Chapter 108 White Pottery
The market in front of the Taojun Temple became more and more prosperous. The stonemason Xu Luan proposed to Chen Mu that the suggestion of digging deep into Asian antiques made the local leaders who came to the Changsheng League make a fortune.
No matter whether these tribal leaders are far or far away, they all have treasures passed down from generation to generation. For example, the jade masks, crowns or obsidian knives that they carry with them are not very valuable to them, but they are more or less historical.
In Xu Luan's shop, as long as he can tell some history, he can exchange 800 Tongbao to 3 taels of silver, plus exchanges of other goods, almost all the leaders can make some money to support their permanently winning expenses.
If we talk about Changsheng County at this moment, who is the richest person in the Ming army, then the leader of the Indian tribe will undoubtedly be among the White Horse leaders.
Baima's business talent made him feel complacent that other chiefs were still complacent about owning 10,000 Tongbao, he already had a huge net worth of 600 taels of silver.
A shrewd businessman would not only make money. He not only sent his troops to take cocoa beans to trade in various northern tribes, sweeping all the goods in other tribes, but also sent people to Tasco.
That's right, it's the silver city, Tasco, which was originally affiliated with the Spanish.
The business logic of Baima is very simple. This thing is cheaper here but has a high price in other places. I will sell it to other places, and the same is true.
Silver has extraordinary purchasing power in Changsheng, so why don’t I just take the silver over?
The mines and towns in Tasco are still controlled by the Ming cavalry left by the Black Cloud Dragon. The hundreds of left-behind families there have been organizing local people to mine. However, because they have to find ways to prevent possible Spanish troops, he recruited a 300-man infantry force in the local area to train them to deal with the war.
The mine has always been in a serious shortage of manpower. The people of the White Horse Tribe arrived to make up for this shortcoming, but they have the conditions. The silver they dug was separated separately and took away a quarter of it as a reward for the tribe.
Among the more than 400 tribal leaders, even those who originally brought silver products to the ever-winning trade were not as rich as the White Horse.
Of course, Chen Mu felt that he had made a fortune because the white horse exchanged the silver shipped by his tribes to Changsheng for Tongbao. Many tribe leaders already knew that Wanli Tongbao would be a currency in circulation in Asia in the future.
No matter what, everyone thinks that if they make money, they are win-win.
"You can change your name to Bai Tao. In our history, there was a great politician and businessman who was named Tao Zhugong because he was enthroned in Taoqiu. You have the same talent as him."
Chen Mu said to the White Horse, saying, "The White Horse Alliance has selected several leaders to participate in signing a treaty with the Spaniards with me?"
The White Horse Alliance is not the one with only eight leaders at the beginning. Now this alliance represents all tribes south of the boundary marker, with more than seventy tribal leaders, but its overall strength is the weakest among the three major Asian divisions.
Because this is Mexico City, many tribes have middle-aged men who have been transferred to Potosi Silver Mine to mine, and some of the large tribes with a size of more than 1,000 people have also been killed in previous wars with the Spanish.
But Chen Mu admires the White Horse Alliance very much. Not only because the White Horse can do business, but also because most of them speak Spanish, which provides convenience for them to learn Chinese in the future. They can also speak Aztec languages. If they learn Chinese well, the White Horse people can go to other tribes to teach Chinese.
They can take on the responsibility of taking on culture.
"white pottery?"
Mr. Baima, wearing strange clothes, had no special feelings about this name, neither resisted nor delighted, but nodded calmly. He was more concerned about another question than his own name: "There are six leaders, but why do we have to sign a treaty with you?"
At this time, the White Horse had already understood that the previous war was not the war between the Spaniards and the Spaniards. Although he had not figured out why Mingren had to go to war with the Spaniards, he was obviously on the side of the winner.
"It's not us, you and the others, but us, they." Chen Mu chuckled and said, "It's all the people of the Ming Dynasty. Why do you and me? The court has traveled thousands of miles to send troops to win the war and liberate the tribes. The tribes will naturally send leaders to go with me to see the dejected appearance of the loser."
"Your ancestors left the North East to cross the Blackwater Islands thousands of years ago. Now I bring cavalry and farming techniques. We are one again. Next, there is no need to worry anymore, just learn two things."
Chen Mu raised his finger: "Respect the emperor, the court, reproduce and live well here."
"Okay, I'll tell them."
Not long after the White Horse said goodbye, Yang Tingxiang walked out from behind the house, looked at Chen Mu for a while, and then asked: "Master, did they really come from the north through the Black Water Islands thousands of years ago?"
"And I heard from Acosta that he had seen the horses of natives, which were different from those of Westerners, but were somewhat similar to my war horses, and were heading to the northeast."
Chen Mu closed his eyes against the seat and squinted for a moment, saying, "Just take it seriously. No one knows what our ancestors did thousands of years ago, at least they don't know."
In addition to designing warships for the Ming army, Yang Tingxiang did historical research on the local people. Chen Mu's attitude of letting him listen to it seriously made it difficult for him to do it.
"Don't look at me like this, I don't know if what I said is right, but I think so, since I think so...then it is."
This is different from referring to a deer as a horse. The people next to Zhao Gao can distinguish which one is a deer and which one is a horse, but the people around Chen Mu cannot distinguish which one is a tomato and which one is a cactus because they have never seen it.
What Chen Mu said is what he said.
"Besides, I didn't lie. No matter whether the people in the north have horses or not, everyone has seen horses now, but I did bring them cavalry. As long as you write this, the books that have been circulated in the world in the future will think that horses are brought by us. We not only bring horses, but also advanced technology."
"I know you all think it's bad intentions for me to bring the Turen leader to sign a treaty at this time. I just want the Westerners to hate them. At this time, the Turen people stand on my side. The Westerners will hate them more than I hate me. This is the case for everyone."
"This is not fair to them." Chen Mu still closed his eyes and said intermittently like a dream: "But for them, joining the Ming Dynasty is the best result. Following the white people, they will be killed sooner or later."
"They have a lot of people, and there are not so many people in any country in Europa. No matter who it is, they will be afraid, and fear will be crazy, except for us."
"We have more people than them, and we are very similar to them. Even if they are mixed with Westerners, they still look more similar to us. If they intermarry for a long time, they will be no different from us. We can truly accept them, but the Europa people cannot. All they can bring is massacre."
Chapter completed!