Old Fifth Uncle looked at the costumes of those people, then turned back to Shen Zhou and said: "Look, Chief, these people are holding spears, not even knives, let alone bows and arrows. Let's go, they
Even if they really have evil intentions, they can't do anything to us."
Shen Zhou raised his eyes and glanced at the other person, then turned back to look at the others around him in confusion.
A man with a wild beard nodded slightly when he met Shen Zhou's gaze: "Third brother, what the fifth uncle said is right. Moreover, the weapons of these people are not sharp weapons. I just took a closer look and their spears are made of copper.
Yes, but their copper may be a bit too much, it’s just one copper.”
"Made of copper? Did you read that correctly?" Shen Zhou was stunned for a moment.
"Third brother, I have dealt with gold, silver, copper and iron all my life, how could I get it wrong? The spears in those people's hands are copper, not even bronze." The man with rough features smiled at Shen Zhou, with contempt in his tone.
"Can weapons made of brass be used to kill people?" Shen Zhou sneered.
"Although copper is a little softer, the weapons made of it are still stronger than wood. Of course, there is no way to compare it with iron weapons, and it is even less comparable to our stainless steel weapons." The man with a rough beard patiently explained to Shen Zhou.
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After hearing this, a smile suddenly appeared on Shen Zhou's face, his brows overflowed with energy, and he said confidently: "In this case, what is there to hesitate about? Come on, let's go meet the local indigenous people."
Wearing a pair of fine steel armor, ordinary copper weapons are useless. A warrior wearing fine steel armor and holding a fine steel sword faces a group of people holding copper spears, which is a one-sided massacre.
.No matter how many people there are, it is useless.
And they also carry powerful attack crossbows, so they have no fear of these people's bad intentions. Even if they are really surrounded by them, there is still no problem at least escaping unharmed.
Facing the other party's invitation, Shen Zhou walked toward the other party with a smile on his face, carefully guarding him from the front and back.
These natives seemed to sense that Shen Zhou and others had agreed to their invitation, so they took the lead and led the way. The group of people shouted and walked towards the hillside.
Shen Zhou and others looked at each other even more when they saw the other party's behavior. 'Do they trust people so easily? They have just met, and they dare to expose their backs to themselves and others?'
By now, Shen Zhou also began to realize that these people in front of him were not stupid, but, well, how should I put it? They had not experienced severe beatings from society, and they were somewhat simple.
As a businessman, the Shen family likes such simple people the most. Because they can take advantage and make sufficient profits when dealing with such transactions.
When people like Shen Zhou think about making money, they can't even walk with wind in their feet. There is no way, making money is something that is engraved in their blood. They don't care whether the money is earned through ill-gotten gains or outright.
As long as you can make money!
Across the hillside, Shen Zhou and others saw a vast basin plain.
Two rivers meandered on the plains, and the pleasant green grass was softer than the tapestry blankets they had used, spreading gently on the plains. Herds of cattle and sheep were dotted on the plains, walking freely in the plains.
Eating green grass. There are also many people riding horses and running on the green grass.
A place that was obviously a settlement appeared in front of Shen Zhou and others. Several large ponds surrounded a flat land full of houses. There were scattered houses on the outside of the flat land, and in the middle was a circle of wood.
The houses inside the fence are arranged in an orderly manner, with a huge square in the middle and a huge rammed earth platform at the north end of the square.
It’s like a paradise-like scene!
At this time, Shen Zhou and others finally knew where the beef those people gave them came from. With so many cattle and sheep, there would naturally be no shortage of beef.
As they got closer step by step, Shen Zhou and others were surprised to find that many of the women here had no hair on their upper bodies, and only their lower bodies were covered with animal fur or feathers. Only a few women,
The upper body was simply covered with things like shells.
Walking among these people, Shen Zhou felt as if he had entered a wild land.
and
With the natives wearing long feather crests on their heads, Shen Zhou and his men came to the fence. When the natives guarding the door saw Shen Zhou and others, they immediately stood up and blocked the doorway with their spears.
