Fenglin Tianxia – Queen with a Thousand Pets

Ling Qingyu rolled his eyes and asked the iron guards to put the ten pieces of silk and some unbroken porcelain on the ground, and then smiled at the woman.

The woman raised her thickly painted eyebrows and signaled the maids to move the things in. Soon, the maids took out a lot of gold and gems.

After pocketing the gold and gems, Ling Qingyu pointed at the Indian warriors and said, Make way.

The warriors didn't move, and Yan San's sword shook on the golden man's neck, cutting a bloody mark.

The golden man shouted loudly, and it was a series of words that made the woman's face darker and darker as she listened. Then she pointed at the Indian man who had been hiding aside and said a few words.

The man wiped his sweat and walked up to Ling Qingyu and started gesticulating again. First he pointed at the golden man, then at the pile of wrapped gold gems, and then made a big gesture.

Does this mean gold and gems were exchanged for his freedom? Ling Qingyu suddenly remembered the famous story about a room full of gold, so he pointed at the gold man with a smile, then pointed at the stone house, and then made a gesture of filling it up.

The woman laughed and turned to look at the golden man, her eyes full of ridicule.

The Jin man shouted in dissatisfaction, and Yan San's hand shook again, cutting another bloody mark.

You guys think about it, we will wait for you where we go ashore. Ling Qingyu said with a smile.

Yan San escorted the golden man to the front, forcing the warrior to retreat out of the way, and the group slowly exited the hall.

Wait a minute. The woman also followed out and shouted when she saw Ling Qingyu and the others were about to go to the square, and then pointed to another remote path.

Ling Qingyu nodded and asked Yan San to take the lead with Jin Ren, and Yan Qi to take the lead. The group of people quickly retreated from the path to the outside of the city.

The road pointed by the woman avoided the crowd celebrating in the square. Only the feathered Indian warriors followed them along the way. When they arrived outside the city, the man once again gestured to exchange gold for the gold man's freedom.

Ling Qingyu led people to an inn next to the road, pointed to the inn's room and motioned to fill it up, then gestured with two fingers, took out the gold gems and a silver bar given by the woman and placed them on the ground.

This time the golden man nodded. Ling Qingyu signaled to the man, Go get ready. We walked back slowly, wondering when to pay the ransom and when to release him.

Yan San walked in the middle with the gold man, Xiao Ke led the team in front, followed by a large group of Indian warriors with feathers. The group of people slowly walked towards the coast.

After walking for two days, the coastline could already be seen. Ling Qingyu asked people to stop and wait for the ransom. Last night while camping in the wilderness, those Indian warriors launched an attack. The iron guards who were allowed to kill people were killed to pieces. He went back, and the golden man was also beaten violently. The next day, only a small half of the Indian warriors remained and followed him at a distance of several hundred meters.

First, someone sent Xiao Se back to the ship. Ling Qingyu and the others waited for another day before the team delivering the ransom arrived. The leader was actually a beautiful woman sitting on a carriage.

The woman did not get off her shoulders, but watched the other Indians pile baskets of gold, silver, and raw gemstones on the ground. After a while, they piled up into a huge pile.

The golden man's face was very strange, as if he had opened a dyeing workshop, with shame, anger, and fear all intertwined together.

Asking Xiao Ke to take the loot back to the ship, Ling Qingyu thought for a moment and said to him: Bring a hundred pieces of silk and a few baskets of porcelain from the ship.

Although there were people in the Andes who wanted to take advantage of them, and the golden man took the lead here, Ling Qingyu always felt that these Indians were actually very kind. The ordinary people would provide them with food and water, and would also smile at them. As a nation, Ling Qingyu didn't want to destroy their culture and system.

From the pile of items, they selected some instruments and artifacts that looked like they were used for sacrifices and put them aside. Ling Qingyu asked them to move mostly gold, silver, gems, and rough gemstones.

Those raw gemstones were very large and wrapped in quartz, but Ling Qingyu seemed to see the sparkling emeralds at a glance. It is said that the Chibucha people mined emeralds a long time ago. Because of the Spanish invasion, they lost their wealth They were all thrown into a lake, including many large gems. Now that he saw such a large ore, Ling Qingyu felt that this legend was probably true.

The woman looked at Ling Qingyu very meaningfully, watching her pick out those exquisite gold utensils, watching her take the beautiful silk and porcelain from the hands of the men who turned back and put them together with the gold utensils, and then looked at After she finished cleaning up the things, he motioned for those things to be given to her.

Um? Give it to me? The woman understood what Ling Qingyu meant and laughed unconsciously. She put down her shoulder bag, walked up to Ling Qingyu, and asked a question.

Ling Qingyu picked up a rough emerald stone, then pointed to the gold utensils, indicating that these were to be exchanged, and then pointed to the silk and porcelain to indicate that they were given to you.

After a few gestures, the woman understood. She covered her mouth and smiled a few times. After giving a few instructions, the maid behind her brought up a large basket. The basket was filled with a basket full of rough gemstones, as big as an adult's fist. They are as big as pigeon eggs. Although they are all raw stones and have not been peeled off and cut, the green color is already exciting.

