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The thieves of the Ketufu River would never let Cape Town be occupied by Levi, because these cunning and murderous fellows are not stupid, and they understand that once the river patrol teams of Grey Mist City and Samar City are formed together, the Ketuf River, which is now under their control, may not continue to be under their control. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Once the Ketuv River is blocked, then this group of water thieves who have offended the aristocracy, after losing their inner line and covert assistance, unless they kneel down and lick the soles of the shoes of that group of nobles, the final result will be exterminated.

Even if they hide in the swamp, there is no way, and the fortress that has now been built on the island in the middle of the lake is to hold on the only island in the swamp, and hold on until the river patrol team can no longer continue to attack the fortress, and retreat to repair the stage, so as to survive and continue their lives.

And the Yuqiao River used to be a spare lifeline, even if the river patrol teams of Gray Mist City and Samar City came to attack, the originally narrow river of the Yuqiao River could respond to all kinds of supplies in a timely manner.

Therefore, the thieves of the Ketufu River would not tolerate the occupation of Cape Town by Levi, let alone the Yuqiao River out of their control, if it were not for the current tight deadline for the construction of the island in the middle of the lake, they would have recalled the main force distributed in the various strongholds on the Ketuf River long ago, crushed the enemies of Cape Town, and continued to shock their prestige in anyone's heart.

This is the deepest entanglement of interests between the two sides, almost a life-and-death struggle, who wants to survive and develop better, then the other party and the other are killed.

This is the bloody forest system, a theory that was once extremely popular in modern Europe and is of course prevalent in Spain, as an old empire, and the idea of the Chinese people, which is dominated by extreme and fanatical Catholicism, also expresses the deepest contempt from the bottom of their hearts for these alien heretics and uncivilized and backward barbarians.

The Indian tribes of the Americas were killed by Spanish explorers, and each of them had the deepest enthusiasm for conquering the New World, even if it was something like the European Middle Ages.

The current was relatively turbulent, and the two light Galie warships were already shaking their oars and beating the river quickly, allowing the whole light and small warship to sail upstream, and with the help of the fast-paced sliding wooden oars of manpower, the speed was not slow.

The three seven-pounder guns in the bow of the ship were all pushed out, and the nine Spanish sailors all stood on the bow floor in front, carefully looking at the front and the shore with flintlock pistols in their hands, and behind them there were more than twenty sailors who followed, also on the side of the ship with their muskets vigilantly watching the surrounding situation.

The two light Canadian ships carried more than 70 Spanish sailors, and although they were less than 100 men, the power of the volley of guns would give any enemy who dared to appear in front of them a taste of freshly baked buckshot.

"The terrain on both sides of the river is basically flat, and if it weren't for the woods, it might have been cultivated into farmland."

Hall and Green were standing on the bow floor of the first light Garried warship, looking at the gentler terrain on both sides of the river, and at the birds rising in the woods and the beasts that they occasionally saw by the river, and nodded, "Our refugees may be able to act as hunters temporarily, and there are many wild sheep and deer in these woods. ”

"Arrange it properly."

Levi also nodded, there are indeed a lot of wild animals on the east coast of Cape Town, perhaps because there has been no human hunting in the past ten years, so that these animals living in the forest have been fully developed.

Along the way, on both sides of the Yuqiao River, flocks of wild goats and pheasants are drinking water by the river, although they do not look as fat and fleshy as domestic livestock, but they are better than the wild meat that can hunt independently, as long as a few dozen people hunting team is organized, it is estimated that the daily harvest can make the current sailors and people all eat meat.

Eating some salted meat and seafood for a long time is also a test for people's stomach, and fortunately, the Spanish Empire is located on the Iliban Peninsula and can adapt to seafood food very well, if it is a landlocked country, it will really not be adaptable.

But these live wild animals are good things to send to the door, even those wild goats are not only eating meat, wool and sheepskin in the hands of those refugee women, a little production is the best raw material, whether it is leather or wool craft, it is necessary in the hands of the common people in Europe.

Wool and sheepskin can be used to make tents or clothing, and even leather armor can be made from primitive nitrate techniques if Levi wants to, and this craft is also what the Barbary pirates are good at, after all, they use cold weapons, and they also wear close-fitting leather armor to defend against any deadly swords of the enemy in close combat.

