Modern time and space, a dock warehouse somewhere on the outskirts of the city

“…… Boss Zhou, you see, these are some of the timber imported from Mexico that we have recently seized......"

Professor Yang Wenli was dressed in a neat suit of seven wolves, and with a customs certificate issued by the special department of national security, he calmly pretended to be a customs cadre, and talked to a middle-aged fat man with a rather reserved expression.

Senior Sister Ma Tong held the folder and briefcase, as if she were a secretary. Wang Qiu, on the other hand, was wearing a city control uniform and followed behind with an electric baton in his hand.

The client who spoke to Professor Yang as he walked was named Zhou Mifan, the owner of a medium-sized timber company in the city.

In the industry, this person's background and reputation can only be said to be average, but fortunately, he has been purchasing the seized materials of the customs for a long time, and he is an old relational household for more than ten years, so it is quite secure in terms of security.

Generally speaking, people who do business with the public will not deliberately inquire too much about the inside story unless they have a stake in them - as the saying goes, the people do not fight with the officials! You are a businessman with no background, and you want to manipulate the powerful officials in the government agencies, isn't this asking for your own death?

Of course, even if the other party really went to the local customs leader to inquire, they would help cover up -- after applying for a report, the top boss of Political Commissar Yang, the office director who could not even mention his name, had already used secret channels to communicate with the relevant parties.

In short, after the supply capacity of gold, silver, and precious stones has been temporarily depleted, the various high-quality logs abundant in Mexico in different planes have become the best payment method for this trans-temporal trade.

“…… Alas, the Mexican drug cartel in recent years is really mad, and it actually has the ability to smuggle arms and drugs to our country on a large scale across the Pacific Ocean. Specifically, among these Mexican hardwoods, there were more than a dozen submachine guns and hundreds of kilograms of cocaine! ”

Professor Yang lifted the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose and sighed thoughtfully, that vivid expression could almost win an Oscar, "...... Fortunately, Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky! Naturally, the drugs had already been seized and destroyed by the public security police, and the arms had already been disposed of. As for the imported timber that is used to hide drugs, what should be done...... Hehe, didn't we think of you right away? ”

“…… Gee! These seem to be high-end products with a DBH of more than 120 cm and a tree age of more than 300 years! ”

Looking at the layers of wood stacked in the warehouse, stacked with a volume of at least 10 container containers, Boss Zhou's eyes immediately lit up, and he couldn't wait to go up to check, "...... Alas, the drug dealers are just unprofessional, how can they mix red oak, white oak, and cedar together? And I didn't even do fumigation and drying treatment, and I just took the freshly cut raw wood and dared to pack it for export......

Well, these look ...... Could it be ...... Mexican rosewood and Mexican golden sandalwood?! Hiss~~~ It's actually a whole yellow sandalwood tree that is more than 1000 years old! It's the first time I've seen it! ”

Seeing the look of surprise on Boss Zhou's face, Professor Yang and Comrade Wang Qiu immediately exchanged a look representing success.

And Senior Sister Ma Tong tried hard to squeeze out a professional smile, and said with a sincere face, "...... Mr. Zhou, you have been working with our customs for many years, so when you get a batch of good things this time, I think of you first!

At present, in the market of our province, the price of this kind of white oak is about 3,200 yuan per cubic meter, the price of red oak is higher, and the precious wood such as rosewood and yellow sandalwood is even more valuable. However, since these Mexican hardwoods are raw and unsmoking, we are willing to sell them to you at 60% of the market price...... Mr. Zhou, such a price is actually equivalent to giving you a big bargain, so we do not accept bargaining, and require one hand to pay the money and one hand to deliver the goods, and put the payment into the bank account on the spot, and the money and goods are paid, and there is no credit ......"...,

“…… This request is acceptable. Boss Zhou thought about it and felt that he really wouldn't suffer, so he nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "...... Are there more of these woods? If it's all for the price, I'd like to buy more. ”

Ma Tong and Professor Yang immediately cast an inquiring look at Wang Qiu, and then saw the latter nod affirmatively.

“…… No problem! Ma Tong turned around and patted Boss Zhou's chest with a smile and promised, "...... This is only a small part of the seizure, and there are many more in other warehouses that will be ready for shipment soon. I just don't know if you can eat Boss Zhou...... Uh, here's my business card, you can contact me directly next time......"

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The first timber business that crossed time and space was very successful.

About 500 cubic meters of various types of timber were all traded in one day, with a total income of about 3.5 million yuan.

Even better, unlike the limited amount of gold and silver imports, the timber business can be sustained for a long time.

Although the gold, silver and jewels of the people of Hongshutizgan are limited, in that land full of reckless dense forests, the timber resources can be said to be endless! In the past, when they cultivated farmland, they would find a dry day, set a fire, burn the forest directly, and then level the land in the embers of grass and trees, plough and sow the seeds - this is too wasteful for modern people.

