The vast and primitive Nurgandusi exudes majesty and magnificence all the time.
The beauty here is completely different.
Like the vast sea, it is unknown where the end is, attracting people unable to stop.
While the cement castle was being built, the exploration of the northward legion also began.
Wei Yuanfeng is a restless person.
He and Zhang Keda led hundreds of soldiers and sailed boats upstream into Heilongjiang.
The sky that has not been polluted by civilization is blue and clear, the river under your feet exudes a dark and deep light, and the virgin forests on both sides are lush and green.
The tall wild bear walks leisurely on the shore, and will even stop to visit curiously when seeing a large ship in the water.
The wildlife here are not afraid of new things.
Admiring the magnificent scenery, Wei Yuanfeng felt relaxed and happy.
"This large river is comparable to the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. Unfortunately, both sides of the river are desolate and have no human habitation, so they cannot be properly developed and utilized."
"The rivers here are wide and the water flow is gentle. No matter how big the ship is, it can pass smoothly. The Ming Dynasty really held a treasure without knowing it, and wasted such a good land."
Zhang Keda used a telescope to patrol back and forth, and the terrain here was firmly imprinted in his mind.
From his perspective, such a large river is of great strategic value.
However, although the Ming Dynasty attacked here, they finally abandoned it, which was a pity.
The fleet went upstream and walked a long way before finally seeing people.
Several women wearing animal skins were washing something by the river. Suddenly they saw a huge thing coming from the water, and they ran away in fright.
Their whereabouts were naturally locked by the people on the ship.
Not to mention that smoke was rising not far behind them, proving that someone was gathering here.
"Let's go over and have a look."
Wei Yuanfeng and his two men took more than a hundred soldiers to transfer to small boats and arrived at the shore.
Just as they landed, dozens of savages armed with wooden spears and bows ran out of the dense forest.
The savages didn't dare to get close. They stood a hundred meters away and kept shouting. They didn't know what they were shouting.
"Lian Shanhai, what are they talking about?"
Naturally, the only way to turn to the indigenous people was at this time.
However, Lian Shanhai always blushed.
"I don't know what they said."
Wei Yuanfeng's head is covered with black lines.
"Aren't you a tribe?"
Lian Shanhai shook his head.
"Our tribe is only on the island and has no contact with these people."
Due to the vast territory and inconvenient transportation of the entire Nurgandusi, there is no communication between the various primitive tribes.
Although they are all officially called Savage Jurchens, in fact they are not the same race at all. Whether it is language, customs, or living habits, they are all different.
Seeing that the savages were very vigilant and might attack at any time, Wei Yuanfeng also had a headache.
They came here just to explore, not to plunder, so they did not want to conflict with the indigenous residents here.
He thought about it and decided to give it a try.
"Bring me an axe."
"What are you going to do?"
Zhang Keda asked.
Wei Yuanfeng weighed the ax in his hand.
"Let's see if we can trade with these people."
After saying that, he walked out of the array alone and got closer to those people, but he did not dare to get too close.
When these savages hunt, they put poison on their arrowheads.
He didn't want to die before leaving the mission and lose his life in a place like this. Otherwise, his former colleagues will laugh him to death.
When he walked to a place about five or sixty meters away from the savages, Wei Yuanfeng stood still and shouted twice casually towards the opposite side.
When people on the other side saw someone coming forward, they were all surprised, but they also became quiet.
Wei Yuanfeng took the opportunity to raise the ax in his hand so that the person opposite could see it clearly. Then he walked to a tree as thick as a thigh and struck it with an axe.
In just a few strokes, a small tree was completely chopped down by him and fell to the ground.
It was commonplace on the northward legion's side and there was no reaction, but the savages on the opposite side all became restless.
Apparently they had never seen such a sharp tool.
After Wei Yuanfeng finished cutting down the tree, he pointed the ax in his hand to the savages, and then threw it away from them.
After doing this, he retreated back to his formation.
The ax fell about thirty paces in front of the savage formation.
It was quiet for a while, and then a young savage stepped forward alone, carefully picked up the ax and took it back.
I don’t know what the savages discussed together, but I can clearly feel that through this exchange, the savages seem to be less hostile.
This time, it was the savages' turn to move.
Two people ran out, ran to the place between the two sides, put the things in their hands on the ground, and then pointed at the axe.
Apparently, they meant to trade for more axes.
However, when they saw what they put on the ground, everyone here's eyes widened.
pearl!
Egg-sized pearls!
This is a priceless treasure.
But they were thrown randomly on the sand by those savages, like ordinary stones.
Zhang Ke couldn't laugh or cry.
"I don't even know whether these savages are poor or rich?"
Wei Yuanfeng didn't know what to say.
However, things were progressing smoothly and he did not dare to delay.
There are so many things that can be exchanged for these two priceless pearls.
Although these savages should be satisfied as long as they give them two axes, Zuo Mengeng once specifically ordered that transactions with these simple people must be fair and honest, so Wei Yuanfeng did not dare to cheat.
He quickly gathered together his team and finally gave out twenty axes.
What was not enough, fifteen steel knives were also attached.
Even so, everyone knows that it is completely inferior to the value of those two pearls.
But there's no way, there's only so much they can come up with. We don’t know what we will encounter later, so it’s impossible to trade everything.
However, even so, the savages were all very happy to get the finely crafted axes and knives.
This time the person who came out was an old man.
Obviously, the status of the elderly is the highest among primitive tribes.
Here Wei Yuanfeng led Lian Shanhai over.
The two sides have initially given up hostility and can communicate normally.
When we actually talk face to face, we can find that although the language of Lianshanhai's tribe is different from that of the savages here, there are also similarities.
So the two sides talked and gestured, but there was no misunderstanding.
The old man also carefully took out a silver medal from his arms and presented it to Wei Yuanfeng.
"This was handed down from our tribe's ancestors, and it was said to be given by a high-ranking official from the Celestial Dynasty. As long as you see someone from the Celestial Dynasty, just take out this sign."
Wei Yuanfeng took the sign and was shocked when he saw the words on it.
Because the above content was actually written by Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty.
[I bestow the Geji River Guards with loyalty from generation to generation, and forever guard the northern frontier. 】
