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    "Island found ahead!" Feng Shijie put away the telescope excitedly and climbed down from the watchtower while shouting. When Lu Cheng and others in the cabin heard his call, they all ran to the deck, and even the brush in Lu Wan's hand was  There was no time to let it go.

    "Captain, please look, there is an island over there, it seems to be quite big!" Feng Shijie said excitedly.  After discovering an island, they can not only replenish food and fresh water, but also take a good rest. Another very important point is that after their exploration this time, they can get 1% of future slave trade profits, but this  One percent is not evenly divided among the crew, but is distributed according to the contribution of each crew member. Like when he discovered this island today, if the natives on the island have great capture value, then he will  You will get a lot more money.

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

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

    When the crew on the ship learned that there was an island in front of them, they all shouted happily, and all the people in the kitchen who were preparing dumplings stopped. After all, if there is an island in front of them, they are very likely to catch prey.  Without fresh meat, who would want to eat these canned meats?

    Although the wind direction is wrong, Lu Wan and his crew are all experienced sailors.  The entire fleet was walking in a zigzag pattern, quickly approaching the island.  And as the distance gets closer.  Lu Wan and the others also discovered that the island was indeed very big.  Moreover, the island is covered with green trees, and from time to time there are flocks of birds flying from the woods. From this, it can be judged that there should be indigenous people living on this island.

    Lu Wan's ship is named Nanyang, and it is also the fastest ship in the entire fleet. Therefore, he arrived at the island with a few small boats first. However, this is the northern end of the island. There are many rocks exposed out of the sea overseas. Big ships  There's no way to get close.  So they had to walk around the island and finally found a beach suitable for landing on the east side of the island.

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

    The reason why they were so careful was because they had suffered losses in this area before. Once they were too careless when they landed ashore, and they were ambushed by a group of natives.  Fortunately, the weapons of the natives were very primitive, and they only killed and injured several crew members. Later, when they reacted, they immediately killed each other.  Otherwise, their losses would be huge.

    But this time they were lucky, it was obviously a wild beach.  There are no traces of anyone coming, but there are some footprints of wild animals.  This made all the crew very excited because it meant.  They have fresh meat to eat tonight.

    After the first crew came ashore, they immediately divided into several teams and checked the surroundings. After confirming that there was no danger, they immediately went to cut down trees not far from the beach, then dragged them back and built several simple wooden walls, and used bags  A lot of sandbags were poured in to reinforce it, so that even if the enemy attacked, they would have a place to hide.

    As more and more people came ashore, defenses were built faster. In addition, Lu Wan also divided several teams of crew members who were skilled in jungle hunting and asked them to put on leather armor and carry bows and arrows, and go to the woods to hunt some prey.  .

    It was getting late now. Lu Wan estimated that if they hurry up, they can build a smaller fortification, but they certainly can't let everyone on the ship get off. At most, one-third of the people can be accommodated on the ship.  On land, most of the remaining people still have to live on the boat tonight, but that doesn't matter. Everyone will come down later, celebrate lively, and then go back to keep the New Year's Eve. Anyway, there will be no one tonight.  There are many things to do while sleeping and staying on the boat.

    Just when Lu Wan was directing the crew to build a mobile dock on the water to facilitate the docking of small boats and the transportation of items in the future, he saw a man who had just been sent out for hunting hurriedly running over, shouting excitedly as he ran: "Captain, we encountered  It¡¯s time for the big guys, I¡¯m afraid I¡¯m going to have to use those treasures of yours this time!¡±

    When many people nearby heard this man's shouting, they all put down what they were doing. One of them, a bearded man, shouted excitedly: "What on earth have you encountered, and you actually want to use that thing?"

    Lu Wan was also stunned at that time. The treasure the other party mentioned was called a musket. When they went to sea, Yan Bei, the president of the association, gave it to him specially. There were only five in total. He also told him in advance that this musket was very precious.  , be sure to use it whenHe wanted to keep it safe, so along the way, except for giving it to a few confidants for use when he encountered several powerful enemies, he kept it in the captain's cabin the rest of the time.

