In ancient times, places suitable for ethnic habitation generally had a common feature, that is, rivers. Chinese used to grow in the Yellow River Valley, ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon, ancient Europe, and even British immigrants who had just arrived in the Americas would live by the river. It's not for fishing, it's about people who can't live without water, fresh water. Whether it is living, producing, farming, or transporting, it is very important to have a river with a less rapid current, and if there is a river beach land with less low-lying terrain and not too bad soil, it is a crucial development condition in the period when the productive forces are not very developed.

Hong Tao thinks that this river is quite suitable, the water layer at its mouth is slightly yellow, and the current is not very turbulent, which means that there is soil in its basin, and the drop is not very large. He wanted to wait until tomorrow after dawn to sail up the river and take a look at the situation along the river. If it's really a good place, then write it down first, when you can use it, it's not far from Hainan Island, it's enough to have a smooth wind for 4 days, if you can't mix it up there, it should be a good thing to run here to build a settlement. The things that are now in the sedan chair can be based on luck, and it is best to plan later.

"My lord! My lord! My lord! After dinner and arranging the night shift, the crew members who had been running on the sea for more than 5 days fell asleep early, although they were still laying on the board, but after all, they saw the coast, and their spirits immediately relaxed, and they soon fell asleep. Hong Tao finished the first shift, and after explaining the precautions to Carl, who took over, he also fell asleep on the board, I don't know how long later, he suddenly felt that someone was touching his body, and there was Carl's whispered cry in his ear.

"What's wrong? Is there anyone on the shore? Docked in the shallow water about a mile from the shore, Hong Tao's only worry was that he was touched on the boat in the middle of the night, so he didn't even light the boat lights, and the reverse crossbow had been kept by his side to prevent accidents.

"No, no, yes...... It's the Heavenly Court that is angry, Heavenly Fire! Skyfire! Hong Tao had never seen Carl so panicked, and he stammered a little, and as he spoke, he drew a cross on his own chest.

"What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?" To make Carl make this noise, two of the remaining three people in the cabin woke up, only Bo Jiao was a young man who slept deeply, and still did not move.

"Shh......h What to shout! What Skyfire? If you dare to fool me, I will leave you here for the rest of your life, and don't want to go home! Hong Tao scolded in a low voice, then got up and followed Carl out of the cabin.

As soon as Hong Tao got out of the cabin, he felt that something was wrong without Karl's guidance. The eastern sky seemed to be grilled by a blazing fire, reflecting a large area of red, and faintly muffled thunder could be faintly heard, and there seemed to be not only flames but also billowing smoke in the flickering light of those fires.

"! Without a camera, this once-in-a-century wonder of Nima can catch up! I said you guys get up quickly, or I'll kick you one by one, and all of you will kick into the sea and sober up! Hong Tao did not panic like Carl and the others, and knelt on the deck to pray to the gods from all walks of life, but removed the small telescope from the sextant, and glanced at the distance where the fire flickered, and was immediately happy.

"Taolang, what's that?" Bo Zhu was the most obedient, and got up from the ground in a hurry, holding Hong Tao's arm and shrinking behind him, only poking out one head, and his face turned white with fright, as if the fire would burn her immediately.

"What a Taolang! How do I sound like a knife mantis? In the future, you will call me Lao Hong, I will call you Xiaobo, we are a revolutionary couple, hehehehehe......" Hong Tao did not rush to explain to Bo Zhu what the fire in the sky was, but was more energetic in terms of title. The common daughter-in-law of the Song Dynasty generally called her husband X Lang, if she was a little more elegant, she was called Langjun, and her husband called her daughter-in-law Niangzi, or added a surname, such as Bo Niang. But Hong Tao is too lazy to change his words, Bo Niang, how does it sound like he is calling an elder, Tao Lang is not good, Hong Lang is even more finished, let's use the name of the later generations.

"Old ...... Tell me, Ah Lang, what is that! Bo Zhu opened her mouth, but she still didn't call out this weird word, she simply pulled Hong Tao's arm and shook it vigorously, after these days of fighting, she was also taken by Hong Tao, and she ignored a lot of the previous etiquette between men and women. If she saw that old-fashioned grandfather, she would have to be scolded again.

