Chapter 524: The Most Primitive Communication!
On the vast sea, the wind gathers dark clouds.
Between the clouds and the sea, a fleet sails proudly.
They walked on the waves, and for a moment they rushed like arrows into the storm......
When the storm on the sea stopped, everyone on the ship lay on the ground like a deflated ball, and even Zhu Rong, the king of Qin, lay down with the navy soldiers without any scruples, celebrating the rest of his life after another catastrophe.
"It's dangerous!"
"Just one moment away, we have to go see the Sea Dragon King!"
At this time, Ma He, the leader of the fleet, also came up and sat next to Zhu Zhang.
"Who's to say it isn't!"
"Fortunately, we chained the battleship together in advance, otherwise the storm at night would have swallowed us all!"
Zhu Hu couldn't help but complain when he heard this.
"It's all to blame for Zhu Yunxi's broken ship, it can't be done with wind and sails, and you have to burn coal!"
"On this vast sea, where to get coal for it!"
"It's not good to lose it, it's too heavy to carry it......"
Ma He has a mysterious admiration for Zhu Yunxi, and when he heard King Zhou complaining about the imperial grandson, he immediately said good things for the imperial grandson.
"Can't say that!"
"If it weren't for the Hongwu Town, we wouldn't have avoided this storm so easily......"
Zhu Hu secretly glanced at Ma He when he heard this, and stopped talking nonsense with this dead eunuch. But when he thought of the beautiful wife and concubine at home, he felt irritable and couldn't help complaining.
"How long will it take for us to find the Golden Continent!"
"It's been a long time, hasn't it?"
When Zhu Fan heard this, he couldn't help but stretch his neck to look at Ma He.
"Pony, you give me a happy word, can we still go to the Golden Continent in this life?"
As soon as Ma He heard this, he immediately took out a map and compared it.
"In principle, I should have arrived, but I don't know why, I didn't even see a shadow of land......"
"Could it be that we are on the wrong track?"
Zhu Fan and Zhu Hu were dumbfounded when they heard this, and Zhu Hu was even more aggrieved and cried.
"Don't scare us, pony, you're the captain of the fleet, you can get the course wrong?"
"I'm sure I'm right, I just don't know ...... picture"
Ma He shook the drawing, and as soon as he finished saying the above words, he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly explained.
"The chart must be right, maybe it's the weather, our vision is limited......"
Zhu Fan fell silent when he heard this, and Zhu Hu cried even louder when he heard this.
Zhu Hu never thought of looking for gold, let alone catching a big bird, he was completely abducted by the scum Zhu Zhang.
Therefore, after crying for a while, Zhu Hu vented his anger on Zhu Zhang.
"It's all your fault!"
"Why are you so idle to mention me to Zhu Yunxi's grandson, do you have to kill me to be willing!"
Zhu Fan has long been used to listening to it, and if Zhu Hu doesn't complain a few words one day, he won't be used to it.
"Pony, if you can't find it, let's go back the way you came, right?"
"Gu has already asked someone, and the food and water we brought are enough for us to return to France. When the time comes, you can just throw me and the king of Zhou into France, and we will go back from the land......"
Ma He shook his head firmly when he heard this.
"No way!"
"Since the slave maid has been ordered by the imperial grandson, she must find the Golden Continent before she can go back!"
Seeing this, Zhu Fan scolded unabashedly.
"You're a dead eye!"
"A eunuch like you can't live even three days in the king's palace!"
Just as several people complained to each other, the lookout who was hanging from the mast suddenly shouted.
"See!"
"I see the land!"
"Golden Continent!"
"This must be the Golden Continent!"
Zhu Fan jumped up from the deck when he heard this, and the sea voyage for several months not only made him lose his fat belly, but also made many small problems on his body disappear, and his body became extremely vigorous.
Zhu Hu stopped crying with his neck and looked in the direction of the lookout in a daze, but there was still only a vast expanse in front of him, without the slightest shadow of land.
Ma He directly ordered someone to hang himself up until the highest part of the mast, and took out his telescope to look into the distance.
When he was sure that there was indeed land ahead, Ma Kazuya became extremely excited.
"Sure enough, it's land!"
"Order all fleets to go full speed and be ashore before sunset!"
When the flag-bearer on the ship received the order, he immediately sent instructions to the other warships in the flag language, and the other warships all thundered with joy after receiving the order.
"I've finally found the Golden Continent!"
"Full speed ahead, brethren!"
With everyone's efforts, everyone finally reached the land before the sun set.
