Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 724 The Magical Dock

Before noon, the flagship is already full of aromas and bustling.

There are not many tributaries of this tributary that are more than a hundred miles away, and many of them are unable to sail in the second half, so most of the general or small flags leading the team returned within two hours.

When they returned with the flagship on the map they drew, they would basically bring some delicious food to honor their old superior, who is now Qianhu Wang Chong.

Crocodile meat, boa constrictor meat, dried parasitic fish, piranha skewers, giant bony fish, etc. The amount is more than a hundred catties, and the less is ten catties. Everyone will be more or less interested.
Those who are not lucky enough to get special delicacies will also cast a few nets along the way to catch some fish.

At this moment, a dozen or so cauldrons have already been set up on the flagship deck. Wang Chong's personal guards, sailors and soldiers on board, and the veteran fishermen who came with them are all showing their skills, frying, steaming, grilling and so on. All kinds of cooking methods are used together, making the whole boat full of fragrance.

At the moment, Wang Chong is still listening carefully to the report of the general flags and small flags in the cab, and carefully plots the terrain of the tributaries they detected on the big map.

After working hard for more than half an hour, the tributary of this tributary was finally roughly drawn.

The entire tributary is like a big tree, with branches and forks everywhere, probably spreading over a radius of more than two hundred miles.

Because the last section of the river forked was too narrow and the water was too shallow, the Spikes couldn't get in at all. At this time, they had no choice but to give up.

Perhaps it should be suggested to the emperor to build some small fishing boats that can carry several people, otherwise it will be more troublesome to explore the tributaries after exploring the main branches of the Amazon and the river.

The place where the Spikes couldn't get in was at least ten miles long, or even tens of miles long. It would be too time-consuming for them to disembark and explore along the river.

Wang Chong stared at the drawn map and pondered for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go to eat first, and then go to contact the primitive tribes found here."

After finishing speaking, he walked to the deck below with a group of general flags and small flags.

At this time, a large round table had been set up in the middle of the deck, with more than a dozen large and small vegetable bowls, as well as the bowls, chopsticks and water glasses for their meals, and even the rice was served for them.

Hundreds of people on the flagship are waiting for them to have dinner.

Seeing this, Wang Chong quickly called all the general banners and small banners to sit down.

He picked up the water glass and took a quick sip of water, then picked up the chopsticks and greeted: "Everyone has worked hard, you are welcome, the meal is ready, everyone can scoop up what you want to eat."

After speaking, he grabbed a piece of braised crocodile meat and stuffed it into his mouth.

Seeing this, everyone picked up their chopsticks and started to move with their rice bowls in their hands.

There is only such a big round table on the whole boat, and other people can't sit on it, but their food is the same as the table in the middle, because the ready-made dishes are all in the big iron pots around them, and they can take whatever they want Just shovel it into the bowl with a shovel.

Everyone is used to this way of eating.

Taichang is very concerned about the food of his soldiers, as long as the army goes out to fight, the food will not be so good.

If it is by the sea, there will be endless seafood.

If it is on the grassland, there will be endless beef and mutton.

If it is by the river, there will be endless river fresh food.

A meal of more than ten dishes is quite normal for them, and everyone also likes hundreds of people to make a dozen or so pots together, so that the taste is rich and enjoyable.

It was the first time for the young and strong Amazon tribe who came along with them to encounter such a good thing.

Back then in the jungle, it would have been nice if they could eat a full meal. There would be so many delicious food for them to choose from.

Even if they moved to Xinma City later, they could only eat a full meal, and it was basically difficult to eat delicious food.

Daming is to ensure that they have enough fish, beef, corn cobs and flour, but the problem is that they are still young and can do it!
The soldiers of the Ming army didn't have time to come and cook for them.

They made it themselves, so don't mention the taste.

The tastes made by the officers and soldiers of the Ming army are different, and each one is extremely delicious to them. These days, they can almost eat to the full.

This meal was even more terrible. They had never tasted crocodile meat, dried parasitic fish, or piranha skewers.

Because these things are terrifying existences that kill people, they basically run away when they see them. Where can they eat them? It's not bad if they don't get eaten by these things.

Of course, they are just afraid of living, but they are not afraid of it being made into a dish.

Not only are they not afraid, but they also eat with relish, because these things taste so good.

After lunch, Wang Chong set off with the fleet.

However, this time he only brought more than a dozen Spike warships, because the place where they were going could not be accessed by large fishing boats.

Moreover, in the absence of a wharf, it is not easy for large fishing boats to dock and land.

