Chapter 650: The Mission of "One Billion" Nearby People (Please vote and subscribe)

On the afternoon of the tenth day of the flagship's voyage, the lookout on the ship finally found land on the left side of the ship. The sailboat sailed west along the coast. The right side was the continent where the Han tribe was located, so the land on the left side at this time was most likely the legendary Bamboo Island.

You Fu also hurriedly looked forward. At this time, the coast on the right was all black stone mountains or reefs. The left side also appeared from a distance. It was also a black stone mountain, and there were many scattered islands and black stone pillars. But judging from the length, it must be a large land.

"Don't worry, wait until you get closer. The sailors pay attention to the wind direction. Let's go around the periphery first. Those who have nothing to do should go to the side of the ship and stare at the bottom of the ship. Be careful not to hit the reef." You Fu quickly issued a new order.

"Yes." Everyone on the ship shouted in unison, and then began to perform their duties.

After sailing for nearly half a month, they had eaten enough seafood, seen sea beasts, and experienced strong winds and waves. Finally, they were about to reach their destination. Everyone was excited, and some people had even thought about what to do first after landing.

The sailboat was accelerating. The sailors adjusted the angles of the two hard sails to the most suitable position, and used the two masts as levers to output the power to the entire hull.

Looking at the land that was becoming clearer and clearer on the left in front, Spoon, who was standing with Youfu on the top deck, opened his mouth in surprise. His worldview was being quickly crushed and then reorganized. Spoon, who

had lived in the coastal area since childhood, kept the theory of his people in mind. They lived at the end of the earth. Outside the end of the earth was endless salt water. The salt water was connected to the sky. After the fresh water on the earth flowed into the salt water, it would eventually return to the sky.

Of course, this is not important. What is important is that Shao Ba has always firmly believed that he lives at the end of the earth. But now, after sailing with the Han tribe's sailboat for ten days, they suddenly discovered another piece of land. Such a completely crushing worldview suddenly appeared in front of them, and the impact on Shao Ba was imaginable.

Looking at the black cliffs and countless islands and reefs in the distance, as well as the new continent with no visible edge over there, Shao Ba even began to talk nonsense to himself.

"That's another land! It turns out that there is another land in the salt water! So that's it! So that's it! You are not here to fish at all. You have known that there will be other lands here. You are here to find this new land, right? Right?"

Shao Ba muttered hysterically. At first, he was still talking to himself, but in the end, he actually grabbed You Fu's clothes with both hands and looked into his eyes and questioned him.

When the other people on the boat heard what Shao Ba said, they turned their heads and found that he actually grabbed You Fu's clothes. They all looked alert. Some people have already started looking for something handy to kill him.

You Fu smiled and opened Spoon's hand, staring into his eyes and said, "When did we say we were out fishing? You're right, we do know this place, and our goal from the beginning was to find this place.

Well, of course, this is not entirely true. In fact, our Han tribe has been to that big island, and we still have people there. And I told you from the beginning that we are just planning to find a way, a waterway from that big river to this island."

Spoon: ""

Spoon was confused and couldn't accept this fact for a while. After all, the worldview of the previous 20 years was crushed in an instant. He began to think that the people of the Han tribe had deceived him, but after listening to what You Fu said just now, he suddenly realized that what You Fu said was actually the truth. What about fishing? That was just what he thought. The people on the boat had never admitted it. No wonder they kept running here. It turned out that this was their purpose.

You Fu ignored Spoon who was still in a daze, looked at the island getting closer and closer, held the compass in his hand to look at the direction, and began to command with full concentration.

"The wind is southeast now. Two sails are on the left and the right is on the back. Use the crosswind to move forward. Turn left to the third gear and pay attention to whether there are any reefs on the bottom of the water.

" "Lookout, pay attention to the surroundings to see if there are any people on the shore and find a suitable landing location."

"Report, there is a reef a hundred meters ahead, avoid it to the right." A cook has been lying on the bow and staring at the bottom of the water. After seeing a large black shadow appear in the water ahead, he immediately reported loudly.

