Far from the center of human civilization, the American continent has not changed as much as Eurasia has in millions of years due to human existence.

Although the Old World is also very backward, but the ability of human beings to transform nature has been highlighted in this era, more than ten years of tribal era, the Central Plains due to human activities, has been greatly affected, the natural reproduction process of local species.

At this time, Central America was like a virgin land undisturbed by humans, and the flourishing of species was simply unheard of.

Hongwu food year in mid-March.

The expedition that had already embarked on Central America took half a month to complete the camp.

This camp will be an extremely important base for the expedition for the next year.

Corn, potatoes, sugar cane, rubber, and many other crops to look for are scattered throughout the Central and South American continent.

In order to be able to improve efficiency, Stony Brook decided to separate the remaining three boats, and his main force was not stationed here, and ordered the other two boats, nearly three hundred people, to continue to march south.

Only in this way can you improve the efficiency of your own search.

In mid-March, the two ships left the makeshift port and sailed slowly to the unknown south.

It wasn't until the mast was out of sight on the surface of the sea that Stony Brook withdrew his gaze.

Hundreds of people left, and only a little over 400 remained.

Summoning the officers above the platoon leader of the expedition team into the big tent, Stony Brook was ready to tell them what he was going to do next.

Seeing that all the officers had arrived, Stony Brook asked him to hang up the simple map drawn by the patrol during this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in the past half a month, we have searched a radius of several kilometers, but so far we have not found a single native, so Ben will decide to continue to expand the scope of exploration, and next, I will divide the area you explore."

The meeting was brief, lasting less than half an hour.

Under Stony Brook's deployment, the expedition of four hundred men was divided into five parts.

Three are responsible for exploring the surrounding area in search of natives and target crops, while the remaining two are responsible for hunting and securing the camp.

When necessary, cooperate with the other three teams to open up new temporary camps, and gradually advance inland.

Just because there are no humans on the beach doesn't mean that there are no traces of humans in the interior.

Unfortunately, Jiang Liu was assigned to the search team, which made him very depressed.

Exploring in such a tropical rainforest is an extremely physical challenge, and after half a month, Jiang Liu feels that his sweat can at least fill an iron pot for cooking.

A person can sweat so much, which he would not believe when he was killed before.

But fortunately, there is plenty of food in this place, whether it is the beasts in the forest or the fish and shrimp in the shallow sea, it is like picking up for nothing, providing rich protein for the expedition.

Moreover, the camp has begun to experiment with seawater to dry salt, which is a technique that Daqi has been trying for several years to summarize.

At this time, it can be used here to solve the problem of insufficient salt for the expedition.

At night, a bright moon hangs in the night sky, and the gentle sea breeze blows, making it rare for the river to no longer curse this place where birds don't.

Since he was going out to explore in a few days, it was not his turn to be on duty at night.

The time when there was nothing to do was so wonderful, and how he wished that he would just wait for death until the day the expedition returned.

When the river was lying leisurely on the grass, looking at the stars in the sky, a childish voice remembered beside him.

"Brother Jiang Liu!"

Listening to this blunt and immature Da Qi words, Jiang Liu decided who was coming.

Without opening his eyes, he said, "What are you looking for me?" ”

The indigenous boy squatted beside Jiang Liu and said, "Brother Jiang Liu, give... This one.. Here you go. ”

Jiang Liu glanced at it and said with some surprise: "Where did you get the barrel fruit?" ”

The little boy grinned, and although he didn't fully understand Jiang Liu's words, he could roughly guess what he meant from his expression.

"During the day... Tree... Climb me ... Fruit! ”

The so-called barrel fruit is the coconut, which is called because it is extremely hard and the water inside it is sweet.

Jiang Liu knew very well that this fruit grew on such a bare tree trunk, and it was easier to climb it than it was to be believed, and if it fell, it would definitely be seriously injured.

Adults are like that, let alone this indigenous kid who doesn't look like he is even seven or eight years old.

Jiang Liu took the hard coconut and said with some reproach: "What are you doing climbing trees, are you impatient?" Damn, Lao Tzu told you to live well, and you fucking go to die. ”

Having said that, Jiang Liu still felt a little relieved.

During this time, this kid really treats himself like a brother, like a brother and a fart, and sticks to his back whenever he has time.

Seeing that Jiang Liu was a little angry, the little boy suddenly panicked, and in a hurry, he forgot all about Qi language, which was not good for Suo, and said something in the local dialect.

Jiang Liu sighed, pulled out the short knife on his waist, and peeled the coconut a little clumsily and took a sip.

"Drink, next time you climb the tree, Lao Tzu will break your leg directly."

Seeing that the river had been deflated, the little boy happily took the coconut and drank it in a big gulp.

"Qingyang, Lao Tzu is going to patrol in a few days, you kid is clever in the camp, others beat and scold you, you have to endure it, Lao Tzu can't protect you for a lifetime, whether you can survive here or not, it's up to you, understand?"

The little boy looked at Jiang Liu with some doubts, he really wanted to wait until his brother said anything to write, but the language could not be learned in a short time, which made him a little upset.

Jiang Liu said in a deep voice: "Okay, hurry up and go back to sleep after drinking this wooden barrel fruit, if it is seen by an officer who is in a bad mood, you will have a hard time." ”

Seeing that Jiang Liu signaled for him to leave, Qingyang also knew that he was leaving now, nodded and drank the coconut water in a few sips, wiped his mouth and ran towards the small shack where he lived.

Jiang Liu looked at Qingyang's departing back and muttered, "Live well!" ”

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The time of leisure was always short-lived, and after a few days of resting in the camp, the river was once again carrying dry rations, and the patrol of followers came out of the safety of the camp.

This time their goal was to explore along the upper reaches of the creek, carrying enough dry food to last them for four days, plus food they could find along the way.

The order was given to them was to choose a suitable site upstream of the creek and build a resting place in preparation for further inland.

It is conceivable that in this exploration, these people can only live in the jungle without safety and security for a short time.