Chapter 126: The Idea of the Sea
Mickey Mouse followed Xu Wenjie's side, watching for possible dangers around him. Walking here, Xu Wenjie is very careful, although there are no cannibals here, there are still some ancient tribes in Kenya, like the Maasai free tribes.
This is mainly the place where the coastal Bantu people live, of course, now they are no longer called the coastal Bantu people, but distinguish a lot of tribal races, such as: Mikikenda, Davida, Pokomo, among which the Mikikenda people are the most distributed and multiplying branches here.
Instead of going into the woods, he searched the shore, hoping to find traces of the kind of small wooden boat dragging that would make it easier to find the boat.
As for modern yachts or fishing boats, it is impossible to see them here, because there are no large cities around, it is considered a wilderness area, and only a few tribes live here, living on the sea and wild fruits.
Judging from the traces left on the beach, there are indeed traces of human activity here. That is, people from a certain tribe live here.
After confirming this matter, Xu Wenjie took Mickey Mouse and walked towards the woods, there are many coconut trees here, and occasionally you can see some pineapple trees, it seems that wild fruit trees are all there.
Of course, until you're sure that this is a tribal territory, you'd better not attack these trees. Otherwise, if the fruit trees here belong to a tribe, you will be unlucky.
There were some monkeys in the woods, and some seabirds, they moved freely on the trees, and Xu Wenjie was not afraid at all. It seems that there is a reason why humans are constantly active here.
Mickey Mouse, this guy. Ran from Xu Wenjie's body to the tree. Go and tease the monkeys. One can climb trees. A mouse like a squirrel is still very speechless.
Looking at the banana it snatched from the monkey, Xu Wenjie was speechless, who did this guy learn from.
Rejecting the banana handed by this guy, he hurried towards the woods, and after a while, the monkey who had been robbed of the banana performed a monkey stunt, and then the whole monkey group attacked him. That's called tragedy.
After teasing the monkey, Mickey Mouse was not honest, and actually wanted to catch the bird on the tree, but unfortunately it had no wings, and when he caught a bird, he fell directly from the tree.
Looking at Mickey Mouse who fell to the ground, Xu Wenjie was a little speechless, he was not afraid that this guy would fall to death. If you do fall to death, that's magical.
This guy may not have caught a bird, and he is a little frustrated. followed Xu Wenjie directly and never disturbed the animals in the tree again.
Xu Wenjie regretted it a little. When you come, you should bring a machete to cut down the weeds in the woods. In this situation, it was a bit difficult to walk, and he had to be on the lookout for any danger that might emerge from the woods.
"Wow, #%¥%......"
A series of strange sounds came from the woods, Xu Wenjie heard this sound and hurriedly ran over there. Obviously, there is a tribe there, a tribe that I don't know who it is.
His appearance quickly attracted the attention of the Kauma people, who were a little confused and frightened by this person who suddenly broke into their tribe.
The children all hid, and some of the adults took out their weapons. Seeing this posture, Xu Wenjie felt speechless, he was alone.
However, he found that he had forgotten one thing, that the natives here were probably unable to communicate and did not speak the same language.
Xu Wenjie tried to say hello in English, and then explained to them why he was here. But as a result, a group of people held spears made of wooden sticks at him, and there was no response.
Seeing that someone was running inside, Xu Wenjie was confronting these people here, and Mickey Mouse was wandering around on other people's territory.
These natives only noticed Xu Wenjie, not the Mickey Mouse guy at all, even though it had a crown on its head. But with his attraction, and Mickey Mouse is too small, few people notice.
Of course, the little ones who were hiding behind the adults noticed it, but they just looked at the strange Mickey Mouse with some curiosity and didn't warn him.
The language communication failed, and the sign language expression could not be understood, Xu Wenjie wondered if he would quit from here first. If these guys attacked, he would be passive.
A strange sound came from behind the natives, and then the natives with their weapons were seen and put them back together. At this time, an old man wearing a strange carved hat, wrapped in a beast skin like a robe, and holding a scepter in his hand, walked out of it, and on his face, there were strange runes.
"Hello, friend from afar."
"Uh, hello!"
Xu Wenjie was a little surprised, he didn't expect that there were people who could communicate here, and the old man's English was very standard.
"I'm coming from the ranch over there, and I want to come here to find a wooden boat and go out to sea to have a look."
The old man seemed to have been in contact with the outside world, otherwise he would not have been confused about Xu Wenjie's appearance at all.
