Chapter 122: Interests First (Three Watches, I'm Working Hard)
After the British retreated, calm returned to the New York area of Manhattan, where the Mohicans were located.
However, the damage caused by war will continue to reverberate for a long time, and it has left an indelible mark on the hearts of some people.
In just a few days, the rubble was cleared.
Black Bear set foot on the land that once belonged to them with five hundred Mohican warriors, as well as more than a hundred British captives.
The vigorous construction began, and everyone could not be idle.
The Indians of the nearby tribes found Zhao Hongyu again to discuss trade.
Want to trade? Of course, you can, but you'll need to pay for the arquebus first.
Before this war, Zhao Hongyu had given these tribes a lot of guns and ammunition on credit, and now they had to pay.
The Indians felt that it was a matter of course for them to pay, but they did not refuse.
It's just that the war has just passed, and their tribes have been affected, and they can't make up this arms money in a short time.
Regarding this problem, Zhao Hongyu also felt that he couldn't force them, so he had to come up with a solution.
If you don't have the money, then let's help.
Now the construction here needs manpower, as long as they send people from the tribe to work, then the cost of munitions can be reduced.
Of course, the leaders of those tribes were very willing to do this, and even thought that it was like pie in the sky.
At this point, the number of people working in a short period of time swelled to about 10,000.
Zhao Hongyu They can build a hundred houses at the same time, and they still have a surplus of manpower.
Everything is developing towards planning.
The gold mine was back in Zhao Hongyu's hands, and he carved out a clearing at the forest gold mine and began to build a small brick fortress with 100 troops stationed there.
These people will be specially guarded here in the future.
At the same time, Zhao Hongyu also put the place of West Point in the plan, and built a garrison of 1,000 people there, specially used to defend against the French.
After the incident of the British, Zhao Hongyu had to guard against the north.
Although he doesn't have much to do with the north now, it's always good to defend against it.
With people, the speed of construction is much faster.
Basically, 100 houses can be built in half a month.
Considering that he may have to absorb people from other tribes in the future, Zhao Hongyu planned the number of urban construction houses at 1,000 to cope with possible accidents in the future.
The whole town has a main crossroads, which are complemented by a circular auxiliary road.
With such a large amount of work, it takes a lot of bricks, but fortunately, Zhao Hongyu has a lot of money in hand and builds a small two-story building, so he can cope with it.
The first thing to be built was the Gold Mine Fortress, and Black Bear sent a hundred warriors to station.
Some of the women and children of the surrounding tribes became new gold diggers, taking up the occupation of the former Mohican women.
The women of Mohican were a little unhappy about this.
But now that they have land to grow and cattle and sheep to graze, this resentment has slowly dissipated.
Around the turn of autumn, the construction of the town came to an end.
A town that could accommodate tens of thousands of people was established in the New York area.
The city has 1,000 small second floors, 200 shops at the same time, and has a complete street system and drainage system. It can be said that it has the style of the thirties of the 20th century, and it is a town that is ahead of its time.
The city is protected by circular walls, which are fifteen meters high and eight meters thick, which can withstand any form of attack and enemy, providing absolute protection for the city.
In the middle of the city, a boxy castle stood. …,
It became Zhao Hongyu's private residence.
Although many houses have been built in this city, most of them are uninhabited and are still empty.
However, Zhao Hongyu was not worried at all, because he knew that there would be more and more genetic people under him in the future, and this house would definitely not be enough to live in at that time.
But what does it matter when that time comes, it's a big deal to build another city in the distance.
It also helps him to actually control the territory.
Zhao Hongyu took advantage of this period of stable development to invest heavily in scientific research, and developed cement, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoos, ceramic dishes, iron saws, planers, hammers and chisels and other supplies.
At the same time, the number of genetic people under his command has also soared to about 3,000.
Among them, the Chinese race is the most numerous, followed by the Somali old black.
During this period of time in the cultivation of genetic people, there were many special skill genetic people, which made Zhao Hongyu very happy.
