After a while, a beam of flashlight light came from the shore, making three circles in a row.
This is the reconnaissance team that landed before and the landing force merged.
By the time Sun Xuebin set foot on the river bank, the landing troops had already set up tents in a forest on the river bank and established a temporary camp.
After the cement and other materials are transported, this temporary camp will be gradually transformed into a permanent diamond fort to enhance the security of this base.
After all, this place will be a transfer station for transshipment of materials and personnel in the future, and it is even possible to build a dock here.
In the early morning of the next day, Sun Xuebin woke up early again, took about a hundred soldiers, and started up the river in two fishing boats.
As the advance team, they had a very arduous task. In addition to detecting the depth of the river, reefs, etc. along the way, they also needed to build a new camp at the landing point near the Shilu Iron Mine.
The only good thing is that the database collected by the dock area contains all the hydrological data of the Changjiang River. All they need to do is review some of the hydrological data.
Fortunately, after carefully passing through the waters with complicated hydrological conditions at the mouth of the sea, the waters beyond will be much safer.
There are many tributaries of the Changjiang River. If you don't have a complete set of hydrological data and you are unfamiliar with the place, you may go the wrong way, which will waste too much time.
Fortunately, Sun Xuebin and his party found Shilu River, one of the tributaries of Changjiang River, according to the map after traveling along the river for more than 30 kilometers.
After that, after continuing up the Shilu River for about ten kilometers, the fishing boat could no longer move.
The Shilu River after that is too shallow for fishing boats to float, and they may run aground if they continue to move forward.
After Sun Xuebin let the fishing boat dock and took the people ashore, he carefully observed the surrounding situation, dug out some photos of natural scenery from later generations from his computer notebook, and had people use instruments to make calculations.
At this time, Sun Xuebin discovered that the place where he landed was less than five kilometers away from the Shilu Iron Mine.
The place where I landed was not considered the best place. If I had to go back two kilometers before landing, the distance from Jinniuling where the Shilu Iron Mine is located would not be more than 3 kilometers away.
"Get in the boat, get in the boat!"
At this time, Sun Xuebin hurriedly stopped the soldiers who were carrying materials towards the shore.
The soldiers had to carry supplies onto the ship again.
Wait until the fishing boat turns around and returns two kilometers before landing again.
Sun Xuebin saw Jinniu Ridge where the Shilu Iron Mine is located from a distance, and even Shilu Ridge to the north of Jinniu Ridge.
Don't worry about why Shilu Iron Mine is mostly in Jinniuling and not called Jinniu Iron Mine.
While the soldiers were carrying materials ashore, Sun Xuebin took a few crossing officers to prepare to go to Jinniuling to find out the truth.
Originally, as the advance team, this was one of their obligations. If there was any danger, they had to detect it first.
But this is a mountainous area. In a mountainous area, you feel very close. In fact, if you walk along the mountain road, you will go very far.
The straight-line distance is only 3 kilometers, but when Sun Xuebin climbed to Jinniuling, he walked back and forth for almost seven or eight kilometers, and he was very tired.
But standing on the top of the mountain and looking out at the endless mountains with green everywhere is very refreshing.
"who!?"
Just when Sun Xuebin was about to take people down the mountain to inspect the Shilu Iron Mine and dig out some ore specimens, a certain person who was standing guard on the side shouted loudly into the woods on the mountainside with a vigilant look on his face.
In an instant, everyone grabbed the Thunderbolt 1646 rifle hanging behind them.
Seeing more than a dozen civilians walking out of the woods, Sun Xuebin felt that he had been careless.
These civilians were holding spears, bows and arrows, and wearing somewhat damaged animal skins, giving them a ferocious aura.
I had known before that there were many tribes of people living in the mountainous areas in this area, so I should have brought more soldiers with me when I set out.
If there was a conflict between the two sides and one or two of the time travelers were killed or injured, he would also bear a great responsibility.
You must know that the people on Nanhai Island have always been a big thorn in the hearts of the Ming Dynasty officials. They will cause trouble at every turn, giving officials everywhere a huge headache.
"Who knows Li dialect?"
Sun Xuebin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the civilians didn't seem to have any malicious intentions, and then turned around and asked.
"I, I know some, but I don't know what's the difference between the Li language at this time and later generations?"
Ding Xiaobing, an officer who traveled through the army, is a native of Nanhai Island. His grandmother is a Li citizen, so he can speak some Li language.
"No matter, you go and communicate with them first."
Sun Xuebin responded quickly and immediately assigned a task to Ding Xiaobing.
Under everyone's vigilance, Ding Xiaobing approached cautiously, then waved his arms to communicate with the other party.
Ding Xiaobing's worries did not come true. Although his Li language was not fluent, he could barely communicate.
After a harmonious opening speech between the two parties, Ding Xiaobing took out the toffee he carried with him from the small pocket of his tactical vest.
This is a necessity that every soldier needs to carry to supplement some calories while marching and fighting.
After receiving the toffee from Ding Xiaobing, the dark-faced middle-aged citizen peeled off the oil paper under the instruction of the other party and stuffed the toffee into his mouth.
The next moment, the middle-aged citizen's eyes suddenly widened, and he let out some joyful sounds of unknown meaning.
"Boss, they invited us to be guests in their tribe."
After some exchanges, under the powerful blessing of toffee, Ding Xiaobing successfully completed the task and said to Sun Xuebin after returning.
Going to Li Min’s tribe at this time?
Sun Xuebin hesitated for a moment. After all, he was unfamiliar with the place here. Who knew if anything would happen if he went to the Limin tribe?
But on second thought, if we can establish a good relationship with the local Li tribe, it will undoubtedly be beneficial to the mining of Shilu iron ore.
After thinking this, Sun Xuebin did not hesitate, and then asked Ding Xiaobing to translate and go back to the camp to bring some goods.
However, the people didn't think much and followed Sun Xuebin to the river.
When he returned to the river, Sun Xuebin felt that he was really tired.
No way, someone who is almost forty years old cannot possibly compare with young people in terms of physical strength.
"These people are really good at walking on mountain roads."
Looking at the people who were barely breathing, Sun Xuebin's words contained envy.
"Boss, in the future we can consider recruiting some people to form a mountain camp."
Ding Xiaobing had an idea and came up with an idea.
"I think it's okay, but we need to discuss this later. Have you brought everything?"
