After the storm, the turquoise waters in the bay were very calm, and a large fleet docked in the bay, rising and falling in the early morning light, looking exceptionally quiet, but this silence was soon broken, and as countless natives' canoes appeared at the entrance of the bay, the personnel on duty on the fleet immediately blew a loud horn, and the entire fleet was woken up from sleep at once.

Last night Zhao Jia was worried that the storm would intensify again, which would bring danger to the fleet, so he slept all night with his clothes closed, and now when he heard the horn of the alarm, he was the first to jump out of bed, and then ran quickly to the deck outside, only to see countless natives' canoes appear at the entrance of the bay, rushing towards the bay one by one, there were three natives on each boat, one of them was responsible for rowing, and the other two were holding spears, and they knew at a glance that the comers were not good.

"Oh no, it's the Batu people in Africa, this is their territory, and these Batu people are very unfriendly to outsiders, it seems that they want to attack our warships!" At this time, Dong Zhong also rushed out of the cabin, and when he saw the natives on the ship, his face immediately changed, and then he said very anxiously.

"Batu? Sir, can you please communicate with them? Zhao Jia looked at the natives who were getting closer and closer, but said very calmly on his face, although their strength is countless times stronger than that of the natives, but generally they are not willing to take the initiative to provoke a war, after all, the materials carried by the fleet are limited, and they may still use troops when they enter Europe, so the materials can be saved a little bit.

"I'm afraid it's difficult, the Batu people are the overlords of central Africa, they are divided into many tribes and races, and they are relatively civilized, they know how to plant and graze, and they can also smelt iron. Little prince, you can see that the natives on the ship are all using iron weapons, so I suggest that we leave here immediately, anyway, the boats of the Batu people can't catch up with us at all! Dong Zhong immediately opened his mouth to suggest that when he first went to Europe, he was also attacked by the Batu, and he was relying on the tall ships of his own side. The speed was fast, and only then did they break out of the encirclement of the Batu.

Hearing Dong Zhong's suggestion, Zhao Jia smiled indifferently and said: "Sir, we are leading a fleet instead of a caravan, on this sea, except for natural disasters, no one has ever made our Great Song fleet back down!" ”

When Zhao Jia said the above, a cold smile also appeared on his face, and he saw that he ordered the other warships to prepare for battle. And his flagship was the last battleship to enter the bay, so at this time the flagship was blocking the entrance to the bay, looking at more and more native canoes pouring into the bay, I saw Zhao Jia ordering the gunners on the flagship to prepare for battle, and then with his order, more than forty guns on the side of the flagship opened fire together.

More than forty hot shells flew out at about the same time, because the distance was too close and the canoes of the natives were too dense. As a result, most of the shells hit the natives' boats, and at one time twenty or thirty boats were smashed to pieces. Although the remaining shells were driven into the sea, they stirred up waves several feet high, and even overturned more canoes, and at the same time countless natives were frightened into the water, and the screams and wails rang out in one piece.

The remaining natives who did not fall into the water were also completely frightened by the guns of the Great Song warships, although they already knew how to smelt iron. However, the overall level of civilization is still very low, and the tribe is very superstitious, and the status of shamans in the tribe is even higher than that of the chiefs, that is, their divine power can be above the worldly power. This also leads to the ignorance of most Batu.

It is precisely this kind of ignorance that the remnants of the Batu people who saw the power of the cannon, immediately frightened their souls, and some even thought that it was a weapon of the gods, and immediately lay on the bow of the ship and prayed loudly, with the first one, there was a second, and soon all the Batu people seemed to be infected, and one by one they lay on the boat and did not dare to resist again.

Zhao Jia on the flagship saw this situation and did not show an expression of surprise, because when he was in Nanyang, he had encountered many similar situations, and many native tribes easily reminded them of the weapons of the gods when they saw the power of firearms for the first time, so they regarded them as gods, so the behavior of the Batu people was actually normal.

At that moment, Zhao Jia ordered the flagship to lift the anchor, and then slowly came to the Batu people who were beaten into a mess, Dong Zhong also reacted at this time, and immediately understood what to do next, only to see him come to the bow of the ship, look down at the Batu people below, and say loudly in the local dialect: "Water, food, contribution!" ”

Dong Zhong didn't know much about the Batu language, and he couldn't even say the complete words, but the above three words could already express his meaning, and the Batu people below were stunned for a moment when they heard his words, and soon someone reacted, and then these Batu people immediately left in a canoe, and Zhao Jia ordered the warships in the bay to set sail and leave with these Batu people, after all, if these Batu people helped prepare food and water, it would save them a lot of time.

The place where these Batu people lived was in the northwest of the bay, where there was the mouth of a large river, and on both sides of the estuary, there were many tribes, large and small, and it seemed that there might be a tribal alliance here, or a split from a large tribe, and those canoes entered the tribe immediately after docking, and then saw that the tribes were in chaos, and many natives pointed at the huge warships on the sea, and their faces showed frightened looks.

Zhao Jia and the others only waited for a while, and then they saw more natives running out of the tribe, these natives had all kinds of utensils on their heads, which contained food and clean water, and these natives did not dare to stand and leave after putting the food and water on the beach, but crawled on the ground and crawled backwards to leave, which shows how they are in awe of the gods.

Through the binoculars in his hand, Zhao Jia found that these natives were really generous, and the food they offered was also very rich, not only all kinds of meat and grain, but also a lot of fresh fruits, and the quantity was very large, almost piled up into a hill on the beach, enough for their entire fleet to eat a hearty lunch. There is no way, there are too many people in the fleet, and although the tribe of the natives is large, their production capacity is backward, and the food they can sacrifice is also very limited.

Zhao Jia was not polite to the food offered by these natives, and immediately sent people to the beach to carry the food to the boat, but the water was a little less, after all, there were special water carriers in their transport ships, and it was not easy to fill them, but it was much easier for the existing Batu people. (To be continued.) )