After more than a month of drifting on the sea, they finally saw land, and the crew was so excited that the captain immediately ordered the signalman to signal another expedition ship, and the two expedition ships began to sail towards the island.

The small island ahead looked close, but it took more than three hours for the expedition ship to reach the shore.

The ship found a leeward position and landed on long-lost land, and the crew wept with joy.

As soon as everyone disembarked, the captain ordered a vigilance, and could not be too careful in this strange place.

The island is a desert island, without any signs of civilized biological activity, the desert island is overgrown with weeds, and from time to time a few bird chirpings can be heard from the depths of the island.

This was good news for the expedition, which was able to find supplies on the island as long as there were animals.

The crew began to set up camp on the beach, and after statistics, although the two ships did not suffer any major damage in the storm just now, they still lost more than 40 crew members, which was the first time since they went to sea that the number of people was reduced, and the morale of the explorers was a little low for a while.

He Tie followed the rest of the sailors in the nearby jungle to find dry wood, and he was still terrified after the cabinet door was closed once.

After this sudden accident, he truly realized the horror of the ocean.

He thought of his family in his heart, he knew that he must not die, his wife and children were still waiting for him to earn money and go back to live a good life, and he had to watch his son marry and have children.

After he died of old age, his descendants were able to come to his grave and tell what interesting things had happened in the Xia Kingdom.

As night fell, a campfire burned in the camp.

Sentinels armed and patrolled back and forth around the camp.

The captains of the two ships got together and asked the mappers to determine their positions, and although the expedition members didn't know why their world was spherical, the knowledge they learned from the dinosaur people to locate it was indeed accurate.

The surveyor uses a sextant to determine his location.

"Captain, we're currently a little north of Harbour City, on the same route as our target, and we should be able to get there."

The captain nodded and said, "I see, you guys go down and rest first." ”

Knowing their location, the two captains breathed a sigh of relief, if they got lost in this vast sea, then these people might never be able to return to the Xia Kingdom.

The expedition team passed the page peacefully, and the next day, some people were left in the camp to collect fresh water by distillation.

The other part of the people, holding weapons, laughed deeply and looked for food supplements.

The environment of this smile is very similar to the environment in the northern part of the Shenzhou Continent.

The trees are not broad-leaved forests like the southern jungles, and it is late autumn, and the withered yellow leaves fall on the ground and fall in a thick layer.

He Tie, with a steel knife at his waist and hips, walked cautiously on the dead leaves with a spear in his hand.

The eyes are not looking at the dead leaves under their feet.

His hometown is in Yancheng, and as for the jungle west of Yancheng, he often goes in, and he knows that in this environment, it is very likely that there is a terrible poison hidden, and if he is bitten by this thing, even if the gods come, he will not be able to save himself.

Boots made of animal skins made a rattling sound when they stepped on the dead leaves.

After an hour of walking, the expedition team found no large beasts except for some strange birds, so they were a little disappointed.

Although there was still a lot of food left in the cabin, they didn't know how long it would take to return to Xia on this expedition, and after leaving this small island, it was not so easy to find a small island again in this vast sea.

Although it is said to be an expedition, however, it is impossible for the human expedition team to go all the way east, their first goal is to find the dinosaur people supply island, occupy it, and then return to the harbor again, the navy will send troops to this side according to the charts provided by the expedition, as long as it occupies here, it is not so easy for the dinosaur people to attack the Xia country.

Hundreds of explorers made their way through the jungle to a high mountain, and from the top of the hill they were able to take in the full view of the island.

This island is not big, this hill is already the center of the island, this is going down the mountain, it is estimated that it will take more than an hour to reach the other end of the island.

Just as the expedition members were about to descend the mountain, He Tie stepped on a stone, and the smooth stone suddenly threw He Tie to the ground.

His ass slammed into the hard ground, and he grinned in pain.

The companion next to him looked at his embarrassed appearance and immediately burst out laughing.

He Tie felt extremely embarrassed at this time, and looked at the stone that had slipped him in anger, and he was angry, stood up and picked up the stone, and was about to throw it into the distance.

But he was suddenly stunned, he suddenly found that this stone was very unusual, this stone was pale yellow all over, and it looked very much like the nitrate scraped out by Xia Guo in the latrine, but the nitrate had already formed a lump.

He Tie immediately realized that he had made a major discovery, and hurriedly shouted: "Captain, captain!" ”

The captain looked back and saw a man with a black face calling himself.

"What's going on?"

He Tie hurriedly ran over with the stone and said, "Captain, look at this stone." ”

The captain took the stone suspiciously, and stared at it, a look of shock gradually appearing in his eyes.

"This... This is... Is this nitrate? The captain stammered.

He Tie nodded and said, "I also think this is nitrate, I once did the work of scraping nitrate, and this thing is very similar to nitrate." ”

The captain took a deep breath and tried to calm his nervous mood, if this thing is really nitrate, then there is definitely a nitrate mine nearby, and this discovery will definitely cause a sensation if it is brought back to China.

The nitrate production of Xia has been very low, it can only barely be used by the army, and it is only a small part of it for the people, if there is really a saltpeter mine, then you will be rich, although this thing will definitely be occupied by the state, but the expedition team found this treasure land, and the reward of the imperial court will definitely be enough for yourself to eat and wear without worrying for a lifetime.

Swallowing his saliva, he quickly ordered the team to stop advancing and look for this saltpeter nearby.

Hundreds of people immediately dispersed, bending down to search for any suspicious stones on the ground.

The hard work paid off, and after continuous searching, someone finally discovered the situation at the entrance of a cave.

