Volume 18 Chapter 53 Attracting the Indigenous People and Preparing for the Establishment of a Base (Part II)
At this time, the Indians of North America did not form a large state like the Mayan Empire and the Inca Empire, and they mainly existed in the form of tribes, with large tribes of about tens of thousands of people and small tribes of about a few thousand.
The Indian tribe located in the site of Jinshan City is the largest tribe in the vicinity, and the specific number of people they have has not yet been discovered, but based on their living area alone, it is estimated that there will be no less than 50,000 people.
This Indian tribe did not live by the sea, but surrounded a large freshwater lake about ten miles away from the coast, and Zhao Mingfeng had only observed it a few times with a telescope in the distance when they were scouting, and they had not approached this tribe.
In fact, this is also Zhao Mingfeng's first contact with the Indians, he is still quite nervous, and he is extra careful when walking.
After walking for about an hour, they had only advanced five miles, and the thatched huts of the Indians could already be faintly seen.
Zhao Mingfeng was already so nervous at the moment that he couldn't do it, he made a gesture, and the five Jinyi Guard masters who followed him all put their hands on the hilt of the gun on their waists, and once they were attacked, they would quickly draw their guns and shoot back.
Fortunately, no one attacked them.
In fact, the people of this Indian tribe also saw them, for these people in strange costumes, they were just curious, and they had no intention of attacking, after all, the other party only had a total of six people, and their tribe had more than 60,000 people.
After a while, a dozen or so Indian warriors armed with spears and bows and arrows came up to them, and they looked like they had no intention of attacking, as if they had only come up to inquire.
Zhao Mingfeng immediately made a gesture without hesitation, and the masters of the brocade guards quietly removed their hands from the handle of the gun and made a friendly appearance.
Soon, the two sides walked into a distance of more than ten steps, Zhao Mingfeng slowly raised his hand, and both sides stopped tacitly.
Before he could speak, the Indian warriors on the other side began to babble, probably trying to ask them what they were here for.
Zhao Mingfeng naturally didn't understand what they were saying, but Jin Yiwei had already solved this kind of language barrier.
As soon as he waved, a master of brocade clothes cooperated with him to make body language, and the two shook hands, hugged each other, and smiled at each other, the meaning was obvious, that is, we were friendly.
The leading Indian warrior looked at it for a moment, then finally nodded his head to show that he understood.
Immediately afterwards, Zhao Mingfeng asked five Jinyi guards to perform with him, this time he performed a leader, and the others were pretending, kneeling on one knee and kneeling on both knees, and then made the appearance of walking towards him with people.
The general idea was that the Indian warriors should take them to the leader of the tribe.
This is not very difficult to understand, the Indian warrior who took the lead looked at it for a while and understood.
He seemed to think about it for a moment, and then beckoned to them, meaning to let them follow.
Naturally, he couldn't retreat, so Zhao Mingfeng followed with his men without hesitation.
After entering the tribe, they knew how densely populated this place was, good guys, it seems that they have underestimated that this tribe has at least 100,000 people!
At first, they only saw thatched huts scattered in the woods, and the further they went, the better the houses became, and at the innermost level, they even saw civil bungalows.
However, there is one thing that they can't stand it, looking at the pieces of cloth tied between their crotches, it is obvious that they can weave cloth, but at this time, I don't know if it is for coolness or what, these people are just tying some fabric between their crotches, and the rest of the place is naked.
If it's just a man like this, they can barely accept it, and the problem is that the women they see are also bare-chested and clean, which is a bit embarrassing.
After enduring unspeakable embarrassment, they walked forward for about half an hour, and finally came to a large house by the lake.
This house is already a bit like a civilian residence in the Ming Dynasty, but it is mainly a civil structure, and there is no stone to see.
At this time, an old man with colored feathers was already standing there with a spear similar to a scepter.
Zhao Mingfeng hurriedly stepped forward with his subordinates and bowed respectfully.
The chief nodded, looked them up and down, and said a few words with a smile.
Still didn't understand, Zhao Mingfeng had to spread his hands, saying that he didn't understand.
The chief did not hurry, but shouted a few words to the warriors who had brought them, and the warriors ran away as fast as they could.
What does this mean?
Seeing Zhao Mingfeng's puzzled expression, the chief just raised his hand and made a tidy up that please wait a while.
Zhao Mingfeng couldn't do anything but stand there and wait.
It didn't take long for the Indian warriors to come running with a few men.
When Zhao Mingfeng saw those people, he immediately showed a surprised expression.
Because these people are not shirtless, but wear simple sleeveless robes, which obviously have the characteristics of being served!
Although I haven't met the Song people, it's okay to meet the Mongolian people.
Those people ran over and whispered to them, and sure enough, they felt a little confused.
Although Zhao Mingfeng didn't understand, he was dancing excitedly, and he gestured for a while, and the chief finally understood.
This means that they have boats, many, many boats, in the bay not far away, and there should be someone on the boat who can understand what these Mongolian people are saying, and he wants to ask these people to go with them on the boat and have an exchange.
The chief thought for a moment, and with a wave of his hand, he took the Mongols and five Indian warriors and led the way to the sea.
It's really bold, he said, you dare to bring five warriors to me, and I dare to take five warriors to you!
Seeing this, Zhao Mingfeng was simply surprised, it was naturally better for this chief to go over in person, it seems that this tribe should be considered a very friendly kind.
Naturally, there was no need to be cautious on the way back, and the Indians were also the sons of the jungle, including the old chief, who were very fast in the jungle, and in less than an hour they came to the sea.
When he saw the dense array of armed ships and super battleships in the bay, the chief was really shocked, he didn't expect that there were so many so-called ships.
In his impression, even if there are a lot of boats, these people are all terrifyingly big ships, and not a dozen, but hundreds!
However, he is really the kind of bold, so many super boats didn't scare him, he was just stunned for a moment and stepped on the paddle boat on the shore, that guts, even Zhao Mingfeng sighed to himself.