"Whether it is suitable for cultivating land or not, we have to build a new supply station here. Find a location where the ships can get ashore and organize personnel to get off the boat. There are many bisons on the shore that can provide us with food; we can also organize people to go into the sea to catch fish, and build a supply station and port here first." Zhao Juguang issued an order.

Just now, Zhao Juguang observed the shore with a telescope and found that there were a large number of bison, wild sheep, deer and other animals on the shore. After the immigration team got off the boat, they could hunt animals to replenish their food.

Alaska in this era was a pure land and a paradise for wild animals. Various herbivores provided sufficient food for North American grey wolves and North American grey bears.

There are no jaguars and cougars in Alaska, so this is a paradise for wolves and grizzlies. In fact, even animals such as jaguars and cougars may not be their opponents if they encounter wolves.

In addition to the two fierce Alaska overlords, grizzly bears and grey wolves, there are also various small and medium-sized carnivores such as North American foxes, Canadian lynxes, caracals, and North American minks.

The fleet released the boat, carried bamboo poles, approached the shore, and headed towards the bay.

This is the later Akutat, located in the lowlands of the Gulf of Alaska. This bay is located in the sub-cold zone, and there is a thick layer of ice on the coast. The ships arrived near the ice-covered sea area and stopped.

"It's too cold here. When winter comes, the sea will freeze, and it's still not suitable to serve as a supply port." Someone said.

"But the sea water here is really beautiful. The water is icy blue and the sky is so blue." Another soldier sighed.

Next, the boat continued to sail south along the frozen coastline. After walking for a while, they discovered a freezing sea area.

"There is no freezing here, we can log in from here." said a soldier.

In fact, on the seaside in cold areas, due to the influence of the warm ocean currents, the coastlines in some places will not freeze, which will form a natural unfreezing port in the cold zone and sub-cold zones.

The large fleet slowly followed the boat and entered this harbor and found a suitable place to park. The flagship in the lead put down the anchor chain, and the other ships also leaned on the flagship, put down the anchor chain, and connected the ships with cables. The fleet's ships docked side by side. The ships closest to the shore lowered the boats, and the crew, sailors and immigrants lined up and walked down the big boat along the gangway in an orderly manner and boarded the boat.

"This place is really a good place to build a supply station!" After getting off the boat, Zhao Juguang looked around and saw that there was a snowy area around him. Not far away was a dense jungle, which were all deciduous coniferous forests, which were trees in the cold and sub-cold zones.

The immigrants landed on the shore and then began to divide the labor. The Japanese, Koreans and Annans were arranged to cut down wood and prepare to build camps and forts, while the Han and Manchus went to hunt.

The Han and most Manchus carried bird guns, but Sikteng and a few Manchus used bows and arrows.

People held bird guns and bows and arrows and quietly approached a flock of bison.

Sikteng walked first, aiming at a bison, placing an arrow, loosening his fingers, and a heavy arrow shot out with the whistling sound of the wind. The arrow shot through the bison's eyes, shot in from the left eye, and came out from the right eye!

The bison screamed and fell down with a loud bang.

"Good arrows!" Zhao Juguang applauded repeatedly! Shooting animals with bows and arrows, and shooting at the eye, is a very accurate archery technique. Generally, when hunting foxes and martens, archers like to shoot at the eye. Shooting at the eye will not damage the fur, otherwise a hole in the fur will not be valuable.

But Sikten shot a buffalo! With an arrow, it not only hits the eye, but also penetrates the buffalo's skull and penetrates the eye from the other side. This not only requires good eyesight, but also requires strong strength! How hard is the cow bone? It takes a long time to chop it with a slaughter knife to chop it. The cow bone is much harder than a pig bone. How strong does it take to penetrate it with one arrow?

"Bang bang bang" bird gunmen opened fire one after another, and more than a dozen wild bisons fell down.

Looking at the bison killed by a bird gun and comparing the bison shot to death by Sikteng, Zhao Juguang shook his head: "More than ten bird guns shot in sieve, and a lot of the meat was smashed."

"But it's not OK to shoot it without a single shot. A bullet can't kill this thing at all." said a bird gunner.

The buffalo has a strong vitality. If you get a bird gun, you will never die.

Sikten and the Manchu archers holding bows and arrows entered the woods and began to hunt birds and preys such as pheasants, and handed over the bison and wild sheep outside to the bird gunner.

There are many wild animals here in Alaska. They see monsters with two legs approaching them, and many animals don’t know how to run ahead of time, and they all become living targets for the colonists.

The big boat dropped the boat and went to the nearby waters to start fishing. The fish here were big and fat. If you sprinkle a net, you could pull up a large net of lively fish. The fish here are cold water fish. Because of the long growth period, the fish are relatively large and delicious. After the immigrants sent the fish they caught ashore, the chefs who came off the boat began to kill the fish and scrape the scales.

It was getting darker, and the immigrants' camping site lit up bonfires, and the hunted animals were ripped open, and then cut into strips of meat and slices, and then roasted on the fire.

The meat and fish were oiled, sprinkled with spices such as salt, chili powder and cumin, and the fragrant barbecue was completed. These immigrants have never eaten barbecue since boarding the ship, because when they were on the ship, in order to prevent fire, barbecue was not allowed on the ship, and they could only stew with charcoal stoves, and even stir-frying was not allowed.

After the efforts of the Japanese, Koreans and Annan people for one afternoon, the wood that had been cut was enough to form a wooden fence. I will deal with it briefly tonight and everyone will go back to the boat to sleep. By the next day, they will dig trenches and then cut down wood to build a wooden castle. A small town will be built under the castle, and a wharf will be built later.

After more than a month of hard work, a castle and a small town appeared on the beach here. Zhao Juguang left more than 100 people and two small boats to garrison here, and the rest continued to board the ship and head to the south of this continent.

The food here is rich, with sufficient wild animals, and a large number of fish in the sea. Those who stayed are not worried about starving to death. However, food cannot be grown here, so the food can only be provided with food to these left-behind people next time. However, most of the people who stayed are Manchus, and they are more accustomed to eating meat.

The fleet continued to go south and drove south along the coastline. After walking for several days, we could see the coastline on the left, which proved that this was a continent, not an island.

Finally, the fleet passed by a large island and entered a bay. Zhao Juguang named the island Juguang Island, which was actually the later Vancouver Island, but in this era, it was impossible for Vancouver Island to appear, only Juguang Island.

Entering a bay, the terrain here is relatively flat and the climate is not that cold. Now the weather has begun to warm up, and you can see a large green grassland on the ground.

After landing, the immigration team had not yet begun to build the castle, but inexplicably fought a battle with the local indigenous people. However, what is strange is that the indigenous people here actually had muskets! A group of indigenous people riding horses, holding mescorers and bows and arrows came over. However, in front of the Ming army, the indigenous people were no match for the enemy at all, and their attacks were quickly repelled.
Chapter completed!