The reason for the gentle flow of the river was quickly found by the flood waves, which were all plains, probably more than 30 kilometers inland, and then there were mountains, and the direction of the river was zigzag, and the river could not flow fast if it wanted to. After entering the mountains, the river narrowed significantly, and the speed of the water increased significantly, but not to the extent that it could affect the navigation of the Explorer, so Hong Tao walked upstream for most of the day, wanting to see how long the river really was, and whether there would be villages or anything upstream of it. As a result, neither the source nor half a figure was found, and in addition to various animals along the way, there were only layers of mountains and mountains, and there was no end in sight.

That night, Hong Tao and his party dropped anchor in a slow-flowing area where the river bends sharply, and spent the night on the boat. It's better to stay on the shore, not to mention whether there are locals sneaking up, just those snakes and insects in the jungle are dangerous enough. As a result, this mooring was not in vain, and early the next morning, when everyone was washing in the clear river water on the edge of a small tributary on the bank, Hong Tao found something that made his pupils a little square, Jinsha!

Those small shiny particles lay quietly in the sand by the water's edge, waiting for someone to find them, and Hong Tao turned out to be this person. Now he was not calm, when he confirmed that these things were gold, no one told him, and took Carl with a reverse crossbow and a machete, along the bank of the tributary river upstream trekking for half a day, and then returned to the Explorer, and then ordered to start the return voyage, directly back to Ximaozhou, this voyage exploration activity is over!

"Do you know these stones?" Hong Tao asked Carl, pointing to the stones on the chart table that shimmered with metallic yellow light.

"Gold!" Carl's pupils were a little angular as well.

"You're more money-hungry than me! In my eyes, this thing is worth more than gold, this is tou, it is chalcopyrite, or very high quality chalcopyrite, good thing! Hong Tao originally just wanted to go upstream of the tributary to see if there was more golden sand, but he found not only golden sand, but also a few yellow, green stones. These stones are very familiar, because on the silk cloth that Luo Youde showed himself, that is, on the list of goods prohibited from private trading issued by Bo Si in the Southern Song Dynasty, there are descriptions and patterns of this kind of stone, which are very realistically drawn and almost identical.

With the gold mine, Hong Tao has the stamina for development, and with the chalcopyrite mine, then Hong Tao can let his thoughts fly a little farther. Now he has to readjust his development plan, some steps need to be advanced, and some problems that have not been considered need to be considered now.

"Are we rich, then? If this news were sold to the king of the Great Song Dynasty, how much would it be worth? Carl was not annoyed that this was not a gold mine, he knew that the Great Song Dynasty lacked copper, and the coins of the Great Song Dynasty were made of copper, and finding a copper mine was equivalent to finding a copper coin mountain, which was no different from digging copper coins directly. But his mind hadn't turned from the Holy Roman Empire yet, and he thought about the king for all good things.

"He'll give you a stab in the neck! Then hang your head on the city gates! This is not your country, and your methods are not going to work. Besides, this is not the land of the Great Song Dynasty, what we find should be ours, why give it to others? Will you mine or not? Hong Tao stretched out his hand and wanted to give Carl another look, but after looking at his bearded and weather-beaten face, he held back.

"No......" Carl shook his head.

"I guess you won't, oops, no hands...... Seeing that there is money everywhere, but we can't get it, we can use a few pieces of material to open a fart mine! Let's catch our whales first. Shut your mouth shut about this, and no one is allowed to say anything, or I'll use this thing to shine on your head! Hong Tao pursed his lips with disdain, this Carl is a parasite, except for being able to click on the sword, he can't do the same serious skills, he is really a waste who eats and does not work.

"My lord, we can capture slaves to mine, you can pay taxes to the king of the Great Song Dynasty, and then go to the hostile country to capture prisoners of war and let them come to mine!" Carl was still unwilling to give up those gold mines and copper mines, seeing that he couldn't get the money in his hand, which would affect his time back to China, so he had to try to persuade him of ways to make Hong Tao rich as soon as possible.

