Chapter 803 From Indigenous Devotion

When the wild boar was brought back, the drainage ditch and the marching stove had been completed, the tent had been erected, and there were some wooden stakes hidden in the grass on the periphery, and the wire was a barrier, and a few canned boxes were hung, and a small stone was placed in them. The dry firewood from a small hill in the camp was found by the natives, and it was enough to burn it for three days.

When he noticed a group of natives staring at the sapper shovel with their eyes fixed on it, without rolling their eyes, Luda asked, "What are these guys stimulating?" Zhao Geng, the squad leader who stayed in the camp, said crookedly: "A group of natives with only stone tools, the efficiency of the sapper shovel is too high, and it scares them." ”

Luda had no doubts about the authenticity of these words, not to mention these natives, even in places like Dongying and Korea, once the rabbit version of the sapper shovel was revealed, it was also an artifact that was opened. Civil engineering operations are called basic attributes, and it's no problem to cut the head with a sharp edge, cut vegetables and meat, open cans, and even make a cameo appearance in a pancake pan and spatula, which is too powerful.

If you want to follow, you can follow, and Luda doesn't want to explain anything to these people, and she can't explain it clearly. Seven wild boars were waiting to be dealt with, and a wild boar of less than two hundred catties was selected to stay, and the rest pointed to the direction of the valley, and a group of natives knelt down to worship, and then happily carried the wild boar back.

"Buck", the white-eyed wolf, refuses to go back, he follows Luda wherever he goes, and he can help someone if he has nothing to do, but he doesn't hate it too much. The camp is located on a slope near the creek, which is common knowledge for camping, and if it rains at night, a flash flood will kill people.

Like a cow, he first got four pork legs, cleaned them, and quickly cut the meat into pieces the size of a child's fist. The natives were responsible for carrying the marching pot and threw it away, carried it back to the marching stove, added some ginger, and began to burn it without putting any salt.

The rest of the pork Ruda was too lazy to deal with it, and he gestured to let the "buck" get it, and the goods whistled. Four natives came running from afar, and after some gesturing, they carried away the wild boar. It was getting late, the campfire was lit in the camp, and a group of soldiers were still busy at the end, and they did not dare to be sloppy in the slightest preparation. Wild camping is really not a joke, all kinds of emergencies can occur in an unfamiliar environment. Without rich experience in survival in the wild, a group of rookies learn from others as travel friends. That is not responsible for oneself, and one carelessness is to harm others and oneself.

As soon as the fragrance of wild boar meat wafted out, I saw a long line coming with torches from a distance, and subconsciously Luda took out the revolver, and the soldiers who were wiping their guns simply stopped working, and the bullets were loaded and ready for battle.

The stag, who had been drooling on the edge of the marching iron pot, had an unexpectedly good look. With a cheer, he strode forward two steps. After reacting, he stood and turned his head and gestured towards Luda. In the binoculars, an elder who had led a team to the valley could be seen, and Luda waved his hand to signal that he could pass. Turning to his subordinates, he said: "Cheer up, don't call a group of natives to give you a hand, everyone in this realm is an outsider." You can't be too careful. ”

If you look closely, it is not difficult to find that the two sections of this temporary camp each have an earthen wall more than one meter high and more than ten meters long, and the possibility of wanting to storm the camp smoothly is stifled. Although these natives knelt and worshipped the expedition with great devotion. But everyone doesn't dare to be careless, and if something happens, it will be the consequence of dying in a foreign country, which is really not fun at all.

The soldier with a rifle sat on the earthen wall, looking at the visitor very easily, but in fact there was a slight movement, and immediately hid behind the earthen wall to shoot, not to mention, ran along the earthen wall to the side of the stream, at most a minute to run to the edge of the stream, after the stream is a jungle, in the dark night can basically be safely hidden.

The indigenous elders brought not all soldiers, but a group of indigenous women, or a dozen indigenous warriors standing far away, stopped fifty meters away. Ruda glanced at it roughly, and there was a surplus of two women for one person, these women were not quite the same as other indigenous warriors, they were clothed, although it was only a simple sack style, and the length only covered the buttocks, but compared to those indigenous warriors who casually wrapped animal skins, this was a big step towards civilization.

When there were still about ten meters from the camp, the team stopped, and the stag came over with the elders, and after a gesture, it was probably understood that these women were dedicated to the "gods". As for how the sackcloth came to be, the stag drew a boat on the ground, then took out a piece of animal skin, and drew a few more people holding sackcloth and iron pots, and finally the elder carefully took out a rusty iron knife and placed it in front of the "god".

