Chapter 376: The Hamada Incident
On the ship, there was a Western-only boy about ten years old who was cut in two by the Japanese ronin who was about to become a captive. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
It turned out that the child who was killed was the son of Peter Noiz, the Dutch governor stationed in Taiwan.
The story begins in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, when the Japanese Yabei Hamada led a ship to Taiwan to buy raw silk and wanted to borrow a sailboat from the Dutch authorities to transport the goods back to Fujian.
Because the coast of Fujian was under the control of the newly rising pirate Zheng Yiguan, he was ready to monopolize the trade between the southern Ming Dynasty and Japan. Japanese merchant ships going to Fujian to transport goods back to Japan will definitely be looted, and if the Dutch merchant ships go to Fujian to transport goods back to Taiwan, Zheng Yiguan will open the net.
Of course, the Dutch authorities, who were also eager to obtain the goods of the Ming Dynasty and send them back to Europe for huge profits, naturally refused Hamada's request, and not only that, the Dutch also had to collect a lot of taxes from Japanese merchant ships, so the Japanese and Dutch sides laid the root of the trouble.
At this time, there were not many Taiwanese village communities, and the aboriginal population was also limited, and the larger ones were Xingang Society, Damu Descending Society, Mujia Slip Bay Society, Xiao Lang Society, Madou Society, Monkey Society, and so on.
The number of people in a village community equivalent to a tribe is only about a thousand, and even the language is not uniform, they belong to the Silayan language family, and they are absolutely uncivilized natives without writing, and they often attack each other.
Knowing that the natives of the New Port Society were dissatisfied with the rule of the newly arrived Dutch authorities, Yabei was resentful of the repression of the Dutch, and wanted to take advantage of the conflict between the natives and the Dutch authorities.
In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Hamada lured sixteen aborigines of the Xingang Society to follow him to Japan, believing that Japan could send troops to help the Taiwanese natives attack the Dutch.
Hamada was ready to persuade the Edo shogunate to take an armed anti-Dutch action to try to seize Taiwan on the grounds that he had the support of the Taiwanese natives, but unfortunately the general of Zhengyi thought that the Taiwanese whip commander could not ignore them.
This spring, Yabei Hamada once again led a fleet to Taiwan, accompanied by a total of 470 people, including 16 aborigines from the former Xingang Society.
At this time, the Dutch governor of Taiwan was Peter Nuitz, who received a secret report from Dutch merchant sailors before Hamada arrived in Taiwan, and learned that the Japanese ships were carrying soldiers, cannons, swords, guns and other weapons.
When the Japanese ship arrived at the port outside the city of Geranza, the Dutch suddenly sent troops to board the ship to inspect on the grounds that this was a free trade port and no armed forces of any other country were allowed, and sure enough, a large number of weapons and gunpowder were found, and sixteen natives of the Newport Society who had defected were found.
The Dutch authorities seized all the weapons and gunpowder and put Hamada under house arrest for nearly a week, and Peter Noyz, fearing a diplomatic dispute, released all the Japanese and arrested 16 Taiwanese natives and sentenced them to prison for treason.
Hamada was a highly armed maritime merchant, and it was difficult to distinguish between maritime merchants and pirates in this era, and most of the samurai under his command were outlaws.
He negotiated with the Dutch and demanded the return of weapons and gunpowder, the release of 16 aborigines, the provision of ships to pick up goods in Fujian, and the permission to return to Japan, but the Dutch authorities ignored him at all.
Hamada therefore took violent measures and led dozens of Japanese samurai to launch a surprise attack, breaking into the residence of Peter Nuiz and capturing Peter Nuiz and his family, who were caught off guard.
The Japanese samurai were indeed fierce, wielding cold weapons and using bows and arrows to dare to compete with the Dutch with loaded guns and ammunition, and successfully captured the enemy chieftain, no wonder the Japanese thought that the Hamada Yabei incident was their pride, and Hamada was a big hero.
