They can’t eat anything except raw food. They are more used to pickling.
The so-called pickling is mainly the way in which animal carcasses pickle food, for example, the famous pickled puffins are the carcasses of seals.
Not only that, they were very curious because they couldn’t eat the fruits and vegetables brought to the Chinese people, but they were even more surprised when they tasted sweet fruits. The crisp and sweet taste gave them a great shock.
On the whole, Marco first thinks that this group of people who look very similar to the Chinese people is a group of primitive people who remember the ancient history.
This made Chen Zhenxian very curious and surprised.
The ancestors of the Han people got rid of this state thousands of years ago and began to build houses and cities, moving towards the settlement era and developing brilliant literature.
However, these people are not much different from the Han people in appearance, but they look so primitive, which makes Chen Zhenxian think that maybe they can study the living materials of the lifestyle of their ancestors.
Marco first further confirmed that although they have a strong physique and excellent hunting skills, but in addition to this, material life is extremely scarce, and literature is almost equal to nothing
They have not established a unified country, and the material conditions do not have this possibility
However, they have a lot of meat, and they have good ability and experience. Their raw areas can go to the New World across the sea as a supply.
The Chinese fleet can complete some supplies here, and even recruit some able-bodied people from them to help as sailors.
Anyway, after a round of material exchange, everyone is very friendly to each other
Inuit tribes are willing to make them hunt fresh meat. Chinese people exchange salt, honeycomb coal, iron pans, rice and certain fruits and vegetables. They like the way that Chinese people give them iron pans to cook meat and then sprinkle salt.
Even the chef of the fleet also fried their meat and invited them to eat a running mat for them. I never forgot it for a long time.
However, because they don’t have a sustainable way to get fuel, they still regard the exchanged honeycomb coal as a treasure, and politely agree with the suggestions of Chinese people that honeycomb coal should be boiled in water for cooking, but they don’t intend to do so.
They very much hope that Chinese people can often come and go here to trade with them.
After the supply from Alaska left, Chen Zhenxian’s fleet continued to sail along the coastline, stopping several times along the way to set up supplies and meeting Inuit from different tribes several times.
Chen Zhenxian also gradually mastered their way of communication, opened up a way of food diplomacy and inappropriately showed that the fleet was strong and powerful, so they were all very friendly.
And without exception, they all accepted the request of establishing a supply dock here in China and promised the Chinese people to help maintain the supply at any time.
At the time of parting, the Inuit of each tribe rushed out to send other countries’ fleets reluctantly, hoping that they would return as soon as possible and bring them all kinds of materials they like.
Later, Chen Zhenxian felt that his direction began to go south, and what he saw was no longer a glimpse of the ice sheet. Grasslands appeared and green plants appeared. With the temperature, the coastal climate seemed to warm up gradually.
However, after that, they once again encountered a sea storm and lost some ships and crew.
Some crew members died of illness when they were forced to rest ashore.
At this time, more than a year has passed since they set out. Marco first knew that they should go back.
Inuit friendship and materials were brought back by the second expedition of Beiyang route in Hongwu ten years, and a practical and reliable route was explored by setting up a number of new supplies.
But I didn’t bring back gold or silver.
Although the Inuit news has filled the gap in the knowledge of great navigation, some scholars are interested in it, but there is no actual benefit, which still makes some officials very dissatisfied.
It’s not good for Su Yonglin to start a voyage immediately, which can let them take a break and avoid the shelter for a while. The opposition is too strong
It was not until the end of the twelfth year of Hongwu that the fleet of the third Beiyang route expedition completed its preparations for the third expedition.
This expedition was promoted by Su Yonglin alone, or many people were unwilling to express their opposition and thought it was a waste of people and money.
However, after the Shandong incident, Su Yonglin’s prestige was further enhanced, and his opposition was pale.
Su Yonglin insisted that more than 2,000 crew members of 46 ships in the third Beiyang route expedition fleet set off later.
There is no news about Su Yonglin’s establishment of the Beiyang Expedition Fleet in the Democratic Republic.
And a year and a half after their departure, the Beiyang expedition fleet sent a surprise message in the middle of 216.
The messenger of the returning fleet was pleasantly surprised that they successfully crossed the Alaska ice sheet and some Inuit helped reach it. It is highly probable that the New World has landed and met a large number of human tribes.
People in this tribe are dressed in clothes made of strange feathers, fur and leaves, with strange colors on their faces and primitive rough weapons in their hands. It seems that they are very wary and unfriendly about their arrival.
Chen Zhenxian took the same measures to treat the Inuit. On the one hand, the soldiers lined up to show fresh armor and excellent weapons and equipment to scare each other.
Then he used salt, iron pots, honeycomb briquettes, pickled meat, fruits and vegetables and other daily necessities to incite each other’s friendly feelings.
Chen Zhenxian led his own department to make food by making a fire, and invited the tribesmen to come and eat with a few bold people, and then greeted his companions with surprises.
After Chen Zhenxian successfully arrived in the New World by means of gourmet diplomacy, the first human tribe was laid.
Then Marco got a friendly return first.
This tribe has a considerable number of rough gold and animal bones and furs, thanking them for their delicious food and making a transaction request.