Chapter 69: The Inuit and the Indians

"Run, that's coming." I don't know who shouted, and everyone quickened their pace.

However, the magma did not catch up as quickly as expected, and after a certain amount of time, the magma began to slow down, and gradually stopped.

After seeing that the magma stopped, all the people who were still running stopped, and then collapsed on the beach and began to gasp for air.

"Whew, whew, I'm exhausted." Zhao Weiji was panting like a cow at this time.

"Lord, now can you explain to us what happened?" A sailor had just cleared his breath and asked the question in his mind.

"yes, yes." The people next to him also began to chimed in.

"You wait until I'm done." Zhao Weiji took a few deep breaths next to him and said, "The red liquid that chased us just now is called magma, which erupted from the volcano next to our tribe before. This magma is like a flame, igniting everything it touches. ”

"Oh, no wonder the prince told us to run quickly, but what about those natives? Why was he kind enough to entertain us at first, but suddenly turned his face. ”

"I guess the natives were going to take us to the volcano, and it can be seen from the witch's reaction to seeing us eat the food and the reaction after we helped her light the fire with matches, that she really planned to use us to sacrifice to the volcano. Especially at the moment when the match is used, it is estimated that she will treat us as the descendants of the god of fire. ”

"We didn't show any hostility towards these nasty natives, and they still do." After listening to Zhao Weiji's speculation, all the sailors of the Great Song Dynasty became angry.

"Forget it, after all, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different. Besides, they have also been punished, and their entire village has not been swallowed up by magma. Let's get back to the boat. ”

I originally wanted to repair on the island of Hawaii for two more days, but I didn't expect to have to retreat the next day after arriving, because Zhao Weiji can't tell whether this volcano will continue to erupt and whether it will cause a tsunami because of the eruption, so it's better to evacuate quickly.

After everyone returned to the ship, Zhao Weiji immediately ordered to continue sailing.

"Lord Wang, why are you in such a hurry to continue to set off?" Seeing Zhao Weiji ordering to set off in such a hurry, Wang Dayuan was a little puzzled.

So Zhao Weiji told Wang Dayuan all the things he encountered on the island.

"There is such an amazing thing in this world, volcanoes, why haven't I heard of it before?"

"That's because there are no volcanoes that erupt in the Central Plains, so it's normal that you haven't heard of it."

"When I go back, I have to write a book to record what I saw and heard overseas, it's really interesting."

"Okay, as long as you can write it, I'll print it for you."

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After leaving Hawaii, the Poseidon sailed at sea for another twenty days before finally seeing land.

"Lord, there is land, we seem to see land." The lookout came over excitedly to report.

Zhao Weiji took a look through the telescope, it was really land, a very long coastline, and this time it is estimated that it has really reached the American continent.

"Brothers, work hard, and we'll be almost there."

With Zhao Weiji's order, all the sails were raised, and the Poseidon accelerated its speed and sailed towards the mainland.

Finally arrived in the New World, Zhao Weiji's main purpose of this voyage is not simply to find the New World, he also has another purpose, that is, to find the tribe of the Indians. Because the Indians had already begun to grow corn at this time.

In order to communicate with the Indians, he specially brought Snow, because it is said that the Indians and the Inuit are relatives, and Zhao Weiji hopes that Snow can communicate with the Indians.

The boat finally landed on the shore, just like when it landed in Hawaii, it was also a small group of people who rowed a small boat over first and then landed to investigate, this time Zhao Weiji specially asked the advance team to take Snow with him.

At this time, Snow's Chinese was basically able to communicate with the people of the Central Plains on a daily basis.

When the advance team landed on this continent, they were really frightened, it was already November at this time, and it was still as warm as spring.

This journey made these crew members feel like they were going to another world, and when they came out of the Central Plains, the Central Plains had already begun to get cooler, but they didn't expect that as the month progressed, these places they went to not only did not become cold, but were still so warm.

At this time, the north of the Central Plains should have begun to be full of snow, and the south should also be cold and humid weather.

After landing, the advance party did not go far to see fields planted with a crop they had never seen before.

The crop was a very long pole with a lot of fruit, all oval-shaped, and covered with layers of yellowish skin. The top of the pole was covered with something like an ear of gold.