When the captain got the news and rushed there, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

I saw that this wide cave was full of this saltpeter, densely packed, as if the whole mountain was made of this saltpeter.

"Brothers, we're rich, we're rich." The captain shouted excitedly.

Except for a few people who knew the situation, the rest of the team members looked unclear.

Seeing their blank looks, the captain said excitedly, "Do you know what this is?" This is a damn saltpeter, and this one alone can eat and drink in the capital for a month. ”

As soon as these words came out, the team members were stunned, what is the concept of eating and drinking for a month, and it is really Yancheng.

"Rich!"

"Rich!"

。。。。。。

The hillside resounded with cheers, startling a large flock of birds in the forest.

Quickly find a piece of wood, this place will be my Great Xia territory from now on, and everything on this island is the property of my Xia Kingdom.

He quickly found a piece of wood and split it in the middle with a steel knife.

The captain took out the dagger on his waist, since this island was discovered by himself, then according to the law of the Xia Kingdom, then he has the right to name it, and after thinking about it, he carved on the wood: "Saltpeter Island, the third day of the ninth month of the tenth year of the Taichu!" ”

After doing all this, he ordered the team members to put this fast sign on the uphill slope and put up the sign, which proved that this was an inseparable part of the territory of Xia from now on.

Captain Bing Mengyou immediately had people mine these saltpeters, although the wealth in front of him was very tempting, but he knew very well what his task was.

Just let each team member pick up some small pieces of saltpeter at random, and then continue to move down the hillside.

With this saltpeter, the expedition ship could even store a large amount of ice, which was enough for them to squander as much as they could.

As night fell, after a day of walking, I didn't see a single large beast except for the saltpeter mine, but there were many birds on the island, and there was a bird that could make a "doo" sound, which was the most abundant on the island.

This bird has a fat body and cannot fly, so it is very easy to catch, and most importantly, the meat of this bird is very fat.

Since no large beast was found, the captain decided to send his team to catch the bird in large quantities starting tomorrow.

The arrival of humans has caused the birds on the island to suffer the catastrophe.

There are no animals larger than humans on this island, and they don't even have a chance to escape in front of humans.

Under the attack of the expedition team in all directions, in one day, hundreds of different species of birds were caught, among which the most many birds were the most numerous, and a large number of eggs were found in the nests of those birds, which was definitely a surprise for the expedition members.

Except for a part of the birds that were caught that day, the rest were trapped with straw ropes, thrown aside, and brought back when it was time to return.

With saltpeter, they are not afraid of too much meat and the problem of not being able to eat rotten, so much saltpeter is enough to make enough ice cubes to store these things, plus the winter that will come in a few months in the north, let alone worry about this kind of problem.

In a few days, human footprints have traveled all over the northern part of the island, whether it is birds or poisonous snakes, as long as it is all the living creatures that humans find that can eat, all of them have not escaped the clutches of human beings.

After being killed, the viper was randomly stuffed into a pocket made of clothes.

The frenzied hunt lasted seven or eight days, and although the island was not large, it had a spring, which also solved the problem of drinking water for the hunters.

Looking at the hunting team members who returned with a full load, those people left behind on the beach were suddenly stunned.

Although someone came back and gave a general description of the situation of these people, they were still shocked when the piles of birds gathered together.

The birds, which were piled up like hills, chirped in horror, but they could not escape from this terrifying place with their feet tied.

When the hunting team took out the saltpeter, everyone was not calm, and everyone knew very well what saltpeter meant.

The explorers realized that they had made a fortune, and the camp burst into cheers.

On this night, people sing and dance on the beach to celebrate the joy in their hearts.

After a night of laughter, the next day, only more than 100 people remained in the camp, and the rest of the expedition team members took all the containers that could hold things and headed for the saltpeter mine.

The expedition members carried batches of saltpeter to the beach on their shoulders and on their backs. And let the wizard several expedition members row a small boat to the other side of the island to collect fresh water.

After more than ten days of busy work, both ships were loaded with a large amount of supplies, whether it was fresh water or food, enough for a thousand people to eat for several months.

As the saying goes, there is food in the cabin and there is no panic in the heart.

The expedition ship departed without worries and headed for the target location.

This time the expedition ship was lucky, although there were occasional winds and rains, but it did not cause much damage to the fleet.

Following the currents and the sea breeze, the two boats slowly headed east.

After sailing for more than twenty days.

News came from the lookout on the mast.

"Captain, there is a small island in front of you, which seems to show signs of human activity."

The captain was shocked when he heard this, how could there be human activities on such a lonely island, it must have arrived at the supply site of the dinosaur people.

The flotilla was immediately ordered to slow down, the gunners hurried, and the signalmen gave a warning signal.

The two ships approached with a smile one after the other.

When the small island in front came into view, there was no sign of ship activity, and there was only a lone harbor standing on the coast, and there was no one on it.

"Prepare to dock, all personnel check weapons, and occupy the port as soon as they go ashore." The captain shouted.

He Tie was extremely nervous at the moment, unlike most of the people on the ship, this was the second time his enemy went to the battlefield, and the previous conscription was lucky not to be selected, in his impression, war was a very distant thing from him.

A howl of "woo" rang out.

He Tie immediately got up from the ground. Hurriedly came to the deck and lined up to assemble.

The ship wandered around the harbor for a while, after confirming that it had indeed been abandoned for unknown reasons.

He slowly approached the port.

As soon as the ship docked, the soldiers in armor quickly boarded the harbor along the wooden stairs and lined up as fast as they could.

The archers quickly dispersed and circled along the perimeter of the infantry, staring warily around.