Capital Datang

When Lu Wan and the others came, they had already asked Doya about the situation in the valley, and they knew that there was a river here, and according to experienced people in the fleet, there might be gold grains in the sand in the river, so beforehand Lu Wan They made some simple gold panning sieves, made of the thinnest gauze, and now Feng Shijie took such a sieve and started panning for gold in the river. .

I saw Feng Shijie put the sediment from the river bottom into the sieve, and then gently shook it in the flowing river water. Soon, some of the mud was washed away by the river water, leaving only large pieces of gravel and other sundries. Among these sundries, there is a little bit of golden light hidden in it.

"Gold, there is indeed gold!" Feng Shijie was also trembling with excitement, raised his head and shouted at Lu Wan, "Look, captain, we are going to get rich this time, and we can get a lot of gold grains with a sieve. This river can be called the Golden River!"

Hearing Feng Shijie's words, Lu Wan also jumped into the river excitedly, then took a look through the sieve, and found some tiny gold particles in it, and laughed happily, he is not like curly hair Ordinary crew members want the dog's head gold like that. After all, as the captain, he values ​​the discovery of the entire gold mine. As long as he reports the news of the gold mine to the association, his share will definitely not be lost in the end.

At this time, the other crew members also discovered that Feng Shijie had panned for gold, and immediately took the sieves they brought, jumped into the river and started panning for gold.Speaking of which, the bottom of this river has accumulated gold for many years. As long as ordinary people are not too lucky, they can easily find some small gold particles, but it is better than nothing, and the accumulation of a little can make a lot of money in a day. You can also find a lot of gold.Capital Datang 432

It's just that looking at those crazy gold digging companions, there is a person who curls his lips in disdain. This person is naturally lucky enough to have curly hair. I saw that he has been hugging the dog's head gold since he found the dog's head gold. Don't let go, although he has already said that he will sell it to the association and temporarily hand it over to the captain Lu Wan for safekeeping, but in this valley, he will keep it for a while. Those scraps of gold naturally don't come into his old man's eyes.

Now Curly is planning beautifully. After he gets the money, he will buy a large plantation in Taiwan or Luzon, then buy a group of slaves, hire a few strong thugs as supervisors, and The parents, wives and children of the family came to enjoy the blessing.At that time, I also resigned from the job of the slave hunting team. After all, although the job was quick to pay, it was too dangerous. He already had a family and a family, and he should live a peaceful life for a few days.

The gold panning operation continued until the sun went down. Under Lu Wan's repeated urging, the crew reluctantly left. After all, the valley was not safe, and just now, they had seen several wolf-like animals running towards them. , I just saw so many of them, so I didn't dare to attack, and they all retreated slowly, but if it was night, it would be hard to say.

When seeing Lu Wan and the others come back with a full load, the few unlucky people who stayed behind were naturally envious and jealous, especially when they saw that the usually inconspicuous curly "hair" came back with a piece of dog's head gold that was the size of a human head, which made their eyes even more dizzy. It became red, and at the same time, I thought to myself, if I went today, maybe I was the one who found the dog's head gold.

But it's useless to be jealous, after all, the fleet has its own rules, and Curly has already sold the dog's head gold to the association, and it is still kept by the captain Lu Wan, so no matter how jealous they are, there is nothing they can do about it .But the only thing that comforted them was that after dinner, Lu Wan announced on the spot that they would stay here for a few days, and then go to Jinhe to pan for gold in turn. Go panning for gold in the valley.

Lu Wan and the others lived here for a total of seven days. Every day, they arranged for most people to pan for gold. However, they had to hand over part of the income from panning for gold. This was agreed in advance. Some of the crew members went to sail around the big island and survey Sunset Bay, and their share was indispensable, even the dog head gold that Curly found was no exception.

Seven days later, Lu Wan notified the team members that they were going back. After all, they had already spent a day and a half when they came, plus the time to go back, it was exactly ten days, and the fleet that was sent out should have returned. When they met together, they were ready to return to the voyage.

Although the gold digging crew members are very reluctant, they all have missions and they have been out for such a long time. It must be a lie to say that they don’t want to go back, especially those crew members who have families and businesses, and they are even more eager to return. So even if the gold panning income in the past few days is very rich, it can't stop the crew members from feeling homesick.