However, for the sake of safety, Ma He did not order people to get off the ship and land, but stayed up until dawn.
His decision turned out to be right, and when the first rays of the morning sun shone on land, everyone on board gasped.
I saw that the beach, which was still empty yesterday, was already full of wild men holding javelins, wearing feathers and animal skins.
Before Ma He set sail, he had heard a lot of stories with Zhu Yunxi, and knew that these people were the natives of this continent, as if they were called Ho'an people......
Although Ma He didn't remember the exact name, he did remember one thing, that is, he should not kill people at will unless necessary.
The officers of the fleet immediately put on preparations for shooting, and then reported to Ma He.
"Manager Ma, what do you think should be done about this?"
Ma He groaned slightly.
"Prepare the boat, pick two more tongue men, and I'll meet the savages on the other side."
When the Admiral heard this, he immediately stopped it.
"No!"
"Now it's unclear whether it's friend or foe, don't risk your life!"
Ma He shook his head and said.
"We are new here, if we indiscriminately open the killing ring and arouse the hatred of the natives, no matter how sharp the Ming firearms are, they will not be able to withstand the counterattack of this continent......"
"Besides, we are the teachers of kings, the teachers of benevolence and righteousness, how can we commit such heinous crimes?"
"You don't need to persuade anymore, I believe that the natives on the other side are simple people, as long as we show goodwill, they are willing to trade with us."
The Admiral could only obey when he heard this, but he still gave Ma He an order to prevent accidents.
"Manager Ma, if the other party kills people indiscriminately, we ......"
Ma He smiled coldly when he heard this.
"Our Ming is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, not a teacher of pedantic."
"If the other party dares to kill someone, you will directly slaughter them!"
"Ignorance, understood!"
After settling all this, Ma He immediately led a few people off the boat.
As the horses and the boat disembarked, the leader of the Arawak tribe, Tylenol, immediately ordered everyone to retreat, and surrounded the horses and the group in a semi-encircled manner.
However, seeing only a few people coming down from dozens of large ships, Techno's heart was really relaxed.
Although he didn't know what these yellow-skinned people meant, he could at least see that the other party had no malicious intent.
Otherwise, they disembarked together, and even if there were hundreds of warriors on their side, they would not be able to resist the attack of these people after all.
In order to show his bravery, Tylenol only brought a few people forward.
The two sides met on the beach and looked at each other for a long time, trying to guess each other's intentions and attitudes through each other's eyes.
Ma He took the lead in breaking the silence and extended his most sincere greetings in the standard Daming official language.
"Your Excellency, Honorable Chief!"
"I am an official who has come to your land to seek trade on behalf of the grandson of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, please accept my gift!"
Ma He said as he took a tray from his entourage and offered his gift.
Although Tylenol didn't understand a word, he still judged the difference through the other party's movements.
This person is offering me a gift?
This guy wants to associate with me?
This person wants my asylum?
Instead of looking at the gift on the tray, Tylenol looked behind him and took a colorful shell from the person behind him.
It's his return gift!
They are the Arawaks, and they never take other people's things for nothing.
Techno Ula told Ma He, and Ma He, like Tai Lenol, couldn't understand what the other party was saying, and could only judge by the other party's movements.
"You mean give this to me?"
"Trade this with me?"
"Ula Ula Ula ......"
The two of them completed the exchange of gifts in a dance, and Ma He enthusiastically introduced the purpose of the gift to Tylenol, who saw the other party draped the rainbow of silk over his body, and roughly understood that this cloth was used to make clothes. Therefore, he also reciprocated by taking out a colorful conch and blowing it in front of Ma He.
It wasn't until he saw Ma Kazuya blowing the conch that Tylenol laughed happily.
Seeing that the relationship between the two sides had eased, Ma He immediately put forward his own request.
He made a gesture of holding water with both hands to drink, and made a gesture of eating with his hands. Tylenol followed suit, then nodded at Ma He, signaling that he understood the other man's needs.
Tylenol then sent orders to his people, who soon brought food and water.
The horse reciprocated the favor and gave Tylenol a few pieces of silk as a token of thanks.
The ice-breaking journey of the two sides is rapidly heating up in this kind of back and forth.
In the sign language communication between the horses and the Tylenol, the horses and several of the Lodgers in the fleet have also been trying to find the pattern of Tylenol's speech.
Although it was difficult to master a language with zero knowledge, they still learned a few words through a short conversation.
For example, water and food......
