However, Shi Xiong is also very clear that it can only be an idea to make a serious cigarette now. No one, because cigarette paper is not easy to handle now.

Although papermaking technology was introduced to Europe through the Middle East a long time ago, and paper also made a great contribution to the European Renaissance, in this era, European paper is either hard or soft and useless. .

The cigarette paper used for cigarettes must be soft and flexible. Paper that is too hard cannot be used, and paper that is too soft and has no toughness cannot be used. Therefore, if you want to make cigarettes, you must first make a good enough cigarette paper. Come.

　　 No matter what kind of paper, the temperature requirements are still very high. The temperature required for papermaking is relatively high. In this era when there is no temperature control, the best way to make paper is to wait until the temperature rises. At this time, papermaking is not impossible, but it is too difficult.

　　 So Shi Xiong can only think about it. But counting the thoughts this time, Shixiong has already had two thoughts about cigarettes alone. No way, who made this guy a smoker...

　　 Anyway, he was sailing now, and there was nothing serious about it, and Shi Xiong could only sit on the bow of the ship and think wildly.

　　 After thinking about it for several days, the four fully loaded inland river armed transport ships finally returned to the Gaoshu tribe. It is worth mentioning that when turning from the Tennessee River into the Little River, the sound of four long and two short horns sounded in a hill tens of meters high by the river.

　　 The four long and two short horns represent the meaning of the tribe’s scouts to inform the tribe of expeditions and triumphant triumphant tribesmen. Obviously, the investigative post set up by the tribe at the confluence of the two rivers is still very responsible.

　　 This investigative post was specially confessed by Shixiong to prevent the enemy from unknowingly walking along the Little River to the Gaoshu tribe. The tribal warrior on duty at this investigating post is equipped with a single-scope telescope seized from the French. Standing on the top of that hill, the situation within a few kilometers can be seen clearly.

　　 Standing on the boat, Stone Bear naturally couldn't see who was on duty at the investigating post, but he still waved at the top of the mountain.

This investigative post is obviously very conscientious, because if two small green flags are not hung on the top of the mast, then the horn of this investigative post will immediately become two long and two short, which means "an enemy is attacking." meaning.

　　 The two green flags hung on the top of the mast were specially confessed by the stone bear before departure. Only when the ships of the fleet were hung with two green flags, it means that the ships are tribal and not counterfeited by others. Of course, only Shixiong in the entire fleet knew about the green flag. The other Shixiong did not tell them. In order to prevent any uncontrollable situation in this operation, the French took these four ships. The ship got it, and then attacked the tribe.

　　 Ishikuma couldn't guarantee that the rest of the fleet could keep this key code word in such a case, so he didn't tell anyone. When the fleet approached the confluence of the two rivers, he ordered each ship to raise two green flags, and then used this method to pass the verification of the investigating post at a long distance.

　　Four armed inland river transport ships with full cargo docked on the simple wharf built of logs, and almost everyone in the tribe came to greet them. The more than one hundred fighters used in this operation are more than 80% of the elite fighters in the tribe, and they are the pillars of every household in the tribe.

　　 Thirty-six horses, although slightly exhausted but majestic, made the tribesmen cheered for a long time, and when bags after bags of food were removed, the atmosphere in the tribe reached a climax.

　　 Before the return of the fleet, the hearts of almost everyone in the tribe were hanging. All the tribesmen were praying and worried for the soldiers who went deep into the enemy's hinterland to perform missions.

　　 Now that all the people have returned unscathed, and they have returned with so many supplies and horses, how can this not make the tribe members ecstatic?

　　 Many people even danced on the edge of the dock. This is a dance of victory that is usually performed after defeating the enemy.

The people of 　　 were jumping excitedly, and the soldiers who got off the boat would join in regardless of their fatigue.

　　 The return of this victory is a complete victory!

　　 The stone bear standing on the bow of the ship looked at the cheerful tribesmen in front of the pier with a smile, with pride in his heart.

