Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 1053 Primitive society is good

For tens of thousands of years, the American continent has been isolated from the civilization circle by the ocean and has become a barren land. Due to various reasons, the slow progress of civilization here is simply unimaginable.Relatively speaking, South America, which is mountainous, rainforest, less arable land, and more populous, evolved faster. Although it was still in the Stone Age, they had created their own unique characters, religions, laws, and advanced in mathematics and astronomy. Remarkable achievements have been made in the fields of architecture, architecture, etc., so that historians can't believe that these achievements are made by a race that is still in the Stone Age and has not even popularized bronze.On the other hand, the vast and sparsely populated North American continent, due to slow population growth and no pressure from arable land, has not even touched the edge of civilization. They have no cities of their own, no written language, let alone farming civilization. Human civilization is backward, so the North American Indians can't even talk about civilization.At both ends of the entire continent, the end with poorer conditions developed much better than the end with better conditions. This phenomenon is unique in thousands of years of history.Of course, the two ends are not inseparable. No matter what time period, there will always be some desperate guys sailing along the coastline in canoes to explore the unknown world. Many of them have died in the sea, but still Some were lucky enough to reach the North American continent, communicated with the natives living in the North American continent, and even carried out relatively primitive barter-style trade.Pachaku is one of them. A few years ago, he used a canoe to transport a batch of cocoa powder to North America, and exchanged a large number of precious leather goods from the locals. This trade made him a lot of money.Of course, the most precious wealth brought to him by this trade was not how much money he made, but the language he learned from the local people. It was precisely because of this that he was appreciated by Yao Chonggu, otherwise he would not have Know which corner to squat in!
It is convenient to have an interpreter. With the help of this capable interpreter, Yao Chonggu successfully met those vigilant Sioux hunters. The visitors from the sea with eyes were full of curiosity, and their eyes flicked around Yao Chonggu and the others, looking fresh no matter how they looked.Yao Chonggu has seen this kind of situation a lot, and he said to these hunters with a friendly smile: "My name is Yao Chonggu, and I come from a powerful country thousands of miles away. We call it 'Daming', and foreigners call it 'China. ', there are hundreds of millions of people with yellow skin and black eyes, and I am only one of them. By order of our emperor, I lead a fleet to sail to sea, explore the world across the ocean, and look for people who may be of the same race as us, Finally, I came here under the guidance of the God of the Sea... I am very glad to meet you, warriors on the wasteland!" He reached out and took a short knife from his subordinates and handed it to a tall hunter: "A little A gift is not a respect!"

Pachacu quickly translated on the side, and then added: "Yao is the savior given by the gods to our Indians. In La Plata, he drove away the evil whites and rescued countless Indians from suffering. He came out, helped us to build a country, and asked his country to provide us with protection, he is a great man!"

The tall hunter was the eagle, the best hunter in the tribe.He looked at Yao Chonggu suspiciously, and felt that this guy was thin and small, and there was nothing unusual about it. He could play ten characters like this one.He asked Pachaku, "You're lying, man from the south? He's so skinny, can he drive away the whites?"

Pachaku called: "I swear in the name of Feathered Serpent God, everything I say is true!"

The Indians are quite superstitious. The other party swore in the name of the gods, and the eagle believed his words.He took the short knife and pulled it out. His eyes suddenly became brighter than light bulbs!
It is a short knife made of metal!

To be precise, it is a dogleg knife made of fine steel, about 43 cm in length, with a handle made of walnut wood without any extra decorations, and the blade has been treated with dark light, so naturally there is no cold light. The whole body of the knife reveals Heluo Xinjun's aesthetics: simple and practical. I don't know why, holding this knife, the eagle instinctively has the urge to chop something!He swung his knife at a small tree, and with a click, the small tree as thick as a duck's egg was cut in two as easily as cutting sugarcane. The sharpness of the dogleg knife was beyond his imagination!He was so excited that his voice trembled slightly: "Guest from afar, this gift is too precious, thank you, thank you!"

