The snow girl's learning progress is gratifying, which has opened the door to a new world for her.
Cars, trains, planes, ships...
It is difficult to understand how these things operate with her thinking, but as Zhou Li'an expected, everything can be explained with divine power.
She longed for the future life described by her master.
I firmly believe that only by following the footsteps of our Lord can we reach the day when our dreams come true.
As a result, her already firm belief was completely welded to death.
Within the tribe.
The harvest of the hunting team was equally gratifying.
More than 20 bison hides are stably received every day. From the 1st to the 10th, more than 200 bison hides are tanned and dried.
If Zhou Li'an is willing to use the [Time Flow Rate Configurator], even if he uses the lowest flow rate of 15 days, his profit will be as high as 1.26 million US dollars each time. After excluding the cost of 100,000 US dollars, the net profit will be 1.16 million US dollars.
However, Zhou Li'an did not dare to take risks easily before the weapons were equipped.
If you are not careful, you will make the same mistake again...
When I came back, my home was gone again.
Where can I reason from this?
Although communication between tribes is rare and delayed, the Tushi tribe's annexation of five tribes in a short period of time will always be known to the neighbors of these tribes, and will eventually be reported to the chief tribe.
After the weapons are equipped, even if he is not around, Tushi can definitely protect himself with his sharp hunting knife and spear, relying on the excellent defensive geographical advantage of Tushi Valley, and he may even be able to fight back.
This afternoon.
Zhou Li'an returned to the present world early and picked up the goods in the city.
I rented a container truck and took a large truck of cardboard boxes back to Hood Farm. Then I began to dismantle the cardboard boxes and foam pads, and threw all the weapons into the [Pocket Space].
1000 spearheads, daggers, 500 hunting knives, plus tin sheets cut to appropriate sizes.
In modern times, these things are basically useless.
However, by the beginning of the 15th century in North America, the Tushi Division would become the only armed special forces.
After washing off the smelly sweat, Zhou Li'an traveled through time and space.
Inside the stone house.
Not only the snow girl, but also the clan leader has been climbing the mountain. The elders have been waiting for a long time. Before leaving, Zhou Li'an had told him that tonight he would give magic weapons to the clan warriors.
The achievements of mountain climbing in the past few days are obvious to all, and the warriors in the tribe have been impatient for a long time.
After they worshiped, Zhou Li'an led everyone to the altar.
The bonfire was lit, and there was a brazier made of copper around the altar, with blazing flames. It was obvious that they had been prepared.
Under the altar.
The elders, women and children of the tribe watched from a distance and did not dare to approach. Only the young men of the tribe lined up in order, waiting for the blessing of the gods.
Beat the war drums.
One tribal warrior came forward, knelt before the great Lord of Balance, and took over their weapons.
Spears, hunting knives, daggers, and two pieces of tin sheets can be used to protect the chest and back.
The sharp blade reflects everyone's joy and enthusiasm, and everyone feels like they have found a treasure.
The old, weak, women and children around him also spontaneously knelt down and prayed and praised, thanking the gods for showering blessings on the humble and pious people.
The process is cumbersome, and Zhou Li'an completes the blessings one by one and rewards the weapons.
But the atmosphere is extremely solemn and sacred.
Want to absorb the power of faith, but still don’t want to act?
In residential community churches around the world, devout believers cry together every Sunday, while pastors on the stage recite scriptures loudly. This is a solid faith market that has been built over hundreds of years.
The standard answer is there. Zhou Li'an would be stupid if he didn't copy it.
There must be a sense of ritual, and it must be solemn and sacred.
Now he couldn't help but recall the scene when he joined the team in elementary school and wore a red scarf for the first time. Listening to the teacher telling him that it was a red flag, he couldn't help but feel the blood rushing through his body.
When the last tribal warrior took over the weapon.
As soon as Zhou Li'an raised his hand, there was a prepared loudspeaker in his hand, and his voice was greatly spread out, shocking people——
"Warriors! Raise the sharp blades and spears in your hands, and spread my glory across the earth!"
