Chapter 47: An unexpected discovery
The drone flew another fifty or sixty miles before reaching the other end of the island. If the current distance from the stone bridge was added, the north-south length of the island would be about one hundred and twenty miles.
The width from east to west is only about sixty or seventy miles, but it is unexpectedly deep from north to south, which gave Tang Wen a surprise.
As a result, the scope of Koh Samui is about twice as large as originally imagined.
Tang Wen continued to control the drone to circle the island and then fly to the top of the mountain to take a look.
Because, although I have been in Koh Samui for almost half a year.
However, for safety reasons, the scope of activities is temporarily limited to the area around Wolong Lake, and it is not possible to travel the entire island.
Soon after the drone rotated and flew to the back of the island, Tang Wen was stunned for a moment.
He discovered that the trees on the back of the island were larger and more luxuriant. There were towering ancient trees everywhere, and the whole place was filled with primitive jungle, so much so that the ground was almost invisible.
So, he controlled the drone to lower its altitude and get closer to the ground.
He found that there were many thorny plants or vines growing among the bushes on the ground.
The vines are covered with brightly colored flowers and fruits as big as basins, which look like small and charming women.
These thorny plant flowers are densely distributed in the woods, layer upon layer, and look quite scary.
At this time, Tang Jun came over and immediately said "Oh".
"Did you find something?" Tang Wen turned and looked at him and asked.
"It's the man-eating trees and man-eating plants." Tang Jun said with some fear, pointing at the trees and vines on the screen.
"Man-eating trees and flowers that eat people? Can they really eat people?" Tang Wen expressed his doubt.
Although he had seen this thing in the novel, he never dared to believe it.
"Of course they eat people, but it's not as weird as the legends say.
Look at these man-eating trees, their leaves are quite huge, and when spread out they look like a small round table.
Once you get close, the leaves will close together and wrap you up.
Or, their vines will trip you up and bring their leaves together.
Then, a poisonous liquid will spray out from their leaves, which will gradually wear away your skin and flesh.
Finally, you are sucked in by the holes in the leaves. The same is true for the Piranha Plant, which opens its flower and swallows you in.
However, this process is very slow, and if you have high skills, you can escape.
Of course, these man-eating trees and man-eating plants will spit out some poisonous gas at any time. If you are not prepared when you enter, you will gradually be knocked unconscious by them and finally eaten.
So, if you want to go there, you need to prepare some antidotes first.
Also, use a special long knife with a pole, and chop them from a distance, and they won’t be able to do anything to you.” Tang Jun said.
"Tang Jun, look, these man-eating trees and flowers only grow in this area, with a range of about one mile. They don't grow all over the place. There are no more man-eating trees and flowers further in. Is there something wrong here?" Tang Wen said .
"What's the problem? Maybe it's because this area is suitable for their growth, but it's difficult ." Tang Jun shook his head.
"What if it was planted artificially?" Tang Wen said.
"Artificial, who has nothing better to do than grow this thing when they have enough to eat?
This kind of thing can neither be eaten nor played with.
You can't sell it to make money, absolutely impossible." Tang Jun was stunned and said.
"I feel like it was man-made, as if to prevent outsiders from entering." Tang Wen said.
"There are pirates hiding behind the island?" Tang Jun was stunned and blurted out.
"Maybe the pirates are hiding behind our island. There may be a pirate hideout there." Tang Wen said, controlling the drone to continue flying slowly forward.
"There's someone!" After the drone continued to fly for ten miles, Tang Jun pointed at the screen and shouted.
"This guy must be a secret sentry." Tang Wen nodded and found a guy holding a big knife and a bow hiding under a tree.
The drone continued to fly and discovered the second and third ones one after another.
The further we flew in, the more people we saw, and we also discovered a horse trail that was seven or eight meters wide.
These horse trails are hidden under huge trees, and they cannot be found at all unless the drone flies close by.
After walking for a few miles, we found houses, all of which were one-story structures.
Some are made of stone, and some are made of bamboo and wood. They are all hidden under the big trees and are extremely difficult to find.
