Since it was decided to develop the island, it was impossible to live in tents forever.

In addition to women and children, thousands of sailors and their families were involved in a large-scale operation - building houses.

There are many trees on the island that are suitable for building materials, and it is perfect to cut them down to build huts, and there are also blacksmiths who make a living and build furnaces to collect ore to produce iron nails for building houses.

During this period, Zheng Fei also arranged for Ares and several trusted subordinates to go to the cave to smuggle the gems back and hide them in the cabin of the New World, which could be exchanged for a large sum of money when they were shipped to Europe in the future.

After dealing with these, Zheng Fei was idle again.

On this day, he sat comfortably in the shade of the tree, leaning against the trunk of the tree, eating sweet citrus, watching the busy people, and tasting the mellow taste of the century-old wine.

The melodious sound of musical instruments lingering in my ears, and the rhythm is fast, which is the work of a few young men, in order to make people more motivated.

At this moment, Santiago ran over with a smile on his face, and the big man slammed on the ground like a brown bear.

"Dude, guess what I caught?"

"An ant?"

"Cut~ I caught a fierce horse, like the black-maned horse ridden by the Atlanta dock overseer!

When breaking through from Lisbon more than a month ago, all the horses of the Knights Legion were left on the shore, bringing only two of the best, ready to be bred when they arrived in the Americas.

Zheng Fei has little interest in horses, and he is not a Maserati.

He raised his eyelids, stretched, and said, "I'm not going, you can play by yourself." ”

Santiago pouted in disappointment, sat down beside him, poured himself a glass of wine, and said, "Don't you want to explore the whole island, horses can run much faster than men." ”

"But it can't cross the jungle and the river, so it can only run on the plains. Zheng Fei raised his neck and drank the wine in the cup, looked at the eagle soaring in the air, and said with a smile: "It can't fly again." ”

Fly~

By the way, da Vinci has not been assigned a mission recently, so you can consider making a hot air balloon unveiled.

With a hot air balloon, you can fly thousands of meters or even tens of kilometers into the air, overlooking the land and taking in the stunning scenery of the island.

In addition, the hot air balloon can also play a miraculous role in future exploration and battle.

With that in mind, he patted Santiago on the shoulder and let the guy play with the horse, while he made his way through the crowd of people carrying wood to a secluded corner and into the tent.

Da Vinci sat on the ground, staring intently at the parchment in front of him, and as usual, he didn't notice Zheng Fei coming in.

Zheng Fei stood on tiptoe and stepped forward, and looked at it, ho, the prototype of the steam engine, but only drew a frame.

"Da, how's it going?"

Leonardo da Vinci shook his head and smiled, "Hehe, it's good, I have barbecue every day, it's much better than when I was in Lisbon." ”

With that, he turned his attention back to the drawings and continued to think.

Zheng Fei raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't think about this yet, there is an important thing for you to do." ”

"Say, I'll listen. ”

Zheng Fei tore a piece of paper, pinched it and hovered above the flame of the oil lamp, and said, "Look here." ”

Da Vinci blinked, turned his head to look at the piece of paper for a moment, and asked, "And then?"

"Has anything changed?"

"Well, the paper seems to be getting a little darker. ”

"Except for the black?"

After a moment of silence, da Vinci scratched his head and guessed, "It's moving?"

Zheng Fei didn't plan to sell Guanzi anymore, and directly pointed out: "That's right, the air will become lighter when heated, and it will fly upward." ”

Da Vinci was stunned for a moment and said, "It seems to make sense, but why?"

"There are some things that don't justify anything. ”

"No, I feel like everything has a reason. ”

"Then why are you Jims' son?"

“”

For the first time in his life, da Vinci failed the debate, he stuck out his tongue in embarrassment, moved his attention to the piece of paper, recalled Zheng Fei's guidance just now, frowned and thought for a while, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he suddenly said: "If you collect the air and find a way to heat it, you can fly into the sky!"

Zheng Fei shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "I'll leave it to you." ”

"Don't worry, Captain, I'll do it well," Da Vinci said again, embarrassed.

"Don't hesitate to ask for anything. ”

"My that"

"If you don't say it, I'll leave!" Zheng Fei lifted the curtain.

"Don't" da Vinci scratched his head, pondered for a long time, and said with a red face: "I am sixteen years old this year. ”

Seeing his strange reaction, Zheng Fei had already roughly guessed what he wanted to say, and smiled and waited for the following.

"Captain, you know, men start to have physiological reactions when they are teenagers"

"I've taken a fancy to a girl, I'll help you pull the strings. ”

"No, no, I just wanted to express my physiological reaction, I think, that dancer named Vivian is quite sexy"

"Do your job, get the hot air balloon out and Vivien let you play for a week, but you have to be careful not to get sucked dry by the. ”

"Understood!" da Vinci gestured and smiled heartily.

Zheng Fei lifted the curtain and bent out, and couldn't help but smile, it seems that this genius also has weaknesses and is romantic.

It's a good thing to have weaknesses, so that you can control them later, otherwise when this kid grows up and his wings are stiff, he will have some bad thoughts.

Throughout the ages, those who have planned crazy moves have been geniuses.

For example, Adolf Hitler.

Leaving da Vinci's tent, Zheng Fei saw that in the distance in the clearing, Santiago was climbing on his horse again and again, and was thrown down again and again.

Fierce horses always make people love and hate.

Women too.

But it's not to blame the horses, the big man weighs at least two hundred and fifty pounds, and when he rides up, the scene is unsightly

After wandering around the construction site for a while, Zheng Fei went to the artisan hut.

The Artisan Hut was the first to be erected, and the craftsmen inside were rifling the smoothbore guns and modifying the bullets.

After modification, the effective range can be increased by at least three times, that is, more than 100 meters.

The hut was filled with the sound of tinkling and the smell of oil.

Seeing Zheng Fei coming in, the craftsmen stopped what they were doing and shouted in unison, "Hello captain!"

Zheng Fei smiled and said, "How many have you modified?"

"Twenty-one. The head of the craftsman reported: "Captain, we have just discussed, if the artillery is also rifled, will it be much stronger?"

"Good idea, you can try it. ”

"But now there is still a problem, which is that we can't make a barrel and we can't carve rifling into it. ”

"You take people to the beach to get some sand, and you want something that is very fine and sticks together. ”

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