Chapter 62: The Village

Because of the above reasons, when Yu Xiaotian made the decision to run Taiwan, he had already placed the location he wanted to choose in the northern part of Taiwan, and this time before he came, he had already made the most difficult choice, that is, the location where he landed was selected in Jilong Bay, which was later Keelung Port.

The reason why he chose Jilong Bay is very simple, it is precisely because of the topography and topography of Jilong Bay that it is an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, after the Dutch occupied Tainan, the Spaniards also set their sights on Taiwan, and the landing site chosen by the Xibaya people was also Jilong Bay.

Although the island of Taiwan has not been included in the Chinese territory before this, it has a unique advantage in the Tang and Song dynasties after the maritime merchants and pirates as a place to anchor and rest.

If he Yu Xiaotian wants to drive a solid nail in the island of Taiwan first, there is no other place more suitable than here, as long as he can control Jilong Bay in his hands and hold this place, then he will get a solid forward base in the north of Taiwan, from east to south, is the Yilan Plain in Taiwan, which is a very good place to use as an agricultural cultivation, although the area is not large, but as long as it is expanded, there is not much problem in supporting his food needs.

From west to south, he can enter the hinterland of Taiwan at the mouth of the Tamsui River, manage the waters along the Tamsui River, and also obtain a large area of land for reclamation.

Moreover, by occupying Jilong Bay, he obtained an advance base to the Ryukyu Islands, which could choke the sea passage from south to north to Japan, no matter from which aspect, Jilong Bay is the best choice, so this time Yu Xiaotian will take out nearly one-third of his strength at hand and bring it to Taiwan, the purpose is to take advantage of this time when Taiwan is still a vacuum, and control Jilong Bay in his own hands.

He told Liu Lao Liu a few days ago that the sooner he gets involved in the island of Taiwan, the more beneficial it will be to him, but at the same time, this is also the biggest gamble since he came to this era, if he can stand in Taiwan and hold his territory, then he is likely to become the king of this era, get a vast rear base, and can do more things.

But if he didn't keep his fruit, then this gamble would also bet more than half of his net worth, and if he lost, he would be beaten back to his original form in the future, and he would return to the coast of the mainland in a gray way to kill his little pirate.

However, the visible benefits of this gamble made Yu Xiaotian have to come up with the capital and participate, no matter whether he succeeds in the end or not, he must join in this gamble.

This is also the reason why he couldn't wait to put down all the important things at hand and come to Taiwan with people.

But he still can't guess what impact this Zheng Yiguan will have on him in the future, and he doesn't know whether it is right or wrong for him to let Zheng Yiguan go this time, but there is one thing he thinks that he Yu Xiaotian is himself, he has his principles of life, and since he has done it, he has nothing to regret.

After seeing off Zheng Yiguan, the fleet adjusted its course again, and under the operation of the helmsman, it used starlight and compass as navigation tools to sail towards Taiwan Island.

When there was a hint of fish belly white on the horizon, a coastline appeared in the eyes of everyone on the boat, Yu Xiaotian walked to the bow of the ship in a few arrow steps, raised his eyes to look at the coastline in the distance, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, he couldn't help but want to shout "Taiwan, I'm here Yu Xiaotian!" ”

According to the map that the black head brought back for the first time, plus the black head was also in the fleet this time, leading the way for the fleet, they did not make much effort, and arrived at the east coast of Taiwan Island, but at this time the level of navigation was still very poor, they sailed at night, and could not ensure that the course was completely correct, so they did not sail directly to the coastal village that the black head found them, but the course was a little southerly, and further south, it was to the mouth of the Tamsui River.

After determining their location, Yu Xiaotian temporarily gave up the idea of going to see the scenery of the Tamsui estuary, and ordered the fleet to go north, along the coastline, to find the village they found first, and then determine the next move.

The fleet immediately began to turn north along the east coast of Taiwan, and began to sail north, with a map, plus the first batch of people who came here led the way, they did not stop to explore along the way, and after more than half a day of sailing, Yu Xiaotian walked while observing the situation of the coastline on the ship.

He ordered someone to set up a table on the starboard side, spread out the first map drawn by Liu Tang on the table, put a piece of paper next to it, and began to observe the coastal terrain while correcting the first map drawn by Liu Tang, correcting some inaccurate points drawn by Liu Tang and drawing a new map.

In particular, the location of the highlands and slopes that have not been marked in some places, Yu Xiaotian has re-marked them on the map, at least he knows where there are mountains in the road, how high they are, and the province will not be able to find a suitable reference when he holds the map in the future, which is much more convenient for his subordinates to do things here in the future.

