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Chapter 26 Preparing for the Market

The encirclement and suppression of wild beasts has come to an end for the time being. More than 60 wild dogs, more than 100 wild wolves and seven cheetahs are temporarily the harvest of Xiao Lin and the others. The death of nearly 200 carnivorous beasts has caused a brief tranquility within a five-mile radius. After a period of logging and construction, the camp has already appeared in the prototype of a market. The market trading activities that Xiao Lin has always imagined can finally be carried out. Well, to be honest, Xiao Lin really has no money.

Pay wages to workers, buy daily necessities, and buy various raw materials for forging weapons and armor. Then, you have to buy new machinery and equipment, repair several factories that have been closed for a long time, and recruit new people. If you want to develop, the funds you need are at least tens of millions. If you want to support an empire in the eighteenth century, the funds you invest may have to be calculated in units of billions. In order to obtain enough money as soon as possible, this market must be opened.

In the later stage, fur and gold could not be the main source of Xiao Lin's capital, but in the early stage of development, these things were still the main support. Xiao Lin prepared a lot of things for this market event. The extremely convenient instant noodles and cans, the same compound bows and Tang swords as the soldiers of the Eagle Tribe, iron pots and pans, the best-selling fruit knives in the Eagle Tribe, and the sportswear and labor protection clothes worn by white people.

This time, two hundred Eagle Tribe warriors were hired by Xiao Lin as soldiers who maintained public order in the market. There are still seven small Indian tribes nearby, including the Eagle Tribe. The most powerful tribe has only more than one hundred and seventy warriors. The Eagle Tribe is the most powerful. As long as the Eagle Tribe stands firmly on Xiao Lin's side, there are no fear that other tribes will dare to grab things in the market.

The seven tribes also rely on the notification of warriors from the Eagle Tribe, and only then did they know that a huge market would open from the first to the seventh day of November. The warriors of the Eagle Tribe who went to inform brought some display products, which aroused the interests of other tribes. Some of them had traded with white people, but the white people's things were less and worse than those prepared by Xiao Lin, and the price was much higher than those set by Xiao Lin.

In this way, all tribes have packed up all the fur reserves in the tribe, and taken out all the gold, preparing to sweep the goods at the market. In the next ten days, Xiao Lin seized the time to organize the camp. A total of thirteen large stalls were planned, five of which were used to prevent Xiao Lin from preparing the goods. The other eight were prepared for eight Indian tribes, including the Eagle Tribe.

In addition to fur and gold, there are actually many things that can be traded among these tribes. Each tribe can make decorations such as wood carvings, necklaces, etc. Although these jewelry has a lot of traces of manual carving, but they are so round when polished by machines, the unique charm still looks very good. Xiao Lin bought some of these things from the Eagle Tribe before and gave them to others in the 21st century. Everyone likes them very much, and they still feel that they are very unique and attentive.

Xiao Lin had an idea to set up an online store in the 21st century, modify these and package them into medium- and high-end small gifts for sale. Because it is not certain that it is 100% popular, Xiao Lin only plans to buy 200 pieces for the time being to try it out. In addition, the Eagle Tribe also has their unique paralysis medicine specifically used to deal with beasts. The ointment of the Dog Tribe that is said to be able to strengthen aphrodisiacs were sold very well in the past, but Xiao Lin seriously doubted what this dark stuff was.

The resources of vegetables and fruits in the Americas are also very rich, including nearly 30 kinds of corn, sweet potato, jaccato, potato, tapioca, pumpkin, peanut, sunflower, pepper, tomato, beans, lima beans, western apples, pineapple, sour, guava, pear, cashew nuts, cocoa, American ginseng, papaya, upland cotton, tobacco, etc. The most valuable is wild American ginseng. Although its nourishing ability is not as good as ginseng, it is also a medium-to-high-end tonic drug.

Here, among these eight tribes, one of them knows the effects of American ginseng health and consciously tries to grow American ginseng. These things can also be sold at a good price in the 21st century. Not to mention high-yield crops such as corn and potatoes, they can be purchased as seeds and planted with modern means, so that they can harvest enough staple food later. Xiao Lin only needs to bring some seasonings that cannot be made in the 18th century from the 21st century, which can also reduce transportation pressure and transport more useful things.

Peanuts and sunflowers are also very good for oil pressing. The oil pressing work is not difficult. Just build a diesel engine from the 21st century and match it with some household-grade oil presses. These things are not complicated to operate, and the quality of the oil squeezed is much better than that produced by other countries in the 18th century. In the future, it can also be used as a main product of Xiao Lin. As for fruits, you can also pay attention to the future industrial system and you can also make canned fruits by yourself. It will definitely be very popular among the crew members of the long-distance voyage.

For ten days, Xiao Lin pulled Apache and Pearl to price his things. It should not be too scammed, but it should also have a huge profit. Moreover, the cost of the goods in Xiao Lin's hands cannot be known to Apache and Pearl for the time being. The Eagle Tribe has no sign of joining Xiao Lin, and cannot be considered his own person. Apache and Pearl can only help him summarize the prices they had traded on their own.

After so much busy, I finally waited for the day when the market opened. Outside the camp surrounded by two-meter-high fences, hundreds of Indians with horses had gathered. Each horse was full of various traded goods. There were fur, gold, fruits and vegetables. Two hundred Eagle Tribe warriors were also ready. They would be divided into ten teams, each with twenty people, as patrol teams in and around the market.

Some of the white people under Xiao Lin's literacy were coordinated with the market managers, and some prepared goods and food to provide logistical support. The white soldiers stood guard at Xiao Lin's stall to prevent anyone from seeing too many goods and wanting to grab them.

"Ahem, open the market!"

With Xiao Lin's order, several Eagle Tribe warriors walked up and pushed open the door. Indians hurriedly wanted to squeeze in, but were stopped by Eagle Tribe warriors, and the order was gradually stabilized.
Chapter completed!
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