Chapter 656: Negotiations between Youfu and Shaoshou (Update)

On the grassland, thousands of war horses led by Maodun attacked everywhere, mercilessly looting the weak tribes around. It has been more than a month. Maodun has been using this method to try to make up for the losses caused by the war with the Han tribe.

On several lake islands on the east side of Weishan County of the Han tribe, a series of man-made buildings have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. Countless slaves and prisoners of war are working non-stop under the guidance of Han tribe craftsmen. Double-body dry distillation coking towers, calcium carbide conversion blast furnaces, comprehensive multifunctional chemical plants, coal tar dry distillation separation towers, glass workshops, and a series of chemical projects have begun to take root and establish projects in the depths of this swamp.

On the vast sea east of Zhudao Island, after saying goodbye to the tribesmen of the fishing tribe at the reef by the sea, Youfu and his party set sail again on the original two-masted sailboat. Their destination is the Tang tribe located at the estuary not far away. Youfu will meet up with the three remaining boats there, sort out and replenish supplies, and then go to the Han tribe mission station on Zhudao Island again.

On the top deck of the sailboat, a low table was placed on a wide straw mat. Youfu was lying on the mat leisurely at this time, curled up in the huge shadow of the sail and snoring. Spoon, who was separated from him by a low table, was lying on the railing with his hands in a daze, blowing the sea breeze, looking at the endless waves, but his head was constantly recalling what he had seen and heard these days.

Spoon was a man who had seen the world. In this era when going out basically depends on walking, communication basically depends on shouting, and many people can never leave the village in their lifetime, he has been to many places, met many tribes, and met many people.

However, the experiences of the past few days were still too shocking for him. He and these strangers who called themselves Han tribes rode strange tools into the salt water. Then, he not only saw huge sea monsters in the salt water, but also discovered a new land. Not only that, when he landed on the new land, he also found that the people of the Han tribe had already arrived there and had already started to operate on Zhudao.

This journey that subverted the worldview shocked Shaobao a lot, but now he has recovered and began to slowly accept this fact.

"Hey, what are you thinking about? Are you interested in coming back to do business with our Han tribe?"

You Fu seemed to have woken up, and suddenly sat up and asked Shaobao's back.

Shaobao heard the voice and came back to his mind from the state of wandering in the world. He turned around and saw You Fu staring at him, looking as if he didn't understand.

"I said, when you go back this time, do you want to do business with our Han tribe?" Seeing that he didn't understand, You Fu had to gesture again.

"Are you talking about trading? What trade?" Shaobao frowned and thought thoughtfully.

"Haha, what you want to trade with our Han tribe depends on what you want. As long as you can think of something, our Han tribe has most of it." You Fu said with a feeling of being a local tyrant.

"Can your Han tribe sell me everything I want?" Spoon asked uncertainly.

"Of course, as long as you can afford the corresponding price." You Fu complained in his heart with disdain, and then continued to ask questions.

"What do you want?"

"I want to learn shipbuilding, navigation technology, and fishing technology from you. I wonder if it's possible?" Spoon said his earliest thoughts, and also wanted to take the opportunity to test the Han tribe to see if the other party wanted to cooperate with him, but he obviously misjudged a fact, that is, he overestimated his own value.

"It's not impossible, but I want to know what you plan to use in exchange?" You Fu asked with a smile.

"This, I can't give you anything now, but if you ask about the local situation, I can tell you everything I know."

Seeing You Fu's teasing face and obviously not interested, Spoon had to increase the price.

"If I can become the leader of the Tang tribe in the future, I can give you some farmland. I wonder if this condition is enough?"

You Fu laughed again. He didn't know how to react to the empty promise of trying to get the technology of the Han tribe. Was this spoon too confident or did he think the Han tribe was stupid to have such an idea? However, he remembered the content of the letter that the leader wrote to him alone, so he put aside his contempt and tried to guide him.

"Spoon, you know, farmland is not valuable at all. There are many uncultivated wastelands in the world. If our Han tribe wants land, we can open it up by ourselves."

Spoon was speechless. He knew that You Fu was right. If it was just some farmland, it was really not attractive. Then he asked, "What do you Han tribe want?"

You Fu reviewed the letter from the leader, organized his words, and said.

"It's not impossible for me to teach you how to build ships, but I want you to agree to a few conditions.

First, you must be familiar with the situation of the local tribes. I want you to help find a few small tribes that live independently, and then take my people to meet them, and help our people win over those small clans." Looking at Shao Ba's surprised expression, You Fu continued without waiting for him to speak.

"Secondly, I want you to help mediate between the Tang tribe and the Han tribe to promote cooperation between the two tribes. I will tell you the specific method of cooperation later.

Third, regarding shipbuilding, our Han tribe will build a shipyard here and invite the Tang tribe to participate.

If you can agree to these conditions and concentrate on working for our Han tribe in the future, I can propose to your leader that you be the person in charge of the Tang tribe in the shipyard. Once the shipyard starts construction, it will need a lot of workers. As the person in charge of the Tang tribe, you can arrange who can enter the shipyard. Do you understand what I mean?"

When Shao Shu heard these conditions from You Fu, he was stunned. He did not expect that You Fu would take the initiative to help him and make him the representative of the Tang tribe in the shipyard and be responsible for recruiting workers. This is simply the most useful kind of power. He can use the convenience of recruiting personnel to arrange all his trusted direct descendants. By then, all those who have learned shipbuilding technology in the Tang tribe will become his own people, and then it will be more convenient to compete for the position of leader in the future.

Compared with these practical benefits, the conditions mentioned by Youfu were not so important. Although he didn't know why the Han tribe wanted to bring them to win over those small tribes, it had nothing to do with him and would not harm the interests of him and the Tang tribe, so it was okay to agree to them.

In addition, there was the matter of cooperation. Although Youfu hadn't said it yet, he could guess that cooperation was nothing more than trade. After the trip to Takeshima, he had realized the strong trading ability of the Han tribe, which allowed the Tang tribe to participate in such large-scale trade. In addition, his own tribe would soon have ships and the same shipping capabilities, so he was not worried that the Tang tribe would suffer losses in the cooperation.

Finally, there was the condition that he would concentrate on serving the Han tribe. After thinking about it carefully, he agreed to it because he felt that although the Han tribe would develop its power in the local area in the future, its focus was not here. The Han tribe's hometown was far away from here. Letting him serve the Han tribe was just to resolve the conflict with the local indigenous people. For this matter, Shao was not disgusted. At the same time, he also felt that he could even use this identity to restrict the development of the Han tribe in the local area, so that the Han tribe would always understand who had more influence here.

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(end of this chapter)