"I am the patriarch of the Muhai tribe, Hailaman, and my people rarely have contact with foreigners, so I am a little afraid of your appearance. We're hiding the ship you're talking about, but you'll have to pay us. ”
"Remuneration? Does money work? ”
If the money doesn't work, Xu Wenjie can't help it, he didn't bring any food, he brought some money all over his body, except for a mobile phone.
"Yes, yes, money can be exchanged."
Xu Wenjie looked at the appearance of this patriarch and obviously knew what money was. Moreover, looking at his appearance, he is still a person who understands the role of money.
Anyway, money has no effect here, and in order to prevent these guys from having the idea of making money and killing people, Xu Wenjie took out all the money in his pocket, which was only a few hundred dollars.
The Kheraman patriarch took it and tapped it with his hand, it seems that he is a person who knows the goods, and knows that banknotes are a good thing.
Then, seeing him say something in that strange language, to the natives behind him, four strong guys came out in a moment.
"Let's go. Friendly friends. I'll take you to our boat hidden by the sea. ”
Xu Wenjie nodded. I'm not worried that they're doing something bad to me. Mickey Mouse did not appear, but followed his instructions and hid in the woods.
If these guys wanted to do something to themselves, Xu Wenjie would definitely make them regret doing so.
When he followed these people out of the woods, Xu Wenjie found that he was thinking too much, and people really didn't have the consciousness to harm him. Behind a reef, there are four small rafts, all made of trees. It doesn't look very sturdy.
However, judging by the situation of the boat, it should be a raft that is often launched. In this case, it should be possible to use it at sea.
"Friendly friend, I must remind you that these boats can be used close to the coast, and if you want to go farther, you can go in that direction, where there is a large pier where you can find boats to go out to sea."
All right. The people are still relatively kind, and they also know to remind him that these rafts cannot go to the open sea. But. This guy is really cunning enough to tell himself this information after he handed over all the money.
"It's okay, I'm just walking around the beach and not going inside."
The old man commanded the people who followed, and after carrying the boat to the beach, he said something to Xu Wenjie and walked back. It seems that this little raft was given to him.
After cleaning up the things on it, Xu Wenjie rowed an oar made of branches of unknown trees and rowed towards the ocean.
The Mickey Mouse guy didn't follow, he helped Xu Wenjie pay attention to the movements of the natives on the beach. Here, be sure to have a vigilant heart.
Of course, if you're strong enough, you don't need to think about that. Otherwise, you have to keep an eye out for the natives who may be dangerous to you.
The sea water is very clear, Xu Wenjie can see the sand and gravel below, and he feels that rowing such a raft out to sea is a bit too cheating. The waves hit him, and he had a hard time, so he could only row diagonally into the sea.
Of course, if something went wrong, he would simply abandon the raft and swim back to shore.
Xu Wenjie feels that going to sea in this way and wanting to find the sea creatures he likes is completely dreaming. The water here is too shallow, and the larger marine life is simply not possible here.
Looking at the clear waters, he was ready to dive down to have a look, and if he really didn't find anything, he could only go to the place where the indigenous patriarch had said, and find a larger boat to go out to sea.
"Plop."
When Xu Wenjie took off his clothes and jumped directly into the water, he found that he was completely overthinking. In the water, in this case, there is almost zero want to catch a fish or something.
However, I heard that the natives could, and they should have been allowed to stay and see how they caught fish on the bottom of the sea.
Back on the raft, Xu Wenjie gave up catching fish like this, and he was going to find a large boat. Or go out to sea with a professional diver.
After coming up from the sea, Xu Wenjie dragged the raft ashore and walked in the direction of the ranch. Going there, of course, he wouldn't be stupid and just go by, it would be faster to drive directly.
The car was driving on the road, and Xu Wenjie called his uncle and asked him to ask if he could contact a professional diving team. Looking for the locals, he was a little uneasy, in the ocean, it was not like on the shore.
Of course, if he contracts with marine creatures in the sea, Xu Wenjie is not worried about any danger he will have in the sea.
In the end, it was those animal experts who gave Xu Wenjie a piece of information, and he heard that the professional diving team from Europe had large yachts. And the purpose of their coming here was to find a merchant ship that sank in ancient times.
I don't know if Zheng He also walked here when he went to the West. If anything, maybe they'll be able to find some valuable shipwrecks. Of course, the colonists at that time may have also transported some plundered valuable things from this land of Africa by boat. (To be continued......)
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