Capital Datang

A big bird that looked like a dove stopped at the top of the tree, and occasionally lowered its head to lick the insects on the branches, but immediately straightened its neck, looking around vigilantly with a pair of eyes, for fear of encountering any surprise attack by natural enemies.But this big bird obviously only pays attention to the natural enemies it has encountered before, but it doesn't know that there is a danger from the outside world approaching under its feet.

"嗖~" With the sound of a bowstring, a feathered arrow suddenly shot out from the grass. As a result, the big bird on the treetop had no time to react. The arrow pierced through its chest and fell to the ground. .

"It's hit again, Brother Lin, your arrow skills are amazing!" With a cheer, two people emerged from the grass half a person's height. They were the two members of Feng Shijie's team, with bows and arrows in their hands. It was the middle-aged man named Lin Ge, and the other was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy named Er Tian. This time he went out hunting with Lin Ge to prepare for the extra meal in the evening.

Ertian now has a lot of prey hanging on his body, most of which are birds, especially the leather bag in his hand, which is full of bird eggs.But these prey are all the trophies of Lin Ge, he is just an errand runner.

"Hey, Ertian, you are still young, if you are willing to learn, among other things, within three years, I can make you reach brother's level!" Pick it up, and then hang it on Ertian's body, while not forgetting to lure Ertian to learn from him.Capital Datang 503

"Three years?" Ertian curled his lips after hearing this, "Forget it, I heard from the boss that there will be more and more guns in the future, and the boss has only practiced for a few months, and his marksmanship is already like a god, so he has that kung fu. .I might as well go to the old university for a musket, maybe after I have learned it, I can also make a musket for fun."

When Ertian mentioned muskets, there was an unconcealable look of envy in his eyes.When Feng Shijie participated in the exploration fleet, he practiced a good marksmanship. Later, when the fleet returned to Taiwan, Li Yin gave several important people a musket. Feng Shijie, as the surveyor, also had one in his hand.At the same time, this was also the first time that Li Yin allowed private individuals to hold firearms.And Feng Shijie also cherished his musket very much, and would never take it out at all, but this time he brought it with him to explore the gold mine.The team members like Ertian were envious.

Hearing that Ertian would rather learn musketry than his own archery, Brother Lin was a little angry at first, but then he sighed, because he also knew that Ertian's choice was not wrong. In May, a musketeer can be trained, and the range of muskets is not shorter than that of bows and arrows, and their power is far superior.by contrast.However, his bow and arrow has to be practiced for several years to achieve a small success, and there is no advantage in power and range. In this way, a fool will know which weapon is stronger.

Looking at the sky, it's not too early.Lin Ge took Ertian back to the temporary camp on the top of the mountain, which is behind a huge rock and can be exposed to the sun during the day.So the ground was very dry, and this made Feng Shijie and the others very excited.Because during the few days in the tropical jungle, they never saw a dry place.Even the clothes on my body are wet and sticky to my body, sometimes it is wet by dew, more often it is wet by my own sweat, and I can't see it. The sun, so in just a few days, they all felt moldy on their bodies, and now they can find such a dry place on the top of the mountain, which has made them happy and even said that the Buddha blesses them.

When Brother Lin and Ertian returned to the camp, the people who stayed behind had already lit a bonfire. The temperature on the top of the mountain was much cooler than that at the foot of the mountain. Even when the night wind blew, they would still feel a chill. It might be even worse at night. It was cold, and Feng Shijie worried that the heat and cold would make the team members catch the wind and cold, so he asked everyone to rest around the fire and put on thick clothes at the same time.

Seeing Brother Lin and Ertian coming back with so many prey, the people who stayed behind immediately went up to them, took off all the prey on Ertian's body, and then went to wash behind the boulder. There was a pool of water in it, which should be mountain The spring water is very clear and can be used for drinking.

Brother Lin walked up to Feng Shijie at this time, and saw Feng Shijie drawing a picture on a piece of waterproof parchment with a paintbrush.As the surveyor of the fleet, Feng Shijie can also draw maps. He is now mapping the topography of this area, and if he gives it to the Manila government in the future, he can get a lot of commission in exchange.

After Feng Shijie finished the last stroke, he raised his head to see Brother Lin, and said with a smile, "Brother Lin, how is the harvest today? What kind of prey did you catch?"

Brother Lin also smiled and said: "There are not many prey on the top of the mountain, and I was afraid of getting lost if I walked too far, so I only shot a dozen birds, and touched a lot of eggs. I will do it myself and make a pot of egg drop soup for everyone to nourish their bodies."