The natives with long feather crests on their heads hurriedly stepped forward, and there was another exchange of words that Shen Zhou and others could not understand at all. However, after a moment, the people blocking the door suddenly moved out of the way.
The native with a long feather crest on his head turned around and yelled at Shen Zhou and others in good faith. He didn't care whether they understood or not, and walked towards the door.
"Chief, what should we do?" someone asked.
Shen Zhou smiled faintly and said: "Of course we went in. We've come here. Wouldn't it be a pity if we didn't go in and take a look? Besides, originally we were worried that they would set up an ambush. But if we want to leave, just
Can such a fence stop us?"
As he spoke, Shen Zhou pointed toward the fence in front of him.
Everyone laughed when they heard this. The fence in front of them was only one foot high, and it was made of wooden boards buried in the soil. How could such a simple defense stop the wolf-like tigers of the Shen family?
Although they have never eaten pork, at least the three-foot-high city walls of the Ming Dynasty are everywhere, and they are made of bricks and stones. Even such a city wall has countless ways to break it, not to mention these fences in front of them?
Shen Zhou and others walked fearlessly into the fence, and soon he discovered that the status of the people inside was obviously higher than that of the people outside. It could be seen from the clothes they wore.
, except for the man who led the way, there was almost no one wearing a feather crown on his head. The men all wore a simple hairband, while the women and children wore nothing on their heads, only their heads were covered with sunlight.
Black and shiny hair.
Uncle Shen Wu was walking in the wide square when he suddenly saw a high platform in the distance. He was surprised for a moment, then suddenly pondered, and leaned into Shen Zhou's ear and said, "Chief, look at the high platform in front of you."
When Shen Zhou heard this, his eyes immediately fell on the high platform. He hadn't noticed it just now, but now he suddenly saw the high platform and couldn't help being shocked.
A three-story high platform is located in the square. Each level is about one foot high. The bottom level covers a vast area and is majestic.
At this time, Uncle Shen spoke again: "Clan leader, do you think this thing is very similar to the high platform used by our emperors to worship heaven?"
After being reminded by his fifth uncle, Shen Zhou suddenly came to his senses. He said with a dazed expression: "It's not just a resemblance, it's exactly the same."
Shen Zhou fell into shock when he saw it, and stopped involuntarily.
The native who was leading the way with a long feather crown on his head noticed that the people behind him had not followed, so he looked back. When he saw Shen Zhou and others looking at the altar to worship the sun god with dumbfounded eyes, he suddenly became anxious and hurried over. Just stop everyone.
However, after seeing the awe on the faces of Shen Zhou and others, thinking that they were shocked by the majesty of the Sun God, they suddenly became happy again.
He explained to Shen Zhou and others in a giggling voice.
But none of Shen Zhou and the others knew what he was talking about, so they had to look at each other and try to explain. But how to explain it clearly?
The natives with long feather crowns on their heads also realized that they had no way to communicate with Shen Zhou and others, so they simply waved for them to follow, and simply brought Shen Zhou and others to the altar.
After the native came to the altar, he kept mumbling words that seemed clear but also vague, and knelt on the ground and kept kneeling toward the altar.
After he finished kneeling and worshiping, he stood up and read something to Shen Zhou and others in a mysterious voice that was difficult to speak, cadenced and mysterious.
But the eyes of Shen Zhou and others at this moment were completely attracted by the things on the altar.
Starting from the first floor, there are various utensils placed on the altar, with different shapes. Many of them cannot tell the function of these utensils. But it doesn’t matter if you don’t know the function. Shen Zhou
Just seeing the materials of these utensils is enough to make them ecstatic.
These utensils are all made of gold!
Just imagine, a high platform ten feet wide and three feet high, even if it is sparsely filled with gold utensils, how much gold should there be?
