As he spoke, a large island of deep green appeared in front of him. This is the East Island.

There is no port or plank road on the East Island. The boat stopped on a stretch of sand.

There was no one on the beach. Che De only took Rongya, Puguang, Lugu, and Modu off the ship, and the rest of the people spent the night on the ship.

"Although Lugu and Matu have also come to live in the North Island, they are very friendly with the Dongmin and have been assisting me in my dealings with the Dongmin over the years. I sent the two of them to serve you, not only to serve your daily life, but also to let them lead you and the Dongmin to establish a relationship as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, uncle." Rongya said.

The chariot was obviously familiar with the road, and turned around in the dense forest, and came to a large flat land, on which hundreds of small circles were densely arranged.

"This is the chief's tribe." "There are several tribes on the eastern island, and the chief's tribe is the most numerous, and the other tribes are at the behest of the chief and Daposa. Daposa does not live in the tribe, she lives in the cave of the dragon. We won't see you in Posa today. There will always be a chance to see each other in the future. ”

Che De walked into the chief's tribe, and some of the Dongmin who were working outside greeted Che De with a smile. The natives were dressed in coarse linen-like clothes, and their hair was simply tied back at the back of their heads, with men's hair tied in a ponytail and women's hair braided. The chariot walked to a small round doorway, pushed the door directly in.

"Hello Chief Numa." The chariot roared.

"Oops, here comes my good brother. The wheels are well guarded. Chief Numa stood up with a smile and said. Chief Numa was an old man fifty miles away, swarthy, with a shiny face, and not very tall, but very stout and mighty.

"Chief Numa, I'm looking for you to drink again." Che De said.

"I knew you were coming, so I prepared the coconut wine." Chief Numa said.

"Chief Numa, this is Melting Cliff, this is my nephew, and he will follow me to eat on Shamrock Island in the future. This is the retinue of the melting cliff, Puguang. When I come back in the future, I will bring them with me. If I can't come because of something, I'll send Rongya and Puguang alone. You've got to eat and drink. Che De said.

"I've seen the chief." Rongya and Puguang said.

Chief Numa looked at Rongya and Puguang, but did not answer, but smiled, and then said to Che De, "Brother Che De, guess what Da Poza took us to hunt today?" ”

"Seeing how happy you look, you must have hunted a blue whale."

"Hahaha. Brother Chede, you are about to become our Dongmin. How can you guess it's a blue whale? ”

"Only when you hunt a blue whale, you won't ask me for the mainland's spirits, but only drink the island's coconut wine." Che De and Chief Nu Ma looked at each other and laughed.

Che De laughed and said, "I also brought the gold." You've hunted a blue whale, and you'll have to go to the Dragon Cave to worship the dragon later. Find someone to pick it up from the boat on the shore. I'm just a few of them, but I don't have the strength to bring it to you. ”

Chief Numa hugged the chariot and laughed again.

"Good. Let's go, let's drink and go, and then go together to worship the dragon. Chief Numa took the chariot by the hand, stepped out of Madoka, and then out of the tribe, into a clearing at the foot of a mountain peak.

A bonfire had been lit in the clearing, and the air was filled with a strong fragrance.

There is a small platform directly in front of the clearing. Extending from the two ends of the small platform, there are some stone tables and stone tables. The stone table and the stone table were already full of people. Che Tu and Chief Numa sat down on a stone table to the left of the small platform. Nugguda, the daughter of Chief Numa, came up to her and said, "Abba, can we begin?" ”

Chief Numa shouted, "Begin! ”

Nugguda said to a young man next to him, "Moga, let's begin." ”

The young man named Moga picked up a long conch horn and blew it "woo-woo".

I could only hear everyone present start to scream "whining". Nugguda ran to the campfire in the center of the square. The "Woo-woo" of the Conch and everyone stopped. A drum beat sounded. Several girls in coarse linen dresses came out of the crowd, and these girls, like Nugguda, had a large bright flower on their heads. The girls danced around the campfire and to the beat of the drums.