Although the Native Americans relied on purely manual operations, logging and transportation were not very efficient. However, due to the 24-fold difference in time flow rate between the two sides of the wormhole, it was still enough for the logging team on the side of the Hungshutizgan Kingdom to "quickly" hoard a sufficient amount of wood.

Moreover, the massive import of steel axes, saws, and high-strength ropes from modern China has also greatly increased their logging progress.

According to Wende's estimates, they can raise about 100 to 500 cubic meters of timber every 24 days -- that is, every day of modern time and space. The main reason for such large fluctuations in the supply of timber is that the busy agricultural season takes up a lot of labor and forces them out of logging work. And in the tropical rainy season, which is rainy, it is not suitable for this kind of field work.

In order to solve this problem of labor shortage, Wen Deji planned to use steel tools as bait and try to hire members of other tribes to do part-time work.

On the other hand, while the timber business is good, the shiny gold and silver jewelry is even more tempting.

In order to raise the gold, silver, and precious stones needed by the travelers, after the previous instant jump from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, the Hongshuitzgans quickly transformed from an agrarian people to a merchant people—at the urging of the Bundehe, all young men and women were sent out in caravans, except for the minimum number of guards and the necessary lumberjacks, to sell modern products to the surrounding tribes in exchange for gold and silver.

In this regard, the chief of Awaha said with some embarrassment that although it is now the season of slack farming, collecting firewood and grass and cooking salt are also very time-consuming and laborious work, and he can't spare too much manpower -- so Wang Qiu simply took the letter of introduction issued by the unit and directly brought a ton of iodized salt from the city's salt company on credit, filling the "palace" of the chief almost full...... As a result, all objections disappeared.

Thus, in the dry season of 1517, following the sudden appearance of a thousand crystal skeletons in the territory of the Huexotzingo kingdom two years earlier, another frenzy of dumping of daily commodities in different time and space once again spread like a flood from the settlement of the Huexotzgans, which quickly swept through the entire Central American region, causing countless waves. …,

From the Chichimec tribes of the northern deserts to the Mayan city-states of the Yucatan Peninsula's hot and humid rainforests, Native Americans everywhere have found many novelty goods in their markets where they regularly exchange goods.

The wonders of the first plastic slippers for the Indians have already been described above, so I won't say much about them here. There are also those brightly colored fabrics printed with various patterns produced in modern times, which are far more delicate and compact than the coarse cloth that the Mexican Indians used to spin agave and cotton fibers, and the texture of the fabric is also more silky.

In addition, the dyeing of these cloths is so strong that they do not fade even if they are soaked in mud, so they are loved by women everywhere.

Porcelain and glass products such as cups, rice bowls, plates and teapots, produced on assembly lines in modern factories, are also highly sought after in the Central American market. In the eyes of the Indians, these beautiful vessels, which were either brilliant or crystal clear, were a hundred times smoother to the touch than jade, far better than the rough pottery and wood they had handmade. The only pity is that most of the patterns adorned on these utensils are strange, with many flowers, animals, and artifacts that they don't recognize, rather than the gods they are familiar with.

On the other hand, plastic products, which theoretically have a higher jishu content, are not as popular as porcelain and glass products. While plastic containers are just as brightly coloured, beautifully made, lighter, and more resistant to falling, they are not heat-resistant enough to be cooked directly over a fire. In the eyes of the pragmatic Indian housewives, these things were nothing more than elaborate pieces of wood.

In view of the above-mentioned market feedback, Wang Qiu and Ma Tong discussed it, immediately launched new products, and got a full container of iron pots, aluminum alloy rice bowls, plates and stainless steel lunch boxes from later generations...... As a result, the market sales are really hot!

In addition, the plates of the Native Americans of Central America contain refined salt and sugar, which are as white and delicate as ice and snow, "monosodium glutamate", a condiment that makes dishes more delicious, and cumin, a spice specially used for barbecue, as well as various flavors of fruit sugar, milk candy, and rock sugar...... Because it was difficult for humans in the era of ignorance to taste sweet things, and the Indians did not know how to grow sugar cane and make sugar (cane sugar is native to India), the sales of these candies were not generally good, and it is estimated that the proportion of tooth decay among local children will soon increase significantly.

In addition to fruit candy, Cai Rong, who likes sweets, was originally going to sell some chocolates, cakes and cookies. But the Americas are the homeland of cocoa beans and chocolate, and the indigenous Indians have long used cocoa beans to mix honey and spices to make pure natural and preservative-free handmade chocolate, so modern chocolate is not attractive enough. As for cookies and cakes...... The local climate is extremely hot and humid, and the dessert will not last long before it becomes damp and moldy, and there is no way to trade it long distances, so the zuihou can only be distributed to the children of the Hongshutizgan Kingdom to taste it......

