Chapter 852 Old Elephant
The small merchant ship was towed back by the receiving merchant ship and pulled back to Freetown, Sierra Leone.
"These stupid black slaves deserve to drown in the Atlantic!" Hawkins spat fiercely and thought about how to abduct more black slaves on the African continent.
Drake's business ability is still very strong. He bought a batch of golden sands for Zhang Fan's ship, which, like diamonds, can be directly converted into scene wealth. This trade has added a lot of wealth to Zhang Fan's team. Aken suddenly found that the biggest advantage of this trial scene is that he can earn a lot of scene wealth through trade!
"Is there any place to use a lot of scene wealth in the future?" Zhang Fan was puzzled.
"Why not? Now our bonus points are all 100-1. If we don't rely on a lot of scene wealth to exchange bonus points, we will only rely on the bonus points allocated by those tasks in the regular scene. Our physique will not be upgraded to a higher level until the year of the monkey!" Aken drinks wine and is at home.
"I found a very interesting thing. Now that the Hawkins fleet has lost a ship by us, plus our ship, it has returned to the regularity of history." The book demon narrowed his eyes and smiled, "It seems that history is still correcting mistakes..."
"Doesn't that mean that we have saved this group of black slaves, or will a group of black slaves from the African continent be plundered?" Zhang Fan was surprised to hear the words and said, "Aren't we busy for nothing?"
Aken patted him on the shoulder, "We saved 300 black slaves, which will naturally benefit us. As for Hawkins doing such a thing again, we have no ability to stop it. History is history. Why should we entangled it?
Zhang Fan opened his mouth and seemed to want to say something, but after a moment, he fell into the chair, put his hand on his forehead and shook his head. He felt powerless and laughed at himself and said, "We historical passers-by want to subvert history, maybe..."
"Maybe it's not difficult..." Acan turned his eyes and said, "As long as you are ruthless, we will find a way to destroy the Hawkins fleet. I'm afraid there will be more scene rewards! Don't you know that the task of us discipline holders is to change history?! I think this is a good opportunity..."
"Don't you want to make friends with Drake and Hawkins? How will the official scene of the "British and Spanish Sea War" experience in the future? The book demon asked faintly, reminding Aken not to focus only about the immediate interests.
Aken touched his head and said, "Hey, what about him, take care of his immediate interests first. In the future, it will help Spain kill England. Anyway, these two maritime powers are not good!"
Zhang Fan waved his hand and motioned everyone to be quiet. "Let's talk about this later. Searching for dragons is a big deal. Let's do it well first. This matter is inseparable from the help of the Hawkins fleet and Drake, after all, they are familiar with Europe, the Atlantic and the Caribbean. Well, Drake will travel around the world in the future. Maybe there are many tricks in it. This is a big event in history, and we may also gain something.
Aken nodded and stopped talking. The book demon continued to read his information, and the cabin calmed down...
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The fleet continues to drive north, walking and stopping along the way. There will be some transactions when encountering the anchorage. The main goods collected by the fleet are still mainly gold and slaves. Of course, there are also some other good African specialties. For example, there is a special spice called musk, which is actually produced by the musk cat body fragrance glands of an African spirit cat.
This is a very good spice, and Aken also bought some, which is very popular in Europe. Moreover, this big cat likes to swallow delicious berry coffee fruit, and then it is excreted from the feces because the hard core, that is, the coffee beans, are indigestible. After the fermentation of digestive enzymes in the musk cat's intestines, this coffee bean has a unique flavor, forming the famous cat poop coffee!
Zhang Fan didn't know there was such a coffee. After the book demon said this, Green Wing Aken paid attention to it and found that there was indeed such a kind of coffee on the African coast, but it was not sought after by Europeans at this time, and the local indigenous people did not know much. This rare coffee, first found in Indonesia, was discovered in Africa in advance by Acan Green Wings!
This strange and delicious coffee is also a very high-quality blue supply prop! This blue supply prop cat shit coffee can not only replenish physical strength and spiritual power, but also refresh the mind. It is the best refreshing agent for archers and mages! It can effectively improve the hit rate of archers and the power of mage's spells!
In another inconspicuous fishing village on the African coast, Zhang Fan also found a large piece of amary incense. This fresh spice looks like a large piece of disgusting sea monster vomit, emitting a strong fishy smell. Although the indigenous people here knew what this was, the merchants in the fleet did not pay attention and let Zhang Fan pick up a leak.
After more than a month of sailing, the fleet finally came to Côte d'Ivoire in the Gulf of Guinea, the place that Europeans yearn for, translated as Ivory Coast! The most produced here is African ivory!
