Super Chief

The Appalachian Mountains is an uncompromising mountain, and the stone bears who will pass through from the future know it very well. It is no exaggeration to say that the United States was able to surpass the sunless empire to become the world's largest industrial producer within a short period of more than 100 years after the founding of the country. The fundamental reason lies in this mountain rich in mineral deposits.

Before the oil boom, coal and iron were the most important mineral resources of mankind after the first industrial revolution. The northern part of the Appalachian Mountains is full of such things. Even several large coal fields and large iron ore mines are world-class. of.

　　 It is precisely by virtue of the coal and iron resources that are abundant in this mountain range that the Americans quickly surpassed the veteran old British and became the world's largest industrial producer.

　　 Even after the boom in oil applications, many large oil fields have been found in this mountain range. You know that the first oil well in the United States that year was the Drake Well in Titusville, Pennsylvania, which was located in the northwest of the Appalachian Mountains.

　　 Although the first oil well in the United States had a daily output of only 30 barrels, or about four tons, with the discovery of this oil well, Pennsylvania became the earliest oil center in the United States. The world's first oil tycoon, John Rockefeller, made his fortune from the oil produced in Pennsylvania.

In addition to coal and iron oil, this mountain range also has many other mineral resources, such as wood, animal fur, base metal ore, non-ferrous metal ore, stone...It can be said that the resources that humans can find in this Almost all can be found in the mountains.

Of course, compared to coal, iron oil and base metal mines, the amount of precious metal mines in this mountain range is not very large. At least the precious metal mines here are not comparable to the gold mines, silver mines, and copper-gold mines in the western plateau. The reserves of the mine are comparable. However, in this era, even a small placer gold mine is enough to drive the vast majority of European colonists crazy, and it is enough to make a small Indian tribe become a huge wealth.

　　 A placer gold mine could be found near the Appalu tribe, which surprised Stone Bear a bit, but thinking about the rich mineral resources of this mountain range, he immediately understood.

　　 Although this mountain range that stretches for more than 3,000 kilometers is not very high, there are really a lot of treasures hidden in this mountain range. Even in the 21st century, the United States, the most advanced in the world, has not completely surveyed this mountain range. The ghost knows how many precious mineral resources are hidden in this mountain range.

　　 The Appalu tribe can find a placer gold mine, which is also a good thing for the stone bear. After all, if Dashi wants to turn these gold into the materials they need, such as food, salt, war horses, and cloth, they all need channels. Without the corresponding trading channels, gold is nothing but iron.

　　 The value of anything does not lie in its own, but in other people’s views and demand for it.

　　 To give the most popular example, how much is a bottle of mineral water worth one dollar in the supermarket if it is taken in the desert? If you are a person carrying ten kilograms of gold and you are about to die of thirst at this time, would you say you would use these ten kilograms of gold to buy this bottle of water? And if you are replaced by the world's richest man who happens to be dying of thirst in the desert at this time, you sell him this bottle of mineral water, how much can you sell for it?

　　The same goes for these golds. This thing is real gold in the hands of Europeans, but in the Appalu tribe, it is just some beautiful metallic sand.

　　 As the leader of the Appalu tribe, Dashi naturally understands this truth.

　　 So when Dashi heard Shi Xiong's answer, his old face naturally turned into a sunflower.

"Uncle, your tribe should mine these black iron as much as possible. I want as much as possible. What you want to trade, except war horses, I can trade to you temporarily. Grain, cotton cloth, salt, ironware , Our tribe has a lot of these things." Since the unexpected joy of the placer gold mine, Stone Bear naturally has to make good use of it.

　　 Compared to salt, gold is obviously more popular with colonists, and it can be traded with colonists faster and better. Stone bear will never mind one more super heavyweight gold in his trading varieties.

The red-faced boulder drank again and asked in a low voice: "Guardian, how do you say we should trade? The **** Yuchi attacked us last night, and their rocket hit the food warehouse of our tribe. As a result, one The food in the warehouse was all burned. Our tribe is short of food. Can we trade some food with your tribe first?"

　　 "How much food do you want to trade?" Shixiong bit off a piece of venison with his teeth, and asked while chewing.