For example, some genetic people are born with carpentry.
Zhao Hongyu made full use of these people, and at the same time took advantage of the cutting tools at hand, and began to harvest the surrounding forests on a large scale, so that the forestry resources would no longer be wasted.
His area is surrounded by abundant forestry resources, among which the 'yellow shirt' tree is the most numerous.
Zhao Hongyu tried it, and the price of this kind of wood, which is known as Douglas wood, is 1,600 yuan a cubic meter.
This is simply a treasure trove, and the forestry resources around this area alone are enough for Zhao Hongyu to exploit frantically for thirty years. And in the past 30 years, can't he Zhao Hongyu still rise?
What a joke!
With gold mines and timber, Zhao Hongyu can be regarded as mastering the two most profitable transactions, and his income every day is almost as much as two hundred thousand yuan.
Of course, he still has to buy and sell small goods and food, after all, the surrounding Indians also have to eat.
At the same time, in order to determine an economic system, in order to avoid future troubles, Zhao Hongyu announced the salary bill for the genetic people.
This makes the genetics very happy.
Although the genetic people were cultivated by Zhao Hongyu, they also longed to have their own property in their hearts, even those who were genetically ill.
To this end, Zhao Hongyu purchased a large amount of industrial silver from the space-time trader, and asked the virtual small workshop to create a kind of silver coin for them to circulate.
And the industrial silver purchased from the space-time trader is only 2 yuan a gram, which is simply cheap to death. And even if it is industrial silver, its silver content is much higher than that of the Europeans of this era.
Therefore, Zhao Hongyu is not worried at all, and his silver coins will not be able to circulate in the future.
This silver coin weighs one or two pieces, and the obverse is a portrait of Zhao Hongyu's face, and the back is a picture of him riding on horseback holding a thin sword, and it is marked with the words and patterns of 1621, and the workmanship is very fine.
I have to say that even if it is a virtual 21st century industry, the things made are still good things.
As for this pattern on the silver coin, Zhao Hongyu has been complaining, but he has no way to change it after he has done it.
The virtual character Chen Zhenbang is very happy, because he can make money again by trading silver coins.
After all, although the workshop was invested by Zhao Hongyu, he Chen Zhenbang also had shares.
A soldier received twelve silver coins a month, a lumberjack eight silver coins a month, and the workers in the gold mines were not paid. After all, they are from the surrounding tribes to pay off the debts and work, isn't it brainless to give them a salary?
Of course, in order for the Indians of the surrounding tribes to learn to use silver coins, when they came to the city to sell goods, they used silver coins to settle the bill, and the Indians traded silver coins for what they wanted to buy. …,
In this way, the Indians slowly accepted it, and Zhao Hongyu also saved the trouble of bartering.
The former Mohican women on Manhattan Island are also paid a monthly salary. As long as they are people who do things, Zhao Hongyu will give them a salary.
If you don't have anything to do, you're sorry.
The women of Mohican have no objection to this, after all, they will be able to eat rice and mustard again, will they?
Everything began to get on track, and Zhao Hongyu felt that although he and the British had been at war, their money should still be earned. So Zhao Hongyu planned to bring people into contact with the British to see if he could also trade with them.
At the very least, get a pit from the British before the next war comes.
Flintlock pistols must not be sold, wooden dishes are not needed, and mustard or anything is estimated to be of no interest to the British. However, ceramic dishes, the British will definitely be tempted.
If the route to the East had been in the hands of the Dutch, the British would not have intervened at all.
It was only after the Anglo-Dutch War that the British could slowly grasp the Eastern Route, but that would be many years later.
The current British are actually turtles who drool over the wealth of the East.
And the exquisite oriental ceramics will definitely sell for a lot of money in Europe.
Even if it's the Dutch, they can't get much from Daming now, but he, Zhao Hongyu, is different here.
"I'm going to trade with the British, and my main product is ceramics, what do you think?"