Lu Gu leaned close to Rongya's ear and said loudly: "Childe, you see, Nugguda is the daughter of Chief Numa, and she is also the most beautiful girl on the East Island. "Nugguda's skin is brownish, smooth and shiny, with delicate eyebrows and a plump and graceful body. Rongya nodded, and also leaned close to Lu Gu's ear and said, "It's really beautiful." ”

Lu Gu said again: "But the son can't pursue Nugguda, she is already the woman that Maka fancies." Maga was the leader of the Mobe and the chosen disciple of Daposa, who was to become Daposa in the future. ”

Rongya thought of Yun Ji who was far away in the Holy Capital, and felt bored for a while, so he changed the topic and said, "Are there still many tribes on this island?" ”

"There are more than a dozen tribes, and the largest tribe is the Nubu where the Numa chieftain is located. In addition, there is the Mabu where the Maga is located, and the Matu is also from the Mabe. Of course, there is also the Lu Department where Lu Gu is located. There are several other tribes. ”

Rongya asked again, "Will Daposa come out today?" ”

"Yes. Today is to sacrifice the dragon, and Daposa will definitely come out. ”

Nugguda and the girls were dancing, and a few young men served the chiefs of the tribes seated at the stone table a thick soup in coconut shells.

Rongya watched Che De and Chief Numa laugh loudly, and couldn't hear what they were saying, but they both drank the soup in the coconut shell, and then drank the coconut wine in the other coconut shell, and then laughed hand in hand.

Rongya tasted a mouthful of thick soup, the soup tasted unusually sweet, and couldn't help but say: "What a delicious soup, what is this made of?" ”

Lu Gu said: "Childe, this is made with the swim bladder of the blue whale. ”

Rongya drank it all, picked up the wine in another coconut shell, touched it with Lu Gu and the others one by one, and drank it all. Lu Gu said: "Childe, this is called coconut wine, which is brewed with the coconut meat and coconut water unique to Sanye Island. It is not as powerful as Lu Zhou's rice wine and spirits, but if you eat the meat of the blue whale, this is the best pairing wine, better than Lu Zhou's rice wine and spirits. ”

Rongya said: "Oh? Why is that? The wine still needs to be strong to be strong! ”

Lu Gu said: "Lu Zhou's wine is too strong, and it is easy to cover the deliciousness of the blue whale. ”

In all fairness, Rongya prefers Lu Zhou's spirits, and always feels that the coconut wine is too soft. However, the sweet and sweet taste of coconut wine reminded Rongya of the Canaan fruit wine made by her mother. Melting Cliff loves the taste and feel.

After Nugguda and the girls danced, the bonfire burned even brighter. Chief Numa stood up and said loudly, "Thank you to the dragon for giving us the abundant island of Shamleaf; Thanks to the dragon for giving us plenty of food and sweet water; Thank you to the dragon for giving us the all-knowing Daposa. Under the leadership of Da Poza, the dragon gave us another blue whale. Come, let's celebrate with the coconut wine given to us by the dragon! ”

"Woooooooooooooo The roar of the Conch and the Dongmin came back to mind.

All kinds of food made with blue whales were brought up. The atmosphere of the scene reached a climax.

Moga took Nugguda's hand and slipped away quietly.

