功夫,泰勒方才问道:“你说的尼噜罕这地方是不是盛产鲑鱼,每年秋天便有许多蛮子汇集此地捕捉鲑鱼的?对面就是一个大岛,叫做北虾夷地的?”

泰勒见林河水目瞪口呆,也不多话,径直推门出去,不一会儿又带了一张海图回来,林河水赶忙将桌子上的酒杯等碍手碍脚的东西移到一旁,泰勒将地图在桌子上铺开,比划着说道:“你方才说我就想起来了,七年前我去虾夷地打海豹,听当地土人说更北处有一大岛,上面盛产金沙,结果我就改航去那儿,想要碰碰运气,临去前正好是秋天,便先去那个河口捕捉鲑鱼准备冬天的食物。当地的土人就叫那地方尼噜罕,好像是画卷的意思,指那儿山川秀美,宛如画卷!”

林河水赶忙取出阿克敦写给刘成的书信,将其中对那几条河流和尼噜罕的描述拿出来与泰勒比对,过来好一会儿才确定那尼噜罕十有**便是泰勒口中说的盛产鲑鱼之地。至于接下来的乌苏里江、松阿察河只有慢慢寻找了。想不到一直以来苦恼的难题竟然这么容易就解决了,林河水不由得兴奋万分,笑道:“当真是天命在我,竟然就这么容易找到了哈拉穆河和尼噜罕,这次回去后我一定禀明大人,重重赏赐你!”

“好说,好说!”泰勒笑道:“其实也不用什么赏赐,到时候挖金矿的时候,林大人你莫要盯得那么紧就好了!”

“金矿?”林河水闻言一愣,问道:“什么金矿?”

泰勒一时失言,不禁后悔不迭,但此时也无法改口,只得笑道:“那就是银山啦,你们明国商人做买卖除了金银别的货物几乎都不要,总说天朝上国物产丰富,无所求于人。除了金银矿,你家大人何必派船队跑这么荒僻的地方来?”

林河水听到这里,才明白泰勒是误解了,不由得又是好气又是好笑:“哪来的什么金山银矿?我先前不是和你说过了吗?大明正在与东虏开战,大人派遣我们远航是为了策动东虏后方的蛮人暴动,以分虏酋之力。难道你没有看到船里有那么多士兵、火器、甲仗、粮食和铁器,天底下哪有这样开金矿银矿的?”

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