Old Fifth Uncle looked at the attire 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 looked back 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 found that their spears are made of copper. Yes, but they may have a little too much copper, it’s just one copper.”
"Made of copper? Did you read that correctly?" Shen Zhou was stunned.
"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 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 .
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."
With a pair of fine steel armor on his body, ordinary copper weapons are useless. When a warrior wearing fine steel armor and holding a fine steel sword faced a group of people holding copper spears, it was a one-sided massacre. No matter how many people there are, it is useless.
And they still carry powerful attack crossbows, so they have no fear of these people's bad intentions. Even if you are really surrounded by them, at least you can escape unscathed, which is still no problem.
Facing the other party's invitation, Shen Zhou walked towards the other party with a smile on his face, carefully guarded from the front and rear.
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.
When Shen Zhou and others saw the other party's behavior, they looked at each other even more. 'They trust people so easily? We have just met and you dare to expose your back to yourself and others? '
By now, Shen Zhou had begun to realize that these people in front of him were not stupid, but... well, how should I put it? I have not experienced severe beatings from society, and I am somewhat simple.
As the Shen family started out as businessmen, what they like most is such simple people. Because they can take advantage and make sufficient profits when dealing with such transactions.
When they think about making money, people like Shen Zhou 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 plain, and the pleasant green grass spread out gently on the plain, softer than the tapestry blanket they had used. Herds of cattle and sheep dotted the plains, eating green grass freely. 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 surround a flat land full of houses. There are scattered houses on the outside of the flat land, and in the middle is a fence surrounded by wood. The houses inside the fence are arranged neatly and orderly, and in the middle is a huge At the north end of the square is a huge rammed earth platform.
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 is no shortage of beef.
As they got closer step by step, Shen Zhou and others were surprised to find it. Many of the women here have no hair on their upper bodies, and only their lower bodies are covered with animal fur or feathers. Only a few women simply cover their upper bodies with shells or the like.
Walking among these people, Shen Zhou felt as if he had entered a wild land.
Following the natives with long feather crests on their heads, Shen Zhouyi arrived at the fence. When the natives guarding the door saw Shen Zhou and others, they immediately stood up and blocked the door with their spears.
The native with a long feather crest on his head hurriedly stepped forward, and there was another exchange of words that Shen Zhou and others could not understand at all. But within a moment, the people blocking the door suddenly gave 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 have a look? Besides, originally we were worried that they would set up an ambush. But if we want to leave, just rely on Can such a fence stop us?"
As he spoke, Shen Zhou pointed towards 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.
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of. Even for such a city wall, there are countless ways to break through it, not to mention these fences in front of us?
Shen Zhou and others walked fearlessly into the fence, and soon he discovered it. The status of the people inside is obviously higher than that of the people outside. You can tell from the clothes. When you are outside, except for the person who leads the way, you can hardly see anyone wearing a feather crown. The men all wore a simple headband, while the women and children wore nothing on their heads, only their heads full of shiny black hair in the sun.
Uncle Shen 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.
The 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 Uncle Wu, 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 led the way with a long feather crest on his head noticed that the people behind him did not follow, so he looked back. Seeing Shen Zhou and others looking dumbfounded at the altar dedicated to the Sun God, they immediately became anxious and hurried over to stop them.
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.
Jiliguaila explained to Shen Zhou and others.
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 and vague at the same time, knelt on the ground and kept kneeling towards the altar.
After he finished kneeling and worshiping, he stood up and read something to Shen Zhou and others in a difficult, cadenced, mysterious voice...
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, and many of them cannot distinguish the functions of these utensils. But it doesn't matter if they don't know the function. Just seeing the material of these artifacts is enough for Shen Zhou and others to be 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 native with a long feather crest on his head couldn't help but feel 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 obtain 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 have met them, it is God's will, and it is fitting that we should make this windfall." Someone looked impatient and heckled.
This was Shen Zhou's original idea, but he was the head of the family after all, and he couldn't let others think that his appearance was too ugly, so he asked that question in a pretentious manner. Now that someone has taken the initiative to come forward and put forward a reason, he naturally has nothing to worry about.
However, the whole show is done. Shen Zhou asked again in a pretentious manner, "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: "Geniuses and treasures belong to the virtuous. For such rare gold to be discarded on the ground casually by them, isn't this a waste of natural resources? Perhaps, even Gold himself feels insulted, and God allowed us to come here by chance. Maybe God wanted us to take away the gold, so 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 robbers and plunder. In this way, seeing that they like Xia Qingbu very much, then we will exchange Xia Qingbu with them."
"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 Daming. 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 for it?"
"Of course, exchange one piece for another." Uncle Shen said with a smile.
Good fellow, a piece of summer green cloth is no more than a piece of cloth. As for the gold objects on the altar, there are high
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Even five or six feet tall. Such a huge gold object, not to mention its value, even the material itself weighs at least a hundred pounds.
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 looked around the crowd with a smile and said, "The visitor is a guest. Let's do as the Romans do and come and pay our respects."
After saying that, he bowed down with the gestures of scholars and natives.
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, revealing 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. The feather crown on his head was larger than that of the person who brought Shen Zhou. He obviously had a higher status. He was probably 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: "Isn't he going 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, crossed his hands behind his back, raised his head, chest, and chin, and said with a sneer: "You want to trade some beef with us for Xia Qing cloth, it's just a dream! You can trade it with us, just bring gold."
The Shen family didn't wait long. As expected, the native with a long feather crown on his head 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 Pointing to 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 family master knows that you don't understand the Ming dialect, but I still want to say it. This family master is new here, and he gave you Xia Qing cloth to express his feelings, not because of your beef. You can change it to summer green cloth."
The native looked at Shen Zhou's voice, which was mellow and unhurried, but he didn't understand a word. He didn't understand why at the beach just now, these people were willing to trade such good things with him for beef, but now he offered more beef in exchange, but these people refused?
The natives performed the exchange gesture again.
Shen Zhou was a little impatient when he saw it, so he directly asked someone to bring out a piece of summer green cloth. Just after the natives' eyes lit up, they thought 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 artifacts placed in the room.
When the natives saw it, their expressions changed instantly, they shook their heads decisively, and started chirping loudly. I don't know whether he is reprimanding Shen Zhou and others for their greed, or whether he is stating that the gold is very important to them.
Shen Zhou didn't care so much and insisted on exchanging Xia Qingbu 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 was 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 hand over the 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 for Shen Zhou. However, the gold utensils used for exchange were a bit small, only the size of a cup.
Shen Zhou felt happy when he saw that the leader finally relented. He was still worried just now about what he would do if the other party vowed to die without gold in exchange for him.
Did he take advantage of his unpreparedness and loot all the gold objects on the altar? Or was it looted?
Now that the leader is ready to exchange, Shen Zhou is also ready to bargain with him. Seeing the golden cup he took out, Shen Zhou shook his head and signaled that he would use the golden rhinoceros horn nearby to replace it. This gold product, similar to a rhinoceros horn, is about five feet long, thick at the top and thin at the bottom. Although the middle is hollow, it shows that it is engraved with exquisite and complex cloud patterns, which is breathtaking.
But this thing is obviously also a treasure of the indigenous people, and the other party is 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 originally on guard against the indigenous leaders, but they never thought that this would be the result. After returning to the house prepared for them by the natives, Shen Zhou and others made sure that there was no problem with the food, and then had a delicious meal.
After eating and drinking, they did not fall asleep, but discussed their next plan.
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