open sea

Chapter 1085 Help
"Smelting iron, yes, that's it, the knife I gave you is made of this, right, right!"

In the longhouse, the kerosene lamp was steadily on, and the light penetrated into the room through the window to create a curtain of light.

Haifasha, the leader of the longhouse alliance, still wears a feather crown on his head, wears a loose plain satin mid-single, and the flat hem of his shirt is tucked into the waistband of his buckskin trousers. .

There was a long Ming-made matchlock gun leaning against the chair, and Haifasha looked sad under the light of the kerosene lamp. He grabbed the barrel of the matchlock gun with his hand, and said slowly to Yang Zhaolong in unproficient Chinese : "How can I tell you, my officer, we already know what iron is."

The Iroquois are quick learners and practical.

Hulan showed them the power of cavalry, even if they only gave them sixteen horses, as long as Hulan was willing to give them, the Iroquois were Hulan's good friends.

Hei Yunlong showed them the power of infantry, even if he only gave them a few guns, as long as Hei Yunlong was willing to give them, the Iroquois were Hei Yunlong's good friends.

It would be the same if Li Yuxi asked them to grow tobacco.

Yang Zhaolong pursed his tongue and nodded slowly. The Iroquois really knew what iron was for a long time, especially when Daming gradually gained a foothold on the east coast. Hand axes, leaders like Haifasha each have a few Ming-made bird guns.

He rubbed his hands, looked at Haifasa with expectant eyes, and said: "The imperial court wants to smelt iron and build roads. The iron is not enough, so people are needed. The engineers of the Imperial Clan University are building workshops for the workers to take care of them. They rest for two days every eight days. How many people can the longhouse accommodate?"

Haifasa did not speak. With the increasing number of Daming people on the east coast, there are more and more people who look similar to the aborigines but are completely different in reality. They build huge houses and bring new technologies. The longhouse alliance has brought growing unease.

When facing the people of the Ming Dynasty, Haifasa's thinking always seemed slow. He thought for a while before he said: "How many people do you need?"

"Only the longhouse is not enough. Four thousand or more people are needed." Yang Zhaolong knew the details of the longhouse alliance. Counting the tribes combined with the Hulan tribe, the six tribes had less than 5000 soldiers. How could they get four thousand five thousand? He said with a smile: "I will go to other tribes to recruit, as long as the longhouse can send some people to work without affecting their livelihood or violating farming."

The reason for saying this is because Yang Zhaolong has inspected that there are many idle people in every tribe. They either lean on the eaves to smoke, or sit on the ground and chat, doing nothing.

"I am willing to help you, we are willing to help you, you just need to say how many people the government needs."

Haifasha shook his head, followed by his calloused index finger in front of him: "I will help you, but I also want you to help me."

Yang Zhaolong blinked, the conversation made him feel complicated.

Trading is different from helping. Trading should be equal. How many people he recruits and how much he pays are mutually beneficial.

But help is sometimes not necessarily equal. The more critical problem is that Yang Zhaolong really can't think of how the Iroquois, with a total of more than 5000 people, can provide him with such help—to make up for the gap of [-] workers. .

Yang Zhaolong's idea of ​​solving the problem is very simple. Since the brother-in-law said that the cost is not considered, the biggest gap besides technology is manpower. He can't control technical matters, but he can first make up enough manpower. This is a simple method of addition and subtraction.

Four thousand craftsmen are equal to 800 million catties, so the four thousand craftsmen plus 600 apprentices should be 8000 million catties, right?Then try to get 2000 people, as long as the output reaches [-] million catties, when the apprentice is proficient, it 'should' be very easy to meet the brother-in-law's requirements.

Although the facts may not be what Yang Zhaolong thought, but he really thought very beautifully.

The mining area can completely become another subordinate county of Muye. The family members of tens of thousands of people, the trade routes driven by it, and the surrounding farmland, he can manage two counties with one county magistrate.

"How to help?"

After Yang Zhaolong finished speaking, he asked again: "How can you help me, how can I help you?"

Seeing Yang Zhaolong's intention to agree, Haifasha leaned forward, raised his hand and said, "The government gave the long house five hundred muskets and one thousand iron axes; the long house first sent 3000 people to work in the iron factory, and then half a year Bring them back for the Hurons."

Yang Zhaolong discovered that the brain circuit of Haifa Sand using the Hurons to communicate is similar to Chen Mu's use of the Spaniards as reserves for issuing currencies in Asia.

The most important thing is that these two people can say incredible things like stating things that are too normal to be normal.

Yang Zhaolong's eyes widened, he spread his hands, tried his best to say something but couldn't speak, it took him a long time to organize his words and finally said: "The next one I plan to go to is the Huron tribe, you are no longer enemies, Huron Already defeated, have you forgotten? Before I came, General Hei and Huqianhu together with the longhouse defeated the Hurons and they surrendered."

"Yes, we won last time." Haifasha nodded as it should: "Now it's time to do it again."

"If the magistrate can't give me the blunderbuss and the axe, then I can ask the black general to take the soldiers from the five thousand households with me." Speaking of this, Haifasa was a little distressed, and stretched out his hand: "As the leader of the war, I Can no longer command them."

The five thousand households he mentioned are the army of the Muye Guards. That army is composed of Iroquois tribes. The officers and preachers are drawn from the Banner Army of the Black Cloud Dragon Division. The surrounding five thousand households.

That almost took away all the young men who were good at fighting in the Longhouse Alliance. At the same time, they also spread Ming's influence on this land among the tribes during their rest.

Yang Zhaolong lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "You want to completely defeat Huron?"

"You have cured everyone's disease, vaccinated, they have more people than the Iroquois, and there are too many Algonquians in the northwest." Haifasa nodded repeatedly: "I will attack, the longhouse can Put [-] women with you, gather [-] warriors, and use [-] blunderbusses and [-] axes to burn each of their tribes, and the government only needs to send someone to bring the captives back."

"For every three captives I give you, one longhouse woman must be returned, and another captive must be sent to the tribe; after I defeat them, I will continue to go west, and return to a place where I can no longer go. "

"We'll all get enough of them before the tree of peace will grow thick in the land."

Yang Zhaolong felt happy and flustered at the same time.

Five hundred muskets and one thousand axes are not difficult to obtain, but what is difficult is that if he tells Chen Mu about Haifasha's suggestion, Chen Mu will definitely reject it, even if he tells Zhao Shizhen and Hei Yunlong, he will be rejected— — I am afraid that he is the only court official in this land who is happy with such an approach.

Among the consolation envoys, such annexation wars are not uncommon, and most of the time the imperial court does not even know that an annexation war has taken place. The imperial court's ambition to be independent usually only punishes something.

"As the county magistrate, I'm afraid Yang cannot agree to this help."

Yang Zhaolong finally raised his head. He looked at Haifasha and said, "But as a friend, I need you to swear to the Son of Heaven and the Tree of Peace, and then I will help you."

"Only these are not enough, you also need armor."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)