Through conversation, Kong Tai was pleasantly surprised to find that the village of Jicoo Village, named Liu Laogen, was a person with a great talent for languages. Liu Laogen not only knows the Putian dialect and the less proficient Daming official dialect, but also knows a little about the indigenous language of the local island. After all, he has lived here for 6 years, and he has been dealing with the local aborigines, so he has learned the local indigenous language to facilitate communication with the locals.

So, Kong Tai had the idea of wooing Liu Laogen......

Kong Tai's idea was that even if America set out from the Americas with a fleet to Sheliao Island, it would be difficult to deal with the Ming and the local natives without an interpreter. Because, the language barrier......

And with Liu Laogen's help, once the castle on Sheliao Island is built, the Beihai garrison can directly deal with the local natives on the shore. After all, with Liu Laogen's language level, he is very suitable for being a translator. Amerigo himself will definitely lead the Chinese translation, but the translator he brings must be the same as Kong Tai, who only understands Mandarin close to the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, and cannot communicate with the local natives at all. And with Liu Laogen, a language master, he can smoothly trade and negotiate with the local natives. In this way, it can also save a lot of trouble.

Moreover, Liu Laogen and the more than 50 surviving villagers led by him can farm the land, and they can also provide enough food for the colonists of the newly built castle. You must know that this time Jicoo Village was raided by the Japanese Bandits, and although more than a dozen people died, most of the dead were unlucky people who ran slowly, or the old and weak who couldn't run. And most of the middle-aged men and women basically ran out with their children. In other words, there is no shortage of middle-aged laborers in Jilong Village, which can supply food to the colonists.

It can be said that as long as Liu Laogen and his chicken coop village are wooed, it will be very beneficial for Beihai State to set up a base on Sheliao Island. Of course, the premise is that Liu Laogen agrees......

So, Conté asked tentatively:

"Uncle, if our Beihai Kingdom establishes a stronghold on this Jilong Island, I don't know what you think?"

"You want to establish a base on Chicken Coop Island? I just don't know...... What did you do to establish a base? And also...... Do you want to tax the villagers of our chicken coop village? ”

Liu Laogen's reaction was very fast, and he knew very well in his heart that if he still encountered the Japanese Kou, the chicken coop village would definitely be finished. Therefore, to be able to pull the army of the North Sea Kingdom to protect them from the invasion of the Japanese invaders,

However, Liu Laogen was worried that the troops in Beihai would enslave the people of Jilong Village. So, he asked:

"After your country has established itself on the island, will it levy taxes on the people of my chicken coop village?"

After thinking about it, Kong Tai felt that there was not much difference between collecting the taxes of Jilong Village and not. After all, even if taxes are collected, this person will not be able to collect a few dollars.

Moreover, if the villagers of Jilong Village such as Liu Laogen are helped, it will be greatly convenient for Beihai Kingdom to gain a firm foothold on Sheliao Island and obtain a stable food supply point.

As a result, Kong Tai finally agreed to Liu Laogen's bargaining, and was willing to give up the collection of taxes and the apportionment of forced labor in Jilong Village after taking control of Dongfan Island.

To this end, Kong Tai also specially wrote a letter of introduction to Liu Laogen to pass it on to Amerigo and his party who will arrive in Keelung next time. Presumably, Amerigo and his entourage will definitely treat these people in Jilong Village kindly when they see the letter they left behind.

After receiving the letters, seeing that Columbus's fleet was about to depart, Liu Laogen, the village leader of Jilong Village, said worriedly:

"I don't know if our chicken coop village will be able to hold out until the arrival of your country's next fleet...... If there is another wave of pirates...... Old decay is afraid ......"

Kong Tai frowned, and said in his heart that this was really the case. If his fleet leaves, if there is another landing of the Japanese Kou next time, with the ability of Jilong Village, he will definitely not be able to resist it......

So, looking at the villages of Jilong Village that had been captured and burned by the Japanese before, Kong Tai suggested:

"Uncle Liu, there are a lot of stones on this island, you can mine stones and build a small tall stone wall......

"Stone wall......" Liu Laogen thought about it, and it seemed that it was really possible. Most of the islands are rocky coastal areas, and there are abundant sources of stones. If you spend enough labor, you can still get a lot of stones.

Previously, the reason why the village did not build a stone fence was because they did not expect the appearance and harassment of the Japanese bandits. As a result, they had only built a simple wooden fence wall, not an earth-and-stone wall. For this reason, it was easily broken by the Japanese invaders.

"It's just...... My lord, even if there is a wall made of earth and stone, we are afraid that we will not be able to resist the siege of the Japanese robbers...... "The strong men in the village almost do not know martial arts." In the face of the attack of the Japanese invaders, the villagers may not be able to survive a round......

"Well...... this question" Kong Tai thought about it and decided:

"I can call the shots and leave you 30 arquebuses! Covered by an earth-and-stone wall, and with arquebuses, it should be enough to withstand a small number of pirates......"

As Comte remembered, he seemed to have heard Marin say that muskets seemed to be very powerful in the defense of the city. In general, the likelihood of large-scale Japanese raids is very small. With 30 arquebuses, it's easy to fend off one or two pirate ships......

So, Kong Tai took the lead and left 30 arquebuses and a few barrels of gunpowder and a related amount of lead bullet to the village of Jilong. In this way, within a year, it can also support two or three battles against the enemy.

In order to familiarize the villagers with the use of arquebuses, Conté also made a special effort to let the fleet stay for two or three more days, so that Wesette could instruct the local villagers on how to use the arquebuses.

At the same time, Kong Tai and Liu Laogen also discussed how to excavate the stone on the island, mix the soil, and build a wall with military defense function to resist the attacks of the Japanese and other enemies. After all, the people of Jilong Village had never seen a military fortress and did not know how to build a tall and strong wall with a military defense function. And Kong Tai grew up in Europe and was used to seeing those fortresses with military defense functions, but it was no difficulty to point out Liu Laogen......

In order to facilitate the mining of stones by the villagers of Jilong Village, Kong Tai also took the initiative to give a batch of axes and chisels to the villagers of Jilong Village, so that they could dig stones and facilitate the construction of the fence.

A few days later, before leaving, Kong Tai also specially unloaded a black cross flag from the ship and instructed Liu Laogen to hang it at the head of the city a year later. If Americago's fleet had arrived and seen the black cross flag, which represented the North Sea Army, they would have known that it was a friendly army. In this way, the possibility of conflict between the two sides is also avoided. With the Black Cross Banner and the letters left by Conté, the possibility of conflict between the two sides can be fully avoided.

What's more, when Kong Tai goes back this time, he will definitely say hello to Amerigo and tell them about the existence of Jicoo Village, so as not to have a conflict between the two sides. And Jilong Village will also become an important helper for Beihai Kingdom to gain a foothold in Keelung in the future......