Chapter 188: Gossip on the Road

Through small talk with Dunbar, the genetically driven man learned. wWW Please be the first to read the latest chapter of the popular novel! The kind of powerful guy Dunbar spoke of, and who spewed green smoke, seemed to be an ancient cannon in his opinion.

After an in-depth exchange, the genetic man was completely sure that Dunbar was talking about artillery.

Seven years into the war, the Iroquois had already killed the French in the Quebec forts. But they left countless corpses under that fortress, and the losses were very great in the end.

The reason for this is that when the French were stationed in the fortress, they planted several eight-pounder guns.

It's also unbelievable to say it, just a few eight-pounder cannons can make the Indians' attack useless, it's really funny to say it.

But the genetic man did not laugh, because he considered the tactics of the Indians, as well as the tactics of the French, and the gap in weaponry, and it was not surprising that Dunbar said this result.

Yes, anyway, now the Europeans are still relatively advanced in terms of weapons, compared to the Indians.

Therefore, it was still difficult for the Indians to defeat them.

At the same time, the French were not without helpers at that time, because not all of the Indian tribes in the north would recognize the Iroquois.

They had many tribes that considered the Iroquois to be the most dangerous and came to their aid to the French.

Of course, there were many tribes that had a grudge against some of the tribes of the Iroquois Union. This was the main reason why they helped the French to fight the Iroquois.

It is important to know that tribal wars and killings between Indians and Indians on the American continent are often caused by the continuation of the grievances of their ancestors.

This is no different from the tribal vendetta in Africa in later generations.

Although they did not understand that the enemy of their enemy was their friend, the Indians knew that whoever fought their enemy should be helped.

At the same time, the French are not fools and fools, they are also knowledgeable and take advantage of this very well. Therefore, many tribes in the north, under the pull of the French and the temptation of some interests, turned to the French.

At that time, when the Iroquois attacked the French, the Iroquois base camp was also attacked by the Indian tribes who had defected to the French, and it can be said that the losses were very heavy.

Coupled with the fact that they attacked the French fortresses in vain, the war ended hastily.

In this way, the French also had time to recuperate, to recuperate, and to mobilize manpower from within the country.

After the Iroquois withdrew from the French, they began to collect the Indian tribes that had taken refuge with the French, and before the French could react, they destroyed and slaughtered their tribes.

Of course, it's not that there aren't fish that slip through the net.

After all, the Iroquois are not immortals, how could they not have slipped through the net.

Many tribes moved to live near the French forts in Quebec, which was a radical introduction to the French, just like the Indians in British Virginia.

The Iroquois settled the small tribes and began to recuperate.

Despite the fact that the Iroquois seemed to be a powerful warrior, it was only then that all the tribes came together.

At the same time, if a war starts, there will be more troubles, and they don't want the war to be going on all the time.

It is important to know that each tribe sends warriors to join the war, but if a tribe seems to have more people or a tribe has fewer dead, this will cause trouble again.

Thus, after the defeat of the French in that war, the Iroquois stopped talking about war.

In their opinion, as long as the French did not come to occupy their lands, then there was no need for a war.

"Dunbar, did you say that this time some of your small villages were destroyed by the whiteskins, is it another prelude to the start of war?" , the gene man who drove the car shook the whip in his hand, causing the elk to slap their heads.

Dunbar pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I always think this thing shouldn't be." Is it true that the whiteskins are so fond of war? ”

Dunbar, he couldn't figure it out, in his opinion, no one should like war, after all, if the war has started, neither side will get any benefits.

When the soldiers die on the battlefield, what will happen to their families?

In fact, Dunbar knew that for Europe, war was a way to accumulate wealth. They used war to loot wealth and occupy land, and these are the most important things.

The Indians, on the other hand, had a vague or even non-existent concept of their property. At the same time, they did not have a correct idea of the ownership of land or anything, so they only thought that war was a kind of revenge against the enemy.

It's like if you kill our people, then we will kill your people.

It's just that when the enemy is too numerous, then the Iroquois has to send more people to retaliate, so that the war is formed.

Don't look at the leaders of the Iroquois who fancy the land and fought a war with the French for this, in fact, their ideas are similar to those of the lower tribesmen.

The reason why they value the land is because this land has been handed down by their ancestors, and they can't just give it to outsiders.

As for the territories outside that are not the ancestors, they have nothing to do with them.

If they really fancied the land, they would have expanded and plundered everywhere like Zhao Hongyu or the white people. It's still like it is in the Great Lakes region.

"I don't know if the whiteskins like war, but it's true that they like to rob. In our land, there are countless things that attract them. ", said the genetic man who drove the car, following Dunbar's words. Animal skins, wood, some mountain treasures, and the silver and shiny stones all attracted them. ”

The gene man tried to use the thinking and language of the Indians to tell the Europeans he knew.

After listening to the gene's story, Dunbar nodded silently.

He had to admit that what this foreign guy said was very accurate, and those white-skinned people were indeed like this one by one.

Greedy!

The definition of this word is too accurate.

"Most importantly, the whiteskins are more ambitious for the land, and they like to take it for themselves. Even if the land did not belong to them in the first place, they would have to acquire it by force and massacre. ”

This genetically man is very good at talking, and he has succeeded in attracting Dunbar.

"You Iroquois are an obstacle to the westward advance of these whiteskins, so they must eradicate you. If they don't get rid of you, they won't be able to move west and occupy the wider land. Gene people continue to black the French.

The more Dunbar listened, the more it made sense, and he couldn't stop nodding his head violently along with the words of the genetic man, like a chicken eating rice.

