After a successful deal, the relationship between the two parties quickly warmed up.

The leader and the leader went into the inner room, and they probably went to talk about Liu Zhi and them.

After staying at ease, Liu Zhi thought about his next plan.

Communication, this is the top priority, and it is also the most urgent problem to be solved at the moment.

Today's leader's language is somewhat familiar, and he can vaguely understand the general meaning, and the pronunciation is like the difference between a dialect and a standard language.

The more Liu Zhi thought about it, the more strange he felt, and he asked several team members in a row without sleepiness, and everyone thought about it carefully.

According to the distance calculation, this place is thousands of miles away from auspiciousness.

It is not known whether there was an exchange between the two.

If you have been in contact with each other before, it will be much easier to learn the language, and if you have not, it will be much more difficult.

The second and third classes followed the marks to find the vicinity, and after making sure that the first class was safe, they retreated back and did not rush to the task.

"Since they are safe, then let's wait patiently for news, we have survived more than a month, do you care about these few more days? ”

The fleet was parked not far from the improvised dock, maintaining a state of secondary combat readiness.

On the second day, Liu Zhi had a local breakfast, grilled fish with unknown green vegetable soup, and the taste was a little light.

After the meal, Liu Zhi was invited into a wooden house, which was built on a tree and about two meters above the ground.

The wooden ladder is sturdy, and you can clearly feel the strong toughness when you step on it.

The wooden house is built on a huge branch on the side of a large tree, and is surrounded by an open-air walkway.

The interior of the house is well lit and beautifully furnished, with animal skins on the floors and stools, and animal bones hanging on the walls as decorations.

The indigenous leader sat on the stool that greeted the door, looking Liu Zhi up and down.

After taking his seat, someone handed him a treated animal skin and a pen.

After complicated sign language and a few pictures of communication, Liu Zhi figured out the other party's intentions, and they wanted to know where they came from.

Seeing the living standards of the locals, Liu Zhi already knew that the natives could not pose a threat to auspiciousness.

So he generously marked the auspicious location and explained the approximate distance between the two places.

The leader stared at the picture, fascinated.

“#&*~”

The leader even said and made a gesture and asked Liu Zhi to draw the scene of the storm at sea.

When the leader saw the picture of the storm, he trembled with excitement.

So much so that he suddenly got up, grabbed Liu Zhi's arm tightly with both hands, and kept repeating the difficult sentence.

Perhaps aware of the barrier of speech, the leader let go of his hands slightly awkwardly, revealing a rare smile.

A mouthful of big yellow teeth is very striking, coupled with a short neck, dark skin, a wide nose, and a death smile.

For several days in a row, the two sides asked and answered, and there was a very tacit understanding.

Liu Zhi also confirmed his guess from the exchange, and he was able to guess the general meaning from the leader's words, in other words, the leader's pronunciation was closer to auspiciousness.

This is a great step forward.

On the fifth day of their arrival, they were allowed to land.

To reduce friction and to show respect, the mascots set up camp a kilometer north of the tribe.

The first thing they do is to clear the surrounding land, dig foundations, quarry stones, and fire bricks.

This is the preparation for the construction of a house, and here it can only be a barracks.

The natives were wary at first, watching the mascot from afar.

As the house gradually took shape, the warning distance of the aborigines became shorter and shorter, and some even went directly to the construction site to watch the construction up close.

The other party's performance, the mascot was also a little confused, it turned out that they really didn't dig the ground to build a house.

Liu Zhi would go to the barracks every day, first, to report on his work, and secondly, to get some items to exchange in order to increase the friendship between the two sides.

At the same time, he is also trying to learn the local language.

With the leader as the object of learning and communication, Liu Zhi is not slow to learn, and now he can understand simple everyday language.

He was not in a hurry to return home, and began to collect local animal and plant information, collect various mineral samples, and draw topographic maps.

The craftsmen, with the permission of the locals, cut down trees and repaired the warships.

The so-called unfortunate book is not written, when cutting down trees, the lumberjack went down with an axe, and the trunk actually shed tears.

A milky white fluid that flows from the wound.

At first, the workers didn't care about it, until their feet got stuck with the half-dried liquid when transporting the trees.

The technician took the sample and described the characteristics of the tree and the surrounding environment in as much detail and professionalism as possible.

A month later, they began bartering with the natives.

Mainly in exchange for local grain with glass products, porcelain and daily chemicals.

And Liu Zhi can already have a simple communication with the natives.

After another half a month, the mascot decided to return home.

After the indigenous leader got the news, he met with Liu Zhi again.

"Leaving?" the leader asked.

"Yes. ”

"Can you tell me how you got through that sea?"

The chief was talking about the sea that had experienced the storm.

He's obsessed with it, like a demon.

"We tried many times and each time it didn't work. ”

The indigenous chiefs were caught up in the memories, and that was a long story.

It turns out that the people who lived here at first lived a self-sufficient life, and the life was quiet and elegant.

The tribes intermarried with each other, helped each other, and bartered.

Life is a bit harder, but it's also enjoyable.

Until one day, a group of uninvited guests arrive, which not only breaks the original peaceful life, but also brings blood and plague.

They are belligerent, bloodthirsty, constantly provoke on various grounds, and then start wars.

