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    Storms are rising over Jinshan, and everything is proceeding step by step according to plan.

    Even Eagle¡¯s plan to join the Empire was not escaped from the plans of the Imperial General Staff Headquarters.

    In the end, Wang Shan won the Eagle¡¯s request.

    In fact, he also understands that in this current form, these small tribes should actually be united.

    If they don't unite, they won't be able to fight against the invaders.

    If they cannot fight against the invaders, the construction of Jinshan City will be interrupted, and in the end Wangshan will have to send troops to fight against the invaders.

    This is something Wang Shan doesn¡¯t want to see.

    Although the Empire will surely achieve final victory, it will bring construction to a halt.

    For Wang Shan, the important thing now is not to deal with the invaders, but to complete the construction of Jinshan City and put it into use as soon as possible.

    Only after the construction is completed can he devote all his energy to the expansion of the west.

    This is also part of the plan.

    So, at this time, let the small tribes unite to form a large tribe.  This problem can be solved. You must know that after these scattered small tribes are united, their numbers will be quite large.

    And behind them, they still have their own support.

    Weapons!  food!  salt!  Ironware!

    With the help of these materials, it is not difficult for them to defeat the invaders.

    As long as they can withstand it, things will become much easier in the coming year.

    Furthermore, even if they support the Ku tribe as leaders, Wang Shan can still control them.

    After all, through trade with the Indians, Wang Shan controlled their salt and grain power.

    If they don¡¯t want to go hungry, they must listen to the empire.

    If you don¡¯t obey me, hey, then the winter will not be easy.

    It is now the end of August and the beginning of September. Although the weather is still very hot, it will enter autumn in a while.

    The weather will gradually become colder.

    The winter in the American continent is not so easy.

    Food will become very scarce, and Indians will basically not go out in winter.

    Because they had no warm clothing, they could not withstand the cold winter temperatures of the American continent.

    Unless they have the empire¡¯s ¡®black-hearted cotton products¡¯, they can only stay in their tents in the winter.

    If there is no more food and salt, it will be impossible to survive.

    Because since the trade with Wangshan was launched, those tribes that were connected to the empire no longer hunted.

    What they have to do every day is to pick up those yellow ¡®stones¡¯ and exchange them with Wang Shan for the goods they need.

    ?Compared to hunting, such a thing is so easy.

    And it is precisely because they reduce hunting that winter becomes more difficult.

    In previous years, the Indians would start hunting aggressively during this season, and then start curing meat products.

    But now, all their thoughts are focused on picking up ¡®stones¡¯. After all, they can easily get food by doing so.

    Therefore, if they continue to trade without Wang Shan in winter, they will all be hungry.

    ¡°It¡¯s okay in the summer, but the feeling of being hungry in the winter¡­ is absolutely uncomfortable.

    Wang Shan took this into consideration, so he was not worried at all that the Cook tribe would do anything unfavorable to him.

    ??Besides, if the Ku tribe becomes the leader, if they want to convince the people, they must also solve everyone's food problem and fill everyone's stomachs to convince everyone.

    As for food, only Wangshan can provide and satisfy them all.

    Therefore, they dare not offend Wang Shan.

    If the Cook tribe does not deal with him, Wang Shan can completely support other people to replace those from the Cook tribe and become the new leader.

    This is not difficult at all.

    As long as they have control over salt and food, they have to be obedient.

    In this way, after Wang Shan talked with Xiong Ying, Wang Shan sent people to contact the leaders or elders of the small tribes according to Xiong Ying's request.

    Not long after, the leaders or elders arrived at the invitation.

    ? ???After everyone gathered, Wang Shan asked the eagle to start talking.

    At this point, with the suggestion of Xiong Ying here in Jinshan, a large tribe was born.

    Of course, it will be a matter of the future when this large tribe finally joins the empire and becomes a people under the empire.

    However, now that they have joined forces, the first thing they have to do is to defeat the invaders.

    Wang Shan sat aside and watched Xiong Ying discuss matters after the merger with the leaders and elders of the small tribes. He watched with a smile and did not interrupt.

    Because Xiongying was the earliest and most familiar tribe to come into contact with the Song Empire, the Cook tribe became the leader of the merged tribes at Xiongying¡¯s insistence.

