Chapter 116 How is it like a fierce tiger roaring on the mountain

The stream bubbled and flowed from the valley, the sun shined through the branches and leaves, shining on Qiu Shuang's body, Qiu Shuang carried the fishing rod, staring at the twine intently, when the twine was dragged by something, he slowly dragged the fishing rod, while grabbing the small net pocket beside him, after a while, a three-finger sized shrimp was dragged out, when the guy with food found that he was out of the water, hurriedly let go of the meat skin used as bait, the small net pocket was already waiting for it.

"One! One! ”

Beside Qiu Shuang, the native child screamed, and at the feet of the native child, a small dog also wagged its tail desperately, barking at the crayfish that waved its big sting in the net pocket to intimidate the opponent.

Qiu Shuang didn't quite understand the meaning of the name of this native child, because, according to the habit of Yuzhang Villa, he gave him a Chinese name: Zhao Angelica.

Zhao said that he belonged to Yuzhang Villa, and angelica was not only the name of traditional Chinese medicine, but also the meaning of Qiu Shuang's heart.

This native child was picked up three months ago, when the explorers, who had been resting at the landing site for several months, set sail south, and took advantage of the north wind along the coast and the ocean current to the south, and it only took more than ten days to find this natural harbor marked on the globe painted by Zhao and Ju. In later generations, the name of this port was Acapulco, and naturally it would not be called this name at this time, so Lin Xi angrily named this place: Tianci Port.

On the day of the discovery of Tianci Port, they rescued Zhao Angelica from the hands of the local natives, at that time, the son of one side of the war, was about to be used for blood sacrifice, but the sudden big ship scared away the blood sacrifice natives, Zhao Angelica was brought to Lin Xi and Qiu Shuang in terror screaming. Duncan Polo tried to communicate with him in six languages, but the result was naturally that the bull's head was not right for the horse's mouth, and not long after, Zhao Angelica's people arrived and occupied the place.

With the help of these outsiders' sharp iron weapons, they did not even use the ship's cannons, and the Zhao Angelica clan held the heaven-sent harbor and won the victory against the enemy, and the Liuqiu people who brought them victory were also treated as messengers of the gods and received a very grand reception. I have to say that the luck of the Liuqiu people is very good, the natives here are not as kind as the natives where they first landed, if it weren't for this incident, I am afraid that it will take a lot of thought to gain a foothold in the Tianci Port.

Naturally, the silk, porcelain and glassware loaded on the four large ships also became a stepping stone to open the natives of this place. For the natives, the four great ships had given them enough shock, the iron weapons and cannons had made them awe of the people on board, and those exquisite utensils had won their favor.

As for what to exchange for these things, Zhao and Ju already had a list. Each item listed on the list has a shape, size, weight, flowers, leaves, seeds, plant appearance, some of which Zhao and Ju are familiar with, and even simple drawings, such as corn, pumpkin, potato, tomato, peanut, pepper, sunflower, and some that Zhao and Ju are not very clear, such as cinchona, rubber trees, pineapples, zucchini, and some plants that are already available in the Great Song Dynasty, but with better varieties, such as cotton.

How Zhao and Ju learned about these things, for Qiu Shuang and his subordinates, it doesn't matter, these righteous young people have heard of it more or less, and their master got Lu Zu on demand when he was young, so he can be like Xu Shentong.

In these days in the Heaven-Sent Harbor, they have already received a portion of it, like corn.

At this time, the natives had not yet been invaded by foreign enemies, and only internal strife was endless, but in general, the trade routes were still open. Everyone has lived in Tianci Harbor for three months, and the goods on board are half traded and half gifted, and the goods they need in exchange have also been disposed of.

In order to prevent water and moisture, the expedition ship is loaded with standard wooden boxes, each length is three meters high, one meter five is one meter five, and the width is one meter five, just enough to be hoisted into the ship from the porthole. When the various items obtained from the natives were collected, they were selected, cleaned, dried, and sealed, and then put them into a standard wooden box, which was resealed and brushed again with the tung oil brought by the ship.

"Angelica, put it up."

Qiu Shuang handed the net pocket to Zhao Angelica, who skillfully sandwiched the crayfish that was still dancing its teeth and claws between his thumbs and middle, and threw it into a cage made of vines.

It's been a leisurely day......

Qiu Shuang looked up at the sun, and then sighed, counting from the time of sailing, it has been a year now, that is, it has been three months to Tianci Port, it is estimated that it will not be long before they will continue to go south, looking for suitable currents and wind directions, and start to sail back.

