Chapter 427: Gold Mine Brought by Gold Ornaments
Hearing that Lu Wan agreed to the transaction, all the people in Mo Libu cheered, and began to bargain with Liu Kata with the goods on their heads, although there were other interpreters on the ship, but Liu Kata was the only one who could understand the other party's language, so he could only trouble him to communicate with the other party.
The Moli Ministry has not yet entered the stage of private ownership, and the property of the tribe is public, which also reduces the trouble of trading, as long as Liu Kata sets a transaction price for Rumodo, stipulates the exchange ratio of food, fur and other goods with porcelain, and then counts the goods of the other party, and then gives them porcelain or silk according to the requirements of the Moli Ministry.
And when exchanging goods, many crew members who were okay gathered around, and a pair of thieves looked around at the people of the Mo Li tribe, especially those women with a lot of ornaments on their bodies, which were the focus of their observation.
According to past experience, some natives may not even have enough to eat, but they often have some very valuable things, such as all kinds of unprocessed gemstones, gold, etc., these things may be just some beautiful small stones in the eyes of the natives, often brought on the body to make jewelry, especially women, if they can find it, then they can use some very cheap things to exchange those jewelry, then it will be a windfall.
The first to catch was Erhanzi, a hunter with sharper eyes than anyone else, and soon found that a Moli girl was wearing a chain on her hand, which looked like it was made of a small yellow stone, but if you looked closely, those small stones actually had a metallic texture. If your eyes are not good, you really can't see it.
The so-called opportunity is not to be missed. When Erhanzi saw the chain in the girl's hand, he immediately pulled Liu Kata, who had just been idle, and stepped forward to stop the other party. And this girl from the Mo Li Department was happily stroking the silk that had just arrived with the lady next to her. When she saw Erhanzi blocking her way, she thought that the other party had taken a fancy to her, although she felt that these people who came by big boat looked very strange, not as handsome as the young men in the clan, but if the other party was willing to exchange silk, she didn't mind going with the other party, and it was precisely because of this that the girl who was stopped also flew a few winks at Erhanzi.
However, when the second Hanzi saw the other party's flattering eyes, his whole body trembled. This girl from the Mo Li Department is naked, and her figure is okay, but unfortunately it is too dark, especially the thick lips, as well as the occasional yellow teeth, all of which make Erhanzi feel cold all over his body, and even he feels that even the ugliest girl in the east of his hometown village, Furong, is a hundred times more beautiful than the girl in front of him.
Although there are many hungry people in the fleet who have sex with native women. But Erhanzi has never been, because his hometown has already set up a family affair for him, and the other party is still a famous beauty in ten miles and eight villages, which is much stronger than Furong. Not to mention the native girl in front of him, so he turned a blind eye to the girl's flattery, and hurriedly pulled Liu Kata. Ask the other party to translate for you, and tell the girl that you want to exchange bracelets with her.
In the commentary of Liu Kata, right. The girl quickly understood what Erhanzi meant, and when she learned that the other party did not take a fancy to her. But when she looked at the chain in her hand, she was also a little disappointed in her heart, their tribe, like other tribes, forbade intermarriage within the tribe, so she will definitely marry outside in the future, and although the young man in front of her looks a little weird, he can take such a big boat, so their tribe must be very powerful, if she can marry such a tribe, she will not have to worry about her future life.
However, although the girl was lost, she was still very willing to exchange, after all, the bracelet in her hand was not a valuable thing, especially when she saw the bracelet made of glass beads from Erhanzi's arms, her eyes lit up, and she quickly took the chain off her hand, and then stuffed it into Erhanzi's hand, and then snatched the glass bracelet, as if she was afraid that he would regret it, and showed off to the sisters and aunts in the clan.
The moment Er Han received the bracelet, he immediately felt that it was indeed metal, and then saw him stuff a yellow stone-like thing on the bracelet into his mouth and bite it, as a result, a clear tooth mark immediately appeared on it, and in the newly bitten place, it emitted a charming golden light.
"Gold, really gold!" Liu Kata was next to Erhanzi, and he could see it most clearly, and when he saw the shining golden light, he couldn't help but cry out at once, and at the same time he envied Erhanzi's good luck in his heart.
According to common sense, since the other party made the gold into a bracelet, and exchanged it with the second man without care, it also means that the other party may have more gold in their hands, as long as their eyes are bright enough, they can also make a lot of money like the second Hanzi.
However, before the second crew member found the gold ornaments, the people of the Mo Li Department suddenly began to boil, the reason was because of the string of glass beads that Er Hanzi exchanged for, after all, they had grown so big, and they had never seen such exquisite ornaments, so after hearing that the girl was exchanged for Erhanzi, they immediately stepped forward to surround Erhanzi, waving the ornaments in their hands to exchange with Erhanzi.