　　 But in this group of carnival people, Shi Xiong was pleasantly surprised to find a familiar face, accompanied by a few blond Vasichu.

　　 "Damn! Why did Major Hank come back so soon?" Shixiong muttered in surprise, and immediately waved at Major Hank, and then quickly walked off the boat.

　　 "Hey, William, you came back really fast, I thought you would have to wait a while before you come back." After a warm hug with Major Hank, Shi Xiong asked with joy.

Major Hank also said with a smile on his face: "Master Guardian, it's not that I come back fast, but a lot of pounds behind my **** is urging me to become faster." The major did a count of money. The action caused both parties to laugh for a while and then said: "Actually, I only arrived yesterday. Congratulations, Master Guardian, this time you should have made a lot of good things on the French side, right?"

　　 It is not surprising that Major Hank knows these things. After all, there is also a second Lieutenant Patrick Ferguson in the tribe, and it is not an extremely secret matter for Stone Bear to lead the team out this time, so Major Hank must know a lot.

"It's okay." Shi Xiong shrugged. "I extorted a lot of good things from the French Oclone Fortress. When I came back, I sent the captives to the crocodile group. Those guys know our tribe. The exact location cannot be left."

　　 Shixiong said that it was an understatement, but Major Hank felt a bit of horror.

　　 If the French were shot with a gun, Hank would naturally not say anything. When he fought the French a few years ago, not to mention the deaths of forty or fifty people, he had even seen the deaths of hundreds of people.

　　 But sent the captives with no resistance to a group of crocodiles, tusk...

　　 The faces of the three people next to Hank also became unsightly. Obviously, they should also be aware of the things between this tribe and the French during this time.

　　 Ishikuma laughed, patted Major Hank on the shoulder and said, "Major, did you bring me wine? If you have wine, I think I can make you some delicious things that you have never tasted before."

　　 Major Hank also laughed, "How could there be no good wine?"

The 　　 people happily moved the stone bears down from the cabin and ignored them. These things have been pulled from the Alcron Fortress all the way here, and it is absolutely impossible for them to fall into the hands of others.

　　 Shi Xiong is now more concerned about the things that Major Hank brought, the most important of which is naturally the two alchemist contract slaves.

　　 It's funny, the origins of the two alchemist contract slaves that Major Hank brought from Jamestown this time are exactly the opposite of those of Jean Agust and Brother Li.

　　 The two alchemists brought by Major Hank were French and British. The fate of British Jack Williams is similar to that of Jean Agust. This guy also wants to go to the New World to make a fortune, but because he can’t afford the expensive boat tickets, he signed a “voluntary” with a British nobleman who owns a ship. "The contract" and then took a boat to the New World.

　　 But Jack Williams has an outstanding talent in mechanics. During the years he worked for the nobleman, he invented a lot of gadgets that made the nobleman make money.

　　As the result of the contract expired, the nobleman immediately turned his face and refused to recognize him. This nobleman would not terminate the contract with Jack Williams.

　　 But this fellow Jack is also a tough guy. You won't cancel the contract for me, will I? I won't work for you anymore.

　　 Hard-faced Jack said that he would not do it, so he stood up with the nobleman. But he was just a white slave, how could he be better than a famous nobleman? Even if the nobleman is just a little baron, Jack can't resist it anymore.

　　 The nobleman didn't like Jack's attitude, so he ordered the two legs of this guy to be broken, and then threw it into the slave market in Jamestown.

　　 It just so happened that Hank was not correcting the alchemist. Although Jack Williams had his legs broken, his reputation was not small. So Major Hank bought Jack's contract from the nobleman for five pounds, and then took Jack, whose legs were still not well, from Jamestown to the High Tree Tribe.

I have to say that the fate of Jack Williams is similar to that of Jean Agusta, but this guy is obviously a little bit luckier than Agusta. At least Agusta has not broken his legs, and Jack His legs were interrupted.

　　 As for the other alchemist, he was a Frenchman named David Adion. This guy was born in a declining aristocratic family in France, but he liked alchemy since he was a child, and at the same time he is determined to use his alchemy to carry forward his family and restore the family's former glory.

