"Run, Long Nuo is back!"

More than 1,000 indigenous men, some turned and fled, some knelt on the ground and bowed.

Long Nuo: The embodiment of the forces of nature, the god of agricultural harvests, and the god of banishment from the gods.

Myth prophecy: The god of exile, Long Nuo, will one day take a big ship and lead the soldiers of the kingdom of God back to the island.

Historically, Captain Cook was regarded as Longnuo by the natives. This deity represents the forces of nature, and at the same time has long been banished by the gods. Therefore, on the day of the harvest festival, it is necessary to thank Long Nuo's natural force for bringing food, and to beg Long Nuo's body not to return to the island.

Captain Cook's arrival at the harvest festival frightened the island's natives, so they could only eat and drink and offer them, begging the banished god to leave quickly.

Who knows, Captain Cook left for more than a month and actually returned to Hawaii to repair the ship.

What does this mean?

I have to send him away!

Because in the legend, Long Nuo was exiled after losing the battle for the throne of the god king, and also represented the exiled secular chieftains. For the chieftain who was in power, Long Nuo's return also implied that the chief should be replaced.

So is it possible to speculate that a long, long time ago, the ancestors of the Hawaiian people came to live here by boat? There was an ancestor named Long Nuo, who mastered the cultivation technology and had great prestige, and even wanted to compete for the position of chief. Because of the failure to seize the throne, Long Nuo left by boat with the remnants.

The story has been told from generation to generation, and Long Nuo became the god of nature, the god of harvest, and the god of exile.

According to this understanding, the first leader of the Hawaiian people was supposed to be a man named Carney. Because in mythology, Kani is the ancestral god, the ancestor of all men, and the god of sun, forests, and fresh water.

And the one who fought for power with Long Nuo at the beginning was a man named Ku. Library: God of War, Protector of Chiefs, God of Fishery, God of Handicrafts

To sum up, the first leader Kani died, and the ancestors began to re-elect their leaders. Ku, who is in charge of fishing and handicrafts, and Long Nuo, who is in charge of agriculture, compete for power, and Ku eventually wins, and gathers military power to become the god of war.

Anyway, in the myths and legends, Long Nuo must not return, and once he returns, disaster will befall him.

The chief of Maui, Pap, after fleeing for a while, suddenly took up his arms and turned around, shouting loudly, "Ku God forbid, follow me to expel Long Nuo!" ”

Anyone can escape, anyone can surrender, but the chief must be made of hard steel. Ku is the protector of the chieftain, and Long Nuo is Ku's sworn enemy. If the chief wants to retain power, he must expel Long Nuo!

"God bless, God bless!" Papu continued to shout, trying to rein in the rout.

The high priest was also afraid that his power would not be guaranteed, so he raised his scepter and shouted: "God of the library bless, God of the library bless!" ”

The two nearby mages, encouraged by the chief and the high priest, also shouted together. Singers and dancers, beating drums and dancing and singing, they sang and danced war songs and dances.

In front of them, more than 300 indigenous soldiers regrouped around the Great Chief, who rallied up their morale and rushed forward with their weapons raised and screaming under the blessing of singing and dancing.

At this moment, more than 100 Chinese soldiers had landed and quickly formed a formation on the beach and raised their guns.

"Bang bang bang!"

There was a burst of gunfire, and more than two dozen natives fell.

The natives near the deceased were stunned, so frightened that they stopped charging and shouted in panic: "It's really Long Nuo, he has returned with the soldiers of the Kingdom of God!" ”

Chinese soldiers constantly came ashore, raised flintlock pistols and fired freely. Someone was still in the dinghy, and he didn't have time to jump down, so he raised his gun and aimed and fired.

More and more natives fell, probably thirty or forty dead, and the natives finally collapsed again. No war dance or war song worked, and the indigenous soldiers were afraid of muskets, and even more afraid of Long Nuo, who came back with the soldiers of the Kingdom of God.

This is Long Nuo, and it will take the cooperation of the gods to exile him.

The Hawaiians' reverence for Longno comes from centuries of religious brainwashing.

Historically, after the unification of the Hawaiian Islands, the first king collected taxes in order to centralize power, and it was also achieved with the help of the prestige of Longnuo. The king asked the people of the islands to offer food on the day of the harvest festival, under the pretext of offering to the god Longnuo, and the people of the islands really obeyed each other

Taxed.

The high priest suddenly came to say that he was very old, and he couldn't run even if he wanted to, and he was stunned and didn't know what to do.

Chief Papu looked at the soldiers who had completely dispersed, looked up to the heavens, and said, "Has the god of Ku abandoned me?" ”

As a chief, Papu fears the gods while not believing that there really are gods. But today, the mythological prophecy has come true, and Long Nuo really drove the big ship back to the island with the soldiers of the Kingdom of God.

The high priest suddenly said, "Long Nuo has returned, the prophecy has been fulfilled, and the divine position should be changed." From this day forward, Ku is no longer the protector of chiefs, nor is he the god of war, and these glories should be returned to Long Nuo. ”

The High Priest led the mages, dancers, and singers in a line towards the beach, kneeling down collectively to welcome Long Nuo's return.

Sensing that he had nowhere to run, Chief Papu stepped forward and knelt in front of the high priest. Then, quietly looking up, I wanted to see what Long Nuo really looked like.

"Is this going down?"

Li Quan felt a little surprised, in his mind, even if the battle was lost, the chief should flee back to continue recruiting troops.

The population of the Hawaiian Islands is more than tens of thousands.

Historically, when the Europeans first met, there were about 300,000 people (some say 500,000) in the entire archipelago. The colonists did nothing else, bringing typhus, and over the decades, the population of the archipelago plummeted to less than 90,000.

