A large bird that looked like a pigeon perched on the treetops, occasionally looking down at the insects on the branches, but immediately straightened its neck and looked around vigilantly with a pair of eyes for fear of a surprise attack by some predator. However, the big bird apparently only focused on the natural predators it had encountered before, and did not know that at his feet, a danger from the outside world was approaching.

"Whoosh~" With the light sound of a bowstring, a feather arrow suddenly shot out of the grass, and as a result, the big bird in the treetop didn't have time to react at all, and was pierced through the chest by this arrow, and fell to the ground at once.

"Hit again, Brother Lin, your archery is too amazing!" With a cheer, two people came out of the half-human-high grass, it was two members of Feng Shijie's team, one of them was the middle-aged man named Brother Lin who was holding a bow and arrow, and the other was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man named Ertian, this time he was following Brother Lin out to hunt and prepare for the dinner in the evening.

Now Ertian has a lot of prey hanging on his body, most of which are birds, especially the leather pocket he is carrying, which is full of bird eggs. But these prey are all Ringo's trophies, and he is just an errand runner.

"Hehe, Ertian, you are still young now, if you are willing to learn, not to mention anything else, within three years, I will be able to make you reach the level of my brother!" Brother Lin walked over and picked up the bird that he had shot, and then hung it on Erda's body, while not forgetting to tempt Erda to learn from him.

"Three years?" Ertian pursed his lips after hearing this, "That's still it, I heard the boss say that there will be more and more muskets in the future, and the boss has only practiced for a few months, and he has already been like a god in marksmanship, so he has that kung fu." I might as well learn the old university musket, maybe when I'm done. You can also play with a musket. ”

When Erda said about the musket, his eyes showed a look of envy that could not be concealed. At the beginning, Feng Shijie participated in the exploration fleet and practiced good marksmanship, and later when the fleet returned to Taiwan, Li Su gave several important people a musket, and Feng Shijie, as a surveyor, also had one in his hand. At the same time, this is also the first time that Li Su has allowed private possession of firearms. And Feng Shijie also loves his musket very much, and usually doesn't take it out at all, but this time he brought it with him in order to explore the gold mine. provoked Erda's team members to be envious.

Hearing that Ertian would rather learn a musket than learn his own archery, Brother Lin was a little angry at first, but then sighed, because he also knew that Ertian's choice was not wrong, and the musket only needed to be trained for three or five months to train a musketeer, and the range of the musket was not shorter than that of the bow and arrow, and the power was far superior. Compared with. His bow and arrows took several years to be trained, and he had no advantage in power or range, so that fools would know which weapon was stronger.

It's not too early to look at the sky. Ringo took Erda back to the makeshift camp on the top of the mountain, behind a huge rock where the sun could be basked during the day. Therefore, the ground was very dry, which made Feng Shijie and them very excited. Because in the few days they were in the jungle, they had not seen a dry place. Even the clothes on their bodies are wet and dewy sticking to their bodies, sometimes they are wet with dew, more often they are wet with their own sweat, and they can't see the sun, so in just a few days, they all feel that their bodies have mold, and now they can find such a dry place on the top of the mountain, which has made them happy to be blessed by the Buddha.

When Brother Lin and Ertian returned to the camp, the people left behind had already lit a bonfire, the temperature on the top of the mountain was much cooler than at the foot of the mountain, and even when the night wind blew, they would feel a chill, it was estimated that it would be colder at night, Feng Shijie was worried that this heat and cold would make the team members catch the wind chill, so he let everyone rest around the fire, and at the same time put on thick clothes.

Seeing that Brother Lin and Ertian came back with so much prey, the people who stayed behind immediately greeted him, took all the prey from Ertian's body, and then went to the back of the boulder to clean, there was a waterhole, and the water in it should be mountain spring water, which was very clear and could be used for drinking.

At this time, Brother Lin walked up to Feng Shijie and saw Feng Shijie drawing with a paintbrush on a piece of waterproof parchment. Feng Shijie was the surveyor of the fleet, and he also drew maps, and he was now mapping the terrain of the area, which could be exchanged for a large commission if he handed it over to the Manila government in the future.

When Feng Shijie finished the last stroke, he looked up and saw Brother Lin, and said with a smile: "Brother Lin, how was your harvest today, and what kind of prey did you catch?" ”

Brother Lin also smiled: "There are not many prey on the top of this mountain, and I am afraid of going too far and getting lost, so I only hit a dozen birds, and I also touched a lot of bird eggs. ”

Speaking of this, Brother Lin looked down at the map drawn by Feng Shijie and said, "Boss, Kanu has found a few reference points, how far are we from that pine tribe?" If it's too far, I'm afraid we won't have enough supplies? ”

Feng Shijie smiled after hearing this, and then pointed to a river on the map: "Brother Lin, look, according to Kanu, this river is called Keku River, and the nearby tribes all live near this river, and Kanu's tribe used to live in the lower reaches of this river, that is, not far from our mountain, as for the pine tribe, they live in the middle of this river, so as long as we follow this river, we will definitely find the station of the pine tribe!" ”

Lin Ge's eyes lit up after hearing this, and at the same time, he was glad that they were so lucky that they could see the Keku River in Kanu's mouth on this low mountain, with this river as a mark, not only did they not have to worry about getting lost, but also the chances of finding the pine tribe were greatly increased.