Peter was captured, and the Taiwanese governor was finally willing to negotiate with the Japanese, and after bargaining, the Japanese got the goods they needed, got the weapons that had been seized by the Dutch, and they took Peter Nowiz's son as a hostage, and Hamada's fleet returned without incident.
Huang Sheng was overjoyed to learn what had happened, and asked his secretary Bian Zhiming to take Shang Muming, Li Ximing, and Ruan Dan to carefully record the incident in Chinese characters, Japanese, Dutch, and Spanish, and let the 230 Japanese who became captives draw and press their handprints, and especially take care of the Japanese samurai who killed Peter Nuiz's son.
This is the historical Hamada Yabei incident, and in the end, it was Japan and the Netherlands that resolved the dispute after protracted negotiations, and now that both parties are dead, is this negotiation still meaningful?
Huang Sheng decided to go to Taiwan to see the Dutch Taiwanese governor, this kid didn't know what to think when he saw his son's corpse? I don't know if he will go to Japan to seek revenge on the Edo shogunate.
If he succeeds in provoking the Netherlands to war with Japan, he seems to be able to profit from it.
Chu Er finally opened his eyes, there were more than 70 cannons on the twelve Zhu Yin ships alone, and when he counted the goods, Chu Er, a rich girl who had seen a lot of money, was shocked, and Hexiang told the master that it was worth 600,000 taels of silver.
"Husband, no wonder the Huang family is so rich, the concubine finally knows how it came about." Chu Er looked at her husband with a smile.
My wife thought she was a big pirate, Khan, Huang Sheng smiled bitterly:
"Chu'er, at sea is the survival of the strong, we have to make a fortune by trade, robbery is only a sideline where can it last long, it is completely lucky, of course it is cheaper to meet the weak, in case of bad luck and strength is not as good as others, you can't escape at sea, not only lose the ship and cargo but also lose your life."
Chu Er shuddered and said, "Husband, our family has too much silver, please don't go to sea in the future." ”
"Wrong, very wrong, not only do you have to go to sea often, but you also have to use the money you earn to build ships, cast artillery and train soldiers, only by ensuring that you can always beat others, can you be safe. If they don't go to sea, the enemy has developed stronger, won't they attack Huangjiawan Island and Daishan Island with their fleets? ”
"Husband, the concubine is worried that you will meet a powerful opponent, you have to be careful!"
"Rest assured, our ship is strong and the artillery will not suffer anyone's losses, and the husband cherishes the soldiers under his command as much as possible to avoid unnecessary casualties, and resolutely refuses to have a vicious battle."
He Xiang often fights with Huang Sheng, and has developed from fearlessness at the beginning to fearlessness now.
She also comforted Chu'er and said: "Sister, don't worry, the master is amazing, back then, our family only had four grass skimming boats and dared to snatch more than twice the size of the Zhuyin ship, but now there are so many strong ships and cannons, there is no opponent within three thousand miles." ”
Huang Sheng looked at Hexiang's calm and confident face, and said to his wife, who was worried about his safety:
"Chu'er, you have to remember that you can't get peace by making compromises, and only by always ensuring that you are stronger can you have such a possibility."
"Husband, the concubine understands, the Huang family must continue to earn money and increase the number of soldiers, horses, and warships to be able to protect themselves."
Huang Sheng took the little Lori into his arms and said lovingly: "To kill to stop killing has to be done, and when your husband can control the situation, the husband promises to let Xiaoxiao disappear, even on the sea, you can't act recklessly." ”
"The concubine believes that there will be such a day, the concubine knows that there is no peace in the world without thunderbolt means, and the concubine will support you no matter what you do."
A flower in a greenhouse, I have seen with my own eyes the reality of the survival of the strong, and I have a lot of emotion, and my horizons have also broadened a lot, knowing that without overwhelming force, it is empty talk of peace.
She was full of joy when she saw that her husband was ambitious, although there were many worries and too many ...... at a loss.