The barbarian tribe in front of Yin Xian was very crudely arranged. Apart from a circle of sharpened wooden walls, there were no other defensive facilities.
There are no trenches or tower sentries. If Yin Xian ordered an attack, he would probably be able to charge in without a single charge.
However, Yin Xian had no intention of doing this.
Because he could see from a distance that these people did not seem to be Sushen people, but barbarians who were far behind the Sushen people.
Yin Xian was unfamiliar with this place, and he felt that he would have a better chance of learning more information without using force.
"You two follow me, the rest of you stay here and don't move around. You are not allowed to display your weapons without my order." Yin Xian said to the subordinates next to him.
"Captain, it's too dangerous. What if the thieves attack?" a subordinate asked worriedly.
"They are all a group of savages armed with bone knives and stone arrows. What danger can there be?" Yin Xian dismissed them.
After he said that, he led the two soldiers out of the jungle and walked swaggering forward.
When they were less than a few dozen steps away from the barbarian tribe, the barbarian tribesmen on the opposite side finally discovered them.
'Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu' '
As a low horn sounded, a group of barbarian men rushed out with weapons in hand.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
There was a sound that seemed to be shouting and asking.
Yin Xian stopped and spread his hands flat to show that he was not hostile, with a very kind smile on his face.
A soldier next to him did the same thing, and then shouted a few words commonly used by Sushen people.
The barbarians on the opposite side were all surprised when they saw this. Although they did not understand the words of these strangers, it was obvious that they did not mean any harm.
A group of barbarians gathered in front of an old man and cooed for a while, and then sent a young man to walk towards Yin Xian and the others.
As the two sides walked only a few steps away, Yin Xian finally saw the other party's full view.
This young barbarian was wearing a coat made of the skin of an unknown beast, and a chain made of animal teeth and gold hung around his neck.
"It's really gold!" Yin Xian was immediately ecstatic.
The gold on that thick chain is as thick as a finger. If sold in Liaodong, it would be enough to buy a good fortune.
When Yin Xian saw this, he immediately used his special skills and began to talk and gesture with this young barbarian.
Especially when Yin Xian gave the barbarian young man a dagger he carried with him, the other party immediately showed a kind smile.
The young barbarian looked at the dagger in his hand with a surprised look on his face. The cold light showed its power.
"hiss!"
As his fingers lightly scratched the edge of the dagger, a trace of blood immediately broke through the skin and seeped out, making him scream in surprise.
He looked at the dagger with a look of ecstasy and shouted a few words to the tribesmen behind him.
As he shouted, the tribesmen lowered their guard and slowly gathered around.
When the young man handed the dagger to the old man of the tribe, the old man who looked like a tribal elder also showed a shocked expression.
With these 'treasures' as a meeting gift, Yin Xian and the others immediately received the warmest reception.
Facing the invitation from these barbarians, Yin Xian also felt uneasy.
At this time, the barbarians who had gathered around had surrounded the three of them. If they entered the village again, if something unexpected happened, even if they were wearing armor and stomach, it would be difficult for them to escape unscathed.
However, Yin Xian felt that he still had to trust these barbarians for once.
He saw that although these barbarians were very different from the Sushen people, their appearance and clothing were somewhat similar.
According to the customs of the Sushen people, if a stranger comes to the tribe, as long as they are not enemies, they will generally treat him with courtesy and stay overnight.
Yin Xian immediately smiled enthusiastically, indicating that he accepted the other party's invitation.
"Captain, it's better not to go, it's too dangerous." An accompanying subordinate whispered.
"Don't be afraid. These barbarians are not hostile at all. They might even give us a warm blanket," Yin Xian said with a smile.
He immediately arranged for another subordinate to go back, and he and this subordinate entered the camp.
When the old man understood that Yin Xian and the others had other companions, he also showed vigilance and surprise.
However, after seeing Yin's elegant and generous behavior, he also let the Han soldier leave.
The Han soldiers who were waiting in the distance saw Yin Xian entering the village with a group of barbarians chatting and laughing. They were all so nervous that their palms were sweating.
"what is going on?"
