Extraordinary Sailing

The second day of the welcome banquet.

Aiwen and the crew have already accepted the inspection mission and can't wait to set sail for the mainland again.

Not because of how much I love this job, but because I have to deliver the last batch of smuggled goods.

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Even if it was sailing against the wind from south to north, with the help of the "Cape Figure Monsoon Goddess", the "Storm Horn" ran at a high speed of 6 knots and reached the destination of the trip in less than a day— — Donglun Branch.

This was originally the first colony established by the East Lunzhi Company established by the royal family. After the later reform, it was directly assigned to the royal family. Now it is jointly managed by the East Lunzhi Company in cooperation with the governor sent by the royal family.

The news has already been delivered in advance through the tern.

When the "Storm Horn" arrived, the businessman belonging to the East Lunzhi Company had already been waiting here.

"Captain Aiwen! Welcome to the beautiful East Lunzhi."

Seeing Ivan's arrival, he immediately rushed to him with a stride, and shook hands with him enthusiastically with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Mr. Lisos!"

Ivan took Milan and Gary off the ship, and the first mate Borg was in charge of staying behind.

Tread Tread

Behind them, two rows of soldiers walked down the "Storm Horn" carrying wooden boxes, which were 200 flintlock muskets and matching ammunition brought by Aiwen from the mainland of the kingdom.

Two contraband items carried on board.

Industrial textiles, which are common commodities, have been sold out in the previous colonies, leaving only the most valuable and most sought-after arms that have not been disposed of.

Of course, even in this relatively turbulent place, not everyone can do arms trading.

Most lucrative businesses, including arms trading, are generally monopolized by kingdoms and well-connected powers.

Ordinary people don't want to get involved at all.

But it's nothing to Aiwen's current status. He needs contacts, connections, capital and capital, and he is a member of the strongest armed force in the New World.

If it weren't for the idea of ​​testing the waters for the first time, it would be no problem to double the number of guns.

What's more, these muskets are not advanced standard ordnance controlled by the military, they are originally "trade muskets"!

Because in the vast and sparsely populated New World colony.

There is no strong government and laws that can protect the lives of the pioneers. For most of the pioneers who are just ordinary people, the guns in their hands are the only faithful and credible force.

It is also an important strategic material used to exchange valuable commodities such as fur, and to conclude a covenant with the indigenous Atrians, and can even be directly circulated in this land as hard currency.

So in addition to the excellent muskets used by the pioneers, a simple "trade rifle" came into being.

The structure is simple, it is convenient for mass production, and the cost is relatively low. Because it is mainly used for the fur trade in the northern part of the New World, it even has a proprietary name: "fur rifle".

"Your Excellency, please follow me. Our trade director, Mr. Necardo, has been waiting for a long time."

"OK."

The navy's smuggling of private goods is a semi-public matter, and no one can take the risk of offending the entire navy group to be serious, so neither side has the slightest smuggler's conscious ostentation.

Even one of them was the official manager of the colony.

In fact, this businessman from the Donglun branch company is a member of the ocean-going fleet. Hearing that Aiwen has a batch of guns and has not yet confirmed the buyer, he immediately recommended himself to the Donglun branch company he works for.

At the time of parting, I repeatedly entrusted him to consider his own company. Unexpectedly, Aiwen really came to the door within a few days. Of course, he was overjoyed.

half an hour later.

"A deal with the natives?"

Sitting in the luxurious office of the Director of Trade, Ai Wen asked with great interest after tasting a sip of high-quality coffee from the New World.

"That's right! Today happens to be the day we trade with the Yucatan tribe, are you interested?"

The chubby trade director, Mr. Necardo, is very polite to Ivan, not only because of his status as the captain of a battleship, but also hopes that after establishing a good relationship with him, he can win more "sources" in the navy.

For the current colonial process in full swing, there can never be too much of such things as arms.

What's more, the company's two current competitors, the North West Fur Company and the Hudson Bay Fur Company, are the first established fur companies to enter this industry, and each of them has a strong background.

