Chapter 273: The Indigenous People of Eastern Tibet (2)

Guo Zhiyuan was even more surprised and delighted to see that this great Maitreya could actually speak Chinese, he wanted to gain a firm foothold in Dongbo (Taiwan) and it was necessary to integrate these Dongbo natives into it, and it would be much easier to communicate if they could speak Chinese, but it was right to think about it, Dongfan (Taiwan) was not far from Fujian, and it was separated by a strait, and for hundreds of years, people from the coastal areas of Fujian have come to settle in Dongfan, and it is not surprising that the natives here can speak Chinese.

Chen Di and Da Maitreya exchanged pleasantries, and then introduced Shen Yourong and Guo Zhiyuan to him: "General Shen Yourong, you have already met last time, this Lord Guo is the commander of this counterinsurgency, this time thanks to his strategy, let my Wang Shi put down the rebellion so quickly......"

When the great Maitreya heard this, he immediately made a gesture of putting his hands on his forehead and knelt down to give Guo Zhiyuan a kneeling bow, Guo Zhiyuan was taken aback, and was about to help, but Chen Di quietly pulled him and whispered in his ear: "This is the highest etiquette of the first inhabitants of this place, if you want to take Dongfan, you need to be obeyed by the first inhabitants of this place, and you can accept its courtesy......"

Guo Zhiyuan paused slightly, waited for the Great Maitreya to finish his salute before helping him up, and said with a pleasant face: "The old man doesn't need to be polite, Dongfan and Fujian are in the same line, and my Ming Wang Shi should naturally protect the peace and tranquility of the people of Dongfan......"

After the big Maitreya stood up, it was a good courtesy, Guo Zhiyuan invited the big Maitreya to sit in the stronghold, of course, the big Maitreya came this time not only to thank him, but also wanted to understand Guo Zhiyuan's reality, so he readily agreed, and the group returned to the stronghold, and the big Maitreya saw that there were so many soldiers stationed in the stronghold, and the smile on his face became obviously far-fetched.

The group went to the military tent and sat down, the great Maitreya asked the subordinates to take out the gifts, nothing more than fruit wine, game and other specialties, Guo Zhiyuan also quickly asked his subordinates to take wine, food to entertain the great Maitreya and his subordinates, Guo Zhiyuan took out the wine is sorghum wine made of sorghum, the degree is much higher than the fruit wine brought by the great Maitreya, the great Maitreya drank praise, the food is sweet potato cake made of sweet potatoes, it is so delicious that the big Maitreya almost bit their tongues, the big Maitreya sighed while drinking sorghum wine and eating sweet potato cakes:" This kind of wine and food can only be found in the Celestial Empire! ……”

Guo Zhiyuan glanced at the Great Maitreya, and said with a smile: "Come and don't be rude, if the Great Maitreya doesn't dislike it, the official will send you some sorghum wine and sweet potato cakes!" ……”

The Great Maitreya was overjoyed when he heard it, and he wanted to kneel down to thank Guo Zhiyuan, Guo Zhiyuan hurriedly stopped him and smiled: "It's just some crude things, not enough to worry about, in the future, I have to deal with the Great Maitreya, and please don't see the outside too much......"

Da Maitreya chuckled in his heart when he heard this, this is also the thing he is most worried about on this trip, the Ming army is naturally very happy to help them sweep away the Japanese invaders, but if Guo Zhiyuan is ready to stay here for a long time, they will not be happy, no matter who wants to suddenly have such a big force next to their settlement, although now Guo Zhiyuan seems on the surface, but it is really hard to say whether it is a blessing or a curse after a long time.

Thinking of this, the Great Maitreya glanced at Guo Zhiyuan, and cautiously tentatively said, "My lord, is Master Wang ready to stay here for a long time?" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan didn't bother to go around in circles with the Great Maitreya, he also wanted to know the reaction of the Dongfan natives to this matter, so he simply got straight to the point: "Yes, this official will build a huge city here and stay here for a long time, you don't have to worry about being invaded by the Japanese in the future, doesn't the Great Maitreya think it's bad?" ……”

Da Maitreya's face became more and more ugly, this is to drive away the jackal and come to the tiger, but it is not good to say it in front of Guo Zhiyuan, and said with some embarrassment: "It's good, but if the king is stationed here for a long time, I am afraid that there will be a lot of supplies, and I will not be hungry for the mountain people, I am afraid it will be difficult to supply the army of the king ......"

Guo Zhiyuan laughed and said: "Don't worry about the Great Maitreya, the official will be here to plant some new crops, the yield per mu can reach more than ten stones, it can be completely self-sufficient, and there will be no offense against the Great Maitreya tribe in the autumn, if there are people in the Great Maitreya tribe who are willing to assist us in building the city, you can also work for relief, and exchange food or silver taels from the official, the official will also build a school here, and the children in the Great Maitreya tribe can also come here to study......"

The great Maitreya was dumbfounded when he heard this, but he didn't believe it at all, where could there be such a good thing, besides, he had never heard of any crops with a yield of more than ten stones per mu, and he became more and more wary of Guo Zhiyuan in his heart, and said a little perfunctorily: "So the best, so the best......"

Guo Zhiyuan also knew that it was impossible to make the great Maitreya and these Dongbo natives return to their hearts at once, like the Ming Dynasty in order to make the ethnic minorities in the southwest region submit to their brains, and later adopted the policy of "changing the land and returning to the stream" to achieve some results, he wanted to run Dongfan (Taiwan) well, and he could not use the means of military conquest to treat these Dongbo natives, but could only slowly let them integrate.

Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan did not try to continue to persuade the Great Maitreya, but changed the topic and asked the Great Maitreya about the situation of other Dongfan aborigines, which the Great Maitreya did not hide his secrets, and gave Guo Zhiyuan a detailed introduction, the indigenous people of Dongfan (Taiwan) are mostly ethnic minorities, such as the Great Maitreya and their tribes, because the long-term immigration exchanges with Fujian have been relatively civilized, and the temperament is relatively gentle and easy to get along with, which is considered "familiar", but those ethnic minorities in the deeper mountains, because of long-term closure, Most of them are still in the primitive society stage, each has its own demarcated hunting range, and the character is also very fierce and brave, and some tribes even retain the habit of "headhunting", these are "shengfan" and "wild fan".

After listening to the introduction of the Great Maitreya, Guo Zhiyuan also sighed in his heart, his understanding of Taiwan's ethnic minorities is limited to knowing the name Gaoshan tribe, I didn't expect it to be so complicated, thinking that he may have to deal with a large group of primitive people in the future is enough to make his head big, it seems that he has a long way to go to unify the entire Dongfan (Taiwan)!

As soon as he sent off the Great Maitreya and his party, a personal guard came to report that Shen Junrong had led the new army with a fleet to arrive, Guo Zhiyuan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard it, but he looked forward to Shen Junrong, and hurriedly ran out to greet him, Shen Yourong was obviously very excited when he heard that Shen Junrong was coming, but he was a little embarrassed to avoid it, Guo Zhiyuan had already noticed this strange relationship between the father and daughter, and knew that there must be some kind of knot between them, and he would definitely find a way to resolve it when he found an opportunity, but now is obviously not a good time, In addition, he has some secrets that are not suitable for Shen Yourong to know for the time being, so he did not force Shen Yourong to go to Shen Junrong alone.