In Beijing Town, the expedition team led by Chen Feng is making preparations for departure.
The tall European horses were filled with food, tents, bows and arrows, swords, muskets and other items needed for this expedition. At the same time, some items specially used to bribe the descendants of local Yin merchants were prepared, such as some shiny items.
of glass products.
It looks very beautiful, but its value is extremely low. It is most suitable to be given to the descendants of the Yin Shang who know nothing.
There is no way, Golden Continent is too vast.
Although many places have recognized the sun god theory promoted by Tian Erniu, in places far away from the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire, there are many tribes that do not recognize or do not believe in these, so they want to
To deal with these tribes, the best way is to send some gifts.
This is an extremely important method summarized by the expedition team.
These descendants of the Yin Shang native to the Golden Continent are tall, strong, and good at fighting. They are also very smart and can learn many things in one go. They are far smarter than the Kunlun slaves in Africa.
However, most tribes are relatively friendly and hospitable. As long as you don't take the initiative to harm them and express your goodwill, many things will be easy to handle.
Making full use of these tribes to find gold is something that many expedition teams like to do.
Some expedition teams specifically searched for these tribes in various places, sent some gifts, and inquired about gold and silver. As a result, they were very successful and discovered many gold and silver mines.
Of course, even if you don't find out about gold or silver mines, as long as you have a good relationship, your expedition team can be safer. Sometimes you can even hire people from these local tribes as guides.
Chen Feng, who is well aware of this, will prepare something almost every time, such as glass products, ceramics, tea, salt, cheap cloth and so on.
If you encounter local tribesmen on the road, send them to them and build a good relationship with these local tribesmen.
So all this time, although expeditions are full of risks, no one in Chen Feng's expedition team has ever died.
"These European horses are really good!"
Chen Feng patted his horse and couldn't help but admired it.
There are no horses locally in Huangjinzhou, all horses are transported from outside.
Because the Huangjin Continent is a vast area, the demand for horses is very high. Many horses are transported from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, but on the east coast of the Golden Continent.
Spanish businessmen were keenly aware of this, so they sold a large number of European horses to the Golden Continent for sale. The business was very prosperous and the profits were extremely high.
This has resulted in a large number of European horses on the east coast of Golden Continent. These European horses are tall, muscular, very powerful, and very docile. They are the most capable assistants of the expedition team.
"Chen Feng~"
"The snow has just stopped. Have you gone out to explore?"
Chen Feng and others were about to set off when a middle-aged man with a big belly and a businessman appearance came over and asked with a smile.
"There is no other way. If we don't go out to explore, we can only sit back and have nothing. Unlike Mr. Li, you can do business and just enjoy the happiness at home."
Chen Feng looked at the fat man in front of him. Li Lin was a small businessman. He had a shop in this northern town that specialized in servicing expedition teams and also engaged in some intermediary work.
"Chen Feng, you said this~"
Li Lin smiled and then said in a low voice: "If you have a good deal, you must come to me. I will keep it safe and sell it for you at a good price."
"Okay, if I lend you your good advice, your commission will definitely be indispensable when the time comes."
Chen Feng smiled and agreed.
There are actually many intermediary businessmen like Li Lin. Some expedition teams have discovered gold and silver mines, but they are unable to purchase the land, nor can they mine it, and they are eager to get money.
Then you can use these intermediary merchants to sell the gold mines you discover to those wealthy trading houses or big businessmen, and the intermediary merchants can earn commissions from both ends.
Generally, small businessmen doing business in Huangjinzhou will do such things part-time.
"Let's go~"
Chen Feng got on his horse and rode towards the outside of Beijing Town with more than 20 members of his team.
The snow that fell last night has not yet melted, and there is a blanket of white everywhere. Looking around, you can see dense forests everywhere, with tall trees standing on the earth like giants.
To be honest, it has snowed this winter and it is really not suitable for going out for adventure. The mood of the team members is not very good, because usually at this time, most of the other expedition team members are sleeping at home with their women in their arms.
, but they need to go out for adventure in this freezing weather.
Naturally, everyone is dissatisfied, but there is nothing we can do about it.
Because everyone knows the situation of the expedition team.
Since they came to the east coast and this northern town, they have not gained anything. The expedition team has more than 20 people plus horses. These people eat horse chews, and their daily expenses are very high.