Soon they met the owners of the field, a group of darkened men. All of them are very hairy, and their appearance and contours are somewhat similar to those of the Han Chinese, but their complexion is darker than that of the Han Chinese. They do not tie their hair like the Han Chinese, but braid their hair into various braids.

These people, like the natives they had seen on the island before, did not wear much clothing, but the difference was that this group did not have as many bone ornaments, but more ornaments made of feathers.

After seeing this group of people, one of the advance team stabbed Snow, meaning that you go up and greet them.

Zhao Weiji also explained to Snow before, saying that if he met someone in the New World, this group of people might be a branch of the Snow people, because some people in the legend of the Inuit did not stay and continued to go southeast. Zhao Weiji said that the people who lived in the New World may be descendants of these people.

Although Snow was skeptical of Zhao Weiji's words, he still stepped forward to greet the group of Indians in Inuit.

When Snow came into contact with the Indians, he was surprised to find that they could understand a little bit of what he was saying, and he could understand a little more about what they were saying.

So Snow began to communicate with the group more boldly.

After the exchange, Snow found that these Indians were quite simple and hospitable, although they saw people different from themselves entering their territory, but they did not show any hostility, but warmly invited Snow and others to stay as guests.

Snow conveyed the Indians' thoughts to the members of the advance team, but the reaction was that the advance team members were not too willing to contact the Indians.

In fact, it can't be blamed that these sailors are too guarded, because they have been cheated once on the island of Hawaii before. The indigenous people of the island were also very hospitable at first, but they did not expect to use them to worship the volcano.

Snow, who was embarrassed when he saw the advance team members, was also embarrassed at this time, and just when he didn't know what to do, someone in the advance team spoke.

"If Snow doesn't explain to this group first, let's just say that our leader didn't come and didn't dare to make a decision on his own. Then we will send someone back to ask the prince. ”

This idea has always been agreed, so Snow had to explain it to the group, and at the same time, someone in the advance team began to walk back to report Zhao Weiji.

After a while, the man returned to the ship and reported the matter to Zhao Weiji.

"Lord, what do you say about this?" Although he didn't experience what happened before, Wang Dayuan was still a little scared after listening to Zhao Weiji's description.

"It's okay, the natives here are different from the ones before. In this way, if you are not at ease, leave a small number of people to guard the boat, and let's bring more people with us. ”

After hearing Zhao Weiji's words, Wang Dayuan was still not at ease, so he had to follow Zhao Weiji's method to leave a small number of people to guard the boat, and the rest of the people boarded the shore.

On the way, Zhao Weiji saw the cornfield, and Zhao Weiji danced happily like a child after seeing the cornfield.

"What's the matter, lord?" Wang Dayuan asked his men.

"We don't know, why is the prince so excited to see this novel thing?" His subordinates also expressed their incomprehension.

Of course, they couldn't understand why Zhao Weiji was so excited, because he finally saw the crop he had always dreamed of, and corn, one of the most productive crops in the world, had the potential to bring great changes to agricultural production in the Great Song Dynasty.

It's a pity that potatoes and sweet potatoes are only available in South America at this time, otherwise as long as these three crops are brought back to the Central Plains, Zhao Weiji will dare to lead the army to rebel in just five years.

Zhao Weiji was excited for a while and saw the puzzlement of his subordinates, so he had to explain to them: "This thing is called corn, the old fairy told me when he was dreaming, this thing is quite easy to plant, and the yield is also very high, once we bring it back to the Central Plains to plant, it will not take a few years to be able to grow a lot." I don't know how many hungry people will be rescued. ”

When the subordinates heard this, they suddenly realized, if this thing was really so magical, it would not be surprising that the prince was so excited.

After reluctantly bidding farewell to the cornfield, Zhao Weiji and the others joined the advance team sent earlier. Because of Snow's translation, Zhao Weiji finally no longer has to communicate with the locals through gestures.

Knowing that the locals wanted to invite Zhao Weiji and others to their tribe as guests, Zhao Weiji happily agreed, because he also wanted to see what the Indians' tribe had that they could bring back to the Central Plains.

At the same time that Zhao Weiji happily landed in North America, various natural and man-made disasters continued to occur in the Great Song Dynasty, and an undercurrent began to spread in the Great Song Dynasty.