It took the fleet eleven days to finally reach Mayi. Mayi Port has been built. When the fleet started to dock at the port, everyone, including Mayi King Arroye, flocked to the pier to watch. They had seen big ships before, but they had never seen such a big one, let alone so many.
So many ships sailed into the harbor, making the entire harbor extremely congested. Yang Yi's ship and some of the ships were unable to enter the harbor at all and could only anchor outside the harbor.
For a time, clouds and sails covered the sun inside and outside the harbor, and the oars and oars were like walls. It was so spectacular that Alroye was shocked and frightened. In fact, without Yang Yi leading the fleet, he had almost become a puppet of the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company.
Mayi country has only 2,000 households and a population of less than 20,000 people. Only Arroye's several hundred "army" with various and uneven weapons is not enough to fill Yang Yi's teeth.
The Luzon Islands are a good place. In later generations, the Philippines¡¯ gold reserves ranked second in the world, and its copper, iron and silver mineral deposits were also extremely rich.
Yang Yi was mainly active in the southwest area in his previous life. Although he has never been to the Luzon Islands, the gold mines in the Luzon Islands are so famous that he still roughly knows their distribution location.
Among them, the Baguio mining area on both wings of central Luzon, the Masbate Island mining area in the southeast, the Surigao mining area in northern Mindanao, and the Masla mining area in southeastern Mindanao are all famous.
But we know that these can only provide approximate locations. If we really want to find a gold mine, we have to send people to the above-mentioned areas for repeated exploration.
¡°Alroye is still useful if he keeps it, at least it will be easier to find people to mine in the future. Yang Yi took a boat ashore, and Arroye was as obedient as a Persian cat, running up to greet him.
¡°Well, obedient children get candy. Captain Jack sent some exquisite silks and porcelain to Arroye, asking him to actively expand outwards.
Although Mayi is the largest country on the Luzon Islands. But the actual range of control is not large, just think about it. How much place can an eighty-year-old woman, including a three-year-old child, control less than 20,000 people?
Except for Mayi, there are still some small indigenous tribes on the Luzon Islands. Yang Yi has no intention of climbing into the forest and climbing trees. He will sort them out one by one. Let Aloye sort them out. We will come back in the future. It's time to pick peaches.
Gained the support of Captain Jack. Arroye was very happy and took the initiative to provide Captain Jack with a piece of news. On a large island in the southwest of Luzon, there was a small tribe called Philo. The tribesmen had picked up gold nuggets in the mountains and forests.
The so-called nugget gold is natural gold. This kind of gold usually has more impurities. Some high-purity gold content can reach more than 60%. The information provided by Arroye is consistent with the distribution location of gold mines on the Luzon Islands mastered by Yang Yi. The credibility is very high.
After Yang Yi got the news, he left Mayitang Port the next day and led his fleet to continue southward along the coastline and arrived at an island called Masbate Island at the southwest end of Luzon Island. Masbate Island covers an area of ??3,000 square kilometers. The island is mountainous and covered with dense rainforest. It looks lush from a distance.
With great difficulty, we found a small tribe called Philo in a bay. This small tribe had a population of less than a thousand people. Living close to the mountains and the sea, the houses are all made of bamboo and wood. Thatched roofs are scattered among the woods.
The big ship couldn't dock here, so Yang Yi asked Qing Niang and others to stay on the ship while he took five hundred people and horses ashore in a small boat.
The three thousand troops who came from Luer this time have already received two years of devilish training. All training subjects were formulated by Yang Yi based on the actual situation of later generations of Marine Corps.
In two years, this team has become very proficient in physical fitness, combat skills, and land and sea warfare. They even went to Hokkaido to fight against the Ezo people. Everyone has seen blood. In this era, they can definitely be called He is an elite teacher.
Of course, this team needs more training to meet Yang Yi's requirements. This time, Yang Yi still treats it as actual combat training.
When Yang Yi led his team ashore, the old and weak women and children of the Philo tribe were already hiding in their homes and shivering in fear. One or two hundred young men were on guard at the edge of the forest with wooden guns and simple bows and arrows.
Yang Yi told the translator Asha brought from Mayi: "Go and tell the Philo clan that we have no ill intentions in coming here. We just want to make a deal with them and ask their clan leader to come out and talk to me. Well, don¡¯t forget to tell them that they will be fined if they don¡¯t toast or eat.¡±
Asa received the order, and while shouting, he carefully walked towards the settlement of the Philo tribe. Soon there was a response from the Philo tribe, but Yang Yi couldn't understand what they were saying. What.
A full cup of tea time passed, and just when Yang Yi was getting a little impatient, a young man from the Philo tribe came out. He was about twenty years old, thin and wearing coarse linen clothes, and followed Asha over. .
Yang Yi once said that he waved with one handWearing fine silk, he came with a flintlock gun in one hand.
Therefore, he asked Meng Yunshan, the commander of the first battalion who came ashore, to bring two pieces of silk, and then said to Asa: "Tell him that these two pieces of silk belong to him, and ask their tribesmen who and where they found the gold nugget. Let that person take us there, and when we come back, we will have more rewards.¡±
"Yes." Asha responded, and then talked about bird songs with the young Philo tribe. The young man looked at the two beautiful pieces of silk, and his Adam's apple moved up and down. It was obvious that these two pieces of silk moved his heart;
Although small tribes like Philo have never seen silk, few can afford it. Silk definitely has a strong temptation for them.
However, the answer Captain Jack received was: No, no one has picked up gold nuggets, and no one knows where to find gold nuggets.
