Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 737 Brave New World 2
Because they were not familiar with the place and worried about any danger, Yao Chonggu and others stopped by the seaside after tasting a meal of kangaroo meat rich in urea, collected some specimens and boarded the ship back to the big ship.It was dangerous to spend the night in such a completely unfamiliar place, so it was safer to stay on the boat.

The natives got out of the woods and looked at the big ships docked near the sea through night vision. The children became more and more curious as they watched, but the old man was very worried.Although they have never communicated with higher-level civilizations and know nothing about shipbuilding technology, they can still see that those who can build such large ships are extremely powerful forces, and they cannot afford to offend them.However, now this powerful force has landed in Australia, whether they want to or not, they have to face it!
Is this good or bad?
This kind of worry infected everyone, except for those heartless little bastards, everyone seemed so preoccupied that they didn't even have any interest in eating dinner.After hastily eating dinner, everyone sat together and chatted about the outsiders:

"They can make wooden houses that move at high speeds on the sea and are as high as hills!"

"Their clothes are very beautiful, and the material is more than a hundred times stronger than the cloth we weave from bark fibers!"

"They spoke a very strange language, we couldn't understand a word of it..."

"They know how to use terrible black magic, and they can easily knock down the strongest kangaroo..."

"There are so many of them!"

"them……"

In short, everything about these outsiders is so new and strange. The huge sailing ship, the terrifying weapons, and the gorgeous clothes have never appeared on this continent, which makes these indigenous people very confused. .No one knows what purpose these outsiders come here for, which is very important - you know, there are always very few friendly uninvited guests.

Finally, the patriarch with cloudy eyes moved his lips and said, "Let the wizard do the divination...the gods will tell us everything..."

So, everyone devoutly took out the items for divination and arranged them. Several young women in the tribe cut off a strand of hair and threw it into the fire to offer sacrifices to the gods.The same gray-haired wizard chanted an ancient spell and threw a bone into the fire.He carefully moved the animal bone with a branch to make it heat and crack. At the same time, he drew a series of weird and weird symbols on the ground. Probably no one except him knew the meaning of these symbols.

Everyone prostrated on the ground, listening to the wizard's chanting, praying devoutly, not daring to breathe.

After a long while, the wizard finally pulled the animal bone out of the fire, and studied the cracks on it with full concentration by the light of the fire. He looked at it so seriously that even an antique connoisseur was not so absorbed in appreciating a rare treasure.Finally, he finally spoke: "Goddess Bai Aimee gave an oracle: These visitors are friendly, and their arrival will bring about earth-shaking changes in this continent!"

With a light sentence, the dignified and tense atmosphere around the fire was swept away, and everyone cheered. The girls who cut off their hair for sacrifice sang songs in praise of Goddess Aimee. They sang and danced gracefully. The singing and lively dance made the atmosphere more joyful... These indigenous people are so devout, they believe in the oracle without reservation, and they believe that the gods are merciful and will not deceive them.Even if the oracle says that a group of heinous demons are good people, they will believe it, even the patriarch is no exception.No, the patriarch stopped the people from celebrating, and said, "Since the goddess Bai Aimei said that those outsiders are friendly, there is nothing to doubt. We should take action to express our kindness to outsiders, so as not to If there is a misunderstanding... you know, this is God’s will!”

On the second day, Yao Chonggu yelled for everyone to bring as much dry food and fresh water as possible early in the morning, and prepared to go ashore for a more in-depth exploration.This proposal aroused the dissatisfaction of the Dutch sailors. They thought it was a waste of time to stay in this desolate prehistoric world, let alone go ashore to investigate!The Dutch sailors were very impatient with this errand, and kept urging Yao Chonggu to set sail immediately, complete the voyage around Australia, leave this deserted ghost place, and return to the prosperous Asia.But Yao Chonggu's determination cannot be changed. The Dutch sailors refused, so he boarded the boat with eight Heluo New Army soldiers and set off on the beach again.

After getting on the beach, Yao Chonggu was surprised to find that there were many footprints on the beach, and he was startled: "There are indigenous people in this place?"

Huang Donglai pointed to the firepit left by roasting kangaroo meat yesterday: "There is something there!"

Everyone followed his gaze, and they saw a lot of things around the firepit, wild grapes, golden mangoes and oranges, blueberries and purple cherries, maybe because they were too rare, the number of blueberries and cherries There are very few, but there are a lot of mangoes and wild grapes, enough for a few people to eat.By the way, there are also some plump plant tubers. Although they can't name them, they are definitely edible when they are placed together with wild fruits.Looking at this pile of wild fruits, everyone swallowed hard at the same time. For a group of people who have been floating at sea for several months, there is no better gift than this!

A soldier suddenly pointed to the distant forest: "Look, there are people over there!"

Huang Donglai and Yao Chonggudun looked at the prestige, and sure enough, they saw two heads shaking slightly behind a bush, looking in this direction. Seeing them looking over, they immediately shrank back.Huang Donglai was overjoyed: "There are really indigenous people! Do you want to send two people over there to catch them?"