Yao Chonggu smiled: "We are guests. We come to visit you, so naturally we have to prepare some gifts." Seeing the other hunters looking at him eagerly, he made a gesture, and several Indian servants each held a few gifts. Bring up the dagger, one for each person, everyone has a share.When the expedition team was surveying the La Plata plain, they accidentally discovered an iron mine. The ore was of extremely high grade. It happened that there were many blacksmiths in the expedition team, and everyone built a small open-hearth furnace with charcoal as fuel. A large crucible of steel was smelted, and in a few months, 4000 spears, more than [-] dogleg knives, and a large number of steel arrowheads were made with relatively primitive tools. Yao Chonggu used these weapons to organize his organization in La Plata The first real regiment in Indian history, this regiment is still undergoing arduous training under the leadership of the Heluo New Army.Yao Chonggu discovered that the Indians had an almost fanatical love for all things made of metal, especially weapons, so before leaving the La Plata Plains, he asked the blacksmith to help make a large number of dogleg knives, steel axes, steel spears, etc. Every time he visited a place, he would give some of his weapons to the local indigenous people. This had become a key product for him to get closer to the other party and exchange for a large amount of leather goods and gems from the other party.This time was no exception. After receiving the dog-leg knife as a gift, the hunters were all dancing with joy and thanked them repeatedly. Even if they were still half vigilant?They took out the deliciously grilled fish and seashells, invited Yao Chonggu to eat them, and danced cheerfully. The excitement really made Yao Chonggu worry about them: Are they too excited? Going around killing people with a dog-leg knife, right?
Don't tell me, I have actually encountered such a thing.In the Plain of La Plata, in Peru, and in Mexico, the first thing the natives did after exchanging a large amount of leather goods, gold, and silver from him for dogleg knives and steel axes was to chop people...to chop white people.Those powerful eagle warriors and jaguar warriors hid in the mountains and forests with wild beasts during the day, and went down the mountain at night to attack the white immigration strongholds, making the white immigrants panic.The white people have negotiated with Yao Chonggu more than once to protest against his arms proliferation: the Indians are very fierce, and let them get such sophisticated weapons, the white people will feel better about it! ?

Fortunately, there are no white people here. Even if these Sioux hunters want to kill people, they don't have to.But in order to prevent them from trying their own knives, Yao Chonggu still ordered a box of canned food to be brought from the boat, and the stored spirits were also taken out, and everyone drank to their heart's content on the beach.At the beginning, the hunters were not used to the strong liquor that would set their stomachs on fire after drinking it, but they were fascinated after only a few sips.Canned beef, canned fish, canned vegetables, and canned fruits from the East... These Heluo new soldiers have already eaten something to vomit, making these bumpkins drool wildly, shake off their cheeks and grin their back molars, sweeping Liuhe , just that ferocious eating is enough to scare away thousands of troops!They stared at a pair of blurred drunken eyes and asked Yao Chonggu: "Are you from heaven?"

Yao Chonggu found it funny: "Why do you ask that?"

“Only in heaven will there be such delicacies!”

Yao Chonggu rolled his eyes silently, feeling in his heart that such a guy was so pitiful.A bunch of disgusting cans made by the New Army soldiers made them think that they were from heaven. If they had seen China eat three dishes a day, and eat the same delicacies all their lives, would they doubt it? Did you come from the Zenith Star?It's possible!

A knife and a meal brought the two sides closer. The next day, the hunters woke up from their deep sleep and solemnly invited Yao Chonggu to visit their tribe.Yao Chonggu had this intention. He made some preparations, brought some gifts, and set off with the twenty eagle warriors.

It was plain all the way, and the road was easy to walk, but it was very desolate, and nothing could be seen except weeds and shrubs.The eagle enthusiastically told them about his tribe as he walked: "Our tribe is a branch of the great Sioux. They came here chasing a group of bison and stayed here for a long time. The population of our tribe is larger than that of the grassland. There are more weeds on the ground, our warriors are stronger than black bears, our land is extremely fertile, on the land, we Sioux are the most powerful force, no one dares to challenge us!"

Yao Chonggu asked: "Are there white immigrants in this area?"

The eagle said: "Yes, but their stronghold is very far away from the area where we live. Even the fastest warriors will have to walk for three days and three nights to get there if they don't eat or drink." , He sighed and said: "Those white people are really hateful. We have received them warmly and helped them when they were in trouble. After they gained a firm foothold, they killed us! Of course they don't Dare to provoke us Sioux, but let them kill the tribe that originally lived near their stronghold, these bastards will make them look good sooner or later!"

Yao Chonggu said in his heart: "Don't dare to mess with you? It should be said that they are too far away. They don't need to mess with you yet!" He came all the way from South America, and he has seen countless battles between Indians and white immigrants. The Indians are brave, but they are many streets behind the opponent. The white immigrants don't need to use muskets, they can be defeated with only knives and axes!On this continent, the small but well-equipped white immigrants are invincible, and no force can shake their rule. If they are given another 200 years, the whites will sooner or later bring the entire continent into their rule.But it's a pity that Yao Chonggu doesn't intend to let the white people get what they want. Let the white people monopolize such a fat continent?What an international joke!
"Ha, we're here!" The eagle's excited cry interrupted Yao Chonggu's thoughts.Looking in the direction he pointed, Yao Chonggu saw tents made of cowhide lined up among the bushes in the center of the plain. The tents they built were cone-shaped, similar to semicircular yurts. The difference is huge, probably due to limited materials.Several fires were lit in the open space in the middle of the tent. Some earthen jars were hung on the fires, and streams of white gas came out from them. The Sioux women were cooking!Many children were playing naked in the open space, while men were busy polishing their stone spears. They were extremely busy.

It may be a bit too much to describe the Indians as a primitive society, but their civilization is really not much better than that of a primitive society.The American Indians, who have been isolated from the circle of world civilization, have lived like this for thousands of years.

(End of this chapter)