Seeing Brother Lin's happy face, Feng Shijie smiled and put the map away, then patted Brother Lin on the shoulder and said, "Okay, it is a good sign that we can find the Keku River, let's celebrate it tonight, and then go down the mountain tomorrow, and strive to find the location of the Pine Tribe as soon as possible." ”

When Feng Shijie and Brother Lin were talking, they suddenly heard a commotion next to them, and then several young team members shouted and walked over here, and behind them, the bald head carried a wild boar more than three feet long, looking at the appearance of this wild boar, it should still be a juvenile wild boar, otherwise if it is an adult, the dozen or so of them may not be able to kill, let alone just send out those few hunters.

"Bald, where did you pick up this boar?" Brother Lin also asked a little depressed, he has always claimed to be the best hunter in the team, and he usually catches the most prey, but he didn't expect to be surpassed by the other team today, and the leader of the team is still a bald head who is greedy for money.

"Brother Lin, look at what you said, what do you mean by picking, obviously we fought in the swamp in the woods, it was originally a big wild boar with a few small wild boars, but I think the big wild boar is too big, and we can't eat so much, so we beat this little wild boar back!" The bald head said triumphantly. And listening to the meaning of his words, it was as if the wild boar he had just encountered was raised by his family, and he could eat whatever he wanted.

"Bah, just a few of you still want to fight adult wild boars? You're lucky to be able to hit this little boar! "Brother Lynn is a good hunter, and he is also familiar with the habits of all kinds of wild beasts, so he naturally knows that wild boars are more difficult to fight than tigers in the jungle, and it is very rare for them to be able to hunt a small wild boar with a bald head.

The bald head also blushed after hearing this, they were indeed lucky, they really didn't dare to fight when they encountered such a big adult wild boar, but they didn't know what was going on, a small wild boar was out of the protection of the adult wild boar, and they took advantage of the loophole and hacked the little wild boar to death with the axe in their hands, and immediately ran back, for fear of being retaliated by the big wild boar.

At this time, Feng Shijie opened his mouth and said with a smile: "If the bald head can hit such a wild boar, it can be regarded as satisfying everyone's hunger, Brother Lin, you can help clean it up, and everyone will roast the wild boar to eat at night!" ”

Hearing Feng Shijie's words, Brother Lin and the bald head no longer argued, and asked people to carry the wild boar to the water's edge to clean up, and when the sun completely set, the wind on the top of the mountain suddenly became stronger, but fortunately, there was a boulder to block it, so Feng Shijie and they didn't feel too cold, plus dinner was ready, and the scene was in full swing.

More than a dozen iron lunch boxes contain snow-white rice, the bamboo tube next to it contains freshly made egg drop soup, and each person has a roasted bird meat, and on the bonfire, a half-sized wild boar is roasting on the fire, the pig skin has been a kind of golden yellow, which makes people very appetizing at first sight, and from time to time there are clear grease dripping down, so that the flame below is fierce.

They stayed in the tropical jungle for three days, and they also nibbled on dry food for three days in a row, and in that humid and stuffy environment, the dry food they carried on them was also easy to spoil, even if it did not deteriorate, the taste was not much better, so now seeing such a sumptuous dinner, naturally they all drooled.

Feng Shijie didn't have so much nonsense, seeing everyone's gluttony, he also swallowed his saliva, and immediately said: "What are you waiting for, hurry up and fill in something first, there will be wine to drink later!" ”

Hearing Feng Shijie's words, the bald heads snatched the lunch box one by one, and devoured all the things in the lunch box, but there was not much food in the lunch box, only enough for each person to eat half full, because there was wild boar meat next, and there was also wine to drink, these meals just let everyone fill their stomachs first.

After everyone finished eating, the dinner officially began, because there was not much wine brought, Feng Shijie gave each team member a small bowl of spirits, and then raised the wine bowl and said: "Brothers, everyone is a lifelong friendship, I have nothing to say, for the sake of gold, let's do this bowl first!" ”

"For the gold,!" Bald Head and Brother Ringo also shouted, laughed loudly, raised the wine bowl and drank it all, and then pounced on the roast boar like a pack of hungry wolves, and began to grab the pork. And Feng Shijie looked at the brothers who were in a mess, and a warm smile appeared on his face. (To be continued......)