From Chief to Ball

Chen Jian took out the binoculars, observed the faint coastline, and let out a long sigh of relief.He knew that there were no big islands here, so obviously this place should be land.

According to the records of stargazers last night, the latitude here is 33 degrees 27 minutes north latitude.

When Yang Sen heard all this, he was even more sure that these people were the apostles of Satan, and this was the land of demons hidden under the light where the glory of God could not shine.

The news quickly spread throughout the fleet, and the people on the fleet took out the firecrackers that had been prepared to celebrate this victory in their favorite way.

The sound of crackling firecrackers and gunpowder smoke echoed on the beach, and Chen Jian gave an order.

The Lanfang lowered its jib and foresail, leaving only the mainsail, and reduced its speed.

Two small ships of about [-] tons bypassed the fleet, walked to the front, began to measure the water depth, and searched for anchoring places and sheltered ports for the follow-up fleet.

After cruising here for two days, they finally found the mouth of the wide river. Taking advantage of the rising tide, the fleet approached the mouth of the river.

All the people in the cabin rushed onto the deck, looking at this wide river that seemed to be no less than a big river, shouting excitedly.

For these people, such a river also means enough arable land.If all goes according to the Colonial Corporation's claims, life here will be far beyond the homeland.

The fleet approached slowly, but did not see anyone, nor did they see any sailboats.

In such an estuary, there are no sails, which can only prove that the people on this land may really have stayed in the Stone Age or the Early Bronze Age.

At this moment, in Chen Jian's telescope, the shadow of a canoe appeared in the distant river mouth.

The people on the canoes obviously also saw this huge fleet, panicked, and wanted to leave, shaking their oars rapidly, but they did not have the speed of a sailboat.

Soon, the Lanfang approached the estuary, and the sailors stood on the deck, looking in surprise at the several canoes floating in the estuary.

Someone in the canoe, knowing the shame, was wearing a simple garment that seemed to be made of cotton, covering private parts of the body.

Her hair was loose and she seemed to have tattoos on her body.There were several throwing spears on the canoe, but they were obviously not of iron but of stone.

There were some small fish in the two canoes. The people in the canoes had yellow skin, and their appearance was similar to that of Chen Jian and his group, except that their skin was slightly redder and darker, and their bodies were strong.

The people in the boat were terrified, holding wooden spears and throwing spears, facing such a big ship without fear, shouting something, but did not throw the throwing spears, just threatening.

Lan Qi looked at the people in the canoe, and at Yang Sen who would be exiled with muskets on the boat, and an indescribable feeling surged in her heart.

Guns, hundreds of tons of ships, canoes, wooden spears...

Lan Qi felt that this was like the famous painting in the capital: under the setting sun, hot air balloons were flying in the sky, and in the background were a few farmers who were working with their heads down...

And all of this in front of her eyes is far more shocking than that painting. This kind of scene that seems to intersect time and space has made her unforgettable for a long time.

She went to sea because she wanted to see the world, but she didn't expect the real world to be so magical.

Chen Jian has seen this kind of thing a lot, at least in the history books of another time and space, and he doesn't have much emotion.

All he wants to know is what kind of social form these people are in, so as to ensure that he can come up with the most appropriate means to deal with it.

What he wants are the seeds of corn, pumpkins, peanuts, sweet potatoes, potatoes, peppers, turnips, tomatoes, sugar cane and so on.

"Put down the boat, and I'll go over to negotiate with them. Prepare a few guns, as well as glass beads, food, salted fish and other things for exchange. It's better to have some sweets. Ask the kitchen if there are any candied fruits? Prepare more. Two more sailors who can fish and fish!"

The trainees quickly conveyed their orders, and soon several sailors with the best fishing skills and fishing skills surrounded them.

Fishing nets and hooks are also ready, as well as various gifts prepared by Chen Jianrang.

Lowering the skiff, the men on board, worried about him, took up their guns and stood on deck.

Chen Jian waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to do so, jumped into the small boat and rowed towards the canoes that were obviously overwhelmed by fright.

Chen Jian has a lifetime of experience dealing with this kind of people, but he doesn't know what the social situation here is like just from the canoe.The only thing that is certain is that the ethnic groups here have not yet entered the Iron Age, but stones can also be used as weapons to create a centralized empire, and even building dams, reservoirs and terraced fields is no problem.

