total war broken

Chapter 529 Rubber
The sea breeze howled, bringing a burst of coolness. A group of people were on the shore, and the fleet had already returned. They were going to transport food. With a burst of disappointment in his heart, Xiao Chuan said, "It will take three months to come here! Here!" The time is really too long. I remember that my friend took a boat from the United States to Shandong, China, and it took half a month to go back and forth. This time is too long to transport supplies.

The princess on the side understood what Xiaochuan was thinking. She looked at him and understood the boat. She was smart and said, "From Shandong to the Japanese pirates, and from the Japanese pirates to here, there are countless islands in the middle. We can build them on the islands and use them as transfer stations." ! This will shorten the round trip cost.”

"Ah, how do you know what I'm thinking?" Xiao Chuan smiled, and his heart was pleasantly surprised. The Americas, which could only be reached in three months, were located on some islands. The latter simply built a supply point in Japan, which shortened the waterway. , But this kind of time is still not enough, not enough, said "Go back to Daming and make the steamboat." Some parts can be processed with a milling machine, with the fitter.

Steamboat?The princess chanted this strange name, wondering what a steamship was?Xiao Chuan explained that the steamship, cement, and of course the Ming army in front of him were building the bastion, cement, and firearms, and his first colony on the west coast of America was completed.

"Cement?" The princess looked at the walls built by the Ming army. The white walls had puddles of weird things. She had a strange look. These things made him curious. Some Indians came from a distance. They It was the people from the Hopi tribe yesterday, mostly women, or children.

Those women wore straw hats, painted their faces with oil paint, and rushed here with a strange look. Some of them were not from the Hopi tribe, and some children seemed to be very afraid of the appearance of the Ming army. , are all trembling, hiding in the distance and not daring to come over.Where all the nobles stood, all kinds of goods were placed in front of them, just like a market.

Finally, an Indian woman came over, picked up a piece of food in her hand, looked very scared, picked up a soap, Xu Wenjue said, "His grandma's, I am a tiger, take it quickly." The Indian woman didn't understand him The meaning of the words, but the anger in his words can be heard, quickly put a bag of food where, just take the soap and leave.

A group of Indians from a distance came here, because the language barrier did not change, and all kinds of things they held in their hands, such as furs, grains, and livestock, were exchanged for things like soap, perfume, and silk, especially soap. Indian women are crazy looking, this thing that can clean your body easily.

They took soap and exchanged various goods, such as grain, fur, even gold, and a few animal skulls. Just as Xu Wenjue wanted to scold his mother, he said, "What kind of thing is this? Change one, change another." Thinking that he agreed, he picked up the soap and left, and his subordinates said, "Hey, stop shouting, boss, we are rich."

Everyone burst into laughter. Although the method of exchange was nondescript, the exchanged items were indeed very large, far exceeding the value of soap, silk itself, bags of grain, livestock, and even the food on hand. The yellow scarves weighed dozens of kilograms, and the items exchanged were indeed cheap assembly line products.

Ogawa even felt a sense of guilt. Is this kind of exchange really good?The Indians went back happily with these things, Xiao Chuan indeed saw something that surprised him!Walking over quickly, there was a jar in front of him. The tube looked ordinary, but inside was a viscous white liquid. Seeing the white liquid, Xiao Chuan immediately showed seriousness on his face.

"Rubber? It's rubber?" There was shock on his face. There was such a thing. He immediately found the man holding the rubber in the distance and started asking about it. Only then did he realize that this was the man he used to trade. The origin of rubber turned out to be traded with the Zhou tribe in the south.

South? Where is the territory of Spain? Rubber is produced in the Amazon. It is the raw material for making shoes, tires, and various industrial items. This is also one of the purposes of coming to America. Finding rubber trees, of course, cannot be extradited to Daming , unless you can occupy a few places near Hainan Island in the Ming Dynasty.

Such rubber can only be grown in America. The tribal chief in the distance called over and asked him about the rubber tree. Said, "My lord! This is the fruit of the rubber tree. The people who produce this fruit are controlled by the white-skinned ghosts in the south."

Spain?With a murmur, these things are under the control of Spain, and he is still exploring America, so it is better not to have conflicts with Spain, the patriarch said, "Master, can you sell us some of your weapons yesterday?" He said, bringing Looking forward to it, I really want those weapons of Ogawa.

"You said those firearms, as well as swords and shields." Xiao Chuan was surprised, why this guy is so interested in his own weapons, don't they Hopis have no wars, the British fight from east to west, and the Hopis live in The westernmost part of North America, so do they need weapons?

"There are many powerful tribes here, we are not their opponents, we need weapons to defend ourselves," said the patriarch, "and some tribes have fallen to the hateful white-skinned ghosts and are willing to be their minions. I thought about uniting with the lieutenant's tribe to support them King Philip supports his war, but not many people pay attention to me." His eyes were dark, and he said, "These people without vision, they don't understand the greed of those white-skinned ghosts, and they will regret it sooner or later."

"I am willing to send troops to support King Philip," Ogawa said. His fortress on the west coast has been built, so he can test the combat effectiveness of the British colonists in this era, is King Philip?The Hopi patriarch in front of him immediately showed gratitude, and wanted to bow his head in gratitude.

"You don't need to thank me, I need you to take me to the south to trade this kind of thing." Xiaochuan pointed to the rubber, this kind of pure industrial dye, for him, his meaning is money, even if he is making rubber-soled shoes Crazy about making money, the patriarch nodded quickly, as long as the strong man in front of him was willing to send troops to support the Indians, he believed that he might not be the opponent of this group of white people. "My lord, I will definitely send you rubber!"

Xiao Chuan nodded, with anticipation in his eyes, and said, "Is there any place that produces gold and silver nearby?" Xiao Chuan asked, asking about gold and silver mines, and focusing on gold and silver mines in North America. What is more profitable than digging for gold?

Of course, there is also rubber. With it, I have ten ways to make a fortune in Daming, and I can't count them all.

(End of this chapter)