CH.11 Bartering
The natives muttered in their hearts, but at least they didn't attack rashly, but glared at An Rui and spoke all kinds of local languages.
"Arula!" An Rui doesn't know any other local language, and this is the same sentence over and over again.
After a long time, his words and deeds finally got the response he wanted.
"Arula!" Some of the natives also shouted like this.
"Arula!"
"Arula!"
With this simple exchange, the two sides confirmed the "friend" relationship.
Anrui was very happy and began to try the second stage of communication, no longer shouting Arula, but shouting: "Bang Ta Bang!" β
The meaning of this sentence is to go with my brother.
The natives shouted something different from what they had just said, and they didn't know what they were saying.
"Bang bang bang!" An Rui beckoned and led the way in the direction of the fleet.
The natives watched Anrui walk away, and there was an internal dispute, and there seemed to be a difference of opinion. Some of the natives did not go with An Rui, but turned around and ran away, not knowing where they went. Only a handful of natives followed Anrui, but they walked very carefully, always carrying the improvised weapons in their hands.
As long as you can bring a small number of natives back, it will be considered a success, An Rui kept shouting and banging, and walked to the beach with these natives who gave face.
"Bang bang bang...... Bang the tower bang ......"
A civilized man walks in the wilderness with a group of natives, and the two sides are in stark contrast. It's still a long way from the sea, and it's a long way to go. With this group of natives following behind, An Rui couldn't fly on a dragon. I can only walk honestly on my legs.
After walking for a while, and after the situation stabilized, An Rui picked up the sound transmission stone. Tell his men about the situation, and ask the exploration team to temporarily retreat to the shore and prepare gifts for the natives.
If you want to catch a big fish, you have to sprinkle bait first, and Anrui has already prepared a variety of cheap "bait" for this big fish, including cutlery, gadgets and food.
An Rui led this group of natives all the way to the shore, and this group of natives also had patience and followed all the way here. Didn't leave halfway.
When they reached the shore, the natives saw the sailboat for the first time in their lives, and they were all very surprised. Pointing to the sailboat, he said a lot of things.
At Anrui's behest, the people had already prepared those things and put them in one box. Not a lot of things. There are only a dozen of them. These things are just to give this group of natives a little sweetness, and if there are too many, it will not be beautiful.
An Rui glanced at Quasimodo, who was standing on the shore with a calm face, and beckoned, "It's your turn to show off your skills." β
Quasimodo nodded, looking at one of the male natives, staring into the other's eyes. A magical light flashed in his eyes, and he silently unleashed the "Bridge of Words" magic, connecting with the native with his consciousness.
"If I say something, you tell him." An Rui commanded.
Quasimodo snorted.
"Hello." An Rui came first with the simplest sentence.
Consciousness communication is not verbal communication after all. The simpler the meaning, the easier it is to express. If it's too complicated. On the contrary, there is no way to express it. Quasimodo lived up to his mission and passed on this simple meaning to the natives.
An unfamiliar consciousness entered the native's mind, startling him, and his emotions immediately returned to Quasimodo's mind.
Quasimodo described the indigenous reaction to Anrui in words.
"Don't be afraid, we don't have any ill intentions, we just want to communicate with you." Anrui responded.
Quasimodo again reported on the indigenous reaction: "Who are you all? β
"We are seafarers who have come from far and wide, and we are here to make friends with you and make some trades." Ann Rui said.
"What's the deal?"
"It is barter, we give you our good things, and you give us your good things."
"What good things do you have?"
"We've got a lot of good stuff, and it's all good." An Rui picked up the box of gifts, put it in front of the natives, took out a piece of beef jerky from it, took a bite, and showed it to the natives to prove that it was not poisonous, and then handed it to the natives.
The natives looked at each other, and one of the brave men took the beef jerky, took a hard bite, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it in his stomach. After eating the beef jerky, the native nodded again and again, as if praising the taste of beef jerky. When several other natives heard this, they also grabbed some beef jerky and opened their mouths to eat it.
After these natives ate it, they all nodded in praise.
"Delicious!" The native, who had fallen under the spell of the Bridge of Words, conveyed this idea.
"This thing can be eaten, and the rest of the things have their own uses, and they are all given to you. Please bring these things back to the tribe and give them to your chiefs. If you're interested in these things, you can come here with your stuff and exchange it. An Rui said.
