Chapter 433： Northern Exploration Team

Goose feather snowflakes flew all over the sky, filling the gap between the sky and the earth with a vast expanse of whiteness.

Stanford raised his head and looked at the sky, but he didn't see anything clearly, only a faint light came through the gaps in the snowflakes.

This made him unable to tell the difference between east, west and north.

It's so cold in this **** place! I don't know how those hairy savages survived.

He trembled all over, then hastily fastened his pants, turned around and walked two steps to a dirt bag bulging from the ground.

He lifted off a thick animal skin, revealing a yellow hole, and the warm breath gushing out made him eager to get in.

well! Is your decision correct? He sighed.

Stanford, the commander of the Northern Exploration Fleet, was appointed by the lord of Arda, Earl Paul Greyman, to lead three ships from Port Flanders on the northwest coast of the Aldo Kingdom in June last year, along the coastline of the mainland Initiate exploration to the northern seas.

In the process of going north, they went very smoothly. There were a total of three fleets that set off at that time. Stanford and the other two fleets separated at the edge of the bay, sailing all the way north and surveying and mapping.

Then they discovered that what formed the northern edge of the Northwest Bay was a huge peninsula jutting out into the ocean.

Stanford found a place and led people to land and have a look. The peninsula is full of hills and mountains, and then they found the traces of the orc tribe. Out of the consistent bad image of the orc, they didn't want to take the risk of contacting them, so they returned. to the boat. In fact, people who live in the northwest bay have long known that there are orcs on the other side of the sea. When pirates were rampant in the past, there were some tall, hairy guys in those notorious gangs, who often used brutal bloodthirsty And famous.

The fleet continued to sail north along the coastline for a month. Through observation, they found that the trend of the continental margin line was not straight north, but extended obliquely to the northwest.

Along the way, the exploration team also surveyed and recorded the geographical information along the coast, especially those places suitable for building ports. According to Lord Graeman's grand plan, in the future there will be one fleet after another from the northwest bay, full of artisans, food, and militia, and then build docks, warehouses, and shipyards to become supply stations for further voyages.

The self-sustainability of the three-masted sailboat they took is a little more than two months. After sailing for a month, the supplies on board have been used up nearly half, and fresh water can occasionally go ashore to replenish (if you are lucky, you can encounter rivers and lakes) , but food is a big problem.

According to the original plan, they should return at this time. But during a certain exploration, they were pleasantly surprised to find traces of human aborigines. Before that, the members of the exploration team thought that there were only orcs north of the Rocky Mountains.

But the first contact between the two strange groups was not enthusiastic. The "giant ship" on which the exploration team was riding frightened the natives paddling their canoes, and the two sides confronted each other across a long distance.

After a half-day confrontation, the exploration team took the initiative to take the first step, put down a small sampan, approached the aborigines and made a gesture of friendship—throwing a bottle of honey and a bag of salt far away. I originally wanted to send some biscuits, but unfortunately the biscuits on the ship were spoiled and had maggots, and sending them over might irritate the other party.

When the natives opened the two gifts they received, the sweetness of honey and the deliciousness of salt immediately conquered their noses and tongues, and they waved their hands at the strangers from a distance.

"They should be friendly, and I think there should be more in-depth exchanges with them."

The captain of the flagship suggested so.

Stanford thought for a while and agreed.

So the first officer on the flagship led the men ashore.

The first mate took out a silver coin with the head of King Rodney printed on it and gave it to one of the leaders, but when the other party held the silver coin in his hand and looked at it, he seemed to be looking at a novelty rather than money. .

When the first officer took out a dagger made of fine steel and gave it to the other party, the big man jumped up happily, and then took off a gemstone worn on his body as a gift to the first officer. Valley

This somewhat shy man used a slightly ashamed expression, squeaked and danced, as if to explain that the most valuable thing in him was this stone.

"It looks like their society is still at the barter level."

The first officer said to the people around him.

"Deputy captain, we have a lot of broken glass on board, it's shiny, can it be used for food—if they have any."

One of the crew members came up with what they thought was a clever idea.

"This is too wicked. Isn't broken glass just some garbage? How about using garbage for supplies?"

"What's the matter, anyway, it doesn't make any difference to them."

The first officer waved his hand to stop the debate among the crew, "Okay! Let Commander Stanford make the decision."

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"If we want to get their support to explore a wider area, we can't do this kind of fraudulent behavior! As the communication develops in depth, they will definitely find out."

Stanford vetoed that ridiculous proposal.

"Before we set off, Lord Graeman once emphasized to me that if we encounter natives who can communicate—whether they are human beings or not—we must show a friendly gesture."

After confirming that the other party was not hostile, Stanford personally led the team to the place where the aborigines lived.

Most of the buildings in this settlement or village are low wooden houses or mud-cultivated thatched houses, and the living conditions are better than those in A few years ago

Dear, this chapter is not finished, there is another page ^0^ Erda’s countryside is still far behind, and there is a particularly conspicuous tall wooden house in the middle of the village, which should be the place where the leader lives. There is no obvious plan for the layout of the whole village. If you look at it from a height, it will definitely feel very messy, but there is an open space in front of the chief's long house.

Through the number and density of buildings, Stanford judged that there were four to five hundred people in this village.

Considering the possibility of dealing with indigenous peoples in foreign lands, there are scholars who are proficient in language research in the exploration team. After a lot of communication and observation, Stanford was pleasantly surprised to find that there is a certain scale of planting here, but it should still be based on fishing and hunting. Mainly, animal heads and bone ornaments adorning the walls can be seen everywhere.

The people here seem to be using wooden and bone tools, and their clothes are also made of animal skins.

So the exploration team took out a lot of metal toolslike hammers, axes, shovels, iron nails, iron needles, etc., as well as three pieces of cotton cloth and several coils for sewing clothes, expressing their desire to The intention to exchange a portion of food.

An elder who seemed to be very prestigious—probably the leader here—opened his drooping eyelids after seeing the things these strangers took out. He picked it up to look at it as if he saw some treasure, and stroked it gently with his hands.

The exploration team exchanged thirty bags of grain and five bags of dried meat as they wished. In fact, there is something that makes the exploration team even more eye-catching—fur. If you take it back and resell it, you will definitely make a fortune, but right now the food is the most important thing.

After returning to the ship with the traded goods, Stanford convened the heads of the three ships to discuss the next step.

Now that the food is a little more abundant, shouldn't the voyage be set "slightly" farther?

Moreover, if you meet an indigenous human tribe that can trade, can you follow this example to obtain supplies more easily in other places in the future to support their voyage? There should be more than one human tribe on land.

Dear, this chapter is over, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^