Lu Wan and they learned from the mouth of the chief Bapu that not far south of Chinese New Year's Eve Island, there was a large island with a vast area, and it was not clear how many Bapu there were. Although Lu Wan and the others were worried that this island would be too big to affect the slave hunting, if this island was the right size and the population on it was extremely large, then it would definitely be a great discovery for them.

It was with this idea that Lüvan held a plenary meeting of the exploration fleet to discuss whether to continue to explore south, after all, they had been out for more than three months, and the supplies on the ship were almost the same, although they could replenish some from Chinese New Year's Eve Island, but items such as tea, bows and arrows, food seasonings could not be replenished, and their ship was in urgent need of a major repair after such a long voyage, although it was no problem to sail now, but the condition of the hull was affected.

Many crew members were very interested in the unknown island in the south, and this island might be very suitable for slave hunting, so in the final vote, although many crew members wanted to sail back, most of the crew still wanted to go to that island to see, anyway, they had been sailing for so long, and it was not bad for a few days.

Needless to say, the final vote result, the minority obeyed the majority, and Luvan's fleet rested on the island on Chinese New Year's Eve for a few days, replenished food and fresh water, and set sail again to the south.

In particular, the Bapu tribe was given a special mention of the merit of the Bapu tribe in this voyage, and it was they who recognized Lüvin as the messenger of the gods, so that during the days that Lüvin was on the island, they must have done everything they could to meet the demands of the fleet, and not only contributed all the food stored in the tribe. He even organized some girls in the clan to send them to the oracle, as for what it was for. Everyone knows it.

It's not easy to be a crew member, especially one like Lu Wan's time. The speed of the ship is slow, once out of the sea is several months or even adults drifting at sea, and there are generally no women on board, as a result, the crew is hungry, and the first time they see the sows on the boat, they have to look at them a few times.

Although the girls of the Bapu tribe do not conform to the aesthetics of the Han people, they are still a big temptation for a group of crew members who are about to go crazy. Although Lu Wan was not interested in these dark-looking, thick-lipped Bapu women, he also knew that his crew members were not picky eaters. So I just smiled and accepted it, after all, it's all your willingness, and with these women helping the crew vent their fire, it finally made many people feel less homesick.

It was also with the strong support of the Bapu people that the fleet was able to replenish the food and fresh water in just a few days, and then under the resentful gaze of those Bapu girls, the fleet set sail south again. After a few days of sailing, the big island in Bapu's mouth finally appeared in the mouth of Luvan. It's just that when Lu Wan and the others saw this big island, they were all shocked, although they couldn't see how big this big island was with the naked eye, but they estimated it from their experience. It's definitely much bigger than the island of Taiwan.

"Captain, are we going to go around this big island and determine its size?" Feng Shijie looked at the land in front of him in shock. However, he has not forgotten his duty, and measuring the area of the island is also one of his job responsibilities.

"The area must be measured. But it's getting late today, so let's go to the small island next to us to rest. It should be safer there than on the Big Island. Lu Wan pointed to a small island on the left side shrouded in the setting sun, this is a small island, in fact, it is a small island, but it is only relative to the big island in front of them, if you carefully investigate, this small island may be larger than the Chinese New Year's Eve Island they found before.

Following the order of Captain Lüvan, the entire exploration fleet turned westward, and then found a place to anchor on the island, because when they found this island, it was exactly sunset, and the setting sun covered the whole island, so Lüvin named this island Sunset Island.

Sunset Island is semi-surrounded by a large island next to it, the east and south sides are separated from the island by only a strait, there is still a nice bay to the southeast, and the topography of the island is complex, most of them are hills and marshes covered by forests, and there are mangroves growing in the marshes, and many beaches are covered by this mangrove forest, which cannot be used as a landing ground at all.

Lu Wan and his fleet made a small half circle along Sunset Island, and then they found that this Sunset Island is exactly two islands, separated by a very narrow strait, of which the west island and the east island are half smaller, but the environment on the two islands is similar, and Lu Wan didn't bother to name it again, so he simply called the two islands Sunset Island.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that Lu Wan and his team found a landing site on the larger East Sunset Island, which was southeast of the island, just in the bay between Sunset Island and the big island, and since the island had been named, this bay was also named Sunset Bay.

