507 [Each has its own way of living]
Wei Duyan successfully became the leader of the third batch of immigrants, because he was the leader of the thieves, and the nickname "Xiao Xiahou" was still very prestigious.
Because they don't have to pay taxes, the previous two groups of immigrants didn't have real leaders. It is also recommended that a few people who are fair and responsible for coordinating and handling disputes are completely in the state of "ruling by inaction".
Wei Duyan didn't care so much, he named his territory "Xinxiang". He also wanted to continue to expand eastward, and when the territory was large enough, he changed his name to "Dezhou", because Wei Duyan was a native of Dezhou, Shandong.
Wei Duyan used to be a military surplus, and he also had the army in his mind. He proclaimed himself the "Governor of Xinxiang", and appointed the Governor Tongzhi and the Governor to the positions of Governor, directly implemented semi-military management, and even wanted to copy the Ming Dynasty's guard system.
It's just that Wei Duyan only knows a rough idea of the guard system, after all, he didn't even count as a regular soldier before. Moreover, he is far away in a foreign land, and all industries are waiting to be prospered, and the persecution is too great, maybe the immigrants will rebel directly, and Wei Duyan does not dare to really oppress the subordinates.
Before Lin Shiyi was about to leave, Wei Duyan took the initiative to come over and chat privately: "Lin Qianhu (Jinyi Haiwei Qianhu), the little one wants to trouble you with something." ”
"Don't take your one-eyed glare at me?" Lin Shiyi asked with a smile.
Wei Duyan was very thick-skinned, and he smiled: "Lin Qianhu said that he laughed, he was small before, and he didn't know Taishan. In the future, we will have to help Lin Qianhu here, otherwise we will have to eat stone salt and wear sackcloth like the natives. ”
Lin Shiyi said: "Don't worry, salt and cotton cloth will be delivered to you on time." If you let the captured natives pan for gold, and when the time comes, they will exchange the gold for supplies, but they will definitely sell for a very high price. ”
Not only is it expensive, it is simply a robbery, but the immigrants have to be obedient.
Because the Mediterranean climate does not allow salt to be dry, there is no salt mine nearby, so I can only go far away to get a little bit of rock salt. Is that stone salt also only available to indigenous chiefs, or is it eaten during major celebrations? Usually carefully stored - many Indians do not eat salt? Salt is obtained from animal meat and blood.
Salt alone is stuck in the hands of immigrants.
Even if there are enough manpower in the future? Divide a batch to cook sea salt? That's also the preserve of seaside immigrants. Wei Duyan's group of people is quite far from the coast, in the absence of ships? You have to go around a long land loop to get there.
Moreover, Tan Haibo must contribute gold to the imperial court? If Wei One-Eyed dares to occupy the section of the Gold Rush River? They will be greeted by a baptism of muskets.
Wei Duyan flattered and said: "The Liujin River and the Shining Gold River are both things of the imperial court, and the small ones certainly have the responsibility to pan for gold for the imperial court, and any little things that can be exchanged are the court's rewards." Small? Just want to invite Lin Qianhu? Next time, bring a little more people over, and bring a little more weapons. The small ones panned for as much gold as possible to make up for the loss of Lin Qianhu's transportation of people and weapons. ”
Lin Shiyi squinted at Wei Duyan: "What idea do you kid want to fight, do you think Lao Tzu doesn't know?" Is it nothing more than to expand the population and lay a bigger territory? Be a soil emperor here! ”
Wei Duyan's mind was seen through, and he could only smile awkwardly: "How dare you? How dare you. ”
"You dare to rebel, what else don't dare?" Lin Shiyi sneered? "Lao Tzu's surname is Ling, Liangshui Ling? Was he the number one general under King Ning's account back then? He once commanded 100,000 sailors to fight against the official army. Have you plagued Shandong for several years? How many soldiers did you bring with you at most? There can be tens of thousands of people who are dead. When it comes to rebellion, you kid isn't enough to see! ”
Wei Duyan was dumbfounded, this is a thief meeting a thief ancestor.
Lin Shiyi patted Wei Duyan's shoulder: "Put away your ghost thoughts, so that you can pan for gold for the imperial court." As for expanding the population, you can take a few more indigenous women and take your subordinates to live slowly. Give birth to him for dozens or hundreds of years, maybe your grandson can be the emperor of the soil. As for transporting immigrants, of course Lao Tzu still has to be lucky, this is an errand that Wang Shangshu explained, but it is definitely not shipped to you! ”
Wei Duyan was frustrated, he had more than a thousand people, even if one person could give birth to ten, if he wanted to build a country, he had to be born to the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
Lin Shiyi is gone, and Wei Duyan can only take his subordinates to scourge the indigenous wives they have robbed every night, working hard day and night, just to give birth to more offspring.
But this product's ambition is not extinguished, unlike the previous two groups of immigrants, who only know how to farm and live a small life.
He organized some of the indigenous slaves to pan for gold, and some of the slaves to farm, fish and hunt, while his own people practiced day and night and searched upstream. It took less than a month for them to discover the tribe again, and it was a relatively docile and small tribe.
