Chapter 865 Contact with the indigenous people of Gabon

After introducing the captain Mirabo Plenkovic, Jerome Patterson introduced the remaining 30 players to Grandi. Grandi also saluted and shook hands with them in turn. .

After the two sides had a preliminary understanding, Jerome Patterson instructed Mirabo Plenkovic with a serious expression: “Major Mirabo Plenkovic, you and your subordinates will next For a period of time, I followed Mr. Grandi to study, and if you don’t understand anything, ask Mr. Grandi!

have you understood? ”

Mirabo Plenkovic nodded and assured Jerome Patterson: “Your Excellency Governor, please rest assured! We will definitely study hard and not cause trouble to Mr. Grandi!”

Jerome Bonaparte nodded, then turned his gaze to Captain Grandi, “Mr. Grandi, these people will follow your orders from now on!

If any of them are unwilling to obey your orders, be sure to tell me!

I will clean them up! ”

“Yeah!” Captain Grandy responded. “I’ll do the same without you telling me.”

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In the next period of time, Captain Grandi and his team members respectively taught Mirabo Plenkovic and others, telling them the precautions for entering the interior of the Congo region, as well as the common usage of some tribes in the Congo region. words to prevent them from breaking the taboos of some tribes in the Congo region and sparking conflict.

Of course, these tribes are the tribes that Captain Grandi has identified, and there are still many unexplored tribes in the Congo region.

Mirabo Plenkovic and others were earnestly studying the knowledge taught by Captain Grandi, and each of them made very rapid progress.

What Grandi originally planned to take about four weeks to master, Mirapo Plenkovic has mastered everything in just over three weeks.

At the end of October, Captain Grandi found Jerome Patterson and said to him: “Major Mirabeau and others have mastered all the knowledge to go deep into the interior of the Congo region, and we can set off!”

Jerome Patterson said to Captain Grandi with a surprised expression on his face, “So soon!”

Captain Grandi said frankly to Jerome Patterson: “To be honest, I didn’t expect it to be so fast!”

“Yeah!” Jerome Patterson nodded and asked Captain Grandy again, “When are you going to leave?”

“I’m going to leave tomorrow!” Captain Grandi said to Jerome Patterson, “We’ve been delayed for almost a month, and we can’t continue to grind here!”

“Okay! All of you come to the Governor’s Palace tonight! I’ll see you off!”

“thank you very much!”

That night, Jerome Patterson entertained Captain Grandi and his team, as well as Mirabo Plenkovic and others at the Governor’s Palace.

During the banquet, everyone cheered and cheered for the upcoming departure.

After the banquet was over, it was already around 11 o’clock in the evening.

Captain Grandi and his team slumped into their chairs one by one due to excessive drinking.

Seeing this, Jerome Paterson hurriedly ordered the servants of the Governor’s Palace to send Captain Grandi and others back to their respective rooms, and then he ordered Rastigne to call Mirabeau Plenkovic.

At this time, Mirabo Plenkovic stood in front of Jerome Patterson with a slightly drunk expression on his face and said, “Your Excellency Governor, what do you have to do with me?”

“When you follow Grandy into the inland area, you must pay close attention to Grandy’s movements!” Jerome Patterson told Mira Poplenkovic.

“Don’t you trust them?” Mirabeau Plenkovic asked Jerome Patterson.

Jerome Patterson shook his head and denied it: “It’s not that I don’t believe them, but I think that when doing anything, you need to be more careful! Otherwise, problems will easily occur!

It’s good for both of us! ”

“I see! I will secretly monitor their every move! If they really dare to act against France, they will be rudely stopped!” Mirabeau Plenkovic responded decisively to Gerau Tom Paterson Road.

“Yeah!” Jerome Patterson patted Mirabo Plenkovic on the shoulder and said, “It really is a wise choice for you to be their captain!”

“You have won the prize!” Mirabeau Plenkovic responded humbly to Jerome Bonaparte.

“Okay! It’s getting late!” Jerome Patterson yawned: “Go back to rest early too!”

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The next day, as the early morning sun rose slowly from the eastern sea level, Captain Grandi, who was lying in bed, opened his eyes.

At this time, Captain Grandi felt a dizzy feeling, as if he had been hit **** the head with a fist.

In this dizzy and swollen situation, Captain Grandi closed his eyes and gently pressed his temples with his hands, and suddenly there was a tingling sensation in his head.

After pressing for a while, Captain Grandi’s head finally felt a little more comfortable.

