Chapter 71

Ling Qingyu approached the side of the ship, saw the coastline slowly emerging in the distance, and shouted, "Zanzibar!"

The port of Zanzibar is simple, and the market inside is even more simple. Basically, it is an open-air market. Today is a trading day. Tribes nearby come to trade, and some upper tribes on the African continent also trade in boats. Therefore, merchants from all over the market gather to exchange goods needed here.

Barter trade is popular here. The Aeolus carries porcelain, cotton cloth, a small amount of silk and stitches, which are the most popular goods. Like those African ports in front of it, Ling Qingyu also lets people bring goods ashore for trading, while he strolls in the market with Yan Sanyan and Yang Zhao.

There are a variety of goods here. Ivory, spices and raw gold are piled everywhere. There are also various handicrafts such as animal fur and tree carvings. Some sell raw stones. Huangjing and Zhou Tan mainly buy ivory and raw gold, while Zhu Weili takes people to exchange various spices.

At the end of the street, there is a stall, which many local people bypass.

Ling Qingyu was curious, so she crowded into the stall, which was covered with animal skins, and in the middle was a lion... The lion's head was still lifelike, with a big mouth, which made people feel surprised when they looked at it.

"What is this?" Yan Qi asked.

"Lion, the king of grassland." Ling Qingyu replied, trying to reach out and touch it, but hearing a roar from behind the lion, he was so scared that he quickly withdrew his hand.

At the back of the stall, there were several black people, who were very strong. At this time, they were glaring at Ling Qingyu angrily.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll just have a look," Ling Qingyu pressed the hands of the men around him, laughed, and then dragged them away.

Seeing Yan Qi's expression was still a little angry, Ling Qingyu laughed, "it's really not polite for me to touch like this. Those who can hunt lions must be warriors among warriors. It's very normal for them to take a fancy to their prey."

"It's just a beast. Let's hunt eight of ten." Yan San said faintly.

Hunting! Ling Qingyu touched his chin. It's not far from the East African prairie. I don't know what the prairie looked like a thousand years ago.

"Although your gem is big, it has no luster at all. How can it be sold so expensive? You see, the fineness of these raw gold is not good, no, no, at least give me twice as much!" From a distance, he heard ram's loud voice, and Ling Qingyu stepped forward.

The stall where Lam is located is the largest in the whole market. The stall is full of gemstones, raw gold and spices, and there are actually several pieces of dragon birthday incense in it.

Behind the stall, in the middle sat a black old man, next to whom stood several black men. The old man smiled, touched his beard and said in half cooked Arabic, "go and have a look. Is there anything better here than me?"

"Can you change these here?" Ram took a needle from Zhu Weili's hand and put it on the ground one by one.

The old man blinked. This is a good thing. This kind of needle is not produced in Africa at all. People here use bone needles with sharpened bones.

Ram gathered a pile of gems and all the spices on the stall, including those pieces of dragon Christmas incense, and then pulled a pile of raw gold next to him. Then he put a needle, a pile of porcelain, and a few pieces of cloth. Then he said grandly, "it's not easy to see you. Give you more, and change it like this."

Profiteer! Absolute profiteer! Lingqingyu secretly said that those pieces of dragon birthday incense are very large, I'm afraid they must have more than ten kilograms. According to the price of big week, the price of oneortwo dragon birthday incense is onehundredthousand liang of silver, let alone others.

The old man looked at the needles, and it was estimated that there were dozens of needles. He calculated in his heart. When he went back, one needle could be replaced with an ivory, hundreds of kilograms of spices. If he asked him for a hundred needles, he could at least replace tens of thousands of kilograms of spices. The pile he gathered over was only more than a thousand kilograms of spices, hundreds of kilograms of gold. The pile of stones was originally brought by the people of the neighboring tribe. Giving him two needles and a cloth would make him laugh. It's just that those fishy pieces are said to be very valuable, but the merchants who usually come to collect them this year didn't come. In two days, the market will be over, and they can't be sold.

