The negotiations between the fleet and the Sunset Ministry were not very smooth. The main reason was that the Sunset Ministry insisted on marrying several women to Li Fangyuan and others, because this was the tradition of their tribe. Even if the leader was greedy, he did not dare to easily destroy the tradition.

In this case, Captain Jiang could only propose a compromise solution. He could marry the women from those tribes, but he could not take them away for the time being. Instead, he would temporarily place them in the tribe. He would not come back to take them with him until they left America in the future.

The people in the tribe did not object to this arrangement. In fact, for the tribe, the women here do not have any concept of chastity. It is normal to get together when they meet each other. However, getting married on a specific festival is a very sacred thing, so it is also considered that Li Fangyuan and the others were unlucky and happened to hit the gun.

So a few days later, Li Fangyuan and others held a wedding ceremony with the women who each fell in love with them according to the customs of the tribe. Captain Jiang also gave them a few days off and also gave them a betrothal gift. The storm finally subsided. In the future, Li Fangyuan and the others also had an extra home in the tribe.

However, through this marriage, the fleet also had a deeper connection with the Sunset Ministry. Captain Jiang even hired some natives from the tribe to work, which accelerated the repair of the ship again, and even rebuilt the temporary port.

It was soon time for the fleet to set sail again. Captain Jiang invited the leader of the Sunset Ministry and several important figures from the tribe to visit the boat and drank a drink. Although the boat often did not open fire, there were still some chefs, so he prepared a sumptuous meal. In the end, the leader and the others were all drunk and disembarrassed.

Li Fangyuan and others also said goodbye to their native wife, and then boarded the ship with some locals. After the fleet left far away, Li Fangyuan stood on the observation deck and looked at his wife who was seeing him off from afar, and his heart was mixed.

Of course, Li Fangyuan had a wife before, but after being exiled, his wife soon followed others because she couldn't endure hardship, so he had no idea about the family, but he didn't expect that this time he would marry a native woman in America.

At the beginning, Li Fangyuan was indeed very reluctant, but people were not plants and trees. After these days of getting along, he and this native wife also developed a subtle relationship. The other party was named Jima, who was very young and beautiful. Moreover, Jima's father was a sacrificial priest in the tribe, and he was considered a very status person.

In addition, Jima is also very smart and seems to have been worried that Li Fangyuan will not come back after leaving. After all, they came by boat. Now they leave by boat. No one knows whether they will encounter danger. And if they don’t come back, I’m afraid no one can find them.

In fact, Jima's concerns make sense. Among the crew members who married a native woman with Li Fangyuan, there are really people who plan this way, especially those who already have wives at home, who don't care about the marriage in this tribe. Although they will come back, God knows when will they come back next time?

But even so, Jima still told Li Fangyuan that she wanted to give birth to a child, which surprised Li Fangyuan the most. So when she left, Li Fangyuan handed her some of the treasures she had collected so that her life in the tribe could be easier, and repeatedly promised that she would come back to find her in the future.

The newly repaired ship restored its former performance, especially after some attachments on the bottom of the ship were cleaned up, the hull seemed to be much lighter, which also accelerated the fleet's speed.

The fleet headed south along the coastline and encountered many tribes along the way. These tribes were somewhat friendly, some hostile, and some were relatively neutral. However, in general, it was more in line with Li Fangyuan's previous judgment, that is, the larger tribes should be more friendly.

Every time they meet a tribe that is willing to communicate, the fleet will offer rewards to find what they need, and they will also take out a small amount of goods to exchange with these people, so that they can know that they have real good things in their hands. For the natives of the Americas, the cotton, silk, porcelain, etc. brought by the fleet are extremely precious items, and sometimes they can't even exchange them with gold.

However, it may be because the fleet is still too far north, so although they spread a lot of news along the way, they still got nothing. However, the southwards, the hotter the climate is. Even when it counts, it is almost winter, but the crew on the ship is still shirtless and sometimes it is so hot that they can't sleep at night.

At noon that day, the fleet came to a bay again. Before they landed, they saw that the land of the bay was full of crops, and there were buildings a little further away. Because the wind and waves on the beach were too strong, even if the natives lived by the sea, they would not build their houses too close to the sea.

The fleet slowly approached the shore, and the natives on the shore also noticed the arrival of the fleet, but at first they did not dare to approach. After a while, a group of young and strong men came to the shore with weapons, and a leader with a strange ornament on his head also stepped forward to look at the fleet's ship.

The fleet had quite experienced the indigenous people. Seeing that the group of indigenous people who came did not directly attack, it was obvious that there was a possibility of communication. Captain Jiang sent Li Fangyuan and a few people who knew the indigenous languages ​​to board the boat and then rowed over to land.

Li Fangyuan knew the most indigenous languages, so after he got ashore, he immediately expressed his intention to trade in several languages. As a result, the other party really understood and ordered the tribe members to put down their weapons. Then he chatted with Li Fangyuan for a few words. At this time, Li Fangyuan discovered that although the other party's language was a new language, it was very similar to the several indigenous languages ​​he knew, so he could understand it.

After chatting for a while, Li Fangyuan also roughly learned about the situation of this tribe. The size of this tribe is not large, but they belong to an outer tribe of a city-state, which surprised him because this was the first time he heard the word "city-state". He even didn't understand the meaning of the word at first. It was not until the other party drew the appearance of the city and the description of the temple that Li Fangyuan finally confirmed that a city actually appeared here.

This discovery also shocked Li Fangyuan and immediately took out a picture album from his arms. The album was drawn by him according to the booklet given to him by Zhu Di. It was filled with things needed by the fleet. Then he opened the picture album and asked the other party to watch it one by one, asking if the other party had seen these things.

As a result, just as Li Fangyuan turned a few pages, the other party's leader suddenly reached out and pointed to the content on the drawing, and said with great certainty that he had this thing here!
Chapter completed!