It can be said that in ten years, the east coast of the undeveloped Cape Town is a treasure land, not only because of the abundance of fish, but also because of the timber and wildlife resources hidden in the forest, which is enough for Levi to make a fortune now.

"There seems to be a problem ahead."

But Levi's right hand was slowly raised, his eyes narrowed slightly and looked ahead, at the upper corner of the Yuqiao River, a forest blocked his vision, but he didn't remember that his gaze swept over the forest, and black smoke rose one after another, like a crooked long snake showing his figure.

This shows that someone in front of him is lighting a fire, and the intention to hide it at all is also a little unscrupulous, as if no one will go deep into this confidence, but it gives Levi plenty of reminders.

"It's a water thief."

Hall's face also became solemn, and he stretched out his hand and gestured behind him, and the sailors who were already standing guard on the inside of the ship's side also knelt down one after another, and the flintlock pistols in their hands were also against their shoulders, cold-eyed and vigilant about the surrounding environment.

There is no living environment for villagers in the Yuqiao River, even if there are villagers left here, I am afraid that they have already joined the gang of water thieves in the Ketufu River, Li Wei didn't say anything about this, and the raised right hand also waved slightly to the side, and whispered to Hall behind him: "Arrange it down, be vigilant." ”

Levi's words were passed one after another, and the sailors on the inside of the ship had already put their hands on the trigger, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the dense forests that had appeared on both sides of the river, except for the sound of their breathing, which was the sound of wooden oars rowing across the water.

The two light galleries moved forward slowly, trying not to be so obtrusive, but just turning a wooded river, they found that on the south bank in front of them, there was also a man-made clearing, where four or five thatched huts were erected, next to the corners of the rolling hills, and further inside was a wider river.

"Wait, the situation is not right, dock immediately!"

Hall raised his hand suddenly, and the two warships docked almost slowly along the shore, as if they appeared quietly, and did not attract the attention of the thatched hut on the shore, but lightly lowered the anchor, and several sailors also tied the cable to the tree.

The Spanish sailors armed with flintlock pistols also quickly jumped off the side of the ship, ignoring the somewhat muddy shore ground, one by one with a grim face, quickly assembled, carefully waded through the bushes, and barely lined up in the woods, looking at Levi and Hall in front, gently half-squatting in the bushes to cover their figures.

"It's a metallurgical field?"

Under the cover of the woods and bushes, Levi's eyes also swept over the open space not far in front of him, about fifty **** figures with upper bodies, in front of several workshops in the center that were obviously emitting open flames, holding hammers and beating rhythmically, and the sound of jingling had already reached their ears.

Licking the corners of his mouth gently, Levi's face was also a little solemn and confused, and he turned his head to look at Hall, who was also staring at the front, and said in a somewhat self-deprecating whisper: "It seems that we have also found that group of water thieves, which is a very remarkable place." ”

At the foot of the hills next to the river bank, more than 1,000 square meters of open space were artificially opened by the group of water thieves, not only a few thatched houses, but also the smelting workshop that burned with flames, and at the same time, a small wooden dock had been built next to the river bank, and two fishing boats were also docked there, which seemed to be small boats for ordinary driving.

"There seems to be a mine pit at the foot of the hill over there."

Hall vigilantly swept over the thatched hut and the smelting workshop, but his eyes looked at the foot of the mountain not far away, in a pit tunnel made of logs, and the sturdy water thieves were still carrying dirty sacks, and came out and threw the sacks to the smelting workshop and threw them down, and then continued to go back and carry them, and they were very busy back and forth.

The area was a mine, and Levi's eyes were fixed on the sacks of the water thieves, dirty and full of dust, and it was definitely the ore that had been mined, and it was preliminarily processed through those metallurgical workshops.

"There are even silver veins on the east coast of Da Yinpan Island."

Spat at his feet, the flintlock pistol on Levi's waist had been pulled out, and he looked at the sailors behind him who were already ready with flintlock pistols, and said to Hall slowly: "It's just that it's ours now." ”

The silver-gray metal that had been smelted and flowed out and cooled in the mold at the same time, even from a distance of hundreds of meters, could be detected as a precious metal for making silver and silver coins, and no one could ignore it, and the sailors who bent down slowly forward one by one had already come to their senses.

The wealth of the pagans is not wealth, it is a tax that God has given to the Spanish Empire!

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