Since Zhao Hongyu invested in such an additional commodity, he has been thinking about this problem.
The Indians did not like ceramics because they were brittle and did not work as well as wooden dishes. So this kind of commodity can't be sold at all on the Indian side, which makes Zhao Hongyu cry and laugh.
Zhang Tie was the first to speak: "I absolutely support this, although I have fought with them, but the interests are eternal." I don't think the British will refuse to trade with us, and they will gladly agree. ”
Zhang Tie's words made the others nod their heads in agreement.
"Well, I've decided to start going to Virginia tomorrow and start negotiations with them."
Zhao Hongyu saw that everyone did not object, so he made up his mind.
"We have to guard against these Brits, after all, they have been at war. At the same time, we also robbed three of their ships, which is not a small hatred. Song Hu reminded.
Zhao Hongyu nodded: "The British have always been untrustworthy, and I am afraid that they will make a trick." So this time I'll take the team with me, and if it doesn't work, I'm going to mess with them. ”
"Your Majesty, I am willing to go with you." , Chelsea began.
smiled at Chelsea: "Don't go, stay and defend the town with Song Hu and Lamour, I have Wang Shan to accompany me, and 200 soldiers are enough to deal with." ”
For Chelsea to be loyal at all times, Zhao Hongyu is still quite satisfied.
"Chief, remember that rare things are precious, and you don't have so many ceramics. In terms of price, we have to pit these Brits, otherwise we are really sorry for ourselves. ”
Zhang Tie reminded Zhao Hongyu to say.
"Ha Luha, don't worry. How could I not know this, what would I do if I couldn't even pit the British? Zhao Hongyu responded with a smile.
"So chief, what identity do you use?" , Wang Shan asked at this time.
Well......
Asked by Wang Shan, Zhao Hongyu was silent for a while.
"The emperor of the Song Empire, I only have this identity." , Zhao Hongyu thought that he was now a person who owned a town, and he could be regarded as a duchy king in Europe. …,
"This identity is very suitable, and when the time comes, use this identity to deal with the Governor of Virginia." , Zhang Tie said after a pause.
"Hey, just the clothes of our warriors can shock the turtles. Coupled with the status of the royal family, they are not allowed to kneel and lick. Song Hu said with a grin.
Among the crowd, Chelsea couldn't understand Huaxia, so he could only watch everyone have fun.
Lamur knew something, but it would take their time.
"When I'm away, I'll put the timber in a warehouse outside the city. Wait for me to come back and sell them together, the space-time trader is not good at all, and I must be the owner of it within a certain range to sell them out. ”
Zhao Hongyu instructed.
Zhang Tie nodded, reassuring Zhao Hongyu that he didn't need to worry about anything.
"If there are people on the British side who are greedy enough, maybe we can buy enough ships from them." , Zhao Hongyu and they laughed for a while, and Wang Shan said thiefly.
His words made everyone's eyes light up.
Yes, as long as there is a big enough benefit, who says this thing can't happen.
In this day and age, as long as you have money, you can buy anything.
"I remember how much a ship cost in this era?" , Song Hu patted his forehead and said. "If I'm not mistaken," said Lamour, "a Galen ship should be £50,000, and an armed warship £80,000." There were no battleships at this time, so I can't say. ”
"Yo, didn't you say you didn't go to school? How do you know the Tao? Zhang Tie waited for his eyes to look at Lamour.
Ramour rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Won't I go outside the church to audit, I studied very hard when I was a child." It's a pity that I can't go to school because I don't have money at home, it's all those damn white ghosts, if it weren't for them, how could my hometown be so messy. ”
When he talked about his childhood, Lamul began to resent white people.
Zhao Hongyu raised his hand and patted him lightly on the shoulder, comforting him and said, "In the future, you will have the opportunity to enslave these white people, and there are many black slaves in Virginia, we can liberate them." ”
Lamur felt a little better. (To be continued.)
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