Bloody ivory!
The ivory displayed at the Ivory Coast port market made Zhang Fan and his partners shocked! Thosexiang yas still have fresh blood stains, and even large balls of rotten meat dug up at the root of the teeth! Some are simply half the heads of elephants! On the terrible wound, the traces of rough axe chopping seem to be the savage mark on the primitive continent!
Even the ringers who are used to killing in the battlefield have a faint feeling of nausea when they see such bloody slaughter for ivory. Those flesh-and-blood ivory are randomly piled up on the roadside. Next to the ivory pile, there are elephant skin, elephant meat, and stools made of elephant legs, and even a living elephant is chained to a wooden stake.
Zhang Fan strode forward, and he wanted to buy the poor baby elephant and release it. But he was stopped by the book demon, "If you release that little elephant into the wild, it will soon be eaten by hyena jackals. If any circus takes a fancy to it, the little guy can still survive.
Zhang Fan stopped helplessly when he heard the words. There are too many tragic things in the world, not just these wild animals. The heinous tyranny of white Europeans plundering black slaves and the killing of elephants by African indigenous people is an extravagant hope to change the status quo on their own, whether in the real world or the world of discipliners.
It was not only Europeans who bought ivory, but also many African merchants and nobles from the Songhai Empire. The market here is very lively, and after the arrival of the European fleet, it is even more bustling. A large number of goods circulate here, everyone takes what they need, and all the accountants of the Hawkins fleet are very busy.
Aken and Goblin rushed into the market enthusiastically, and the book demons searched everywhere to acquire books of this era under the protection of Xuanyuanxing. Zhang Fan didn't like the bloody deal here. Whether it was buying and selling black slaves or blood-stained ivory, it was unbearable for him. Therefore, he and the green wings drove the wooden guise, and the dark cherry rode Neil to hang out inland. There was nothing more meaningful than taking two beautiful women on the African grassland for a holiday. And there is Willis, the big bodyguard.
Through the coastal lagoon swamp belt, you enter the boundless African savannah, which is a paradise for wild animals! From the sky, below are flocks of horned horses and bison, migrating or herbivores, and occasionally groups of zebras interturing them. On the periphery, hyenas and lions are ambushing in the limelight, waiting for the opportunity to hunt.
"Look! Elephant!" Dark Sakura rode on Donier's back and shouted, very excited.
Sure enough, more than a dozen elephants on the grassland dispersed a group of hyenas that were hunting, while shaking their long noses and rolling up the leaves and grass into their mouths, they walked leisurely. Where there are no human beings, they are the hegemons of the grassland. Even the fiercest lions dare not provoke the dignity of elephants.
However, no matter how powerful creatures are, they are also vulnerable. However, most of the young elephants are surrounded by the flock. Whether it is a lion, hyena or cheetah, it is not convenient. Only a tall elderly African elephant was targeted by several hyenas. These scavengers on the grassland keenly felt that the seemingly majestic elephant in front of them had staggered and seemed to be about to die. And it doesn't seem to be able to keep up with the pace of the elephant herd. After drinking a few mouthfuls of water in a small pond, it fell more than 200 meters behind the elephant herd.
The hyenas roared a few times, greeted their companions, followed the old elephant far away, and followed it slowly. And this elderly African elephant with half an ivory cut off doesn't seem to notice...
The elephants did not seem to pay attention to the old elephant. They just walked forward and gradually distanced themselves from the old elephant. And this old elephant seems to be different from the destination of the elephant herd. Is it lost?
"It's impossible. Animals are not human. The older it is, the more familiar it is with this grassland. Even if you close your eyes, you can know where you are. Zhang Fan didn't believe that the old elephant would get lost and said to Green Wing.
"Then where is it going? Did the herd of elephants deliberately get rid of this burden? Green wings are puzzled.
Zhang Fan pondered and suddenly thought of a possibility. He immediately said to the Green Wing Dark Sakura, "Let's follow this old elephant. I want to know where it will go."
The three landed, summoned Willis, and slowly drove on the grassland, following the old elephant and hyena. The hyena in front seemed to feel the pressure behind him, so several of them stopped and turned around and shouted at Zhang Fan's car, threatening to show their teeth. This made Willis very funny. Its engine roared and it was about to show the hyenas a little color...
"Don't make trouble, keep a low profile!" Zhang Fan patted Willis and scolded.
The flashing lightning on the tip of Willis's horn went out. The hyenas also seemed to smell a trace of ominous smell, sobbed in a low voice, and ran away with their tails between their legs.