An old man of the Mo tribe staggered up, shook a coconut shell with coconut wine in front of Chief Numa, and said drunkly: "Chief Numa, the patriarch of the Nu tribe, the leader of our Shamrock Island, I respect you." I'm old, and I don't know if Chief Numa can drink the coconut wine of an old waste who can't go to sea. ”

Chief Numa stood up, first held the arm of the old man of the Mo tribe with both hands, let the old man sit beside him, and then hugged the old man with his hand, and said cordially: "Old Daddy, I Numa was raised by you, you don't need to call me chief, patriarch, chief, or leader, just call me Numa." When I was a child, you called me Snail Meat Dandan, if you want, you still call me Snail Meat Dandan. Come, Daddy, I respect you. You, our old fathers, and old grandmothers are the most precious treasures of our Shamrock Island, more precious than the gold on the South Island. We, the juniors, will surely follow your old instructions. ”

Lu Gu approached Rongya and said: "Shamrock Island advocates respect for the elderly, and the elderly are the most respected. ”

The old man of the Mo tribe pushed away the coconut shell of Chief Numa, and said with tears in his eyes: "Chief Numa, I still want to call you Chief, this is the rule of Shamrock Island, I can't do without rules." Chief Numa, you are the one I grew up watching, and the one I admire the most. Chief Numa, I think you are good at everything, no matter what you do, I will firmly support you, and if anyone dares to say a 'no' word to you in front of me, I will fight for this old life, and I will never spare him. ”

Chief Numa picked up the coconut shell, drank the coconut wine on his back, and said, "Thank you, old Daddy, for your love." Numa has no other skills, and will definitely protect our islanders. Please rest assured. ”

The old man of the Mo tribe was already in tears, and he choked up and said, "I believe you when you say this, Chief Numa. However, Chief Numa, I have a sentence that I have been holding in my heart for a long time, today is a great day for the dragon to bestow on the blue whale, I shouldn't have said it, but I am so old, I can't drink the fifth bowl of coconut wine and will get drunk, and the dragon is already calling me back. I know I'm going to die soon. Before I go to see the dragon, I must say this to Chief Numa. ”

The old man of the Mo tribe howled and cried miserably, and slowly, the people in the whole square quieted down. Chief Numa glanced at the chariot, then turned his face to look at the old man of the Mo tribe, and said, "Old Daddy, today is our celebration day, and we have to sacrifice the dragon." When the clansmen are finished celebrating and sacrificing to the dragon, I specially listened to the old father's teaching, you always see, how about it? ”

The old man of the Mo tribe stood up, hunched his waist, and said tremblingly, "Chief Numa, I must say it when everyone is there." Saying bad things about people behind your back,It's not what we Sanye people should do.,That's what people in the Metropolitan Protectorate love to do.。 We Shamrock people can't look down on it, and we can't do it. If you do not agree with me speaking out today, Chief Numa, I will die before you today. The old man's face turned red, and his body shook even more.

A hint of displeasure flashed across Che Lun's face.

Chief Numa held the old man with both hands and said, "Old Daddy, if you have something to say, just say it." Numa listened carefully. Don't be in a hurry, and don't be angry. ”

The old man of the Mo tribe turned to face the people in the square and said, "Chief Numa, please take a look, now there are more than 5,000 people left in our Dongmin on the East Island, and more than half of them are old people like me. The young people were ignorant and secretly ran away to the North Island. Even my grandson, Maduk, went to the North Island to serve as a servant for the people of the Metropolitan Protectorate. ”

Mo Du, who was beside Rongya, blushed and bowed his head silently. Lu Gu stretched out his arm and hugged Mo Du's arm tightly.

The old man of the Mo tribe continued: "Sanye Island was given to us by the dragon to the people of Sanye Island, but is Sanye Island still ours now?" Even the gold offered to the divine dragon depends on the alms of the Metropolitan Protectorate. In a few years, the Dongmin will be gone, and they will all become the Beimin, and at that time, who will provide for the Shenlong and who will provide for Daposa? ”

