"Discover the island ahead!" Feng Shijie excitedly put away the binoculars, and climbed down from the watchtower while shouting, and Lu Cheng and the others in the cabin heard his shout, and they all ran to the deck, and even the brush in Lu Wan's hand didn't have time to put it down.

"Captain, look, there's an island over there, it looks like it's not small!" Feng Shijie said excitedly. After discovering an island, they can not only replenish food and fresh water, but also have a good rest, and another important point, after this exploration, they can get one percent of the future slave trade profits, but this one percent is not evenly divided among the crew, but according to the size of each crew's contribution, like he found this island today, if the natives on the island have great capture value, then he will get a lot of money.

Lu Wan took the telescope and looked at the land in the distance, and found that it was indeed an island, and it seemed that the area was not small, although it was not as large as the largest island they encountered along the way, but it could also be ranked high.

"Order the fleet, head at full speed to the island ahead, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, let's spend the night there!" Lu Wan is also very excited, can find an island in this Chinese New Year's Eve, and it is a big island, it seems that God is really good to them, at least this time they can spend a good year on land.

When the crew of the ship learned that there was an island in front of them, they all shouted with joy, and all the people in the kitchen who were preparing dumplings also stopped, after all, there is an island in front, so it is likely to hit the prey, and with fresh meat, who wants to eat the meat in these cans?

Although the wind is not in the right direction, Lu Wan and his crew are all veterans of the ship. The entire fleet walked in a zigzag line, rapidly approaching the island. And as the distance gets closer. Luvan and the others also found that the island was indeed very large. In addition, the island is covered with greenery, and from time to time there are flocks of birds flying from the trees, so it can be judged that the island must be inhabited by natives.

Lu Wan's ship is called the Nanyang, and it is also the fastest ship in the entire fleet, so he arrived at the island first with a few small boats, but this is the northern tip of the island, and there are many reefs exposed overseas, and the big ships can't get close to it at all. So they had to walk around the island for a while, and finally found a beach on the east side of the island that was suitable for docking.

When several other large ships arrived with small boats, Lu Wan on the Nanyang immediately issued an order for each ship to send out its capable crews, and fully armed, and began to march to the shore in small boats.

The reason why they were so careful was that they had suffered this before, and once they went ashore too carelessly, and ended up being ambushed by a group of natives. Fortunately, the weapons of the natives were very primitive, and they only killed and wounded a few crew members, and then when they reacted, they immediately killed the other party. Otherwise, their losses will be great.

But this time they were lucky, it was clearly a wild beach. There was no sign of anyone coming, but there were some footprints of wild beasts. This made all the crew members very excited, because it meant that. They have fresh meat to eat tonight.

After the first crew went ashore, they immediately divided into several teams to inspect the surroundings, and after confirming that there was no danger, they immediately went to a place not far from the beach to cut down trees, and then dragged them back to build a few simple wooden walls, and reinforced them with bags and sandbags, so that even if there was an enemy attack, they could have a place to hide.

As more and more people came ashore, the fortifications were built more quickly, and Lüvin also sent a few crews who were skilled in jungle hunting, and let them put on leather armor and carry bows and arrows to hunt some game in the woods.

Now it's not early, Lu Wan estimated, if they hurry up, they can build a smaller fortification, but they definitely can't let all the people on the ship come down, at most a third of the people can be on land, and most of the rest of the people still have to live on the ship tonight, but it doesn't matter, everyone will come down for a while, celebrate lively, and then go back to keep the New Year, anyway, no one will sleep tonight, and there will be more things to play on the ship.

Just when Lu Wan was directing the crew to build a mobile dock on the water, so that the boat could dock and facilitate the transportation of goods in the future, he saw a person who had just been sent out to hunt running in a hurry, and shouted excitedly as he ran: "Captain, we have met a big guy, I'm afraid we will use your treasures this time!" ”

Many people nearby heard this man's shout, and they all put down their work, and one of them shouted excitedly: "What did you encounter that you need to use?" ”

Lu Wan was also stunned at the time, the baby in the other party's mouth was called a musket, it was specially given to him by Yan Bei, the president of the association, when they went to sea, there were only five in total, and he also specially explained to him in advance, this musket is very precious, you must be careful when using it, so along the way, except for sending it to a few henchmen when encountering a few strong enemies, the rest of the time was kept by him in the captain's room.