"I'll make you kowtow! I'll let you talk! Get up, it's not a heavenly fire, it's not a god, it's a volcano eruption! This thing is not something you can see if you want to see it, I tell you, you may not be able to see it once in your life, you can follow me and enjoy it! Xiao Tao, go and call Bo Jiao up and let him open his eyes...... Go ahead! You want me to tie you up again, don't you? Well, the scar forgot the painful thing! Hong Tao first gave a kick to Carl and Huang Tao, who were kneeling on the ground praying, and then kicked Huang Tao into the cabin.

"Come, use this one by one to see, what kind of fire, that thing is a lot in my hometown, it's a big mountain, and there is a lot of lava in it that has been burned like water, and if you can't hold it, it explodes with a pop! Well, what is it like...... That's right, just like this pimple on your face, as soon as I squeeze it, the bad water inside will explode! Hey, you still dare to hide, you come over to me! When the stunned Bo Jiao was also pulled out of the cabin, Hong Tao asked the three of them to stand in a row, looking at them with binoculars one by one, explaining while watching, and Huang Tao was selected for example. Count him as a bad boy, whoever makes other people's faces clean, just he has pimples on his face.

"That's the Lord punishing sinners, otherwise there would be hellfire...... Ah! Carl was still lyrical, but he was hit mercilessly by the waves, and a big ear scraper slapped directly on the back of his head, almost not being pumped into the sea, so he had to cover his head and hide to the side without squeaking, and he didn't even dare to scratch the cross.

"Don't be afraid, it's far away from us, not a hundred miles but eighty miles, it seems that the land is deep in the mountains. There are big rivers, forests, and mountains, hey, hey, it's a good place, I have to go in and have a look, now I'm going to sleep, get ready to get up early! Hong Tao looked at the volcano in the distance and was not worried at all, it did not erupt violently, and he had never heard of a large volcanic eruption in the Philippines or anything, it was estimated that it was a small volcano that muttered a little bad water from time to time. If this is the case, this place may be a treasure land, and the perennial volcanic ash is a very good fertilizer, and the land must be fertile. There should be no shortage of minerals in that mountainous area, but any area with such a geologically active area has a little treasure.

As soon as the sky was bright, under the coercion of the waves, the three of them reluctantly and tremblingly raised their half-sails and drove slowly towards the mouth of the river, the volcano in the distance was still erupting, but it didn't look as terrible as the night, and there was no fire, only black smoke rushing into the sky. The river is wide, the current is not fast, the water is not very clear, but it is deep. Karl used a cable to tie a large rock and measured while walking, the center of the river can be more than 5 meters, and the third of the river bank is also more than 3 meters, and there is no reef in sight, it is a good channel.

After drilling into the mouth of the river, there is a stone hill on each side, like a door god who guards the door, but a mile or so further, the terrain is gentle, both sides are jungles, the north is slightly sparse and low, and the south is basically a primeval forest, and it is so dark that you can't see what it looks like inside.

"That's good, see? Those big tree trunks lying on the shore! They had been burned by fires, and it seems that this area to the north had been hit by a forest fire more than ten years ago, and the fire was big enough to burn it all down, and the trees now grew later. Soon, Hong Tao found the reason for the disparity in the condition of the trees on both sides of the river, and at the first bend of the river, hundreds of black tree trunks were silted up on the bank. They were apparently rushing down from upstream, and with the fallen trees in the woods to the north, the answer was clear.

"It's such a coarse wood, I'm afraid it's hundreds of years!" Huang Tao pointed to a blackened tree on the shore and was surprised, there are also big trees in the mountains of Hainan Island, but it is rare to see such a thick and straight giant tree.

"Well, look at the south, there are all such big pine trees, if you pull them back to Ximaozhou, they can euthanize you to death." Hong Tao's eyes also swirled over these trees. Pine is also a good wood for shipbuilding, especially when used as keels and ribs, and is very durable and strong. Moreover, pine wood is easy to produce large materials, so it rushes to the pine forest on the bank of this river, and the flood of this place must also be pondered carefully.

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