Su Muli did not return to the tribe of Chumash on his own, but accompanied him to the Indian tribe by Chang Bin with two hunters and a guy named Lin Youde. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info This Lin Youde is a member of the Republic of China, and he is also a rare "propertied person" in the entire colony, he has a small steamer with a tonnage of more than 1,500 tons under his name.

Lin Youde came with him, on behalf of the Los Angeles Department of Commerce, to the Chumash tribe to see what could be traded. This small team of five people came on horseback, with the familiar environment of Sumuri, although it was dozens of kilometers away from the tribe of Sumuri, but the group still arrived at the tribe of Sumuri relatively quickly.

Chang Bin held a blade of grass in his mouth, looked at the wild Chumash tribe, turned his head to the fat Lin Youde and said, "I said, Boss Lin, you see that they are all poor like this, what business can they do?" ”

Dozens of tents, simple and dilapidated, some longhouses with thatched roofs, curling smoke in the village, and a few Indian children playing around in the village. It was a very quiet and relaxing scene, but it obviously had nothing to do with abundance.

The Indians were visibly nervous at the sight of the outsiders, and some of the male Chumash took out their weapons, including bone knives and spears, while the stronger warriors were able to use bows and arrows, while women, old men, and children took refuge in their tents to avoid injury.

"Wait, don't attack, that seems to be Sumuri!" A young Chumash person, dressed in a dress that looks "luxurious" among the Chumash people, must have a relatively high status.

Sumuri jumped straight off his horse, and along the way he had basically learned how to use things like saddles. Su Muri's current dress is actually a bit nondescript, he is still wearing a pair of leather pants sewn by Indian women, but he has changed to a pair of rubber shoes on his feet that I don't know who gave him, Su Muri soon found that these shoes are light and wearable, very suitable for running activities, and his upper body is a hemp jacket with a khaki national army jacket, but the hairstyle is still a pigtailed Chumash hairstyle.

"Ancestral Spirit bless, you're back at last, my child." The old Indians said to him.

Sumuri was also very excited, bowed down to pay his respects to the elder, and then recounted his fate: "High priest, I went south with you to do business, but we were attacked by the shameless Tunwa, everyone was killed, I was almost killed by an arrow from the Tunwa, but fortunately I met a group of friendly friends. They had come from the sea, in boats the size of a hill, and there were thousands of them, and they were very rich, and they had all kinds of tools, and they knew all kinds of knowledge, and it didn't take long for me to recover from such a serious injury. ”

The high priest was also extremely stunned, he saw the four "strange-dressed" guys behind Su Muri, and asked, "Is this the salvation of your friend?" ”

Su Muri nodded, pulled Chang Bin and said, "This is the warrior who saved me from the hands of the Tongwa people, his name is Chang Bin, and he killed several Tongwa hunters alone." ”

The High Priest nodded, raised his hands and said in a loud voice, "Saving our young Sumuri and sending him back to his home is something that only good friends do, you are all good friends of Chumash." ”

The rest of the Chumash also shouted and echoed the high priest.

Chang Bin Lin Youde and others were brought into the tribe and received the warmest hospitality, and the Chumash people celebrated the return of Sumuli with food and dance, while expressing their gratitude to them. In the meantime, there are more young girls lingering like butterflies wearing flowers, and the unrestrained Indian girls make a few men who have not tasted femininity for a long time a little imaginative.

Lin Youde, who was very scheming, even brought a jar of wine, which was not a good wine, it was the inferior wine provided to the sailors in Zheng He's fleet, and even the wine was not very pure. But the Indians never drank anything like it, and soon some fell in love with it and got drunk.

Early the next morning, Chang Bin woke up and found that he was holding a **** bronze-skinned girl in his arms. The girl doesn't look more than sixteen years old, but her eyebrows are clear and beautiful, and she is very pleasing. What made Chang Bin even more devastated was that he found a small patch of blood on the straw mat of the tent.

"What's going on...... I didn't drink much yesterday. "Chang Bin is from the Northeast and has a good amount of alcohol, but he drank some bad wine from the Ming Dynasty yesterday, and he doesn't remember what happened after that.

Careful not to wake up the girl, Chang Bin quickly got dressed and ran out. As soon as I went out, I saw Lin Youde walking everywhere.