Lu Wan and the others went back faster than when they came, because when they came, there was no road in the grass as tall as a person, so they needed someone to open the way in front, and they didn't stay on the mountain for long, so The road opened before has not been submerged in grass, which saves a lot of energy and time.

However, even if it is the old road before, the road is not peaceful. The most annoying thing is the crocodile hidden in the grass by the water. If you are not careful, you may be attacked by this thing. For example, one of the crew members was killed A huge crocodile suddenly attacked. Fortunately, to prevent mosquito bites, their clothes were thicker, and the crew moved faster. The result was that the crocodile's teeth tore the trousers, and there were two cuts on the calf. mouth.

For this crocodile attack, Doya is even lucky, because as far as she knows, once bitten by a crocodile, the other party will keep turning over, so if it is true that the crocodile bites the calf this time, then Whether people can live is another matter, but this leg is definitely lost.And Lu Wan and the others were all in a cold sweat when they heard it, and they were more careful to avoid the crocodile attack on the road.

When Lu Wan and the others rushed to Xiyang Bay, the fleet left to explore the bay was already waiting for them. This fleet with only one large ship had already figured out the topography of the bay, and even the place where the port was built Marked on the map.

On the second day after Lu Wan joined the exploration fleet, the fleet that was sent out to measure the area of ​​the big island also returned, but they originally sailed east, but now they are still returning from the east, which means that they did not After completing the task of circumnavigating the big island, and when Lu Wan asked the person in charge of this squadron, they also confirmed their conjecture.

It turns out that this squadron has been sailing eastward since they separated from them, but after sailing for three days, they found that there is another large island in the north of this big island. Although this island is not as big as this big island, , but it is not much different from Jinzhou and Borneo, and may even be larger than those two continents.

This discovery made everyone in the fleet very excited, but they did not stop on that island, but continued eastward, and finally reached the northeast of the big island, and found a vast area of ​​coral reefs, and even some formed coral reefs. After leaving the coral islands, some of the larger islands were still inhabited by natives, which shocked them immensely.It's just a pity that the only person in the fleet who can understand the language of the natives is Liu Kata, but he has been following Lu Wan and the others, so the squadron cannot communicate with the natives on Coral Island. People live by fishing, and their temperament is still mild, so they didn't attack them.

However, when the fleet arrived at the coral reef, it was already the fifth day stipulated by Lu Wan. The crew members didn't want to waste any more time. After all, they had traveled for five days, but they hadn't reached the east of the big island. This was enough to show that the area of ​​the big island was far beyond their imagination.

However, although the crew members of the squadron all wanted to go back to report to Lu Wan, in the end they stayed in this coral island group for one more day for one reason. A small boat began to return.It was also because they spent one more day in the Coral Islands that they came back later than Lu Wan and the others.

The captain of the squadron who was sent out was named Jiang Lu, one of Lu Wan's most capable assistants. After he reported the general experience of the voyage to Lu Wan, he suddenly said with a smile: "Captain, what's the matter with you?" Although we were not able to sail around the whole island this time, we found a very interesting thing, and we brought some for our brothers. Unfortunately, this thing is not easy to feed, and it is okay for a short time, but we want to bring it to Taiwan as a gift. But it's an impossibility."

Lu Wanyi was very interested and followed Jiang Lu to their boat.At first, Lu Wan thought that Jiang Lu and the others brought some gadgets from the natives, but unexpectedly, the other party brought him into the cabin, and in the dozen or so huge buckets placed in the cabin, he finally saw the so-called 'Interesting stuff'.Capital Datang 432

"Lobster! It's so big!" When Lu Wan saw the contents of the specially made huge buckets, he was startled and couldn't help crying out. There are only lobsters with teeth and claws, but these lobsters are too big, each is three or four feet long, and it is estimated that each head must weigh at least tens of hundreds of catties.Lu Wan is a person who has lived at sea for many years, and he has eaten a lot of lobsters, but this is the first time he has seen such a big lobster.

Seeing Lu Wan's shocked expression, Jiang Lu smiled triumphantly and said, "Captain, we found this in a coral reef group in the northeast of the big island. There are many natives living there, and many of them People live by fishing and shrimp, and this kind of big lobster is one of their main foods. The crew members were very surprised when they saw it, so I stayed there for an extra day, and I caught a lot of this kind of lobster. The lobsters were brought back, but unfortunately the lobsters are not easy to raise, many died on the way, and now there are only a dozen left.”

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