You Fu heard the alarm and hurriedly looked over. After seeing the general shape of the reef, he also hurriedly ordered the captain of the flagship to turn right to the fourth gear to avoid the reef. However, after bypassing it, he immediately adjusted the direction and sailed towards

the island again. It is now June 30th, which happens to be the last day of the month. The tide is at the lowest level of the month. Even the hidden bridge northwest of Zhudao has emerged from the water. Many reefs here that were originally soaked in deep water have also emerged from the sea.

The closer they were to the island ahead, the more cautious the sailboat was. In a last resort, You Fu even ordered the boat to sail at half sail. The slower the speed, the easier it

was to avoid the reefs in the water. In just a dozen kilometers, the sailboat had a hard time moving forward. You Fu couldn't help but label this place as a bad route. With so many reefs, it was obviously not a very good waterway. His ship was not very big, and if a big ship came in the future, he would never go here.

"Captain, I see people. There are many people on the reef ahead." The lookout lying on the top of the mast looked around and quickly determined the target. He reported his findings to You Fu.

"Where is it? Who is it?" You Fu immediately looked up and asked.

"Over there." The lookout also looked at You Fu on the deck and stretched out his hand to point him in the direction.

You Fu looked over immediately and saw quite a few people standing on a large reef close to the island. They were thin and small, but looked very strong. They were naked, wearing almost no clothes, and had dark skin, which showed that they were often exposed to the sun. There were many slender bamboo rafts around them, as well as bamboo fish baskets or bamboo baskets. From time to time, some people jumped into the sea with harpoons and stones, and climbed up again after a while, and then threw the fish and shrimps they had caught onto the reef. The people on the reef were responsible for handling and collecting them. The one who caught the fish dived down again, and came up again after a while to deliver the fish, repeatedly carrying out extremely inefficient fishing operations.

At this time, the people standing on the reef also discovered You Fu's sailboat and were stunned on the spot. Many people who had just emerged from the water were about to let the people above take the fish, but they saw that they were all staring in one direction, and then they looked over, and they were also stunned when they saw it.

Suddenly, they saw a huge man-made monster coming from a distance. On it was an oversized flag. The Chinese character "漢" in the middle was so eye-catching that they recognized it at a glance.

Yes, this group of people who use the reef as a frontline station at the seaside and rely on deep diving to fish with spears are the fishing tribe in the cliff mountain area on the easternmost side of Zhudao.

The fishing tribe is also part of Zhudao and is under the jurisdiction of the Xin tribe. Naturally, they have long known about the existence of the Han tribe, but they have never had any contact with the Han tribe. However, just last month, the elder Zhu of the Xin tribe came to them with a group of people who claimed to be the Han tribe delegation, saying that they wanted to allocate a piece of wasteland for the use of the Han tribe.

The fishing tribe didn't care much about this sudden neighbor. Everyone lived their own lives. As long as you, the Han tribe, don't come to trouble me, then we can live in peace.

But what they didn't expect was that a Han envoy who called himself Shouya showed a very friendly attitude towards them. When he visited their village, he brought a lot of gifts and sold some rare cloth to them at a low price. He also promised that after the Han tribe took root here, he could sell them weaving machines and teach them to weave for free. The condition of Shouya was that he hoped to get the support of the fishing tribe locally. If they needed to build a house in the future and needed people, they hoped that the fishing tribe could send some people to help. Of course, this favor would not be in vain. The Han tribe was willing to provide some things that the fishing tribe urgently needed as labor fees.

Such a good thing was delivered directly to the doorstep, and the fishing tribe naturally had no reason to refuse. The chief of the fishing tribe expressed his attitude on the spot, saying that it was just a lack of people. If there was anything in the future, just tell them directly, and the Han tribe would definitely help.

Therefore, under the hard work of the delegation, the fishing tribe had a very good first impression of the Han tribe. They always regarded the Han tribe as a very rich, technologically advanced, and approachable tribe. It seemed that everyone in the Han tribe was very friendly.