"Twohundred needles, plus a piece of cloth." After thinking for a long time, the old man said.

"Your counter-offer is too strong. Our needle is valuable. You see, we can exchange such a large ivory with a needle next to us. Otherwise, you can add some more Ivory next to us." Ram plucked a few more tusks, and then counted 200 needles from Zhu Weili's hand to the old man. While nodding, he muttered that he was really losing money. Alas, you are really good at doing business.

When the business was finished, everyone on the Aeolus squatted beside him looked at RAM with a pair of admiration, this man! Better than the head of the family!

"What are you looking at? Send the things back first." Lam said proudly. As soon as he looked back and saw Ling Qingyu crouching behind him, he looked at him with a look of admiration. He felt his nose and said, "there are not many things in each family here, so you can only be careful, careful."

The scenery of Zanzibar is very beautiful, with delicate white sand, rippling blue waves, and brilliant sunshine. Dolphins can be seen on the beach from time to time.

Just come all the way, there are too many such scenery, Ling Qingyu is not very excited, just thinking about Yan San's proposal to go hunting! At this time, there should be no extinction of animals, and even if you don't go hunting, you also want to see the grandeur of the prairie. When I entered the foot of Kilimanjaro Mountain in those days, the palpitations and feelings still reverberate in my chest. But now it's a little far from Kilimanjaro Mountain and it's not safe, but it should still be possible to go to the grassland.

After staying in Zanzibar for three days, in addition to purchasing spice goods, Ling Qingyu asked ram to find a guide who could take them to the grassland and prepare supplies for hiking. Although I don't know what she wants to do with all this, everyone feels very gratified to see that the head of the family has begun to perk up again.

After looking for three days, Lam finally found several local people who were willing to lead the way. Those black people were all tall and strong. Ling Qingyu looked at them. Why do they look so familiar? Take a closer look, isn't this the brothers who sell lions?

The lion brothers were very proud and refused to sit on the Aeolus. They raised the sail of the canoe and slowly rowed across the strait with the Aeolus.

The Aeolus was not close to the coastline, but stopped far away at the deep sea. The people who got ashore took a small boat to land.

Ling Qingyu said his travel plan. It was sparsely populated, mostly grassland lakes, and there were many beasts. Zhu Wei left the stone side, Zhoutan, Huangjing chose to play on the side, and other crew members also decided to take turns to get ashore and guard the ship. Therefore, the only people who followed Ling Qingyu deep into the hinterland were ram eight, Yang Zhao ten, Yan three, Yan seven, and the older Su Muye eleven and ye soul. The other children were too young, I didn't have enough Kung Fu, so I stayed on board.

A group of twenty-four people carried tents made by them, water and food, weapons, and followed the lion brothers to the African continent.

After walking for less than half a day, I couldn't see the meandering beach scenery. In front of me, the endless grassland is open and vast, the terrain is flat, and there are low acacia trees everywhere, in which all kinds of animals shuttle.

After another half day's walk, there are undulating mountains in the distance, streams and ponds dotted in the grassland, and a small river meanders past, and more animals around it.

"Sister, what is that!" Ye Xi pointed to a large group of monsters with big mouths playing in the river and shouted. Then everyone turned and looked at Ling Qingyu.

"That's hippos. Shh, be careful. They are very aggressive."

"What are they doing? A lot of yellow things."

"Stay away from them. Eleven, they are defecating!" Seeing ye Xi ready to step forward, Ling Qingyu shouted. Well, the hippos in the river are happily throwing yellow Baba around, and you're not afraid of stinking, little brother 11.

"Wow! So big, is that an elephant? Sister, but it's much bigger than what we saw in Medan! Sister, what's that? Such a long neck." Ye Xi raised his head and looked at the giraffe in front of him.

"This is a giraffe."

"What about this?"

"Blue monkey“

"Is that?"

"Gazelle."

"This?"