Shen Zhou didn't calculate it himself, but he knew it was an extremely huge number.
Seeing that Shen Zhou and others still didn't make any move, the natives with long feather crests on their heads couldn't help but get a little angry, and yelled a few words loudly.
However, Shen Zhou still ignored the native and focused his attention on the people around him. Everyone in the Shen family looked extremely excited. Apparently, they also saw the gold on the altar.
"How did these natives get so much gold?" Shen Zhou said with a dazed look in his eyes. ??
"Clan leader, it doesn't matter how they got it. Since we met them, it's God's will and we deserve this windfall." Someone looked impatient and shouted.
Shen Zhou originally had this idea, but after all, he is the head of the family and cannot let others think that his appearance is too ugly, so he asked that question in a pretentious manner. Now that someone has taken the initiative to come forward and put forward the reason, Then he naturally has nothing to worry about.
However, it was all a show. Shen Zhou still pretended to ask again, "But they kindly gave us beef and kindly invited us here. Wouldn't it be too much if we did this?"
"Passed?" The smile on Uncle Shen's face gradually turned ferocious, and he grinned and sneered: "Treasures from heaven and earth belong to the virtuous. For such rare gold to be discarded on the ground casually by them, isn't it? A waste of natural resources? Perhaps, even gold itself feels insulted. God allowed us to come here by chance. Maybe God wanted us to take away the gold. How could this happen? "
"Great kindness!" Shen Zhou finally nodded with a smile.
Then he made a decision, "Well, we are all businessmen, and we can't do things like bandits doing things like robbery. In this case, seeing that they like Xia Qingbu very much, then we will exchange Xia Qingbu with them."
"Yes, yes, yes, what the patriarch said is true. We are businessmen, so of course we have to use businessmen's methods. But I think the gold here is not valuable, and our Xia Qingbu traveled tens of thousands of miles from the Ming Dynasty. The ones that were just shipped here should naturally be more expensive." Uncle Shen stroked his beard and said with a smile.
Shen Zhou was even more proud. He pondered for a moment and asked him: "Then what price does Fifth Uncle think we should give them in exchange?"
"Of course, one exchange for another." Uncle Shen said with a smile.
Good guy, a piece of summer green cloth is only one piece. And the gold objects on the altar are even five or six feet high. Such a huge gold object, let alone its value, is considered its own The materials are at least a hundred kilograms.
Just replace it with a piece of summer green cloth?
Shen Zhou saw the expressions of the natives in front of him a little angry. Since he wanted to trade with them, he naturally couldn't stalemate the relationship. Shen Zhou smiled and looked around at everyone and said: "The visitors are guests. Let's do as the Romans do and pay our respects." Bye."
After saying that, he led everyone to imitate the movements of the natives and bowed down.
When the natives with long feather crowns on their heads saw that Shen Zhou and others were also worshiping the sun god, the anger on their faces suddenly disappeared, and they showed a hearty smile.
After Shen Zhou and others paid their respects, the natives came in front and took them to a house. There was a person sitting at the head, with a larger feather crown on his head than the person who brought Shen Zhou. He obviously had a higher status, and it was very possible that he had a higher status. He is the leader of the indigenous people here.
Sure enough, the natives who brought Shen Zhou here came forward and chattered something to the leader. He also brought Xia Qingbu and put it in the leader's hand. Then he pointed at the beef in front of the leader and continued talking.
When Shen Zhou saw it, he couldn't help but wonder and said to his fifth uncle next to him: "Does he want to trade beef with us for Xia Qingbu?"
Uncle Shen's face looked a little solemn, and he nodded slowly: "I'm afraid so."
Shen Zhou waved his sleeves and put his hands behind his back
Crossing his shoulders, he raised his head, chest and chin, and said with a sneer: "I want to exchange for some beef with us for summer green cloth. It's just a dream! You can exchange it with us, just bring gold."
