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Chapter 54: Win over the natives and build a base (2)

Waiting is always anxious, and Lu Xiangsheng is no exception. He knows how dangerous Zhao Mingfeng is to go there. If he is not the head coach, he even wants to take his people there.

He could not predict what would happen because he had never dealt with the Indians.

Now, he can only hope that the emperor will predict things as if he were to be a god. If the emperor had not told him that he had to find a way to win over the natives here, he would not have taken this risk. After all, as long as the army sieges, no matter how large the indigenous tribe is, he would have to be honest. He did not believe that an indigenous tribe without guns could beat his Tianxiong Army.

As a result, Zhu Cijiu was naturally "informed". About three hours later, Zhao Mingfeng finally returned safely, and he brought about a dozen natives.

When Lu Xiangsheng saw the Indians in the telescope in the short robes, he was also very surprised. His service and his appearance were so similar to a fool!

He couldn't help but summon all the men to the deck and took them there in person.

Sure enough, the Indians in sleeveless robes got on the boat and said a few words, and immediately an old man from the Mongolian tribe went up and chatted with them excitedly.

After chatting for a few words, the old man excitedly said in Chinese: "Master, they are our lost tribe members!"

Finally, I could communicate well with the natives here, and Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but laugh.

With the Mongolians interpreted it, the two sides quickly figured out the specific identity of each other. On one side was naturally the expeditionary force of the Ming Empire, and on the other side was the Seattle tribe, and their chief was called Seattle.

After a brief introduction, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't wait to say: "Hurry up and tell them what our Ming Empire means."

What does the Ming Empire mean?

Of course, it cannot be said that they were here to colonize. If you say that, it would be strange if others don’t turn against each other.

These selected men were trained and they had known what to say long ago.

What Zhu Cijiu asked them to tell them was that the Ming Empire came to North America this time mainly to help the local Indians deal with the great powers of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance.

Because the great powers could not defeat the Ming Empire in continental Europe, they ran here to plunder. In order to prevent them from developing through plunder, the Ming Empire also followed.

The purpose of the Ming Empire was to help the Indians defend this land and prevent the enemy from growing stronger through plunder.

Well, most of this is nonsense, and the purpose is naturally to pluck the banner of justice and fool the Indians, making them think that the Ming Empire sent troops to help them.

What Lu Xiangsheng did not expect was that after listening to the translation of the tribe, the Seattle chief was extremely excited. Seeing his dancing and joking manner, he should have taken what the Mengren said seriously.

What's going on?

After the translation of the Mengren world, he realized that he actually knew about the invasion of the continental powers of the Americas!

It turned out that the British began to invade the North American continent more than 30 years ago. They had established six colonial strongholds on the west coast, and the entire west coast was almost occupied by them.

Many tribes on the west coast were broken by the colonists, and the remaining Indians of these tribes were forced to migrate everywhere, so naturally the news spread throughout the North American continent.

Lu Xiangsheng attaches great importance to the information provided by the Seattle Chief. You must know that even Zhao Mingfeng, who had been here for more than three months, has never seen the shadow of the British. Now someone knows the news about the British, so it doesn't take any time to get it.

However, he was soon disappointed. The Indians had no specific unit to measure distance at this moment. The chief could only describe the distance by horse distance. According to his description, it would take at least ten days to reach the British colony from here!

Ten days, if calculated based on the horse route of the Ming Dynasty, it would be quite terrifying. The horse route of the Ming Dynasty is at least 500 miles per day. Ten days, it would be at least 5,000 miles. Such a long distance is simply a life-threatening person.

Of course, it is not the time to go to war with the great powers. With a general position, he can also send a detective cavalry to investigate directly, and he can always figure out where the British were. Now, the most important thing is to build a base, or build Jinshan City.

It can be said that so far, the Seattle chief has a good impression of the Ming Empire army, because both sides have a common skin color, a common enemy, and even a common language, which can easily feel intimate.

Should I make a request for building a city immediately?

Lu Xiangsheng thought about it and decided to stabilize his relationship first, or continue to fool him. Now that the two sides have just communicated for a while, they have to give up their territory. This is probably very difficult.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xiangsheng began a strategy of winning over.

For example, he took out a lot of Ming Dynasty specialties, such as cloth, porcelain, tea and even grain, and gave the chief a lot;

For example, take this chief to visit the armed blessing ship and the super battleship to let them understand the power of the Ming Dynasty;

For example, let the soldiers demonstrate the power of muskets and cannons for the chief to show them, let them understand the strength of the continental powers from the side, and let them subconsciously ask for help from the Ming Empire.

After several days of wining and suggestion, the chief of the Indian tribe had already treated the Ming Empire as a friend. Even the entire tribe had many people walking for an hour or two every day to see the fleet of the Ming Empire.

The exchanges between the two sides are becoming more and more frequent and the relationship is becoming more and more harmonious. It seems that it is almost the same.

On this day, Lu Xiangsheng personally brought the gift to the chief's house. After a while of greeting, he pretended to frown and said in embarrassment: "Dear Chief of Seattle, I have something I want to ask you for help."

The Seattle Chief was also a very enthusiastic person. When he saw Lu Xiangsheng's expression, he immediately cared for him: "My friend, what's wrong? If you have any difficulties, just say, I will definitely help you."

Lu Xiangsheng said a little embarrassedly: "Dear Seattle Chief, this is the case. You also know that our enemies are very powerful. With the current people of my subordinates, they cannot drive them away at all. I have sent a request to our Emperor Emperor to send more soldiers to help Indian friends."

When the Seattle Chief heard this, he immediately said excitedly: "This is a good thing. My friend, come on, come more people to help us drive away the demons."

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he said embarrassedly: "The respected Seattle chief, if you want to drive away the demons, you will need at least millions of warriors. The people of our Ming Empire are used to living in cities. I have searched all the nearby areas, but only this big lake is suitable for building large cities. There is not enough water in other places to support the consumption of millions of people."

The Seattle Chief was obviously stunned when he heard the translation of Mengren. Then he asked Mengren a lot of questions. The Mengren, who was in charge of the translation, began to dance and gesture, and it seemed that he was introducing how big the city of Ming Dynasty was.

The Seattle Chief listened for a while, then pointed to the land beneath his feet and asked, "My friend, do you mean to build a huge city here?"
Chapter completed!
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