I don't know how my own officials are now, he was already the heir of King Yi when he left, and whether he is living happily now. I don't know what it looks like now, when I was there, it was a small change in March, a big change in half a year, and now I go, I'm afraid that many places will not recognize it.

"People, people!" Zhao Angelica tugged at his arm and pointed to the east, this native child was extremely smart, and had learned some Han language, although he could not speak coherently, he could express his thoughts in one or two words. Qiu Shuang followed what he pointed out and found that there were indeed people walking over there.

It was a large group of natives with wooden spears and bows and arrows on their backs. Because of the hot climate in the area, these natives are shirtless, dressed in something similar to crotch pants, and wear colorful feathered crowns on their heads. Qiu Shuang was a little stunned, unlike the natives near Tianci Harbor who were just fishermen, this group of natives looked like an army.

During these months, he also learned that the natives of the land had their own kingdom and were at war with the kingdom to the south. The natives like to chew a kind of leaves called tamba mushroom, Qiu Shuang also tried it, and felt spicy and uncomfortable, and there was no such thing on the receipt given by Zhao and Ju, so he did not collect it. The mouths of this group of natives kept chewing, probably eating tamba mushrooms.

The place where they fished for shrimp was on the edge of the mountain stream, and the group walked down the mountain, so Zhao Angelica could see them at a glance, but they didn't find it. Qiu Shuang's heart moved, these natives were extremely numerous, not to mention thousands, and the direction was to go to Tianci Port, if their target was an expedition ship, it would be terrible.

"Go back!" He threw down his fishing rod, grabbed his shirt that he had set aside, and ran up the hill. Zhao Angelica picked up his fishing rod, carried the rattan basket, and stumbled behind him.

"Thousands of natives coming here?"

Lin Xi was holding a big nibble sent by a native, and he was stunned when he heard this, and then his face changed.

The whole expedition has more than 700 people, the natives have no iron weapons, no horses, and even no wheels, if the comers have bad intentions, the expedition team with excellent equipment, relying on large ships, is not afraid of defeat, but only kill a thousand enemies and lose hundreds, every manpower of the expedition team is precious, this kind of loss, but can not afford it.

"Ring the alarm, all the staff are on board, first-level combat readiness, ready to leave at any time!" In a very short period of time, Lin Xi made a decision.

Seeing a lot of wind and waves at sea, he became more and more cautious, knowing that the slightest negligence would lead to a catastrophe.

Fortunately, because they knew that the natives here had a country, the explorers did not disperse here, but gathered in the Tianci Port. Hearing the alarm bell, they were all back to the ship within twenty minutes, and when they had all boarded the ship, the large group of natives arrived at the port of heaven.

In the face of so many native soldiers, the native people of Tianci Hong Kong have long been scattered.

"What the hell are they here for?" Qiu Shuang stepped on the gangway, frowning and looking at the port.

The other party stopped, as if discussing something, and not long after, a native came to the port, and talked loudly, but no one could understand what he said. After he had finished speaking, he did not turn to leave, but stood in place, as if waiting for a response.

"What did he say?" Qiu Shuang asked Zhao Angelica.

"This, this, all, is his."

Zhao Angelica pointed to the ship, then to the people, and to the goods on the simple dock, and finally when he said "he", he pointed to the sun on his head in awe.

Although Qiu Shuang heard it in the clouds, he roughly guessed a lot, it must be a great man among the natives, and he heard that there was something good here, so he came to seize it. He smiled wryly, and although he was extremely kind, it didn't mean that he didn't have a thunderbolt heart.

"Tell them that this is the ship of Liuqiu, just anchor here for the time being, and ...... in a while" Qiu Shuang was about to say to Zhao Angelica in detail, but looking at his confused appearance, he immediately understood that although he could understand some simple Han words, he could not do it for a longer time.

"Forget it, although benevolence and righteousness are good, they must be maintained by force." Lin Xi squinted his eyes halfway, if they were allowed to leave Tianci Port just like that, it would obviously not be possible, because the supplies on the ship were not sufficient, and there were still some goods piled up on the dock.

