Chapter 292, Silly Deer
As the days passed, the fleet continued to advance towards the north.
On the 'Taishan', Du Mingen habitually took a telescope to look around the sea every day, looking for land, ice floes and other things.
"According to calculations, this area should be land, and it stands to reason that it should be able to be discovered in these two days."
Dressed in a thick cotton coat and wrapped himself in three layers inside and three layers outside, he looked at the sea to the northwest, trying to find traces of land.
At this time, the position of Du Minen's fleet had almost arrived near the Kamchatka Peninsula of the future polar bears, and he was also preparing to take one last rest in this area, replenish fresh water, replenish the firewood on the ship, and let the crew return to land for a good rest.
"Land~Land~"
Just as Du Mingen was pondering, the lookout on the mast of the ship shouted excitedly, and suddenly the entire crew of the ship hurriedly walked out of the cabin.
Having land means they can replenish it, and fresh and sufficient fresh water can comfortably take a bath and clean up their personal hygiene; With plenty of firewood, they can also have a beautiful barbecue, and if this is a certain country, they can even spend money to find a woman to vent their full energy.
In short, there is nothing more pleasant for someone who sails above the sea than to see land.
"Send orders to the other ships, find a suitable spot, and let's go to the land and get some rest."
When Du Mingen heard this, he immediately laughed, and sure enough, there was not much difference from what he calculated, and the map given by Liu Jin was too accurate.
Soon, the flag bearer on the 'Tarzan' began waving small flags of several colors, conveying Du Mingen's orders to the other ships.
Finding a suitable place to anchor was not at all difficult for those of them who had been trained and studied for a long time, and the fleet traveled along the land, and soon found a river flowing out of the land, which was often the most suitable place to moor the boats.
When a ship walks in the middle of the sea, the bottom of the ship will be attached to a variety of marine organisms, and these attachments will greatly corrode the hull, so these attachments need to be cleaned regularly.
Of course, the conditions are to drive into the port for special cleaning, but when sailing in the ocean, there are no such conditions at all, and driving into fresh water is a very good way to clean up.
The attachment to the bottom of the ship is marine life, which is accustomed to salt water, and when it comes to fresh water, it will die in large numbers, which can achieve the effect of cleaning the bottom of the ship.
In addition, where there are rivers, it is easier for boats to moor, and it is more convenient to replenish fresh water.
Liu Jin had already talked about all this knowledge when he was in class at Tianjin Maritime College, and Du Mingen naturally remembered it firmly.
The fleet anchored in this nameless freshwater river, and the thousands of crew members on the ten Daifuku ships were already crazy, and they didn't need Du Mingen's order at all, everyone stepped on land excitedly and began to rest.
The division of labor on the fleet is very clear, and the same is true when they arrive on land, and there are people who cut down trees and stock up on wood, which is essential for life and heating on board.
Some people go in search of fresh water to drink, and the large vats of fresh water on the ship are washed and refilled with fresh fresh water.
Others bring crossbows, swords, muskets and other weapons to hunt around to see if they can hunt some animals, so that everyone no longer needs to eat bacon and fish, and can taste slowly.
There are also people who go to find some plants, algae, fungi and so on, which can be eaten as vegetables, used to supplement vitamins, and these things are very much needed by the crew who eat meat every day.
Everyone has their own things to do, and they need to do as much as they can during their time on land.
"The scenery is so beautiful, but unfortunately there are no people~"
Du Mingen came to the land and looked at the barren scene in front of him, the high mountains in the distance were covered with snow, and there was a large forest at the foot of the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, some of the crews began to set up tents and build earthen stoves, and farther away, groups of sailors with various weapons began to explore in all directions.
The monkey and the silly bear formed a team of five with three people, some of whom were armed with bows and crossbows, some with swords, and some with muskets, all armed and walking very limited on this uninhabited land.
The stupid bear man is tall and strong, holding a mace of dozens of catties in his hand, constantly waving and playing from time to time, and the mace in these dozens of catties is like a wooden toy in his hand.
"It's better to find a fresh water group, I drank all the water in the river just now, it's very sweet, it must be snow water on the snow mountain."
There is an instinctive fear of exploring strange places, and the same is true of the monkey, who is somewhat envious of those who collect fresh water.
"Isn't this good to come out and walk around?"
Silly Bear touched his head, he was suffocated on the boat, and now he was able to walk around, he thought it was good.
"Okay, of course, who knows what kind of monsters are going to be in this kind of place."
The monkey shook his head helplessly and said, talking to this silly bear, there is always a feeling of playing the piano to a cow.
"There are monsters that are afraid of something, and my mace is not a vegetarian."
When Silly Bear heard this, he waved the mace in his hand and said very confidently.
"There are herds of deer, there are herds of deer~"
At this time, the teammates around him excitedly pointed to a place in front of him and said.
"A herd of deer?"
When the monkey and the stupid bear heard this, they immediately came to their senses, and they were tired of eating this bacon and fish, and it was also a good choice to replace the venison, so they also quickly looked at it.
I saw that on a flat ground not far ahead, hundreds of deer were eating moss very leisurely, these deer were huge, much larger than the sika deer of the Ming Dynasty, and what was even more peculiar was that the antlers of these deer were very large, like a huge grinding plate.
"What kind of deer is this?"
"This head is like a horse, and its horns are like a deer, and its neck is like that of a camel."
The monkey picked up the binoculars, looked at it carefully and said, this kind of deer has never been seen, if it is Liu Jin, it can be recognized at a glance, these are reindeer unique to the cold zone.
"It doesn't matter what kind of deer it is, as long as the meat is delicious."
Silly Bear didn't care what kind of deer these deer were, he now felt that his stomach was hungry, eating fish on the boat and vomiting, he now wanted to change his taste, taste the taste of barbecue, so he also hurriedly carried his mace towards the reindeer herd.
"Are these deer stupid?"
"Why aren't you afraid of our appearance at all?"
As they got closer and closer to the deer, soon the monkeys and the stupid bears discovered a thing, these deer seemed to be not afraid of people at all, and when they saw the stupid bears coming, they would not flee in a hurry like other animals, but all looked at the stupid bears and others curiously.
"Just call it Silly Deer, this stupid, I guess you are a family with Silly Bear, and you won't walk away if you knock it with a mace."
The monkey looked at these stupid deer and couldn't help but smile and say.