Brother Lin looked down at the map drawn by Feng Shijie and said, "Boss, Kanu found a few reference points, how far are we from that pine tree tribe? If it's too far away, maybe we don't have enough supplies? "

Feng Shijie smiled after hearing this, and then pointed to a river on the map: "Brother Lin, look, according to Kanu, this river is called Keku River, and the nearby tribes live near this river, and Kanu's tribe used to live in the lower reaches of this river, which is not far from our mountain. As for the Pine Tree tribe, they lived in the middle reaches of this river, so as long as we walk along this river, we will We must be able to find the resident of the Pine Tree Tribe!"

Brother Lin's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he was also thankful that they were lucky enough to be able to see the Keku River mentioned by Kanukou on this low mountain. With this river as a sign, they not only don't have to worry "Get lost", and the chances of finding the pine tree tribe have also greatly increased.

Seeing Brother Lin's happy face, Feng Shijie put away the map with a smile, then patted Brother Lin on the shoulder and said, "Okay, it's a good sign that we can find the Keku River. Let's celebrate in the evening, and then go down the mountain tomorrow, trying to find the location of the Pine Tree Tribe as soon as possible."

While Feng Shijie was talking with Brother Lin, he suddenly heard a commotion nearby, and then several young team members walked towards this side, yelling, and behind them, a wild boar more than three feet long came over with a bald head , Judging by the appearance of this wild boar, it should be a juvenile wild boar, otherwise, if it is an adult, the dozen or so of them may not be able to kill them, let alone the few hunters sent out.

"Baldhead, where did you find this wild boar?" Brother Lin also asked a little depressed. He has always boasted that he is the best hunter in the team, and he usually catches the most prey, but he did not expect that today Another team was overtaken, and the team was led by a money-grubbing bald head.

"Brother Lin, look at what you said. What do you mean by picking? Obviously we hunted in the swamp in the woods. It was originally a big wild boar with a few small wild boars, but I think the big wild boar is too big. We can't eat that much, so we brought this little wild boar back!" said the bald head triumphantly.And listening to what he said, it seemed that the wild boar he met just now was raised by his family, and he could eat whichever he wanted.

"Damn, just because you guys still want to hunt adult wild boars? You are lucky to be able to catch this little wild boar!" Brother Lin is a good hunter, and he is also familiar with the habits of various wild animals, so he naturally knows Wild boars are harder to fight than tigers in the jungle. It is very rare for the bald men to beat a small wild boar.

The bald head also blushed after hearing this. They were indeed lucky. They really didn't dare to fight such a big adult wild boar, but they didn't know what happened. As a result, they took advantage of the loophole, hacked the little wild boar to death with the ax in their hands, and ran back immediately, for fear of being retaliated by the big wild boar.

But at this time Feng Shijie smiled and said: "Being able to hit such a wild boar with a bald head can be regarded as satisfying everyone's greed. Brother Lin, please help clean it up. Let's roast the wild boar tonight!" Capital Datang 503

Hearing Feng Shijie's words, Brother Lin and the bald head stopped arguing, and asked people to carry the wild boar to the water's edge to clean it up. When the sun completely set, the wind on the top of the mountain suddenly picked up. Fortunately, there was a huge boulder blocking it, so Feng Shijie and the others fell It didn't feel too cold, and dinner was ready, so the scene was full of excitement.

There are more than a dozen iron lunch boxes containing snow-white rice, and the bamboo tube next to it contains freshly made egg drop soup. In addition, each person has a piece of roasted bird meat. On the campfire, a half-sized wild boar is Roasting on the fire, the pig skin has turned into a golden color, which makes people very appetizing when they see it. From time to time, clear fat drips down, making the flames below light up fiercely.

They stayed in the tropical jungle for three days, and they ate the dry food for three days in a row, and in that humid and hot environment, the dry food they carried was easily spoiled, even if it hadn't spoiled, the taste was also bad. It's not much better, so seeing such a sumptuous dinner now, naturally everyone is drooling.

Feng Shijie didn't talk too much nonsense. Seeing everyone's greediness, he also swallowed his saliva, and immediately said: "What are you waiting for, hurry up and fill in something first, there will be wine later!"

Hearing Feng Shijie's words, the bald-headed people all grabbed the lunch box one by one, and devoured the contents of the lunch box. However, there was not much food in the lunch box, only enough for each of them to eat half full, because there were still wild animals in the lunch box. Pork, and there is wine to drink, these meals are just for everyone to fill their stomachs first.

After everyone finished eating, the dinner officially began. Because there was not much wine, Feng Shijie distributed a small bowl of spirits to each team member, and then raised the wine bowl and said: "Brothers, everyone is a life-long friendship. I have nothing to say, for the sake of gold, let's make this bowl first!"

"For gold, do it!" The bald head and brother Lin also shouted, raised their wine bowls with laughter and drank it down, and then pounced on the roast wild boar like a pack of hungry wolves, and began to grab the pork.And Feng Shijie looked at the brothers who were making a mess, with a warm smile on his face. (to be continued...)