"Wow! Rhinoceros!"

"Sister, why are you so excited."

"Because rhinoceros horn is very valuable, hey, Xiao Xi, what are you doing?"

"I'll grab a head for my sister."

"Come back, come back, we should have environmental awareness. This rare animal can't be caught indiscriminately. It's illegal to catch indiscriminately."

"But it's not rare. Look, sister, there's a lot more there."

"No, no, Xiao Xi, you see, it's time for us to have dinner. We won't bother rhinoceros today." It's not easy to hold Ye Xi, and Ling Qingyu turns back. A group of men over there have been working with horned horses and antelopes.

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So the dinner was unusually rich. They brought a lot of seasonings from the boat. When the sun was slanting westward, a bonfire was lit in the dwarf forest not far from the river, and the prey was neatly cleaned up and put on the fire.

In the distance, a acacia tree stands proudly, and the golden sun pulls it out of a lonely shadow. A vulture rests on the top of the tree. Under the tree, a group of gazelles quietly eat grass, and sometimes look up warily to the campfire. There are luxuriant woods along the river, and a group of elephants are faintly visible walking through it. In the past, there is a thorny bush, and a few giraffes leisurely stretch their long necks and eat the tender leaves on the top of the tree. In the open land further away, a group of wildebeests are running wildly, obviously chased by fierce beasts.

Under the warm sunset, everything is so natural and harmonious.

Ling Qingyu leaned on the cushion Yan San had prepared for her, observed all this, and was in a trance about where he was. It was Mount Kilimanjaro that year, or another time and space a thousand years ago.

"The head of the household, do you want to put more salt?" Lam's cheerful cry broke Ling Qingyu's meditation.

Suddenly looking back, I saw that the man who took off his coat and wrapped it around his waist was busy by the campfire over there. Ye SHISU's night spirit shuttled through it, and the fire reflected those happy and enthusiastic faces of the new year, so lively and vibrant.

"Ling Qingyu!" Yan San shouted in Ling Qingyu's ear.

"Ah!" Ling Qingyu recovered and smiled at ram; "I want more salt."

"OK."

"What's the matter with you?" Yan Sanzhi felt that his heart had almost stopped just now. He heard Lam shout and looked back. He only felt that Ling Qingyu, who was sitting next to him, was a little unreal at that moment, as if he was going to disappear.

"I'm fine." Ling Qingyu pulled the corners of her mouth and laughed. In fact, something happened. At that moment, she suddenly felt that everything vivid was separated by a layer of yarn. All this, all this trance, was just a dream. After waking up, she was still walking alone in the cold water.

A gust of wind blew, blowing a piece of dust, and there they screamed.

Yan Sanyi pulled Ling Qingyu into her arms, hugged her tightly, and said to her ear, "it's okay, I'm here, we're all here, all here." By your side, so no matter where you come from, don't go, don't go!

The close heartbeat sounded, smashing the fuzzy yarn, so everything around was bright, the roar of animals in the distance, the laughter and noise of men by the campfire.

In front of the man's face with never before panic, lips are white, Ling Qingyu heart moved, gently stick to the lips, the lips are thin and cool, just a touch, but it is like lighting a fire, in turn, tightly sucked her lips, with a kind of plundering that makes her heartache, turning around and over, touching and sentimental.

"Wow! What is this!"

A burst of coax from the campfire made both of them come back to their senses. Yan San silently loosened Ling Qingyu's lips and retreated to one side.

Ling Qingyu stood up and saw that Yang Zhao was surrounded by people on the side of the river, and several people behind him carried a... Rhinoceros.

"Sure enough, General Yang is still powerful!" Ram touched the huge body of the rhinoceros, and a spear was inserted into the heart of the rhinoceros. The spear penetrated through the thick skin of the rhinoceros and was always several inches deep inside.

"Ah Zhao!" Ling Qingyu greeted them and said why he hadn't seen them all the time. It turned out that he was still going to trouble rhinoceros.

