Chapter 338: The Change Caused by a Native Woman......
Major Xin said: "Those cavalry quietly outflanked from the flank, but they were discovered by the natives in advance...... As you can see, the terrain here is flat like a panel...... They began to run again in a hurry, but the cavalry was wise, and they troted behind the herd of llamas.
As a result, they were brought to a tribe of the indigenous people......"
Major Xin paused and said:
"They are poorer, poorer than the Incas! Except for sheepskin tents, there is almost nothing!
In order not to frighten them, the horsemen kept their horses at a distance, and carried themselves such items as cotton cloth, salt, and corn to their tribe to talk to the chieftain there.
The cavalry first signaled that they would exchange cotton for their camels...... The guys quickly figured it out, and then accepted the exchange; But when they signaled to hire labor, the guys refused!
It was only later that everyone realized that they did not even have the concept of labor in their heads!
They believed that all food was given to them by the gods of the sun, the moon, the grass, the tree, the water, the rain, and the wind, and that everything would be in awe of them and worship them often...... Why labor?!
They are further behind the Incas!
If they really believe, they will not get what we have without labor...... But they still come to us to steal! ”
Major Sin's anger was real.
At that time, Major Xin was also speechless for such strange things as them, they don't work, let's do it ourselves.
It took them a month and a half to dig out the system of canals that the agricultural technicians had drawn, and then with the help of a dozen war horses, they cleared all kinds of fields and planted vegetables and grain...... When it was finished, everyone was going to be exhausted and paralyzed.
The natives were watching from afar...... The last exchange did not hire labor, but they were less and less afraid of the people of the Federal Empire.
They must be surprised that there are such fools in the world, what are they busy with day by day?!
In fact, they had already been scolded by Major Xin in their hearts for seven or eight times.
Once, they ate roasted whole sheep at the labor site...... One or two alpacas can't make a herd, so let's treat everyone first.
The result was good, and the scent directly attracted the children of the indigenous people.
The children bit their fingers and drooled as they watched everyone eat roast mutton...... The alpaca meat tasted pretty good, with a little pepper and a little chili powder, plus they had already kneaded the lamb with refined salt...... This method of roasting the lamb is of course more delicious.
No one can stand the saliva of those children.
Major Xin counted their numbers, chopped a large piece with a knife, and specially looked for the parts that were not sprinkled with chili powder, and then cut them into eleven pieces of meat in a few clicks, one for a small child!
Major Xin asked them to hold the mutton in their hands and immediately turned to leave.
Sure enough, the children immediately ran back without even a word of thanks.
Those who do not work are not allowed to eat...... However, the exception is for small children and the elderly.
What I didn't expect was that those children brought their families in!
Major Xin was on fire at that time, and pulled out his shiny saber and dangled it, damn it, you want to come and eat us for nothing, see how many guts you have?!
Those fellows had certainly never seen a steel knife before, but they understood how powerful it was, and when they saw that the other party was far more young and strong than them, they obediently retreated.
It was only later that they learned that in this Pampas, if two nomadic tribes met by chance, the stronger would eat the weaker one, kill each other's chieftains and elders, and make the others slaves.
If everyone is equal, then they will treat each other peacefully, because no one is sure of winning, and even if they win, they will lose too much.
However, if you feel that there is a small number of people, you will take the initiative to roast the whole lamb and invite everyone to eat it together.
Their act of giving roast lamb to the children was perceived by the other party as a peace, and they also had a sense of enlightenment...... There are so many young and strong people, but they feel weak, it turns out that the chief still wants to take the whole clan to live in another place.
They had never seen such a tribe with so many young and strong people, nor had they seen a tribe that could drive such a big creature on the river...... I didn't even see a monster running fast, and digging around there as if he had a grudge against the god of the earth.
The reason they didn't come to rob us was because they felt weak...... So, of course, the whole clan is going to have a meal!
But I didn't expect the other party to turn their faces again, and it was scary to see their ferocious appearance...... So they went back very strangely.
This is really just a misunderstanding of cultural customs.
However, the subsequent behavior is not a misunderstanding...... The guys started stealing...... Of course, they may initially think they're picking up.
A half-sized boy noticed that a strange thing had "grown" around a pond, and he touched the thin thing on it with his hand, and it felt elastic and strong, and he felt that it was useful, and he began to tug hard, trying to break it, but to no avail...... In the end, I pulled it all down, and I kept dragging it.
When a soldier in charge of feeding the capybara saw it, he was furious!
Fortunately, the capybaras were used to being kept and didn't want to escape.
He immediately rushed over and pinned the kid who wanted to steal the wire to the ground in one fell swoop!
The two communicated with each other one on top and one on the bottom, and found that they couldn't understand what the other party said.
The soldier's solution was simple, he rebuilt the barbed wire in front of the boy, and then punished the boy to follow him to cut the young reeds.
There are many reeds on the banks of the Buyi River, and Major Xin is still preparing to wait for autumn to come and harvest a batch well, and after drying, it can be used to make a fire and weave a straw curtain.
The soldier saw that the boy could not use a scythe at all, and was afraid that he would cut himself, so he quickly swung the scythe and cut it, and then motioned for the boy to throw the reeds into the pond!
The half-sized man was terrified by the scythe, he had never seen such a sharp weapon...... Seeing the soldier waving his scythe and talking, he obeyed his arrangement.
After about an hour, and feeling enough for the capybaras, the soldier stuffed the kid with a few pieces of hard candy and let him go.
As a result, early the next morning, an indigenous woman led the half-grown boy outside the camp and jumped on her feet and shouted.
Everyone was stunned...... Even the Inca auxiliaries couldn't understand what she was calling.
The aborigines and Incas are similar, but the language and customs are very different.
The soldier in charge of feeding the capybaras told about yesterday.
Major Xin was speechless, is there such an unreasonable woman in the world?
Your child stole our wire, what wrong did we punish him with labor?!
Of course, he also saw the thin scar on the child's arm cut by the reed leaves.
What is this, who hasn't been scratched by corn leaves when weeding in the cornfield shirtless in the summer?!
That's a lot heavier than a reed!
Well, Major Xin had someone take half a pound of sea salt and send the away...... At that time, he wanted to settle things and was unwilling to deal with a.
However, what I didn't expect was that half a catty of sea salt triggered a huge change......
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