Chapter 426: Transaction
"Let's go! Check out our new friends! ”
Stony Brook smiled.
The generals were a little confused, so they followed Stony Creek out of the camp.
"General, that's them."
When everyone looked, they saw three natives wearing animal skins with strange oil paint on their faces, and one carrying a prey, surrounded by sailors.
The young natives at the head were very excited, but no one in the fleet could understand this language.
remembered that Yang Hao had confessed that he should try not to conflict with the locals as much as possible.
Shi Xi looked at the native, showed a kind smile and said, "Young man, don't be so excited, sit down and talk slowly." ”
Seeing that someone responded to his words, the native immediately realized that this man should be the leader of this tribe, and immediately made an excited comparison.
The language barrier made Stony Brook feel like a fight.
After thinking for a moment, he brought some hot water over and warmed them up.
When a sailor heard this, he quickly filled a bowl of warm water from the steaming pot.
Stony Brook motioned to show it to the young man.
The young native looked warily at the water in the pottery bowl, revealing a hint of puzzlement.
Seeing this, Stony Brook made a drinking motion.
The young man hesitated, then took the bowl solemnly, and took a big gulp as if he had made some difficult decision.
"Ahem! Ahem, ahem, ahem! ”
Maybe he drank too much, and the water was a little hot, and the native coughed again and again.
Seeing this, the other two natives suddenly changed their faces, threw down their prey, and looked at Qi Ren with fierce expressions while holding the stone spear.
The young native relented, and motioned for the other two to put their weapons down.
The other party's actions made him understand that they had no ill will towards him, and his hanging heart suddenly relaxed.
The language barrier is not a problem for them, and he has some experience in this area.
When Shi Xi saw this young man, he muttered a lot of words, then squatted down and painted on the ground.
The crowd gathered around curiously, wanting to see what the man was going to do.
I saw that the things that this young man drew were very simple.
The painting is divided into two parts, one part depicts a simple boat shape suddenly, and there are many people standing next to the boat.
On the other side, three people are depicted, each with a prey.
The content of the painting is very simple, and everyone can understand what it means when they see it.
Stony Brook found this method of communication very interesting, and immediately crouched down, pointed to the people next to the boat, and then pointed to himself.
Seeing this, the young man nodded excitedly.
Rather, she said.
After a very difficult exchange, Stony Brook finally figured out what these people were trying to do.
According to his understanding, they wanted to trade their prey for a pot for boiling water for the fleet.
This reason was flatly rejected by Stony Brook.
What are you kidding, a few prey like broken deer, it's like changing something for your own cooking, it's just a fantasy.
Don't say three, even thirty, he won't change.
These pots were real iron pots, and they didn't have much in their fleet.
Seeing Stony Brook's refusal, the three of them looked a little overwhelmed.
Shi Xi smiled and said, "This iron pot can't be exchanged, but if you want to, you can look at other things." ”
As he spoke, he picked up the clay bowl that was filled with water just now and gestured twice.
The native didn't quite understand what Stony Creek meant, and made a gesture of dancing and dancing.
After another chicken-to-duck exchange, with the amazing understanding ability of both parties, I finally understood what the other party wanted to express.
It's just that the young man was a little hesitant, although these pottery looks very beautiful, but their tribe can also make pottery, but the quality is much different from these strangers.
After the three natives discussed in a whisper, they saw one of them get up and want to walk outside.
This action made Shi Xi's face sink, and he motioned for his subordinates to stop the man.
"What do you mean?"
Stony Brook Road.
The native was surrounded by people, and he was suddenly a little emotional.
The young native, as if he understood something, grunted at Stony Brook, and pointed to a dense forest not far away, indicating that there were many people like himself.
Shi Xi's face was very wet and ugly: "What's the matter, are you not aware of being targeted at all?" ”
The adjutant hurriedly said: "General, the fleet has just arrived on the shore, and it hasn't had time to check the surroundings yet. ”
"Hmmm! Okay, pay attention next time, pass the order, strengthen vigilance, and let the people of the second and third shifts assemble in line to prevent accidents. ”
"Yes!"
The adjutant gave a military salute and hurriedly went down to make arrangements.
Shi Xi looked at the young man and said in a deep voice, "Young people from the New World, I hope you had better just trade, otherwise I will let you know how powerful I am Daqi." ”
I don't know if the young man understood, but he nodded hurriedly, and motioned for Shi Xi to give him the pottery bowl.
A broken bowl of Shixi still didn't mind, and asked people to take the bowl to this person.
The young man took the bowl and handed it to one of them, muttering a few words, and under the vigilant gaze of the sailor, he saw the native running quickly towards a dense forest.
The atmosphere was a little awkward while waiting.
The young native, looking at the clothes worn by these strangers and the weapons in his hands, his eyes leaked a deep sense of envy.
It's just that he can't open his mouth to ask anything because of the language barrier.
Soon, the man who had left returned to the camp with the clay bowl again.
After the three of them deliberated for a while, the young man nodded to Stony Brook.
He pointed to the pottery bowl, then spread out his palm, flipped it, and pointed to a prey on the ground, holding out a finger.
Seeing this, Shi Xi sneered, "Heh! The appetite is not small. ”
He shook his head, stretched out five fingers, and pointed at his prey again.
Cut in half, how can the natives agree, knowing that it is not easy for them to capture their prey, these three prey are enough for the tribe to sustain for a day or two.
After some haggling, the two sides finally exchanged seven clay pots for one prey, completing the first transaction between the two continental civilizations.
Stony Brook didn't embarrass them anymore and asked them to leave.
"General, we were being watched when we first came here, which is not good for me, do you want to..."
A captain's eyes flashed with murder.
Stony Brook shook his head.
"No need, we're just here for a while, don't do those meaningless things, and the main thing is to complete the task."
"Yes!"
The captain said in a deep voice.
On the other side, the middle-aged leader looked at the exquisite pottery brought back by the young man, and his eyes showed admiration.
"What beautiful pottery, brave wolf, have you ever seen anything like this?"
"Chief, we've never seen anything like it, it's an amazing tribe, they have a lot of good things, and their weapons look sharp."
"Well, this is a powerful tribe, as long as they don't come to provoke us, don't do anything superfluous, okay, let's go back, prepare some gifts tomorrow, I'm going to visit them personally."