As the leader of the expedition team, Chen Feng also had a sad face every day. It was not an option to just sit back and have nothing, not to mention that the Chinese New Year was about to come, and everyone was hoping to make some discoveries so that they could have a happy New Year.
There was no other way. Even if the weather was bad, Chen Feng still decided to take the members of his expedition team to search for gold and silver. There is always hope when going out for exploration. Maybe if you are lucky, you will be able to find a gold mine, and you can live a good life.
It’s New Year’s Eve.
Riding on the tall horse, Chen Feng tightened his hat slightly. This time he was going to go all the way to the north to explore because he heard from the leader of a local tribe that there were several large lakes and rivers in the north of Beijing Town.
Generally speaking, there may be gold deposits deposited by rivers in such places.
The Yuxi Gold Mine is like this. A large amount of gold is washed out by water and deposited on the river bed, eventually forming a rich gold mine. If such a gold mine can be found, even one gold mine will be enough for their expedition team.
People have eaten countless quilts.
All the way north, Chen Feng and others walked during the day and found a place to camp at night. When they were thirsty, they boiled snow and drank water. When they were hungry, they looked for prey and hunted.
There are so many prey in Golden Continent, among which there are many kinds of large prey, such as bison, wild sheep, black geese, moose, elk, etc., which can be seen almost everywhere.
When the expedition team is out, they usually try their best to hunt to solve the food problem, so as to expand the scope of their exploration as much as possible.
"It's already the ninth day. I've been away from Beijing Town for hundreds of miles, right?"
"It's at least seven hundred miles away."
"But so far, we haven't found even a single fur. I've told the captain a long time ago that the East Coast is very poor. Not to mention gold and silver, there isn't even an animal fur."
"If there are some mink skins, they can be sold for some money, but this whole road is full of virgin forests. What treasures can be found in this place?"
"The captain is more anxious than us. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. If we don't make some money, we don't know how we will spend this year."
"That's true~"
The complaining voices of the team members reached Chen Feng's ears, but he didn't pay much attention.
It’s common to go out on an adventure and get nothing. It’s common to have to eat and sleep outside and work extremely hard. It’s normal for the team members to complain.
"stop!"
At this moment, Chen Feng vaguely saw figures moving in the forest in front of him, and he immediately raised his hand to signal.
Following Chen Feng's signal, the team members immediately stopped talking. Everyone became nervous and clenched their swords, bows, arrows, muskets and other weapons in their hands.
Everyone did not wait too much, and soon a large group of people emerged from the surrounding woods. Each of these people were wearing clothes made of animal skins and holding bows and arrows. The leader of them had a large number of brightly colored arrows stuck on his head.
feather.
"Jiligulu, wakakaka~"
Someone on the other side came closer and started chirping.
"Captain, they are asking who we are? Why are we here?"
Some of Chen Feng's team members are proficient in several languages of tribes descended from the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and can roughly understand each other's words.
"You tell them that we are the Ming Dynasty expedition team. We come here to explore without any ill intentions, and then give them some glass products."
Chen Feng immediately gave a slight signal to his team members, asking them not to be too nervous. He also gave instructions to his subordinates.
"Yes~"
His subordinates who understood the language of the Yin and Shang tribes immediately stepped forward, also chirping, and then presented some bright glass products.
When the other party heard this and saw the glass products presented by Chen Feng, he finally lost his hostility and also put down the bow and arrow in his hand.
Their leader carefully played with the glass product in his hand and liked it very much. Then he was given some corn, peppers, pumpkins and a deer as a return gift.
In this way, Chen Feng successfully established a good relationship with the tribe called Masti. Their leader even warmly invited Chen Feng and others to his tribe to rest for a night and have a bonfire party with girls.
After entertaining them, Chen Feng and others had a comfortable night.
The next day, Chen Feng's expedition continued northward. This time, a man from the Masti tribe was hired as a guide. The commission was very cheap and only required two cups made of glass.
With the guide of the Masti tribe, Chen Feng's expedition team felt much more comfortable moving forward. The guide of the Masti tribe knew the distribution of the tribes here, and also knew the conditions of every nearby river and lake.
Under his leadership, Chen Feng's expedition team continued to search for gold and silver in rivers and lakes, hoping to get rich overnight.