"Balance exists among all things!!"
"Under balance, they are all my people!"
"Those who obey my laws and rules will be honored."
"Those who disobey will be sentenced to eternal destruction!"
The clan leaders and elders were trembling with excitement. The day they had been looking forward to had finally arrived!
The Snow Girl, dressed in a grand sacrificial robe, stood beside and behind Zhou Li'an, leading everyone to kneel down and shouting in a green but respectful voice——
"We swear to spread the name of balance across the earth so that all living things will exist under balance..."
"Balance exists among all things!"
"Praise my Lord, praise the balance!"
Under the stage, it was the roaring mountains and the tsunami——
"Praise my Lord, praise the balance!"
"Praise my Lord, praise the balance!!"
The prelude to the war was completely kicked off.
…
The salt trade was abolished.
Since people from primitive tribes are so keen on using violence to solve problems, there is no need for them to refuse expansion of power.
The early barbaric growth was actually a process of discovering problems. After all, Zhou Li'an had no experience in leading a large ethnic group, and now was an opportunity to learn.
A regiment of three hundred people with sharp blades and spears is enough to crush everything around them.
However, Zhou Li'an still gave them seven days to adapt to the use of new weapons. For the tribesmen who were born to be war machines, this time was more than enough.
On the second day, the hunting team's harvest increased sharply, reaching a terrifying 80 pieces. On the third and fourth days, it steadily climbed, successfully breaking through the 100-piece mark.
In seven days, 800 bison hides were harvested.
Zhou Li'an was shocked. When he asked about the number of bison in the surrounding area, Shanshan told him that it would take at least a month to kill all the bison in the surrounding area.
This means that there are at least more than 3,000 bison roaming in the Tushi Valley area alone.
However, compared to the total number of 60 million people, it is still just a teardrop in the vast ocean.
The speed of tanning fur can no longer keep up with the harvest.
The entire tribe, men, women, old and young, are working hard to process it. They can only embalm it temporarily and leave it to be consumed little by little every day.
Zhou Li'an actually had a headache.
He originally thought that it was still early for a large-scale fur harvest, but he underestimated the increase in combat effectiveness with iron weapons.
Whether Wang Defa can swallow so much fur is now a question!
Because plus the 200 pieces saved before, the number of furs stored and waiting to be made by the tribe reached a terrifying 1,000 pieces.
Worth up to 4.2 million US dollars.
Zhou Li'an doesn't know much about the fur market, but this number will definitely cause a regional price fluctuation.
Fortunately, the seven-day adaptation period has passed, and in addition to harvesting a large amount of fur, the tribe has also gained a large amount of meat.
The aborigines would bake, dehydrate and dry the beef, then grind the stone-hard jerky into meat powder, and finally add potato, corn starch, salt and spices to stir, and finally make the kind of crispy jerky that Yuki-onna loves to eat.
.
The hunting team does not need to continue hunting for food...
This means that the battle group is about to go on an expedition.
[Blue Star, June 19, 1400]
The 240-man battle group set off, leaving three hunting teams stationed in Tushi Valley, just in case.
Zhou Li'an once again held a grand ceremony for the warriors.
At noon, a mighty group of 100 people left the valley, and the faces of everyone in the tribe were full of excitement and longing.
Because the hunting of buffalo these days has proved that the weapons given by God are unstoppable!!
So no one felt afraid or worried, but instead coveted to rule the entire Modoc tribe and become the new master of this land.
Zhou Li'an watched the figure disappear outside the valley and secretly took a deep breath.
He did not follow them, but instead ordered the tribe elders to organize people to start setting up more tents and earthen huts.
The earth house is a sunken house. The roof is made of wood and finally covered with soil to provide shelter from wind and rain.
This battle will definitely result in a great victory, and the population of the Tushi Tribe will usher in an explosive growth.
