After thinking about it, Atta knew that he must not have a conflict with the man in front of him at this time.

"I need to go back and consult with the Grand Wizard to determine the final outcome. You can live here for the time being, but don't go upstream, don't harass our village. Atta reined in his fighting spirit and admonished.

Lee said: "Of course, we are here to do business, not to conquer. Unlike the Spaniards and the Dutch, we offer fair deals. Atta, you want fair trade too. ”

"Of course!" Almost everyone cheered.

Li Zhaoji continued: "Okay, I have already given the Dawkas people ten axes as a deposit, even if you spend money to buy a lesson, if you are willing to sell this city to me, I will give you the remaining ninety axes." ”

Atta nodded, asking what the other chiefs meant.

Liu Mingde said in a low voice: "Big treasurer, if they are allowed to go back, they may gather all the soldiers of the Kaida Grand Department to attack." Now there are only more than 300 of them, so it is better to take this opportunity to take it. ”

Li Zhaoji shook his head slightly: "No, they will be addicted to us." ”

"Addicted, for a little wine?"

Li Zhaoji smiled and didn't explain too much.

Cooked and raw are not the same, the Kaida Gran people have been in contact with the outside world for generations, and the clothes on their bodies are made of colored cloth, apparently sold by Fujian merchants. But the problem is that their contact with the merchants is intermittent, which makes them very distressed.

And Li Zhaoji set up a stronghold here to carry out long-term trade, and when these chiefs could enjoy fine wine every day, eat salty meals, drink water mixed with cane sugar, and wear beautiful cotton clothes, would they be willing to return to the old life of savages?

As for this freshwater city, it has also been controlled by the Spaniards for more than ten years anyway, has it affected their lives? Even if it is recaptured, dozens of villages and communities will be in trouble because of this city.

When the dinner was over, the crowd did not leave, but lay down on the ground in the straw hut, and even chiefs like Atta did not have an extra deerskin cushion under their buttocks.

But Li Zhaoji was different, he seemed to be intent on showing his wealth, and ordered people to set up tents on the side of the city wall, covered them with soft mats, and slept comfortably, much to the envy of the chiefs present.

The next day, Atta was supposed to return to the tribe to inform the Grand Wizard, but the scene in front of him made him choose to stay.

Because trade has begun, a large number of natives have come and gone in the open space between Tamsui City and the Tamsui River, and in the Tamsui River, countless people have come to sell in canoes carrying all kinds of goods.

The golden sands were the most popular among the Oriental trading companies, and they could buy anything they wanted, and one chief exchanged a pocket of golden sands for an arquebus and a sailor's hat, which he hung on his body to show off his might. This is the power of the Sands, and only the Sands can be exchanged for firearms, even artillery.

In addition to golden sand, deer skin is also very popular, and deer breast, honey, and sulfur are also things that the Oriental Trading Company is open to buying.

But not only that, on the way to Tamsui, the fleet had already consumed more than ten days of supplies, so a lot of fresh supplies were purchased, and the potatoes and grains grown by the Kedagran people, the fruits they gathered, the fish they caught, and the livestock they farmed, could all be used as commodities.

Even if the natives have nothing, they can trade, and what they sell is their own strength.

The natives could clear and repair the land outside the city, assist in the erection of straw huts, the felling of trees, and the construction of countertops for masonry trade, all in exchange for goods.

Since he occupied Tamsui City, Li Zhaoji had no reason to abandon it, so he devoted all his efforts to building her, and was even willing to provide some drinks for the workers.

The goods provided by the Oriental Trading Company are also varied, after all, before coming to Tamsui, Liu Mingde made preparations for a month.

Liu Mingde's preparation is actually a little negligent, for example, he thinks that the best-selling agricultural tools and weapons in Shufan should be iron, but it turns out that agricultural tools and weapons such as axes, hoes and short knives do sell well, but the most popular among the people in the nearby villages are not these tools, but all kinds of things for enjoyment.

Dyed cotton cloth is a kind of one, but everyone's favorite is spirits, tobacco, cane sugar, spices, etc., and for a pot of wine, the natives are even willing to take out the golden sand.

"It's not okay to go on like this, our people will become bad." Atta came out of the fresh water soaking wet, shook the water from his hair, and said to his nephew Haruki, who was following him.

Atta also carried a young man in his hand, this fellow carried a dozen deerskins in a canoe, in exchange for salt and sickle, when he saw everyone drinking, he changed the sickle for wine, drunk, but he wanted to sail back, but because he was drunk, he fell into the river, if it was not for Atta, he would have drowned.

And Atta knew this young man, a person from the neighboring village community, very brave, and had the courage to fight with the people in the forest, but under the soak of wine, he directly turned into a soft egg.

Haruki put the boy under the tree and said, "Uncle, these are all willing of the clansmen, and you can neither drive away Fu Lao nor convince our clansmen. Maybe be wary of another point, you look there. ”

Haruki pointed to the dock in the distance, where a group of people were carrying goods to the ship, deerskins, and among the busy people, there were some natives, who, unlike the Kaidagran, had a feather stuck in their heads, and one of them, a man in the shape of a man, was sprinkling water on the body of the representative of the trading company.

