Chapter 42: Maris
The armored truck quickly attracted the attention of the Emma tribe and the Europeans, and sure enough, the Europeans did not dare to fire at the armored truck, but sent a dozen crew members armed with arquebuses and sailors' scimitars, and walked towards the truck with nervous expressions.
On the warship, Ye Feiyu didn't find any flag signs, but looking at these sailors wearing linen clothes and flat hats, they should be British, judging from their shabby clothes and pale faces, they are obviously not a noble class, and they have been adrift on the sea for a lot before they arrived in this strange continent.
Today's Europeans are not all aristocratic gentlemen who wear artistic waist-cinching lantern costumes and the like, but real turtles, and their lives will not be much better than those of the Americans. Otherwise, they would not have risked their lives to go to sea to make a living.
Similarly, dozens of warriors from the Emma tribe turned around in shock, and although they did not have arquebuses in their hands, they did have knives and spears, as well as simple bows and arrows.
Those machetes were actually the mountain knives brought by Ye Feiyu.
What surprised Ye Feiyu the most was that there were more than a dozen extremely huge gray wolves beside these people from the Emma tribe.
The North American gray wolf is the largest canine, these dozen gray wolves are adult wolves with a body size of up to two meters, basically more than 50 kilograms, looking like the size of a calf.
I don't know how the people of the Emma tribe can control these terrifying apex predators, two prime-aged Indians covered in strange tattoos, keep shouting in their mouths, these gray wolves did not pounce on the armored truck.
Ye Feiyu hesitated slightly, and saw that the soldiers on the truck had jumped down one after another, holding the AK47 to block the British sailors, leaving Ayiman to watch the machine gun control the overall situation, and thought for a while, he couldn't keep hiding in the cab without contact with the Europeans, so he opened the car door and walked down with a gloomy face.
The British sailors had a look of horror on their faces, and when they saw the Indian warriors dressed strangely, wearing gray coats and holding AK47s, they immediately stopped, and one of the British, whose faces changed slightly, shouted loudly.
In fact, Ye Feiyu was too careful, the massacre of the natives of North America by the Europeans had not yet begun, at this time, the strength of the Natives of the Americas far exceeded that of the Europeans, and when the two sides met in the wild, the Europeans rarely took the initiative to attack, but were afraid that they would not be able to communicate with the natives of the Americans.
"We are the escort of the merchant ship Seagull of the British Empire, may I ask which tribe you are?" The tall bearded white man at the head was dressed a little more formally, drank his subordinates, and asked Ye Feiyu very vigilantly.
He had already seen that this unarmed teenager, who was dressed differently from ordinary Indians, was the leader of this strange group of Indians who had suddenly appeared.
The other party showed his cowardice, Ye Feiyu's arrogance rose, this group of Europeans was also hateful, they actually snatched the wealth of the Indians from him, if it weren't for those artillery deterres, Ye Feiyu really wanted to teach them a lesson.
"We're from the Grizzly Tribe. What do you trade with the people of the Emma tribe? Ye Feiyu snorted coldly, looked directly at the tall white man and said.
The white man was stunned for a moment, and he didn't expect that the other party could not speak English and speak so fluently, and their boss had to pay a high price to invite an Englishman who knew the native language of the Indians in the area to set off with the ship, and finally caught up with the people of the Emma tribe.
The European merchants who came to the North American continent were usually divided into two kinds, one was connected with the Europeans in this settlement, and the cargo ships arrived here, and the goods were directly traded to the Europeans in the settlement, so that the Europeans and Indians here could trade, although the profits would be less, but the victory was fast and safer. Dealing with the indigenous Indians was not an easy task.
The second type, just like the Seagull merchant ship, because the capital is not much, the goods carried are insufficient, if it is handed over to the Europeans in the settlement, the profit is too small, so it will directly find a place to dock and trade with the Indians in person.
Hearing Ye Feiyu's question, the tall white man also frowned suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "This doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, right?" ”
At this moment, two warriors from the Emma tribe walked towards this side with suspicious faces. The cold winter is coming, at most half a month, most of the continent will be covered with ice and snow, I heard the old man say that it was not like this before, the people of the Emma tribe don't know what causes it to get colder and colder, they only know that they must store enough food before the cold winter.
These Europeans rarely brought a lot of potatoes, corn and other grains, and even if they knew that they would lose money in trading with the other party at this time, they had to exchange with the other party.
