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Text Chapter 504 Arrival at the Plateau

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    After spending a cool night on the top of the mountain, Feng Shijie led the team into the tropical jungle at the bottom of the mountain again. With the guidance of the compass, they easily found the Keku River they saw on the top of the mountain.  After resting by the river for a night, Feng Shijie and others discussed it and finally decided to cut a few trees and take the waterway.

    The reason for making this decision is mainly because native people have always lived on both sides of the Keku River. These natives often fish and sail boats in the river, so the river is relatively clean. Unlike other tropical rivers, the river surface  There are all fallen trees on the river, which is much less on the Keku River. At least there is no problem for sailing.

    Another point is that Feng Shijie and the others were already scared of walking in the tropical jungle. Although they only had to walk in the tropical jungle for four days in total, the feeling of darkness and not being able to see the sun for twelve hours a day was really overwhelming.  It makes people feel like they are living in the underworld, and it also exudes an annoying musty smell. People with weak willpower really can't stand it.

    They all carried ropes and axes with them, and soon cut down some thick trees to make timber, and then went upstream along the wide Keku River.  The water flow in the lower reaches of the river was relatively gentle, and with God's help, the wind actually picked up on the river, and it was blowing from behind them, so they made hundreds of hard sails using some broad plant leaves, and added  The boat is rowed manually, so the forward speed is not slow.

    Kanu¡¯s former tribe was here, but it was a pity that it was exterminated later. And according to him, the banks of this river were also cleared by dwarf black people. There should be no big tribes left.  But on the second day after they went up the river, Feng Shijie and the others finally saw the local natives on the river bank.

    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 screamed in fear and disappeared into the jungle in the blink of an eye.  Regarding this situation, Feng Shijie and others were a little puzzled at first. Later, after asking Kanu, they realized that these natives should be the survivors of the decisive battle with General Zhou Long. They had seen the power of muskets and artillery, and then  In addition, Feng Shijie and the others were all standard Han Chinese, which was 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 are all good at accepting the soft and afraid of the hard. As long as they are beaten and frightened, these natives are more obedient than dogs. I heard that the reason why the native slaves in Luzon are very popular is because of this characteristic of obedience.

    However, these natives ran away when they saw them, which also caused some trouble for Feng Shijie and the others, because they did not 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 so scared of them now that they can't buy anything at all.

    In the end, 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 worried Feng Shijie was whether Kanu would take the opportunity to betray them.  Join forces with the local natives to destroy them?

    Although Kanu¡¯s whole family is now in Feng Shijie¡¯s hands, and he also promised to give the other party a formal status as a fourth-level alien.  But from the bottom of their hearts, Feng Shijie and the others still had a kind of distrust for natives like Kanu. It was okay for Kanu to be controlled by them before, but if he was allowed to act alone, he would have to fight with other natives.  If people come into contact, Feng Shijie has to worry about the safety of his team.

    It was under this consideration that Feng Shijie finally had to give up the idea. Anyway, you can catch fish in the river, and there are also many fruits growing on the fruit trees on both sides of the bank. Together with these ready-made foods, you can persist for the past few days.  Just go over there.

    After passing through the lower reaches of the Keku River, especially when we arrived at the original tribal station of Kanu, it was just that it had become a ruin.  After passing through these ruins, they reached the middle reaches of the Keku River. But from here on, the river began to become very turbulent, and there was a huge gap between the top and bottom. It was impossible for them to row up the river just by 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.  Fortunately, although Kanu's original tribe has been in ruins, their tribe still grows a lot of rice on the periphery, but no one takes care of it, and it has become a wasteland, but the weeds grow inside.  The rice was just ripe, so Feng Shijie and the others simply collected some. Then they found tools for removing chaff from the ruins and made dozens of kilograms of rice to eat.

    During the next journey, Feng Shijie and the others began to repeat the nightmare they had 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 nervous.God was so nervous that even on the third day after abandoning the ship, a brother was attacked by a crocodile more than one foot long when passing by a swamp. Although Feng Shijie and the others tried their best to snatch the brother back, they were still helpless in the end.  Watch him being dragged into the swamp by a crocodile.

    A living person was lost like this, which made Feng Shijie and the others very uncomfortable. However, they were all members of the slave catching team before, and this was not the first time they had lost a brother. Ever since they decided to go out to look for gold mines, they had already done everything possible.  They were mentally prepared for this, so after the grief, they hit the road again without stopping.

    As they moved forward, Feng Shijie, the surveyor, discovered very keenly that they were actually heading towards a plateau. The best proof was that the surrounding temperature was lower than before, and the plants had also changed. It was like  The mountain they climbed before was the same, except that the slope around this plateau was very gentle. At least they had 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 was much higher than the surrounding plains, and the temperature was also very cool.  It was estimated that the highest temperature was only over 20 degrees, and I still felt a little cold even wearing single 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. The cool temperature is the key to the survival of pine trees. No wonder the natives living here make pine trees into  The name of the tribe.

    When the first ray of sunshine in the morning fell on the plateau, Feng Shijie also woke up from his sleep. He sat in the tent and rubbed his face. Although he was covered with a blanket, his hands and feet were still numb from the cold last night.  , If I had known better, I would have lit up more fires, otherwise I would have gotten sick, which would have hindered the entire team.

    Feng Shijie got out of the tent, just in time to see the bald head who was on the last night patrol being replaced. When the bald head saw Feng Shijie, a smile appeared on his tired face, and then he got into his tent to catch up on his sleep.  .

    This is a dry river bed. The ground is covered with gravels of all sizes. There are relatively few weeds, and there are also many fewer bugs. It is an ideal camping site.  Now in this camping site, Feng Shijie and his dozen or so tents are arranged in a circle, with three bonfires burning in the middle. However, the fires are almost extinguished now, and the people who are changing patrols have not had time to add more firewood.

    Feng Shijie stretched and let out a long yawn. Ever since they entered the tropical jungle, they had been tortured by the hot and humid climate. They would be awakened by the heat after sleeping for a while at night, and more often by insects.  They woke up, and the clothes on their bodies had not been dried. Fortunately, they came to this plateau yesterday and immediately felt the temperature drop. They also found such a dry campsite, and finally had a good sleep.

    Feng Shijie walked to the side of the camp. There was a dry dead tree. He took out the hatchet that he had chopped on the tree last night, then chopped some firewood and threw it on the fire to let the fire in the fire burn again.  Get up to prevent other brothers from being woken up by the cold. In addition, it is time to make breakfast, so the fire cannot be extinguished.

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

    There was still a lot of rice obtained from Kanu's tribe last time. 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 have another meal.  , although they did not catch wild boar this time, they actually caught a lot of prey, and there is still a lot left. They heated these things and ate them with rice porridge, which was a hearty breakfast.  .

    After breakfast, Feng Shijie and the others identified the direction, and then after confirmation from Kanu, they finally set off on the road again. However, compared to the dangers in the tropical jungle, this plateau was much safer, at least not as dangerous.  There are many venomous insects, snakes and rats, and the climate is cool and pleasant, which even makes them feel like they are back in the north of the Tang Dynasty.

    And when Feng Shijie and the others advanced for three or four hours, they finally found a piece of planted rice. However, when they saw this piece of rice, Feng Shijie and the others' expressions changed drastically, because they found that although there were many miscellaneous things in this rice field,  There is grass, but compared with the abandoned rice fields of Kanu's tribe before, they are much cleaner and neater, and there are still footprints on the ground. This shows that there are still native people living on this plateau!  (To be continued)
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