Several battles ended in a crushing defeat for the natives, and the originally loose alliance broke down, and began to be scattered in the barren places as tribes.

And they are the northernmost tribe, and they have been here for more than ten years.

These tribes had to pay nearly half of the food and dozens of maidens to the invaders every year in exchange for space to survive.

They have tried to go out to sea, away from here in search of new habitats.

However, every time he was blocked by a storm, he lost countless manpower.

Although I tried to go out to sea from different directions, I encountered extremely bad weather every time I traveled for two days.

This was not the case in the west, but it was controlled by the invaders, and there was no way for them to leave.

Liu Zhi listened quietly, speculating on the other party's intentions.

"Our wooden boat is not big, which is probably the main reason why we can't withstand the storm. I've heard from you that your ship is so big that it can handle a normal storm, so I'd like to send someone back with you to look for a new home. ”

Perhaps feeling that his request was difficult for the strongman, he added in time, "We will pay you, and if you can provide us with land to live in, as long as we have it, we can do it in exchange." ”

Liu Zhidao: "We have encountered invaders before, but fortunately, our king led everyone to drive them out and establish his own kingdom. This matter you said is too important, I need to consult the Shangguan. ”

"Then you're really lucky. ”

The leader congratulated, "As it should be, I have asked someone to prepare some gifts, you can bring them back and show your gratitude." ”

After listening to Liu Zhi's report, Da Gaoqiang did not immediately express his position.

"Now there are a few things to confirm, first, what is the strength of the invaders and where they came from. ”

Liu Zhi took out the pen and began to record.

"Second, how big is this continent and how populous it is. Finally, whether the so-called 'storm wall' is real. ”

The first two are easy to inquire about, but the third is difficult to identify, unless the fleet circumnavigates the island.

In fact, Da Gaoqiang has been doing these things, but in order not to be conspicuous, the action is a little smaller.

The next day, Liu Zhi found the leader and expressed a few questions.

"I don't know exactly how big. There are islands all over here, some with people and some with no people. The island at our feet is the largest here, and I have heard it said that if you walk, you will not be able to see the southern coast for ten days and half a month. The width of the east and west is not small, about more than ten days' foot, the whole island is oblate, and the population is about more than one million. ”

The leader was very simple, and did not hide it, and told everything he knew.

"The invaders came from the sea to the west, and unlike us, they were tall and strong, with fair skin. Of course, there are a few people who have extremely dark skin, which are the two extremes. They have sophisticated weapons and thick armor, and our spears can hardly penetrate the armor, but their long knives can easily cut our spears and pierce our bodies. ”

Liu Zhi analyzed that the other party's development level was comparable to that of Daxia, and even slightly ahead.

"The 'Storm Wall' is real, and during this decade not only us, but several other tribes have also tried to go to sea, but they have all been blocked by the storm, and only the area controlled by the invaders can be safely passed. ”

The leader once again confirmed the existence of the storm wall, but asked Liu Zhi to believe it a little more.

"Do you know how powerful their ships are?"

The leader said, "They are as tall as your warships, but they are wooden ships, and I can't see the material of yours." ”

"What about the ship's weapons?"

"It's a firearm, they call it a cannon. ”

Then the leader described the power of the cannon in detail, and Liu Zhi's heart gradually sank.

If the description is true, the other party has obviously mastered the technology of artillery, and the auspicious advantage is gone.

When the leader saw Liu Zhi's expression, his heart also became cold.

"Please rest assured, the land was bought by us, and the ship was built by us, so you can only take us over at the storm wall. As long as it is secret, I think those lustful people will not be able to find the truth. ”

The Semu are the invaders, which is another useful piece of information.

In this way, it is matched with the travelogue.

On the west side of the Star Continent are people with colored eyes, and on the east side are people with yellow skin and black eyes like themselves.

The news quickly reached Da Gaoqiang's ears, and he couldn't sit still.

"This is the disadvantage of being closed, since the people of Semu also have artillery, then our advantage will be lost, and if we start a war, it will be difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. ”

"Commander, but the news says that their warships are wooden, and with the defensive power of wooden ships, I'm afraid it won't be enough. ”

The staff officer obviously did not agree with Commander Da's view that the victory or defeat of a war should not only be judged by the spear, but also by the shield.

Referring to the Battle of Xingyao Lake, the defensive power of the wooden ships is indeed not enough, but the combined fleet can think of adding iron plates to defend, don't the people of Semu understand?

Even if you don't understand, you should understand after a few battles.

At that time, what other advantages did auspiciousness have?

Not to mention that the iron plate is bulky, and the big ship can't fit a few pieces, but there are many people, and they can pile up auspicious to death by relying on the number alone.

Therefore, it is still not appropriate to conflict with it at the moment.

The grudge between the natives and the invaders is better to stay out of it.

"Sure enough, every family has a difficult scripture to read, and it's not peaceful here!" Da Gaoqiang sighed.

This is a definite statement about this, and there are still a lot of preparations to be made for Jixiang to do business here.

Fortunately, I will return in the near future, and when I return, I will walk in a straight line as much as possible, and the speed will be much faster.

How to decide depends on Xiangyuan's determination.