Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 722 A Dangerous Nightmare

The four to five hundred miles near the mouth of the Amazon River is really chaotic, and the criss-crossing rivers are really like a maze.

If a few people drove a boat or a hundred people drove a dozen boats into such a chaotic river, let alone detection, it would be good if they didn't get lost.

Fortunately, Wang Chong didn't have more than a dozen ships with hundreds of people under his command. He had 6 or [-] people and thousands of ships under his command!

Moreover, they have many telescopes and compasses, so they are not afraid of getting lost, and they will not get lost in the chaotic river.

Early the next morning, he recruited another nine hundred households to the flagship, and explained them in detail to the rough map he had drawn.

This time they prepared quite well, like blank blueprints, they prepared a lot.

For example, the blank drawings used as the main drawing are a thick stack of forty or fifty sheets.

However, they didn't use the largest drawings that were one foot long and one foot wide.

Because there is not such a big table in the cab, and the Amazon River is a long east-west river, so it is definitely not a square map drawn squarely, but a long string.

Therefore, they prepared drawings that were half a foot long and half a foot wide.

This kind of blueprint is specially used for drawing maps. Straight lines of different thicknesses have been printed on it with light black ink, and the whole blueprint is divided into densely packed small squares. One foot represents a hundred miles, and one inch represents It represents ten miles, and one point represents one mile.

In this way, the blueprints are relatively simple to draw. Half a zhang represents a section of [-] miles of river, and after detecting the length of [-] miles, you can change to another blueprint and continue drawing.

If the length of the Amazon River is [-] miles, then twenty half-foot-wide drawings are connected in a string.

In addition, they also prepared thousands of small blueprints with a radius of one foot. These were used by the elite scouts of Jin Yiwei under him to disperse and detect.

Anyway, the proportions on the large drawing and the small drawing are the same. After the scattered drawing is completed, it is enough to zoom in and trace on the drawing. If you find it troublesome, you can even paste the scattered drawing on the large drawing.

Wang Chong pointed to the sketch he drew and introduced in detail: "Look, the width of the Amazon and the estuary is about [-] miles, and the south bank and the north river bank present a trumpet shape. About a hundred miles inwards, the river almost shrinks to about two miles.

There are so many islands in the middle of this river, it is necessary to carefully investigate the size of the islands and the condition of the middle water.

In addition, there are three big rivers flowing in ahead of us, and these three big rivers also need to be detected.

I roughly divide this area into ten pieces, each of you is responsible for one piece, and I am responsible for the tributary that flows into the southeast.

In two days, we will finish exploring these ten areas, and you can come back and report after you draw a detailed map. "

These hundreds of households are old scouts who have been in the field for a long time. They are not too familiar with terrain detection, and they are all good at drawing maps, so they don't need to be taught at all.

Wang Chong divided the area and distributed a stack of one-foot blueprints to each of the nine hundred households. Then with a wave of his hand, he ordered the nine hundred households to bring a hundred Spike warships and set off.

The reason why he chose the river in the southeast is naturally for a reason.

Because judging from the flow direction of the Amazon River's main road, the southeast side is most likely to be a tributary, and the primitive tribes here generally don't set up their settlements on the riverside with a width of more than ten feet.

If he wants to find the primitive tribe here, he has to enter the tributary of the tributary.

As for the reason, it is actually very simple.

Because the primitive tribes here rely on hunting for a living, the scope of hunting is the foundation of survival for them.

If they set up their tribal settlements on the banks of a river with a width of more than ten feet, it would be impossible for them to cross the river to hunt on the other side. In this way, their hunting area would be reduced by half.

Naturally, they would be very careful about matters related to food sources, so the settlements of the tribes here were generally located by small rivers with a width of one or two feet and the water was not very deep.

And this kind of small river is generally a tributary of the tributary of the Amazon River.

The reason why he personally led the fleet into this tributary was to find the primitive tribes here.

The entrance of this tributary was frighteningly wide, twenty or thirty miles wide. However, the river began to narrow immediately after entering. The fleet narrowed to less than five miles after traveling less than twenty miles. Ri wide.

Obviously, he guessed right, this is definitely not the main trunk of the Amazon River.

However, the situation in this tributary did surprise him again.

Because this tributary is also densely covered with tributaries, and there is a tributary almost every few miles.

What to do in this situation?

After Wang Chong thought about it, he continued to lead the fleet to sail inward.

About half an hour later, a fork appeared in this tributary, and there were two forks less than two miles wide in front of it, one went straight south, and the other turned around and went east.

At this time, it seems that the flagship can no longer go in.

