Chapter 138: Windfall (1/4)
Grant frowned slightly, and said with a smile: "Hey, I just stole a little thing and soaked a few girls, it's not a dirty thing, right?"
"You know best what you did, don't be caught by me, otherwise, you'll die. After speaking, Zheng Fei whistled, noticed that his face was getting more and more ugly, patted him on the shoulder, tilted his head and shouted: "Santiago, transfer twenty people to come and guard the dock, from now on without my order, no one will be allowed to get on the boat!"
Grant gritted his teeth, squeezed out an ugly smile, and disembarked with him to the edge of the sea cliff, picked up a piece of log, swallowed a sigh of hatred, and continued to devote himself to the carrying work.
His eccentric expression is intriguing.
After Santiago arranged for the people to take care of the dock, he led the black-maned horse to accompany Zheng Fei to stroll on the field, blowing the accustomed sea breeze, and asked puzzledly: "Man, why didn't you beat him up when you knew he was going to secretly drive the boat away?"
"Beat him up, it's too light. Zheng Fei said flatly and took a sip of red wine.
"Well, I don't understand, you don't want to kill him, do you?"
"Soon you'll understand. ”
On the empty field, walking slowly, Zheng Fei turned over and rode on a black-maned horse, facing the rising sun, riding a horse galloping!
Santiago was stunned and shouted as he chased after me, "Hey, that's my horse!
A few days later, early in the morning.
After a rainstorm, the air is much fresher, and the faint smell of earth mixed with the scent of flowers makes people feel a pleasant feeling close to nature, and they can't help but want to sneeze.
The muddy water on the ground was almost dry, and it was time to consider exploring the northeast corner of the island, where the hundreds of wisps of cooking smoke still baffled him.
He also participated in the expedition, but not as the vanguard, which consisted of ten men.
Everyone knew that expedition was a dangerous errand, and no one wanted to do it at first, but there must be brave men under the reward, and when Zheng Fei said a hundred silver coins per person, their eyes straightened.
According to previous records of hot air balloon rides, the genius painter Leonardo da Vinci hand-drew several maps with jungles, mountains, and rivers as standard, not accurate in size, but not rough either.
In the past few days, da Vinci has also designed and made a lot of small hot air balloons, which can only be carried by one person, and can be fastened next to the wooden house with a rope, which can rise dozens of meters, which is used to let everyone experience flying, and all men, women and children have a lot of fun.
This toy, which appeared centuries in advance, has enriched people's lives many times over.
There were a total of fifty people in the exploration team, ten people opened the way, and thirty people in the middle of the palace lived freely.
Before leaving, Zheng Fei ordered a few crack sailors to keep a close watch on Grant every day to prevent that guy from doing anything while he wasn't there.
Departing early in the morning, bringing enough dry food to eat for a week, and armed with machetes to cut through thorns, they set out on their journey.
The weather was good, looking up, the blue sky was like washing, there were not a few clouds in sight, the crisp bird cry lingered in the ears, and wherever the expedition team passed, it was stunned.
Most of the birds taste not very good, they are not rare to eat, hungry to gnaw bread and jerky, lucky to hit a wild boar, cut into a large piece of a large piece and stuffed into a bucket, using the characteristics of the Azores - geothermal heat, stuffed into the ground to bake and stew, the lid of the barrel opens, the taste, hiss ~ indescribably beautiful.
So they marched happily all day, and in the evening they came to a hillside where there was a clear river to replenish the fresh water.
Zheng Fei climbed to the top of the hillside, sipped on the little wine left, stared at the sunset hanging in the distance, admired the earth poured by the afterglow, and a cheetah running on the land to catch antelopes, and smiled.
If you shoot this scene, you will definitely be able to go to National Geographic.
He did push-ups, then stood upside down against the rocks for five minutes to drain the blood, gasped for breath with a red face, and turned his head to watch the sailors below the mountain dig out the barrels from the ground, waiting expectantly to lift the lid and eat the stewed meat.
He wanted to scold why he didn't wait for me, but at this moment, he suddenly heard an exclamation.
"Danger!"
The sailors shouted at the top of their voices, terrified.
Zheng Fei's face tightened, and he quickly picked up his musket and ran down the mountain, and what caught his eye was a large ball of flames, three or four meters high, and it continued to spread.
Beside the fire, Hans was stunned with a pestle, shaking with his pipe in his mouth, and was stunned for a few moments before he remembered to run away.
"What's wrong?" Zheng Fei didn't know why, looking at the stunned sailors.
"Hans just threw a match, and then it burst out with a fire."
"Don't be stunned, put out the fire first!"
After that, Zheng Fei took the lead in lifting a wooden bucket and went to the river to scoop water, and the sailors did it one after another.
I don't know how long it took, but with their unremitting efforts, the fire finally subsided, and the air was filled with a strong smell of burning, which was very pungent.
They sat on the ground panting and high-fived in celebration.
After a short rest, Zheng Fei went to the place where the fire had been ignited before, and squatted down to examine it carefully.
The surface of the ground was still a little scorching, so hot that it could roast a potato, and it was black.
He furrowed his brows in confusion, this is a meadow, green grass grows, why does a cigarette butt burn?
If you can't smell alcohol, it can't be alcohol.
Well, the only reason for the fire was oil - oil.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but get excited, and moved his eyes to the mountain walls on both sides, searching little by little.
Oil, black gold, high-quality energy, if Leonardo da Vinci can make a steam engine in the future to refine oil as fuel, it can greatly enhance the efficiency of operation.
Bonus!
"Attention, everyone, from now on, don't light a fire, come and help me find black water. ”
The sailors looked at each other and said in unison, "Black water?"
"Yes, energy water. Zheng Fei said with a smile.
The sailors began to reverie.
"Wow, it can't be from the Heavenly Pool, do you? Do you remember the mythical story of the Greek crusade against Troy, I heard that Axsulfus has been soaking in the pool since he was a child, and when he grows up, he will become a demigod and become invulnerable, and even the god of fire can't hurt him!"
"Yes, yes, I've heard of it too! If we can really find the water source of Tianchi, we can all become gods!"
This sentence caused a stir, and the sailors, with their eyes wide as if enchanted, searched the mountain wall for traces of the black liquid.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, Zheng Fei left them to continue their search for oil, and he chose his habitat for tonight.
On a flat piece of land, he chose a large enough place, sprinkled a circle of medicine powder to repel snakes and insects, and when he was done, he looked up at the sun that disappeared behind the hill and sighed.