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"An island is found ahead!" Feng Shijie put away his binoculars excitedly, and climbed down from the observation tower while shouting. Lu Cheng and others in the cabin heard his shout, and all ran to the deck, even the Mao in Lu Wan's hand. 』I didn’t even have time to put down the pen.

"Captain, please look, there is an island over there, it looks like it should be quite large!" Feng Shijie said excitedly.After discovering an island, they can not only replenish food and fresh water, but also have a good rest. Another very important point is that after this exploration, they can get [-]% of the slave trade income in the future, but this One percent is not evenly divided among the crew, but is distributed according to the contribution of each crew member. Like the island he discovered today, if the natives on the island have great capture value, then he will You will get a lot of money.

Lu Wan took the binoculars and looked at the land in the distance, and found that it was indeed an island, and it looked not small in size. Although it was not as large as the largest island they encountered along the way, it could still be ranked high.

"Order the fleet to head towards the island ahead at full speed. Today is New Year's Eve, and we'll spend the night there!" Lu Wan was also very excited. He could find an island on this New Year's Eve, and it was a big island. God is really good to them, at least this time they can spend a good year on land.

When the crew members on the ship learned that there was an island ahead, they also yelled happily, and all the people in the kitchen who were preparing dumplings stopped. After all, there is an island in front, so it is very likely to catch prey. Who wants to eat meat from these cans instead of fresh meat?Capital Datang 422

Although the wind direction was wrong, Lu Wan and his crew were all experienced sailors.The entire fleet walked in zigzag and approached the island quickly.And as the distance gets closer.Lu Wan and the others also discovered that the island is indeed huge.Moreover, the island is covered with green trees, and from time to time, there are patches of birds flying from the trees. From this, it can be judged that there should be natives living on this island.

Lu Wan's ship is named Nanyang, and it is also the fastest ship in the entire fleet, so he arrived at the island first with a few small boats. Reefs, big ships can't get close at all.So they had to turn around the island, and finally found a suitable beach on the east side of the island.

After the other large ships and small boats arrived, Lu Wan on the Nanyang immediately issued an order for each ship to send out capable crews on board, fully armed, and start heading to the shore in small boats.

The reason why they were so careful was because they had suffered in this regard before. They were too careless when they went ashore once, and they were ambushed by a group of natives.Fortunately, those natives' weapons were very primitive, they only killed or injured a few crew members, and after they reacted, they immediately killed each other.Otherwise, their losses will be great.

But this time they were lucky, it was obviously a wild beach.There is no trace of people coming, but the footprints of some wild animals.This makes all the crew very excited, because it means.They have fresh meat to eat this evening.

After the first crew went ashore, they immediately divided into several teams to check the surroundings. After confirming that there was no danger, they immediately went to a place not far from the beach to cut down trees, and then dragged them back to build a few simple wooden walls. A lot of sandbags were poured for reinforcement, so that even if an enemy attacked, they would have a place to hide.

As more and more people went ashore, the fortifications were built faster. In addition, Lu Wan also sent out several teams of sailors who were proficient in jungle hunting, and asked them to wear leather armor and bring bows and arrows to hunt some prey in the woods. .

It's getting late now, Lu Wan estimated that if they hurry up, they can build a smaller fortification, but they definitely can't let everyone on board get off, and it can only accommodate one third at most Most of the people are on land, and most of the rest of the people still have to live on the boat tonight, but that's okay, everyone will come down later, celebrate lively, and then go back to watch the new year, anyway, tonight No one will sleep, and there are many things to play on the boat.

Just when Lu Wan commanded the crew to build a mobile dock on the water so that the boats could dock and facilitate the transportation of goods in the future, he saw a man who had just been sent out to hunt rushing over, shouting excitedly as he ran: "Captain, we met It’s time for the big guy, I’m afraid I’m going to use your treasures this time!”

Many people in the vicinity put down their work when they heard this man's shouting, and one of them shouted excitedly: "What the hell did you encounter, and you want to use it?"

Lu Wan was also taken aback at the time. The treasure the other party mentioned was called a musket. When they went to sea, Yan Bei, the chairman of the association, specially handed it to him. There were only five of them in total, and he was specially told in advance that the musket was very precious. , You must be careful when using it, so he kept it in the captain's room for the rest of the time, except for sending it to a few confidants when he encountered a few powerful enemies.