At this point, Luda understood that the Europeans had arrived first, and had also bartered. But looking at the Bucks' analogy, this has happened for a long time, and then no Europeans have come again. In other words, the natives here have been in contact with Europeans, but they have not come back for a second time, probably because they have not found natural dog's head gold, which cannot attract Europeans to come a second time. The key is that because it's far away, you have to go around South America to see the map. Not to mention the terrible windless zone, there are vast colonies to be developed in South America, and there are not many places to attract European colonists on the east coast of North America for the time being.

These indigenous women are not very old, and they are carefully selected at first glance, and a group of Qiu Ba are not qualified to be picky eaters, nodding that they can stay, these women are in a commotion, and they all have relaxed expressions on their faces. If this is returned by God, the whole tribe will feel uneasy, and if it is not good, disaster will befall it.

When the stag finished speaking, the elder began to draw again, a bunch of people, a rope connected together, and then made a gesture of digging a pit. After a lot of fighting, Luda understood that these natives did not dare to disobey God's will, and all the captives they caught were tied up and waiting for God's disposal. Luda thought about it carefully, and there was a real need for some labor in the camp to free up the marines and expeditions. Pick up the stick, draw a circle outside the pile, then draw a sun, and point to yourself.

Don't say it, this elder understands, lock it up first, and deal with it tomorrow when the sun rises.

The smell of meat in the big iron pot became stronger and stronger, and the whole camp was floating, and the elders and the stag all subconsciously swallowed their saliva, followed the fragrance, and then their eyes didn't roll. The women stood obediently outside the camp, waiting for God's call.

Luda gave Zhao Geng a look, the thing made a gesture, and in the grass more than ten meters away, a figure quietly moved in the direction of the valley. Don't dare to be sloppy about security issues, so naturally we have to take a closer look to see if there are any ambushes or anything like that around here. When he came, Li Heng explained very clearly that the task of this team was to contact the natives for a period of time and figure out the nearby terrain. When they returned, it was the beginning of a massive expansion of the entire expedition. Nearly a month ago, the security of the stronghold was no problem, but the food began to be tight, and it was time to start preparing for the winter.

Before winter comes, it is necessary to prepare enough firewood and food, and now in this season, it is certainly not possible to get enough food for farming, but it is possible to grow some vegetables and pickles. The problem of food can only be robbed, and the way of trade is not impossible, the problem is that these natives have evil intentions, and it is certainly not enough to deter Xiaoxiao if they don't kill people.

The best way is to use this tribe as a leading party and cannon fodder, and then exterminate a few of the surrounding indigenous tribes, grab enough food and slaves, and ensure survival, before it is the turn of next year's development and prospecting. Continued migration is also necessary, but certainly not the convenience of local absorption. Therefore, in principle, the whole expedition team has no objection to such a thing as making some children with local women. As the supreme commander Li Heng, it seems that he is a rear admiral, but in fact, his current identity is to partner with Chen Xie to open up wasteland, otherwise how can there be such a good thing as the navy's warships. You must know that every warship in the navy is Chen Xie's private property, and the officers and men of the navy are all Chen Xie's subordinates.

The cleaned sapper shovel was placed on the charcoal fire, and after the heat was poured, the batter was poured, and a small pancake was removed, and soon there was a thick stack around Luda, who was doing it himself. Two good-looking women, kneeling beside Luda, at first did not know how to help, but then found the trick, one took the pancake and laid it out neatly on the washed leaves. The other one uses a small lunch box and noodles, and the group of three people quickly cooperates tacitly.

The other groups were about the same, and in less than an hour, all the fifty pounds of flour they brought were turned into pancakes. It was not early, and everyone was hungry and waiting for God's next will.

Motioning for everyone to sit down around the bonfire, the soldier in charge of cooking rice opened the lid of the pot, this meat cooking method is actually very simple. Don't put water, don't put salt, put some ginger to cook, the water in the meat is almost burned dry, and the meat is also burned, then add salt, soy sauce, star anise, pepper and other ingredients, cover the pot and continue to stew again. Simplicity is more time-consuming. It usually takes more than two hours, which will still be very suitable, everyone has a lot of things to do, and the meat is good when they are busy with the work.

The lunch box was full of meat, and the aroma was overflowing, so I picked up a piece of bread, stuck a piece of meat with a dagger, put it in the middle, wrapped it up, and stuffed it into the mouth of a woman next to me. This little girl of thirteen or fourteen had a rosy face with excitement, and she had to kneel down and thank you. Luda raised his hand to stop him and made a gesture for everyone to eat together.

A large pot of braised pork and pancakes were eaten cleanly, the soup and water in the pot were not spared, the potatoes brought by the indigenous women were washed and poured into the pot, and another pot was stewed, and a dozen indigenous soldiers waiting outside were packed in wooden bowls and eaten cleanly.

When the elder had eaten enough, he instructed the dozen or so warriors waiting outside the camp to take turns keeping vigil at night, and not to be careless. Although Luda was a little worried about the existence of these people, he couldn't refuse, so he just left them alone. (To be continued......)