This is a bit difficult for Saya. At this time, the Indians were still in a state of ignorance about the number of words. In their vocabulary, there were only some vague terms such as "big", "big", "not big", and "small".

But Katarina took over the conversation.

"There are at most thirty riders. In the past, when the Spaniards entered New Mexico, they also opened some manors, but there were too many wild animals there, and the local Apaches were very fierce. Sometimes they would rob the Spaniards of their estates and take away their war horses."

"Some horses have fallen into wild horses and have become wild horses, and now they have a certain scale. When the Indians saw the white people riding horses, they caught them and domesticated them. However, they still have a small number of them. Although they can domesticate horses, they are still in the exploration stage when they can make them real war horses."

"Thirty riders?"

Chu Feng thought for a while, "Then don't have to be afraid. We didn't carry a war horse this time, and we are worried about not having any tools to transport."

Seeing Chu Feng say this, Zhang Henyu also had the courage.

"Then let's go"

....

Within a few days, with the blessing of the sloop and the oars, the two flatbeds arrived in Gadsden soon!

As Saya said, the Kusa River is wide and deep all the way, even smoother than its main stream, the Alabama River. When we arrived in Gadsden, it was surrounded by mountains, but the river surface was still dozens of meters wide.

However, after arriving here, due to the obstruction of the Appalachian Mountains, it turned northeast.

On the west bank of the river, there is a small church and some thatched huts. When two ships arrived, both the people in the church and the people in the thatched huts came out - they thought it was Montgomery's trading ship.

The people living here are still Choctaws. When they saw that Saya, the daughter of the high priest, also came, they all crawled on the ground. Seeing this, Chu Feng thought to himself: "This saves a lot of trouble"

Only two people came out of the church, one was probably a Spanish missionary. His black priest robe was dirty and torn. He was definitely over 60 years old. He had a long white beard and a small face full of gullies, which looked dirty.

Beside him was a middle-aged Indian woman, who was stout and wearing nun's clothes.

Saya said: "This is Sanchez. She came here to preach decades ago, but she only accepted one religious disciple for decades, that is the nun. Some people say they are husband and wife, but Sanchez didn't agree to it even if he was beaten to death, and insisted that he was just his apprentice."

Although they were not here for trade, Chu Feng still took out some food and utensils on the ship and gave them. There were probably only a few dozen people here.

This time, everyone went straight to the church.

On the way, Wang Lian'er suddenly grabbed Katarina.

"There is a situation"

"Oh?"

Both ships have Marines, both of them are elite troops, and they must be very careful about the situation on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Chu Feng, who was standing by, came over when he heard this.

"On the mountains in Hedong, some people are secretly observing us"

"How did you know?"

Chu Feng was so nervous, "The Marine Corps all used telescopes to observe, but they didn't find anything. You didn't use telescopes. How did you know?"

Wang Lian'er said, "In the past, when we were White Lotus scholars in Hubei, we also needed to observe the movements of the Qing army at all times. We didn't have a telescope, and we were not able to observe clearly. This is our talent."

Chu Feng couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Then tell me"

"General, the mountains in Hedong are at least five or six hundred meters high. It is summer now, and the eyes are full of green. At first glance, there is nothing, but in the dense forest, the trees are layered, mostly beech trees, and the wind here is still strong. When all the trees sway together, the canopy also rises and falls together"

"In addition, the sun is strong, so I will naturally not find anything. If I just look at it at a rough look, I can't find anything. Of course, I also discovered it by chance"

"When approaching Gadsden, a very strong wind blew from the northwest, causing the ships to shake. At that time, all the Marines put down their telescopes, and the strong wind blew the trees on the shore, and a place was exposed."

"I just discovered a small piece"

"What did you find?"

"A horse, to be precise, is a horse's head. If it is a black horse or a red horse, it will be submerged in a dense forest full of green, but it happens to be a white horse. The strong wind blows a corner of the dense forest, which is only a few seconds."

"After the strong wind, the ship also returned to peace. At this time, when the Marine Corps picked up the telescope and checked, everything was as usual"

“Where?”

"Half a mountain"

Chu Feng immediately raised his telescope, but unfortunately the wind was weak at this time. The dense forest opposite was full of green, and the stars reflected by the sunlight.

"Is it Hokka?"

When I looked again, I saw a valley opposite Gadsden, which was obviously leading to the east. Isn’t the newly rising Shandong Apache Tribe?

Fortunately, there are no bridges here. If the Hokkas want to come, they have to wade across the river. However, the Kusa River here is at least three meters deep and thirty meters wide, so it is not that easy to come.

"No more to worry about it"

After coming to the church, Chu Feng summoned Zhang Henyu, Katarina, Zhang Henyu and others to hold a small meeting.

"Let's rest here today. It's just a wide valley. The mountains in the west are relatively slow, the mountains in the east are steeper, and the valley is about four or five miles wide. If there is minerals, it's probably in the west. The valley must be formed by the erosion of the Kusa River."

"If there is coal, it is mostly hidden between the valley and the mountains, and copper and iron ore are mostly near the mountains. Tomorrow morning, we will divide it into three groups, each group of prospecting engineers, one geological engineers, one bioengineer, two marines, and five Xhosa soldiers"

"Just stick out thirty miles away. Return that day, Katarina and I stayed behind. Wang Lian'er, you two follow Zhang Henyu to investigate the west and south"

The southwest direction is where a group of Muskogs from the Choctaws gather, that is, Birmingham in later generations. I think nothing should be done, so Chu Feng arranged this way.

Zhang Henyu did not answer immediately, but looked at Saya: "What is the situation when the Kusa River flows again?"

Saya said, "It's strange that the Kusa River immediately became winding after it arrived here. It was a few big bends not far from Gadsden. Except for the mountain just now, the rest were very flat. The varieties of trees on the ground were very different from those on the mountain, and they were all low shrubs."

Zhang Henyu nodded, "According to the principle of coal deposits, the role of the river has made great contributions. The Kusa River has obviously existed for tens of millions of years. She has repeatedly changed the route here, which has actually brought a large amount of sediment upstream, such as soil, animal and plant corpses, and the mountains are obviously longer."

"If there is coal here, it will not be in Hexi, but in Hedong. The copper and iron ore are different. They are formed along with the mountains. Therefore, copper and iron ore or other metal minerals are mostly in Hexi."

Chu Feng asked: "You mean Hedong must also send a whole way?"

Zhang Henyu nodded, "Coal resources are more important to us at present. We still have many small steam engines in Cuba that we have been planning to use on flatbeds. It is just right here. After we set our location, we went back immediately, built a base in Port Mobile, and then sent a telegram to the headquarters there."

"Let it bring the plunge boats and slaves over by big ships"

"But..."
Chapter completed!