Chapter 694: The sky-high price of 50,000 guan
Kawashita crawled in the grass, holding a battered monocular, carefully observing a small tribe of natives on a hillside in the distance. When they were in the jungle before, they faintly heard a sharp whistling sound, which was a common way for the Javanese natives to hunt, and the purpose of their entry into the jungle this time was to find these Javanese natives hiding in the jungle, and then kill them, take their heads and hand them over to the hired men.
Since the Great Qi Dynasty issued a decree defining all Javanese natives as terrorists, and stipulating that all non-Han Chinese people, as long as they can provide 100 Javanese natives, they will be granted a real Han Chinese household registration and enjoy the treatment that all Han people should be.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused all the non-Han people to go crazy. Although it is an impossible task for one person to kill hundreds of native people, there is no provision in the decree that the head of the native person provided by the person concerned must be killed by his own hands, that is, the official acquiescence of the Great Qi is the fact that no matter what method you use, as long as you can provide a hundred human heads to the official, then you can obtain a Han household registration.
There are not many people who understand the deeper meaning of this decree, especially those in the upper echelons who are not Han Chinese. Among these upper-class figures, some of them turned out to be big names of their own clan, but later they saw the opportunity quickly, and when facing Li Su's army, they immediately chose to surrender, such as the Su I clan and the Shishang clan of the Wa Kingdom. In addition, some of them relied on their own efforts to seize the opportunities that were much less than those of the Han people, and paid several times the effort and painstaking efforts to slowly climb up step by step, and possessed a large amount of wealth.
However, no matter how wealthy the non-Han elite is. Politically, economically, and in life, they are a head shorter than the Han Chinese. So they want to have a Han identity more than anyone else, but Daqi's requirements for foreign races to become Han are too harsh. Some people haven't even reached the level of a first-class alien, let alone others.
It was also under this circumstance that as soon as the decree of exchanging the heads of a hundred Javanese natives for a Han Chinese household registration came out, these people immediately went crazy, waving the gold and silver in their hands, and competing to hire some famous slave catchers to help them get a hundred natives.
Kawashitashi's team is all composed of Japanese people, and they are known for their brutality, and they are also well-known in the slave hunting world. Some time ago, he received a news from a dwarf black chief in Luzon, who paid a sky-high price of 50,000 guan to buy 100 Javanese native heads from him, each head is worth 100 yuan, which is 100 times higher than the official purchase price, which shows how eager those rich people are to get the identity of Han Chinese. But this has nothing to do with Kawashitashi, he only knows that he is going to make a fortune, so he agrees without saying a word.
It's just that when Kawashitashi arrived in Java, he found that this sky-high amount of money was not so easy to earn. First of all, the Javanese natives went through the great plague of previous years. There are less than a million left, and all of them are scattered in the deep mountains and old forests, and ordinary people can't find them at all. Of course, you can also spend money on the location of the natives from some cities in Java, but these messages are generally not very accurate. And the price is also scary.
Kawashita Ishi stayed for a few days in a city called Palembang in eastern Java, and after many inquiries, he finally came to a conclusion. That is, in a tropical jungle southwest of Palembang, where natives once haunted. But then several teams with the same goal as them went into the jungle to search, but found nothing.
However, this did not discourage the enthusiasm of latecomers. Many teams have the dream of making a fortune and go into the jungle to look for it without hesitation, among which Kawashitashi's team is one of them.
"The number of middle-aged men is between fifty and eighty, according to this ratio, the number of women, children, old and young is definitely more than that of middle-aged men, as long as this tribe can be taken down, then this mission will be completed!" Kawashita put down the binoculars and said excitedly.
Previously, they heard the communication signal sent by the natives when they were hunting in the jungle, which made them immediately judge the location of the natives hunting team, and then when they got there, through some traces in the jungle, they quickly found the location of the small tribe in front of them through the hunting team. It was great luck to meet the hunting team of the natives in such a large jungle, and it also made Kawashita Ishi and his team believe that this time they were favored by God and would definitely get the huge sum of 50,000 yuan.
"Big brother, if we can get that money, we can buy a bigger plantation in Luzon, and there should be no problem with the annual output to feed the whole family, and then we won't have to work as hard as we do now!" Yuji Kawashita, who was next to him, spoke again, but although he didn't forget to speak Chinese this time, he was happy and forgot to call Kawashita Ishi the leader again.
However, Kawashita Ishi was too happy to notice these details at all, only to see that he first calmed down and calmed down his excitement, and years of life and death experience told him that the more he was at the last moment, the more he needed to calm down, otherwise he was likely to capsize in the gutter.
