Bainan hoped that he would be able to establish a stronghold in Oahu, especially if he could establish a stronghold here without armed conflict. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Bai Nan knows very well that the method of pretending to be a Nong Lu god will not work, although the natives are relatively naïve, but they do not think that they are really stupid, they may not be long before they suspect that when the time comes, the angry Wahu people will think that Bai Nan is deliberately deceiving.

So, early the next morning, Bai Nan made landfall again.

In the limited Hawaiian language he heard yesterday, after seeing Kaio, Bai Nan directly said, "I am not the god of Nonroku. ”

Bai Nan took out a map, pointed it and said, "This is Wahu, this is where we came from, Datang." Like you, I am a human being, not a god. ”

Although communication was still very difficult, there was no doubt that Kaio and the indigenous wizards and powerful people basically understood what Bai Nan was trying to say.

Kaio was a little messy and a little annoyed, it was he who subjectively believed that Bai Nan and the others were the gods that the Hawaiians believed in, and now they took the initiative to admit that they were not Kagura, which was a red fruit slap in the face.

Bai Nan also naturally defended, this time he brought more marines, and the marines were all fully armed, Bai Nan himself was equipped with guns, if the other party attacked, then they would defend themselves.

While an awkward silence continued, suddenly a sorcerer stood up and shouted to all the confused Wahu, "I see, he is not the Nong Lu God himself, but the spokesperson appointed by the Nong Lu God to the human world!" Only with the power of the Nong Lu God can there be a floating palace, and the fact that the Nong Lu God sent his spokesman to Wahu is a blessing in itself! ”

As soon as Kaio heard the sorcerer's words, his heart immediately burst into flames. This wizard is so good at being sensitive! If Kaio had admitted that he had been wrong in identifying the gods, he would have been a big joke in the tribe in the future. Regardless of whether these people are really Nonglu gods or not, as long as they are related to Nonglu gods and make some incredible things about gods and ghosts, it is enough to bluff the people in the tribe and protect their authority.

Moreover, Kaio is also extremely intelligent. He saw the strength of Bai Nan and the others, although the warriors under Bai Nan looked different from the warriors in the tribe, they gave people a powerful coercion, which made everyone feel awe. Bai Nan had come from a floating palace and had brought with him a lot of magical gadgets, including the sharp and luxurious dagger that had been given to him. Kaio believes that if you deal with these people who don't know the origin, you can get a lot of benefits.

"It doesn't matter if he is the god of Nonglu or not, as long as he stabilizes my position in the tribe and can bring me benefits!" There was an immediate shift in Caio's thinking.

So, Kaio also said to everyone: "That's right, he is the spokesperson sent by the god of Nonglu, who has brought us sharp swords and rare food, which is the blessing of our sincere faith, let us pray to the god of nonglu together!" ”

This time, instead of kneeling down again, Kaio began to lead a group of natives and began to jump away from the great god.

Bai Nan couldn't understand what kind of divine development the other party had carried out, but it seemed that the relationship between the two sides had not become very bad, and this group of Hawaiians was still more enthusiastic about him.

Either way, the engagement with the Wahu is officially underway. Regardless of how this group of natives positioned Bai Nan and the others, Bai Nan's work still needed to be carried out.

Trading with the locals, Lin Youde came in handy. Although many natives still think that the other party is blessed by the god of Nonglu, then things should be given for free, Lin Youde wasted a lot of effort to make the locals understand that they wanted to get their "blessings" and had to exchange things for them.

Before sailing from Los Angeles, Bai Nan deliberately set aside some cargo ship space to collect some Hawaiian specialties. Although there weren't that many tropical fruits in Hawaii at this time, there weren't well-known macadamia nuts, and coffee wasn't even grown. However, there is already sugarcane here, and sugarcane is an important raw material for sugar production, which is of great value to Datang Industry.

However, Bai Nan did not take a boatload of sugarcane to the Qing Kingdom to sell, this time he did not plan to take the sugarcane with him, he hoped to establish a large-scale plantation in the area to produce sugarcane, and then the sugarcane would be transported to California by special merchant ships.

Hawaii is a tropical island, and naturally produces a large number of spices, such as pepper, but most of these spices are wild, so it is not easy to collect, and if you can grow them in batches, it is obviously very cost-effective. Of course, the most valuable spice on Oahu is sandalwood.

The Chinese world refers to Honolulu as Honolulu because of the abundance of sandalwood on Oahu. And in China, sandalwood is extremely sought-after. Buddhists call sandalwood "sandalwood", known as the "king of spices". It is taken from the wooden heartwood (or its resin) of the sandalwood tree, the Sandalwood family, and the closer it is to the heart and roots, the better. Buddhism is even more respectful of sandalwood, so that Buddhist temples are often called "sandalwood", "sandalwood forest". Buddhists call sandalwood "sandalwood", which means "to be happy" and "to give people pleasure". As recorded in "Hui Lin Yinyi": "Sandalwood, this cloud and music, it is said that white sandalwood can cure fever, red sandalwood can go to edema, all are the joy of removing illness and body safety, hence the name and music." "In addition to this, sandalwood has medicinal properties.