Oh~ yes!

Well~ That's true!

Yes~ That's right!

Yes, the whiteskins are so shameless.

Every word the gene man said entered Dunbar's heart, as if it were what he himself thought.

It's just that because of his lack of vocabulary, Dunbar doesn't know how to express it. But now it was accurately expressed by the genetic person, which made Dunbar very excited and happy.

"Tell your leader when you get back and let him be careful. The white forces have entered the Iroquois and begun to slaughter you. ”

Thinking of the usual methods used by Europeans, the genetic man reminded Dunbardau.

"Probably not, we have a lot of people out there, and if there are too many of them, we will definitely find out." Dunbar shook his head and said to the genetic man.

The Gene Man pouted: "Don't forget the tribes that are under the wing of the French, if they are going to attack your Iroquois, then these tribes will definitely be with them." With them as guides, it was not difficult to get into some of the small villages of Iroquois. ”

The gene people sighed a little in their hearts, the Indians of this era are really simple, and they are also tendons when they think about things.

Hearing what the genetic man said, Dunbar's body shook.

Xindao: Yes, this outsider is right. The White Gates were unfamiliar with the terrain, but the tribes that had taken refuge in them were very familiar. With them leading the way, it wouldn't be too difficult to take some trails into the villages on our outskirts.

Seeing that Dunbar thought about it, the genetic man continued, "And I think those whiteskins have also had a lot of merchants who have traded with you over the years, right?" ”

Dunbar came to his senses from his ramblings and looked sideways at the Gene Man.

He didn't know what the Dao Gene people meant by this, and what did those merchants have to do with it?

However, he still replied: "Yes, many white skins from Quebec have been doing business with us all these years." Although there had been war between us in the early years, when the war subsided, trade between us returned to normal. After all, we need some of their goods, such as iron utensils or something. ”

When answering the genetic man, Dunbar's face was a little bitter.

The gene man asked very casually: "Has the price been raised a lot?" ”

Dunbar nodded bitterly: "Yes, you guessed right. After trade resumed, those damn white skins tripled in price and also limited the number of iron utensils we could buy, which hasn't changed until now. ”

The genetic people think this is normal, after all, you don't accept the French, and you fought with them a few years ago, and you beat the French enough.

If Manhattan were to do the same, several of the principals in Manhattan would do the same, and even more.

Otherwise, what else can we do, is it possible to continue to sell the five weapons to the Iroquois, and wait until they are raised and then come back to fight themselves?

Apparently unlikely.

"Hey, can you show me this guy you're carrying?"

Dunbar focused on the flintlock pistol behind the genetic man, and he didn't want to discuss the white skin.

The Gene Man backhanded the flintlock pistol and handed it to Dunbar.

"It's a weapon unique to our tribe, take a look."

Taking the flintlock pistol, Dunbar fiddled with it and couldn't put it down.

He had never seen such a gun.

This gun weighs less than an arquebus, and the body is more aesthetically pleasing. At the same time, I heard this foreigner say that this gun does not need the troublesome arquebus lead, and can fire lead bullets as long as the trigger is pulled.

This made Dunbar even more curious.

Holding the flintlock pistol in his hand, Dunbar kept changing his posture and posing, which showed how much he liked it.

"Dunbar, didn't your tribe buy some arquebuses with the whites?"

The genetic people spoke at this time, and after such a long period of small talk, they were already very familiar with each other.

So, genetic people can call Dunbar by his first name.

Putting away the flintlock pistol, Dunbar returned it to the genetic, but the reluctance on his face was clear even at night.

"The arquebus French will not sell us, almost thirty in all of our Iroquois tribes." Dunbar uttered an unbelievable number.

No, such a large Iroquois union actually has no more than thirty dry arquebuses?

The gene people really don't believe it this time, really.

Dunbar sighed helplessly: "I don't need to deceive you about this, it's true." The French sold very few iron weapons, let alone arquebuses. And even if they were willing to sell, we wouldn't be able to afford it. ”

Later, Dunbar told the gene man the price of a 'black market' arquebus, which made the gene man gasp.

Five hundred beaver skins can be exchanged for the price of an arquebus, which is really a cheat.

How many brain-dead people have to be able to change it.

The arquebus at this time was not as good as the gun a hundred years later, so it was not very useful to change it back.

So, the Iroquois gritted their teeth and endured it.

In fact, the Iroquois knew that when the war between England and France came, if they took refuge with the British or the French, arms would definitely be provided to them, and it would be free.

At the same time, flintlock pistols were still used at that time, which were much stronger than arquebuses.

It's a pity that the Indians at that time saw that the development of firearms was becoming more and more powerful, and basically everyone had one. Otherwise, how could they all become sharpshooters, so they were not interested in the guns provided by Britain and France.

"Don't be afraid, we can sell arquebuses, you can have as many as you want." , the gene man patted his chest and made a promise to Dunbar.

In fact, he doesn't need to guarantee that Dunbar also knows the truth, Zhao Hongyu said when he met Zhao Hongyu earlier, arquebuses are also commodities that can be sold.

It's just that at that time, Zhao Hongyu was not like this genetic person, saying that the Iroquois could buy as much as they wanted.

"Are all the guns you use?"

Dunbar pointed to the back of the genetic man.

The gene man rolled his eyes and said in his heart how could this be.

He replied: "Arquebuses, we don't have many of them, so we don't sell them." ”

Oh~

Dunbar was a little disappointed, but the arquebus was sold, and he thought it was good.

Although arquebuses were more cumbersome to use before, the Indians still liked to use them.

Because this thing works well against some large prey......