Don't look at Luzon as just an island, but before the arrival of slave hunters in Taiwan, there was no unified force here, there were thousands of tribes large and small, and in the later melee, countless tribes disappeared, and these disappeared tribes were either exterminated by others or annexed by others. In this process, no matter the secrets of the tribe were also covered up by history, in the end, although Li Su's army unified Luzon, the situation in Luzon was too complicated, and there were too few Han officials on the island, so there was no time to sort out a lot of information, even some important information.

Feng Shijie is undoubtedly a very smart person, he took advantage of the fact that the Manila government is not very dominant, and collected some tribal information that may have minerals as quickly as possible, although this information is not accurate and the scope is also very narrow, but for him personally, it is enough.

Excluding those minerals that had been received by the government, Feng Shijie still had more than a dozen tribes in his hands that might have minerals, and among these dozen tribes, he selected the tribe with the most information and was relatively close to them. The name of this tribe is very strange, translated into Chinese, it is called the pine tribe, but as far as Feng Shijie knows, the weather in the whole Luzon is hot, and the pine trees are not resistant to high temperatures, so on Luzon Island, it is basically impossible for pine trees to exist, but this tribe is named after pine trees, which makes him very strange.

However, although Feng Shijie felt strange, he didn't care, what he cared about was the intelligence he had collected from this tribe. This information was provided by a native who worked in a lumber yard outside Manila, and according to him, his tribe was not too far from the Pine Tribe. It is known that this tribe is rich in gold, and many men and women have ornaments made of gold. It's just that this tribe was wiped out by another tribe two years ago.

And in addition to the information provided by this native, he also received confirmation from the dwarf black. There was indeed a pine tribe among the Malays at the beginning, but this tribe was far away from the dwarf blacks, so they only heard about it, and they did not know the details of this tribe.

Although Feng Shijie only collected this information, and even from a rigorous point of view, this information does not explain anything at all, but Feng Shijie and the others originally planned to try their luck, so this information is enough for them. Moreover, Feng Shijie is not a specialized intelligence officer. It was already very difficult for him to use money to collect this valuable information in just half a month.

It is also worth mentioning that although the information of the Pine Tribes is very vague, it is already the most detailed information compared to other information. It is precisely because of this that Feng Shijie decided to start with this most reliable information to see if he can find the gold mine left behind by the Pine Tribe?

Feng Shijie is a very decisive person, and he will do it immediately after making up his mind. After preparing to explore the gold mines, he wrote a letter to his family, and after recruiting all the men, he immediately set sail for his destination.

Originally, Feng Shijie's ship left Manila. Prepare to go directly to the approximate area where the Pine Tribe is located, but as the saying goes, good things are happening, just when they arrive at Linga Bay. However, he encountered a typhoon and had to take refuge in Linga City. As soon as the storm was lighter, they set sail at once. Set off again to the Pine Tribe.

The area where the Pine Tribe is located is not far from the sea, and it is located in Linga Bay, but it is on the east side of Linga Bay, and Linga City is located on the west side, so Feng Shijie and the others must cross Linga Bay to reach the destination of this trip.

Speaking of Linga Bay, the mouth of the bay is small, like a funnel, although such a bay is easy to enter and exit, but it does not block the wind and waves, which is the opposite of Manila Bay, and it is precisely because of this that Manila City has become the first excellent port in Luzon.

However, although the wind and waves in Linga Bay were strong, they could not stop Feng Shijie and their way, and their boat headed all the way to the northeast, and it took half a day longer than usual to finally reach the east coast of Linga Bay.

Compared to the west side of Linga Bay, the eastern coast is still a virgin land, and few merchant ships usually come here, so when Feng Shijie and the others arrived at the beach, all they saw was a barren beach, and there was not even a trace of the activities of the natives.

It was already evening, and at this time, the wind and waves on the sea had unusually strengthened a lot, even after the boat was anchored, it was still very bumpy, and finally Feng Shijie and the others simply got off the boat, set up the tent that had been prepared a long time ago, and rested on the beach for the night.

Early the next morning, the crew boarded the ship again, firstly to prepare breakfast on board, and secondly, to carry all the equipment they had used for their trip to the Pine Tribes to shore. At this time, Feng Shijie called a person in the fleet to the front and asked, "Kanu, according to what you said, this place should not be far from the Pine Tree Tribe, are you sure you can find the location of that tribe?" ”

The man named Kanu was short, dark, thin, with curly hair and a look of caution and awe on his face, which he recognized at a glance as a native of Luzon. In fact, this guy named Kanu is the native who told Feng Shijie about the news of the Pine Tribe, his tribe was not far from the Pine Tribe, and its strength was not weak, and he insisted on the alliance of the three major tribes, but unfortunately he was finally defeated by Zhou Long's army, and his tribe was all reduced to slaves.

