"Wow~" Yang Shiliang led the first team to row a small boat to the big island in front of him, the oars rowed in the clean water, alarming the swimming fish in the lower layer to scurry around, and the seagulls on the beach were also frightened by the arriving Song people and rose into the air, breaking the quiet picture on the island.

When the boat docked, Yang Shiliang led the people on the boat to the shore, these people are all from the navy, and now they are also full armor, and they also hold weapons in their hands, although they want to communicate with the local natives, but not all natives welcome outsiders, and even some natives also eat people, this kind of thing they have encountered many times in Nanyang, so every time they arrive in an unknown area, they must be on the strictest precautions, after all, no one knows what they will encounter next?

"Search around for signs of human activity!" Yang Shiliang held the bow and arrow in his hand and commanded the soldiers behind him, and with his order, these naval officers immediately divided into small teams and scattered around, and checked the surrounding environment as quickly as possible to prevent any danger hidden in it.

After searching for more than an hour, the teams came to report, and there were no signs of natives around, nor did they find any traces of beast activities, but this does not mean that there are no natives and dangers on the island, after all, they are only searching a small area, and even if there are no beasts, there are a lot of poisonous insects and other things on the island, and if you are not careful, you may still bring danger to the crew.

At that moment, Yang Shiliang sent someone to report the results of the search to Zhao Jia, so Zhao Jia announced that there was no danger on the shore for the time being, except for the necessary personnel who stayed on the boat, most of the remaining crew members went ashore in small boats, and set up tents on the shore, and they will camp here tonight. And tomorrow there will be some brief visits to the island.

After going ashore, Yang Shiliang and others led several teams to go out hunting, and after a while, the forest on the island sounded with a crisp sound of muskets, and the research of muskets was carried out almost at the same time as artillery, but because of various conditions. The research of muskets has not made much progress, and it was not until a few years ago that muskets that could be put into practical use were developed, but now there is no large-scale equipment in the army, because the Great Song Dynasty really has no enemies that can be handled, so the speed of reloading muskets is relatively slow, but Zhao Jia and their global fleet are prioritized to equip muskets.

When it was getting late, Yang Shiliang's hunting teams returned one after another, and all of them brought a large amount of prey, including many birds. According to Yang Shiliang, there are many such animals on the island, and what is even more unexpected is that there are two teams that brought back three crocodiles, one of the largest crocodiles is more than three meters long, but this also gave Zhao Jia a wake-up call. He instructed everyone not to go near the water's edge so as not to be attacked by crocodiles.

When night falls. Zhao Jia and the others raised a huge bonfire on the beach in the camp, and all kinds of prey were sent to each bonfire emperor after processing, either roasted on the fire or boiled in a cauldron, and all kinds of spices were also put down, in addition to the fresh wild fruits and wild vegetables picked, which was also the most desired food for the crew. Because I have been on the ship for nearly two months, I usually don't even see a little green, and I am very greedy to see these wild fruits and wild vegetables.

Zhao Jia and Yang Shiliang, Liao Yuan and some other important figures of the fleet got together, eating barbecued meat and wild fruits while discussing the plan of action of the next fleet, judging from the situation on this island. This island is likely to be an island on the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea, and then the American continent is ahead, and as far as Zhao Jia knows, there are also many natives living on these islands, these natives migrated here from the American continent, and the language is similar.

Zhao Jia and they discussed things here, the other crew members had already started a grand banquet, all kinds of meat, fruits and vegetables were put on the beach, let everyone eat, and there were also crew members singing and dancing, the scene was a jubilant scene, of course, they did not forget the people guarding the ship, several small boats carrying food to the ship, to treat those brothers who guarded the ship, but these crew members celebrated, but no one drank, after all, they had just arrived on this island, no one knew what danger the island would be, So you must not get drunk, and there are many people on duty at night.

The celebratory banquet lasted until midnight, and Zhao Jia and the others finally joined in, although there was no toast, but the final atmosphere was still very warm, and people who had never been to sea could not experience the joy when the fleet suddenly encountered a piece of land after a few months of floating on the sea.

That night, Yuan finally didn't have to sleep in the swaying hammock like when he was on the boat, although there was only a bunk in the tent, but he still slept very sweetly, until the next day, when he was on three poles, he finally woke up, which was not similar at all before, because Yuan was used to doing morning classes every morning, rain or shine for decades, but today he overslept.

When Yuan put on his clothes and walked out of the tent, he happened to see Zhao Jia and the others also stretching out of the tent, and it seemed that they had just woken up, which made everyone laugh, and at this time, the other people in the tent also got up, and then heated up the leftovers from last night for breakfast, starting a busy day.

First of all, Zhao Jia and the others wanted to go around this big island, look for traces of the local natives, investigate the environment on the island by the way, and mark the location of the island on the nautical chart to facilitate the development of new routes in the future. However, the jungle on the island is dense, and it is not easy to go around the island from land, so Zhao Jia and the others finally decided to row a small boat along the coastline, which is much easier.

At the moment, Zhao Jia quickly made arrangements to select a part of the elite crew as the main force of the expedition, and the rest of the crew stayed in the camp, and Zhao Jia himself participated in the expedition, although some people were worried about his safety, but he insisted on doing so, because this may be the first island they found in the Americas, he was naturally unwilling to give up this opportunity. (To be continued.) )