I saw Kawashita Shi take a few deep breaths, and then put away the worn-out monocular in his hand, this telescope was when he first entered the industry, in the thrift stall to buy, although it looks shabby, but it used to be used by the navy, the degree is much stronger than the civilian telescope bought on the market, so he has always cherished it very much, whenever he picks it up, it reminds Kawashita Shi of the hardships he has endured over the years, and thinks of so many difficulties that he has come through, which makes his mood calm down a little.
"How long has it been since the men sent to inform the large army have been gone?" Kawashita Ishi suddenly opened his mouth and asked Kawashita Yuji next to him. The number of people searching for the natives is not as large as possible, and Kawashitashi only brought less than thirty people this time, and it is obviously impossible to wipe out the tribe of more than 100 people in front of him.
However, their Kawashita slave hunting team is not only this person, there are more than 50 people waiting outside the jungle, before after discovering this native village, Kawashita Shi immediately sent someone back to inform the large army, only after the two parties converged, can they have the strength to swallow this big fat meat in one bite.
"The people who went back have been walking for five days, they have a compass in their hands, they shouldn't get lost, and they don't have to run around like we did before, it is estimated that in three days at most, the people behind will be able to arrive!" Yuji Kawashita opened his mouth to say that he was a bit stupid in terms of speaking, but he was strong in calculations.
"Well, good, how much dry food is left now?" Kawashita nodded and asked again.
As soon as he heard his brother ask about the dry food, Kawashita Yuji couldn't help but say with a bitter face: "Chief, in order to ensure that the people who reported the news have the physical strength to rush back, we gave them most of the dry food, and the remaining small part was eaten a few days ago, and now the brothers are hungry." ”
After hearing this, Kawashita turned his head to look at the brothers behind him, and saw that these brothers who had been born and died with him were crawling in the grass one by one, and they were all hungry and yellow. For the past five days, they have been staying in this jungle two or three miles away from the village, not only have they not eaten, but in order to avoid exposing their targets, almost no one has touched the place, but fortunately, they have always been known for their endurance, if it were replaced by other people, it is estimated that they will not be able to hold out at all.
"It's not going to go on like this." Kawashita Shi whispered to himself, although the large army that will come in a few days will definitely bring food, but if the more than 20 of them are hungry again, there will definitely be problems with their bodies, and even if they eat dry food, it will be difficult to have the strength to fight in a short time, so they must find something to eat for the brothers!
Thinking of this, Kawashita Shi took out the telescope in his arms and handed it to Kawashita Yuji, and said solemnly: "Youtwo, I have to find something to eat for my brothers, you take the telescope to monitor the natives, don't let the natives find us!" ”
Hearing that the eldest brother handed over such an important matter to himself, Kawashita Yuji was also very excited, and immediately took the telescope and said: "Don't worry, chief, I will definitely help you monitor those natives, and I will never let them find us!" ”
Hearing his brother's assurance, Kawashita Ishiki also nodded, although Kawashita Yuji is young, he believes that this can still be done, and his father sent him here in the first place, wasn't it just to train him?
After confessing to Kawashita Yuji, Kawashita said hello to several other brothers, and then carried his flying knife into the jungle. His body was strong, even if he hadn't eaten anything for the first five days, but the throwing knives he had practiced for many years were still very accurate, and two hours later, Kawashitashi returned with several prey on his back, including four poisonous snakes, two pheasants, and even a monkey half a man tall.
The reason why there are so many prey is also due to the fact that in the past few days, they have been crawling here motionless, which makes the animals that were originally scared away by them think that this jungle is safe, so they all run back, and as a result, Kawashita Ishi entered the jungle and easily hit so many prey with his skills.
Probably because of the presence of the tribe in the distance, the nearby jungle was a little sparse, and the sunlight could reach the ground, making it not only dry on the ground, but also dry wood to burn. It's a pity that this place is too close to the Turen Village, in order to avoid exposure, Kawashita Ishi can only order all the people to eat prey, even so, these team members who have been hungry for several days still eat very sweet, just look at their faces full of blood, if outsiders see it, they will definitely be scared half to death, because their appearance is exactly the same as the legendary cannibals who drink blood.
In fact, it turned out that Kawashita Yuji's calculation ability was still very accurate, so after another two and a half days, the follow-up manpower of the Kawashita slave hunting team finally arrived, and it also brought rich food to Kawashitashi and them, and as a result, Kawashitashi, who was hungry and had green eyes, finally decided to do something to the native tribe in front of them after replenishing their physical strength! (To be continued......)