As for the power of this kind of musket, there is nothing to say. No matter what kind of enemy, as long as you hit it accurately, you will basically be killed with one shot, and even a shield can't stop it. The sharks are also accurate in every dozen.After the crew below knew the power of the musket, they would also borrow the musket from him when they encountered a huge beast on the island.

"Buffalo, we met a group of buffaloes, and now everyone else is waiting for their chance, but the buffalo's skin is very thick, and we may not be able to kill them with the bows and arrows in our hands, so I was sent to borrow a musket from the captain!" The man who came running shouted loudly again.

"Buffalo?" Lu Wan also exclaimed in great surprise, "It seems that we are lucky today, and we will have beef tonight!"

The others also cheered after hearing this. Many of the islands they encountered along the way had buffalo breeding, and even many natives knew that buffalo were used as animal power.However, for Lu Wan and the others, buffalo is an extremely good meat, and if a few are found, it will be enough for their entire fleet to eat.

Thinking of this, Lu Wan no longer hesitated, and immediately went to the ship to fetch the muskets, and dozens of rounds of paper bullets, and then called several crew members with the best marksmanship, each with a gun, and Lu Wan Lead the team in person, ready to hunt buffalo.

It is worth mentioning that Feng Shijie is also one of the selected people. Although his body is not very strong, his marksmanship is excellent. Ten natives.The crew of the entire fleet were from the slave hunting team, and all of them were murderers without batting an eyelid, so if you want to gain a foothold among them, you have to have no skills, and Feng Shijie relied on his precise marksmanship to be able to Approved by the surrounding crew.

Lu Wan and the others followed the messenger into the woods, and walked quickly through a small path opened by the crew who had just been hunted. After walking for nearly a mile, they passed through the woods and came to a small small road. Next to the lake, and in the woods on the side of the lake, they saw the hunting team ambushing there, and at the same time saw the buffalo in the lake.

The island where they are now is already south of the equator, so although it is New Year's Eve today, it is still very hot here, so the buffaloes in front of Lu Wan and the others also hid in the water one after another. Cool off in the icy lake water.Capital Datang 422

"How about it, when will these buffaloes come out of the water?" Lu Wan observed for a while, and then asked in a low voice to the captain of the hunting team beside him, now that the buffaloes are in the water, there is no way to shoot at all, and even Even if it is killed, it is not easy to pull it up, so it is best to wait for the buffalo to land before hitting it.

This captain is a young guy, a bit naive, known as the second fool, his ancestors were hunters, and his hunting skills are passed down through his family, so he was appointed as the captain of this team.

When Erhanzi heard the captain's question, he immediately replied in a low voice: "Captain, the buffalo is afraid of heat, so it usually stays in the water during the day, but now the sun is about to set and the temperature is dropping. So I reckon that these buffaloes are about to go ashore, after all, they also have to go ashore to eat!"

Lu Wan nodded after hearing this, and told the people behind him to wait patiently, but at this moment Erhanzi took out something from his back and said, "Look, captain, this is what we found in the woods just now, probably on the island. left by the natives."

Lu Wan looked down, but found that what Erhanzi handed over was an arrow used by the natives. The arrow was made of unknown animal teeth and was very sharp.Lu Wan put the arrow under his nose and smelled it, and found a faint fishy smell, which meant that there was poison on it, and according to his experience, the poison arrows of the natives are generally very poisonous. If the treatment is not timely, they will definitely die. When they clashed with the natives, several brothers died under the poisonous arrows because there was no time for treatment.

Lu Wan took the arrow and inspected it, and found that the body of the arrow was still very new, and it should have been lost recently.Generally speaking, because the natives are backward in handwork, making an arrow is also very labor-intensive and time-consuming, so the bows and arrows "shot" will be picked up again, and the arrows will not be lost easily, and this arrow is probably from hunting. accidentally lost in the woods.

"Everyone, be careful, the opponent is using poisonous arrows. If you want to fight with the opponent in the future, try not to conflict, so as not to lose more people!" Lu Wan said solemnly, they are here to explore the road, not to fight with the natives The war broke out, especially this kind of native tribe that might bring them casualties, so they definitely didn't want to conflict with each other unless it was a last resort.

The others nodded slightly after hearing this, and then focused on monitoring the buffalo.However, Lu Wan and the others did not notice that in the woods on the other side of the small lake opposite them, a group of bare-chested natives were also waiting for the buffaloes in the lake to come ashore. (To be continued.)