Chapter Seventy-Three: The Shock and the First Transaction
The story that the town heavily defended by the Addams family and the Pandey family was wiped out overnight spread in the British colony in less than half a month. Some people say that they saw the remnants of the two families walking towards the family in defeat, and others say that they saw the town burned to ruins. In this world, there is something that cannot be stopped by time and space, and rumors spread faster than the plague. Therefore, there is no reason why others do not believe it.
All of a sudden, the entire colony's attention to Sholin reached a new height. They also knew that the entire colony would not be able to keep it a secret if the Adams family was united to deal with the Yanhuang Trading Company. However, they really didn't expect that Yanhuang Trading Company would dare to strike first. The entire town was in ruins, and the Addams family had no bridgehead to attack the Yanhuang Trading Company, thinking that the future retaliation would add a lot of bad variables.
However, there was jubilation among the Charles family. As a military family with only a little ability in the army, they have always been looked down upon by those political aristocrats. But because of this, they did not develop the stinky problems of those nobles. Originally, it was just a dangerous move, and the treasure was pressed on the Yanhuang Trading Company, which seemed to be impossible, but I didn't expect that it was really right. In particular, James Charles, a playboy in the eyes of his father and eldest brother, also received praise from both for the first time.
This is a compliment that he didn't get when he used his private money to buy them good things like suits and razors. However, after the fun, they were also going to prepare for their first trade with Sholin. The reason why this condition was put forward before was to strengthen the strength of the Yanhuang Trading Company, so that they could completely defeat the Adams family's interest group. It doesn't seem like it's needed now, but the Charles family has a new need.
Nothing in Shawlin's hands was something that the Charles family didn't need. Whether it's a grenade musket, or a canned suit. Whether they use it for themselves or sell it, they can increase the strength of their troops. So, regardless of whether this trade will cause any bad results, they are not going to care. Besides, none of these forces that had been in the colonies for a long time had much loyalty to the British, or else there would be no Anglo-Saxon Americans to fight them.
You must know that among those who rebelled against the British, not all of them were commoners, and many of them were from aristocratic backgrounds. The reason why I still listen to the British mainland is because in this world of the jungle, there must be a backer who can deter other wolves. Later, the reason why the American Revolutionary War was able to win was because of various factors, so that other European countries could not stretch out their claws, and even France stood behind them.
The people of the Charles family also figured it out, and when the big deal was the last resort, it was just a matter of changing the master. At least, from the current point of view, this Yanhuang trading company is much better than the British mainland. Rather than serving the British government, which only knows how to desperately suppress the colonies, it is better to be a minister of the dragon, and maybe you will be able to get better in the future than now. The Charles family thought this way because Jaime had already seen Shoren's ambitions.
From Sholin's every move, Jaime could see that he didn't just want to be a so-called trading company. Even the Dutch East India Company did not build high walls and accumulate grain like them. The Charles family had collected the list that James had brought back and that Shoren had given him, and sent someone to inform Shoren. And Xiao Lin has been waiting for this deal for a long time. Yanhuang Trading Company is about to fall into a situation of food shortage.
Although the terraces have been developed and the rice seedlings and wheat have been planted, the time is still too short, and it will take two or three months to get food from them. And the beasts near Yanhuang Town were almost all killed, and even the wild wolves with meat and firewood were eaten clean. And the fish in the river are also caught, and the number is small, and it is not easy to be bait. If it weren't for Xiao Lin's extra trips and several batches of compressed biscuits and thickened cheese bread, there really wouldn't be anything to eat in town.
Of course, the entire Yanhuang Trading Company, including Xiao Lin, didn't look down on the hard bread in their hands that could be used as a weapon. So, Shawlin asked for a lot of flour. With flour, together with baking powder and machines that Sholin has sourced from the 21st century, it is possible to make modern bread and noodles that are fragrant and soft. Both parties attached great importance to this transaction and did their best to maintain confidentiality.
In order to prevent the transaction from being discovered, the two parties sought out an intermediary. In fact, it was the Charles family who found a middleman. This Indian tribe, which means trader in Indian language, was the only friendly Indian ally in the hands of the Charles family. This is when Jaime's father led the army to fight them, he relented and let the remnants of this tribe go, and this was the kind of fate.