At this moment, a knock on the door came from outside the room, and Grandi hurriedly asked who was outside the door.

“Mr. Grandi, Your Excellency the Governor asked me to tell you that it’s time for breakfast!” Rastigne’s voice reached Captain Grandi’s ear.

Captain Grandi hurriedly responded, “I see! Wait for you to tell His Excellency the Governor, let him wait for a while! I’ll be there soon!”

“Okay!” said Rastignac, and left Captain Grandi’s door.

After five minutes.

The fully dressed Captain Grandi walked out of the room and moved towards the Governor’s Mansion dining room.

When Captain Grandi pushed open the restaurant door, he found that everyone was already sitting at the table waiting for him.

Captain Grandi hurriedly apologized to everyone present: “I’m really sorry! I’m late!”

“It’s not too late! It’s not too late!” Jerome Patterson’s voice came from the main seat, he pointed to the vacant seat beside him and said to Captain Grandi: “Sit! Mr. Grandi! ”

Captain Grandi sat next to Jerome Patterson.

Breakfast officially started, and the servants placed two pieces of soft bread and a portion of porridge in front of everyone.

“Today’s breakfast is a bit crude, I hope you can forgive me!” Jerome Patterson said to Captain Grande.

Grandy shook his head and said to Jerome Patterson, “It’s very good to be able to have porridge and bread for breakfast!”

After that, Captain Grandi and the others began to eat.

After breakfast, Grandi and the others went to the pier, where they were going to take a fast boat from here to the mouth of the “Congo River” [1], and then enter it.

Jerome Patterson and Rastigne personally saw them off.

[PS: During this period, people’s exploration of the Congo River was not as detailed as in later generations, and many people mistakenly regarded other rivers as the Congo River.

In fact, there is only one river that can really go deep into the hinterland of Central Africa, and that is the place where the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo is divided. Historically, when France and Belgium divided their spheres of influence in the Congo, they were divided according to this river. ‘s outlet.

And the “Congo River” that Captain Grandi thinks can enter the hinterland is actually the Ornway River! 】

At 9 a.m., the steam clipper departed, and Grandy and the others standing on the deck waved at Jerome Fear Special Training and others.

Jerome Patterson and the others also waved and watched them leave.

Looking at the steamboat that was drifting away, Jerome Patterson asked Rastigne next to him: “Rastigne, do you think they can bring us good news?”

“Your Excellency the Governor, I believe they will be able to bring good news for us!” Rastigne responded firmly to Jerome Paterson.

“Well! I hope too!”

…

At 9:40 a.m., the steam clipper arrived near the Ornway River.

The crew quickly turned the rudder, and the steamship also slowed down slowly and cautiously into the Orneway.

After entering the Ornway, Captain Grandi re-emphasized their purpose this time, and asked everyone present to play the spirit of 12 points.

Everyone present was full of energy, with serious expressions on their faces.

When the steamship had been on the Ornway River for nearly two hours, Captain Grandy, who was standing at the bow with a telescope, saw a tribe not far from the river bank, and he hurriedly ordered the boat to stop.

The steam clipper slowly stopped on the shore, and UU reading www.uukanshu.com Grandi and others jumped to the shore on the boat.

Captain Grandi, who was standing on the shore, asked Mirabo Plenkovic, “How is the preparation?”

Mirapo Plenkovic pointed to the baggage in the players’ hands and said to Grandi, “Everything is ready!”

“That’s good!” Captain Grandi nodded and continued, “Then let’s move on!”

Grandi and others continued to move forward, and soon reached the vicinity of the tribe surrounded by the fence.

After seeing Captain Grandi and the others, the “scout sentry” in the tribe immediately shouted at the tribe, saying something they couldn’t understand.

“Quick! Take advantage of this time to reload the ammunition!” Grandi slightly urged everyone present to start reloading.

Grandi’s expedition team ripped open the paper wrapped in gunpowder with their teeth and poured the gunpowder into the muzzle of the gun.

Mirabo Plenkovic and others directly opened the breech, stuffed the paper fixed-loading cartridge directly into the breech gun, and then closed it again.

After the whole process was completed, Mirabo Plenkovic’s loading speed was much faster than that of the scientific research team under Grandy.

Grandi glanced sideways at Mirabo Plenkovich and the others, a little surprised on his face.

After Grandi’s expedition team was fully loaded, a group of tribal soldiers armed with spears rushed out of the fence and gradually approached Captain Grandi.