"We will help you, reward." Gulu said.
After several days of communication, Ling Qingyu's poor Inca pronunciation finally touched some sparks with Gulu, and he was able to communicate easily. Hearing this sentence, Ling Qingyu was overjoyed, and asked with a smile, "What reward do you want?"
"Fifty people, one month, ten pieces of cloth." Gulu said. He had never seen that kind of cloth, and such a beautiful cloth was worth more than the highest quality woolen cloak.
"Okay, fifty people, one month's work, ten bolts of silk." Ling Qingyu replied. Block, she heard it like a horse.
Seeing that they had a good deal, other tribes who had been peeping at Gulu's silk for a long time also made demands, exchanging human power for silk and porcelain, as well as the weird but delicious thing called tea. After the talks are over, the labor of more than 500 people will basically be gathered.
Song Yu and Chu Cheng got used to following Huang Jing and Zhou Tan in Lingjia Village, and soon built several refining workshops at the foot of the mountain. According to Ling Qingyu's reminder, Huang Jing and Zhou Tan also built diversion channels and small dams to lay the foundation for the mercury extraction method.
The Cerro Rico Silver Mine is indeed high-quality, with a very high silver content, and it is very easy to mine. Many of them are open-pit mines, which are mined by the Incas. The people on Ling Qingyu's side are under the guidance of Huang Jing and Zhou Tan Start refining.
Ling Qingyu felt very satisfied with the extremely high-quality silver bars piled up in front of him.
Shi Fang and Zhu Weili were also very satisfied. They saw the farmlands of the Incas along the way and knew the yield of corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes that Ling Qingyu mentioned. Zhu Weili's eyes were even more deep. It is very suitable for planting in the northwest. In this way, the entire food chain of Dazhou will be changed. The significance of it is far greater than these silver bars, but as an auxiliary income for a trip, Zhu Weili expressed that he understands Ling Qingyu's excitement. Shi Fang discovered many medicines, especially the cinchona tree mentioned by Ling Qingyu. According to her, quinine extracted from the root bark of this plant can treat malaria. If this is true, it is a great merit. There are also coca leaves. Seeing that the Incas are chewing, Shi Fang also took some chewing, which really has a refreshing effect.
Although it is a very wasteful refining method, the yield of silver produced is very high.
Yan San wanted to persuade Ling Qingyu to leave earlier. It was already June, and July 14th would be here in more than a month. It was already very cold here. If Ling Qingyu had an attack at that time, I really don't know what would happen. The last attack had to be fed by Yang Zhao and him, so this time he definitely cannot feed her alone. Yan San felt very depressed at the thought of sharing her with others, but what was even more depressed was that, He didn't know who to ask to be the second person.
Many of the tools made by Huang Jing used wheels, which surprised the local people. With the wheels, many things became easier. It was heard that the messenger of the sun god came, and more tribes around rushed over.
Ling Qingyu remembered that before the Spaniards brought smallpox to South America, the natives in South America actually had a lot of sincerity. But at first she just wanted to bring some silver back by the way, and didn't want to open up the silver mine in Potosí. After all, this is the place where eight million people died, and the mines at the beginning were shallow or even open-pit. , Mining is not dangerous, but with the deepening of mining, the working conditions will inevitably be harsh. Ling Qingyu herself does not want to oppress others here all the year round, but now it seems that the development of things has far exceeded her imagination.
When Huang Jing was as fun as Zhou Tan made silver coins as copper coins, Ling Qingyu knew that something was wrong.
The emergence of silver coins originally represented the emergence of a monetary system or even an economic system. Ling Qingyu's first reaction was to confiscate all those silver coins, and then told Huang Jing and Zhou Tan not to play anymore, and to provoke them before making any preparations. The greed of these locals makes them even more dangerous.
Ling Qingyu thought about going back and looked at the silver. In just one month, several tons have been extracted. If you think about it, you can just get the most important ones, and forget them.
Ling Qingyu and Gulu proposed to go back, Gulu was very surprised, he watched these people build this area, the silver mountain was only exposed at the beginning, how could she be willing to leave
"I still have something to do, I have to leave first." Ling Qingyu smiled. I can't say that there are more and more of you. I am afraid that your jealousy will cause riots. Although I am not afraid of hundreds of unarmed people like you, my No one can lose.
Gulu thought for a long time, and he could also understand what Ling Qingyu didn't say. Although they think gold is the tears of the sun and silver is the tears of the moon, in their hearts, textiles are the most important thing. Silver is beautiful but edible. Can you wear it? But some tribes don't think so. Indeed, some people are already jealous, and there are many cases of stealing in private. However, Ling Qingyu and the others keep the refining center very strict. They don't know how to refine the silver, so some people have already moved their minds.
"If I guard this place for you, can I continue to refine it? Just exchange the cloth for me." Gulu asked.