As soon as the Han soldier came back, he was immediately questioned eagerly by everyone.
"The Protector said that those barbarians prepared a warm bed for women, and asked us not to act rashly, and we should all go back to the boat and wait."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
When the sun rose the next day, Yin Xian couldn't help but feel that his idea yesterday was a bit abrupt.
My guess was only half correct.
These barbarians did send him a young girl to get up with him, but there was no quilt, just a roll of fox fur coat.
"I never imagined that this is actually an island!"
Yin Xian looked outside through the window of the wooden house and couldn't help but feel very surprised.
After a free drink of fruit wine yesterday, Yin Xian achieved great results in communicating with these barbarians.
He now knows that this is a huge island.
According to the description of the tribal elder, this island is so huge that it takes one or two months to walk on the long and narrow north-south path. It is slightly narrower on the east-west side and takes ten days and a half to reach the seaside on the other side.
The people on these islands are also Sushen people, but they are far inferior to the Sushen people on the other side of the sea. Not only are they far smaller in number, there are only nearly a hundred tribes on the entire island.
Moreover, they are far inferior in terms of force, so that the Sushen people on the other side of the sea often row their boats to the island to plunder when the sea is calm.
But none of the Shushen people on the island could fight. Apart from lying down obediently and letting them plunder, they could only find out in advance and hide in the mountains and forests.
Therefore, when Yin Xian told them that he still had more than a hundred men, and as long as they could provide him with food and help him prepare some planks for repairing the ship, he could give each of them a sharp iron weapon, The men in the entire tribe became excited.
They were so afraid of the solemn people on the other side that some of them used gleaming copper and iron weapons, which were bone obsidian weapons that could instantly kill them.
Therefore, when Yin Xian drunkenly entered a wooden house to rest, there were already two fat girls waiting for him inside.
There is no way, among these savage tribes, being able to eat every meal is a life of gods, and fatness has always been regarded as a beauty.
Yin Xian had already found out about the golden position yesterday. In a good mood, he didn't care whether it was a light or heavy vehicle. He had to drive it first.
Ten days later.
"Old Huang, is this where you picked up the gold?"
Yin Xian led a dozen of his men to a river valley covered with gravel.
"Yes, you can always find some gold in this river, no matter how big or small it is. You can always find it after it rains."
An old man wearing fish skin clothes replied.
Yin Xian is indeed a rare language genius. In just ten days, he has roughly mastered the language of the Sushen people of these islands.
And because of the local gold production, he gave the people of this tribe a Han surname, Huang.
"Go check it out!" Yin Xian said to the two Han soldiers next to him.
These two Han soldiers had mined gold in Liaodong and knew how to identify gold sand.
This place is a river valley not far from the sea. You only need to cross two hills to reach the place where Yin Xian and others parked their boats.
Lao Huang and other Sushen people looked at this group of "strangers" who had crossed the sea, and they all showed curious expressions.
In their eyes, although Yin Xian and others only had more than a hundred people, they had two huge ships, which were the largest they had ever seen.
Moreover, Yin Xian and others all have sharp weapons that shine with cold light, as well as extremely strong armor.
Just relying on these few things, more than a hundred people were able to walk sideways on the island.
Therefore, Lao Huang and the others are now responding to Yin Xian and others' requests.
"Guardian, look!"
Not long after, two Han soldiers ran over with a look of surprise and a pile of gravel in their hands.
"It's Sands!"
When Yin Xian saw it, he immediately said in surprise.
When the surrounding Han soldiers heard this, they all became ecstatic.
"The Protector is right, there is a lot of gold sand in this river, and the further you go upstream, the more sand there is!"
A Han soldier picked up a few grains of gravel with an attractive luster and said.
"Hahaha, God bless, God bless!"
Yin Xian suddenly laughed loudly.
This time when he crossed the sea and went on an expedition, he didn't even hurt the enemy's hair, but he lost most of his boats and soldiers. It was almost a catastrophe for the struggling Anton Protectorate.
Yin Xian also thought over and over again, if he went back in such disgrace, would he be punished by taking away his position and going to jail?
