Early the next morning, Qu Mao held a torch and rode a horse to the civilian dock outside the small village of Minggang.

It was still around five o'clock in the morning, the sky was still dark, and the five stone lighthouses on the cliffs around Minggang were still burning brightly, like five blooming flowers, illuminating the dim sea surface.

The four heroes and three village chiefs mobilized the fleet to explore the new island relatively efficiently. The mobilization and personnel assembly had been completed the night before. When Qu Mao arrived at the civilian dock around five o'clock in the morning, all personnel boarding had been completed.

Of course, this is related to the fact that the citizens and soldiers of Yi Village are generally bachelors. Bachelors have less burden and can be prepared immediately after a little mobilization.

Kong Ming stood next to Su Yan and Qu Mao, shook his goose feather fan and said: "Sir, the Interior Minister personally recruited 6 ship doctors overnight, 4 of whom are women. His subordinates suggested that each sea ship arrange two.

There is at least one female ship's doctor on board the ship."

Qu Mao nodded and said: "Your arrangement is very good, so I will implement it according to your arrangement."

Wang Ping came up, handed the hero treasure space bag to Qu Mao, and said: "Sir, you will be out exploring for about a month this time. This treasure will be returned to you according to our original arrangement.

In addition, my subordinates prepared 50 bags of food brought back from Yancheng, totaling 10,000 units. The fleet of more than 500 people can last at least a week.

In addition, we have prepared 50,000 crossbow arrows and 10,000 bow arrows as consumables for the third-level princess escort troops and long-range troops, packed in bundles of 2,000 for a total of 30 bundles, which will take up approximately two slots in your backpack."

Qu Mao equipped the space bag to the treasure equipment column of the total. He clicked on the backpack and saw that the backpack immediately changed to 96 slots. He turned to Wang Ping and said: "Trade the supplies to me first. Although this time I went to sea to explore new islands, there are a total of

There are three heroes, but I personally lead the team, so I will equip this treasure myself.

Zhao Pan and Kong Ming will accompany the army. Zhao Pan mainly directs the army in combat, and Kong Ming mainly leads the people to serve as logistical auxiliaries. After the temporary garrison is built, I will give the space bag to Kong Ming to equip him."

Su Yan was also in the farewell team. Qu Mao turned around and said to Su Yan: "Su Yan, the construction of the territory requires you to invest more energy and care. After all, we have taken away nearly a quarter of the territory this time.

population of one.

Let's explore new islands outside, and try not to delay it for as long as a month. It can be as short as 10 days, or as slow as a month, but it's not far away anyway.

Please rest assured that we have brought 10,000 units of food with the army, which is enough for more than 500 of us.

In addition, there are enough wild beasts on the small islands in the southwest. We have a large number of warriors who can harvest food from the land anytime and anywhere and hunt wild beasts to replenish food..."

Su Yan nodded and said: "Sir, you can go on the expedition with peace of mind. My subordinates have been advising you on other island matters since they joined the Yicun territory. You can also help your subordinates to realize their plans.

Everything on Yi Island is under the control of my subordinates. Even if the total number of citizens in the territory is reduced by a quarter, my subordinates will try not to slow down the construction, development and resource production of Yi Island."

Qu Maochong waved to Wang Ping, Su Yan, Sunan, Jia Sixie, Franklin King, Mafi Trani, Wei Qubing and others on the wooden pier of the civil pier, turned to Zhao Pan and Kong Ming and said: "You two

Let's each choose a sea ship to board.

Leave the ship with the shuttle boat to me, and my ship will set off first!"

Zhao Pan was just about to turn around and board the ship, but Kong Ming grabbed Zhao Pan, shook his goose feather fan and said to Qu Mao: "Sir, this place is only 30 kilometers to the southwest, and the journey is not far. I think the three of us should

It would be more appropriate to stay on a sea ship.

This will also facilitate our mutual discussion and decision-making when encountering certain situations, so that we won’t have to think clearly before issuing an order.”

Qu Mao thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Well, what you said makes sense. That's okay. In that case, let's board the ship, the three of us."

Standing on the deck, Qu Mao, Zhao Pan and Kong Ming waved goodbye to the core staff left behind on the wooden trestle.

Zhao Pan shouted loudly: "Every ship, lift anchor and unmoor, and set sail!"

About 200 meters away from Yi Dao Min Harbor, the three sea-going ships raised their main sails and jib sails in sequence and headed quickly to the southwest of Yi Dao.

The distance was about thirty kilometers, and although the wind was not completely favorable, in about two hours, before eight o'clock in the morning, the island to the southwest of Yi Island, which was larger than Yi Island, was already visible.

Qu Mao himself wanted to directly arrange for the shuttle boat to land, but Kong Ming shook his goose feather fan and said: "Sir, my subordinates have also talked to the sailors in Minggang Village many times recently. The surroundings of this island are very flat, and any

The place is not suitable for building a military port, so why not we go directly to the mouth of the river on this island."

He couldn't understand Kong Ming's intention for such an arrangement, but Qu Mao still followed Kong Ming's wishes and informed the sailor at the helm of the sailing direction.

About half an hour later, three sea ships arrived at the sea near the mouth of the island's river. However, no matter how hard they tried, the ships were only about 30 meters away from the coastline or the mouth of the river.