As for the power of this musket, there is really nothing to say, no matter what kind of enemy it is, as long as it is accurate, it is basically a shot to kill, and even a shield can't block it, and even once he used a gun to hit a shark in the sea, it was also a dozen accurate. And the crew below will also borrow a musket from him when they encounter a huge beast on the island after knowing the power of the musket.

"Buffalo, we met a herd of buffalo, and now everyone else is waiting there for an opportunity, but the buffalo's skin is very thick, and the bow and arrow in our hand may not be able to kill them, so we sent me to borrow a musket from the captain!" The man who came to the house shouted again.

"Buffalo?" Lu Wan was also pleasantly surprised, "It seems that our luck is good today, we have beef to eat in the evening!" ”

The others also cheered, and many of the islands they encountered along the way were breeding with buffaloes, and even many natives knew that buffaloes were used as animal power. However, for Lu Wan, the buffalo was an extremely good meat, and if there were a few of them, it would be enough for their entire fleet to eat.

Thinking of this, Lu Wan no longer hesitated, and immediately went to the ship in person to get the musket, as well as dozens of paper bullets, and then called a few crew members with the best marksmanship, each with a gun, led by Lu Wan himself, ready to hunt buffalo.

It is worth mentioning that Feng Shijie was also one of the chosen people, although his body was not very strong, but his marksmanship was excellent, and when he encountered a native's attack along the way, he personally shot no less than ten natives. The crew of the entire fleet is from a slave hunting team, and all of them are murderous guys, so if you want to gain a foothold among them, you can't do it without some ability, and Feng Shijie relied on his accurate marksmanship to get the recognition of the surrounding crew.

Lu Wan and the others followed the messenger into the woods, and walked quickly through a path that had just been opened by the hunting crew, and when they had walked for nearly a mile, they passed through the woods and came to a small lake, and in the woods on the shore of the lake, they saw the hunting party lying in ambush there, and also saw the buffalo in the lake.

Now the island they are on is already south of the equator, so although it is the Chinese New Year's Eve today, it is still very hot here, so these buffaloes in front of Lu Wan and them have also hid in the water and cooled down with the help of the cold lake water.

"Well, when will these buffaloes come out of the water?" Lu Wan observed for a while, and then asked in a low voice to the captain of the hunting team beside him, now that the buffalo is in the water, there is no way to shoot at all, and even if it is killed, it is not easy to pull it up, so it is best to wait for the buffalo to come ashore before fighting.

This captain is a young man, a little simple, known as Erhanzi, his ancestors are from Orion, and the hunting skills are all family heirlooms, so he was appointed as the captain of this team.

When Erhanzi heard the captain's question, he immediately replied in a low voice: "Captain, the buffalo is afraid of heat, so they usually stay in the water during the day, but now the sun is about to set, and the temperature has dropped, so I estimate that these buffaloes are also about to go ashore, after all, they also have to go to the shore to eat!" ”

Lu Wan nodded after hearing this, and instructed the people behind him to wait patiently for a while, but at this time, Er Hanzi took out something from behind his back and said, "Captain, you see, this is what we found in the woods just now, and it is estimated that it was left by the natives on the island." ”

Lu Wan looked down, but found that what Er Hanzi handed over was an arrow used by the natives, and the arrow was made of unknown animal teeth, which was very sharp. Lu Wan put the arrow under his nose and sniffed it, and found that there was a faint fishy smell, indicating that it was smeared with poison, and according to his experience, the poison of this poisonous arrow of the natives is generally very strong, if the treatment is not timely, it will definitely die, when they clashed with the natives, there were several brothers who died under this poisonous arrow because they had no time to treat.

Lu Wan took the arrow and observed it, and found that the body of the arrow was still very new, and it should have been lost recently. Generally speaking, because the natives are backward in hand, making an arrow is also very labor-intensive and time-consuming, so the bow and arrow that is shot out will be picked up again, and the arrow will not be lost easily, and this arrow is estimated to be unintentionally lost in the woods when they are hunting.

"Everyone be careful, the other party is using poisoned arrows, if you contact the other party in the future, try not to have a conflict, so as not to lose manpower again!" Lu Wan said solemnly, they are here to explore the road, not to have a war with the natives, especially this kind of natives tribe that may bring them casualties, so they definitely don't want to conflict with the other party unless they have to.

The others nodded slightly, and then watched the buffalo intently. However, Lu Wan did not notice that in the woods on the other side of the small lake opposite them, there was a group of topless natives who were also waiting for the buffalo in the lake to come ashore. (To be continued.) )