vs 24 Deceit
Storm communicated with Yan Changwu and Chen Xinji with a pleasant face, showing that he had come with good intentions to promote everyone's friendship and would not do anything to you.
He said it very sincerely, and Yan Changwu said in his heart: "You trick the child to go!" Little did Storm see him as a child.
Then Storm turned around and boasted of the Dutch cannon ships, saying that there were four ships similar to those outside the port in Taiwan, and he now brought two with him, and in Batavia there were more than fifty, as well as large third-class battleships (two gun decks).
"Our Dutch ship is the size of your dock area, weighing thousands of tons, and there are 76 cannons on the second gun deck plus deck guns!" Storm boasted, drawing out the caliber of the muzzle.
Seeing Yan Changwu's frightened look, he made a gesture: "That...... Such a big ship! 76 cannons! Uncle Chen, all our cannons don't add up to that many cannons! (Yes, such a big ship, such a big gun, a 1,000-ton ship, I've seen a 65,000-ton Liaoning ship and everyone is afraid!) )
"Don't be afraid, as long as you obey us, we won't beat you!" Storm chuckled.
"How many men do you have?" He asked.
"We have five hundred!" Yan Changwu showed his grenadiers, long contradictory cards and short knives, without muskets, and Storm was immediately reassured. (The informant is a merchant who came to Beigang to trade, and he can't enter the interior of Beigang, and he doesn't see the musketeers)
Storm sighed in his heart, he was not slow to start, and when he gave an order, he immediately disarmed all the people around Yan Changwu!
Don't pay?
The musket is aimed at Yan Changwu!
Chen Xinji shouted: "Put down everyone's weapons!" Take away your weapons, too! ”
His voice trembled, and he was really afraid, if there was a mistake, all his efforts would be in vain.
Uncle Zhang translated his words, and his voice trembled as well.
The Beigang sergeants hesitated with knives and spears in their hands, and what the Dutch didn't notice was that Yan Changwu nodded, and the sergeants threw down their weapons and hugged their heads to concentrate on one point.
The Dutch controlled the scene!
Yan Changwu said in a panic: "What do you want to do?" ”
It's still a child!
Storm said as gently as possible: "Don't do anything, as long as you are obedient, I won't embarrass you!" ”
asked Uncle Zhang to translate to Yan Changwu, and Storm ordered the muzzle of the gun to be taken away, and he himself sat on the main seat, anti-guest!
"As long as you cooperate, I have no intention of overthrowing your position as the leader!" Storm asked Chambers to translate.
"We will give you eighty percent of the grain you reap!"
"In the future, as long as you concentrate on farming, and leave the military and diplomatic affairs to us, we will be good friends and will not hurt you!" Storm said with a bit of humanity: "I swear to God, after all, I also have a child as old as him (Yan Changwu) in my hometown!" ”
Uncle Zhang told Yan Changwu what he said, and Yan Changwu shouted: "Only fifty percent!" ”
"Fifty percent, why?" Storm seemed negotiable.
"The land we are going to harvest is 20 percent, and we will give you Dutch 50 percent, and we will have to ask for 30 percent, if it is 8 percent, and the peasants will pay 20 percent, won't they starve to death?"
The result of the bargaining between the two sides was that the Dutch collected sixty percent, gave twenty percent to Yan Changwu to maintain, and left twenty percent for the people to live on.
The Dutch are so kind?
Of course they don't, but they're smart, they're smart, they're going to take advantage of the situation, and they're keeping a line in order to get the harvest away smoothly when they haven't completely controlled the situation yet.
After they take control, they won't be so easy to talk to!
This was the cunning of the Dutch, who, when they arrived at each new place, did not rush to use force, but observed the environment and established themselves.
For example, when they arrived in Taiwan, they even bought land from the local natives for fifteen pieces of cloth to build a city (because they were short of troops, if they were sufficient, it would be a different story).
According to the Western scholar Dudding Rees: "The Dutch have repeatedly demanded peace with this neighboring race (the Taiwanese people), and to defend him against all enemies so that he can live in peace."
On the surface, part of this sentence is not nonsense, the Dutch rule Taiwan, and there are indeed many "harmonious" times, for the Gaoshan tribe, very much implement the "principle of national self-determination" that Westerners still talk about today. Respect the election of elders of the Gaoshan tribes, give the tribes the right of autonomy, and also care for the production and life of the elders of the tribes.
He is also very concerned about the living conditions of children in Taiwan, especially about education, and understands very well that "no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education." "The first to set up schools all over Taiwan, and when Yan Changwu conquered the territory of the Dutch, he found that there were five Dutch schools. The Dutch implemented "compulsory education" on the island of Taiwan, and Taiwanese children from every household in the ruling area not only went to school for free, but also gave gifts and rewards such as clothes to children who studied well.
Pay more attention to public security work, what Portuguese, Spaniards, pirates, pirates, and pirates, whoever comes, will beat whomever comes, which is very righteous.
Medical work has also been done well, hospitals have been set up, and doctors have been sent deep into the fields and even deep mountains and forests to solve problems and provide medicine for the people who are inconvenient to see a doctor.
Everything is for the sake of cultivating pro-Dutch factions and implementing long-term peace and stability.
But when they gained a firm foothold, they immediately changed their faces, and those who followed me prospered, and those who went against me perished.
Since he controlled Yan Changwu and agreed to cooperate, the Dutch did not care too much, put him under house arrest, and agreed to let two small servants serve him.
The place where they are is the place where Yan Changwu used to live (that is, the residence where he first came to the treasure land, because it is an old house, it cannot be sold, it can only be vacant, but it is maintained), not his new home, if the new house is trampled on by the Dutch, it will be a big loss.
Uncle Zhang was busy sending food and wine to the Dutch to work for the army.
The Dutch were overjoyed, and said that the old butler was really good at being a man!
The old butler was not only a man, but also worked tirelessly, personally led the team to open a merchant ship, and brought cooked vegetables to the sea to comfort the Dutch on the two ships.
The Dutch who have already landed have learned the cooked dishes, but there is a freshly made dish, and the Dutch who eat it are greatly moved and call it delicious.
Fried oysters!
The so-called oysters are oysters, and the fried oysters are still a new product made by Yan Changwu, mainly with sweet potato powder.
Taiwan's sweet potato (sweet potato) has been harvested and marketed, Yan Changwu taught everyone to dry the sweet potato powder, add water to mix, pour the thick and appropriate sweet potato powder sauce on the frying board, and then sprinkle the cleaned oysters, hit an egg, and leek, bean sprouts, lettuce fried together, and then with sauce, sprinkled with pepper, taste while hot, the taste is sweet and salty, salty and spicy, mouthwatering.
Oyster fried was famous in later generations, but it was the first of its kind during this period.
Didn't Chen Xinji say earlier, "Sweet potatoes are used to feed pigs, but anyone who can eat rice will not eat sweet potatoes." ”
But this flavor is different, and it is very popular with everyone. (Oysters are wild, as long as you are willing to go to the beach to find them, you can still find them)
Everyone thinks this old guy is really good, and the things he got are so delicious!
They were informed by the Dutch on the shore that it was going well, that they had taken control of the scene, that the locals had begun to harvest their crops, and that they could dock the six merchant ships that were with them to receive the harvest.
So six merchant ships docked, and at once they were greeted with great hospitality, and the Dutch were overjoyed, while the old fellow roared in his heart: "Eat me and drink me, and I want you to repay it all with interest!" ”
For three days in a row, the Dutch are like a festival, with big fish and meat plus soju and wine every day!
The harvest was so abundant that they sent a clipper ship to inform the city of Orange to send more merchant ships to receive the grain.