Looking at Chief Geronimo who looked sincere and expectant, Chen Mo nodded slightly.
"Since you are willing to attach yourself, then I will accept you. From now on, you will be my subordinates, work for me, and your tribe will also be protected by me!"
"Thank you, chief!"
"Call me boss."
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After accidentally rescuing and conquering the Lakota tribe, Chen Mo's fur acquisition and beast training plans changed.
As natives of the Missouri jungle, the Lakota tribe has lived in the forest for generations and is extremely familiar with the entire vast jungle. They know the location of each Indian tribe very well.
Therefore, Chen Mo simply handed over the job of purchasing furs to them.
The total population of the Lakota tribe is more than 300. Although the most elite warriors only have more than 50, the remaining young, middle-aged and even elderly tribesmen actually have considerable fighting power. Even women dare to
Fighting wild beasts with a spear, and hunting prey with bow and arrow, the accuracy is not much worse than that of ordinary warriors.
Therefore, after understanding the situation of the Lakota tribe, Chen Mo divided a total of 50 elite warriors and 50 teenagers into ten teams to trade furs with the Indian tribes.
They are more familiar with the conditions and roads in the forest than the armed acquisition team of the American Fur Company, and can travel much faster in the forest. In addition, they have strong physical strength, strength and endurance developed from years of hunting, and can carry more
Supplies and furs.
Moreover, since the Lakota tribe is located in the Missouri jungle, although it is not in the center, it is still deep in the jungle. The distance to other tribes is much closer than the acquisition team of the American Fur Company.
The trip time has been shortened many times. Therefore, the acquisition efficiency of these ten teams composed of native Indians is almost comparable to that of the thousands-person acquisition team of the entire American Fur Company, and they can basically absorb the entire fur trade in the Missouri area.
However, once these personnel are dispatched, the defense of the Lakota tribe will become extremely empty. Except for these one hundred people, most of the remaining members of the tribe are women, children, and middle-aged and elderly people.
Although these people also have a certain degree of combat effectiveness, if they are really attacked by a large force from the American Fur Company, they will definitely not be their opponents.
But this is not a problem for Chen Mo. Chen Mo has enough muskets to equip the Lakota tribe.
Previously, they had killed more than a dozen armed personnel of the American Fur Company, numbering more than 100 people. In addition to seizing a large amount of trading materials and furs, they also collected more than 100 muskets.
However, these muskets are all relatively old and backward flintlock muskets, and the shooting speed is very slow. The entire shooting process takes more than thirty seconds. The previous group of more than thirty armed personnel from the American Fur Company also completed loading outside the tribe first.
Entering the tribe after waiting for preparations.
Therefore, Chen Mo had no intention of equipping the Lakota tribe with these backward rifles.
In Chen Mo's space, there are actually hundreds of the most advanced Springfield M1842 muzzle-loading muskets.
The M1842 rifle was the first muzzle-loading musket equipped by the U.S. military. Before that, the U.S. military still used the same flintlock muskets as the armed personnel of the American Fur Company.
The bullets used by the M1842 musket are paper shell bullets, using 8.0g black powder, and the round projectile mass is 31.3g. Every 10 bullets are packed in a paper bag.
When loading, first bite the bottom of the bullet with your mouth, pour the gunpowder at the bottom of the bullet into the barrel from the muzzle, then load the bullet wrapped in a paper shell from the muzzle, and press it tightly on the gunpowder with the ejector rod.
above.
After that, place the firing cap on the primer nest, and then set the gun to the ready state to aim and fire.
After practice, this operation process only takes 15 to 20 seconds.
Regardless of the fact that it only shortened the firing time by more than ten seconds, if they were to face the armed personnel of the American Fur Company equipped with flintlock guns, these ten seconds would be enough for them to gain an absolute advantage and cause those armed personnel to suffer heavy losses!
Chen Mo did not care about the eyes of the Indians, and took out these rifles directly from the space, and distributed them to the Lakota tribesmen, not only the fifty soldiers, but also the fifty young tribesmen who followed them out to make acquisitions, as well as those who stayed behind.
The women and middle-aged and elderly people all received a powerful rifle.
In short, except for children who were too young to use a musket, even children of James' age and elderly people in their sixties or seventies received a musket.
Don't underestimate these children and elders. As an Indian tribe living deep in the forest and making a living by hunting, the children of the tribe begin to learn and practice various hunting skills and use bows and arrows from an early age, especially when they use muskets that are easier to operate and aim.
Not too difficult.
And those old people are experienced warriors. Although they are older and their physical strength and strength are not as good as those of young people, they have much more shooting skills and experience than them. They are even more comfortable using muskets. After getting the muskets, they become familiar with them.
, he quickly mastered the usage skills and was able to maintain a very high level of accuracy.
With these old men, women and children armed with the most advanced percussion muskets guarding the tribe, even if the American Fur Company sent a team of fifty or even a hundred people, the only outcome would be the complete destruction of the entire army!
The American fur companies, which have always relied on their firearms and numerical superiority to bully the indigenous Indians and foreign fur traders with primitive and backward weapons, have never thought of spending huge sums of money to update their weapons and equipment. They would never have thought that they would always be blocked by them.
, the Indian tribes who cannot buy even the most backward matchlock guns will suddenly have a large number of new rifles that are more advanced and more powerful than them.
Having lost its greatest advantage and reliance, the American Fur Company can no longer oppress and bully the Lakota tribe as unscrupulously as before. As long as they dare to come again, they will be greeted with a blow to the head!
Chief Geronimo was shocked by Chen Mo's method of conjuring piles of powerful muskets out of thin air. He knelt down and worshiped on the ground together with other tribesmen who were also stunned by this astonishing scene.
"This is the power of God!"
"The gods have appeared!"
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Chen Mo originally had no intention of subduing the Indian tribes to work for him. The main purpose of his visit this time was to train the two children, and the second was to purchase furs.
Since he had plenty of time, Chen Mo was not in a hurry. He originally planned to teach the two children while giving them practical training, and in the meantime, he could acquire some knowledge and experience life.