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  Chapter 899 895【Purchase land】

   Kill the Indian, and save his soul.

   This sentence comes from the founder of the first Indian boarding school in the United States.

  The Indians on the California side were first harmed by Spain and Mexico, and then ushered in the **** methods of the Americans.

  The scalp of a California Indian can be exchanged for $5. This policy was implemented for more than 20 years before and after the Second Opium War, and the number of Indians in California dropped by four-fifths.

   Another hundred years later, under the banner of protecting women’s health, the U.S. government performed sterilization operations without women’s knowledge. About 70,000 Indian women were forcibly sterilized. The implementation time of this policy has been from the Great Depression in the United States to the withdrawal of the United States from Vietnam. China is about to carry out reform and opening up.

  In California in the mid-17th century, there were still a large number of Indians. After all, they were not overwhelmed by the colonists.

  General Sharp Spear’s baby name is Sea Otter. When the midwife was washing him by the river, she saw a group of sea otters swimming past. When he became an adult, he single-handedly killed two wild wolves with a spear, and changed his name to "General of the Spear". This kind of heroic name can even be passed on to children and grandchildren.

   Today, the sharp spear will lead a man out to fish, and he will meet many strangers in the river.

  These strangers were tall, fair-skinned, and wore strange clothes.

  Sharp Spear will get a gift, a hat from a stranger. Then, the stranger invited them, as if they were going to do something by the sea.

  Everyone was curious, and the sharp spear general agreed to follow.

  Boat, what a big boat!

  The tribe stood on the beach, looking at the huge floating boat, they had completely lost their ability to think.

   "Ship God!"

   This group of Kashaya people knelt down one after another and bowed devoutly to the five large ships.

  They believe in the Kuksu religion, and the doctrine is that everything is animistic, and the main **** of each tribe is different. The common beliefs of all ethnic groups are the ancestral land and the tribal holy land, and then the main **** is established according to the actual situation, and the main **** can be replaced.

  Mountains have mountain gods, rivers have river gods, and boats naturally have boat gods.

  General Sharp Spear also knelt down. Such a big boat must be the incarnation of the ship god. And these "white people" in front of them are mostly the messengers of the Ship God, no wonder they are so mighty and tall.

   Li Quan heard that he had met aboriginal people, and was planning to come to communicate with them in person.

   Fearing that the ship would run aground, he took a small boat to the shore. As soon as he stepped on the beach with half his feet, he saw a group of natives kneeling down and worshiping.

  Li Quan instantly understood two things:

  First, the aborigines regard the ship as a god, and this situation can be exploited.

  Second, when the Spanish galleons arrived in the Americas, they must have been further south, otherwise the natives here would not have missed them.

  Li Quan showed a smile on his face, and ordered the herald beside him: "Raise the command flag, and fire a few shots at the sea to the south."

   "Boom boom boom!"

  The sound of the guns rumbled, and there were big splashes on the sea hundreds of meters away.

  Jianglance General was worshiping the ship god, when he suddenly heard the ship god's roar, it was as terrifying as thunder. He opened his mouth wide and looked at the water splash, then at the giant ship in the distance, and then at the envoys of the ship **** around him.

   "Take me to meet your chief." Li Quan said.

  Jianglance General couldn't understand at all, he turned around and said something, so a few natives got up, got into the canoe and paddled away quickly.

   After about two or three hours, the fresh water supply of the fleet was nearly half full, and finally more Kashayans came to the beach.

  The heads of the leading aborigines are covered with colorful feathers.

The sharp spear general hurried over, took off the hat, and pointed to the giant ship and said, "Those are the incarnations of the ship god. When the ship **** roars, it will make a sound like thunder, and it will also throw boulders and splash water. These white men , is the messenger of the Ship God, they are very friendly and presented me with a hat."

Chief Warg led his people forward. His observation was very keen, and he knew at a glance that Li Quan was the leader. He beat his chest and saluted: "Respected envoy of the ship god, welcome to the Kashaya tribe. I am the leader of the tribe. Wargs, are you staying here for a long time, or are you going to leave after a while?"

  Li Quan clasped his hands and said, "I'm...forget it, I can't understand it no matter how much I say. I..." Li Quan pointed to himself and introduced, "Li...Quan."

  Warg was confused for a while, but Li Quan was still repeating.

  Finally, the Warg also understood, pointed to himself and said, "Warg...Wolf."

   After the two parties have introduced themselves, the next thing is that the lips of the donkey don't match the mouth of the horse.

  Worg kept pointing towards the giant ship, as if asking for information about the ship. Li Quan, on the other hand, pointed to the upper reaches of the river, intending to send people to the indigenous tribes. The two couldn't understand each other, not to mention the difficulties in communicating, they could be regarded as playing the piano against each other.

  The river flows into the sea, and there are a lot of alluvial plains, and a sandbar has been washed out.

  Everyone made an investigation to determine the water level of the high tide, and then cut down the vegetation on the sandbar to set up camp. I have been floating on the sea for nearly half a year, and I am eager to go ashore to rest. The small trees I cut down can be used to replenish fuel, and the charcoal brought by the boat is almost exhausted.

  The wargs also took their clansmen back and gathered to discuss how to deal with the envoy of the ship god.

  They believe in countless gods, every plant and every tree may be a god, and they will not easily enshrine the envoy of the ship **** as a father. At most, it is just a distinguished guest.

   When the aborigines went back, Li Quan sent two small boats to keep up.

  Warg has no objection either, since he is a distinguished guest, he should entertain him.

  The person who led the team to visit the indigenous tribe, named Ye Qun, was a naval mission officer who retired early. He walked six or seven miles along the river, and saw a large number of houses.

  The houses are mostly wooden structures, but there are also some rammed earth houses.

