The land is covered with trees. The fleet has already walked south along the coastline for a while, but besides trees, I really don’t know how many trees there are here.
Since there is no decent place, we might as well dock. The ships in the fleet are all too big, so everyone is rocking ashore in small boats.
I finally set foot on solid land, but my legs were not used to it, and my whole body started to shake.
Those who were able to get ashore cried with joy. Cai He was also very happy. He grabbed a handful of soil and put it into a porcelain vase. This was the soil of the New World that he wanted to take back.
Everyone looked at many unknown plants with curiosity and full of excitement.
Cai He sent people into the rainforest to see if there were any wild animals. After he felt it was safe, Cai He ordered some people to disembark and set up camp. They would have to make corrections here for a while, looking for fresh water supplies, and the ship also needed repairs.
Each ship has arranged a rotation schedule to ensure that everyone can stay ashore for two days. Of course, it doesn't matter to Cai He and the Guards, they will always be ashore.
In this era, the Mayan civilization was developing. The Mayan civilization did not have any representative big country. Instead, it was composed of a large number of tribal city-states that used the same calendar and writing. They fought for their own affairs and conquered each other. At this time, they were still in the Neolithic Age, using obsidian and bones as materials.
Tools are mainly found in the rainforest.
Itza is a warrior of a small tribe among the many city-state tribes in the Mayan culture. His name is the sound of lightning. As a tribal warrior, it is his job to hunt and gather for the people of the tribe. However, because of the rapid expansion of a nearby tribe recently,
The population surge required more food, so they crossed the hunting area determined by their ancestors and entered the range of the Itcha tribe, forcing the Itcha to go further.
Itcha's tribe couldn't defeat the big tribe at all, so they could only swallow their anger, because this was the normal situation in the rain forest. Many times, small tribes appeared and disappeared silently, and no one cared at all.
Sometimes when the city-state has a project, it will send soldiers to the rain forest to capture people from small tribes to serve as slaves; sometimes they are attacked by wild beasts; sometimes they just get sick and die. Anyway, small tribes are the most vulnerable existence in the rain forest.
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Yicha followed the direction of the river and prepared to hunt a larger prey, so that all the tribesmen could be fed at once, so that his children could grow up quickly and become warriors like him.
Hiss...
What is this sound? Icha has never heard this kind of sound before. He is familiar with the animals in the rainforest. But this sound is very strange, but it must be an animal.
As I got closer, I finally saw a huge four-legged animal grazing among the trees. Animals that eat grass are generally not very powerful, this is experience. But why does that animal seem to have a rope around its mouth? I don't understand.
But it doesn’t matter, this place does not belong to any tribe or city-state, so the prey is his own. Pulling out the obsidian dagger, Icha held the animal teeth on his chest devoutly and prayed that he would return with a full load. Then he took action without hesitation, like a cheetah.
Rushing out, the sharp obsidian dagger pierced the prey's neck.
Hiss——
This tribal warrior of the Mayan civilization did not know that this animal was Cai He's mount, a good horse. He was just letting it go for a walk and unexpectedly encountered such a thing. And Da Qin's camp was on the coast not far away.
Upon hearing the horse's scream, Da Qin soldiers immediately rushed over in armor.
But Icha was focused on fighting the prey and knew nothing about it. He wondered whether the prey was delicious or not because he had never seen it before.
When he let go of the motionless horse and pulled out his dagger, the dark-skinned Maya, wearing only animal skins, realized that he had been surrounded by a group of 'monsters'.
Yicha was startled and looked at the strange guys around him warily.
The Daqin soldiers were also startled. What is this? A savage or a monkey? At this time, Yicha was covered in blood and did not look like a civilized person. However, he was holding a dagger made of stone in his hand. Although he was wearing little, he still knew
He should be hiding his shame, not from a monkey, but from an uncivilized savage.
The soldiers of Da Qin were shocked and confused. They didn't know what to do with this horse-killing thief, so they could only inform Cai He.
When Cai He knew that his horse was killed by a savage, he didn't feel bad. Instead, he looked at the savage out of curiosity.
This must be the person that Master said lived in another continent. I didn't expect him to look like this. Cai He asked the soldiers not to fire their crossbows, and walked over to Yicha and said, "Don't be nervous, we won't hurt you."
However, Yicha obviously didn't understand Cai He's words and looked frightened. He thought he couldn't defeat so many weird guys.
Cai He saw the dead horse and thought that the other party might be hunting, so he must be hungry: "Go and get food immediately, and get more meat."
The soldier ran away in a flash, and soon came back with a large pot of stewed meat: "Sir, let me go." He probably knew that Cai He wanted to show friendship, but sending meat was still such a dangerous thing.
It's good to let go.
Cai He also gave his subordinates a chance to show off. The soldier slowly walked over and showed the pot warrior to the savage: "Eat." At the same time, he pointed at his mouth with his free hand and made smacking movements.
Itha seemed to understand that they wanted to eat it for themselves. It tasted so good, even better than what the tribe made. They also ate boiled meat, so it was no stranger to them.
Icha was really hungry. He had gone far for hunting. The last time he ate was some wild fruits at noon yesterday.
To eat, they were not polite if they gave it to him, but before eating, he took off the animal teeth from his neck. This was a transaction, and Icha was still very principled.
Soldier Li Si looked back at Cai He. Cai He asked him to take the animal teeth. He knew that this might be their trading custom: "I didn't expect this savage to know about trading."
Yicha ate the meat in front of the soldiers of Qin Dynasty. It was delicious. But his eating style was not flattering. It gave Cai and others a stomachache. It was not hygienic at all. How could he eat it with such dirty hands?
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After eating, Yicha thought of something else. He handed over the only obsidian he had and pointed at the dead horse. Obviously, he wanted to exchange the obsidian for the prey he had hunted. Although Yicha had little knowledge, he was not stupid and knew this.
The animals must belong to these people, I didn't expect them to be able to tame such huge prey.
Cai He really wanted to communicate with the locals, but unfortunately he couldn't speak the language. The other party seemed to just want to trade with him and didn't want to stay longer, but there was still a chance.
Icha obviously couldn't take this horse with him alone, so he could meet again in the future. But how could he let the savages know that he intended to help him keep the horse meat that he couldn't take away?
Let nature take its course. Cai He nodded and agreed to the deal. Although he lost money, the stone dagger was of no use at all.
Yicha was very happy that he would not be in trouble soon, because he could not carry it alone and wanted to decompose the body, but the dagger was traded away. He couldn't help but look at Cai He, hoping to get the dagger back and borrow it.
Sign, sign, sign.
It's all gestures anyway.
In the end, Da Qin finally knew that Yicha was powerless to deal with the corpse, and Cai He asked Li Si, a soldier who had first contact with Yicha, to help.
Li Si drew out his iron sword and separated the horses with a crash.
Yicha stared blankly at the iron sword in Li Si's hand. What kind of weapon was it? It was a hundred times sharper than an obsidian dagger. He had never seen such a sharp thing, not even when he went to trade in big city-states.
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Who are they? Yicha was full of doubts until they made a plan to leave the horse meat here temporarily and pick it up later. Yicha followed the soldiers transporting the horse meat to the beach and saw the huge thing on the sea.
They were all stunned and could no longer move a step.
That was the most shocking picture Icha had ever seen in his life. It went straight to the bottom of his heart and made people fearful, starting from his soul. He believed that the strange people around him came from the sky, were companions of the sun, and were the incarnations of the stars.