Chapter 660: The Mud Tribe
Huang Sanxing rode along the coast of Luzon on a merchant ship, their ship was moving very slowly, and Huang Sanxing stood at the bow of the ship holding a telescope, observing the situation on the shore as he went, hoping to find some traces of local activities, so that they could stop and find each other to trade with them.
Huang Sanxing was imprisoned by the Luzon natives for two years, during which many of his men died, but only he and a few big men survived, and his Wanbao firm was about to go bankrupt, but Zhao Yan returned a part of the gold obtained from Luzon to him, which not only allowed him to pay off his debts, but also used the remaining gold to buy a few new ships, recruited a large number of guys, and made Wanbao firm stronger than before.
During this time, Huang Sanxing has been running between the Great Song Dynasty and Luzon, the natives on the Luzon side are very fond of the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, no matter what goods he pulls from the Great Song Dynasty, he can quickly sell out the goods, but with the attack on Banana Bay by the Liuke Kingdom some time ago, although it was killed by the Great Song Dynasty, the Liuke Kingdom forbade the indigenous tribes in the kingdom to trade with the Great Song Dynasty, so that Huang Sanxing's business was also greatly affected, which made him have to stay away from the Banana Bay to open up a new trading point.
"Shopkeeper, there's a big estuary in front, do we want to take a look?" At this moment, suddenly the lookout on the top of the mast shouted loudly to Huang Sanxing below, although the Luzon natives are very savage, but they also like to live near the river, so when they encounter a big river like this, Huang Sanxing and others will send a small boat up the river, maybe they can find the tribe of the natives.
"Go. Of course we have to go, only a small half of the goods on our ship have been sold, and we must not pull them back! Huang Sanxing said angrily. At the same time, they also hated the Ruke Kingdom even more, originally if the Ruke Kingdom did not prohibit the native tribes from trading with them, the goods on their ships would generally be sold out within half a month, but now they have to stay away from Banana Bay to find the native tribes to trade, which is not only time-consuming, but also very dangerous.
The merchant ships of Huang Sanxing and others quickly arrived at the mouth of the river and stopped, and then put down a few small boats and carried some goods up the river. In addition, the guards on the ship were also armed, after all, the natives of Luzon were not good people, in case of conflict. They must be able to protect themselves sufficiently.
Huang Sanxing, as the shopkeeper, personally escorted the boat, and a group of people went upriver along the river, and soon Huang Sanxing found the abnormality of the river, because the surface of the river was very clean. There are no obstacles such as fallen trees. This is one of the signs that the local people live nearby, because the local people also often use the river to move forward, and if there is something on the surface of the river, they will also take the initiative to clean it up.
Sure enough, not long after Huang Sanxing and the others advanced along this big river, they saw that there were natives' boats on the river in front of them, and some natives were standing on the boats and fishing, and they all showed curious expressions when they saw their boats. This also made Huang Sanxing and others very happy, because the local people who generally know how to fish by boat are more abundant in food. It will not have the habit of cannibalism like some extremely barbaric natives.
At the moment, Huang Sanxing asked people to hide the weapons in their hands for the time being, and then try to make a friendly expression, slowly rowing the boat and leaning over, and then communicating with those natives in the native language, speaking of which there are too many tribes in Luzon, and the language of each tribe is different, but in general, there are still commonalities, so as long as you master one language, it is much easier to communicate with other tribes.
The natives who fished were also very curious about Huang Sanxing, and there was no hostility, and when they heard Huang Sanxing speak, they also began to say a few words to him, which made Huang Sanxing's heart feel relieved, because he could understand the other party's language, which solved the biggest problem.
"Imen sucking pine nuts?" What Huang Sanxing never expected was that just as he made a request for a transaction, suddenly the local man fishing opposite actually said a very lame Chinese, although the pronunciation was very inaccurate, but he could still understand that the other party was asking him if he was a Song person?
"You...... How do you know that we are Song people? Huang Sanxing also looked at the other party in shock when he heard this, if it weren't for the fact that the other party was black and thin, with a standard local appearance, I am afraid that he would still think that the other party was a Han who had been displaced here like him before.
Huang Sanxing was shocked and said Chinese, but the native on the opposite side showed a confused expression at this time, as if he couldn't understand his words at all, which made Huang Sanxing even more curious, this native obviously didn't understand Chinese, but who taught him that Chinese just now?
However, Huang Sanxing did not doubt for too long, and soon he saw a boat speeding up on the upper river, this boat was larger than the ordinary native boat, and there were two people standing on the boat, although one of them was wearing a silk robe, but it was a black and thin native, and the surrounding natives also showed awe when they saw him, judging by Huang Sanxing's experience, the other party should be the leader of this tribe, and next to this leader, there was a Song man, and what made him even more unbelievable was that the other party was still wearing the official uniform of the Great Song Dynasty, which made Huang Sanxing wonder if he was dazzled, or that the Great Song official in front of him was a fake?