Later, the trader tribe hid in a hidden valley and did not have any contact with the whites. Through trading with the Charles family and some Indian tribes, they also slowly regained their strength. Some people also know that the Charles family has a way to contact the Indians, but after all, they are also a powerful military family, and they can't mess with them. If this provokes the Charles family to fight hard, none of them can have a good time.
The Charles family shipped the things they traded to the trader tribe in batches. Then, they disguised themselves so that the rest of the family could see that they had packed a batch of furs and stuff back. And Shoren, after obtaining the address given by the Charles family, came to the valley where the trader tribe was located, ready to trade.
Because the stakes were high and the deal was on the territory of the Indians, Sholin decided to lead the team himself. The people of the Trader tribe already knew that Shoren was a new power dominated by Indians, and that he had defeated the white forces several times by winning more with less. For Xiao Lin, the whole tribe is full of curiosity and a friendly attitude.
For a friendly Indian tribe, Shawlin will not let go of any opportunity to win over. In the case of not being able to obtain Chinese subordinates from China in this era, if they want to do things in the Meizhou mainland, every Indian tribe is a source of soldiers. Xiao Lin brought out the most elite battalion this time, and out of the three hundred, two hundred and thirty were Indians from the Eagle Tribe. Three hundred warriors, except for a hundred soldiers who came in with wagons and tricycles, the rest were lined up and walked together.
"Bang Bang!"
Two hundred soldiers, lined up in four columns, wearing a straight Yanhuang 18-style military uniform (imitation of the Huaguo 79-style military uniform), carried the bright Zhongguan renamed Yanhuang 1-style on their backs, and walked into the trader tribe with neat steps. The Trader Tribe, who had never seen such a force, knew that these people were a powerful elite force just from the mental outlook. Moreover, that murderous aura proves that they are not goods who have not been on the battlefield.
The most important thing is that these soldiers are mainly made up of Indians who share the same skin as them.
"Father, is this the Indian army that has defeated the whites several times?"
Beside Quelde, the patriarch of the Trader tribe, stood a little boy who looked to be only eleven or twelve years old. The little boy looked at the battalion of soldiers who were walking into the tribe, and his eyes lit up. Because of the bloody encounter with the British, the Trader tribe has long abandoned the traditional concept of cold weapon warfare. The cult of musketeers is very large. They even bought more than fifty muskets from the Charles family.
It can be said that the soldiers of the first battalion under Xiao Lin have completely shocked the entire trader tribe. Moreover, they also rose from the bottom of their hearts to admire and admire Yanhuang Trading Company. There were more than a hundred warriors in the tribe, and the idea of joining this army rose from the bottom of their hearts. However, the patriarch did not speak, and they did not want to betray the tribe. It was because the Indians were too scattered and not concentrated enough that they were beaten by the British and were powerless.
There are also people who know that the Indians will perish if this continues, but there are too few such wise men among the entire Indians. The Quard Patriarch of the Trader Tribe, the wise man who personally brought the remaining tribal warriors home and prevented the tribe from disappearing. However, such people are still selfish. He only thought about protecting his tribe and the inheritance of his ancestors, and he didn't follow Xiao Ling's thoughts. However, his attitude towards Xiao Lin now is very friendly.
"Patriarch Shawlin, welcome. My name is Quelld, you can call me Quell. ”
"Wise man, good meaning, patriarch, let's not be foolish, let's start inspecting the goods directly. ”
"Okay, this is the list that the Charles family gave me, you can see if it is something you brought it. ”
In this transaction, the people of the Charles family could not come forward, so Quelder was entrusted to be responsible for inspecting the goods. Quelder and they have been trading for several years, and both sides can trust each other. Xiao Lin didn't talk nonsense, and directly began to inspect the goods. Because they still didn't trust the British, Xiao Lin and they checked very carefully, for fear that these people would cut corners and even cheat them with inferior flour. However, Xiao Lin thought too much, and what people bought was good flour of sufficient quality and quantity.
On the side of Shawlin, the price to be paid is some crafts from the 21st century and the new gunpowder grenades promised to them, and some pounds sterling is also indispensable.