"At least one hundred bags of corn are needed. It would be better if there are other potatoes and sweet potatoes. Guardian, you know that there is still more than a month before the harvest of potatoes, and the food support of our tribe will not be at that time. There are more than 80 people in the tribe, and at least one hundred bags of food need to be eaten a month."

　　 After a pause, Dashi continued to state his conditions: "How about I exchange a bag of black iron as heavy as grain for your 100 bags of corn? Or you can exchange one hundred and fifty bags of potatoes or sweet potatoes."

　　 The conditions that the dashi offered stunned Shixiong. It was not that the price given by dashi was low, but that it was too high.

　　 In the weight of the Cherokee tribe, a bag of grain is almost equivalent to 25 catties for later generations. Dashi intends to exchange 25 catties of Jinsha for one hundred bags of corn, which is two thousand five hundred catties of corn.

　　 How much is 25 catties of gold worth? According to the calculation of 300 yuan per gram of later generations, 25 catties of gold is 3.75 million!

　　Used 3.75 million to buy two thousand five hundred catties of corn. How much does this corn cost a catty? One thousand and five pounds!

　　 Obviously, Dashi does not know the true value of these gold.

　　 Seeing Shi Xiong startled, Dashi thought he would give less. After all, one bag was exchanged for one hundred bags, and he himself felt that the exchange ratio was a bit low.

So Dashi gritted his teeth and said, "Guardian, or else less exchange points? It took more than 20 women in our tribe more than three months to find a bag of grain-heavy black iron, which we can now trade. There is only so much black iron..."

Seeing Dashi's embarrassed expression, Shi Xiong shook his head slightly and said, "Uncle, the price is already high. Let's take a bag of grain-heavy black iron out, and I will trade you two hundred bags of corn. From now on. If your tribe still has black iron, we can trade at this ratio."

　　 "Really?" Hearing Shi Xiong's conditions, Dashi's face bloomed with joy again.

"Uncle, the price is actually very unfair to you. However, although our tribe’s food is sufficient, it is not very rich. After all, our tribe is now preparing to take back the tribe that was previously separated, so that we More food will be needed. Therefore, I can only give you this price temporarily."

　　 "This is already very good! Guardian, the price you gave has greatly exceeded my expectations. I agree to use this price for future transactions. But Guardian, how do we trade?"

　　 Seeing that Dashi set the price so surely, Shi Xiong did not object any more. It's all things you love and I want, Shixiong doesn't want to be a mother bitch. He has doubled the price, which is worthy of Dashi.

　　 "Uncle, you can take your people to our Gaoshu tribe for specific transactions. You should know the way, right?"

　　 Dashi nodded. Although he has not been to the Gaoshu tribe, he knows the general direction and also knows that there are paths leading to the Gaoshu tribe.

"Uncle, your people walk along that road all the way to the east~www.wuxiaspot.com~ After you reach the end, you can walk a little further south to see another road, and then you follow that road again. ..." Shi Xiong told Dashi about the way to the Gaoshu tribe, and finally he said: "Uncle, I am going to the west tomorrow. I can't take you to our tribe. Take it with you. It’s good if people go there. When you get to our tribe, you can go directly to the Kabulu priest, and you can tell her that this is the deal I have set, and someone in the tribe will execute this deal."

"Okay, okay! Guardian, you saved the lives of everyone in our tribe. But Guardian, since you are going to a place further west tomorrow, then you must pay attention to your safety. Recently, not only the Kasa After all the chaos, even the Yuchi began to move around. The attack on our tribe last night was not bad. I heard the little devil fish say that many of the Chekasha tribes in the west were exterminated by the Yuchi. This gang of Yuchi took advantage of the fact that the Chekashas and the Arkansas and Missouri coalition forces had already begun an action against the Chekashas. So you must be careful when you go there tomorrow."

　　 Shixiong nodded slightly. He was very grateful for the news that Dashi told him, but he always had an inexplicable anxiety in his heart...

　　PS: At 7:30 in the morning, Lao Mo's family is still more than a hundred kilometers away from the airport, so the two chapters are sent out first, and after sending Lao Mo, he has to leave for the airport...