The next day.

Evan and his crew have already taken up the patrol mission and can't wait to set sail again for the mainland.

Not because of how much I love the job, but because... To deliver the last batch of contraband.

Whew-

Even though it sailed against the wind from south to north, with the help of the "Bow Statue Monsoon Goddess", the "Storm Horn" ran at a high speed of 6 knots, and it took less than a day to reach the destination of this trip, East Lunchs.

It was originally the first colony established by the Donglun Branch Company formed by the royal family, but it was directly transferred to the royal family after the later reform, and is now jointly managed by the Donglun Branch Company and the governor sent by the royal family.

The news had already been delivered in advance through the terns.

When the "Storm Horn" arrived, the merchant belonging to the Donglunzhi Company was already waiting here.

"Captain Aven, welcome to beautiful Eastern Lunzhi. ”

Seeing Ai Wen's arrival, he immediately rushed in front of him with an arrow step, and shook hands with him enthusiastically with a smile on his face.

"Hello Mr. Lisos!"

Evan took Milan and Gary off the ship, and the first mate Borg stayed behind.

Trample.. Trample.. Trample..

Behind them were two rows of soldiers carrying wooden boxes and walking down the "Storm Horn", which was 200 flintlock muskets and matching ammunition that Aven had brought from the kingdom itself.

Two types of contraband carried on board.

Industrial textiles, as general commodities, have been sold out in the former colonies, leaving only the most valuable and sought-after arms undisposed of.

Of course, even in this relatively volatile place, not everyone can buy and sell arms.

Most of the lucrative businesses, including the arms trade, are generally monopolized by kingdoms and powerful powers.

Ordinary people don't even want to get involved.

But it is nothing to Ai Wen's current status, he wants to have connections, he wants to have a principal, and he is a member of the strongest armed forces in the New World.

If it weren't for the first time, with the idea of testing the water, there would be no problem with doubling the number of guns.

What's more, these muskets are not advanced standard ordnance controlled by the military, they are originally "trade muskets"!

Because in the vast and sparsely populated colonies of the New World.

No strong government or law can protect the lives of the pioneers, and for most of the pioneers who are just ordinary people, the guns in their hands are the only faithful and trustworthy force.

It was also used to exchange for valuable goods such as furs, as well as important strategic goods for forming alliances with the indigenous Atrians, and could even be directly circulated in the land as hard currency.

As a result, in addition to the sophisticated muskets used by the pioneers, a simple "trade rifle" came into being.

The structure is simple, easy to produce in large quantities, and the cost is relatively low, because it is mainly used for the leather trade in the northern part of the New World, and even has a proprietary name: "leather rifle".

"Your Excellency, please follow me, our Commissioner of Trade, Mr. Necardo, has been waiting for a long time. ”

"Okay. ”

The entrainment of smuggled goods by the navy is a semi-public matter at all, and no one can risk offending the entire navy group to be more serious, so neither side has the slightest smuggler consciously swaggering through the market.

Even one of them was the official administrator of the colony.

In fact, this businessman of the Donglun branch company, who was himself a member of the ocean-going fleet, heard that Ai Wen had a batch of guns that had not yet been determined as a buyer, so he immediately recommended himself to the Donglun branch company where he worked.

When I was leaving, I repeatedly asked me to consider my company, but I didn't expect that Ai Wen would really come to the door within a few days, and of course I was overjoyed.

Half an hour later.

"A deal with the natives?"

Sitting in the luxurious office of the Commissioner of Trade, Ai Wen asked with interest as he took a sip of high-quality coffee from the New World.

"That's right, today happens to be the day of our trade with the Yucatan tribe, are you interested?"

The chubby Trade Chief, Mr. Necardo, was very polite to Aven, not only because of his status as the captain of a battleship, but also because he hoped that by establishing a good relationship with him, he could win more "supplies" in the navy.

For the current colonial process, which is in full swing, there will never be too much such thing as arms.

What's more, the company's two current competitors, the North West Leather Company and the Hudson Bay Leather Company, are the first veteran leather companies to enter this industry, and each has a deep background.