Wang Chong glanced through the binoculars, thought for a while, and then said in a loud voice: "Order, all the general flags and small flags come to the flagship to gather."

Soon, the two general flags and ten small flags under his hand poured into the cab.

He roughly assigned the task, and distributed a few one-foot blueprints to everyone, and then waved them to disperse to explore the various tributaries, and he drew them on the map in detail according to the situation of this tributary. .

He didn't seem to worry about the safety of his men at all.

What is going on here?
Isn't it rumored that the Amazon River is very dangerous?

Naturally, they have been prepared for a long time. Those dangerous animals will not be in danger when they meet them, but those dangerous animals will be dangerous. For dangerous animals, they are simply existences at the level of nightmares!

For example, the chief flag officer, Lao Zheng, has just entered a tributary with a few Spike warships. He is standing on the bow of the boat with a binoculars and scanning the jungle on both sides. Behind him, a young man from the Indian tribe suddenly points to the nearby river bank. Excitedly said: "My lord, my lord, crocodile, crocodile!"

Hearing this, Lao Zheng raised his binoculars and scanned in the direction of his finger. Sure enough, there was a large crocodile more than ten feet long floating in the water beside the bank.

Good guy, this time I made a fortune.

The Daming Western Company is currently buying crocodile skin. It is rumored that the soft armor made from this kind of crocodile skin after special tanning is very beautiful. Wearing it on the body is like wearing plate armor. almost.

In other words, the defense of this crocodile leather armor is almost the same as that of the plate armor, but the comfort of wearing it is not comparable to that of the plate armor.

This kind of soft armor is very popular among generals of the Ming army and elders of Indian tribes, and it sells very well.

As for the selling price, it is naturally not low, after all, is rare something expensive?

Lao Zheng doesn't know how much a crocodile skin soft armor like a tank top can sell for. He only knows that a ten-foot-long crocodile skin can sell for dozens of taels of silver. This one may sell for hundreds of taels of silver. two.

OK!

Old Zheng couldn't help but excitedly said: "Get ready to do it, whoever finds it just now will get ten taels, whoever catches it will also get ten taels, and whoever kills will also get ten taels.

I will peel the skin, then sell it, and divide it into ten taels, and everyone else will share the rest equally. "

Well, ten taels of silver is a lot, after all, the sum of everyone's food and wages is less than ten taels of silver a month.

The people on this boat were so excited that several people took out the hooks and hooks to hang dead fish on it.

Crocodiles are not very picky eaters, they eat anything that swims in the water, crawling on the ground, and eat anything that smells, the main thing is that they are big enough.

They had tested that only fish that were a foot up would interest the crocodiles, so each boat had several of them on board.

The warship slowly approached, and everyone threw out the hooks and locks with dead fish hanging on them.

At this time, the crocodile was staring at them with big eyes.

Crocodiles are the overlords of water and land in the jungle. They are not afraid of anything. Such a big crocodile wants to eat anything that moves!

In its eyes, humans are also dynamic food.

However, it did not expect that the food would throw food at him.

It opened its mouth without hesitation, and just took a breath.

A foot-long fish disappeared in its mouth in an instant.

He was about to open his mouth to take some more, when the strong Indian tribe who had been bitten by the shackle already pulled the shackle vigorously, and directly hung the shackle into its upper jaw.

This hook lock can be hooked by a city wall, not to mention the mouth of a crocodile.

The crocodile rolled in the water instantly in pain.

Seeing this, Lao Zheng quickly called a few strong men to go up and grab the hook lock, and it was a sudden pull.

The strength of the crocodile is indeed great, but that is relative to the average person. In front of the strong men of the Indian tribe, no matter how strong the crocodile is, it is useless.

If a few are not enough, it’s a big deal to add a few more.

Anyway, once the crocodile is hooked by them, there is basically no way to run away.

Soon, the crocodile was pulled to the side of the boat.

At this time, several young and strong men had already raised their hungry and thirsty swords.

Their so-called big sword is actually a black iron knife with a nearly half-foot-long iron wood added to the back, and the three sides of the black iron knife are sharpened, so it is no problem to stab the crocodile's head.

Several young and strong stabbed the crocodile violently with big knives, and the crocodile's head was instantly turned into a blood gourd.

Finally, a young man stabbed the crocodile in the forehead, and the crocodile stopped struggling.

The jungle overlord only felt a pain in his mouth, and then he was pulled over involuntarily, followed by a bunch of sharp things stabbing him on the head.

The whole process was just a few blinks of an eye.

Before it realized what was going on, it was stabbed to death!
(End of this chapter)