Chapter 1330 Britain
Glad is a carefree teenager. He is very naughty, the most naughty one in the tribe. He is twelve years old and lives in a Celtic tribe. What he likes is to go to the seaside to look out and escape from hard work.
In this era, twelve-year-olds have to do farm work. There are no cattle and horses in the tribe, so they can only rely on manpower. Their tribe is close to the sea. Legend has it that their ancestors crossed the sea to this island called "Great Britain", conquered the savages on the island, and became the master of this land.
Now Rome is still rising, so Great Britain is still the world of the Celts. Of course, more Celts live in the Western European continent, all over France, Germany and other regions, but these places are only barbarians in this era. The Celts are one of the three barbarians in this era, and the Mediterranean region is the birthplace of European civilization.
Glad naturally didn't know this. He knew that the farthest distance was another tribe that took two days to walk. Unless they traded during the winter, the compatriots in the tribe would not go there. Usually they farmed and hunted for themselves.
Today, Glad ran to the beach as before. He was mainly lazy. The sun was warm and comfortable. This was the way people lived. He didn't want to work all day like his parents and brothers and sisters.
Glad was the youngest child in the family, and it was because of this that he had the opportunity to be lazy.
"You are really here, why are you lazy again?" Just when Glad was daydreaming, a young Celtic girl found him.
They were all wearing simple linen clothes and barefoot. Obviously, there was no concept of children's clothing in this era. Their clothes were also adults' clothes that were reduced in size. They were not good-looking, just wrapped in two pieces of cloth.
There was no difference between boys' and girls' clothes, only their hairstyles.
"Miss, you are also lazy." Glad said to the freckled girl. They were neighbors and everyone was familiar with them. He was lazy, but this girl didn't like to work either, and she always lazy in the name of looking for him.
"Hehe, who asked you to be lazy? I have a reasonable excuse." Miss also lay down and leaned against the stone: "The sun is really comfortable."
They were all playful at an age, so it was no wonder that they always tried to escape from heavy work. Moreover, the living environment here is obviously much better than that in the American rain forest. You can farm and don't have to be afraid of wild animals.
Just when the two teenagers were about to fall asleep, Glad suddenly widened his eyes because he saw something, emerging from the horizon little by little. At first, there was only a little bit, but slowly a bigger thing appeared.
"Miss, look, what is that?" Glad called Miss to look together.
Miss widened his eyes: "It looks like a boat." They all saw boats, but they only saw small sampans floating in the lake, not behemoths on the sea.
Both of them had good eyesight. When the fleet came, they were completely dumbfounded. They didn't know what it was at all? Instinct made them hide behind the rocks, although they didn't know why they were hiding.
"Let's go back and tell the adults." Miss was a little nervous.
Glad swallowed his saliva and thought: "Let's go!"
This is no longer something that children can judge. The two children kicked their feet and ran back.
The people in the tribe were still wondering why the two children came back so quickly today. Didn't they always wait until dinner? And they seemed very panicked.
"No, no!" Gram shouted as he ran, attracting all the people working in the fields.
Especially Gram's family, they thought something had happened to their youngest member.
"What happened? Did someone bully you, or did you encounter a wild beast?" Gram's brother rushed over and asked.
"No, no, there is a ship on the sea, a big ship."
A ship on the sea? The tribe looked at each other, could it be from the other side? Some ships would get lost and come here, but the crew members are basically not good people, and they often rob things. Of course, if the crew members are too weak, they will also be robbed by the tribe.
However, this is rare. It has not been seen for several years. The fragments of the ship will be washed up on the sea from time to time, and occasionally there will be some intact utensils that can be taken home for use.
"Let's go together." The people of the tribe were ready to go out in full force, all holding farm tools, mostly stone tools. Obviously, the economic conditions of this tribe were average.
When everyone arrived at the shore, they were collectively confused. They were well prepared, but they didn't expect the ship to be so big, and it was completely different from what they had seen before.
Most of the Mediterranean ships of this era were equipped with sails and manpower. They could travel freely in the Mediterranean with few winds and waves. It was no problem to go out to the British Isles occasionally, because the narrowest part of the English Channel was only 34 kilometers, and it would not take much time to reach the destination even if it was rowed by manpower.
So the ships of this era were really not as big as the tower ships. The huge size made the tribesmen feel timid even far away on the sea.
"Something is coming." They saw several small boats separated from the huge fleet.
Cai He had already discovered the crowd of onlookers on the coast. They seemed to be better than the savages in the New World. At least they were wearing clothes, although many of them were barefoot.
When Cai He saw so many people suddenly appear, he knew that they lived nearby, so he was not in a hurry to see some people disperse. Anyway, they had pointed out the direction, so he landed first. At the same time, Cai He also said that he was lucky and always met people. Duran said that these places were vast and sparsely populated, and he might not meet anyone for several days, but Cai He always met locals in a short time.
Of course, Cai He didn't know that he had not yet reached the European continent. This was just the British Isles.
After arriving on the shore, Cai He found that all the onlookers had disappeared. The fear of the unknown drove the tribesmen to go back and hide the valuables at home, for fear that they would be robbed. It would not be a problem for people to hide in the woods for three or five days. They felt that as long as there was nothing in the tribe for the sea visitors to rob, the uninvited guests would leave.
The tribesmen were really afraid of the powerful strangers. You have to know that in this era, they were still considered individuals in their tribe. If they were captured and made slaves, it would be terrible, so they must be on guard.
Seeing all this, the Clairvoyant said that the people in this place seemed to be very afraid of the group of people coming from the sea. Seeing that they even hid their wooden sticks, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Why do we look richer than them? Do we look like people who will come to rob them?"
"Don't blame them. It's better for them to be afraid of us than to have bad intentions towards us." Cai He was not in a hurry. He set up camp first, and then went to find people to trade with them. They should gradually eliminate their hostility.
Cai He already had experience, so he was not in a hurry.
The entire tribe hid in the forest, leaving an empty tribe, thatched houses and crops that had not yet grown in the fields. Not even a chicken feather was left for Cai He and his party.
After entering the village, Cai He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. These people were really powerful. Of course, it can also be said that their belongings were moved away in a short time.
Forget it, take your time. Cai He left a small bag of food in each thatched house in the village, hoping that they would understand that they were not enemies when they came back.
However, Cai He didn't know how long these people would hide, so he sent people to ride horses along the vaguely visible dirt road to investigate other tribes. The scouts all have martial arts skills and can usually defeat ten people without any problem. They are considered masters of the fleet.