Ma He had been communicating enthusiastically with Tylenol until the third day of the day, when Ma He made a request.
He drew a circle on the beach, pointed to the ships he had brought, and drew small figures one by one in the circle with his fingers.
Tylenol instantly understood that the other party was asking if his people could land.
The generous Tylenol immediately patted his chest and nodded, speaking in a completely incomprehensible language of horses and the Arawak people.
Fortunately, the communication between the two was not limited to words, Ma He still understood his meaning through his movements.
However, for the sake of safety, he still drew more villains in the circle, which means that there are many people on his side.
Seeing this, Techno hesitated, his tribe was less than two thousand, but it seemed that there were more people on the other side than him......
Seeing that the other party hesitated, Ma He gave the gift again, and took out a picture with a miraculous crop painted on it.
Techno was immediately happy when he saw the other party's drawing, because he could understand it.
Tylenol looked at the picture and saw that it was actually corn and potatoes, but the corn in the other person's portrait was larger and the kernels were fuller. The potatoes were bigger than their fists, and far from as small as they were usually eating.
Tylenol understood the painting, nodded at Ma He, and then ordered a basket of corn and potatoes to be brought up.
Ma He saw the two fetish, and his face showed surprise.
He never thought that the task assigned by the imperial grandson would be so simple!
"Great!"
"With these two things, the slave and maid will be able to deal with the emperor's grandson!"
Tylenol saw that the other party was so happy to see the corn and potatoes, and his vigilance suddenly relaxed.
For a person who only loves food, no matter how bad it is, it can't be much worse.
Tylenol then began to paint on the ground, which was much more complicated than Ma He's paintings.
However, this is also one of the skills he needs to become a patriarch, and that is to draw maps.
Tylenol drew a sketch of his territory on the beach, and then drew an area within his territory, indicating that he could give the place to Ma He so that Ma He and his people could survive.
Ma He quickly understood what the other party meant, and expressed his gratitude.
After the two sides negotiated their respective borders, Ma He immediately gathered the crew to disembark.
When Techno saw dozens of warships hanging down the long rope ladders, and people in fancy costumes coming down from the ships, his heart instantly regretted a little.
There are too many of them, right......
Moreover, the weapons they wore were much better than their own.
If they go to war with their own tribes, won't their tribes be destroyed in an instant?
When Tylenol had two thousand men alight, he roared away with his own people.
Ma He guessed the other party's concerns, but at this time, the people on his side had already disembarked, and he could only wait to explain to the other party later.
He believed that as long as the other party saw the sincerity of his side, he would definitely give up his hostility and concerns.
The men of the fleet soon set up camp on a flat spot and brought in stones from the nearby hills to build a fortress.
With 5,000 men working together, it took only one morning to set up the camp and set up tents in the camp.
When the first wisp of smoke rose from the camp, all the Ming soldiers couldn't help crying.
Today they were finally able to sleep on the land, enjoy the clear spring water, and savor the delicious meal.
Over the next few days, Ma He ordered the sergeants to fortify the camp and establish a temporary stronghold while communicating with the leader of the Arawaks, Tylenol.
While communicating with the guest from afar, Techno sent someone to keep an eye on the other party, and seeing that the other party really had no intention of attacking him, he gradually let down his guard and began to make friends with Ma He seriously.
After more than ten days of dancing, the two were finally able to communicate briefly in a short Arawak language.
At the same time, Tylenol can also come out with a few words of Da Ming official from time to time, although the pronunciation is very lame, but at least he can understand it.
As the exchange deepened, Ma He put forward more and more conditions.
What gold, silver, and talking Qingluan big bird were all put on his agenda.
Techno is also very enthusiastic and willing to help whenever the horse and ask for it.
It's just that he also made a request of his own, that is, he hoped that Ma He could lead his tribe and help him defeat an enemy on the other side of the mountain.
Ma He was immediately silent when he heard this request, because according to the imperial grandson, there was no need for them to intervene in the dispute between the local tribes.
What if they had helped Tylenol and defeated the enemy on the other side of the mountain, and the enemy on the other side of the mountain called more people to deal with them?
Ma He voiced his concerns, and Tylenol was silent for a while.
After a while, Tylenol pointed to the horse and the embroidered spring knife he was carrying, and Ula Ula said.
Ma He instantly realized that his friend wanted to borrow his own weapon!
Ma He looked at the scenery around him, there were vast plains, vast jungles, mountains, and water......
The people here can smelt gold, silver, copper and other precious metals, but they can't smelt iron.