Before Ling Qingyu had time to marvel, the maid brought up another basket, this time it was a real gold nugget. Those utensils are absolutely valuable to the Indians, but they are not pure gold, but a gold-copper alloy. Its greatest value lies in its craftsmanship and worship of gods, but Ling Qingyu does not want to destroy their culture. , there is no way to take these back and melt them again. When it comes to judging the artistry, Ling Qingyu intuitively prefers pure gold! Therefore, the value of a basket of pure gold in her eyes was much higher than that of a large pile of gold utensils.

Ling Qingyu beamed with joy. The woman was also very satisfied that she had saved the gold in her temple. What's more, the other party actually sent so many cloths and porcelain. Both parties were very satisfied. As for the initiator of this transaction, Mr. Routine Goldman, he has returned to his few remaining samurai in a very frustrated manner.

Far away from the coast of Colombia, Ling Qingyu still couldn't recover. Perhaps this was the most magical experience in her three years. Although she didn't have a house full of gold, she still made a lot of money. Moreover, up to now, she has also made a lot of money. I don’t know why this conflict started.

Xiao Ke, if there was no order at that time, you couldn't kill anyone even if you were killed? Ling Qingyu couldn't help but asked Xiao Ke.

They can't kill us. Xiao Ke said seriously.

Ling Qingyu was dumbfounded. It was true that the combat effectiveness of these iron guards far exceeded that of her crew, but that wasn't the point, right? Then he asked: What if they can kill you?

Didn't you allow us to kill people? Xiao Ke was a little surprised. Did I hear wrongly?

Well, what I mean is, if I didn't give the order at that time, and then the other party could kill you, you wouldn't fight back? Ling Qingyu coughed and asked.

Every action of the Xiao family's iron guard must obey the master's instructions. Without the master's instructions, even if the knife cuts on the neck, he cannot move. Xiao Ke said with a smile. When he came out, the master said that the master could take his place, and they would naturally do the same. Follow Ling Qingyu's instructions, but the head of the family doesn't seem to have this awareness.

ah! Is this an absolutely loyal dog? But it must be very hard for such a person to follow that arrogant and domineering little brat, right? Ling Qingyu glanced at Xiao Ke sympathetically, looked at Xiao Se who was dancing on the boat and telling Izayoi their experiences, shook his head and walked away.

Returning to the camp on the coast, Gulu had been waiting anxiously for three or four days, and was relieved to see them return.

He had already returned from trading in Cusco, and he also brought back a large amount of gold and silver, as well as information about recruiting manpower again.

After putting things on board, Ling Qingyu and Gulu discussed the recruitment matters. After talking about the business, Gulu couldn't help but complain that Ling Qingyu left immediately without leaving any news for him.

Ling Qingyu smiled and talked about going to Colombia. After finishing speaking, he said: Actually, I haven't figured out what's going on yet.

You have met the Qibcha people, Gulu said with a smile: In their place, priests and chiefs are inherited directly from women, but warrior property and fields are inherited from the father's line, so that woman should be the chief and priest. The one wearing gold jewelry is the actual manager of their property. The items you mentioned that the young man used cannot be owned by a sacrifice. It should be that the priest gave permission to put him into his tomb as a sacrificial martyr. Those items were the chief's burial gifts, so it's no wonder the man was angry. According to their rules, the chief must marry him, and the daughter they give birth to will be the next chief, and the son will be the next property owner.

ah! This makes sense, but the golden man was so irresponsible and afraid of death. No wonder the female chief looked down on him, and the female chief wanted to give the precious cloth she bought to the young man, which aroused the man's anger. The anger was turned towards them. I don’t know if the items that were traded in the end belonged to the chief or the golden man.

Gulu, please help me run to Yinshan and call my subordinates back. It's time to set sail back. Seeing Gulu's expression, Ling Qingyu smiled again and said: I also want to go back and get enough reward for you to hire people again. Ah, next time I send a fleet over, I will leave the transaction and silver mountain to you.

Don't worry! Gulu said, patting his chest.

Gulu came and went quickly. Half a month later, the large group of people returned to the camp on the coast with a large amount of silver.

In the past half month, Ling Qingyu put the needed plants into thousands of pots, and collected as many seeds as possible. Xiao Se and Su Ce walked up the river to collect various kinds of plants they had never seen before. The animals actually came to the city of the Chimu people during this period. Fortunately, the Chimu people were very friendly, and Xiao Se's children did not cause trouble and actually brought back a batch of business.

Leave all the remaining cargo on the ship to Gulu and ask him to build this port to facilitate future trade. In addition to gold and silver, the mines here also need copper ore, tin ore, and iron ore. This requirement is yellow Jing and Zhou Tan mentioned it. They were still thinking of making money.

It seems that there are too many things to explain, but it is almost September and the ocean current has turned. If you want to go back faster, you can't miss this time.