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After spending a cool night at the top of the mountain, Feng Shijie and his team drilled into the tropical jungle below the mountain again. With the guidance of a compass, they easily found the Keku River seen on the top of the mountain.After resting by the river for the night, Feng Shijie and the others discussed it, and finally decided to tie a few logs and walk by water.

The reason for making this decision is mainly because the two sides of the Keku River have always been inhabited by natives, and these natives often fish and sail in the river, so the river is relatively clean, unlike other tropical rivers, the river surface The river is full of fallen trees, which is much less on the Keku River, at least there is no problem with boating.

Another point is that Feng Shijie and the others are already afraid of walking in the tropical jungle. Although they only need to walk in the tropical jungle for four days together, the feeling of being in the dark and not seeing the sun for twelve hours a day is really real. It makes people feel like living in the underworld, and there is an annoying musty smell on the body. People with weak will really can't hold on.

With rope and axes all they had with them, they soon felled some large trees for lumber, and made their way up the broad Keku River.The water flow in the lower reaches of the river is relatively gentle, and with the help of God, there was a wind on the river, and it was still blowing from behind them, so they made hundreds of hard sails with some large plant leaves, and The boat is rowed by manpower, so the forward speed is not slow.

Kanu's former tribe was here, but it was a pity that it was wiped out later, and according to him, the banks of this river were also wiped out by short blacks, so there shouldn't be any big tribes.But on the second day they went up the river, Feng Shijie and the others finally saw the local natives on the river bank.Capital Datang 504

These natives did not attack Feng Shijie and the others at first.On the contrary, he showed a kind of fear, especially when he saw the musket in Feng Shijie's hand.He yelled in fear, and disappeared into the jungle in the blink of an eye.For this situation, Feng Shijie and the others were also a little puzzled at first, but after asking Kanu, they realized that these natives should be survivors of the decisive battle with General Zhou Long. In addition, Feng Shijie and the others are all standard Han Chinese, which is why they aroused such great fear among the natives.

After hearing Kanu's explanation, Feng Shijie and the others smiled lightly.The local natives in Luzon all have the virtue of eating soft and fearing hard. As long as they are scared, these natives are more obedient than dogs. I heard that the reason why native slaves in Luzon are very popular is because of their obedience.

However, these natives fled when they saw them, which also caused some troubles for Feng Shijie and the others, because they didn't have enough supplies, so they wanted to buy some food from the natives, and there was no need to ask for directions.Kanu is a local native, and he knows the roads here better than anyone else.It's a pity that the natives are terrified of them now, so they can't buy anything at all.

Finally, in desperation, Feng Shijie even thought about sending Kanu to the shore.Then let him take the money to trade. Luzon's economy has always been controlled by Han merchants, so the copper coins of the Tang Dynasty are also commonly used.But the only thing that worries Feng Shijie is whether Kanu will take the opportunity to betray them.United with the local natives to destroy them?

Although now Kanu's whole family is in the hands of Feng Shijie, and he also promised to give the other party an official status as a fourth-level foreign race.But from the heart, Feng Shijie and the others still have a kind of distrust towards natives like Kanu from the bottom of their hearts. It's okay for Kanu to be controlled by them before, but if he is allowed to act alone, he will fight with other natives. The words of Ren Jiēchu made Feng Shijie have to worry about the safety of the team.

It was because of this kind of consideration that Feng Shijie finally had to give up this idea. Anyway, fish can be caught in the river, and there are many fruits growing on the fruit trees on both banks. Just go over there.

After crossing the lower reaches of the Keku River, especially the original tribal settlement of Kanu, it has become a ruin.After passing through the ruins, it was already the middle reaches of the Keku River, but from here, the river water began to become very turbulent, and there was a huge drop up and down, and it was impossible to get up by just relying on their logging.

Faced with this situation, Feng Shijie and the others had to give up logging, put on their backpacks again, and started walking towards the middle reaches of the Keku River.In addition, fortunately, although the original tribe of Kanu has become a ruin, their tribe still grows a lot of rice outside, but no one takes care of it, and it has become a wasteland, but the inside grows with weeds. The rice had just matured, so Feng Shijie and the others simply collected some, and then found a tool for removing chaff from the ruins, and made dozens of catties of rice to eat.