"Wow, wow, wow." The lion brothers, who had been proud to be some distance away from them, also surrounded them and shouted to Yang Zhao with a look of admiration.

"They said, you are also a warrior." Ram smiled and translated, and then said, "but they still can't compare with their warriors. They hunt lions."

"Lions are protected animals! Killing lions is against the law." Seeing the eager look on the man's face, Ling Qingyu quickly shouted. Then I thought of the law I committed a thousand years ago!

In praise of the rhinoceros warriors, the lion brothers came together to enjoy the barbecue coated with various spices, which is more delicious than their own cooking. I don't know how many times.

"I want to eat tenderloin!" Ling Qingyu commanded Yang Zhao to cut meat from the golden antelope, and his mouth was full of oil.

Yan San leaned against the tree behind her, and her figure seemed to be hidden in the shadow of the tree. Looking at her, she ate and laughed happily and joked with others.

"Meteor!" Ling Qingyu pointed to the sky and shouted. The clear sky, like a diamond studded sky, was passing through a fire.

Ling Qingyu quickly folded his hands and made a wish: may my mother be healthy and happy in that world, may I get revenge early, may I find my own meaning in this world, and may I not live so oppressed in my life. Well, may I not be fooled this time and be disappointed again!

The night sky in Tanzania is dazzling, with a big moon, stars all over the sky, and nightingales singing in the distance.

Ling Qingyu pointed to the stars in the sky and told the children the stories of those constellations, the distant galaxy, Sagittarius, Leo, and men sitting or lying around, surrounded her in the center, listening to her clear voice and telling stories they had never heard of.

"Yan San." Yan Qi touched Yan San and stabbed him.

Yan San glanced at him.

"Let's go hunting lions." Yan Qi touched the scabbard and said.

Yan San glanced at Ling Qingyu, who was asleep with Yang Zhao's legs on his pillow, nuzzled his mouth towards the distant hill and said, "don't wait for the lion, go and catch that."

In the grass far away, the leopard just finished eating crawled lazily on the ground, combing its own hair. The breath from the wind made it alert and stood up.

"Look, look."

A burst of cry woke Ling Qingyu up, lying on Yang Zhao's knee, looked up and asked, "what's the matter?"

Yang Zhao pointed forward with a smile.

Ling Qingyu sat up.

Just under the bright starry sky, on the grassland with blue light, a leopard ran in front, followed by two figures, driving the leopard from east to west and from west to East.

The lion brother screamed excitedly.

"They say these two are great warriors!" Lam translated nearby.

Shit! Driving leopards on the prairie is the behavior of warriors!

The leopard was graceful and agile, and the two figures behind it were even more graceful and agile. After three more laps, the two separated and surrounded in the direction of the leopard, and then.

Then Yan Qi, carrying the leopard and Yan San, walked back to the campfire amid cheers.

Not human! These two people are not human! The lion brother raised his hand and shouted to the sky, RAM translated.

I also think... These two goods are not human, Ling Qingyu said.

The leopard was huge, and its fur flashed golden. There was only a wound that pierced its head from its jaw, and the whole fur was not hurt at all.

Ling Qingyu looked at the wound, turned around and grabbed Yan San. Seeing that he had been cut several times, he frowned unconsciously.

Yan San raised his hand with a smile, licked the wound with his tongue, and said with a smile, "it's nothing."

After such an exciting chase, the sky is already slightly bright.

The sunrise of the grassland is very magnificent. Looking at the burning clouds in the sky, Yang Zhao holds Ling Qingyu's hand. The grassland here is completely different from the border where he is located. The border desert is desolate, but here is indeed vibrant. Yang Zhao only killed in the previous 18 years of his life, and the general died in a hundred battles, and set up his horse to wrap his body. Now standing here, Yang Zhao only feels that there is a feeling. After meeting this woman, little by little, now it has filled his chest.

After another day and a half, the lion brothers led a man to their tribal village.