Since there is only one raft driven by Hua Xi and four people, there are only two directions to explore, that is, along the water of 100 to 200 meters along the coast, rowing in the north and south directions at the exit of the harbor to explore Hua Xi
I chose the south direction because at first glance, the north side is almost full of forests.
After nearly four days of traveling day and night, the expedition team led by Hua Xi was now more than a hundred miles south of Sunset Fort because it was following the current. Most of the coasts along the way were covered by vast and dense forests.
Covered by forests, there are some rugged peaks along part of the coast. They are as majestic and tall as patron saints, standing on the seaside overlooking the deep blue boundless sea.
Seeing that the food was almost exhausted, the food he brought was only enough to sustain four people for two or three days. However, it was not a problem for Hua Xi. The bows, arrows and spears he brought were good tools for hunting. It looked like he was almost done exploring.
Hua Xi decided to end this exploration and return to the tribe to rest.
During the past few days of sailing, Hua Xi discovered a total of five islands. The farthest one is about seven or eight kilometers away from the mainland coast, and the closest one is about one mile away.
The discovery of these islands also made Hua Xi and the others break into a cold sweat. During the process of rowing along the coast, the exploration team discovered a few black and fuzzy dots in the ocean. Hua Xi felt that they should be islands or something.
He asked the sailors to row the raft across to the land. When the raft got closer, they found that they were indeed several small islands, and some ginger, garlic and other crops were found. Overjoyed, Hua Xi immediately ordered the tribesmen to dig up these crops and bring them to the raft.
, ready to be brought back to the tribe for planting
After exploring these two small islands, no crops or conditions were found. Hua Xi and his sailors planned to row back to the coast of the mainland and continue to go up the river. Who knew that God would provide for the unexpected wind and clouds, and the exploration team's raft had not yet been rowed.
After a while, the water flow changed for some unknown reason, forming a suction force that pulled the raft out overseas. This shock was not simple, and it immediately scared Hua Xi and the three sailors half to death. During the suction process, Hua Xi and the others worked hard
While balancing the raft, the four people who were knocked over by sea waves several times defied the odds and climbed back onto the raft. Although the sky was still sunny and windy, the changes in the water flow and the occasional waves from the hijab made it difficult to balance the raft.
It was enough to make the four of Hua Xi cry for father and mother, but it was this ordeal that made the four of Hua Xi more united and stimulated the potential of human beings. The sailors who sank into the sea and disappeared several times were all under the will of several other people.
Rescued from below
After nearly a day of unyielding struggle, Haiyang was also moved by the unyielding spirit of the four people. The suction force brought by the water flow miraculously disappeared. Before Hua Xi and others could celebrate their birthday,
, the four people suddenly found that in front of them, two blurry black spots appeared in their field of vision again. The difference from the previous days was that these black spots were obviously much larger.
Hua Xi immediately concluded that these two big black spots must be two large and medium-sized islands. Because the water flow changed again and actually flowed towards the mainland, the speed of the raft was also greatly reduced. According to normal thinking, now
The water should be heading towards the mainland, and the raft should be turned around immediately to return to the mainland. However, after a day of life and death tests, the nerves of Hua Xi and the others have been tempered to be strong, and the exploration of unknown things has become a priority in their minds.
great mission
In this way, under the constant paddling of the four people, the raft finally arrived at the nearest island. The other one was visible in the distance, probably only about a mile or two away. As for the fifth island, which was after returning to the coast of the mainland,
The group continued up the river and discovered
For the next three islands, Hua Xi and others did not land on the island. They entered the island to explore. They just observed along the beach of the island. The area of the three islands is quite large. The smallest one is about the size of a Chinatown.
The other two areas are not much different, about the size of five Chinatowns, with an area of nearly 6 to 700,000 square meters (Chinatown is about 150,000 square meters). The main reason why they dare not go up to explore is that Hua Xi suddenly discovered that the island is constantly
The cries of birds and animals were heard, and traces of objects being dragged along the coast were found. Hua Xi also wondered what kind of beast could drag such large objects from the traces. Hua Xi even landed ashore specifically for this purpose.