Chief Numa's face changed. This is actually what he has been worried about, but what can he do? Even Chief Numa himself felt that life on the North Island was more convenient, and at least the means of curing diseases were much better than those on the East Island. Sometimes when a child is sick, the people on the East Island can only watch the child die, but the Langzhong on the North Island can get better as long as he has a decoction, which makes many young parents very worshipful, and it is also the biggest reason why many young people who are new parents are determined to move to the North Island. If it weren't for the fact that Daposa was still on the East Island, calling on everyone to live the life of the former islanders, it is estimated that the East Island would have been empty a long time ago. Chief Numa felt that the current Che De Du Hu was better than the previous Du Hu, and Che De liked the life on the East Island and the Dongmin on the East Island. Chief Numa could see it in the eyes of the chariot, and it could be seen from the way the chariot pushed the door directly into it every time he came, talking and laughing with himself, and greeting the people on the road. Chief Numa felt that as long as the chariot was there, the East Island would get better and better, and the young people would slowly come back. Chief Numa had this ambition and confidence. But on this occasion, it is inappropriate to say this. The words spoken by the old people of the Mo nationality represent the voices of many Dongmin, especially the old people of Dongmin, but they dare not say it. Chief Numa can't let an old man get off the stage in public.

The old man of the Mo tribe said: "In the past, the old chiefs did not allow the capital protectors and soldiers of the capital protection mansion to go to the island at will, let alone allow them to come to the Shenlong Cave. At that time, there were no outsiders on our island, and there were very few young people who ran away. However, Chief Numa, ever since you allowed Che Dedu to protect the island, and allowed him to come to the Dragon Cave to worship the dragon with us, the hearts of the people on the island have been in turmoil, and the young people can't stay any longer. Chief Numa, you say, don't you? ”

This was a direct attack on Chief Numa, who himself had a hard time defending. He felt very wronged, and being friendly with the car wheel was a step he took a lot of risk, but it was also a deliberate step, and he hoped to be able to slowly change the life on the East Island, so that the gap between the East Island and the North Island would gradually become smaller, so that young people would not all run to the North Island, but it would take time to change slowly. Since the chariot came for more than five years, the situation has been improving, and the chariot has brought a lot more gold and sea coconut rice each time than before, and each time it also brings a lot of wine, food, medicine, and iron tools for hunting, which the Dongmin like and need. These are all things that the Dongmin have seen and experienced with their own eyes, but the old people of the Mo tribe are so stubborn. Chief Numa decided not to speak, and let the old man of the Mo tribe vent for a while. It will be a long time coming, and the Dongmin will realize their good intentions.

Who knows, the old man of the Mo nationality continued: "Over the years, we have had more coconut rice and gold, but there are also more useless things, and the women on the island no longer like the ornaments on the island, and they have begun to like the things from the land brought by the northern people, and they are not willing to marry the men on the island, but only want to marry to the North Island." The men of the East Island also liked the spirits and iron swords brought by the North Min, and preferred the women of the North Island. Chief Numa, if this continues, how will the descendants of the dragon multiply on the East Island? ”

Chief Numa's face finally showed unhappiness, but he still held back. Chief Numa thought, "Where has this boy gone?" Don't come out at this time? ”

Moga had just returned from making out with Nugguda in the woods. Nugguda went to bathe in the water spring, and Moga stood behind the crowd, quietly listening to the old man of the Mo tribe crying, and never came forward to dissuade him. The Numa patriarch looked around and saw Maha at the back of the crowd, under a large coconut tree, and glared at him fiercely.

Moga quickly ran up, grabbed the old man and said, "Old Azu, don't talk about it. Chief Numa is all for our good. Say no more. ”

When the old man of the Mo tribe saw Maha coming up, he glared angrily and said, "Mahara, you still come to persuade me?!" All these things I said were said by you to us in private, how can you do this?! One set in front of you, one set behind your back, are you still not our Moo? I'm ashamed of you! ”

Moga blushed and said, "Old Azu, I beg you, don't talk about it." This is the time to sacrifice the dragon, don't talk about it. ”

The old man of the Mo tribe pushed Moga away and yelled, "Moga, get out of the way!" Don't tell me about sacrificing dragons. What did you just do? Aren't you getting along with Nugguda in the woods? You're getting along with the daughter of Chief Numa, so you don't want the ancestors of the Mo tribe?! ”

A few middle-aged people from the Mo tribe came up again, helping the scolding old Mo people to go down.