Originally, Kanu was assigned to the lumber yard outside Manila as a slave, and he was tired of cutting down trees every day, but it happened that Feng Shijie sent someone to buy off the guards of the lumber yard and went in to inquire about the minerals, but Kanu told the other party what he knew, about the pine tribe, and he also got a good meal for this.

Later, when the news was reported to Feng Shijie, it attracted his attention, and finally even ransomed Kanu and his family, making them his personal slaves, and this time he even took Kanu with him and let him be his guide.

Hearing Feng Shijie's question, Kanu replied with a sneer on his face and in stiff Chinese: "Dear master, don't worry, although I haven't been to the station of the Pine Tree Tribe, I know that the place where they live is surrounded by a group of mountains, as long as I can see those mountains, then I can be sure to find their station." ”

Feng Shijie nodded after hearing this, a smile appeared on his face, and at the same time he stepped forward and patted Kanu on the shoulder and said, "Okay, as long as you can help me find the Pine Tree Tribe this time, and there is really a gold mine there, then I will let your family get out of slavery and become a fourth-level alien with household registration." ”

"Thank you...... Thank you hosts! Hearing Feng Shijie's words, Kanu trembled with excitement, and immediately knelt down and said.

The so-called fourth-level alien race is actually a level assigned by Li Su to the alien race under his rule, there are four levels, of which the first level is the highest and the fourth level is the lowest, but the slave is a talking tool and is not among the four levels. For example, a slave like Kanu can only become a fourth-level alien if he has the consent of his master and the master helps them pay a large amount of slave freeing fee. If Kanu still wants to raise his rank, it will require his own efforts, because each level has many strict requirements, such as mastery of the Chinese language, the amount of taxes paid each year, whether there is a criminal record, and so on.

Don't look at the lowest level of the fourth-level alien race, but it marks that Kanu will become an official resident under Li Yu's rule, and can work openly, and at the same time get paid for his work, and can also enter the store to buy goods, and walk on the road without worrying about being questioned by the police, these rights seem to be very ordinary, but for a slave like Kanu, it is a dream to get.

Seeing Kanu's excited appearance, Feng Shijie smiled slightly, and at breakfast, he also specially asked people to add a meat dish to Kanu, which made this native slave even more excited, and even wished that he could fly to the station of the pine tribe immediately and help the master find the gold he needed.

After breakfast, Feng Shijie gathered all the crew, this time he went to the pine tribe, it is estimated that he will have to go over the mountains, and there are tropical jungles everywhere, so it is impossible to bring too many people to go. In addition, their ship also needs to be manned, so this time he is going to take a team of only fifteen people.

These fifteen people are Feng Shijie's henchmen, such as the bald strong man who was in the helmsroom with him before, nicknamed Bald, and the thirty-year-old Brother Lin, as well as the short man, they are all brothers who have stayed in the slave hunting team with Feng Shijie at the beginning, and everyone has a lifelong friendship, and this time he went to find those priceless gold mines, so Feng Shijie didn't dare to bring other people at all, so he had to bring these dozen brothers, plus the guide of Kanu, a total of fifteen people.

Feng Shijie told the crew who stayed behind to take care of the ship, and then each carried a special bag, wearing special clothes, this kind of clothing is an imitation of the military uniform of the King of Qi, the top and bottom clothes are separated, and it is very convenient and neat when walking, especially in the jungle, it is much stronger than the robe. In addition, the cuffs and neckline of this kind of clothing are tightened to prevent insects and poisonous snakes from the jungle from getting in.

Speaking of which, in the tropical jungle, there are poisonous snakes hidden in the leaves, poisonous insects that drill everywhere, there are even more vicious crocodiles in rivers or swamps, and there are also mosquitoes that are faster than flies, according to the doctor, these mosquitoes can also transmit diseases, if you are not careful, you may be bitten, God knows which deadly disease?

Feng Shijie thought of those legendary dangers in the tropical jungle, and couldn't help but feel a little frightened, he had gone all the way to Australia with the exploration fleet, and had also visited countless islands along the way, but they only dared to move on the seaside, and did not dare to go deep into the jungle at all, so he didn't know much about the tropical jungle, and he didn't have any confidence in his heart for this operation. (To be continued......)