Embezzle, conquer, embezzle again, and continue to conquer until the transformation from tribe to tribe is completed.
…
In the afternoon of that day, Zhou Li'an returned to the world early and dialed Wang Defa's phone number.
The two of them hadn't even eaten yet, so they made an appointment at Fumanlou at the intersection of Grocery Street.
When Zhou Li'an arrived, Lao Wang was waiting in the hall, personally led him into the box and sat down, and the food was served.
Wang Defa also asked for two drinks, but Zhou Li'an waved him down.
Seeing that he was starving, Lao Wang didn't ask if he wanted to meet him. Even though he had already suspected it in his heart, he still asked him to fill his stomach first.
When Zhou Li'an put down his chopsticks for the first time, he smiled and said: "Zhou Sheng, if you take the initiative to come to me, you must have business to discuss?"
"Didn't we agree on it last time? You will take the furs directly to my warehouse."
"I gave you the key, but I haven't seen you anywhere these days."
After not seeing each other for more than half a month, Wang Defa is sure that he will gain another huge harvest this time.
However, what he didn't expect was...
"The situation has changed, and this business may not be easy to do."
"What do you mean?" Lao Wang suddenly changed his color and panicked.
Will the business that has just been opened be gone?
That's not what you said when you first raised the price.
However, he had long been accustomed to Zhou Li'an's heavy breathing. Even though he was panicking, he still resisted the attack and waited for the next step.
Sure enough, when Zhou Li'an opened his mouth, he was confused again——
"At the end of this month, I will deliver another 2,000 bison hides to you."
"...However, this is the last batch."
Wang Defa was stunned and his jaw dropped: "2,000 pictures? Fake! You slaughtered a bison group?"
Zhou Li'an didn't say anything and pretended to be a master.
Let him figure out the extra stuff by himself.
Before coming, Zhou Li'an had already thought about the next arrangements.
The number of bison hides will only increase, and it is impossible to keep them for cash, but the total number of North American bison in the world is dead.
Even if there are new ones every year, they are still far from keeping up with his output.
By the time the Tushi Ministry unified the Modoc tribe, it was not impossible to ship five to six thousand bison skins a month.
In the future, the bison in North America will inevitably be slaughtered, otherwise it will affect the development of industry and railways.
The amount of cowhide produced at that time would be astronomical.
Or, this business is over.
Or, you have to find a way to work around it.
Zhou Li'an didn't speak in a hurry.
Just waiting for Wang Defa to digest it, after five or six minutes, Lao Wang said helplessly: "The last batch will be the last batch, I want 2,000 pieces!"
He and Zhou Li'an have different ideas.
Zhou Li'an couldn't reasonably explain the origin of the cowhide.
Wang Defa was afraid that the death of a large number of bison would be discovered by relevant departments, so he could only choose to make a profit in the end.
But at this moment, Zhou Li'an tapped the table with his finger: "Then let's talk about the next business."
"Next business?" Wang Defa obviously couldn't keep up with his rhythm.
Zhou Li'an never likes to talk in circles, so he went straight to the point: "I agree with what you said before, the suggestion of jointly establishing a company."
"What do you mean?" Wang Defa frowned, "Isn't the bison skin gone?"
Zhou Li'an smiled and said: "The bison hides are gone, but there are still cow hides. I will provide the supply. If you set up a processing factory to process raw hides, I will give you 50% of the shares."
"Are you kidding? There is no profit in cowhide." Wang Defa couldn't laugh or cry.
Zhou Li'an disagreed: "What if the quantity is large enough?"
"How much bigger can it be? Do you know how many farms and ranches there are in North America? How many beef cattle are slaughtered every year to make cowhide? No matter how big your number is, can it be bigger than the North American Beef Cattle Association?"
"Ah Chow Sang, I'm very grateful that you are willing to take me to continue to make a fortune. The problem is that I don't see much benefit from this matter."
"I will be 60 years old in two years. It's time to retire and not be as adventurous and adventurous as you young people."
