The sailors of the steamer quickly pulled down the gray canvas, and the steamship of this era still retains its sails.

Although there was a supply station near the Bering Strait, it was the closest supply station to the Arctic Ocean in the Empire, located on the island of St. Lawrence.

But ocean voyages, both in those days, were extremely risky, not to mention the Age of Discovery in the seventeenth century.

Therefore, the steamer will keep the sails in case of a problem with the steam engine, which can be used as a backup solution.

Wei Dahu looked at the lush coast, which was about two kilometers away: "Mengzi, go over and explore the way." ”

A strong man with a shaved head nodded, and with six younger brothers, he descended from the side of the steamer, and below was a small wooden boat for escape.

Mengzi and the others have a clear division of labor, four people row, and the remaining three people explore the hydrological situation of the bay, after all, there may be reefs around the coastline.

If you don't carry out hydrological exploration, you can just land with a boat, and if you hit the rocks, it will be really a cheat.

Mengzi led the people to explore the bay for more than seven hours, initially found a safe channel, and then slowly entered the bay with the steamship Gold.

Next to a calm coastal reef, the Gold is moored here.

Wei Dahu and a group of sailors, who finally set foot on land, began to prepare to set up camp after anchoring and tying up the cables.

Two days later, the camp was set up very well, and some more marine fish, seals were caught, and some berries were collected from the tundra bushes.

During long-term voyages, it is very necessary to compensate for vitamins in time, otherwise scurvy can be devastating and even destroy a ship.

After two days of preparation, Wei Dahu couldn't wait to take 30 heavily armed sailors and head inland along the river.

In the process of advancing, Wei Dahu and his party found many animals, such as Arctic wolves, polar bears, and reindeer.

"Captain, it looks like it's going to rain." Mengzi said worriedly.

Wei Dahu looked at the sky on the north side, the cumulonimbus clouds were rapidly coming south, and it was estimated that they would reach them in a few hours.

Raising his watch, it was almost 14 o'clock in Xuetai City time at this time: "Find a place to camp." ”

The group soon found a mountain range, set up a dozen tents on the gentle mountainside, and picked up some dead grass and reindeer dung, lit burning water and cooked rice.

As soon as the tent was set up, less than an hour later, the icy drizzle arrived.

Hunted three arctic rabbits and were roasted to the point of oil, and the Arctic rabbits in September were at their fattest.

Pulling out a knife and cutting off a roasted golden rabbit leg, Wei Dahu sprinkled a little chili powder and gnawed it with relish.

As soon as I drank a sip of rice wine, the drizzle subsided.

Half an hour later, the rain cleared, and the water droplets on the moss and weeds were like dazzling gems in the setting sun.

"Captain, captain......" A Goryeo sailor hurried over, tying his belt as he went.

Wei Dahu had just been full of wine and food, and sat on the stone and asked lazily, "What's wrong?"

"There's a cave over there." The Goryeo sailor hurriedly replied.

"Isn't it just a hole? Fuss. ”

"Hahaha......"

The other sailors laughed.

The Goryeo sailor was a little annoyed and angry, and his voice was hurried and chaotic: "The cave seems to be ...... There are traces of carving. ”

Wei Dahu was also interested when he heard this, picked up the shotgun on the side, beckoned six or seven sailors to come along, and then asked the Goryeo sailors to lead the way.

After walking more than two hundred meters, behind a boulder, there was also a small pit dug out, which was convenient for the Goryeo sailors.

On the north side of the boulder, which is more than two meters high, there is a small bush, Wei Dahu walked over the bushes and found an obvious cave, the cave is dark and swarthy.

Mengzi looked at the rock at the entrance of the cave: "Huh? Is there really an artificial trace, is it the stronghold of the igloo people (Eskimos)?"

"Torches, be on guard." Wei Dahu commanded concisely.

The Goryeo sailors hurriedly lit two torches and walked cautiously towards the inside of the cave, followed by Mengzi, who was carrying a flintlock pistol, and Wei Dahu, who was holding a shotgun.

The entrance to the cave is about three meters high, but six or seven meters wide.

Looking at the flames of the torches, everyone was a little relieved, but they did not let their guard down, after all, in the large cave, there are very likely to be polar bears, arctic wolves and the like.

After walking along the cave for more than a hundred meters, it suddenly dawned on them that they had come to a huge cave.

There are not a few bones on the ground, and Wei Dahu found that among these bones, there are not only polar bears, arctic wolves, reindeer, but also humans.

It was only then that his eyes were drawn to a statue in the middle of the cavern, sitting on a throne carved out of ivory.

The statue had an almost spherical torso, six crooked limbs that ended in crab claws.

At the upper end of the sphere, there is a sphere that expands forward like a bubble; The three triangular eyes that were as round as fishes, the long snout, which was three meters long, was noticeably soft and flexible, and a system of skin membranes that swelled like gills all indicated that this was its head.

The statue's body, for the most part, was covered with some strange organ, which at first glance looked like hair, but upon closer inspection, it revealed that it was a thick, thick, dark, slender tentacle, or immature filament.

The tip of these tentacles has a mouth that resembles the head of a horned viper.

Beneath the long snout of the head, the tentacles become longer and denser, and take on spiral stripes, like Medusa's traditional snake hair.

"Captain, what the hell is this?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's carved by the igloo people! Wei Dahu replied absentmindedly.

"But this statue is too delicate, it seems to be real, and this throne made of ivory and jade, it feels so weird." Mengzi said as he touched the ivory jade seat.

Wei Dahu is also a little imaginative, after all, this is in the Arctic Circle, and there are no elephants here, where did the tusks on the ivory jade seat come from?

However, despite their doubts, Wei Dahu and the others did not intend to let go of the statue, they pried it up from the ground, and then carefully carried it back to the camp.

Wei Dahu and the others were attracted by the ivory jade seat, after all, they were gold diggers, and this ivory jade seat looked worth a little money.

There are also eerie crab statues that may sell for a good price if you meet some curious collectors.

As for the matter of finding gold mines, Wei Dahu is not in a hurry, after all, gold mines are uncertain things, but the statues and ivory jade seats in front of him are real value.

After moving the statue and the ivory jade seat back to the camp, Wei Dahu took the sailors back to the depths of the cave and searched the ground.

Sure enough, some primitive gemstones were found, as well as some gold and silver products.

A month, in the blink of an eye, quietly slipped away.

After climbing mountains and wading in the nearby mountains for a month, Wei Dahu and others found nothing except hunting some polar bears and arctic wolves.

Seeing that the time was approaching the middle of October and the temperature was dropping rapidly, Wei Dahu, who was afraid of the Bering Strait freezing, could only return to Snow Moss City with everyone.