"Yes!"

Zhang Zhong got the order, turned around and went down to give the order.

The soldiers cooled themselves down and then lay down in the car to rest.

After a while, Chen Mu felt that he had almost rested, and seeing that it was still early, he decided to explore a little further, anyway, the fresh water in the army had been filled up now.

It was much cooler now than before, and the soldiers were also interested in looking at the sea in the distance.

"You say, the other side of the sea is Daxia."

"It should be, let's go west and then south first, and then the east is our hometown."

Chen Mu listened to the discussion of the soldiers, and thought to himself that when he found out the situation in the south, the next time he came over, it would be to take a steamer.

This time, I took an electric tracked vehicle to investigate, so that it would be convenient to walk on land, and when I found a good place to establish a port, I could easily replenish it by boat.

As he walked, the soldiers in front suddenly shouted:

"There's someone up ahead!"

Chen Mu stood up and saw that there were indeed several figures in front of him, as if there were weapons in their hands, there were no clothes on their bodies, and there were feathers on their heads, and they were local natives at a glance.

The person on the opposite side also saw the Great Xia Army, and stopped in place, looking nervous.

The electric tracked vehicle is very fast, and in the blink of an eye it is close to the front. Chen Mu ordered the whole army to stop, and then drove forward himself.

Shouted in the Eju language: "We are from the far east, we have no malice, we ......"

However, before Chen Mu could finish speaking, several people on the opposite side fled as if they had seen a ghost.

Chen Muleng paused for a moment, then frowned and said, "They should be the enemies of Eju." ”

Zhang Zhong: "No, it's far from the border with Eju. ”

Chen Mu: "But Aiju lacks arable land, and may have explored to the south, trying to find good land. Maybe you've been here before. ”

"I've learned before in Eju that there is a group of tribes in the south that fight with each other, but they are very united when they face Eju."

"Look at those people, they should be holding buckets in their hands, probably going to the oasis to fetch water. Then their place of residence is not far from here. ”

Zhang Zhong nodded, "His Royal Highness the Prince, what should we do?" Do you want to catch them and torture them? ”

Chen Mu shook his head and said, "Let's not chase after them, if we catch them, they will be even more panicked and cause confrontation." We moved on and started by looking for where they lived. ”

Zhang Zhong: "Yes. ”

The Great Xia army continued to move forward, and soon caught up with the natives, who were frightened and hurriedly ran to the side. But the Great Xia Army didn't pay attention to them, and even Chen Mu didn't talk to them, just drove forward.

But those natives were still scared and felt that Chen Mu was going to their house.

They talked for a few words, and then ran as fast as they could, from the other direction, trying to get everyone to hide.

It was as if the Great Xia army had come to kill them.

The Great Xia army continued to move forward, and soon saw a forest.

Chen Mu knew that this was the Chizhou Rainforest. There are a lot of palm trees, coffee trees, and a lot of precious wood, and if you can develop it smoothly, then you don't have to build a house out of stone like the Eju people.

However, when he came to the edge of the rainforest, Chen Mu found that things were not so simple.

The trees here are pristine and very lush. The local natives do not seem to have built their houses with wood, and they did not even destroy the trees by walking.

So the electric tracked car can't drive in at all.

Zhang Zhong: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the brothers have seen it, the surroundings are all the same, there is no way to go." ”

Chen Mu: "Well, then let's go around the beach and see if there is a way out of the natives over there." ”

Chen Mu considered that if he abandoned the car and walked into the forest, it would be difficult to leave quickly if he encountered unknown dangers.

If it's a snake, an insect, an animal, or something, it's fine, but if the natives set a trap inside, I'm afraid there will be unnecessary losses.

The Great Xia army continued to advance and moved forward along the coastline.

The rainforest here is still a certain distance from the coastline, enough for a large army to go around, and it is pleasant to blow the wind and listen to the sound of the waves along the way.

But they went around for a long time, and they didn't find a road in the woods.

Probably the natives here deliberately did not open the way here, so that they would be safe to hide in the woods.

Moreover, the land by the sea is relatively soft, and the travel of electric tracked vehicles is becoming more and more difficult, and the speed has dropped a lot. If this continues, it will be difficult to find a place to camp at night.

Chen Mu decided to go back.

"The environment here is too bad for the army to march, so let's wait and go directly to the south by boat."

Zhang Zhong: "His Royal Highness the Prince, are we going back?" ”

Chen Mu: "Yes, go back to the oasis for a night's rest, and then go back to the fortress." ”

Zhang Zhong sighed, "Hey! - It's a pity to run in vain. ”

Chen Mu shook his head, "It's not a vain run, at least we have drawn all the maps, and we will count them when we land from the south in the future." ”

Zhang Zhong: "Well, then let's go back." ”

The Great Xia army went back, and it was smooth all the way, and they returned directly to the strait fortress.

Chen Mu told Zhang Chong about the situation he had explored in the past few days and left him a map. Then he told them to go west in search of oil in addition to gold mining.

Although the oil here is not as abundant as that of the Isis Kingdom, it is still a lot for the current Great Xia, and one more mining point will reduce the transportation process.

It's all money.

Chen Mu discussed with everyone for a while, and then went to sleep.

The next day, Chen Mu packed up his things and came to the meeting place, he had already said yesterday that the exploration team that followed him was ready to return to Great Xia today.

The soldiers arrived one after another, and seeing that it was almost time to assemble, suddenly a soldier from the fortress drove over, shouting as he ran: "His Royal Highness the Prince! I caught a Westerner! ”

Chen Mu was taken aback.

Westerners? How did you catch another Westerner?

Chen Mu looked at Lewis next to him, Lewis spread his hands, "Don't look at me, I don't know, my teammates at the time are all dead, they must all be dead." ”

Chen Mu nodded, "Let's go, go over and have a look." ”

Chen Mu and Lewis walked down the steps to the car.

The soldier pointed to the person tied to the car and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, this is the person." ”

Chen Mu and Lewis saw that they were really Western faces, and they were also wearing suits. But with socks stuffed in his mouth, I don't know if I can speak Western Chinese.

Chen Mu said to the soldiers: "Take out the socks in his mouth." ”

"Yes."

The soldier agreed, pulling the sock out of the man's mouth.

Then, the man began to curse.