After landing on the island from Sunset Bay, because it was already dark, it was too late to build a camp, and according to the people sent to the island, there were traces of indigenous activities on this landing land, which shows that there should be natives on this island, and from the Bapu people on Chinese New Year's Eve Island, it is likely that the natives on Sunset Island also have the custom of headhunting and cannibalism.

It was also for safety reasons that Lu Wan only sent people to the island to hunt some prey, and still rested on the boat at night, but when they woke up the next morning, they found that on the beach not far away, there was a group of natives looking at their fleet curiously.

I saw that this group of natives looked similar to the Bapu people, and their bodies and faces were covered with white paint, but unlike the Bapu people, they did not have nose ornaments on their faces, and they did not have permanent tattoos on their bodies. In addition, what reassured Lu Wan and them was that there were men, women, and children in this group of natives, and the number of them was not very large, probably counted, it should be about a hundred, and looking at the appearance of these people, there seemed to be no hostility.

It seems that this group of natives was dispatched by the whole clan, and they showed more curiosity than hostility towards Lu Wan and the others, which made Lu Wan finally decide to send Liu Kata ashore with some silk and porcelain to try to communicate with each other. As a result, what is exciting is that these natives really have no resistance to such exquisite items as silk and porcelain, and the first strong natives should be their leaders, and when they see the goods of silk and porcelain, they are very happy to communicate with Liu Kata.

Later, according to Liu Kata's report, the language of this group of natives is very similar to the language of the natives on the other side of Chinese New Year's Eve Island, so it is not difficult to communicate, and the two sides quickly understood each other's meaning, and what surprised Liu Kata even more was that this group of natives actually understood the meaning of the transaction, and sent people back to the tribe to retrieve a lot of fruits and meat, hoping to exchange silk and porcelain with Liu Kata.

Knowing the meaning of trading shows that the civilization of these natives has reached a certain level, and they know how to exchange what they need, which is much stronger than some of the natives they met before, such as some natives they met in the south-central part of the Spice Islands, they don't know what trading means, as long as they see what they need, they will come forward and take it themselves, if they have what others need, then others can also take it from him, all of this is very reasonable in their opinion, but unfortunately for Lu Wan, but it is a great problem because they can't communicate with each other through transactions.

In addition, these natives have trading behavior, so it means that there should be other natives around, and there is no need to ask, it is likely to be the big island next to them. Now Lu Wan can communicate with the natives on Sunset Island, which means that when they meet the natives on the big island in the future, communication will not be a problem.

Through the dialogue between them, Liu Kata learned that the name of this tribe is Mo Li Bu, but the head of the tribe is called Ru Modo, which seems to be the name of a big bird on the big island, and this big bird is also their totem, but unfortunately there is no such bird on this island, so Rumodo can only tell Liu Kata about the totem of his tribe through painting, and as a result, Liu Kata found that this Totem of Mo Li is very similar to the cranes of the Central Plains, but their feathers are gray.

The people of the Morris did not have any hostility towards Lüvan and their fleet, and they even thought that Lüvain was from some tribe on the Big Island. Speaking of which, the Moli tribe is also a tribe on the big island, but at a certain time every year, they come to Sunset Island by small boat, so the people of the Morli tribe are very willing to trade with Lu Wan and them.

Hearing that the Mo Li Department was migrating between Sunset Island and the big island, Lu Wan, who had just landed, was also very happy, but he didn't expect that there were not many people in this Mo Li Department, but the way of life was so peculiar, but it was estimated that this was also their way of self-preservation, after all, on this kind of island, they were much safer.

"Captain Lu, our goods have been brought, can we start trading?" Lu Modo, the leader of the Mo Li Division, opened his mouth, after Liu Kata's introduction just now, he already knew that Lu Wan, who had just arrived, was the leader of this huge fleet, so he was impatient to ask now.

Lu Wan heard the other party's request for a transaction, and then looked at the goods such as dried meat, fruits, and animal skins brought by Mo Libu, these things are simply not worth mentioning compared to the silk and porcelain in their hands, it is estimated that all the goods of the other party can be exchanged for a porcelain plate, but Lu Wan They are not just trading for money, but they want to use the transaction to build a good relationship with the other party, in order to exchange for the information they need, and now they know that Mo Libu also lives on the big island, then the other party must know a lot of information on the big island, which is for Lu Wan and them, It is undoubtedly the most needed, so even if it is a loss-making transaction, they are willing to do it. (To be continued.) )