Even the Donglunzhi Company, a colonial company with the official background of the kingdom, did not have the strength to completely subdue them, or to snatch the monopoly in their hands.

Then you can only do business honestly.

At this time, arms, a hard currency that is harder than gold, must of course strive for it.

Especially in the case of the limited overall capacity of the kingdom, if you can fight for a little more on your side, there will be fewer competitors.

If you have good grades, you can do a stable job in your position, and you may even be transferred back to the local headquarters to be promoted to a senior level.

Otherwise, for the sake of a "small business" with freight costs of less than 1,000 gold lions, there is no need for himself, the director, to go out in person.

"Of course, I'm very interested. To be honest, my first time on a mission in the New World, I haven't seen what the natives living in the wild look like. ”

Glancing at Milan beside him, Evan immediately agreed.

Since you want to stay in the New World for at least half a year, of course, you have to deal with the natives.

Evan had long wanted to see what it was like to be a "wild" Atrian who lived in the wilderness as a tribe, living by farming and hunting.

If you don't look down on the small business Administrator Necardo, can Captain Evan look down on it?

He just wants to adapt to the new environment as quickly as possible, and no matter how much information he collects, it is obviously not as real and efficient as seeing it with his own eyes.

Administrator Necardo's proposal was a real surprise for Aven.

Especially when he has reached the peak of official knighthood and must prepare for his future path.

Contacting the "Eagle Warrior Training Method" that I got from the first mate of the "Eagle Spirit" earlier, I wonder if the indigenous tribes here have a similar transcendent inheritance?

If you can get a few more copies of this kind of special professional secret scroll, it will definitely be of great help to you to analyze the power of that special tattoo.

Necardo only thought it was an ordinary outing to bring him closer, completely unaware that his guest had something else in mind...

Da Da... Da Da...

The group rode a tall horse, accompanied by four wagons pulling goods, all the way inland.

The big-shouldered and round-waisted director rode side by side with Aven, but they had a very good conversation, and they spoke in a clear manner, and if they were not administrative officials, they were also good at being a tour guide.

"I've heard that in the beginning, the Pioneers traded a musket for fur as high as a stack of guns. Tsk, not now..."

Before the arrival of the first settlers, the aborigines here did not invent wheels or horses, and talked about the hardships of the pioneers, the various specialties and the current situation within the indigenous people.

Of course, the ones they are riding now are the Soreyan horses, native to the kingdom of Ilya.

They have a proud and brave spirit, as well as a tame and approachable temperament, as well as a strong explosive and elegant demeanor.

The most important thing is that the price is expensive, which obviously gives Evan a lot of face!

As the convoy moved forward, the tall deciduous broad-leaved forests around it gradually became thicker.

According to Niecardo.

Although living mainly in the interior, not all indigenous tribes were far from the colonies.

With the exception of the Gashna Empire, which once lived in the northwestern part of the New World, and the Azkh Empire, which lived in south-central China, many indigenous tribes in other regions actually lived a semi-safari, semi-settled life.

In the vast and sparsely populated colonies, the power of the indigenous and colonial people is often mutually exclusive, and it is difficult to define the boundaries of power.

And outsiders simply can't imagine it.

The indigenous Akarians themselves were not monolithic, and the hatred between the tribes was even greater than that of the colonizers, and they never came together to unite their forces.

Even if you get a musket, you always shoot at your own people first.

Even the so-called empires of Gashna and Azk are more like a co-governing federation, with a chaotic internal force that only nominally recognizes the status of the suzerain.

When Cyrius landed, the two empires were not completely violently attacked, but by the Syrius people taking advantage of their internal contradictions, uniting one to fight the other, and easily achieved extremely brilliant results.

Now the "Tulip Alliance" is taking root in the northern part of the New World.

There are many tribes, large and small, and there are nearly hundreds of languages alone, so you can imagine how many tribes are divided into them. The Iroquois, the Huron, the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Onondaga, the Senesa and the Cayuga...

Among them, Iroquois and Huron are feuds that go deep into the bone marrow.

This also happens to give the relatively weak pioneers in the early stage a chance to maneuver among them!