Since the Han tribe's envoys settled down next to the fishing tribe, many people in the fishing tribe would bring the fish they caught that day to the envoys. At first, they simply regarded the envoys as friends, with the idea of ​​eating together when there was food, and having a feast together when there was more meat.

But every time, the people of the Han tribe would say that their fishing tribe had a hard time and would never take food from friends for free. So every time the people who sent fish would always get some small things from the envoys as a gift when they left. Sometimes it was just a beautiful porcelain bowl, sometimes some jewelry to decorate the hair, or some exquisite knives. Recently, it seems that the envoys really have nothing to give, so they started to exchange with the coins of the Han tribe. In short, they are based on the words they said at the beginning, never take food from friends for free.

The fishing tribe is naturally happy to meet such principled and generous neighbors. They are of course happy to be able to use their own seafood to exchange for some practical gadgets from the Han tribe. However, the things the envoys brought when they first came were limited after all, and after many things were given away, they "had to" start exchanging with coins.

At first, the people of the fishing tribe did not really want the coins. Although the glittering metal discs were exquisite and beautiful, they were not practical and were not as practical as a porcelain bowl for rice. However, the Han envoy who claimed to be a beast's tooth told them that they must keep the "money" well. Now the Han tribe did not bring much, and when they brought more things in the future, they could use the coins to exchange for things. In short, he conveyed to them the concept that money could be exchanged for anything in the Han tribe. Only then did the fishing tribe attach importance to money.

It was in this process that the fishing tribe and the delegation developed a friendship and a good impression of the Han tribe. At the same time, they learned Chinese characters from the small objects and coins given by the delegation. For example, the most common character "漢" was the one they were most familiar with.

At this moment, seeing the huge monster on the sea in the distance with the flag of the Han tribe, the people of the fishing tribe were undoubtedly shocked and happy. They were also friends

. So, before the dozen people on the sailboat greeted them, the people of the fishing tribe standing on the reef to fish had already started jumping and waving to greet You Fu and his group. This weird scene immediately made everyone on the boat confused.

"What are they doing? Are they welcoming us?" One of the crew members asked puzzledly.

"It shouldn't be, even if this is Zhudao, there won't be so many people who know our Han tribe, right?"

"That's not necessarily true. Didn't they say that the delegation has been here for almost a year? Maybe they have seen our delegation, so they know us?"

"This, how do I know, I haven't been here either"

"Captain, what should we do, those people seem to be greeting us, should we go over?" The lookout on the top of the mast also asked You Fu.

"Well, of course we have to go there. Since the other party knows our ship, maybe they have seen the delegation we sent to Takeshima. If they really know the delegation, it would be great. They can help us get in touch with the delegation.

But we can't all go. That would be too risky." You Fu thought for a while and said.

The others nodded. They all understood this principle. In fact, it was similar to the first landing during the inland navigation period. This time, they must choose the death squad to go to contact.

Sure enough, when everyone was thinking about who would go, You Fu directly named four people this time, and then asked them to go to the cabin to put on armor and clothes, take the weapons at hand and take the landing craft to negotiate with the fishing tribe.

Everyone had no objection. The minimum number of operators for a landing craft was two people, one at the stern to row the oars, and one at the front to paddle the oars to control the direction. Now there are four people, which is enough to deal with some small situations. If they can't solve the problem, then it would be useless to send a few more people. However, the sailboat also needs to be guarded, so You Fu can't send more people over.

"Hey, are you from the Han tribe? Come over here!"

"Come here, come here, four people are coming."

"Wow, that thing they are sitting on is so magical, there is still so much space for four people to sit inside, it would be great if it was used for fishing, it must be able to hold a lot of fish."

"Come here, come here, friends from the Han tribe, are you here to deliver something to the delegation?"

On the big reef by the sea, a young man who was the leader of the fishing tribe asked the four people on the landing craft in broken Chinese.

(End of this chapter)