    Of course, Eagle is the nominal leader, but below him there is a group of elders composed of elders from various tribes. Anything without the consent of the majority of the group of elders is impossible to implement.

    Therefore, it seems that the eagle is just a decoration.

    However, it is already very good that things can reach this point.

    At least, in Wang Shan¡¯s opinion, this group of elders has a parliamentary style.

    This was at the beginning of the seventeenth century.

    This is not the new era of the 21st century.

    ¡°The reason why these Indians do not resist the merger is because they all know how bad the current situation is.

    If it weren¡¯t for the bad situation, they wouldn¡¯t have moved to the unfinished Jinshan City to seek protection.

    Therefore, when the Eagle proposed the merger, basically no one was too opposed to it.

    The issue that everyone is worried about is the placement of the original leaders and elders after the merger.  After all, they are all high-level people and enjoy some privileges.

    If they become ordinary people suddenly, they will definitely not get used to it.

    It is precisely because of taking this issue into consideration that the Eagle established such a group of elders, giving them identity, status and great privileges, almost unchanged from before.

    ¡°If anything has really changed, it is that they will have greater rights in the future, and there will be more clansmen under their rule.

    ¡°This is also a great thing for them.

    Therefore, no one has any resistance to the merger.

    "Otherwise, they would have had a huge quarrel long ago.

    "Shan, the merger is almost done now, but we still lack a lot of weapons."

    After negotiating the merger with the elders, Xiongying began to discuss matters within the new tribe with Wang Shan as the leader of the new tribe.

    "Weapons, how many do you need?"

    Wang Shan asked.

    Eagle thought for a while: "After we unite, we will have a population of almost 50,000. Now there is no problem in using 5,000 soldiers, so we need 5,000 machetes."

    He said a "big" number.

    Wang Shan grinned: "I can completely satisfy you, but don't you think about the musket? You must know that the power of the musket is much stronger than the machete."

    The eagle shook his head: "We have bows and arrows, which are enough for all kinds of battles. The sound of the muskets is too loud when they are fired, and the tribesmen are not used to it."

    After hearing what Xiong Ying said, Wang Shan could only shrug his shoulders helplessly, and then spread his hands.

    "Okay, then as you requested, five thousand machetes. But can you get so much gold at once?"

    Wang Shan looked at the eagle curiously.

    Five thousand machetes were purchased from the virtual world, and the price of each was only fifty or sixty yuan.

    "But from the hands of Xiongying and the others, they can exchange it for the price of fifty grams of gold for a machete.

    This is an absolutely hugely profitable deal.

    After all, the Indians on the west coast are different from those on the east coast.

    The Indians on the east coast were the first to come into contact with modern civilization. Because of the European voyages, they came into contact with the world more than a hundred years earlier than the Indians on the west coast.

    Coupled with some civilized indoctrination by Britain and France on the east coast of America, the Indians there have begun to accept external culture and some commodities in more than a hundred years.

    This is why Zhao Hongyu¡¯s muskets are sold very well there.

    ¡°But it¡¯s different here on the West Coast.

     Zhao Hongyu and others were the first outsiders that these west coast tribes came into contact with.

    Therefore, their knowledge of muskets is not as good as that of their compatriots on the east coast.

    This problem gave Wang Shan a headache.

    They would rather use iron weapons than powerful muskets.

    And this concept cannot be changed in a short time.

    "We have enough gold, don't worry about that."

    The eagles were not worried about those ¡®stones¡¯ at all. Although the number was a bit large this time, they were still able to pick them up.

    "You can exchange those useless 'stones' for five thousand real iron machetes. That's an absolutely cost-effective deal."

    Originally, Xiongying was worried that the quantity this time was too large, and Wang Shan might not agree.

    But when he heard what Wang Shan said and looked at his reaction, he felt his heart rest in his stomach.

    "Are you just buying machetes? I also have spears here. Do you need them? They are not very expensive and they are made of iron."

    Wang Shan took the opportunity to make a sales pitch.

    Spear, of course you need it.

    Hearing this, Xiongying¡¯s eyes lit up, ¡°What¡¯s the price?¡±

    The Indians in the west are different from the Indians in the east. If it weren't for the arrival of Zhao Hongyu and others, these tribes would still basically use wooden weapons.

    ??It's just like grinding some stone pieces to be sharper and using them as weapons.

    As for iron tools, that is beyond the imagination.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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