Speaking of Zhao Jia, their luck is really good, not long after the small boat team he led left the shore of the camp, they soon found that there was a bigger river on the island, the river was several times wider than the small river next to their camp, and the water flow was also very large, enough for their small boats to row along the river into the island, but what surprised Zhao Jia and them even more was that they saw some natives rowing canoes fishing on the river.

At the beginning, these natives were also very vigilant about the arrival of Zhao Jia and these outsiders, and the natives on the ship took up arms to prepare for battle, but they did not take the initiative to attack, but sent a small boat to row to Zhao Jia and their side, and a person on the bow who seemed to be the leader shouted something to them, but unfortunately Zhao Jia They couldn't understand each other's language at all, but looking at each other's appearance, they seemed to be asking why they appeared here?

Seeing that the other party sent people to contact him, Zhao Jia couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, when they first came into contact with the natives, what they were most worried about was that the other party would attack indiscriminately, although with their strength, it was not difficult to destroy the natives' tribes, but they were not butchers, they came to the Americas just to explore and discover the world, not to destroy the local civilization, so they didn't want to conflict with the locals until they had to.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Jia also quickly sent a boat forward, and then contacted the arriving native boat, although the two sides did not understand each other, but they could communicate through gestures, expressions, and movements, and Zhao Jia They had long expected this situation, so he sent people with experience in this area, who used to communicate with some natives who did not understand the language in Nanyang and other places, and also knew many kinds of native languages, and they communicated with the natives. You can also grasp the other person's language faster.

Maybe it's because the local people are very friendly, maybe it's those who communicate with each other who play a key role, the first contact between the two sides is far smoother than in the same place, especially when Zhao Jia's people take out a small amount of cloth and porcelain to give each other, which makes the other party even more overjoyed, and also makes the move of inviting Zhao Jia and them to the tribe as guests.

For the invitation of these natives. Zhao Jia and they didn't dare to agree easily, don't think that the natives are honest and honest, and some natives are also very treacherous, so they definitely don't dare to take any risks before they find out the details of the other party, but they invite the natives to their ship in turn, so that they can test the attitude of the natives, and secondly, they can also show their strength to the natives, after all, for the natives. The tall warship is like a palace on the sea, and Zhao Jia and they can drive such a ship here, which will naturally form a huge deterrent to the natives.

These local natives should be simple-minded people, and they agreed without any hesitation about Zhao Jia's invitation to go to the ship, and it is estimated that these natives also want to know how these outsiders came from? In addition, they were also very interested in the cloth and porcelain that Zhao Jia had given them, and even wanted to make some deals with these outsiders if possible.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Jia and the others easily took these natives to the sea where they docked their ships. As a result, when the natives saw the huge ship on the sea, they were all speechless in shock. And Zhao Jia was also very generous to take the leader on the boat for a turn, and also put forward a request to make a deal with the other party, which turned out to be in line with the other party's wishes, so the two sides agreed that tomorrow morning, Zhao Jia can drive the boat to the big river where the natives fished before, and then the natives will come to trade with Zhao Jia and them with food, fresh water, etc.

Early the next morning. Zhao Jia and the others returned to the boat and set sail, and came to the mouth of the big river where the natives fished to prepare for the trade, they had already come early enough, but they didn't expect the natives on the island to come earlier, when their boat came here. I saw that the beach by the sea was already full of natives, old people, women and children, everyone was carrying large bags of things, and their faces were full of bright smiles, which also made Zhao Jia very ashamed, because at a glance, he knew that the other party must be sincere in wanting to trade with them, otherwise it would be impossible to bring women and children.

When the natives on the shore saw Zhao Jia and their warships coming, they were all shocked, and those natives who had already seen these ships yesterday showed triumphant expressions, and said something loudly to the people around them in the native language, as if they were showing off to their companions that they had boarded these big ships like mountains yesterday.

Because the river surface of the big river is wide and the water depth of the estuary is enough, Zhao Jia and their boat drove directly to the location of the estuary, and then put down the boat and carried the goods ashore, in fact, their goods are not much, mainly some cloth, porcelain and the like, in addition to the glass bottles left over from eating canned food, these are very attractive to the natives, at least in the South Seas, they did it.

In fact, exquisite and practical things are popular everywhere, after Zhao Jia and their ship docked, there were natives immediately surrounded by them, and when Zhao Jia took out all kinds of goods on the ship, these natives also boiled all of a sudden, and they rushed forward to trade with Zhao Jia, but the language of the two sides is not comprehensible, and the exchange of goods has no ready-made ratio, so it is naturally impossible to trade directly, and finally the two sides still sent representatives to discuss.

The process of this discussion is very interesting, for example, Zhao Jia took out a glass bottle and put it on the beach, and then the local people took out a certain amount of food, if Zhao Jia felt that it was less, then signaled the other party to continue to add, of course, if the other party felt that it was not cost-effective, he would also ask Zhao Jia to add goods here, so the ratio of the transaction was determined in the comparison, and then the formal transaction began.

What the fleet needs is only the food of the natives, and the main food of these natives is a powder called "Tylenol", which looks similar to flour, but the taste is somewhat different, and later Zhao Jia and they learned that this flour is actually tapioca flour, but the general cassava is poisonous, but these natives can use a special method to remove the toxicity of cassava, so as to become edible, and it is precisely because of this that Zhao Jia called the local people Taíno, and this archipelago is also called the Taíno Islands by them. In addition, it was through this exchange that Zhao Jia finally determined his position. (To be continued.) )