    As for the power of this kind of musket, there is nothing to say. No matter what kind of enemy he is, as long as he hits it accurately, he can basically kill him with one shot, and even the shield cannot stop him. He even once used the gun to hit him in the sea.  The sharks are also accurate every time they hit them.  After knowing the power of muskets, the crew below would also borrow muskets from him when encountering huge beasts on the island.

    "Buffalo, we encountered a group of buffalo. Everyone else is waiting for the opportunity. But the skin of the buffalo is very thick. I am afraid that the bows and arrows in our hands cannot shoot them. That's why I was sent to borrow the musket from the captain!" Running over!  The people shouted again.

    "Buffalo?" Lu Wan also shouted in surprise, "It seems that we are lucky today, we will have beef to eat tonight!"

    Others also cheered after hearing this. On many islands they encountered along the way, buffaloes were multiplying. Even many natives knew that buffaloes were used as livestock power.  But for Lu Wan and others, buffalo is an extremely good meat. If they kill a few, it will be enough to feed their entire fleet.

    Thinking of this, Lu Wan no longer hesitated and immediately went to the ship to fetch the musket and dozens of paper bullets. Then he called several crew members with the best marksmanship, each with a gun. Lu Wan  He personally led the team and prepared to hunt buffalo.

    It is worth mentioning that Feng Shijie was also one of the selected people. Although his body was not very strong, his marksmanship was excellent. When the natives attacked him along the way, he shot no less than ten with his own hands.  native.  The crew of the entire fleet are from the slave catching team, and they are all murderous guys, so if you want to gain a foothold among them, you have to have some skills, and Feng Shijie relied on his accurate marksmanship to win.  It was recognized by the surrounding crew members.

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

    The island they are now on 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 have also hid in the water and used help from them.  The cool lake water cools you down.

    "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 leader of the hunting team next to him. Now that the buffaloes are in the water, there is no way to shoot, and even if  Even if the buffalo is killed, it is difficult to pull it out, so it is best to wait until the buffalo comes ashore before hunting.

    This captain is a young man who looks a bit silly and is known as Erhanzi. His ancestors are hunters and their hunting skills are passed down from family to family, so he was appointed as the captain of this team.

    Erhanzi heard the captain's question and immediately replied in a low voice: "Captain, buffalo are afraid of heat, so they usually stay in the water during the day, but now the sun is about to set and the temperature has dropped.  So I guess these buffaloes are about to come ashore, after all, they also have to come ashore to eat!¡±

    After hearing this, Lu Wan nodded and told the people behind him to wait patiently for a while, but at this time Erhanzi took out something from his back and said: "Captain, look, we just found this in the woods, probably on the island."  Left behind by the natives.¡±

    Lu Wan looked down and found that what Erhanzi handed over was an arrow used by the natives. The arrowhead was made of unknown animal teeth and was very sharp.  Lu Wan put the arrowhead under his nose and smelled it, and found a faint fishy smell, indicating that poison was applied on it. According to his experience, the poisonous arrows of the natives are generally very toxic. If treatment is not timely,  They would definitely die. When they clashed with the natives, several brothers died from such poisonous arrows because they were too late to receive treatment.

    Lu Wan took the arrow and observed it, and found that the arrow body was still very new, and it must have been lost recently.  Generally speaking, because the natives are backward in craftsmanship, making an arrow is very labor-intensive and time-consuming, so they will pick up the arrows they shoot out and will not lose the arrows easily. This arrow is probably from when they were hunting.  Accidentally lost in the woods.

    "Everyone, be careful. The other party is using poisonous arrows. If you come into contact with the other party in the future, try not to conflict, so as not to lose more manpower!" Lu Wan said solemnly. They came to explore the road, not to fight with the natives.  The war breaks out, especially with the native tribes that may cause casualties to them, so they absolutely do not want to conflict with the other party unless they have to.

    Others nodded slightly after hearing this, and then watched with all their concentration.?Cow.  However, Lu Wan and the others did not notice that in the woods on the other side of the small lake opposite them, there was a group of bare-chested natives who were also waiting for the buffaloes in the lake to come ashore.
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