Looking carefully, Zhou Jiping can compare the map in front of him with more differences from the map in Sewell's hand. From this map, it can be seen that the first big river that Zhou Jiping passed through when he fled was
, that is, the river where many birds nest on the red clay cliffs should be the Natni River. This also explains why the Aboriginal police stopped chasing them when they reached the river.
Thinking about it now, the words that the indigenous police shouted to Zhou Jiping across the river at that time were probably also curses such as "You will definitely die under the spears of tribal hunters"
In his memory, the map in Sewell's hand seemed very old. Although it had several rivers marked on it, the words on it were all in Spanish. Zhou Jiping didn't recognize any of them, but the direction of the rivers was similar to the map in front of him.
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Judging from the color blocks, the green area in that picture should start from the Korine River and go south to neighboring Tanzania. However, the tribal area marked in the picture in front of me starts from the Natni River.
Starting from the neighboring countries, the green area in the picture is obviously much larger than the green area in that picture. What is going on?
"The most recent mapping of Montaya was in the 1950s, before Montaya's independence. It was also drawn by the former colonial government. In the decades after Montaya's independence, the map was only modified based on the original map.
It’s just a change." Seeing Zhou Jiping looking at the map seriously, Elder Muba slowed down his speech and explained.
"Why just change it based on the original map? In a few decades, at least there must be a more accurate survey and mapping?" Zhou Jiping did not pay much attention to Elder Muba's speech.
"It's not because of the damn independent revolution," Lila suddenly said, with a look of resentment on her face.
"Damn - independent revolution?" Zhou Jiping was used to hearing Lila's nonsense, and this time he regarded Lila's words as unbridled nonsense. Unexpectedly, Elder Muba nodded in agreement,
He smiled bitterly and said: "Independence? Haha, it's just new forces replacing old forces."
It's incomprehensible! For Zhou Jiping, "independence" - getting rid of colonial rule should be a good thing, but why do Elder Muba and Lila have opinions on the independent revolution? This idea just pops up in Zhou Jiping's mind
In a flash, he was still more concerned about the map in front of him.
Zhou Jiping did not follow up Elder Muba's words, but pointed to the map and said: "I have seen a similar map before, but its green area starts from here..." Zhou Jiping pointed at Corey.
The position of the Nie River is drawn all the way to Tanzania: "It starts from here - and ends here. Why is it different from this picture? There is a lot of difference between the two?"
"Oh?" Have you ever seen a map like that? Elder Muba looked at Zhou Jiping seriously and asked: "Is that map older? It should be in Spanish?"
"Yes, yes, it's in Spanish? Elder Muba has seen it before?" Zhou Jiping asked calmly.
"I've seen it before, but that kind of map is probably more than a hundred years old," Elder Muba said thoughtfully, "It should have been drawn by the earliest Spanish colonists. At that time, there was only this little tribal area left...
..." Elder Muba's finger was on the part south of the Corinne River: "But later, the Damon people brought the tribes of the grassland and pushed the colonists back to the Natni River. Later, "Natni" came into being.
You should have heard of the "Natney (River) Compromise Plan"? Not only the Damon people, but even the entire grassland are proud of it."
"I've heard of it." The news that Zhou Jiping got from Damon and Elder Muba's words matched up with the old map in Sewell's hand. It seemed that Sewell did not intend to hold such a share.
Old maps lie to themselves
Huh? After thinking about it, Zhou Jiping suddenly realized that Falin! The place Sevier was looking for with the map was exactly Falin. But the map was so rough that it didn’t even include several tributaries of the Corinne River.
Marked clearly, where can I find the Falin area? It seems that Seville should have some connection with the original Spanish colonists, and maybe he is a descendant of the colonists.
"Great Chief, Great Chief?" Elder Muba called out twice before calling Zhou Jiping out of his thoughts: "Look, it's already very late today, and there will be a welcome ceremony prepared for you tomorrow, don't you think so?"
Go to bed early?"
"Oh, okay!" Zhou Jiping nodded in agreement. Then he looked at the map in his hand and said, "Elder Muba, can you give me this map? In the future, whether it is building roads or settling grassland tribes, it will be convenient to have a copy of the map.
"
"Of course, we are partners now. If necessary, I can give you a few more copies." Lila rushed to take the words, "Ah -" In the end, he yawned in a very ungentlemanly manner, and it was obvious that he was already
So tired
"Thank you then." Zhou Jiping thanked him politely, folded up the map, picked it up, and prepared to leave.
"Great Chief, please wait a moment. I have a few more words to say to Chief Lila. Then I will go and settle you and your guards. I will stay with you in the guest room tonight!" Elder Muba said to those who were about to leave.
Zhou Jiping said, his eyes met Zhou Jiping's
What a smart old man! Zhou Jiping admired from the bottom of his heart, smiled and nodded to Elder Muba, and then walked out of Lila's office with Welf.
Elder Muba made it clear that he wanted to be with Zhou Jiping and him in the guard, indicating that he wanted to dispel Zhou Jiping's concerns about his own safety.
Although the three parties reached a cooperation agreement today, no one can say whether the unhappiness at the beginning will actually be a preview of future conflicts, especially when Bushman is under the control of a somewhat neurotic chief like Lila.
There is no guarantee that nothing will happen. Now Elder Muba is doing this to show his sincerity and trust in Zhou Jiping. At the same time, Zhou Jiping can also see that Elder Muba is definitely not an ordinary elder. Seeing how Lila treats him
The look on his face as he spoke, as well as Elder Muba’s thoughtful and caring scolding to Lila, Lila almost regarded Elder Muba as his father.
In fact, even if Elder Muba had not taken the initiative to make such a statement, Zhou Jiping would have "required" Lila to "accompany" him for one night in a semi-tough manner. Now Zhou Jiping would not easily trust others - put himself
It is better to leave your destiny to others than to keep it in your own hands.
Now that Elder Muba is willing to be a hostage, there is no need for Zhou Jiping to come forward and say something that will affect the friendship between the two parties.