Those in the dinghy with him were all excited. This was their first attempt to deal with outsiders who were not exiles from the island.

After approaching, the yellow people on the canoe became even more frightened, but Chen Jian let those skilled people fish.

After catching a lot of fish in front of the canoe, Chen Jian picked up the biggest fish, stood in the boat holding it up with both hands, and made a gesture of sending it over.

Sure enough, the people on the canoe no longer held the previous hostility, and stood up to greet Chen Jian in their own way, and approached the boat with their oars.

After several hand gestures, Chen Jian found that he could not understand the language of these people at all, but he could vaguely find the aftertaste of the cave era in some ancient words.

Judging from the complexity and fluency of the language, the language of these people is quite rich, but it is completely unknown what they are talking about.

When Chen Jian handed the fish over, those people stretched out their hands to take it, but they just kept making gestures of gratitude, and didn't give anything back.Looking at all kinds of things on Chen Jian's boat, he also observed cautiously and curiously, but dared not reach out to take them.

Chen Jian laughed secretly. It is estimated that nine out of ten people in this group already have the concept of private ownership instead of complete public ownership. Otherwise, although they will be grateful for the fish, they will also choose to share or share the small fish on their boat. It is a rebate.

After making several more gestures, Chen Jian took out a glass bead and stuffed it into the hand of a strong man tanned by the sun, pointing to the javelin in the man's hand.Sure enough, the man happily took the glass beads, handed the javelin to Chen Jian's hand, held the beads and kept looking at the sun, yelling a few times from time to time.

I took a peek at the shame cloth these people were wearing. It should be cotton cloth with thick stitches and stitches on it.

A pot of fruit wine was handed over, and after those people tasted it, they were full of praise or should be full of praise.It seems that this group of people have already learned how to make wine, so they should have entered the era of farming, and they should be screaming at wine instead of showing such admiring expression when there is no surplus food.

I took a closer look at their canoe, and it should be hollow dug out after being burned. There are also a few small half-pumpkin gourds inside, which are used to prevent the canoe from flipping over and scooping water out.

After a lot of dancing and negotiating, Chen Jian showed what he had done in his previous life, and explained what he meant. The sailors on the boat were stunned, thinking that Mr. Chen still understands dumb language?

These aborigines happily approached the big ship and climbed up from the hanging ladder, a little scared but also a little excited.

Several sailors tied the small canoes with ropes, took the oars and small fish inside the boats, and under the guidance of the aborigines, they drove towards the mouth of the river.

After negotiating, Chen Jian roughly guessed that the aborigines said their village was on the north bank of the river.

The river is very deep and can go deeper.The person of the boat measuring the water depth nearby also told Chen Jian that there is a good natural harbor nearby, and the tide is just high now, and it is also possible to use the wind direction to go deep into the river, and you can drop anchor in it without worrying about being washed away by the water.

Chen Jian gave the final order.

"All party members, trainees, sailors, escorts and colonial company employees are strictly prohibited from engaging in any acts such as exchange, exchange, murder, rape, disembarking at will, shooting, etc. without the collective consent of the fleet."

The order was passed on quickly. Chen Jian looked at these aborigines and said to himself, what kind of virgin land is it? I can finally see it.

Chapter 4 Seeds

There are boundless forests on both sides of the river. Because of productivity and agricultural tools, these places that are very suitable for arable land have not been cultivated by the aborigines here.

The light sea breeze is mixed with the unique floral fragrance in April, which smells very comfortable.Several common tree species are also distributed on both sides of the river. Although the wide river is not as large as the big river, it is wide enough to pass hundreds of tons of large ships.

He chose a harbor on an inland river, anchored the ship, and the guards assembled to guard the ship.

Chen Jian led more than 60 people and prepared all kinds of strange trading items, followed the aborigines, and moved towards the place pointed by them.

There are only small paths trampled on the ground, and there are no ruts on the road. It seems that there are footprints of large animals such as cattle.

The guards following Chen Jianjian were a little excited, but also a little nervous, with their fingers pressed on the trigger of the musket.