"Hey, it's the yellow shopkeeper on the boat ahead?" When the Great Song official on the boat saw Huang Sanxing's ship, he took the initiative to speak, and what he said was still the official language of the Great Song Dynasty, which was absolutely impossible to fake.
These two ships have come a lot closer, and Huang Sanxing also saw the Great Song officials on the ship clearly, but he was even more surprised, and stammered at the moment: "You...... You are Mr. Huang by General Xu's side! ”
"Haha, yes, it's the old man, I didn't expect to see Shopkeeper Huang here, it seems that we are indeed fateful!" Mr. Huang, who was dressed in official uniform, laughed. Huang Sanxing was also very happy when he saw each other, this Mr. Huang was the person next to Xu Yuan, when he was rescued before, he had met each other, and because both of them were surnamed Huang, they chatted a few more words, but they didn't expect to see him here.
Seeing that Mr. Huang and Huang Sanxing knew each other, the local leader standing next to him asked a few words, Huang Sanxing understood that he was asking about his identity, so he also explained his intention in the local language, but he didn't expect Mr. Huang to also know the local language, and at this time he also used the local language to help him explain, but the local leader immediately expressed his enthusiasm and welcomed Huang Sanxing and these people back to the tribe.
Originally, if it was another tribe, Huang Sanxing would never dare to enter the tribe without knowing the details of the other party, even if it was a transaction, it would only be carried out outside or on a boat, but now that Mr. Huang is in this tribe, and he is also wearing the official uniform of the Great Song Dynasty, although he doesn't know the reason why the other party came here, but he must have been sent by the imperial court, otherwise he would not be able to wear an official uniform.
The merchants on the Luzon side, no matter how big or small, were very convinced of the imperial court, because it was the imperial court that opened up a stronghold in Luzon and defeated the Liuke kingdom, so that they had a safe guarantee when doing business, so when Huang Sanxing saw Mr. Huang wearing an official uniform, he would not have the slightest suspicion and followed the other party to the camp of this tribe.
When he saw this tribe, Huang Sanxing was also very surprised, because the scale of this tribe was far larger than he imagined, and the dense thatched houses were connected together, and it seemed that there were thousands of households.
"Mr. Huang, the scale of this town is really not small, you should have business to do here, right?" Taking advantage of the opportunity to enter the tribe, Huang Sanxing approached Mr. Huang's side and asked in a low voice.
"Hehe, it's true that there are some official matters, but this matter is confidential, and even Shopkeeper Huang had better not mention meeting me here." Mr. Huang also laughed in a low voice, he is one of Xu Yuan's staff, and he has no official status, but this time the matter is urgent, and all the people who can be sent out by Xu Yuan have been dispatched, even their staff members are no exception, as for the official uniform on his body, he was borrowed from others, in order to show the sincerity of the Great Song Dynasty.
"Mr. Huang, rest assured, the villain knows the severity and will never dare to spread the word!" When Huang Sanxing heard this, he immediately assured that he was just a businessman, so he naturally did not dare to get involved in the affairs of the imperial court.
"Hehe, in fact, Shopkeeper Huang doesn't have to be too nervous, but speaking of which, this Mud Junction is the largest tribe within a radius of 100 miles, and as far as I know, they haven't been discovered by the merchants of my Great Song Dynasty here, so Shopkeeper Huang can be the first to arrive here, and he can definitely make a lot of money!" Mr. Huang smiled again at this time, he didn't need to ask him to know the reason why Huang Sanxing came here, it just so happened that this mud department had never been to the Great Song Dynasty merchants before, so Huang Sanxing was really lucky this time.
Huang Sanxing heard that this Turen tribe of more than 10,000 people had never come to the Great Song Dynasty, which made his face show a look of ecstasy, because it meant that the entire Turen tribe must have accumulated countless good things, and these Turen were not familiar with the prices of goods, so he could exchange them for valuable items at a very low price, maybe this transaction alone could increase the assets of their trading houses several times.
Thinking of the above, Huang Sanxing was even more overjoyed, and when he arrived at the residence of the tribal leader, he immediately took out various commodities to give to the other party, and asked to trade with the other party, it happened that the tribal leader got some gifts from Mr. Huang, and was also very interested in the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, so he quickly agreed to the transaction, which also made Huang Sanxing even more excited, and immediately asked people to go back and use a small boat to pull the goods, and directly started the transaction within the tribe.
Mr. Huang looked at Huang Sanxing and the others who were doing business with the natives in the open space, and there was a little smile on his face, his task of coming to the Nihe tribe this time had also been completed, if the other people sent out could also succeed, then the next plan could be implemented smoothly. (To be continued......)