When they arrived at the fishing village on the shore, it was already afternoon, and like last time, the villagers found their traces from afar, and immediately began to sound the gong, Yu Xiaotian saw some people on the shore from afar, like frightened rabbits, fled back to their nests, and it didn't take long for all the villagers outside the village to flee into the village, and some people even lost their small fishing boats on the shore, and even some farm tools and two ploughing cattle were abandoned by them. Lost outside the stockade.

Such a scene made many people in the Sea Wolf tribe laugh, thinking that the villagers of this village were too timid, and they didn't come to rob this time, so they could be scared like this?

But Yu Xiaotian can see from their performance that this fishing village may have been so timid for a long time because of its proximity to the sea and the infestation of pirates in this area, which is also the reason why many civilians who have emigrated to Taiwan are unwilling to live near the sea, and they would rather go deep into the hinterland, giving up the advantages of being able to fish by the sea to subsidize their families, and would rather only live a hard farming life in the interior.

So instead of laughing at the villagers, he ordered the leaders of the boats to put in order, not to make loud noises, to find a suitable place to set sail and stop the boats, and then start ferrying and disembarking in small boats.

The fleet slowly anchored in the sea outside the fishing village, and the sampans and the small boats dragged behind played their role, and the sailors and soldiers on the big ships transferred to the small boats, began to land in batches, and gathered on the shore.

Yu Xiaotian went to the shore and said to Li Dazui: "Rectify your subordinates, don't act without permission, wait for orders, I'll go meet the people in the village, but remember, be more serious in military discipline and show me more majesty!" ”

"Subordinates obey! Please rest assured! Li answered loudly with his mouth and chest and belly on his legs.

Yu Xiaotian nodded and told the other sailors who had landed on the shore that they had also assembled and lined up on the shore to maintain their military discipline and not to move without permission.

After explaining this, he took his guards and walked slowly towards the village.

This village is not large, and the periphery is all erected with logs one by one, fixed with horizontal braces, and driven deep into the ground, erecting a solid barrier for the small village, and becoming a place for the villagers to rest and live.

Outside the village, in the southeast is a large area of farmland reclaimed by the villagers, planting various food crops, including sweet potatoes, rice, vegetables, etc., with an area of about 200 acres.

It can be seen that these villagers have settled here for some time, otherwise it would be impossible to reclaim so much such neat farmland.

In addition, there are a few small sampans on the beach on the shore, which must be used by the villagers here as a means of fishing or transportation, but they have no time to drag these sampans back to the village, so they can only be left on the beach by the sea.

And the scale of the village can be seen that there are only more than 100 people at most, and there will be no more than 200 people in the sky, and at most there are twenty or thirty households, which does belong to a small village.

After approaching the village, he saw that the walls of the village had already exposed the heads of many people at this time, and he looked out, and when he saw Yu Xiaotian walking towards the village with a few guards, these people all shrank under the wall, and did not dare to show their heads again.

Yu Xiaotian stood on his heels about fifty steps outside the village, and felt a little angry and funny when he saw that no one came up, this kind of behavior of these villagers is a bit like turtles, and when they are in danger, they retract their heads and limbs back into the turtle shell, such a performance is really ridiculous.

So he asked Liu Wang to come forward and shout, and asked the person in charge of the village to come out and answer.

Liu Wang went up and shouted: "The people in the village have listened, and our big boss has asked you to come out and talk about it!" ”

But after Liu Wang's shout landed, after waiting for a while, no one showed up to answer, and the village was quiet, so Liu Wang was a little angry, and said angrily: "Is there any living inside?" If there is a pant, come out and speak! ”

But after his words landed, no one spoke, and this time Liu Wang's nose was crooked, and he turned his head to Xiaotian and said: "Big boss, the people here are all fucking deaf, and no one came out to answer!" ”

The black head followed, standing behind Yu Xiaotian and said helplessly: "The big boss of Qiyu, when his subordinates came over last time, they were also like this, no matter how they shouted, they didn't say a word, and they shouted in a hurry, so they threw out some salted fish, a few bags of grain, and a few deer skins from the stockade, but they just refused to show their heads!" ”

After Yu Xiaotian heard this, he was also a little angry, even if the person in charge of this village is afraid of things, at least he knows a minimum etiquette, and now that he has such a big pomp and circumstance, he doesn't even take a head, isn't this too much to put him in the eyes?

He turned his head and commanded the people around him, Zhao Si nodded and immediately turned around and ran back to the beach, and after a while, Li Dazui shouted the password, and drove over with a queue of more than 100 soldiers, neatly arranged outside the village, and after a while, the sailors brought over two tiger squat cannons, which were also placed outside the village, and the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the village.