After the cabinet shop established the first store in Yangzhou, Li Er ended his southern tour and returned to Chang'an. In a hurry, under the impetus of the imperial court, cabinet workshops have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and there are branches in state capitals across the country, and outlets have also been established in larger counties.

After more than a year of sailing, the fleet is now cruising the west coast of America.

Li Fayuan stood beside Lu Jiutong, and all the way down, Li Fayuan fell in love with this talkative and experienced young man.

"According to the chart given by King Zhou, we should be on the west coast of America now, and in another month, we should be able to reach the place where rubber is produced."

"Normally, it should be, but because we've just been through a hurricane, we need to get to shore for food."

Li Fayuan nodded and said to the deputy general: "Order, go down, two boats dock, one boat cruises on guard, and we go ashore to find food." ”

With the order given, the two huge ships slowly approached the shore.

At this time, the American continent was inhabited by the indigenous inhabitants of Indians, who were still in the primitive age of hunting, and they not only ate animals, but also ate people, and were famous cannibals.

At this time, a group of Indians were hunting in the mountains and forests, and suddenly saw two monster-like things coming towards the shore, so someone immediately whistled to warn their companions, beckoned some people to hide, and asked a dozen young men to go and check.

Li Fayuan and the others did not know that the danger was already waiting on the shore, and the big ship soon came to the shore less than 100 meters, because there was no beach, it was not suitable for landing, so the big ship turned around again, turned a bay, and an excellent natural harbor appeared in front of them, because the shore water was shallow, and the big ship could not get to the shore, so Li Fayuan ordered to change the small boat.

When more than 1,000 of them landed on the beach, Lu Jiutong shouted loudly, because he found coconut trees growing densely along the coastline, and when Li Fayuan asked about the situation, he immediately asked the sergeant who was good at climbing to pick coconuts from the tree to quench everyone's thirst. A hurricane made the already tight supply of clean water even more scarce, so the ration that has been used for many days has made many people thirsty and unable to eat food. The coconut is a lifesaver at the moment.

Just as the guards in the trees kept cutting down the coconuts, a lieutenant came to report: "General, just now we found a few wild people in the woods who wanted to attack us, and we killed two of them, and the others fled. ”

"Where?"

"It's over there."

Li Fayuan followed the lieutenant to the place where the savages were found, and saw that they were dark-skinned, with only unknown animal skins on their waists and unknown feathers on their heads. ”

Li Fayuan was puzzled: "Do you know?" ”

"It's the first time I've seen it, but before I set off, the prince told me that there is a large land on the American continent, and now there are ancient Indians living, who not only eat wild beasts, but also eat people, known as cannibals, looking at their skin color and dress, it is the same as what the prince said, so our course is right, and we are about to reach our destination."

Everyone immediately cheered when they heard this, but Lu Jiutong reminded: "My lord, the prince said that this Indian is extremely hostile to outsiders, and they live in large tribes, so we have just arrived here and killed their people, it is estimated that they will not give up." ”

"Afraid of what? We came here to promote the prestige of our Tang Dynasty, and we will kill as many as we come. ”

"That's it! It is! ”

Li Fayuan stopped the noisy soldiers and said: "Now we are in urgent need of water, vegetables and fruits, since we have found traces of people, we can't miss them, leave some people, unload two cannons from the ship, and we will go to find their tribe." ”

The previous lieutenant said: "General, I have sent two clever ones to follow the savages, and they will leave signs along the way." ”

Li Fayuan nodded, and then led a fully armed army of 1,000 people, followed along the signs left by the guards, and after traveling four or five miles, he saw the previous two guards hiding behind a tree stump with spasms.

The captain stepped forward and asked softly, "What's the matter with you?" Poisoned? ”

The two guards shook their heads, shivered, and pointed behind the trunk and said, "What a big snake." ”

"Bear-like!"

Li Fayuan suddenly signaled him to silence, because the scene in front of them refreshed their three views, and there was a bucket of vinegar dozens of feet away in front of him, and the colorful snake was devouring the Indians, seeing this, although everyone was nervous, but they were more excited.

The fierce beasts mentioned by King Zhou have appeared, and it seems that the rubber trees should also be in this area, Li Fayuan ordered the sergeant to quietly set up a cannon and bombard the big snake.

The sound of the explosion of the sky seemed to be punished by heaven, and the big snake couldn't care about eating, although he saw Li Fayuan and others, but the roaring cannon sound made it scream and enter the jungle, and the birds and beasts nearby were also frightened by the sound of artillery and rushed to Tibet.

Li Fayuan commanded everyone and followed away, but he still lost it, but he accidentally found a large Indian tribe, and the army quietly surrounded him.