Next, Wang Qiu and the others also dumped a large number of matches and a small number of disposable lighters into Central America in this time and space - because there happened to be a match factory near Ma Tong's house that was on the verge of bankruptcy because of poor business and broken capital chain, and the boss was so worried that he was about to run away with the money.

So, Ma Tong relied on his three-inch incorruptible tongue to sweep away all the inventory of the factory at cost price, and placed a big order for the match factory, and the matches that Zuihou got filled ten containers. However, disposable lighters for the same purpose cannot find a place to buy cheaply for the time being, and as a result, the quantity that is shipped over and dumped is much less than that of matches. …,

Since matches are a daily consumer product that every tribe needs to use anytime and anywhere, once it is introduced, the market capacity that appears is surprisingly large - on the earth of this era, even the primitive tribes who drink blood have already learned how to use fire. Even the Stone Age Indians had to make fires to cook, light torches for lighting, and use fires to drive away wild animals.

In the process of merchandising matches, the deplorable state of traffic between the various parts of Central America was on full display - because the travelers wanted to make the market bigger, rather than just a few "rare treasures", they did not offer these industrial goods a very terrible price. In the kingdom of Hungyutizgan on the Pacific coast, the natives could exchange a fingernail-sized piece of gold for a thousand boxes of matches. And when these matches were wrapped in coarse cloth or palm leaves, packed into rattan baskets, and carried by the industrious porters all the way over the mountains and over the jungle to the Atlantic coast, 800 kilometers away, the Mayans living in the northern Yucatan Peninsula had to pay the merchants the same amount of gold in exchange for ten boxes of matches that were not damp.

In addition, rubber raincoats that protect against rain and modern umbrellas that are light and sturdy are also very popular. The small mirror that could see every pore on the face became the most wanted gift for the Indian girls. Modern steel needles are also much stronger than bone needles sharpened from fish bones, but to the distress of the Indian girls, their handmade cotton and twine threads are often too thick to penetrate the tiny holes of the needles. However, the traversers immediately and thoughtfully introduced threads in various colors, as well as large steel needles for sewing canvas, thus solving this contradiction.

And the most popular item that delights the indigenous people of Mexico is naturally those sharp steel knives.

As mentioned earlier, the indigenous people of Mexico are still in the Stone Age, and there are very few decent swords, even the "Macqua Witte", the special machete of the Aztec warriors, is nothing more than a wooden stick in the shape of an oar, inlaid with obsidian chips.

Compared with this kind of wooden toy, stainless steel kitchen knives, watermelon knives and fruit knives from modern times can be said to be magic weapons!

The only regret is that in order to protect its power from being overthrown by foreign enemies, the kingdom of Honshutizgan must first equip its own people with these steel knives. And even at a time when the children of the Hungshutizgans began to play with fruit knives to nail geckos, the steel knives were sold in limited quantities to a few friendly tribes, at the insistence of the Avaha chieftains...... Eventually, this led to an endless stream of smuggling and black market transactions.

In fact, for this kind of underground smuggling, the traversers even have a happy attitude. Because as long as you have another shijie historical knowledge, you will understand that there is not much use in cherishing oneself and resting on one's laurels like this. A few stainless steel kitchen knives can't change the overall strength comparison, but they can be exchanged for attractive gold - and this means more and more haode knives, and even ** and explosives.

Moreover, the Awaha chieftains, based on their own traditional beliefs, saw the surrounding tribes as potential enemies, while the Travelers saw them as potential allies in the future against the Spanish invasion - even if they had to be wary, they should not be too obvious, let alone pick the present time.

The influx of these novelty goods was largely welcomed by the Indian tribes everywhere. Only a few particularly stubborn-minded old men and priests occasionally dissuade people from using these "devilish things."

However, these comments were quickly ignored. The aristocratic warriors, who were the ruling class of the tribes, could not tolerate their neighbors and rivals having more haode steel weapons and not having them in their own hands - which meant mortal danger. Many more other buyers pretended not to hear.

But the problem is that bandit gangs, which have been wandering between various tribes and city-states for a long time, have also begun to move towards the kingdom of Hunghyutizgan, repeatedly trying to plunder caravans, and even directly attacking the villages of the Hunghyutizgans, resulting in a series of skirmishes...... However, these stragglers armed with stone and bone tools are no match for the regular army of the kingdom with steel weapons for the time being.

In addition, the extremely frequent transportation work during this period also allowed Wang Qiu's spatial ability to be fully exercised.

Now, if his spatial ability is activated at full strength, the limit of moving itself is about 10 meters, and the distance of moving items has been increased to 20 meters, but he can only aim in a general direction, and his accuracy is not guaranteed.

In short, just selling wood and transporting groceries, in a blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed.

And in Shijie, where Buntokutsu is located, the wheel of history has traveled to 1518 and continues to move towards 1519.

- The Spaniards are coming!