"Dawcas!" From this simple ritual, Atta recognized these men.

"Yes, Dawcas, we can get the axe, and so can the Dawcas." Haruki said.

Atta gritted his teeth: "Maybe the Dawkas people can, but the Atayal people definitely can't." ”

Although there is a conflict between the Dawkas and the Kaidagran, because the two sides have distanced, there are not many conflicts, especially the intervention of the Spaniards and the construction of castles, which is equivalent to separating the two peoples, but the Kaidagran people are always harassed by the deep mountains and forests.

Those who are born to drink blood, but they are especially fierce and cunning, and there is also a tradition of being a leader, that is, only by leaving the tribe, killing an outsider, and getting his head, can he truly become an adult and be recognized by the tribe. This is a tradition that leads to a constant struggle between raw and cooked fans.

"So let's go back and explain to the Great Wizard. If we can't get rid of these Fu Laos, then we can only cooperate with them. If we weren't their friends, they would look for another friend, maybe a Dawcas, maybe an Atayal. Haruki said.

Atta nodded: "Let's go!" ”

"Big shopkeeper, this is your room, the biggest, and the cleanest and driest." Although it was the second day of coming, the trading company had only begun to allocate houses, and Liu Mingde led Li Zhaoji to a room in Niujiaobao and said.

Li Zhaoji said: "Lao Liu, I don't need the best room, the best room should be what our goods need, the deer breast should be placed in a cool place, you can put it here, the deer skin is, and there is .........." ”

Everyone's faces were filled with joy, and even though it had only been a day of trading, the trading company had made a lot of money.

Guangzhou is a manufacturing center, and all kinds of handicraft products purchased there can be sold at a high price in the Tamsui area, and the deer skins can be sold to Japan, which is a bestseller, and deer breasts and honey can be sold to Guangzhou.

It has been proven that even trade between Guangzhou and Tamsui can support the development of the current trading company.

"By the way, Petro is gone, just now. I said I could send him by boat, but he insisted on returning to the coop by land. Liu Mingde said.

Pietro deliberately stayed for a few more days, so that he could see that the trading company was at peace with the natives in the vicinity, and cut off the illusion that the Spaniards should not have.

"Okay." Li Zhaoji beckoned the backbone of the trading company to sit down and said to Liu Shun, "Ah Shun, go and call Mr. Aaron." ”

Soon Aaron came to this room, he behaved very deferentially, in fact, he was completely frightened by Li Zhaoji, and now Li Zhaoji asked him to do whatever he wanted, and he was also the most gorgeously dressed person here, in front of people, Li Zhaoji gave him a lot of respect, this is mainly to maintain Aaron's noble status, convenient to control those English sailors.

"Lao Liu, the trade matter is entrusted to you, and the warehousing problem must be solved first, at least for two months, our fleet will not leave. Sixth brother, the three ships, especially the Tamsui and Lingding Island, have to be repaired in turn. Li Zhaoji commanded.

The two nodded in unison, and Li Zhaoji smiled at Aaron: "Mr. Aaron, next you assist Yandi and Zhao Dahe to repair the gap in this city." ”

Aaron said yes again and again, and he took the initiative to say what Li Zhaoji thought: "Yes, my lord, I think that the workers should be mainly English, I don't want them to participate in trade, and I should try to avoid their contact with the natives." ”

Li Zhaoji thinks exactly this, in the eyes of the natives, Fu Lao and the Spaniards can be clearly distinguished, but the English and the Spaniards are the same kind of people in their eyes, both are demon-like existences, so they should avoid contact with the natives as much as possible.

"Yandi, this matter is entrusted to you, and you also have to manage the defense of Tamsui City and investigate everything in the city." Lee Siu Kee said.

The group of English people are most afraid of Chen Liuzi and Yang Yandi, Chen Liuzi is ruthless, everyone knows his cruelty, and Yang Yandi is another method, he specializes in thorns.

As long as there are English people making trouble, Yang Yandi will call people to an open space to fight alone, Yang Yandi's fighting skills are quite rich, and people are also tall and big, along the way, he has fought with many people, but he has never lost a game, and every time he beats the foreigners, so the English red hair is not only afraid of him, but also obeys him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I want you to understand that there are some things that I am not lying, that the Dutch are really preparing to attack the Spaniards. Obviously, their first choice was here. Li Zhaoji said to everyone.

Liu Mingde frowned: "The big shopkeeper, isn't this matter the same as some Daucas people selling the city to us, isn't it a lie?" ”

"No, the Dutch do want to attack." Lee Siu Kee said.

"How do you know?" Many people asked in unison, after all, since the capture of the Vostok, everyone has been together most of the time.

Li Zhaoji laughed, he couldn't tell everyone that this was a real event in history, tell them that he was a traverser. After laughing, he asked the crowd, "Brothers don't believe me?" ”

Chen Liuzi waved his hand: "How can it, even if the eldest brother says that it is Hongmaoyi who gives you a dream, I will believe it." ”

"Yes, the big shopkeeper said yes, that is." Liu Mingde also agreed, but he thought that Li Zhaoji must have some unknown secret, but this had nothing to do with him.