Qu Mao did not give a direct order, but turned his questioning eyes to Kong Ming. Zhao Pan stayed with Qu Mao and did not give any advice at all.

Kong Ming still shook his goose feather fan unhurriedly and said: "My lord, I suggest that 10 retired second-level warriors and 10 third-level princess guards be arranged to build a civilian dock here.

After leaving these 20 people behind, we continue to explore the barren island in the southeast. There is no need to leave military supplies and the like. The island here is lush with vegetation. A third-level princess escort team, as long as they don’t take the initiative to go deep,

There shouldn’t be any problem in maintaining food supply for 20 people through hunting.”

Qu Mao said: "Okay, I will follow your arrangements. We will not leave any military supplies. Zhao Pan and I will send them there in person and build a civilian dock on the way.

Su Buqing, the third-level princess escort team who chose to stay to protect and hunt."

Su Buqing shouted towards the inner cabin: "Li Ze, take your team and prepare to land! Remember, we will protect the people in building civilian docks, hunt for self-sufficient food, and give you three marching tents."

Zhao Pan found 10 retired second-level warriors, plus a small group of third-level princess guards led by Captain Li Ze, and Qu Mao personally accompanied them on the shuttle boat.

The shuttle boat is only 5 meters long and about 1.5 meters wide. It is already very crowded with 22 people on board. Fortunately, the distance is only about 30 meters.

After landing on the island, Qu Mao chose to build a civilian dock at the mouth of the river, and at the same time arranged for 10 local residents to be on duty for the construction. As for how long it would take to build, it would definitely not be repaired before his next visit.

Zhao Pan assigned team leader Li Ze tasks such as guarding, patrolling, hunting, barbecuing, and delivering meals. The nine third-level princess guards were responsible for setting up tents and collecting firewood in the surrounding forests.

Qu Mao and Zhao Pan then personally drove the shuttle boat back to the ship and continued sailing eastward.

On the way, Qu Mao, Zhao Pan and Kong Ming, after seeking the opinions of Su Buqing, Chai Fidel and others, named the vegetated island they had just left outlying island, and the barren island they were about to leave as empty island.

In less than an hour, the fleet of ships led by Qu Mao and others had arrived at Kongdao.

No wonder the sailor who reported the news said that he saw a god-given treasure box on the top of Kongdao Mountain from a distance. Qu Mao was standing on the deck of the ship, and even before he reached the watchtower of the mainmast, he could see a treasure chest on the top of the mountain.

thing.

After seeing the treasure chest, Qu Mao became even more impatient and ordered the sailors to get as close to the coastline as possible. However, Kong Ming chose a cliff near the southwest, parked the ship about 10 meters away from the shore, dropped the sails, and anchored.

Then the shuttle boat was lowered.

Using a shuttle boat, about 20-25 crew members were disembarked at a time. This time, Qu Mao brought a total of nine horses on board, six fourth-order light cavalry mounts and three rhinoceros horses.

Qu Mao was the first group to disembark with 20 citizens. As soon as he landed, he followed Kong Ming's instructions and arranged the construction of a civilian dock nearby, and arranged all 20 citizens to be on duty for the construction. This civilian dock, Qu Mao,

Mao intends to fully staff the construction.

By means of a shuttle boat, it was not until noon that all personnel on the three ships, except for the necessary sailors left behind to guard the ships, were brought to the empty island.

Zhao Pan had already begun commanding the troops to search the empty island in batches, including picking up the god-given treasure chests exposed in the open space, exploring the suspected entrance to this space, looking for resource points, etc.

Kong Ming has filled up all the construction personnel on duty at the civilian wharf. The other citizens are either setting up marching tents or raising bonfires to barbecue. Before Qu Mao left, his backpack contained more than a dozen wild beasts hunted by the Tianyi Island troops.

Corpse.

As long as Qu Mao authorizes it, ordinary citizens can also pick up the visible god-given treasure chests, but they do not have the right to open the treasure chests. Qu Mao can also authorize the right to open the treasure chests, but he can only authorize his own heroes to open the treasure chests.

In the evening, a blazing bonfire was lit in the temporary camp. The firewood for the bonfire was prepared by Wang Ping in advance.

Zhao Pan came back with his troops and said to Qu Mao: "Sir, although the empty island is a barren land, my subordinates led the sergeants to collect a total of five god-given treasure chests.

Five suspected folding space entrances, 4 metal mines, 2 gem mines, 1 crystal mine, 3 mithril mines, 2 rune stone mines, and 3 sulfur mines were found. It is expected that quarrying can be built

There are no less than 10 venues.

Except for the place where the quarry is built, all the wild mines are guarded by Warcraft. However, my subordinates did not rush to find out how many Warcraft were on duty, because you know well, my lord, that the number of Warcraft guarding the mines is incredible, not by my subordinates.

We can find out clearly."

Qu Mao nodded and said: "Give me the god-given treasure box first. Tomorrow morning you will take me to confirm the entrance to the folding space. According to experience, there are at least two real entrances to the folding space. Tomorrow's plan is to first prepare the guide to the folding space.

Come down.

We will arrange the resource mine strategy in the future. Unexpectedly, Sky Island is only one third of the size of Yi Island, but there are actually 15 resource mines."
Chapter completed!