Wei Duyan doesn't care if he's docile or violent, he's a savage alien race anyway. He led a group of old thieves to launch a surprise attack at night, directly exterminated the tribe, and once again expanded the number of his slaves and women.
Even if there are too many slaves in the future, the Han people really can't control it, and they can choose obedient ones from among the slaves. Let them kill several of their own clansmen with their own hands, and completely betray their own tribe, this trick is called a name cast. As long as they pass the test, they are promoted to slave management. has completely proved his loyalty, and he can even assign a wife and become a freshly baked naturalized Han Chinese.
Rogue, there is a thief's own way!
These guys are cruel, no kinder than the Spanish colonists, and they have a talent for snowballing, and they are better than the Spanish buns.
Of course, tyranny is not a long-term solution.
If we don't know how to stop it, if we don't reform the means of rule, there will be internal chaos one day, and then there will be slave revolts.
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Lin Shiyi took the gold he had collected and led the fleet to continue south, and soon arrived at "Xinquan Town".
It was a private commercial colony, organized by Chen Gao, a maritime merchant in Quanzhou.
There are many businessmen who want to make a fortune with Tan Haibo, but Chen Gao is the only one who really dares to make a move. Chen Gao didn't ask for anything else, he just wanted to come to the Americas to pan for gold, and he was late in Nanyang, and he didn't even get a bite of stinky shit.
However, the surrounding area of Fushan was occupied by the imperial court, and Chen Gao's fleet could only continue south. Soon he discovered a large river, which was very suitable for farming, and Chen Gao simply threw the victims there and asked them to look for gold while farming. And in the hometown of Quanzhou as a thought, the place was named "Xinquan Town" (Los Angeles).
A year later, the gold mine has not been found, and the more than 60 refugees are happy. It's a pity that there are no women in the merchant immigrants, and more than 60 men lack entertainment life, and they also begin to fight the ideas of nearby tribes under hunger.
But they were just victims of the disaster before, and they were recruited by Chen Gao to go to sea in order to survive. Although they also had weapons in their hands, they only dared to build wooden fences to protect themselves, and they did not have the courage to attack the indigenous tribes.
Then spend money on it!
An iron pot can be exchanged for several women, female slaves captured by tribal wars.
They were all hard-working people, Han victims, and indigenous slave girls, so they formed a family in Xinquan (Los Angeles).
It doesn't matter if you look ugly, it doesn't matter if you can't speak Chinese, these female slaves can work. As long as she is carefully taught, she is a good daughter-in-law who is in charge of housework, and the Chinese can also be taught slowly, and the Han people love their wives very much.
Even if the maritime merchant Chen Gao did not send the supplies on time, they have been out of salt for several months, but they still live a happy life. The husband and wife are harmonious, the men are farming and the women are weaving, there are no corrupt officials and corrupt officials, as if they are in a paradise.
"Chen Gao's fleet hasn't come yet?" Lin Shiyi asked.
Yang Fu, the elected leader of the victims, said: "If you go back to Lord Lin, you won't even see the shadow of the boat, and we won't be able to eat salt here for a long time." No one knows how to boil salt, and some of them were boiled indiscriminately with seawater a while ago, and the taste is very astringent. It's still used as a baby, and I usually only dare to lick it, but I really can't distinguish anyone to cook salt. ”
Lin Shiyi asked again: "Haven't found the gold yet?" ”
Yang Fu shook his head: "I didn't find it." ”
Lin Shiyi asked again: "What can you sell me?" ”
Yang Fu said: "No one here knows how to hunt, so they set up a trap and caught a few wild beasts, and there were a few tanned furs. There are also tobacco seeds brought by Lord Lin last year, and some tobacco leaves have also been planted, and they have all been dried. ”
"Damn, Lao Tzu makes a lot of money wherever he goes, and you're here to lose money," Lin Shiyi instructed his men, "Give them a few bags of salt and some cloth." Take the fur and tobacco with them, fill them with fresh water, and get some wild fruits back to the boat. ”
Yang Fu was grateful, and hurriedly said, "There are still vegetables, we have planted some vegetables." ”
Lin Shiyi said in disgust: "How many vegetables can you grow?" It's not enough for Lao Tzu's crew to stuff their teeth. ”
Yang Fu was ashamed, and said stubbornly: "Lord Lin, the Hun family of the grass people is pregnant, and it has been several months since the time was estimated. Lord Lin is knowledgeable, can you name the children of the grass people? ”
Lao Tzu was born as a water bandit, and he is still knowledgeable in your eyes?
Lin Shiyi couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "You call it Xinquan here, you can name it Yang Quan, and both men and women can use it." ”
Yang Fu hurriedly kowtowed and flattered: "Good name, Lord Lin is very knowledgeable, thank the grass people for Lord Lin's name!" ”
The request for a name is fake, and the relationship with Lin Shiyi is true, and the maritime merchant Chen Gao can't count on it, and this immigration point has to rely on Lin Shiyi to deliver supplies.
Thieves have the means of thieves, and small people also have small people's ways of living.
Lin Shiyi continued to sail south, on the side of the Inca Empire, Tan Hai Bo Zhu Hai was still waiting to receive weapons, and this trip was mainly to engage in arms trade.