300. Chapter 300 Serious people usually feel unbearable
"Do you think that all of this I said is unimportant?" asked William. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Well, this ......" Although it is said that the character of the Indians is more upright, they still understand the most basic human feelings. William's status is noble, and William is still an important partner for them. In addition to that, they are now on William's turf.
It would be bad if William was upset and refused to cooperate with his tribe. In addition, if William is really the kind of person who is wide on the outside and jealous on the inside, then if he offends him at this moment, will there be a problem with his own life?
Thinking so in his heart, the other party opened his mouth, as if he wanted to apologize. But when he thought about it, he shut his mouth again.
The vast majority of Indians are very upright...... Or very stubborn. Few Indians know how to be tactful, tactful, and compromised.
That's it, in this case, he closed his mouth and did not speak.
Soon, however, William smiled, "I'm not questioning you, or resentful of you and your arrogance, my friend. "Although the Cherokee language is not complicated, there are quite a few words that are somewhat ...... Inarticulate. But William still showed what he meant very well.
"I'm just going to show you that this thing is really important -- it's important because I want you to get acquainted with us -- with our society, with our race, because the more we get acquainted, the better we can work together.
Before that, there were too many conflicts, even wars. It's all because we don't know each other well enough. Peace - How can two groups of people like each other if they don't know each other well enough? If we don't communicate, then we can only be 'unfamiliar strangers' to each other, do you trust a stranger, and what do you think when you see a stranger?
Be on your toes and think that the other person is not good, or that when we already have some conflicts, we will naturally have misunderstandings, hatreds, and then, it will never end. ”
"This ......" the other party still didn't quite understand what William meant. Eventually, though, he nodded his head in agreement with William.
So William went on with his words. This time, William noticed that some of the chiefs were not as disapproving or impatient as they had been. They began to listen carefully to William's words. Although most of them still don't understand. But they're still trying.
In addition to this, William heard the guys, some of whom were muttering to themselves, as if repeating those words of their own. In rote memorization. Presumably, after writing it down, go back and continue slowly.
And so, when all these things were said and done, William stopped. Then he said, "I think I'll tell you more about the Old World when we've spent more time together." That is, the things of the place where we live. The state, the nation, and something else. I think you'll be interested. ”
"Uh-huh. Some disagreed, but more chiefs began to nod.
It doesn't matter how much you understand or how much you agree. or
"So, let's move on. William said: "After listening to what I said, you should have a certain understanding of the causes of this war. Now, let's talk about cooperation. ”
After hearing this from William, all the chiefs began to concentrate and look at him. It doesn't matter if it's anyone who has seriously thought about what William has said before, or someone who feels impatient with what William said. After all, compared to what William said, all kinds of information about the various countries of the Old World are too illusory. On the other hand, they are working together now, and the benefits they can get from working together. It's real.
"The bottom line is that I want to get the help of the Cherokee warriors. William put it this way:
"I have a lot of gifts for you. All of this is urgently needed by you. Whether it's food, warm clothing, salt, or iron. I have all of this for you. And the price of hiring warriors, I can increase it by 20% from the usual practice.
And, you can do whatever you want, as long as we can provide it, then whatever you want us to pay the bills, we're all welcome. ”
Hearing William say this, all the Cherokee chiefs breathed a sigh of relief. That's what they want -- in fact, more than they want. It seems that this Goth prince is indeed different from other white people.
"So, Your Highness the Prince, how many warriors do you want to hire to fight for you?" asked a Cherokee chieftain cautiously.
So William said, "Your Excellency, are you afraid that the number of warriors I have hired is too small to be cost-effective?" Without waiting for the other party to answer, William continued to speak to himself: "Then Your Excellency does not need to worry at all, because the number of Cherokee warriors I want to hire is definitely more than you imagined. After all, if I don't have to hire too many people, then I don't have to bring them all, do I?"
Hearing William say this, most of the Cherokee chiefs breathed a sigh of relief. They agreed with William's reasoning. I think William is right.
"So, how many are ......," Chief Cherokee, who had asked the question at the beginning, asked.
"Ten thousand. William replied, "If I could, I decided to hire 10,000 Cherokee warriors to fight for me." ”
William's words surprised the Cherokee chiefs. Their unit of living does not have the level of "10,000". In fact, in William's previous life, Europeans were not accustomed to using "10,000", their most accustomed unit was "thousand", and when used, they also preferred to use 200,000 instead of 200,000.
This is mainly due to productivity, affected by the population, "thousand" is the largest unit of measurement that they are most often exposed to.
On the side of the Cherokees, they were a little worse than the Europeans in William's previous life. They are most commonly used, and the largest unit of measurement is one hundred. It's like before this, the great chief of the crows said "a hundred and a hundred".
However, of course, the chief of the crow at that time was just talking casually.
The uninformed Cherokee people have no way of imagining what the "10,000 Cherokee Army" looks like. It's like all the Cherokee chiefs right now, they're dumbfounded, they don't know what to read. In fact, the vast majority of Cherokee chiefs still don't believe William's words are true.
How is this possible? a hundred hundred Cherokees, that number is simply ......
"Are you kidding?" Therefore, when the chieftains of Cherokee spoke to William for a while, they were all cautious, and they looked much more humble than before.
"Why am I kidding. William pretended to be a little dissatisfied, and said to him, "You see, I have brought all the Cherokee chieftains in this area. Spent so much time and energy, in front of so many people, just to joke with you?
Please don't say that, really, only this once, I can forgive you. But please don't question me like you do now. William said.
"I'm not questioning you, Your Highness. Hearing William say this, the other party was also a little anxious: "I mean, what you said is really incredible." It's amazing. It's just too - you know, even the most powerful Cherokee tribe has only a few hundred warriors at most. And the average Cherokee tribe has only one or two hundred warriors. ”
"Not the same, my friend, perhaps. Hearing this, William shook his head: "I will prove it to you." In a few days' time, I'll prove to you that 10,000 soldiers, in fact, is not a lot -- really. At least for the Goths, 'a hundred, a hundred' is not a big number. ”
William bragged hard here, making the Cherokees feel bottomless. So in the ensuing negotiation process, the vast majority of Cherokee chiefs felt absent-minded. They began to suffer again, believing that William had deceived them.
There are also people who feel that although William is handsome and has a good attitude towards them, he is too young after all. Therefore, it is natural to say that it will be ambitious, and it is natural to say something big.
Some of the Cherokee chiefs began to rethink whether they wanted to continue working with William. Other Cherokee chiefs believe that William is really just the one who has been pushed to the table. It's like some tribes, if the new chief is still very young when the big chief dies, then what is really talking about at this time is the great shaman of the tribe.
In any case, the chiefs were a little absent-minded in the ensuing negotiations about how many troops should be sent, how much they should get, and what the tribes urgently lacked.
Some feel like they should leave. Others decided to wait a little longer to see if there really would be a "great shaman" who would come out and speak before the situation got out of hand.
Under such circumstances, there is naturally no way for the negotiations to continue. And William doesn't seem worried. In this way, he dragged these Cherokee chiefs around every day, or entertained them for banquets, or other entertainment. Quiet waiting.
It wasn't until three days later, when William put the most real and realistic "evidence" in front of the Cherokee chiefs, that they realized that William was not joking.