At this time, the slender and vigorous Pride suddenly appeared from behind Nicole, only to see her sails fully open, straight forward, blue and white triangular sails and two wings of the square wing sails were blown forward by the sea breeze slightly bulging, after slightly adjusting the direction of the hull, the strong forty-five degree angle of the sea breeze made her mainsail and the winged sails on both sides immediately full of wind, the dark blue hull shuttled up and down in the waves, the white gunway appeared and disappeared in the water, looking from a distance, like a sailfish shuttling quickly between the waves......

At this time, from the cockpit to the deck, the crew was in high spirits and jubilant.

"It's too fast!"

"Oh!"

"It's at least a dozen knots now, right?"

"Adjust the hull direction a little more, and the speed will be faster......"

"I'm racing with you!"

"I've been apprenticed several times, and I've finally met the right wind direction......

"That's oh, when you encounter such a strong wind at such a suitable angle, you must not be willing to be unpleasant......"

"It's really cool to sail with the clipper full of wind and sails!"

"Keep an eye ahead!"

"Right full rudder~"

"Folded sails!"

"Hey, those natives must be stunned, right?"

"Look at that canoe! The shape is very cute! ”

"Revenue and Expenditure Suofan~"

"Lowering the mainsail!"

"They're hiding from us......"

"Huh? What about the canoe just now? ”

"Why don't the natives hold the fruit to do business?"

"Nonsense! This is Australia, not Menado! ”

At this time, all kinds of discussions on the deck and Li Sanduo's various guidance orders were mixed together, making the deck of the Pride as lively as a vegetable market.

With a long whistle, the Pride finally slowed down and slowly approached the estuary, finally stopping at a short distance from the estuary.

At this time, Li Sanduo observed from the telescope that the tribesmen on the river beach were also curiously looking at this strange ship that had never been seen before.

Judging by the number of canoes that the tribe has just observed, this is probably a tribe that uses fishing as its main means of livelihood.

Li Sanduo hurriedly reported the situation to Zhu Beiguo, who was wearing equipment in the bilge at this time, and the latter thought about it and proposed to Li Sanduo that he hoped to take out a fishing net woven of nylon rope in the bilge and bring it, Zhu Beiguo said that he hoped to use this fishing net to make friends with that tribe.

Since this is the future manganese iron ore wharf, then we will come here sooner or later to engage in construction, so it is also necessary to have a good relationship with the local aborigines, since we have met, we should do these homework in advance, so that one day the two sides can easily deal with each other.

Immediately afterwards, Li Sanduo informed Gu Jin of Zhu Beiguo's proposal, and after a while, Gu Jin's voice came from the walkie-talkie:

"Theoretically speaking, nylon fishing nets are first-class materials, and all traversers should agree to use fishing nets as favors, but now that everyone is on different sides, it is obviously too late to hold a meeting to ask for instructions and votes, as the commander of the fleet, I will be the master...... Well, let's just take a smaller one and send it out......"

At noon, the exploration team led by Zhu Beiguo finally rowed a small boat and approached the estuary.

The tribal men in the canoe also spotted the dinghy, and their eyes were good at discovering a group of strange people in the dinghy, so the tribal men and women began to shout at each other.

According to the experience of landing at Panlong Fort and Weipa, despite the relatively hot weather, Zhu Beiguo and his companions still wrapped themselves tightly, from top to bottom with long shirts and trousers, feet with big heads, and leather shoes, cuffs, necklines, and trouser legs were also tightly tied.

Obviously, the lander's outfit was very unusual in the eyes of the natives, and the most conspicuous and frightening thing was still the various fully enclosed motorcycle helmets worn on their heads.

Well, although it was a little stuffy in the helmet, in the face of the unfamiliar environment, everyone thought that it was worth the price to endure this bit of stuffiness.

Sure enough, the people on the other side showed some kind of panic at the sudden appearance of the strangely dressed people, especially the bright helmet that glowed in the tropical sun, which gave the tribesmen the impression that they were non-human.

When people are faced with the approaching unknown, the first reaction is to dodge, the second reaction is to observe secretly, if there is no direct danger, there will be a third stage - probe the brain, carefully come out to contact it.

This is true both ancient and modern, both in China and abroad.

The tribal canoes, dug out of thick tree trunks, were sturdy and very flexible, and the people in the canoes turned to turn around and many of them rowed up the river and quickly sank into the mangroves on the riverbank.

With a few sounds of wooden drums all over the sound of the sound of the wooden drums, just now on the alluvial fan of the estuary, also ran to the depths of the forest, after a while, just now the boat racing, the lively estuary waters, only the rhythmic lapping of the waves against the mangroves and the murmuring of the river, giving people the feeling that those previous hustle and bustle seem to be a fleeting dream......

Now it seems that these agile natives really follow the most basic pattern of human behavior: when faced with unfamiliar things, people run away without a trace in the first place.

When Zhu Beiguo, who was rowing four small boats with great enthusiasm, climbed the alluvial fan sandbar at the mouth of the river with great anticipation, they found that they were facing an empty river beach, and a pile of stones not far away, which was a fire pond with unfinished fire, and it was still green smoke at this time.

However, Zhu Beiguo and his team members knew that the natives had not actually run far, at least so far, they themselves must still be within visual distance of the natives.

So even though there was no one in sight, there must have been many pairs of eyes watching them in the jungle on the other side of the river, in the grass in the distance, and even in the thick treetops nearby.

Since we are sure that the natives have not gone far, and should still be in sight, then we should do something.

So just as Zhu Beiguo and his partners were exchanging glances and planning to do something, Gu Jin's voice suddenly came from the walkie-talkie in Zhu Beiguo's arms:

"Now that everyone is gone, you better get down to business first, and don't forget that you're here to survey the terrain and collect hydrological data!"

Well, Captain Gu on the Nicole saw all this clearly in the binoculars, and Zhu Beiguo seemed to have to do it.

The survey soon began, with a few men working on land with a pole and compass, while the rest returned to the dinghy and began to survey the water along the coast.

The surveying and mapping work is in order, but everyone always feels very awkward to work in the dark observation of I don't know how many pairs of eyes, especially when there are some sudden movements in the jungle on the other side from time to time, which will make them more sensitive to their already nervous nerves.

The first to endure this situation was Wei @ Hong, when the river bank not far away made the sound of water again, he stood on the beach and suddenly picked up AK47, and hit a shuttle at the other side of the river, the sudden gunfire startled countless birds, and the water on the bank was stirred up by bullets, bullets hit the ground, and mud splashed.

However, at that moment, on this section of the embankment, the people in the dinghy suddenly noticed a large group of crocodiles nearby, so dangerous! If it weren't for the frightened crocodiles that suddenly began to crawl in all directions, they would not have been able to detect the danger that was close at hand!

The sudden appearance of the nearby crocodile group not only frightened the partners who were surveying and mapping in the river, but even the initiator ** was stunned, it turned out that the sound of the water just now was not made by a human, but a crocodile......