At this time, the sound of the bell was remembered on the small high platform in the square, and everyone looked up, and it turned out to be Daposa.

Daposa wore two braids, one in a loose ponytail like a man's and the other in a woman's braid. Daposa was too old to straighten his waist, his hair was white, and his face was full of wrinkles. She was dressed in a floral dress made of sea fish skin, and carried a white staff with bells hanging from it. Daposa stood motionless on the small high platform, she didn't look at anyone, she just looked up at the sky, and her expression was very solemn.

Chief Numa took the lead, and they all knelt down. Che De and Rong Cliff also knelt down.

Chief Numa said, "Greetings to Daposa. ”

"Greetings to Daposa." That's what everybody says.

Daposa took a few steps forward, looked around at all the people present, paused for a moment on the bodies of Melting Cliff and Puguang, frowned, and said in a sharp old woman's voice, "Let's begin." ”

"Sacrifice!" Chief Numa said in a loud voice.

A couple of middle-aged men came up carrying something. A fish backbone several feet long, huge teeth, and several large baskets of golden lumps.

"That's the spine and teeth of a blue whale." Lu Gu whispered to Rongya.

The backbone, teeth, and gold were all placed on a small platform.

Daposa stepped forward and lightly tapped the blue whale spine with his staff, and the entire spine quickly burned, emitting a sea blue light, but there was no trace of smoke, and the fire was fire, a pure light. Daposa used his staff to flick all the huge teeth one by one into the sea-blue firelight, and when each tooth entered the fire, the fire increased by a color, and when all the teeth entered the firelight, the firelight glowed with brilliant colors of various colors, which were colors that had never been seen before. The light grew brighter and brighter, and the entire square lit up.

Daposa walked into the large baskets of gold, and used his staff to turn them into the fire. Daposa's old body was able to easily move the basket containing the big golden lump that only a few people could move, which shocked Rongya.

The original color of the firelight spun rapidly, wrapping all the golden lumps, and those golden lumps could not land in the glowing firelight whirlwind, and quickly melted into a pure round sphere. The color of the firelight changed from glow to a pure gold. The big golden ball slowly fell onto the spine, and the spine quickly contracted, turning into a transparent bright light, enveloping the big golden ball. The large golden ball fell to the middle of the high platform, shining with a strange dazzling light.

Daposa flicked the large golden ball with his staff again, and the large golden ball flew into the air and landed in a rattan mesh bag behind the high platform.

It turned out to be a huge catapult-like thing.

Maha came up with a few young men, and Maha adjusted the catapult, and when everything was ready, he nodded respectfully towards Daposa.

Daposa suddenly let out a high-pitched roar, followed by a series of strange screams. The cry resounded through the sky. It seems that there is no melody, but there is a unique rhythm in it. Daposa raised his staff aloft. The brilliance of the moon and stars in the sky seemed to be drawn to the staff, and the staff and the moon and stars in the sky were connected, and countless bright lines were projected onto the staff. Daposa turned his staff and channeled the rays to the large golden orb. The big golden ball burned again, bright like a small sun.

Daposa stood up the staff and stabbed it hard to the ground. The tune in his mouth turned into a high-pitched, single, long "oh".

Chief Numa and the others crossed their arms over their chests and stared respectfully at the big golden orb.

Moga and several young men violently tugged at the thick rope of the catapult's forearm. The mechanism of the catapult was activated, and after a few gurgles, the catapult suddenly and quickly pryed, and the large golden ball flew out of the net bag, drawing a beautiful bright arc in the sky, and fell accurately to the top of the mountain.

Lu Gu said, "Childe, that's a volcanic crater. Inside lives a divine dragon. ”

After a few moments, there was a low roar from the crater.

"Long live the dragon. Long live the dragon. Long live the dragon. Daposa also knelt down. All the people chanted.