"Chief, the tribesmen are all back, and they are spreading the news that the sun god will come tomorrow..."
The guard explained the situation and said: "They are still saying that the gods like gold and gems, and whoever contributes more will be more blessed by the gods!"
"They also said that all of us are descendants of the Yanhuang people and are the people of the Sun God. They said that the Revelation given by the Sun God said that we will be killed by white people..."
The natives had average expressive skills and spoke confusingly. The guards also listened in confusion and relayed the information in fragments.
The guard hesitated for a moment and continued: "I heard them say that the jackal said in front of everyone that the chief was going to convert to the white people's new gods and sell our land to the white people. Chief, is this true?"
The expressions of Opekan and the clan leaders changed greatly.
Opekan said sternly: "Jackal must be drunk. He is talking nonsense. I, Chief Powhatan, believe in the sun god! I will not sell land to white people! Go and call Jackal, I will Punish him!"
This kind of thing can be done in private, but it must not be said blatantly. He originally planned to find an excuse to move the tribe and then complete the land deal without anyone noticing.
Damn Jackal, I knew he was still loyal to his brother! What an immature wolf, he drank so much rum for free!
The guard breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this and said: "The chief didn't think so, that's great! The jackal didn't come back. I heard that he stayed in the Tao tribe and was learning to make muskets!"
Opekan was a little frustrated and asked the guards to go out.
"Damn jackal! We have to go there early, otherwise this guy will talk nonsense!"
All the clan leaders agreed.
Opekan cursed a few more words: "It is such an important matter to welcome the Sun God. When did it become the turn of the little girl Jin Yan to take charge? She knows nothing. We need to come forward and bring all the wizards with us. Let’s go there together!”
Chief Sisko hesitated and said: "The chief is right, but what about the things we promised the white people?"
Opekan pondered for a moment: "Let's see first and then talk! We didn't promise anything, right?"
No one had any objection.
Opekan set the tone and the atmosphere became lively again.
Opekan smiled and said: "We don't have anything else, gold and gems, who can compare with us?"
All the clan leaders laughed.
Although the indigenous people did not know the value of gold at first, they had a natural love for beautiful things like gemstones and gold. Over a long period of time, they accumulated a lot of collections.
After the white people came, they exchanged gold for some rare things such as cotton cloth, fine wine, glass beads, mirrors, etc. that were not available in the tribe.
At the beginning, the natives suffered a lot of losses, but after suffering more losses, they also gained some insight and knew that the value of gold and gems must be very high, especially when the white people's gold pesos appeared in Jamestown and the French Merchant's After entering.
The indigenous people immediately changed the way they traded. They no longer traded gold and gems with white people, but exchanged them for furs.
At that time, the temperature in Europe was cold and the demand for furs was also huge. Therefore, the colonists were willing to exploit the indigenous people in another way.
As for the gold and gems in their hands, snatching them is faster and more cost-effective than trading them!
The white people are more interested in robbery, especially when the natives keep a lot of gold in their hands, nothing is more cost-effective than this!
Opeikan smiled and said: "We have different identities. We will go later. Everyone should bring more gold and gems. If the sun god really comes, we will dedicate it to the god. We will definitely get the greatest blessing. "
"If not, we can keep these gold and gemstones for you! Besides, no matter if it is true or not, this is a ritual. Will the real gods want these? In the end, they are not left to us for safekeeping!"
He said and laughed loudly: "Now it seems that the arrival of the sun god is not a bad thing. The white people like gold and gemstones. We are going to make a fortune again!"
The clan leaders also laughed out loud and praised Opekan for his wisdom.
They returned to the tribe one after another, collected gold and gems, and agreed to gather in Powhatan City when the sun set, and then go to Wild Wolf Valley together.
…
The news of the coming of the Sun God was widely spread by more than two thousand excited natives. Of course, this word was only limited to the twenty-five tribes belonging to the Powhatan Alliance.
There are also some other tribes not far away from each other who have also been passed on. As for whether they will believe it or not, no one can say how many people will come tomorrow.
…
Jamestown, Governor's Mansion.
Walker knelt on the ground with a look of death, and behind him were more than fifty defeated soldiers who were still in shock.
Ratcliffe held a whip and roared at these people, and the scene was filled with wailing.
"Fake, you're all useless! A hundred musketeers can't destroy a tribe of hundreds of women and children!"
After Ratcliffe vented his anger, he stared at Walker.
"Walker, tell me, what's going on?"
"Your Majesty the Governor, it's not that the soldiers are not brave, this Tao tribe is so strange! They have a very powerful flintlock musket that can fire continuously, which is similar to the one in the hands of the man who calls himself Yellow Emperor. We finally endured the casualties and rushed to Beside them.”
"But they threw grenades, which were extremely powerful. Oh, God! After one exploded, everything within more than 20 meters would be killed! They killed more than 30 of us!"
"Even when we retreated, they used a grenade to kill ten of us... Mr. Governor, we are in such a miserable state, if we don't retreat, we will all die there!"
Ratcliffe asked other people, and the answers were exactly the same.
He was pacing irritably.
"Damn it, how come they have muskets? Are they the French who are causing trouble in secret?"
"And grenades, when did these things become so powerful?"
Since gunpowder was introduced to Europe, grenades were also developed. At that time, Europe still had specialized grenadiers, but their power was really limited at the time, and they slowly withdrew from the battlefield.
Until the eve of World War I, with the advancement of technology, the power of grenades also became much greater. At that time, positional warfare and trench warfare were all places where grenades showed their skills. At that time, grenades became a must-have for individual soldiers. Big killer.
Although the colonists at this time were not equipped with grenades, they did not think of these weapons as divine thunders like the ignorant natives.
Ratcliffe immediately thought that the French, Spanish, or even the Dutch were behind it.
As for the sun god mentioned by the natives, Raycliffe scorned it and never believed it. This was by no means the power of a god, but a powerful weapon!
It had only been more than two years since Ratcliffe took over as governor. In addition to the profits he handed over to the locals, he also gained huge benefits himself. There were as many as five cotton and tobacco plantations alone!