Sandalwood is made into sandalwood, often to be put aside for a period of time, and then used after the breath is calm and mellow, there are sandalwood stored for decades or even hundreds of years, at this time the fragrance of sandalwood has been very warm, mellow and can be described as the best of sandalwood. It is also called "Old Sandalwood", and the one used immediately after felling is called "Johor Baru Tan".

However, the sandalwood tree is a semi-parasitic plant that grows extremely slowly, often taking decades to reach maturity. It is one of the slowest growing tree species, and mature sandalwood trees can reach up to 10 meters in height. Sandalwood trees are very delicate and must also parasitize on plants such as phoenix trees, red bean trees, and acacia trees in the seedling stage to survive. The production of sandalwood is very limited, and the demand for it is great, so it has been a rare and expensive wood since ancient times.

Bai Nan just fell in love with the patches of sandalwood on the island.

"This sandalwood tree is so precious and valuable, in addition to making incense, it is made into ornaments, ornaments, and even furniture, all of which are extravagant and expensive. Sandalwood trees are not easy to grow, and it is even more difficult to grow into timber, the ancients said that the axe catty enters the mountains and forests at the right time, and the timber is not worth using. I think that the development of this sandalwood should be carried out in a planned and controlled manner. Lin Youde said to Bai Nan when he was inspecting the sandalwood trees on Oahu.

Bai Nan also agreed, he said: "In our plane, the sandalwood trees in Hawaii have been harvested, and if we want to develop this thing as an industry, we naturally need to control it, on the one hand, we sell a batch of sandalwood that has not been stored and treated, on the other hand, we have to process it ourselves, harvest it in a quantitative amount every year, and we must also cultivate and plant it here in a planned way." ”

Lin Youde said with a smile: "This kind of consideration is very thoughtful. ”

"Anyway, we need to build a stronghold here, and I'm going to leave five clerks and ten Marines on Oahu, and we'll expand that base when the Migratory Bird Program is complete. For the time being, we rely on the labor of the Wahu to carry out some purposeful cultivation and trade, so we need to deal with the Wahu people. Bai Nan explained.

In fact, the Wahu people have gained a lot in the trade with the Tang people. First of all, there is iron tools with great use value, limited by the problem of tools, the life of the Wahu people is still relatively primitive, there is no iron mine in Hawaii, and the Wahu people do not have access to iron tools from the outside. The introduction of iron tools greatly facilitated their lives, so the more wise Kaio, the focus of trade with the Tang people was to exchange iron tools.

In addition to ironware, the most popular are glass vessels. Hawaiians were able to make pottery, but it was rough and not durable. They love crystal clear and durable glassware. Bai Nan's fleet did not have much porcelain in it, as their main destination was the Qing Kingdom, a large porcelain-producing country, or glass products were more popular.

The Wahu people also received some textiles and food from the Tang people, and some luxury goods were also sold. In exchange, the Wahu provided the Tang with a large number of specialties, and most importantly, they contributed their labor.

Built in another stronghold near Pearl Harbor, the Tang people had a lot of machinery to assist in the construction, but the manpower brought by Bai Nan was insufficient, so they asked the Wahu people to help build it. It took hundreds of natives and dozens of Tang people a few days to build a wooden stockade at Pearl Harbor. Compared with China, there are no electric lights and no water pipes, and the conditions are more difficult, but generally such a hard stationing work also means high subsidies and more opportunities for promotion, and they will usually be rotated after six months to a year, so it will not be particularly tormenting.

Bai Nan also told the people left behind to try to teach the locals to grow sugar cane and spices on a large scale, so that after the official opening of the trade route, Hawaii's production could meet the needs of the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang people taught the locals to plant, which was obviously in line with the characteristics of the Nonglu god in charge of Hawaiian agriculture, and this phenomenon was taken advantage of by Kaio, who said that the spokesman of the Nonglu god allowed the Wahu people to plant crops, and the spokesperson of the Nonglu god would return to exchange valuable iron and glass and other items to enrich the life of the Wahu people.

Under such a special cooperation model, a Datang dragon flag was planted on Oahu Island, and Datang's plantation was quietly built.

After completing the mission, Bai Nan said goodbye to his comrades and Kaio who had been left behind, and led the fleet out of Oahu. I don't know what kind of thinking it was, but Kaio insisted that Bai Nan take his daughter Meora, so the girl, who knew that Bai Nan was not the god of Nonglu, followed the Tang people on the voyage to the west.