Ling Qingyu was taken aback. It would be best if he simply transported silk and porcelain from Dazhou, and then brought silver back from here. Having been in business in Dazhou for two years, he had several million banknotes. In fact, Ling Qingyu deeply understood that those papers marked with silver taels were not reliable. How much silver reserves did Dazhou have? Once there is a silver crisis or war, these papers are really waste papers, so she is so anxious to replace them with industries, but if there is a steady stream of silver here, think about it, Ling Qingyu, the Potosi silver mine is If it is controlled, it has supported the trade between Asia, Europe and South America for three hundred years and allowed the European economy to flourish.
The little devil kept dancing, and Ling Qingyu's forehead was also sweating.
"If you agree, then we will unite and deal with those tribes who have different ideas." Gulu struck while the iron was hot.
"You swear to the Sun God that you will be attached to me in the future and never betray you!" Ling Qingyu said with slightly closed eyes. It is a wish to advance the history by five hundred years, and hope that these can be used by the Chinese nation.
Gulu made a gesture and made a solemn oath that at least in his lifetime, he would guarantee that the income of this silver mountain belonged to Ling Qingyu.
In the evening, Ling Qingyu held a meeting with his confidants, and brought up his concerns and Gulu's proposal.
"The silver in this silver mountain is immeasurable. If it can be attributed to the master, it will be an unworldly achievement." Zhou Tan sighed. It is now fully mined open-pit veins. It's like picking ore on the mountain, and he and Huang Jing are still experimenting with the refining method mentioned by the head of the family, so it is a lot of waste, but the silver content of these ores is too high, which can completely make up for it.
"The head of the family, can we just let them collect ore and transport it back to Lingjia Village to refine it?" Huang Jing thought for a while and said: "Although it will be troublesome to do so, it is safe."
Ling Qingyu's eyes lit up. Although the local people have already started refining metals, they are not as advanced as the technology they are using now. Without the refining technology, the threat is much less. As for those mining technologies, it doesn't matter if you teach them. Since ancient times, processing is the only profit. The biggest one is how much the ore is worth.
"It's been a long time since I did anything. I think some guys are not pleasing to the eye for a long time." Ram rubbed his knuckles and smiled.
"But I don't want anything to happen to you, not to any of you." Ling Qingyu said.
"The head of the family underestimated us, just those three-legged cats, we can settle it without the intervention of the third master and the seventh master." Song Yu laughed.
Zhu Weili's eyes deepened. If the head of the house is a man, if the head of the house is ambitious, hey, that's all. You can't force it, you can't force it.
On the second day, Ling Qingyu and Gulu said that they would still take away the refined things, but they would teach him the mine and mining technology, including the method of making wheels. The quantity and quality of ore he submits to trade. As for the quantity of goods traded, Ling Qingyu simply ignored it in his head, and did not follow the price at all.
Things started to be disassembled here, and the shipment was ready to leave, and the indigenous people over there discussed in groups.
Several tribes who were close to Gulu felt at ease when they received the guarantee from Gulu that it was accompanied by the messenger of the sun god. They were really greedy for the items brought by the messenger. Stay, others kill.
Ask Yan Qi to take four shadows to guard Zhu Weili and Shi Fang, Yan San and Ye Shiyi follow Ling Qingyu, and the others are all doing things while being vigilant.
Although it still looked like a lively scene, the invisible murderous aura and pressure made even a thick-skinned person like Ling Qingyu feel nervous.
Wearing a large cloak, with a sable scarf around her neck, and with her hands in the sable glove, Ling Qingyu was speechless as she watched the man in front of him still searching up and down, as if there was room for something to be added. He has turned into a plush baby, and he is afraid that she will catch cold. Of course, the weather is so cold now, and she is indeed afraid of the cold, but she has already turned into a ball. The man in front of him is still a simple jacket, refreshing It's cool, it's really uncomfortable in comparison.
Touching her hand, it felt warm, Yan San stopped busy, saw her face was caught in the sable hair, her mouth puffed up, smiled again, and said: "The weather is cold, you should be more careful." .”
"I always feel like I've forgotten something," Ling Qingyu frowned. The aftereffect of wearing too warm clothes is that her head will be anesthetized. She is very confident in the fighting power of her own people. War sometimes does not depend on the number of people. It depends more on weapons, just like they did on Mindanao, against these natives who don't even have iron weapons, they have overwhelming combat power against these natives who don't even have iron weapons, not to mention that these people are still well-trained. There are masters like Yan San Yan Qi.
It's just that there is always a question in my mind, whether I have missed something, this place is no more than Mindanao, it is deep inland, and it is on a plateau, yes, don't worry, come back again, this is the Andes, the Inca of the Andes People advocate force and believe in the sun god. This is not Maya, and they don’t know how to use poisons. The Inca in the Andes don’t know how to use darts, so that’s fine, fine.
Calm down, the night is slowly coming.