It's just that the girl's expression is a bit problematic, she told the clansmen that Erhanzi only accepts bracelets, so these people take off all their bracelets, but unfortunately they are not made of gold, most of them are made of various small stones, and even made of wood and animal teeth, which makes Erhanzi and Liu Kata cry and laugh.
"Everyone, be quiet, we want this yellow stone, not your bracelet, if there is something made of this yellow stone, you can exchange it with us!" Liu Kata said loudly in the local language, and repeated it several times, and finally let the local people who came around understand what was going on.
I saw these natives glance at each other, and then looked at the gold bracelet in the hand of the second Hanzi, although they didn't understand how these outsiders would be interested in this yellow stone, but they turned around and ran away very obediently, and after a while, a few natives took back a few pieces of gold jewelry, most of which were necklaces and bracelets and other things. Although these primitive ornaments have great archaeological and artistic value in later generations, in the eyes of uneducated guys like Erhanzi, they only value the value of gold itself.
However, the natives with gold ornaments in their hands named the jewelry made of glass, and the second Hanzi prepared a lot when he went to sea, but along the way, he had already consumed almost, and the glass bracelet that he had just exchanged was already his last glass product. However, he has no other crew members, after all, glass is a good and cheap thing, and it is a very precious ornament in the eyes of the natives, so each crew member will prepare some private goods made of glass to make a profit. So now seeing that the natives are interested in glass products, many people immediately ran back to the ship to rummage through the old bottom and find out the glass products at the bottom of the box to exchange for gold.
When Lu Wan saw that a small Mo Li Department actually took out a lot of gold jewelry, his eyes immediately flashed, and he glanced at Liu Kata, but the other party immediately understood, and began to talk to Rumodo, asking where they got these yellow stones.
Mo Libu was still in the Stone Age, and they had no concept of metal in their minds, let alone precious metals like gold, in their opinion, these were just heavier yellow stones, although the color was a little better, but they were relatively soft, and they could not be used as weapons at all, at most they could only be used as decorations.
However, Rumodo was able to sit on the head of the Moli Division, and his brain was naturally much more flexible, and when he saw that Lu Wan and other outsiders were interested in that kind of yellow stone, and also asked him about the origin of this stone, which made him guess in his heart that this kind of stone that was useless to himself was very important to these outsiders.
It was precisely with this in mind that Rumodo refused to say anything about Liu Kata's inquiry at first, and also forbade the clansmen to talk to Liu Kata again, his intention was nothing more than to exchange for some benefits. This made Lu Wan angry and funny, and finally had to ask someone to take out a mirror from his captain's room and give it to the other party, but when Rumodo saw it, he was immediately shocked, and he held the mirror and talked and sang for a long time, and then accepted it with a look of awe.
As for the place where they found the gold, Rumodo also immediately told them, it turned out that the origin of gold was not on their small island, but on the opposite big island, from the south of the small island where they were, until they reached the big island and landed, where the gold was produced, and Rumodo was worried that they could not find a place, and even enthusiastically gave them the first girl who traded with Erhanzi, and asked her to be a guide to lead the way for Lu Wan and them.
With the transaction as the basis, Lu Wan and the others quickly got along with the Mo Li Ministry, and at noon, Lu Wan very generously invited all the staff of the Mo Li Department to dinner, and planned to inquire about the situation on the big island in detail at the dinner table, Lu Modo was naturally very happy about this, after all, there was a free lunch here, of course they had no reason to refuse.
Chinese have always liked to talk about things at the dinner table, and their history is very long, anyway, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, there was already this habit. It's an old method, but it's effective, and when a plate of unsightly but delicious dishes is served, Rumodo and his people finally reveal their savage nature, striking out with two long arms, shoving whatever they grab into their mouths.
When Lu Wan finally took a few pots of wine and let Rumodo taste it, although the other party was very uncomfortable at first, but after a few sips, he slowly discovered the benefits of wine, but his alcohol was not good, and after a while, he was already red-faced, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Kata began to ask the other party about the situation on the big island, and the other party naturally knew everything, and even explained the personnel of him and other tribesmen to rob another tribe woman.
It's just that with Rumodo's explanation, Lu Wan's face slowly sank, because they suddenly found that the big island in front of them might be beyond their imagination, and the benefits of their slave hunting association here may not be great. The only thing that gives them some comfort is that they have found a gold mine here, but they don't know what its reserves are and whether it has value for development? (To be continued.) )
PS: Today's code is very smooth, half an hour early, hehe!