Chapter 252: African Hunting
In the next few days, Wang Zheng and Xiao Er asked the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty here to help them find a few guides who could take them to the western continent of the strait to hunt, and it was impossible for them to cross the sea and land on their own. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The territory of the country is two larger islands and a number of smaller islands, separated from the western mainland by less than 40 kilometers of sea surface, and it is very easy to travel between the two sides of the strait.
At that time, there were also kind-hearted merchants of the Great Song Dynasty who persuaded them that no matter what kind of prey they had, they could be exchanged for goods casually, so why take that risk!
On the islands where the country is located, there are no fierce beasts at all------ the most powerful thing is the forest leopard, which is not much bigger than the native dogs in the hometown, it is really not powerful, the key is that the fur is not worth much, and no one hunts it.
But in the western continent, it's a beast like a cloud......
After listening to this, Xiao Er said happily:
"The denser the hogweed, the easier it is to cut, and the fiercer the beast, the more valuable it is!
Let you help find it, we are not just for the prey harvest! ”
The kind-hearted Great Song merchant looked confused, what is it for? Just trying to be happy?!
Wang Zheng said slowly: "But it's okay to find it------ I have to ask you to send your men to help us translate, we can't understand their bird language------ we have already come here, we can't go to the mainland to have a look!" ”
While they were discussing how to find a good guide, the king of Shiraz sent for them to ask when they would go hunting, and then he would send the best hunters in the country to show them the way.
The two looked at each other and smiled at that time, and there was such a kind king?!
Of course they didn't know, and they had something that the ministers of the king of Shiraz couldn't understand.
Why do all those begging sailors look like soldiers?!
In addition to their uniform clothes, they were all very capable in their actions------ King of Shiraz Akari sent half of his troops to "maintain" order at the place where they stopped, and secretly sent people to keep an eye on them.
After all, there were quite a few of them in the group------ but fortunately they always took turns to go ashore, and they never rushed up, wandering around or causing trouble.
And they didn't find any weapons on the Liuqiu merchant ships------ but they had just heard from a merchant who had recently returned from the port of Tianzhuguli, and now the maritime merchants at sea were saying that a distant island of Liuqiu had sent a navy to exterminate the Persian pirates on the sea lane, and the results were extraordinarily brilliant!
It is true that the Shirazites were all from the Shiraz region of Persia, but, like all maritime merchants, they did not like pirates...... Persian pirates do not let go of their ships because they are Persian merchants, just like returning pirates, no pirate will spare their own people.
The interests of individuals and groups determine everything, and it is useless to have a common faith!
So, they wanted to see their strength from the hunting actions of these people.
In this time and space, the level of hunting is about the same as the level of fighting...... It might even be more revealing.
Wang Zheng and Xiao Er gladly accepted each other's kindness...... The personnel assigned to them were at first glance masters of hunting, with a calm temperament, short but very stocky.
The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty also sent their men to help with the translation.
After a brief preparation, the second captain first took fifty team members and set off on a river-class two-masted sea boat.
The person who helped them translate was a young man named Liu Erlang, who was actually the same as Xiao Er, and was also the domestic boy of a certain Great Song Dynasty merchant.
The two are of the same age and from a similar background, although their status is seriously different, but they have a lot of common words.
Along the way, except for the guide sent by the king of Shiraz and a few of his men, the two of them were silent.
Liu Erlang has been living in the country for eight years, and they are proficient in both the official language of the country and the various local languages on the western continent.
He said: "I heard that the island of Liuqiu is full of gold ......"
Xiao Er said: "I also heard that the country is full of golden ......."
Liu Erlang smiled and said, "That's nonsense...... I've lived there for eight years, and I've only seen some placer gold, not much. ”
"It's the same on the island!"
Liu Erlang still looked like he was looking at it and said, "...... I've also heard that the island is full of beautiful little ladies......"
Xiao Er replied nonchalantly: "I also heard that there are beautiful little ladies everywhere in the country......"
Liu Erlang laughed again and said, "That's really nonsense...... There are black and white little ladies, but there is no yellow. Beautiful ......"
"There aren't so many little ladies on the island...... Don't listen to the sailor's nonsense. ”
Liu Erlang was a little anxious and said, "What is there on Liuqiu Island?" Why are you so rich and strong?! ”
"Hehe, there are rules that even my lords must abide by, as well as all kinds of scientific circles...... As long as you are willing to put in the effort, you will have the opportunity to become rich.
There, you have to find the gold yourself; Little lady, you have to find it yourself! ”
Liu Erlang was speechless for a while, and he said curtly: "No wonder you want to go hunting yourself......"
"That's it."
Xiao Er didn't want to talk to him more about all the purposes of their hunting...... They have learned from the Lord's family that when they do something, they need to achieve several more goals.
Xiao Er sighed in his heart that only after socializing with his peers could they feel more about how important the main family taught them!
Education and experience that make them far more mature than their peers.
They did not land at Kivar, the titular capital of the Samgei Empire, and under the guidance of that guide, they stopped in a natural harbor south of the port of Kivar.
The sea ship dropped its anchor, and the group went ashore in a swordfish-style assault boat.
They set out at six in the morning and landed at five in the evening.
It was not yet late, and after passing through the beach jungle, they came to a meadow, and in the distance of the meadow, a large area of lush greenery could be seen.
But the guide signaled to be stationed until the sun showed half of its face to-morrow.
Xiao Er looked at his pocket watch and motioned to the team members to follow the arrangement.
It was much larger than the jungle of Liuqiu Island, and although he had been trained to hunt many times, he was very unfamiliar with it...... Don't dare to make any mistakes.
His team members immediately divided into several places and lit up the dried artemisia grass they brought, and the smell of Chinese herbs unique to Artemisia grass soon spread around.
The guide watched as the Liuqiu people quickly set up a few tents...... He finally couldn't help but speak, and Liu Erlang kept translating for them.
The guide asked curiously, "Why aren't you going to throw guns?" Do you just want to make wooden throwing guns?! ”
Truth be told, many of the actions and things they use have been incomprehensible to the guide.
A few of them could raise the sails of a ship that seemed to him to be very large.
They can know exactly the direction at sea.
They don't have to look at the sun, they just look at a round thing to know the time.
They can easily light a fire.
They quickly set up beautiful tents on the grass.
They all carried large bags on their shoulders, which seemed to be ready to pull out anything they needed.
The most important thing is what exactly they are going to use for hunting...... He only saw that they had brought a dozen crossbows, similar in shape to the ones sold by the Hui merchants.
They don't carry throwing guns, so what will they use to bleed their prey when the time comes?
I heard that they asked to go ashore to hunt elephants and rhinos...... If you don't throw a gun, you're looking for death! (To be continued.) )