, looking at those weird traces near the beach, this inspection immediately made Hua Xi extremely excited, because in the traces left by the dragged objects, human footprints were discovered. Could it be that there are humans living on the island?
Hua Xi restrained her urge to explore, and wisely chose to return to the raft and continue exploring. There were only four of her now. If there was someone, then they would definitely end up here.
The discovery of the five islands was so thrilling and exciting, and it also caused subtle changes in the worldview of the three tribesmen. The world has no end, and there are no ghosts and gods in the sea. There are many islands and land all over the sea.
On the way back, Hua Xi numbered the three islands that were discovered later and classified them into South Island 1, South Island 2, and South Island 3 according to their distance from the harbor. As for those still sleeping and undiscovered,
There are countless islands. As the strength of the Chinese tribe continues to rise, Hua Xi has reason to believe that the tribe’s exploration scope will continue to expand outward, and its tentacles will discover those islands one by one.
After two days of sailing back to Sunset Fort, the food was finally exhausted and Hua Xi also docked the raft. After dragging the raft ashore and hiding it, he took his bow, arrow and spear, and went into the forest with three sailors to catch prey.
, when the food is almost exhausted, go ashore to catch it
The prey comes to get food, and then returns to the shore and paddles back. Since there is no fresh water at the seaside, Hua Xi and others also return to the life of eating blood and drinking blood a few years ago. Because the blood of prey contains iodine and other substances needed by humans,
So recovery of physical strength is not a problem.
A few days later, the four of Hua Xi finally managed to return to the harbor of Sunset Castle with difficulty on a raft. When the familiar bay appeared in their sight, cheers and thunderous roars erupted on the sea level.
Through the world, it seems that I want to vent the dull mood of the past few days without reservation.
The shouts outside the bay alarmed the tribesmen who were drying salt in the bay. When several surprised tribesmen told a chief near the bay about the movements coming from outside the bay, the chief immediately took several sailors and climbed aboard with bows and arrows.
They got on the bamboo raft and rowed out of the bay. When Shizhang and the others saw a few people roaring loudly not far away, he recognized that it was his clan leader and several Chinese people on the raft not far in front.
"Clan leader - clan leader -" Shi Chang put his hands around the trumpet and shouted several times to Hua Xi.
"Chief, look! Our people have come out to greet us, haha!" the sailor pointed at the raft coming out of the harbor and shouted.
"Yeah! I saw it!" Hua Xi laughed loudly.
"Hey - we're back -"
"Clan leader, haha————"
Both sides kept opening their throats and shouting loudly, with excitement on their faces.
On the way Hua Xi and the others returned to Sunset Castle, there was already a crowd of tribesmen who came in droves after hearing the news. They cheered for the return of the four heroes. The three sailors who had gone through hardships also enjoyed the people together with their tribe leader.
The admiration of women, the adoration of teenagers, the envy of warriors - after returning to Sunset Castle, Hua Xi immediately held a meeting with the three people who accompanied him on the trip to discuss the feelings and experiences brought by the trip.
At the same time, the shocking news that Hua Xi and three heroes went to sea to challenge the gods and ghosts and returned intact was spread to the Iron Wall by the civilians of Sunset Castle, and then spread throughout the Chinese tribes and alliances at an alarming speed.
In the Guangzhou area, various myths and legends of Chinese tribes are spread everywhere. Heroic deeds are passed down from ten to ten, or they are invented out of nothing. All kinds of legends about the Chinese people shroud the entire land.
The prestige of the Chinese tribes is increasing day by day. There are waves of people coming to the Chinese tribes to worship the God of Fire, Ming Hua. The flow of people increases greatly. With the chain reaction, the characters and languages of the Chinese civilization are rapidly spread.
Hua Xi ordered people to take the ginger and garlic he brought back to China City and give them to the elders in charge of agriculture, so that he could carefully plant these two hard-won seeds.
