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Chapter 33 The first transaction with the natives

Liu Sheng did not really participate in the logging work, but commanded and was responsible for vigilance.

Almost a minute after the Indians saw Liu Sheng and others, Liu Sheng saw them.

He said in a deep voice: "Hurry up and get your weapons, the natives are coming."

Because they were mentally prepared, Shen Zhaoxian, Mao Chengguo and others did not panic and went to grab the weapons placed nearby.

After Liu Sheng made sure that there was no ambush from the natives in other directions, he greeted the fishing team on the river and went to greet the group of natives first.

The natives had no intention of evading, and faced him directly.

Soon the two sides stopped thirty steps apart.

For the natives, this is a place where they can shoot their bows, and the two sides keep as close and safe a distance as possible.

Little did they know that thirty steps was completely within the range of Liu Sheng's crossbow.

"#%&···(Which tribe are you from)?" Sha Sanlang asked loudly.

Because being loud is also a way to show strength.

Liu Sheng gestured to express that he did not understand.

Sha Sanlang frowned upon seeing this, slowed down his speaking speed and asked again, and also added simple body language.

Liu Sheng still didn't understand, but he could vaguely guess what the other party meant, so he repeated the other party's question, but the pronunciation sounded strange to Sha Sanlang and others.

Sha Sanlang patted his chest, pointed to the lower reaches of the river, and said loudly: "&···(Shangluobu)!"

"&···?"

Liu Sheng repeated the pronunciation of "kill three wolves" and pointed to the lower reaches of the river. He probably guessed that this was the name of the native tribe.

Sha Po Lang nodded.

Then asked Liu Sheng which tribe he came from.

Liu Sheng thought for a moment and then made a loud sound.

"magnificent!"

"Hua?" Sha Sanlang asked again.

Liu Sheng nodded.

After the two sides communicated for a while, the fishing team had already paddled ashore on bamboo rafts.

For people living on this land, they need to be cautious when facing unfamiliar tribes and try not to cause disputes, so Killing Three Wolves was not prepared to cause a fight from the beginning.

At this time, I saw that there were 21 people in the Hua tribe and there were only [-] on their side, so they didn't want to start a fight in a haphazard manner.

But the forest where Huabu cut down trees and built houses, after all, Shangluobu occasionally came here to hunt, so it was regarded as Shangluobu's hunting ground.

After people from the Hua tribe come over, they should first visit their Shangluo tribe with gifts according to the rules of this land, and obtain permission from the Shangluo tribe before they can fish and hunt here.

Since he didn't want to fight, Sha Sanlang thought about how to make Liu Sheng understand this rule, and know how powerful their Shangluo tribe and even the Luoshe (tribal alliance) were, so that they could abide by the rules honestly.

But it’s not easy to express this when you don’t understand the language.

Just as Sha Sanlang was thinking about how to express himself, Liu Sheng greeted the people behind him.

"Mao Chengguo, bring over the piece of cheesecloth we brought!"

But Liu Sheng had already made preparations for encountering the natives: bartering, expressing friendship, or using items to get the natives to allow them to live on this land.

That's what Europeans did back then.

In addition to cotton cloth, Liu Sheng also brought several pieces of stoneware and a small bag of glass beads with him.Finally, the daggers in the hands of everyone can also be traded as items.

Of course, if possible, Liu Sheng did not want to trade iron tools to the natives too quickly, especially weapons.

On the one hand, it prevents the natives from improving their strength after obtaining iron weapons, and even makes them unable to satisfy their desires; on the other hand, Liu Sheng's side is actually quite lacking in iron weapons before starting the furnace to smelt iron.

When he was following him from a distance, Liu Sheng failed to see clearly the details of the native's clothing.Now when I look closer, I realize that although these natives have fabrics on their bodies, they are all made of wool and combined with leather.

This made Liu Sheng suspect that this indigenous tribe might not have mastered the technology of using plant fibers to weave clothes.

As a result, the cheap cheesecloth in Daming has naturally become the first choice for transactions.

As for linen cloth, due to the popularization of cotton cultivation in the Ming Dynasty, cotton weaving technology was also quite mature. The output of cotton cloth greatly exceeded that of linen cloth, which in turn squeezed the linen cloth market and caused the decline of the linen cloth industry.

By the middle and late Ming Dynasty, even poor people mostly wore cheesecloth instead of burlap - burlap had been reduced to a material for making sacks.