Even the East Lunzhi Company, a colonial company with an official background in the Kingdom, has no power to completely subdue them, or to rob them of their monopoly position.

Then you can only do business honestly.

At this time, hard currency like arms, which is harder than gold, must of course work hard.

Especially when the overall capacity of the kingdom is limited, if you can fight for more on your own side, there will be fewer competitors.

Only with good grades can one's own position be secured, and it is even possible to be transferred back to the local headquarters to be promoted to a high-level position.

Otherwise, for a "small business" that is less than one thousand gold lions plus shipping costs, there is absolutely no need for me, the director, to do it myself.

"Of course, I'm very interested. To be honest, it's my first mission in the New World, and I haven't seen what the natives living in the wild look like."

Looking at Milan next to him, Ivan immediately agreed.

Since he was going to stay in the New World for at least half a year, it was of course necessary to deal with the natives.

Ivan also wanted to see what kind of state the "wild" Atrians lived in the wild in the form of tribes and made a living by planting and hunting.

Director Necardo doesn't like the small business, but does Captain Aiwen like it?

He just wanted to adapt to the new environment as quickly as possible. No matter how much information he collected, it was obviously not as real and efficient as seeing it with his own eyes.

Director Necardo's proposal was a surprise to Ivan.

Especially when he has reached the peak of the official knight and must prepare for his future path.

Contacting the "Eagle Warrior Training Method" obtained from the first mate of the "Spirit of the Eagle" earlier, I wonder if the indigenous tribes here have similar extraordinary inheritance?

If you can get a few more copies of this kind of special occupational secret scroll, it will definitely be of great benefit to yourself to analyze the power of that special tattoo.

Necardo just thought it was an ordinary outing to get closer, completely unaware that his guest had other ideas

da da da da da

A group of people rode tall horses, accompanied by four carriages pulling goods, and rushed all the way to the inland.

The director with a big waist and a round waist rode side by side with Ai Wen, and they talked very well, and he spoke clearly and quoted scriptures. If he is not an administrative official, he is also a good tour guide.

"I heard that in the first days, the pioneers exchanged a musket for fur that could be stacked as high as the gun. Tsk tsk, not now."

Before the arrival of the first colonists, the aborigines here did not invent wheels or horses. They talked about the hardships of the pioneers, various specialties and the status quo of the aboriginals.

Of course, the horses they are riding now are the Sorea horses originally from the Kingdom of Ilia.

They have a proud and brave spirit, as well as a docile and easy-to-get-together temperament, as well as a powerful explosive power and a personable demeanor.

The most important thing is that the price is expensive, which obviously gave Ivan a big face!

As the convoy moved forward, the tall deciduous broad-leaved forest around it gradually became thicker.

According to Necado.

Although living mainly inland, not all indigenous tribes lived very far from the colonies.

Except for the Kashna Empire that once lived in the northwest of the New World and the Azik Empire that lived in the south-central part, many indigenous tribes in other regions actually lived a semi-safari and semi-settled life.

In a sparsely populated colony, the powers of the aboriginals and the colonists are often at odds with each other, and it is difficult to define the boundaries of power.

And outsiders can't imagine it at all.

The indigenous Acarians themselves are not monolithic, and the hatred among the tribes is even far greater than that of the colonists. They have never gathered a consensus, and it is impossible to unite their strength.

Even if he got a musket, he always shot at his own people first.

Even Kashna and Azik, which are known as empires, are more like a federation of co-governance. The internal forces are chaotic and only recognize the status of suzerain in name.

When Sirius landed, the two empires were not completely broken by violence. Instead, the Sirius people took advantage of their internal contradictions to unite one group to attack the other, and easily achieved brilliant results.

The same is true for the northern part of the New World where the "Tulip League" is now rooted.

There are many large and small tribes, and there are close to hundreds of languages ​​alone. It is conceivable how many tribes they are divided into. Iroquois, Hurons, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondaga, Ceneresa, and Cayuga

Among them, the Iroquois and Huron are the deep-seated feuds.

This also happened to give the pioneers who were relatively weak in the early stage a chance to deal with them!

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