"Wait a little longer and see how they behave." Qiu Shuang sighed: "If it is...... If it really doesn't work, then use force. ”

"You say to them, it's ours, it's ours, if they want what we have, exchange, exchange, do you understand?" Qiu Shuang half-squatted down, held Zhao Angelica's shoulder with one hand, said word by word, and gestured with the other hand, Zhao Angelica nodded, and then stood at the bow of the boat and spoke loudly. Although he was a child, his voice was loud, and after saying something, the native responded loudly, his words were extremely fierce, Zhao Angelica was full of fear, shrunk his neck and looked back at Qiu Shuang: "Fight, fight." ”

Obviously, if the ship refuses, the other side is ready to go to war.

Yu Zhu straightened his breastplate and stood beside Ouyang Yingfeng, Ouyang Yingfeng glanced at him: "Are you looking for death, fighting on the sea in this armor, falling into the water is a dead end, don't take it off quickly!" ”

Ouyang Yingfeng because of his outstanding performance in the last mutiny, and now he has become the middle level of the fleet, he is a person from all over the world, he speaks boldly, and he is very capable of fighting, so he is quite respected by the sailors, and he graduated from the Tamsui Primary School like Yu Zhu, and he also thinks highly of him by two points. Hearing him say this, Yu Zhu said a little unconvinced: "I just said that this is on the shore, if it starts, it will naturally be us rushing ashore to kill them, how can we let them rush on the boat!" ”

Ouyang Yingfeng shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, Yu Zhu, listen to what my old man said, naturally there will be no mistake." ”

"That's right, you won't be caught......" Yu Zhu muttered, except for Li Ye, he is a master who is not convinced by anyone.

"I was arrested because someone has more clever means than me, as for you little brat, forget it, Lao Tzu is too lazy to pay attention to you, it is your own business to find death." Ouyang Yingfeng sneered.

Both of them kept their mouths shut, and the person next to them saw that the relationship between the two was stiff, so he had the heart to resolve it for the two of them: "The local people are overwhelming, there are hundreds of us, I'm afraid it's not easy to fight!" ”

"How hard to fight, the natives have no swords, rely on those wooden spears...... It's okay to kill the mindless bison, but against us, we can only die. Yu Zhu said: "We still have artillery, within the range of artillery, what are these people!" ”

Ouyang Yingfeng heard his tone very loud, and laughed again: "It may not be able to fight." ”

"Why can't you fight?" Yu Zhu pointed to thousands of natives: "These people are here, can they be said to be good-looking?" ”

"I said that I may not be able to fight, and if you don't believe me, I can't do it." Ouyang Yingfeng shrugged his shoulders, this was a move he had learned from Duncan Polona.

As he was talking, suddenly above the mast, the standard-bearer who observed the flagship's flag sounded the whistle and waved a small red flag in his hand, which was a signal of first-level combat readiness. Everyone returned to their positions one after another, Yu Zhu still glanced at Ouyang Yingfeng, Ouyang Yingfeng still shrugged, looking indifferent.

Both of them were in charge of the broadside, so they remained on the deck, but when they saw the flag on the mast, they both hugged the gangway tightly.

"Boom!"

After a loud bang, a cloud of smoke rose from a beach outside the Heavenly Harbor. This loud noise was accustomed to the sailors, and they all tried to keep their balance so as not to fall due to the sway of the ship after the cannon was fired, but the native army had never seen such a thing.

After a moment of silence, there was a "buzz" among the natives, who were very courageous, and did not flee because of the might of the artillery, but the panic and uneasiness could not be stopped by the officers.

"Tell them that if it's a deal, we're welcome, and if it's a war, we'll accompany you." Qiu Shuang said to Zhao Angelica.

Zhao Angelica was also the first time to hear the roar of the cannon, if it wasn't for Qiu Shuang grabbing him, he was afraid that he would have fallen to the ground. He didn't understand much what Qiu Shuang said, but after coming back to his senses, he didn't need to understand to know what to say.

"These people are messengers sent by Thor, and they are on a Shenzhou boat, and they have come here from the kingdom of God to protect our village. They said, if you don't want to anger Thor, be obedient and give the best gift! God will not take your things for nothing, but He will bless you and give you things from heaven! ”

His words, imitating those of the priests in the village, were likely, and he later believed that these outsiders had really come from the kingdom of God.

Note 1: Crayfish, native to Mexico, are found in ponds in the paddy fields of our hometown, and are said to be bred by a few fish that crawl out of a certain cart that hauls aquatic products, and are always fished with meat skins or small frogs.

Note 2: No historical records can be found before the colonial era of Acapulco, so the situation of Acapulco is a family story here, and the princes believe it in vain.

Note 3: This period, which archaeologists call the post-classical period, was indeed a period of strife, but it was still a few decades before a full-scale civil war.