Of course, even if this grain is profitable, it is not worth such a transoceanic and sea-crossing transportation to North America, the British Empire itself is short of food, and sheep cannibalism has turned a large amount of fertile land into pasture, which was occupied by the aristocracy, and many ordinary people starved to death.
These potatoes, corn, etc., were just put into the ship as ballast stones, and the quantity was not much, and by the way they were used as stepping stones and Indian trades, although they were sprinkled with lime powder, the long journey still caused many potatoes to sprout and rot, and the Europeans themselves did not eat them, and the real value was only iron pots, cloth clothes, arquebuses, etc.
However, the tall white man thought that Ye Feiyu knew the news and came to trade with them, but he didn't hide it from Ye Feiyu: "We have a lot of commodities, and you plan to trade with us?" ”
The owner of the merchant ship did not come to contact Ye Feiyu in person, and was watching the movement here with a lookout scope on the ship in surprise, the tall white man said this, and finally he had to ask the owner of the merchant ship to trade with Ye Feiyu.
These Europeans are not weak in force, especially naval guns, such a short distance, the accuracy is not low, it is a big threat, Ye Feiyu does not have heavy weapons to destroy these warships now, plus he is planning to make quick money from the Europeans, so that they can send all the plundered gold and silver to their side, there is no need to turn against the Europeans.
Seeing that the people of the Emma tribe came with furs, it is estimated that they don't know the value of gold yet, and the Europeans have not come to the camp of the Emma tribe, so they naturally don't know that the Emma tribe has gold veins, Ye Feiyu is slightly relieved, it seems that there is no need to fight with these Europeans.
"Yes, we came to trade goods with you, and I want all the goods you have brought." Ye Feiyu relaxed and said in a loud tone.
The white man's face changed slightly, he looked at Ye Feiyu and the others, and then at the armored truck behind him, and asked with some suspicion: "Our two ships have brought a lot of goods, what are you going to exchange with us?" ”
Here, trading with the Indians, Europeans are accustomed to saying that the exchange is barter, and the Indians do not want the gold and silver coins of the Europeans, nor can they take out the money and silver to buy the goods of the Europeans.
Ye Feiyu flipped his wrist, and a delicate bone china plate appeared like magic, with a crystal clear translucent porcelain surface, printed with the pattern of Aoxue Hanmei and the cuckoo bird, as well as two lines of calligraphy and poetry, which fell into the seal, full of oriental classical atmosphere, which made the Europeans invariably take a deep breath.
Seeing the armored truck appear, the owner of the cargo who quickly ran back to the merchant ship, his eyes lit up, and he immediately ran down from the merchant ship, and the captain and several sailors standing on the back deck looked disdainful.
The owner of the merchant ship is called Maris, who is exactly forty this year, but in England, he is just an ordinary middle class, because of a little relationship, the family's land was not annexed by force, but sold at a not low price.
After receiving this money, he heard that the recently discovered continent of North America was full of precious products and gold, and any thing he could transport over could be exchanged for precious mink, deer antler, musk, etc., as well as all kinds of gold, silver, and copper mines.
Therefore, Maris borrowed a sum of money from relatives and friends, plus the money from the sale of his land, hired two armed merchant ships, and bought a lot of ordinary and cheap goods, intending to make a fortune in North America.
This is his second trip to North America, the first time because of his lack of experience, he had to sell the goods at a low price to the people in this settlement, although it was also a small gain, there was still a little distance from his goal, this time he simply went it alone, and invited a guide who was proficient in the Indian language, and sure enough, not long after arriving on the North American continent, the guide and the escort went out for two days, and brought the people of the Emma tribe to the river bend to trade with him.
"Hello this gentleman, I, Maris, the owner of these two ships of goods, is the gentleman going to trade with us for porcelain?"
Before the people arrived, Maris greeted Ye Feiyu from a distance out of breath, not caring at all about the escort team holding AK47 and the hideous-looking armored truck behind him.
The corners of Ye Feiyu's mouth twitched, sure enough, profit-seeking is the businessman's real surname, and he has a profit of 300%, and he can't even have a surname.
He nodded and said, "Not bad." I wonder how Mr. Maris thinks this porcelain should be traded? ”
Maris trotted up to Ye Feiyu and the others, and even said with a flattering smile: "What do you call Mr., can you show me this porcelain plate?" ”
Ye Feiyu smiled: "Under the surname Ye, of course there is no problem with this." ”
As he spoke, he handed the bone china in his hand to Maris.
Maris hurriedly took the porcelain plate carefully with both hands, and felt cool and warm when he started it, which was completely different from the rough pottery he usually used. ”
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