"Of course, we have become friends after these few cooperations, and we will always be friends."
Zhou Li'an listened to him and just looked at him quietly.
Wang Defa was a little frightened by this kind of gaze, and said with a wry smile: "Ah Zhou Sheng, I have all the good things to say, but you can't persuade me."
Zhou Li'an smiled and held out a finger: "The monthly guarantee is 10,000. This is just my conservative estimate. In the future, it will be 30,000, 50,000, and there may be more."
"Even if you only earn 100 dollars per piece of skin, you still earn 1 million dollars a month. You and I will split the account in half. That's an income of 500,000 US dollars for our family, and it's clean money. Aren't you tempted?"
Wang Defa also laughed: "A profit of 100 dollars per piece of leather? Do you know that the average price of a piece of American cowhide is only 150-200 dollars? You don't have to pay to receive the goods? It doesn't cost to make the leather? How can there be such a high profit? Don't be kidding.
Got Zhou Sheng!"
"What if leather is the same as bison leather?" Zhou Li'an said seriously.
"..." Lao Wang was silent.
It's not that I'm moved, I'm completely out of temper.
Zhou Li'an was not angry about this. Now that he was full of wine and food, he stood up and prepared to leave: "In any case, you should seriously consider what I said today..."
"The same leather, this is the key point. When we cooperate, we will give you 50% of the sales profit, and you will be responsible for the investment and management of the factory."
"Of course, if you don't want to, we will also complete the last transaction of 2,000 bison hides so we can get together and part ways."
After saying that, he drank the tea in the cup to moisten it.
He turned around and walked out of the box.
At this moment, Wang Defa finally caught the key point in Zhou Li'an's words...
"Same leather?"
"In other words, he still has bison skin, but it's just not convenient to release it! Can he only use the cowhide as a cover?"
"But where do you get so many bison hides in North America?"
Thinking about the joints, he felt dizzy and confused.
He stood up suddenly and chased out of the box, shouting as he ran: "Ah, Zhou Sheng, Zhou Sheng, wait, wait, let's speak clearly..."
However, where is Zhou Li'an still present today?
His eldest daughter-in-law said: "Abba, Zhou Sheng has left."
Wang Defa sighed in frustration, but did not call to inquire, but thought about the matter carefully.
…
Zhou Li'an's idea is very simple.
The reason why bison leather can now be sold at a high price of 4,200 US dollars is because "things are rare and expensive". Once the market scale expands, the price will plummet wildly.
After the 19th century, the price of bison hides was almost the same as that of ordinary cowhide. Instead, because of the advantage of the number of bison, it once dominated the markets of various countries and was made into clothing, leather goods and bedding.
Once bison hides are sold in large quantities, the price will definitely plummet, but the quality of bison hides is far better than that of ordinary cow hides.
It would be too much of a loss to compare the two. If each piece of bison skin is sold for US$1,000, there will definitely be leather goods dealers and clothing companies willing to take advantage of it.
Zhou Li'an offered Wang Defa 50% of the shares, not just to be a money-splitting boy.
You must know that the bison skin is obtained from the tribe and does not cost a penny. However, when the two started a company, the company had to purchase it from Zhou Li'an for US$800.
The remaining US$200 gross profit margin, after deducting leather production, labor, and taxes, is the company's final net income.
In other words, if a bison hide is sold in the future, Zhou Li'an will get 80,050 US dollars, while Wang Defa will only get 50 US dollars.
After calculating this, the shares Zhou Li'an gave Wang Defa were not 50%, but a pitiful 5%. Moreover, Wang Defa was responsible for the cost of investing in and building the factory.
Finally, of course, the company cannot be opened in the United States. Mexico in the south is good. Even if it involves import and export control issues, you can still engage in smuggling/smuggling.
By then, you won't even have to pay taxes, and you will only have to pay protection fees to the local gangs... After all, Lao Mo's country is run by gangs.