Yao Chonggu waved his hand and said, "No need, they are the hosts, we are the guests, and it is not a good thing for the host to be rude. These fruits must be given to us by them, right? Just let the brothers try something new, but we can't ask for it in vain. For other people's things, send two people back to bring some food and use from the boat and put them here as a return gift, and you must not lose your courtesy."

So the two soldiers paddled while chewing sweet and sour cherries, and returned to the boat to unload a large bucket of flour, a box of canned food, a bag of candies, a few pieces of cloth, and some exquisite handicrafts, and carried them ashore. They placed them by the firepit in the same way, and then everyone swept up the pile of fruits with peace of mind, and headed inland while eating happily.

Now it’s autumn in Australia. The autumn is high and crisp, but it doesn’t look hot. In addition, you can encounter some novel and overripe wild fruits from time to time along the way. Everyone picks wild fruits while walking. It’s all outing in the wild. It's quite pleasant.Pick the wild fruit and stuff it into your mouth. As for the poisonous ones... Hey, when I'm a big foodie, when I try something new, I don't care if the food in my mouth is poisonous!

After walking for more than 40 miles, a mountain more than 300 meters high blocked the way.Although there are huge rocks exposed in many places on this mountain, the mountain is not steep and it is quite easy to climb up.But Yao Chonggu was so tired that he didn't have the strength to crawl anymore, so he sat down in a shady place and kept pouring water into his stomach.Huang Donglai led the soldiers to climb up the mountain, wanting to see if they could make any new discoveries. I have to say, these guys are really strong, Yao Chonggu is almost exhausted, and they can still run like flying!

Looking at the vigorous figure of those guys, Yao Chonggu was very envious, he thumped his sore leg hard, and sighed: "Oh, old man, it's useless, I can't compare with these young men!" Seeing no one around , simply lay down, fanned his hat to catch the cold, closed his eyes and meditated: "This Australian continent can be regarded as found, the land is big enough, and there are aboriginal people, but it is too desolate, compared to the Xinjiang desert. It's still desolate... Is it worth it after all the hard work to get here and find a vast wilderness? What is the significance of this adventure? And..."

"Yao Dong's family, Yao Dong's family!"

Huang Donglai's excited shouts and hurried footsteps interrupted his thoughts. This usually calm and calm officer rushed down the mountain like a gust of wind with an ecstatic expression, shouting from a long distance: "We found the treasure! "

"Found the treasure?" Yao Chonggu jumped up. He spent a lot of money on this expedition. It seems that the desolate Australia can't give him enough compensation. He is very depressed. He heard that he found it. After seeing the baby, he was naturally very excited. He grabbed Huang Donglai's sleeve and asked eagerly, "What baby? Show it to me!"

Huang Donglai laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth but saw his eyes: "Big eyes, don't blink!" He stretched out his hand hidden behind his back, holding two fist-sized, dark stones with sharp edges and a metallic texture.

Yao Chonggu's eyes widened: "This is the baby you mentioned!?"

Huang Donglai nodded seriously: "Yes!"

Yao Chonggu was disappointed: "I said, are you kidding me? Two stones..."

Huang Donglai collided the two stones hard, making a clear sound of metal collision. At this moment, Yao Chonggu's eyes were bigger than pig urine, and he stammered: "This... this... …This is……"

"Iron ore! I picked it up in the grass!" Huang Donglai said proudly.

Yao Chonggu snatched one of them, and his heart thumped as soon as he grabbed it: it's so heavy, like a piece of pig iron!He knocked here and scraped there, the more he tossed and tossed, the more surprised he became, and he shouted, "Is this ore? It's clearly an iron mound!"

At this time, two more soldiers came down from the mountain, and each dragged a bag of ore with a sack prepared to collect specimens.Yao Chonggu asked them to pour out the ore, smashing it piece by piece, good guy, what kind of ore is this, it is clearly a piece of natural pig iron!He exclaimed: "The grade is so high! Our domestic iron ore extracts steel from a pile of stones, but here they have completely reversed it. They sift out stones from steel!"

Huang Donglai said: "That's right! The carefully screened ore in our country is not as good as the ore that can be picked up everywhere here!"

Yao Chonggu's eyes glowed green. As a businessman, he certainly knows what such a high-grade ore means... It's all fucking money!If it can be mined in large quantities and transported back to the country, there will be a lot of money!He greedily asked: "Where did you pick up these ores? Is there any more?"

Huang Donglai casually pointed to the mountain: "There are a lot of them! The whole mountain is like an iron mountain!"

Yao Chonggu looked in the direction of his finger and saw only sparse weeds and large, ferocious boulders protruding from them. Some of the steeper places had no soil at all, only stones!And these stones, without exception, all glowed like cast iron. Huang Dong was right at all, this is simply an iron mountain!He was so excited that his voice was trembling: "It's developed...it's developed this time..."

Huang Donglin smiled happily: "With such high-quality iron ore, Lord Hou will definitely be able to smelt better steel, and produce more advanced weapons and agricultural tools, and the prosperity of Ming Dynasty will be more assured!"

(End of this chapter)