The three islands are not too far from each other. As long as you reach one of them, there will not be much danger in sailing to the other two. In Hua Xi's words, if it is summer, the travel between the three islands
, you can swim there by yourself without needing to borrow
Of course, the water performance of the tribe is better than that of Hua Xi. But there will definitely be one in the future. The distance from the farthest South 3 Island to South 2 Island is only six or seven miles. Maybe many people don’t know that swimming in the sea
It is definitely much easier and faster than in the river, of course I am talking about going with the flow.
For Hua Xi, no matter where she is, swimming is definitely more comfortable than walking, because even if she is tired from swimming, she can still swim on her back and move forward with the current without any effort.
Those three islands are stimulating the nerves of Hua Xi and the three sailors all the time. They are like three places containing huge treasures, tempting their ambitions. In order to go to those three islands again to find out, Hua Xi
Fifty sailors who are agile, flexible and have good water skills were specially selected to open the
The prelude to winter swimming, these fifty selected sailors were all affected by the current wave of myths, and the enthusiastic people. In order to allow these sailors to train with peace of mind, Hua Xi publicly stated before the training that during this training
The top ten sailors in the training will receive a one-time reward of 10 yuan.
10 yuan, yes 10 yuan! You can buy a few acres of good land. The sailors were excited, and their enthusiasm for training became even higher. For the 10 yuan prize, everyone risked their lives. While winning the huge reward, Hua Xi also
The food for training sailors has improved, reaching an average of three kilograms of meat, four to five kilograms of fruits, wild vegetables and potatoes, and a bowl of white rice per person per day.
With the generous meal benefits of rice and double treatment rewards, in just twenty days, the fifty sailors have reached a big level compared to more than twenty days ago. Both their physical fitness, swimming and diving have been greatly improved by one or two times.
The time you can withstand the cold in the water has also been nearly doubled. It is no exaggeration to say that your cardiopulmonary function is no different from that of a wild beast.
While supervising the training of sailors, Hua Xi led Mulu and other top craftsmen in the tribe to build a stronger and larger raft. Although the big raft that went out last time had been reinforced, after returning to the bay, he checked and found that the bottom
Several layers of the raft have fallen off, and most of the bamboo and rattan between the binding wooden strips are in tatters. The entire raft looks loose and loose. If you ride on that raft for a few days, it is estimated that it will fall apart with a slap on the head.
For this reason, when selecting materials for the new raft, Hua Xi specifically specified that hard and corrosion-resistant wood such as pear wood should be used as materials to build rafts. Mulu and others have accumulated a lot of experience, so when a
Strips of pear wood were cut down and transported to the sea
When Mulu and others were in the bay, they didn't need Hua Xi to watch. A group of them cut and built skillfully. While Mulu and others were busy, Hua Xi was not idle at the side.
Warehouses and docks for building rafts were built
When the timber warehouse and simple dock were built, Hua Xi discovered that the large raft was almost ready. To this end, Hua Xi led a group of tribesmen to build a raft around the dock with extra wooden bars.
A hundred-meter fence to block wild beasts that may escape from the forest
A few days later, two large rafts with a size of about 5*11 meters were built. Each raft can accommodate 20-30 people depending on whether the water is dangerous. If it is some waters with gentle water, it can be overloaded with 40 people.
It's not impossible that pear wood itself is extremely heavy. The weight of dozens of rafts built with pear wood is even more astonishing. It took thirty or forty tribesmen to pull and drag a raft together, and they used all their strength to pull it off.
Raft pulled into water
It took a cup of tea, and with everyone shouting in unison and rhythmic slogans, two large rafts were finally pulled into the sea. This kind of raft, in a sense, is closer to the shape of a ship.
Because around the raft, dozens of erected wooden piles formed a guardrail to prevent water from flowing.
Hua Xi's hand accidentally fell into the water due to the wind. This was what Hua Xi discussed with several sailors. In addition, the weight of the raft also prevented him from being able to drag it to land for storage like other rafts.
, can only be tied to the wooden piles of the ferry with ropes and float in the water.
Everything is ready, except that the training of Dongfeng sailors has been completed, and the raft has been tested on the water not far outside the bay. Now, we just need to wait for the warm clothes to be transported from Chinatown, and we can set sail again to explore the three mysterious buildings.