   There is even a huge public house, which is used to gather clan members for meetings, similar to a large auditorium for the whole clan.

  There is still a small amount of cultivated land near the residential area. It seems that they don’t know how to plow the land. They burn a large area of ​​slash-and-burn cultivation, and the seeds are scattered and wait for harvest.

  However, the weaving technology is very developed, and we can use reeds to weave exquisite baskets. Ye Wei saw a group of natives returning with a whole basket of fresh fish.

  These aborigines can also burn pottery, and they use pottery to fetch water and cook rice.

  Warg chattered and took Ye Qui to a rammed-earth house. The tribal elders then undressed and sat waiting to heat the stones and pour water on them.

  ZiZiZi...A burst of white smoke rose.

  My good fellow, these indigenous people can also take a sauna, and judging from the size and decoration of this mud house, it seems that taking a sauna is a very important activity.

  That night, everyone ate, drank and danced around the bonfire, and the wizard presided over the entire celebration.

  Ye Yu and the others were invited into the public housing, and lived there overnight.

  The next day I continued to observe the situation and found that this place is already privately owned by the family. Groups of men went hunting and fishing, and the harvest was distributed according to the team's contribution. Women also gathered in groups to collect food in the woods, and whoever collected it belonged to him. The old people stayed in the settlement, weaving baskets, firing pottery and so on.

  If the harvest is good, some will be handed over to the public, which is equivalent to collecting taxes.

  How much tax each family has paid is recorded with a rope knot, and then stored in a public warehouse.

   Of course, you can also pay taxes and pay taxes. The currency is beads made of ore and shells, which can be strung with rope. Similar to currency, it is commonly used in hundreds of miles, and goods can be purchased across tribes.

   "The aborigines here seem to be fighting a lot." Zhu Guisheng quietly said to Ye Qui after looking around.

  Ye Que nodded: "I see."

  They saw the shield, made of wood and leather. This thing can only be used to deal with enemies, and it cannot be used to deal with wild beasts.

  The main battle weapon also has bows and arrows, and they are composite bows. The arrows are polished from animal bones.

  The natives should be in the era of tribal alliances, where multiple tribes form an alliance and then work together to deal with another alliance.

  The entire social structure is as follows: blood-related families form clans, close clans form tribes, and multiple tribes form tribal alliances. According to the strength of the strength, the leader of the alliance is elected, and the alliance holds a meeting to deal with internal affairs. When a tribe is attacked, the entire alliance mobilizes to fight.

  Due to underdeveloped agriculture, slavery has not yet been born, and it is useless to capture slaves.

  Two days later, Chief Warg visited Li Quan again, and he brought a lot of shell and bead currency, as if he wanted to buy Chinese clothes.

  He first pulled his own animal fur coat, then pointed at Li Quan, and then kept dangling beads and coins.

  Seeing that Li Quan still didn't understand, he asked a clansman to take off his clothes, and continued to point at Li Quan. Next, put the animal skin coat on the ground, and then put the beads and coins on the ground. Immediately, the positions of the leather garments and coins were exchanged, thus deducing the exchange process.

  Li Quan finally understood, but he picked up the beads and threw them back on the ground, shaking his head to show that he didn't need them.

  Worg also understood, with a disappointed expression on his face.

  Li Quan called the adjutant, gave orders, and quickly brought some cotton cloth, an ax, and a hoe. He put these things on the ground, and put them where the animal skins were. Then, point to the place where the beads and coins are placed, push all the beads and coins away, and point to the alluvial flat land at the mouth of the sea.

  A few pieces of cotton cloth, an iron ax, and a **** are exchanged for a large piece of land where the river flows into the sea.

  Warg instantly understood what it meant, shook his head again and again, and pointed to the area to the north. They are unwilling to exchange along the river, but the forest in the north can be sold. This is probably the reason why the Russians in history did not establish a stronghold along the river and insisted on running to the north to build Rose Fort.

  It's very simple, the local aborigines don't sell here, only the forest in the north.

  Li Quan increased the number of cotton cloth to eight, four iron axes, two hoes, and added a waist knife.

   In front of the chief wolf, he chopped down trees with an axe, dug the ground with a hoe, and chopped thorns with a waist knife.

  Warg's eyes straightened immediately. He had never encountered iron products before, and the power of iron objects completely attracted him.

  Li Quan then reduced the trading area, only enclosing a piece of forest and flat land at the entrance and exit of the sea. Then he pointed to the forest in the north, and he also wanted the uninhabited forest.

  The wargs called the elders together to discuss. Everyone picked up the iron tools and tried to use them. Finally, they came back to find Li Quan and agreed to this outrageous deal.

  Li Quan threw 30 felons, as well as their wives of Nanyang slaves, into this area to cultivate and cultivate.

   Of course, axes, hoes, seeds, fishing nets, food and quilts were left behind, and even a small boat was left for them.

  The land here is very fertile, and it will continue to immigrate and develop in the future, which can provide food and vegetables.

  As for the relationship with the aboriginals, adapt to the situation, develop peacefully if you are obedient, and send troops to attack if you are not obedient. Anyway, in the early stages of development, they would not choose to go to war. In the future, when the population increases, conflicts will definitely intensify, and wars will most likely break out at that time.

   Li Quan led the fleet to continue sailing south, and soon he regretted it.

   The felon should not be thrown in the previous estuary, he found a natural harbor in the south - San Francisco.

   I don’t even bother to go back and pick up people, so I’m going to make a mistake.

  After discussion among the people, the place to buy was called "Xindeng", and the river there was called "Xindeng River" (Russian River).

  Why is it called such a bad name?

  Because the fleet departed from Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong.

  (end of this chapter)