When the young man spoke, Captain Jack noticed that his eyes flickered. From this, it was not difficult to guess that he was panicking.
Captain Jack was not angry either, and snapped his fingers at Mengyunshan. Mengyunshan immediately took out a grenade, lit it, and threw it at the gate of the Philo clan's village.
Boom!
There was a loud noise and fire and gunpowder smoke rose up. The people of the Philo tribe were so frightened that they lost their minds. They croaked and ran around like monkeys all over the mountain.
The effect was good. Captain Jack turned around with satisfaction, only to find that Asha and the young man who came to negotiate were missing. He looked down at his feet and found the two of them lying in the grass shivering. The teeth were chattering and rattling.
Captain Jack showed a pleasant smile. He said to Asha: "Now, you ask him again. Who has picked up the nugget gold and is willing to take us to find it?"
This time Captain Jack got the result he wanted.
The huge fleet at sea had already frightened the Philo tribe. Most of the hundreds of people who came ashore were wearing camouflage uniforms and stood motionless on the beach, full of murderous intent, giving people an endless sense of oppression. After being blown away like this, forget it, I probably peed my pants less.
Captain Jack took five hundred men with him. Among them, there were one hundred Japanese servants. After making some necessary preparations, a young man named Maha from the Philo tribe led the way and began to walk through the dense tropical rain forest towards the place where they picked up the gold nugget.
?This is the kingdom of trees, with extremely rich species. They grow evenly and mixedly, and generally lack obvious dominant species. The appearance of various trees is very similar to each other. The trunk is as thick and straight as a column, with branches only near the treetop. The light-colored bark is thin and smooth.
They grow in layers, with the uppermost trees towering and blocking out the sun; there are also some dwarf trees a few meters high in the middle, there are not many such trees, and their leaves are often clustered on the treetops;
?The lower layer is ferns, fungi and moss. Ferns are usually no more than a person tall, and they don't need much sunlight to grow extremely lush.
besides. Vines and epiphytes are also particularly abundant, and some ancient vines are thicker than a human arm. Up to one or two hundred meters long, they use another method. They compete for living space in the dense jungle and are very successful. No matter how tall the tree is, they will climb to the top of the canopy and steal the sunlight.
Such vines can be regarded as little people in the tropical rainforest. They cannot become useful by themselves. By clinging to others, they can climb to the top of the rainforest and steal the most sunlight, rain and dew.
It's always foggy in the rain forest. A small amount of sunlight shines down from the branches and leaves like rays. The forest is very hot and the smell of grass and leaves is mixed with the smell of rotten leaves. Even if it doesn't rain, your clothes will feel a little damp after walking in it for a long time. .
Countless birds and animals inhabit the rainforest, and the sounds of birds and insects are everywhere. The roars of tigers and leopards and other large animals can also be heard from time to time. Yang Yi and his party walked along the forest path where large animals such as elephants and wild boars came out. The path was difficult to walk through.
The one hundred servants were led by Ozawa Saburo, who walked in front with a broadsword and cut down any bushes that blocked the road. The further we go, the denser the rainforest becomes, the more difficult the road becomes, and it starts to rain.
Yang Yi often performed tasks in the tropical rainforest in his previous life, and he knew the rainforest climate very well. Raining was a common occurrence, so they all wore cloaks;
But this rain seemed to be against them. It was getting heavier and heavier, as if it would never stop. The light in the rain forest was originally very dim, but when the heavy rain came, the light in the forest seemed to dim. People came from time to time. I tripped and fell, very embarrassed.
Meng Yunshan came up and said: "Captain"
Yang Yi was stunned by this title, and it took him a while to realize that he had told these guys to call him Captain Jack.
Meng Yunshan swallowed before continuing: "Captain, the light is dim and the road is difficult to travel. How about we take a break and wait for the rain to clear before leaving?"?. "
Captain Jack shook his head and said: "The rain will not stop for a while. We must continue walking, otherwise we will not be able to walk when it gets really dark. There are many dangers in this dense forest, and we must go to a wide place to stop and camp." "
"Yes, Captain."
Meng Yunshan had just finished speaking when a sharp scream suddenly came from the servant army walking in front. Moreover, in the rush, these servant soldiers shouted in Japanese. Yang Yi could not understand it, but from that miserable scream It wasn¡¯t hard to tell from the screams that something was wrong.
Yang Yi took Meng Yunshan and others and rushed forward quickly. The servant army in front was already in a mess. Yang Yi grabbed Ozawa Saburo's collar and shouted: "What happened, tell me quickly."
Ozawa Saburo replied in shock: "Snake, it's such a big snake, as thick as a bucket. It swallowed half of Noda Hachiro's body in one gulp."
Yang Yi rushed out before he could finish. Because traces of the python could be seen on the ground, Meng Yunshan grabbed him and said, "Captain, you can't go, it's too dangerous."
"You are wrong. It has swallowed half a person. There is not much danger at this time. Come with me quickly. Once the snake gets food, it will not go too far."
Yang Yi led his men to catch up quickly. After only twenty or thirty steps, he saw a giant python. The snake's body was probably not more than twenty meters long and as thick as a bucket. Yang Yi couldn't help but be secretly frightened when he saw it.
From its appearance, he could easily tell that it was a rex python, the largest species of python in the world. It generally has a gentle temperament, but when hungry or provoked, it is completely different and can become extremely rough.
At this time, Noda Hachiro¡¯s entire body had been swallowed by the giant python, leaving only his calves below the knees exposed. It was a shocking sight.
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