As soon as Lin Youde saw Chang Bin, his eyebrows and eyes smiled, and he said, "I said Chang Bin, you are really romantic, and you took Su Muli's sister away when you came up." ”

Chang Bin was startled, pointed to the tent and asked, "That one inside is Su Muli's sister?" That kid sold his sister to thank me? ”

Lin Youde slapped him and said: "What do you say, I see that little girl seems to be very interested in your tall and mighty man, and Su Muli is probably happy to see it, haha, no matter what, you are also the first person in our colony to form a family with the Indians, congratulations." ”

Chang Bin was numb and shouted, "But I don't remember anything at all, and I can't even talk to the Indian girl." ”

Lin Youde sighed and said, "So you plan to give up from the beginning?" ”

Chang Bin straightened his chest and said, "Rub, that's not what a man does." ”

Lin Youde smiled and said, "Then what else do you say?" I still have to ask for this girl. ”

Seeing Chang Bin's innocent and tangled face, Lin Youde patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "At least this girl of yours is still a good-looking girl, and now the ratio of men and women in the colony is out of balance, and it is better to have an object than nothing." Or, if you don't like it, you can go back and find another girl. But this girl, you're going to make a decision, and there are political issues here. ”

Chang Bin's eyes widened: "Why are you still involved in political issues." ”

Lin Youde said with a smile: "If you succeed, won't we marry with the Chumash tribe, which will be more conducive to our development of relations with the Chumash people." ”

Chang Bin was extremely irritable, and quickly changed the topic, saying, "What are you getting up early in the morning to wander around, have you found the business opportunity you are looking for?" ”

Lin Youde laughed and said: "What's so difficult about this, the Chumash people were originally a trading people, but for the Indians, their trade goods were very few, basically food, furs and other things. In fact, there is a shortage of food in the Sumuri tribe, and it is not yet spring, and all Indian tribes have food shortages, but they have a lot of fur stockpiling. We can take these furs and make bedding, coats, furs, leather, and after processing, the profit will be doubled. I also discovered that these Chumash people also collect pearls. ”

"Pearls? You can't eat or drink this thing, what do you want it to do? ”

Lin Youde said confidently: "Now the colony is just beginning, but it will definitely develop into a perfect city in the future, some people are running for life, some people will be rich, and luxury goods such as pearls naturally have their markets." Besides, we can make jewelry and sell it to Europeans. ”

Chang Bin said: "You think long-term. ”

"Hey, my Lao Lin is eating this bowl of rice, I did it at that time, and now I do the same, if I don't make money, my heart will be empty."

"Money junkies!" Chang Bin said disdainfully.

Lin Youde said disapprerovingly: "I'm not really greedy for money, it's just the process of making money, watching the accumulation of wealth makes people feel the happiest." ”

Lin Youde didn't bring too many goods that could be exchanged, but this natural businessman, the ability of the white wolf with empty gloves is not bad. Seeing the lack of food and the difficulties of several tribes in Chumash, he put forward a bold idea - the Indian mercenary system.

While there is no shortage of labor in the colonies to a certain extent, there is a deeper meaning to this type of employment. Lin Youde didn't understand these things, but Bai Nan had talked to him about this before leaving. Bai Nan hopes to attract more Indians to Los Angeles and even join the colony. In this way, Los Angeles will have control and leadership over the surrounding Indians, and it will also strengthen the naturalization of the locals and reduce unnecessary conflicts.

Lin Youde is now taking away the labor force of the tribe, which also relieves the food pressure of the tribe, and at the same time, these labor force can also work for the Los Angeles colony, they are more familiar with the surrounding environment, and may not be able to do anything too complicated, but after training, they can also produce some effect.

The bad thing is that it may continue to aggravate the food supply crisis in Los Angeles, but Lin Youde feels that food can always be solved, and the efforts of hunting and fishing have basically been able to meet the demand, and if the Commerce Bureau can listen to his advice and send merchant ships to the southern New Spanish colonies, then they can exchange corn and other grains from the Spaniards, enough for the colonies to consume.

Su Muli is also a person who agrees with Lin Youde's ideas, and his life in Los Angeles makes him very yearning, and if he can lead the tribesmen to live a better life there, Su Muli feels obliged. Moreover, Su Muri had a bigger mind, but because of the language barrier, he did not show it.

Thus, the first trade between Los Angeles and the Chumash tribe was formed, and Lin Youde exchanged some iron tools, Ming Dynasty bad wine, and a small number of weapons for 86 young Indians to come to Los Angeles to work, and the contract stipulated that these Indians would serve Los Angeles for five years.