Spike warships are different, the deck is not high, and they have specially prepared a set of things, it is not too easy to land on the shore.

The water system of this tributary of the Amazon River covers at least two hundred miles, and there are naturally many tribes in it, and there are seven or eight in the first group they discovered.

Wang Chong's trip is probably going to a tribe located in the north of the middle of this tributary, because according to the situation detected by his small flag, this tribe should be the largest among all the tribes found, and it is also the closest to the river.

The fleet sailed in the river for about half an hour, and there were faint traces of huts in the jungle ahead, and there were quite a few of them.

Wang Chong raised his binoculars and saw that this place was indeed a large primitive tribe. Judging by the number of thatched huts by the river, this tribe had at least 300 people.

Before the fleet approached the river bank where the tribe was, a bunch of young men appeared on the river bank. Looking at the number, there were about fifty people, which proved that the tribe had about 500 people.

Such a tribe is already considered a very large tribe in the jungle.

Seeing this, Wang Chong couldn't help but smile, then waved his hand and said, "Let's start shouting."

A young man from the tribe in Xinma City immediately walked to the bow of the boat and shouted at the top of his voice.

When the group of people on the river bank heard this, they were all shocked.

They originally thought it was outsiders who came, because they just ran back and forth in the river in a hurry, and ignored them at all.

Unexpectedly, when they came over again, what they shouted turned out to be their dialect!

Soon, the two sides struck up a conversation, and the young man from the tribe who came from Xinma City shouted for a while, and then turned around and said something.

At this moment, they still don't know how to speak Da Ming, so Wang Chong could only look solemnly at the elders of the Su clan who were acting as translators beside him.

There is no way, the little girl Zhao Baiyun is too smart, she was chosen by the emperor to be the big treasurer of Daming Medicine, and the interpreter beside him has also become an elder of the Sioux clan.

The elder of the Sioux tribe was also quite familiar with various Indian dialects. When he saw Wang Chong read it, he quickly explained: "The people of this tribe have agreed that we go ashore to discuss with them."

very good!

Wang Chong immediately waved his hand and said, "Go up and build a temporary dock."

A Spike warship with a gourd frame came out more and more immediately, and slowly approached the river bank.

Several experienced sailors on board were constantly testing the water depth near the river bank with bamboo poles. They tested all the way and finally found a suitable place.

Immediately afterwards, the young and strong men of several Indian tribes used gourds to hang up an iron frame with sharp corners. Push the shelf out.

The hoist on the Spike is actually a bit similar to the simple crane in the port, but the hoisting and moving back and forth must rely on manpower, not driven by a steam engine.

If this kind of human crane is loading and unloading goods of millions or even tens of millions of catties, it will naturally exhaust the individual.

However, it is still very easy to hang an iron frame into the water.

Soon, the iron frame fell into the water steadily, and the height out of the water was just a little higher than the ship's side.

Immediately afterwards, the people on the boat hoisted an iron ladder about half a foot wide and about two feet long. It was still the old method. The height of the iron ladder just exceeded the ship's side, and everyone pushed the iron ladder out together.

When the iron ladder was lowered, it happened to be between the ship's side and the iron frame that had just been lowered.

Immediately afterwards, several young and strong Indian tribes took thick wooden boards and laid them on the iron ladder. The width of the wooden boards was just enough to trap inside the triangles on both sides of the iron frame.

A few people laid the wooden planks on the iron frame along the iron ladder, and took out a few screws to connect the iron frame and the iron ladder. The temporary dock was almost half completed.

Immediately afterwards, the people on the boat hoisted up an iron ladder and pushed it out.

Several young men on the iron frame caught the iron ladder, stood directly on the iron frame, then loosened the hook of the gourd, and pushed the iron ladder to the shore.

With a "snap", the iron ladder connected the river bank and the iron frame together.

Several young men took out a few screws to fasten the iron ladder, then ran back to the boat to get some planks, built them all the way, and a temporary pier was miraculously built.

This is actually a small design of Peng Bin.

He heard that Taichang was going to contact various tribes in the Amazon River Basin through the river, so he thought of the problem of landing.

The river here is not very safe. If it is not cleaned carefully, the water is still very dangerous.

Ever since, he combined the steam crane and came up with such a way to build a temporary dock.

This method is indeed fast and safe.

After witnessing the whole process, Wang Chong couldn't help nodding his head in admiration and said, "These people from the Ministry of Industry are really powerful, they can even come up with such a method."

This is all right, it will not be too easy to build a temporary dock in the future.

After this trip back, I have to hurry up and ask people to make more!

(End of this chapter)