No matter how he thought about it, Yin Xian felt that he could never escape.
He was just a commoner from Liaodong, and he was promoted to be the Protector of Anton by relying on some lucky merits. He really didn't have the confidence to ask for forgiveness for his sins.
But it's different now. If he can return with a large amount of gold, he can almost make up for his fault.
If we can again collect and educate the solemn barbarians on the islands like 'Lao Huang', it will be considered that the merits outweigh the faults.
"You two find a few more people and continue exploring along the river valley to find out where the mineral deposits are." Yin Xian ordered in high spirits.
According to common knowledge, wherever there is gold sand, there must be a major mineral deposit.
Lao Huang and other Sushen people were almost crazy with joy when they saw Yin Xian and they all couldn't help but ask curious questions.
"Duhu, is there anything different about the sand?" Lao Huang asked.
For these solemn barbarians, the river valley is full of gravel, which is almost useless except for scratching their feet.
"This is a treasure land!"
Yin Xian happily patted Lao Huang on the shoulder, and then continued.
"This treasure land was given to the great man by God. I now declare that from today on, everything on this island will be under the jurisdiction of the Anton Protectorate. All the people on the island, as long as they respect the great man, will be under the jurisdiction of me, Anton." Protected by the soldiers of the Protectorate!"
For Lao Huang, he had no idea what the Anton Protectorate was and what it meant to respect the great man.
He just knew that these foreigners in front of him were all fierce and crazy.
Even because there was gravel in a river, he had to provide protection to his tribe.
However, this news is indeed good news for Lao Huang and the others.
"If the Protector wants to help us defend our homeland, can he help us kill all the White Deer tribe? They once robbed us of our prey and women!" Lao Huang asked.
When Yin Xian heard this, he shook his head.
"Is that White Deer tribe also on this island?" Yin Xian asked.
"Yes, the White Deer Tribe is at the source of this river!" Old Huang pointed forward with his hand.
"Since they all live on this island, as long as they respect the orders of the big man, they are still the people of the big man. Of course, it is impossible to kill them."
Yin Xian doesn't want to be a thug for the Shushen barbarians on these islands.
He needed to win the submission of these barbarians, and then use their human labor to prepare for future gold mining.
"What if someone from the other side of the sea comes to attack us?" Lao Huang asked.
"Then they have invaded the Han Dynasty's land, and naturally they will be killed." Yin Xian said unceremoniously.
The Sushen people on this island have little information, and they have enmity with the Sushen people on the mainland. Naturally, this is the best strength to use in the future.
"If that's the case, we are willing to listen to the orders of the Protectorate." Lao Huang said very wisely.
Yin Xian nodded with great satisfaction.
It seems that although these barbarian Sushen people are very backward, it is more because they live in a harsh and cold place and have little opportunity to advance in knowledge.
But they can still make very clear judgments about the basic pros and cons.
When Yin Xian and others returned to Lao Huang's village, they found a Han soldier who had been waiting for a long time.
This is a small leader of soldiers assigned to guard ships at the beach.
"Protector, we just found a group of solemn people driving a small boat on the sea."
"Mr. Sushen, can you be sure?" Yin Xian asked.
"Well, it must be true. After we found out, Yang Fan immediately chased them, sunk them, and captured a few barbarians. We found out after torture."
"What did you ask?" Yin Xian asked.
"Those serious barbarians said that they are planning to cross the sea to this island soon. It seems that they are coming to plunder and plunder at least one or two thousand people."
"One or two thousand people? Disembarked from where."
"I don't know, those two barbarians really don't know."
After Yin Xian heard this, he immediately fell into deep thought.
According to the previous descriptions of the Sushen people on the islands such as Lao Huang, the Sushen people on the other side of the sea often crossed the sea to plunder.
Now it seems that these people are coming soon.
Yin Xian thought for a while and then told Lao Huang and other Sushen people all about the matter.
When Lao Huang and others heard this, they all felt nervous.
They were very afraid that Yin Xian and others would not abide by their oath, and they would run away when they heard that a particularly large number of enemies were attacking.