The native croaked and relayed what he had heard to his companions.
The natives separated the two, picked up the large box, and left with the box.
The big fish has already bitten the bait and is about to be hooked. An Rui looked at the departing backs of the group of natives, and his eyes showed excitement.
The natives had gone far with a box of gifts, and then they returned to the tribe, met the chief, told him what had just happened, and then offered the gifts. The chief took the wooden box, rummaged through it for a while, and at first, with the strong recommendation of his subordinates, picked up a piece of beef jerky and ate a small bite.
"Huh?" The chief's eyes lit up, and he chewed faster, and ate the aftertaste of the beef jerky.
In addition to beef jerky, there are other kinds of food in this box, most of which are dried fruits, which are convenient for storage. The chiefs tasted one by one, some liked to eat and some did not like to eat.
After eating the snacks, the chief turned his attention to the gadgets, grabbed a telescope, pulled the barrel open, and aimed it at the flame in front of him. Through the refraction of the lenses, the flame is magnified several times.
"Wow!" The chief let out a cry of admiration, finding it amusing, and shifted the perspective of his glasses to the faces of the others. The faces of the men were so large that they filled the whole lens, and they were so funny that they made the chief laugh.
In addition to the telescope, there are also music boxes, pocket watches and other things in this box, each of which is more interesting than the other for these technologically backward natives.
The chief's hands were too heavy and he took the watch apart, and the parts inside were scattered all over the floor. After a while, he opened the music box......
"It's fun, I want it! Tomorrow we will organize a group of people, bring our gifts, and go to the beach to exchange with them. The chief commanded his men.
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Early the next morning, An Rui rode the Black Lan Dragon to patrol the sky, waiting for the natives to appear. He waited for a long time, and finally waited for these natives, and hurriedly flew back to the ground on the Black Lan Dragon.
"Quasimodo, come out quickly, it's up to you to help me again." An Ruixing shouted angrily.
Quasimodo came out with a stiff face and came to Anrui's side, continuing to play the role of translator.
The natives wrapped a number of things in several animal skin bags and came to the shore, several of whom had been here yesterday and were familiar with the road. Quasimodo looked at the familiar dwarf and cast a language bridge on it.
"Do you want to exchange items with us?" An Rui asked.
Quasimodo relayed the words to the dwarves.
"The chief is very interested in your things, and we have brought some things to exchange with you. We also brought good things, including food, accessories, and weapons. The dwarf leaned down, placed the leather bag on the ground, and opened it.
It contained all sorts of things, including food unique to the place, fruits, daggers made of bone, and unknown herbs......
An Rui glanced around and found that most of them were some rags, except for a few herbs that had some value. He took the herbs out, set them aside, and pushed the rest back.
"The other things are useless to us, we don't want them, open the rest of the bags and see, let's pick them out." Ann Rui said.
The natives did as they were told, and opened the remaining pouches.
Among these things was a translucent crystalline object and several pieces of gold ore.
"It's magic diamonds and gold!" An Rui immediately came to the spirit, this is what he wants to change!
Trade some cheap gadgets with these natives for local precious ores!
This is a profitable trade, which can earn hundreds or even thousands of times the profit.
An Rui picked out a few pieces of precious ore, and then picked out the rest of the useful things, put them aside, and then put his things in front of the natives, and said something extremely black-hearted: "One thing can only be exchanged for one, I took twelve of your things, and you should also pick twelve things from us." β
Although the contents of this box are very useful and beautiful, even if they are packed together, they are not as good as a piece of gold. This kind of lucrative transaction can only be encountered in the New World, and people in other places are not so naΓ―ve.
An Rui's move was indeed an act of profiteer, but it was countless times better than those who robbed the indigenous property by force and took the indigenous people as slaves. He is bartering, and no one can find fault with him.
The natives gathered around the chest, picked through it, took out some interesting things from it, and put them in leather bags.
"I like these shiny stones the most, and these useful herbs, you can bring more of them next time." An Rui shook the fist-sized magic diamond, if this magic diamond is exchanged for gold coins, it can be exchanged for more than 10,000 gold coins! If the natives bring more, he will be rich. (To be continued......)