　　 So the young and light David took a boat to the New World and settled in Quebec, New France.

　　 As a result, the Seven Years' War broke out. Five years ago, in 1759, the British captured Quebec, and poor David Adion became a prisoner of the British.

　　 But fortunately, this guy knows alchemy. The British army didn't bother him much. He was transported to Jamestown by ship and became the first indentured slave under the name of Colonel James Jones in the Jamestown army.

　　 This time Major Hank shipped back a large amount of high-grade refined salt, which shocked Colonel Jones very much. As a baron, Colonel Jones certainly understood how big a sensation this high-end table salt would be if it appeared on the tables of those nobles in the UK.

　　 So, even if the price of this batch of table salt far exceeds that of the salt produced in the UK, the greedy Colonel Jones really, as Hank and Ferguson had judged, must be strong.

　　 Regarding the reaction of Colonel Jones, both Hank and Ferguson had already judged it, and both of them knew very well that if they wanted to transport the salt back to the British mainland, they would absolutely need the support of Colonel Jones. After all, Colonel Jones not only controls the army stationed in Jamestown, but also has a very good relationship with the highest military officer of the Royal British Navy stationed in Jamestown.

　　 The most important thing is that Jones is a baron himself, and he owns several transport ships that can travel across the Atlantic. To transport these salt from the New World back to the United Kingdom, you can only take the Colonel Jones' transport ship-this greedy colonel controls more than 60% of the entire Jamestown shipping business.

　　 This guy is the Emperor of the Earth in Jamestown! He is still the emperor who holds the military power!

　　 It was precisely because he knew that Colonel Jones would not be able to get around, so Hank was already prepared to deal with it. When Hank said that the high tree tribe needed an alchemist, Colonel Jones, who had always been stingy and greedy, unexpectedly sent David Adion out.

　　 Of course, he is not without conditions. His requirement is that the salt transported this time should not be less than 60,000 pounds!

For this reason, Colonel Jones even dispatched a company of soldiers to protect the transport convoy along the way, and the convoy used to pull salt used nearly a hundred carriages and nearly collected all the carriages in Jamestown. Up.

　　 This transportation mission was also crowned by Colonel Jones as the reason for "escorting important military supplies."

　　 Colonel Jones is right to do this, after all, salt is also a very important military material. It is hard to say whether the salt will enter the army if it is pulled back...

　　 It is very common in the New World in this era to do private affairs into official affairs so grandiosely.

　　 Why do you think those nobles in Europe are desperate to intervene in the New World? For this reason, there was even a seven-year-long war between Britain and France. Wasn't the purpose to grab the rich resources of the New World?

　　 This is the case in the country. As individual nobles, they are naturally not far behind. It is no exaggeration to say that the seven-year war between Britain and France was caused by this group of nobles.

　　As long as these nobles can stand in the New World, they will inevitably use their power to maximize the wealth here. Not only the wealth of the New World, but even the wealth of white slaves and even immigrants, they will not let go.

　　The most important thing is that these nobles' methods of plundering wealth are simply appalling! In contrast, the He Shen who also lived in this era, although the same greedy, but he was civilized like a good baby.

　　 No way, in this new world of North America, it is a cruel jungle, and the only law that fits here is the law of the jungle.

　　 The weak and the strong, the cruelty is not a problem here, as long as you dare to start, as long as you can do it, then you can get everything you want.

　　 Obviously, the four alchemist contract slaves gathered in Shixiong's hands are not the dishes of the law of the jungle, so they will become prisoners from being an alchemist.

　　 Guarding Major Hank, Shi Xiong naturally couldn't show such a good attitude towards these two alchemist contract slaves. He just greeted a few simple words, learned about the life and origins of these two people, and then turned around to go out for a drink with Hank and Ferguson.

　　 Hank, um no, it should be said that Major Jones was very willing to pay this time. In order to monopolize the refined salt, he did not hesitate to take out several bottles of good wine this time...

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