"Slave! …… It's worth it that you TM has this kind of thinking in your bones, why didn't I think of it? …… Don't talk about this matter for a while, let's go catch whales first, and I'll make you the captain of the slave hunting team when the time comes. "A person who lives in the afterlife is indeed not as flexible as the people of this era in some aspects, mainly because there are some values of the later generations in his thoughts, which affects his vision. Hong Tao asked Carl to remind him like this, and a picture was instantly sketched in his mind, but looking at the few people around him and the reverse crossbow, he suppressed this idea again. Now the time is not yet ripe, whether you want a ship or not, whether you want people without people, if you want weapons without weapons, and if you want slaves, it is not certain who will catch whom.

The wind direction of the return trip is very good, the side wind, the weather is also very good, the sky is clear, but the harvest is not good, a total of only a group of whales encountered, but unfortunately did not dare to start, it is a group of toothed whales in Nima, is chasing a group of large manta rays. This thing is so fierce that the sharks can't even look at it, and it turns the sea into a pot of porridge, bloody and bloody. Seeing that the people on the boat were all hairy on end, they quickly turned to avoid the sea, for fear that they would be happy and take the sailboat as an attack target.

"Actually, I'm just afraid of trouble, and they don't have much oil and water on them, otherwise I would have clicked one and clicked two, and I would have cleaned them up without your help." Hong Tao looked back to see if the toothed whales had caught up, and at the same time bragged about X! If it weren't for the fear that the bow of the ship would be damaged by the waves, he would have wanted to raise the sails, this scene is too bloody and terrifying!

Paradise! I don't know if there is a trench below in this sea area more than ten nautical miles northeast of Ganquan Island, or if this is the only way for fish to chase the current, anyway, the whale group here is obviously denser than other sea areas, in addition to those elusive pilot whales, there are also baleen whales, more than one group!

"Well, that's it. Azhu, keep an eye on it, whether our son can buy a new ship depends on your skills! A few people, let's move the activity, get ready to go on the windsurfing board, 5 harpoons per person, all follow me to a place, don't put the fish skin in flowers, I'll keep it and it's still useful. "Finally, there is a more suitable whale that Hong Tao has taken a look at, it is too big to take away, it is a waste, too small fish skin is not enough to make sails.

With the last whaling experience, Hong Tao and Carl are very indifferent, except for being a little tired, in fact, whaling is a very safe job, as long as you don't find the wrong target, the attacked whale will generally not resist, will only run away with their lives, and it is a victory to follow it. What is the right goal? Two points, the first must be baleen whales, toothed whales are not something that ordinary people can provoke; The second thing can't be a group of whales with cubs, whales are very packy, and it is dangerous to attack whales with cubs. Although those ten-ton baleen whales have no teeth, they will rush over to block them for the sake of their children, and a small fart like the Explorer can't withstand it for a round.

"See, this is the rune of my hometown, after the painting, there is a god blessing, a hundred ghosts avoid, the god blocks and kills the god and the Buddha blocks and kills the Buddha! Come on! Hong Tao is not tired of the game of whaling, driving the sail on the sea, and then using the harpoon in his hand to kill those huge animals, which is very exciting, can make people's adrenaline secretion, more enjoyable than smoking two mouthfuls. In order to infect this emotion to Po Jiao and Huang Tao, who were a little shinked, Hong Tao drew a few ways on his face with the black dye used as ink, just like the totem of the Indians, whether it works or not is secondary, mainly because it looks more ferocious and can make these two rookies raise a little courage.

Four small sails, lined up in two rows on the sea, went hand in hand, Bo Jiao followed behind Hong Tao, Huang Tao followed behind Carl, and the only task of the two of them was to follow the people in front of them, staring at the movements of the people in front of them. Bozhu followed a hundred meters behind the explorer, both to follow the wounded whale and to provide spare ammunition to the four whalers on the surface.

Soon, the whale that was targeted by Hong Tao received the first wave of blows, three sharp harpoons were accurately inserted into its back, Bo Jiao may have been too nervous or a little weak, the harpoon he threw did not penetrate deeply, and was washed away by the waves.

"Don't be stunned, go back and get another one, no one dares to guarantee success every time, come on!" Seeing that Bo Jiao was still planning to find the lost harpoon on the sea, Hong Tao had to turn around and block his line with a sail board.

"I was pierced! I'm stabbed! Bo Jiao's second throw was obviously much better, the harpoon almost grazed the original harpoon on the whale's body and pierced deep into the flesh, and a stream of whale blood was splashed by the waves, spraying him all over his head and face.

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