On the bank of the Haotian River, on the edge of the grassland, the temporary settlement of the Jialuo camp.

Thousands of captives and hundreds of elites of the Garuda battalion were constantly shuttling back and forth between the wild jungle and the grassland, and truckloads of clay bricks and stones were constantly piled up on the riverbank, piling up into several hills.

The carpenters of the Garuda camp were making a new type of boat by the river, which was smaller than the previous large ships, and the whole was in the shape of a flat shuttle, and the number of oars on it was much smaller than that of the large boats, and there were only ten in all.

Zhao Hao stood next to a new ship that was about to be completed, and looked at the workmanship of the hull carefully, and after a while, he nodded with satisfaction: "Well, yes, the workmanship is getting more and more fine, Beishan, these carpenters under you are really good." ”

When Beishan Auntie heard this, she was a little curious and said: "Isn't the original big ship very good, why do we want to make this kind of small boat?" ”

Zhao Hao looked at the other side of the river and said wisely: "Have you seen the small river next to Haotian Castle?" The water of the small river is shallow, and the big boat will not go far before it will hang to the bottom, so that this kind of small boat can come and go freely in it. ”

It was originally used in small rivers.

When Beishan Auntie heard this, she couldn't help but suddenly say, "Great Chief, are you going to explore east along that small river?" ”

She naturally knew the plan to explore the Nanban Mountains, but she didn't expect that Zhao Hao would be heading into the depths of the Nanban Mountains so soon.

Zhao Hao nodded slightly and said: "Yes, attacking the west flank of Xue Man's Department is not as troublesome as I imagined, it should be prepared, I also let Ah Hua and Ah Shan prepare, anyway, there is no big deal this year, it is good to go into the depths of the Nanban Mountains as soon as possible." ”

He originally thought that attacking the western flank of Xue Man's department would bring at least five or six thousand men and horses, after all, there were fifty or sixty thousand people under Tu Meng's command, dozens of tribes? If there are too few people to bring? I'm afraid this battle won't be fought in a year.

However, with the addition of the Nanjiang Department, it is different? Basically? As long as Wu Nanjiang convinces all the tribes in the south, the rest of the tribes don't have to worry about him? Just let Wu Nanjiang deal with it, and he only needs to lead two or three thousand people to smash Tumeng's lair.

He's already got all these things in order? Even? The Garuda battalion didn't have to participate in the battle, so he thought about exploring the east immediately, or else? The next half year will be wasted waiting.

The ship is almost built at this point? It's time to go.

He directly ordered: "Beishan, you work hard and urge them to build the city as soon as possible, I estimate, at most a month?" We're going to build another fortress two or three hundred miles east of Haotian Fort, when is it? You take the elite of the Garuda battalion and garrison it. ”

When Beishan Auntie heard this, she couldn't help but say excitedly: "Okay? I'll urge them to finish it as soon as possible. ”

The fortress stationed in the mountains of the Southern Barbarians, seemingly dangerous? In fact, there are great benefits? Because there are a lot of strange beasts and close to divine beasts over there? The Grand Boss usually gives points to the elite who are stationed in the fort.

Zhao Hao waited on the bank of the river until the first boat was built, then pushed it into the water with his personal guards and rowed directly back to the Haotianbao dock.

Early the next morning, he took Ji Rushuang's brothers and sisters and headed east along the river.

The reason why he asked people to build this kind of boat was also a last resort, because he had already led people to clean up the surroundings of Haotian Castle within a radius of fifty miles.

That is to say, the starting point of his eastward exploration this time is fifty miles east of Haotian Fort, and there is no road to the east at this time, if he takes Ji Rushuang's brothers and sisters to hike through the mountains and mountains, he will basically be able to walk about fifty miles in half a day, and the remaining half a day, they must rush back, otherwise, they will have to spend the night in the mountains of the Nanban.

This will definitely not work, so they still have to explore by water first.

The speed of the shuttle boat he ordered was still quite fast, and even if it was against the current, it would not be a problem to row forty or fifty miles in an hour, and after about an hour and a half, they would reach the unexplored area.

At this time, they don't have to be so careful when exploring the unknown area, because the strength of him and Ji Rushuang is already about sixty or seventy thousand catties, even if they encounter a divine beast, they can run away.

Therefore, they are unscrupulous in the mountains and mountains, and they have no intention of hiding their tracks.

However, Ji Wei, who was following them, still needed to be careful, although he had already made a strong bow of 10,000 catties at this time, and he could basically solve the alien beast with one arrow, but there was still a certain danger in the face of the existence of the proximity to the divine beast.

Of course, if it is close to the existence of the divine beast, there is no need for him to make a move, Zhao Hao and Ji Rushuang will go up and fight them.

In this way, they searched back and forth for about half a month, and advanced more than 200 miles to the east.

On this day, Zhao Hao and Ji Rushuang were speeding in a mountain range and a valley respectively, and suddenly, Ji Rushuang exclaimed, and then said in surprise: "Divine tree, there is a divine tree here!" ”

When Zhao Hao heard this, he hurriedly flew down to take a look, and sure enough, on a hillside, a sacred tree was standing proudly.

This sacred tree seemed to be bigger than the last time they had seen it, and its branches were luxuriant, giving people a sense of life at first sight.

When Ji Wei heard this, he also rushed over, and as soon as he saw the Divine Tree, he couldn't help but be surprised: "There is actually a Divine Tree in the mountains of the Southern Barbarians!" ”

There are naturally divine trees in the mountains of the Nanban, and there are quite a few, at least, Zhao Hao and Ji Rushuang have already seen two.

So, what to do with this sacred tree?

Or do you dig up all the surroundings and take the Heavenly Divine Stone to exchange for divine weapons?

Zhao Hao looked at the surrounding terrain and couldn't help but have an idea in his mind.

If a fortress were built here to protect the sacred tree, it would be a precious treasure for future generations.

There will always be a day when this strange beast and the existence of the close divine beast will be hunted, but this divine tree can continue to grow, and when the strange beasts and divine beasts in the mountains of the Southern Barbarians are almost hunted, this divine tree will be extremely precious.

Last time, the reason why he dug up all the Heavenly Replenishing Divine Stones around the Divine Tree like killing chickens and eggs, was that there was no way, because the vicinity of the Divine Tree was not suitable for building a fortress, and at that time, he had no plan to continue to build a fortress in the Nanban Mountains.

This time it was different, he happened to have a plan to build a fortress, and this place was also more suitable for building a fortress, and it was even more coincidental that it was more than two hundred miles away from Haotian Fort, and the distance was almost just right.

He thought about it for a while, and finally said, "Let's build Garuda Fort here, and keep this sacred tree, which can be regarded as leaving a fortune for future generations." ”

Ji Rushuang's brother and sister naturally had no opinions, so the matter was settled.

However, it was not so simple to build a fortress in the mountains of the Southern Barbarians, for the sake of safety, they had to clean up all the nearby areas within forty or fifty miles, and when they were almost cleared, they could let the elite of the Garuda camp come and build the fortress.

In addition, the materials needed to build the fortress are not very small, and I don't know how many times it will take to transport them by small boats.

Zhao Hao still adopts the old method, builds more small boats, and uses quantity to make up for time.

After ten small boats were built, he ordered Beishan Ah Mu to lead the elite of the Garuda battalion to march here, preparing to hoard supplies and build Garuda Fort.