The imperial fleet temporarily repaired at the entrance of the Red Flower Valley, and recruited the Red Flower Valley tribe, including warriors from surrounding tribes attached to it, a total of more than two hundred people to make up for the losses caused by the storm.
Asha also placed an order with the Red Flower Valley Tribe and exchanged many goods and materials purchased in the trading city-state with the Red Flower Valley Tribe.
The tribesmen on the Midsummer Islands are actually not very interested in gold coins. On the contrary, they are quite curious about the outside world, especially handmade carpets from Myr, hand-fired glassware, exquisite silverware, lace, and wool.
, fire dragon pepper, etc.
These are actually the reasons why Asha stays for a while wherever she goes. In addition to purchasing some necessary supplies for the fleet, she also purchases some local specialties and brings them to the next city-state for sale.
The basic operating rules of a caravan are as simple as selling items from one place to another. Of course, the premise is that the place you take them to cannot also be rich in such items, otherwise the goods will be lost in your hands.
And Asha also knew that this trip could not entirely rely on robbing homes in exchange for supplies, so she made plans in advance and operated them like a caravan.
This is also an unknown adventure for her. After all, she has never done any business, but fortunately Asha made the right bet. The chiefs of the Summer Islands like these products from the outside world. On the contrary, gold coins are not
very interested.
Because the Midsummer Islands are very rich in mineral resources, but communication with the outside world is relatively poor, even if a fleet comes here, the amount of goods brought is very small.
Moreover, most of these fleets were motivated by the idea of exploiting the natives and sold many cheap goods at sky-high prices in exchange for gold coins that the natives could not spend and the local specialties of the Midsummer Islands.
However, the goods brought by Asha were extremely rich, and the chiefs of the Red Flower Valley tribe were dazzled by them. The chiefs of other small tribes that were attached to the Red Flower Valley tribe also rushed over.
In the end, the chief made a wave of his hand and exchanged ten exquisite Myr handmade carpets, some glazed utensils, and two jars of fire dragon pepper for a thousand golden heart wood longbows.
Then they just got to work. The laborers in the indigenous tribes had nothing to do except hunting, fishing and picking wild fruits.
Therefore, under the initiative of the chief, they came to the Jinshou Peninsula to cut down a large amount of golden heart wood and used it to make golden heart wood long bows.
To the indigenous chiefs of the Midsummer Islands, these golden heartwoods were available in as many quantities as they were picked up for free. Therefore, they did not feel that they had suffered a loss at all, but instead made huge profits.
The craftsmanship and time cost of making the longbow are not his responsibility, he only needs to order the tribesmen to work.
He claimed that anyone who dared to disobey him would be punished by the gods. The chief's previous occupation was as a sacrifice in the tribe, so he had no flaws in his bluff and asked the tribesmen to go about their work obediently.
The Red Flower Valley tribe was busy with work. Because there were enough craftsmen, it took about half a month to complete a thousand golden core wood longbows.
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During this time, Asha also led people around the Jinshou Peninsula in the name of visiting.
However, this group of tribesmen in the Honghua Valley who were logging found that these outsiders did not seem to be visiting at all. Instead, they seemed to be looking for something. They also carried shovels and other tools with them, and they were constantly searching on the hillsides, gravel, and river beaches.
What are you wearing?
The natives of the tribe told this to their chief. The chief did not doubt him after hearing this. He just felt that they were a little curious when they came to the Midsummer Islands for the first time, so he let them go.
Asha and others were actually not visiting, but looking for something.
Gu/span> She heard a casual remark from the tribal chief at the tribe's banquet, saying that the Jinshou Peninsula was named after a man who picked up a piece of gold as big as a human head here.
There is no doubt that the listener has a heart.
Asha suspected that there were large reserves of gold on the Golden Head Peninsula. She had lived in the Iron Islands since she was a child. Although there were no gold mines on the Iron Islands, they had a large amount of iron ore, so Asha was very familiar with minerals.
If you can see large pieces of unrefined gold, unless someone deliberately placed it here, it means that there is a large gold mine underground.
But think about it, although people on the Midsummer Islands don't care too much about gold coins, after all, this is the only currency in circulation on the Midsummer Islands. In addition to the most common barter, people exchange gold coins for things.
Because the natives of Midsummer Islands know that although these gold coins cannot be eaten or drunk, outsiders like them. When they see the gold coins one by one, they are like seeing their own parents. When collected, these gold coins can be exchanged with outsiders for things.
, so gold coins also have a certain value on the Summer Islands.
So who would throw a piece of gold the size of a human head on the ground? Asha didn't believe it.
Therefore, it can only explain one reason: there may be a gold mine on the Jinshou Peninsula!
This bold guess made Asha's heart beat faster. What is the concept of a gold mine? It means sustainable wealth for a long time, and sustainable pie in the sky.
The West is so rich. According to legend, Tywin Lannister’s feces are filled with gold. Why? Isn’t it because of the abundance of gold mines in the West?
If there really is a gold mine here, plus the reason why Asha's uncle Victarion once encouraged her.
She could really suddenly turn around, build an island, and proclaim herself king here.
Grand Duchess of the Summer Isles? Or even better, Queen of the Summer Isles?
Asha was really excited, but she was not an irrational person. She suppressed her excitement and did not tell too many people about it except her uncle.
Perhaps because Victarion's injury had not yet healed, his face looked a little ugly, but Asha, who was in a state of joy, did not notice this.
Then Asha led several cronies and began to search for traces of gold mines all over the mountains and plains of Jinshou Peninsula.
Although she is extremely familiar with iron ore, Asha has never been exposed to gold mines. She and her iron breeders don't know how to find gold mines, so they can only cast a wide net aimlessly, hoping to find gold mines.
A blind cat meets a dead mouse.
But unfortunately, Asha may have guessed wrong. There is no gold mine here. The legend of Jinshou Peninsula is just a legend. The tribe of Honghua Valley built a longbow for half a month, and they traveled here for half a month.
, but there was no harvest, not even the shadow of the gold mine was seen.
However, at this moment, bad news suddenly came.
An ironborn who stayed on the ship came to report to Asha, claiming that her uncle Victarion suddenly fainted.