"Boat!" Tang Jun shouted again, and Tang Wen discovered that there was actually an extremely narrow canyon over there.
The canyon is connected to the sea. At this time, a boat slowly sailed into the canyon.
The drone flew into the canyon, and both of them were stunned.
There were people everywhere, including a group of pirates patrolling with whips and swords, watching the workers.
The laborers were also busy, and if they were a little slow they would be whipped.
These laborers are carrying wooden boxes onto the ship. I wonder what is in the boxes?
At this time, Tang Wen controlled the drone and carefully landed it in a hidden place.
Afterwards, the person controlling the drone opened the cockpit and another micro drone the size of a hummingbird slid out .
This type of miniature drone has poor endurance and can only travel back and forth within a range of ten miles. It cannot return if it goes further.
However, because it is so small, even secret sentries find it difficult to spot it and often mistake it for a hummingbird.
The Hummingbird drone flew in and found a wisp of smoke coming out in front of it, and there seemed to be a hole, so it flew in carefully.
Mahler's next door!
It turns out that he was stealing the silver mine of my Tang family.
There were several large cast iron furnaces lined up in the cave, and hundreds of workers were busy smelting silver ore.
Besides, these guys are so smart.
The furnace would emit a lot of smoke, and they actually made a few huge iron cylinders.
In front of these tubes there is a huge object that looks like an upside-down pot, covering the big iron furnace.
Behind the iron cylinder, there was a group of people desperately turning a few fan-like things. When the fans turned, the smoke in the iron furnace was sucked into the iron cylinder.
These iron and copper pieces went straight into the sea water not far away, and the smoke was sucked into the sea water, so naturally it would not rise everywhere.
Isn't this an ancient version of a 'range hood'? And it's an oversized one.
"This mechanism is so powerful, could it be the work of the Gongsun family?" Tang Jun sighed repeatedly.
"It's possible, but these laborers must have been captured by them," said Tang Wen.
"That's for sure. There are pirates everywhere here, and the workers can't escape even if they want to." Tang Jun nodded.
“They discovered we were building the dam and were afraid we would discover them.
So, they sent people to attack us twice in a row. On the one hand, they wanted to scare us away. If they couldn't scare us away, they would kill us.
Therefore, there will be a bigger attack soon, and the third attack will bring more troops." Tang Wen said.
"They seem to have quite a few muskets. The first two times they probably did it to avoid alerting the enemy.
Or maybe they thought we didn't have the ability, so they didn't bring muskets.
However, if they bring muskets for the third time, we will be in trouble." Tang Jun said with a worried look on his face.
"So, we have to strike first." Tang Wen said.
"But they have a lot of people. Look, there are 200 to 300 patrolling alone. I'm afraid the number will not be less than 500 to 600.
We don't have muskets, so we definitely can't defeat them.
It would be better to report to the authorities and ask the navy to come and destroy them." Tang Jun shook his head.
"We are at war now, the navy won't care about our little things.
Moreover, the navy moves slowly, and God knows whether they are spies in the navy.
You see, they have been digging for so many years without being discovered. Maybe there are officials in the navy who are in collusion with them.
Once it's leaked, they'll take action ahead of time, and we'll suffer instead." Tang Wen shook his head.
"What should we do? Otherwise, please ask Captain Yang to bring the detectives to assist us." Tang Jun was anxious.
"We have to be careful about this. There are spies in the navy, and we can't guarantee that there are no spies in the police office.
They have been in business for decades, refined a lot of silver, and made connections everywhere. I'm afraid they have secretly formed a network of relationships in Yanling County.
As soon as we moved, they knew it first." Tang Wen shook his head.
"Are we just waiting for them to come and kill us?" Tang Jun snorted.
"Let's go back first and stop all work. Let's organize the people for special training for a few days and prepare for action." Tang Wen said, taking back the drone, and the two quickly rushed back to the base.
As soon as he reached the gate, Li Quan came over and said, "Master, someone wants to see you."
"Who?" Tang Wen asked.