In the next journey, Feng Shijie and the others began to repeat the nightmare at the beginning. The endless tropical jungle almost drove Feng Shijie and the others crazy, and the dangers that appeared from time to time also made them highly nervous. On the third day of the boat, a brother was attacked by a crocodile more than ten feet long when passing by a swamp. In the swamp.

A living person just disappeared, which made Feng Shijie and the others very uncomfortable, but they were all from the slave hunting team before, and it was not the first time they lost a brother. Since they decided to come out to find gold mines, they have already done it. Mentally prepared in this regard, so after the grief, they went on the road again without stopping.

As they moved forward, as a surveyor, Feng Shijie keenly discovered that they were actually heading for a plateau. The best proof was that the surrounding temperature was lower than before, and the plants had also changed. The mountain they climbed before was yiyàng, but the slope around this plateau was very gentle. At least they walked for a few days, and the altitude did not increase much.

But on the fifth day, they climbed over a low mountain again, and finally came to a plateau surrounded by mountains. The terrain of this plateau is much higher than the surrounding plains, and the temperature is also very cool. It is estimated that the highest temperature is only more than 20 degrees, and it still feels a bit cold even wearing unlined clothes.

In addition, Feng Shijie finally understood the origin of the name Pine Tree Tribe, because there are many tall pine forests growing on this plateau, and the cool temperature is the key to the survival of pine trees. for the name of the tribe.

When the first ray of sunlight fell on this plateau in the morning, Feng Shijie also woke up from his sleep. He sat in the tent and rubbed his face. Although he was covered with a blanket, it was still cold last night. His hands and feet were numb, if he knew it, he would have lit up a few more fires, otherwise he would get sick, and then the whole team would be hindered.

Feng Shijie got out of the tent, just in time to see the bald head who was on the last night watch was replaced by someone, and when the bald head saw Feng Shijie, a smile appeared on his tired face, and then he got into his tent to make up for it. I'm gone.

This is a dry riverbed, the ground is full of large and small gravel, weeds are relatively rare, and there are also many kinds of insects, so it is an ideal camping place.Now in this campsite, the tents of Feng Shijie and his dozen people formed a circle, and three bonfires were lit in the middle, but the bonfires were almost extinguished now, and the patrolling shifts did not have time to add firewood.

Feng Shijie stretched his waist and yawned long. Since entering the tropical jungle, they have been tortured by the hot and humid climate. They would wake up from the heat after sleeping for a while, and more often They were woken up by bug bites, and their clothes hadn’t dried. Fortunately, they came to this plateau yesterday, and immediately felt the temperature drop, and they found such a dry camp, so they finally got a good night’s sleep.

Feng Shijie walked to the side of the camp. Here was a dry dead tree. He took out the hatchet he cut on the tree last night from the tree, and then chopped some firewood and threw it on the fire, so that the fire in the fire would re-ignite. Get up, lest the other brothers wake up from the cold, and now it's time to make breakfast, so the fire can't be extinguished.

After a while, Brother Lin, who was in charge of cooking, also woke up, and then he woke up Ertian, and together with Feng Shijie and the other three, they set up the iron pot and started cooking. They had already left the coast for twelve days. I have almost eaten all the food I brought. Fortunately, although there are dangers everywhere in the tropical jungle, as long as you have the ability, finding food is still a very simple matter.Capital Datang 504

The last time Kanu’s tribe got a lot of rice, they put it into the pot to make rice porridge, last night they came to the plateau to celebrate, and to cheer up the team, Feng Shijie led everyone to another dinner , Although no wild boars were caught this time, they actually caught a lot of prey, and there are still a lot left. They heated up these things and ate them with rice porridge, which can be regarded as a hearty breakfast up.

After breakfast, Feng Shijie and the others identified the direction, and after being confirmed by Kanu, they finally started on the road again. However, compared with the danger in the tropical jungle, this plateau is much safer, at least not so dangerous. There are many poisonous insects, snakes and rats, and the climate is cool and pleasant, which even makes them feel like they have returned to the northern part of the Tang Dynasty.

But when Feng Shijie and the others advanced for three or four hours, they finally found a piece of rice that had been planted, but when they saw this piece of rice, Feng Shijie and the others all changed their expressions greatly, because they found that in this paddy field, although There are many weeds, but compared with the abandoned rice fields of the tribe where Kanu belonged to before, they are much cleaner and tidy, and there are footprints on the ground, which shows that there are still natives living on this plateau. Go! (to be continued...)