Most of the linen cloth that can still be found on the market is fine linen fabrics, such as Gebu (finely woven ramie) used to make summer clothes, which has become a luxury product.

Therefore, at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the linen cloth used to make clothes on the market was more expensive than ordinary cotton cloth, and the price was even two or three times that of cheesecloth...

After Mao Chengguo brought a piece of cheesecloth, Liu Sheng unfolded a section and showed it to the natives opposite.

Although cheesecloth is a relatively poor fabric in the Ming Dynasty, it still makes Sha Sanlang and other natives look straight at it.From the beginning, Sha Sanlang noticed that Liu Sheng and others were not wearing fur, but a kind of fabric that he had never seen before, but he didn't think of a deal at the moment.

Now seeing Liu Sheng taking out a bundle of the same fabric, he temporarily forgot to tell Liu Sheng and others the rules, and was preoccupied with thinking about whether he could get the fabric in front of him.

Because this kind of fabric looks more comfortable than fur and looks very good.

Here, after Liu Sheng showed the cheesecloth, he immediately cut it three feet with a short knife and placed it on a bush between the two sides.

Sha Sanlang thought this was a test of courage, so he went to get the strange fabric himself.

He was naturally cautious during this process, and the other natives were also on guard and did not relax their vigilance.

Sha Sanlang was stunned after getting the strange fabric.

Although he guessed that the strange fabric was soft, he didn't expect it to feel so soft and comfortable in his hands!
When Sha Sanlang withdrew, the other natives couldn't help but touch the cheesecloth curiously, and suddenly let out an exclamation.

"##(so soft)!"

"& (so comfortable to touch)!"

"@···(Oh my god, what kind of hair is this made of?)"

"···"

Here, Shen Zhaoxian, Mao Chengguo and others also laughed when they saw the natives touching the cheesecloth and shouting.

"Look at these natives who are surprised. Most of them see cotton cloth for the first time."

"I see they are all wearing fur, maybe they will see cloth for the first time."

"The cheesecloth surprised them like this. If we bring out satin, won't they treat it as a treasure?"

"Look, they already treat cheesecloth as a treasure, hahaha..."

"Everyone be quiet."

Liu Sheng scolded, and everyone behind him immediately shut up.

On the other side, Sha Sanlang yelled several times before asking the clansmen to be quiet and return the cotton cloth to him.

After getting the cotton cloth again, Sha Sanlang thought for a while and placed a coyote they had hunted on the road next to the bush where the cotton cloth had been placed.

Three feet of cheesecloth was actually not worth much in the Ming Dynasty. During the Wanli period, it could be bought for a few dozen cents.

If placed in Runing Mansion, which is currently suffering from famine, a fresh wolf carcass can be replaced by an entire piece of cheesecloth.

However, the value of an item depends on where it is located.

So Liu Sheng shook his head, saying that one wolf corpse was not enough.

To kill the three wolves, a turkey was added.

Liu Sheng still shook his head.

Sha Sanlang vaguely felt that this strange fabric was not worth so many prey, but he wanted it so much that he added another rabbit.

Liu Sheng shook his head again.

In the end, Sha Sanlang offered all the prey they hunted - one wolf, three rabbits, and two turkeys - as trading items, and Liu Sheng pretended to be reluctant and nodded in agreement.

"Oh oh oh!"

Seeing that Liu Sheng finally agreed to the exchange, Sha Sanlang and the other tribesmen immediately cheered happily and waved the three feet of cheesecloth in the air.

Behind Liu Sheng, Shen Zhaoxian and others couldn't help but look at each other in shock when they saw this scene, and then they couldn't help but chat in a low voice——

"Three feet of coarse cloth in exchange for so many prey?"

"Is this business too dark?"

"You know what the heck, haven't you heard the saying, rare things are valuable. Cheesecloth is worthless here, but it is a treasure among the natives."

"···"

Liu Sheng turned around and said, "What are you muttering about? Why don't you move the prey away quickly?"

"Yes!"

After Shen Zhaoxian and others took away the prey.

Liu Sheng took the remaining cheesecloth and began to draw.

He first pointed at the river, then at the land under his feet, then at himself and the people behind him, and then placed a whole piece of cheesecloth on the bushes.

His intention was very clear. He wanted to use this piece of coarse cloth to get the Shangluo tribe to allow them to fish and hunt on this land.

(End of this chapter)