The huge ironclad stopped five miles northwest of the coastline and laid down ten rows of slurry boats.

Lei San stood at the stern of a pulp discharge boat, looking at the lush primeval forest in the distance.

A soldier paddling in front of him suddenly shouted, "That's Borneo!" ”

"It's so big, you see that coastline is straight and you can't see the edge, not like an island, but like a continent."

Another soldier spat the cigarette butt from his mouth into the sea with a pop and scolded, "There is no one on this broken island." Why isn't there a fishing village on this coast? ”

This soldier's name is Xue Ming, and he is the most famous smoking gun in the battalion.

Borneo is the third largest island in the world, located southwest of Luzon and northeast of Java, with an area of seven Zhejiang provinces. The entire island is pressed against the equator, making it arguably the hottest island in the world. Although the island is large, it is very sparsely populated.

Since Li Zhi commanded the fleet all the way south, he naturally included this big island in the territory of one town and nine provinces.

Xue Ming finished spitting out his cigarette, then put down the oar and groped around with his body. After touching it for a while, he grinned and said to Lei San: "Deputy battalion commander!" I'm done with my cigarettes, give me the roots, right? ”

Lei San looked at Xue Ming, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and threw them over with an expressionless face.

Lei San doesn't smoke, but he always carries a pack of cigarettes with him, which is for the soldiers under his command.

Xue Ming's face was full of laughter, and he took Lei San's cigarette. Not only did he take out two cigarettes himself, one on his mouth and one on his ear, but he also distributed Lei San's cigarette to the other soldiers around him.

Lei San's cigarettes are the best "Fanjiazhuang brand", and a pack costs a penny of silver, which the soldiers are reluctant to buy on weekdays. This cigarette is very particular about the selection of tobacco, and there are special tobacco fields in the south of Shandong, and the taste is different from ordinary cigarettes. At this time, the soldiers divided Lei San's good cigarettes, and smiled one by one.

Lei San said lightly: "Prepare to land!" ”

The Tiger soldiers on the rowing boat shouted loudly, responding to Lei San's order. Because of a pack of cigarettes, morale on this small boat was a little abnormally high.

The rowboats soon reached the shore, and the soldiers shouted and dragged the boats to the beach, and then began to assemble on the beach.

The hundreds of people on these dozen rowboats were all commanded by Lei San, and he chose a higher place to stand up and stand in front of the soldiers.

As soon as Lei San stood up, the soldiers immediately quieted down. Because the soldiers knew that Lei San didn't like to speak loudly, if the soldiers were noisy, Lei San wouldn't be able to hear what they were saying.

Lei San said slowly: "This place is called Dongkun, of course, in the future, it will be called Yunlong according to the name of the prince." Half of our battalion of soldiers and horses landed here for the purpose of understanding the local terrain, humanities and other basic conditions. In the future, it will be built as the capital of North Borneo. ”

A platoon commander suddenly asked: "Deputy battalion commander, there is no one on this big island!" How to explore the humanities? ”

When the soldiers heard this, they burst into laughter.

Lei San was still expressionless, and waited for the soldiers to finish laughing before saying, "Next, we will divide into ten squads to explore separately and record what we saw along the way." Without people, the humanities are recorded as no one. ”

The platoon leader shouted, "Got it!" ”

Another platoon commander shouted again: "Report to the battalion commander? How many people will be moved to this place in the future? ”

Lei San looked at the platoon commander and said, "Confidential!" ”

The platoon commander pursed his lips and said, "Understood! ”

Lei Sanyi waved his hand, and more than 200 people were divided into ten squads, and they advanced into the depths of the land. Lei San himself also took a team of soldiers and groped in the direction of due south.

As soon as they left the coast, the expedition team encountered the endless rainforest. Drawing on the small trees and shrubs they encountered, Lei San's soldiers struggled through the rainforest, wielding specially issued road knives and cutting down small trees and shrubs they encountered.

The temperature in the rainforest was very high, and soon the soldiers were so hot that they took off their shirts one by one.

The team relied on the compass to walk two kilometers south, and a soldier suddenly pointed to a large banyan tree, and shouted with a snow-white face: "Dragon! ”

Lei San's face sank, and he looked along the soldier's arm, only to see a large python coiled on the banyan tree.

The big snake didn't know how long it was, it was as thick as Lei San's calf, its body was coiled and curled between the branches, and its eyes were staring coldly at Lei San's team.

Obviously, the snake was weighing whether or not to attack Lei San's team.

Lei San shouted: "This is not a dragon, this is a python!" Shoot! ”

The soldiers heard Lei San's words and raised their rifles to shoot at the python. Only a crackling gunfire was heard, and the big snake didn't know how many shots it had been shot, and its mouth opened and it slid away from the tree at a rapid pace.

Xue Ming sneered and said, "Deputy battalion commander, isn't it really a dragon?" I haven't heard of a snake that big? I'm afraid there are four or five of me, right? ”

Lei San frowned and said, "This is called the reticulated python, and it is the largest snake in the world. ”

The soldiers did not dare to argue with Lei San, reloaded their guns, and continued to walk forward.

After walking another two miles, the woods were a little drier, and the team members actually found a two-person wide "road" in the woods.

The crowd was amazed, and secretly said that there were still humans in this rainforest, and they followed the road.

The situation was a little strange, Lei San was not very relieved, and personally walked at the front of the team.

A few miles along the road, there is a river in front of it. Lei San suddenly fell to the ground, lowered his voice and shouted, "Don't speak!" ”

However, before Lei San's words fell, the team members heard a huge elephant roar.

The team looked down to the river and saw more than a dozen elephants of various sizes. Apparently a herd of several mother elephants and their calves.

A two-legged Asian elephant seems to be angry that a two-legged human actually walked on the "road" of the herd and rushed through the herd by the river.

Xue Ming, who was holding a cigarette, had quick eyes, raised his rear-loading rifle, and shot at the female elephant. However, the elephant's skin was thick and thick, and the bullet missed the vital point, and a shot had no effect.

The soldiers panicked, and the female elephant was only thirty meters away, and it was about to crash into it.

Lei San roared: "Grenade explosion!" ”

The soldiers woke up from a dream, pulled out the grenades on their waists and threw them over.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Seven or eight grenades exploded around her at once, and the Asian female elephant was suddenly blown up and her flesh and blood flew sideways. She took a few steps forward, but finally couldn't suppress the injury and fell down with a thud.

The other mother elephants and baby elephants were also frightened by the grenade's might, let out a panicked roar, and desperately rushed across the river to flee to the opposite side.

Lei San's teammates let out a long breath and sat on the ground one by one.

Xue Ming was frightened by the female elephant just now, and broke out in a cold sweat, forgetting that he had claimed that there was no smoke on his body. He took out a pack of "Tianjin brand" cigarettes from the pocket behind his buttocks, popped one out of a flick, lit it with a fire fold and smoked it.

The other soldiers came to grab cigarettes.

Xue Ming took a few puffs of cigarette to suppress his surprise before he asked Lei San, "Deputy battalion commander, can a city be built in this place?" I'm afraid that I can't build a city after 50 years of operation. ”

Lei San looked around, confirmed that there were no snakes or anything else, and sat down on the ground.

"The prince said that he wanted to build a city, that is, to build a city, what are you talking about?"