The old man seemed to understand what Hua Xiong meant and nodded quickly, even showing a pleading look in his eyes.
"Change it, give it to him!" Hua Xiong waved his hand, what is there to hesitate about?
"Damn it, go and bring all the cotton on the treasure ship to the shore!" Hua Xiong ordered quickly, almost jumping up with excitement.
In addition to bringing some weapons to Luzon this time, Hua Xiong also brought a lot of various types of cloth and tea, intending to give them to the warlords in order to build good relations and achieve cooperation.
But Hua Xiong never expected that these things would be so valuable here!
Wouldn't it be a waste to give such valuable things to those warlords?
After handing the lump of gold to his men to put away, Hua Xiong still couldn't believe it and quickly pulled the one-eyed dragon aside.
"Hey, is cloth really so valuable here? Is there something wrong with this old man?" Hua Xiong asked.
The one-eyed dragon immediately laughed: "General, don't worry, everything here is valuable, and the least valuable thing is probably gold. When I was a pirate, every time I brought the robbed goods to Luzon, I could exchange them for a lot of gold." Silver jewelry.”
“People here have one characteristic, and that is they enjoy it!”
Saying that, the one-eyed dragon pointed at the old man.
"Look at him, he is just a little chief, but he controls the wealth of the entire village, and the people in the entire village will be driven by him. He is like a local emperor in the village."
"Golden and precious things like cloth, whether they are pirates like us or ordinary merchants, are sold to those warlords after they land on the shore. A little chief like him has a low status and can't even see them."
"If he can wear clothes made of cloth, his status will be greatly improved. Maybe the chiefs of several surrounding villages will call him big brother when they see him! Let alone a lump of gold, even if there are three more lumps, he will Willing to change."
"That's it." Hua Xiong nodded.
After listening to the one-eyed dragon's explanation, Hua Xiong immediately understood. No wonder the old guy was so excited after seeing the cloth.
Gold is not valuable here because there is too much, but cloth, which they don't have, is very precious, and wearing cloth is a symbol of status.
"Here, a person's status can be judged by his clothing. Bare-butt people like them are either civilians or slaves. Only warlords and nobles have clothes to wear. The better they wear, the higher their status. Once upon a time A chief picked up a piece of silk at the seaside and made it into clothes, which caused people in the surrounding villages to worship him, and eventually he even became one of the most powerful warlords in Luzon." One-Eyed Dragon continued.
This is easy to understand. Just like when modern people go back to their villages during the New Year, they drive a small car and wear a big gold chain and a small watch. When others see it, they will know that this guy is making money outside, and others will look down on him.
People here dress well, which means they are strong, and they will be respected by others, and people will come to seek refuge.
"Then why don't they use animal skins to make clothes? Are there no birds and animals in this place?" Hua Xiong asked doubtfully.
The one-eyed dragon shook his head and explained: "Of course not. On the contrary, there are wild beasts everywhere here. If you hunt, you may not be able to finish the harvest in one day in a week. However, this place only has summer all year round, and the temperature is very high. Wearing animal skins It’s too hot, and the animal skins are everywhere, which doesn’t reflect status.”
"I wonder why it's so hot!" Hua Xiong said, wiping the sweat from his head. He was fully armed and had been extremely hot for a long time.
It seems that next time I bring fabrics, I should bring thinner ones, as they will sell better!
At the same time, a lot of cotton cloth and porcelain were moved ashore. The natives' eyes were opened when they saw so much cloth.
The old man took a lot of gold and gems in exchange, and also exchanged some tea and porcelain. Although he didn't know how to drink tea and didn't know what the porcelain was for, it must be good things from heaven. There must be something cool in the family.
Hua Xiong looked at the two sacks of gold and various gems and jade, and almost smiled.
He had just exchanged a porcelain vase for half a sack of golden eggs. This Luzon native was so generous!
Damn it, if the old man hadn't been so respectful to him, he would have really wanted to rush into the village and rob him!
But as the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person with your stretched out hands, and the old man was like this, so he was too embarrassed to do it.
Seeing that the natives left with satisfaction, Hua Xiong quickly said to the one-eyed dragon: "Do you know where there is a warlord nearby? Take me with you quickly. I can't wait any longer."
The one-eyed dragon thought for a while and said, "This area should have been General Philo's territory before I went to sea. I just don't know if he will be destroyed by others, because the warlords here may even change several times a day."
Just as he was talking, there was a sudden rustling sound in the woods not far away. From the sound, it seemed that many people were rushing over.
Hua Xiong suddenly frowned and subconsciously shouted: "The whole army forms an array!"
The reaction of the Japanese soldiers was very fast. Several hundred people quickly formed several square formations and stared at the woods vigilantly.
After a while, hundreds of locals armed with various weapons jumped out of the woods like monkeys.
The weapons in their hands were nothing more than spears, bamboo arrows and the like. A few of them had machetes with notched and curled blades.
Most of them had no clothes, and a few of them wore leather armor and the bamboo armor from Ni Country, but they were all in tatters.
At this time, when these people saw the heavily armed sergeant beside Hua Xiong, cold sweat broke out on everyone's head and they were extremely nervous.
Some of the timid ones had legs as thin as bamboo poles, trembling constantly like butterfly wings.
"Who are these people?" Hua Xiong asked curiously.
"These are the regular troops under the warlord." One-eyed Dragon explained with a smile.
When the words "regular army" came out of the one-eyed dragon's mouth, Hua Xiong wondered if he heard it wrong.
Is this called a regular army?
He even felt that he could kill all these hundreds of monkeys by himself without the soldiers behind him taking action.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and a man wearing silk and satin with a sword on his waist came out of the woods on horseback.
As soon as he saw this man, the one-eyed dragon's eyes suddenly lit up and he said quickly: "General, this man is one of the most powerful warlords in Luzon, General Philo."
"I have some friendship with General Philo, and I believe he will cooperate with us."
At this time, Hua Xiong didn't even listen to what the one-eyed dragon was saying, because all his attention was on the war horse under the man's crotch.
"What a good horse! What a good horse!"
Hua Xiong admired and suddenly turned to look at the one-eyed dragon: "Are there any horses here?"