The Shen family didn't wait long. As expected, the native with a long feather crown asked someone to bring a large amount of beef and put it in front of Shen Zhou and others. Then he held Xia Qingbu in his arms, patted Xia Qingbu in his arms, and then He pointed at the beef in front of Shen Zhou and others. He made a gesture of pushing the beef to everyone, and then made a gesture of taking Xia Qingbu into his hand.
The meaning is obvious, that is, he wants to exchange beef for Shen Zhou and others' Xia Qingbu.
Shen Zhou stood at the front with a smile on his face and said: "My lord knows that you don't understand the Ming dialect, but I still want to say it. This lord is new here, so I gave you the Xia Qing cloth to express my feelings, not because of your beef."
You can change it to Xia Qing cloth."
The native looked at the cadence of Shen Zhou's voice and spoke slowly. He didn't understand a word. He didn't understand why these people were willing to trade such good things with him for beef at the beach just now. Now he took out more
In exchange for a lot of beef, these people refused?
The natives performed the exchange gesture again.
Shen Zhou was a little impatient when he saw it, so he asked someone to bring out a piece of summer green cloth. The native's eyes lit up, thinking that these people were finally willing to exchange.
Shen Zhou repeated the actions that the native had just done, but not with the beef in front of him, but with the few gold objects placed in the room.
When the natives saw this, their expressions instantly changed, they shook their heads decisively, and started chattering loudly. They didn't know whether they were scolding Shen Zhou and others for their greed, or stating that the gold was very important to them.
Shen Zhou didn't care so much, but insisted on exchanging summer green cloth for gold.
The native still refused, shaking his head constantly, and even added more beef to Shen Zhou. He would rather exchange more beef for Xia Qingbu than gold.
But beef may still have some meaning to Shen Zhou and others who have just disembarked from the ship. But after seeing the densely packed cattle and sheep in the plain, this beef is completely meaningless to Shen Zhou.
Because, with the strength of the Shen family, they can hunt cattle and sheep alone on the plains, and have as many as they want.
Seeing that Shen Zhoufei wanted to use gold in exchange, it was obvious that the natives in front of him could not make the decision, so they had to step aside and give the largest say in the negotiations to the leader of Yu Guan.
The leader initially offered Shen Zhou more beef in exchange, but Shen Zhou shook his head and refused without hesitation. As a last resort, the leader agreed to exchange gold with Shen Zhou. However, the gold utensils used in exchange were a bit small, only about the size of a cup.
When Shen Zhou saw that the leader finally relented, he suddenly felt happy. He was worried just now about what he would do if the other party swore to die without gold in exchange for him.
Was it to take advantage of them and loot all the gold objects on the altar? Or was it to loot them all?
Now that the leader is ready to exchange, Shen Zhou is also ready to bargain with him. Seeing the gold cup he took out, Shen Zhou shook his head directly, indicating that it was too little and wanted to exchange it with the golden rhinoceros horn next to it. This gold product similar to a rhinoceros horn,
It is about five feet long, thick at the top and thin at the bottom. Although it is hollow in the middle, the surface is engraved with exquisite and complicated cloud patterns, which is breathtaking.
But this thing was obviously a treasure of the indigenous people, so the other party was naturally unwilling to exchange it. The leader added another gold pot and signaled Shen Zhou to exchange it.
But Shen Zhou still shook his head persistently, indicating that it was okay not to have the golden rhinoceros horn, but the things in front of the leader would have to be doubled.
The leader was naturally unwilling, and the two sides reached a stalemate.
The natives were simple and had no intention of taking anything by force. They signaled for people to take Shen Zhou and others down to rest, and prepared sumptuous food for them.
Shen Zhou and others were still on guard against the indigenous leaders, but they never thought that this would be the result. After returning to the house prepared by the indigenous people, Shen Zhou and others made sure that the food was fine, and then had a good meal.
After eating and drinking, they did not fall asleep, but discussed their next plan.