The island of Hawaii, which used to be "friendly exchanges", may have a population of more than 100,000 at this time.

The island of Maui is now being attacked with a population of at least 50,000. These more than 1,000 soldiers were temporarily gathered, and even if they were dispersed, the chieftain would be able to gather more troops.

Li Quan landed in a small boat himself, and seeing him surrounded by everyone, the natives regarded him as a god.

It turns out that the god of exile, Long Nuo, looks like this!

Papu secretly glanced at Li Quan a few times, and the two looked at each other, which frightened Papu and hurriedly lowered his head.

"You... … You don't understand, what the fuck are you supposed to say? Li Quan pointed at Pap, suddenly not knowing what to say.

Bartering is a good representation, but what should be done to occupy this place? It's so complicated that it's hard to explain.

Pap, who was pointed at was startled, and was a little puzzled at first, but then reacted that Long Nuo was speaking the language of God, and it was normal for him not to understand it. He bowed down and said, "Great Longnuo, welcome your return, and if there is any oracle, please do not hesitate to command." ”

There was no way to communicate, and Li Quan said in desperation: "Arrest these people." ”

The soldiers rushed over and tied the chiefs, priests, mages, singers, and dancers.

Papu was too frightened to move, and asked the high priest, "Is Long Nuo going to kill us?" ”

He replied, "If you want to kill, you don't have to tie it up." Papu said, "Tying them up may be punishable by stoning." ”

Stoning is stoning, which is the prerogative of male criminals, as stones represent hard masculinity. Women are not worthy of stoning, but can only be hanged or strangled by their hands.

"Should...... Probably not. Suddenly, he was scared. Running after those routed soldiers all the way, Li Quan soon received the news that there was a city a few miles ahead.

Cities are very small, with a population of only one or two thousand.

The city walls are made of volcanic rock, with a height of about three meters, and there are no castle towers, arrow towers, female walls and other facilities. Not far from the city, there is also a temple.

The city is called Lahaina, and after hundreds of years, only a small part of the ruins of the ancient city walls remain.

The high chief and the high priest lived in the city, and the rest of the villages were scattered throughout the island, and no more cities were allowed to be built, and it was the only city on the island.

Perhaps it was because they heard that Long Nuo had returned, and many residents greeted him with trepidation, and came out with all kinds of food, as if they could send Long Nuo away by offering food.

"What should I do?" Li Quan asked.

Their original plan was to kill the chiefs and priests, and then conquer the land by force.

But the chieftain and the sacrificial Ma Yu surrendered, and it seems that there can be other operations.

Ouyang Chun reminded: "These civilians are holding melons and fruits in their hands, kneeling down and bowing to us, not at all like surrendering, more like treating us as gods. Perhaps, this can be exploited. ”

Li Quan nodded: "Not bad." ”

Ouyang Chun continued: "We don't understand the language, and the number of people is small, so it is impossible to directly manage tens of thousands of islanders. It is better to keep the chieftains and sacrifices

Division, let them help manage the whole island, and when we learn the local dialect, let them pay some tribute for some food. ”

Ye said: "We have to have our own territory, although it is suitable for farming, it is not conducive to the anchorage of large ships. A few days ago, I sailed around the island, and I have already explored and understood that the most suitable place for a port is due north and west of this island. There are two rivers that flow into the sea, suitable for farming. Further to the left, there are several rivers that flow into the sea, and all of them are flat, which is also suitable for farming. The most suitable place to build a harbor is a large mountain on the west side, and a castle was built by the sea at the foot of the mountain. ”

Li Quan escorted the captured nobles out, and at first no one dared to move, and they were stunned for half an hour, and finally their families approached.

Li Quan sent people into the city again, expelled all the residents in the city, and arranged them as family units.

"Those who stay by lottery, go over and choose a wife." Li Quan said. The dress of a married woman on the island is different from that of an unmarried woman. 75 The soldiers who decided to stay singled out the noble girls and grinned one by one.

These natives, especially the aristocracy, are very much in line with the aesthetics of the Chinese, and can even be said to have a high average appearance.

Their faces and appearances have Caucasian characteristics, so much so that some anthropologists mistake Hawaiians for Caucasian mestizos. At the same time, there are characteristics of East Asian people, and the data of various sizes of skull fossils are very similar to those of northern China.

Chinese research has found that the fossilized bones of ancestors unearthed at Shandong sites such as Dawenkou are highly similar to the bones of Hawaiians. Therefore, some people speculate that they are the result of the Dongyi people who crossed the sea and mixed with other races.

Identified from the Y chromosome, they are also close relatives of the Chinese. Take the Indians as an example, if the Indians are distant relatives of the Chinese, then the Hawaiians can definitely be called cousins.

These indigenous nobles, when they saw that the Chinese had picked up their own girls, began to rejoice in horror.

Although the status of women is low, there is no custom of dedicated women's sacrifice here. The nobles speculated that it was the gods who took a fancy to their daughters and wanted to marry them and bring them back to the kingdom of God, which meant that the gods would also leave.

Li Quan had dozens of young girls with him, and the captured nobles were escorted around the northwest corner of the island by boat to Kahului, the largest port on Maui in later generations.

There are villages, as well as local aristocracy.

All the local nobles were expelled, and Li Quan led people to occupy their houses, and

Local civilians and slaves were not allowed to leave.

As for what to do with the expelled nobles in the future, the great chief will arrange for most of them to set aside a piece of land in the mountains.

Many supplies were given, 50 soldiers and seriously ill people were left behind. Li Quan then sent the nobles back to the city, replenished a little fresh water and fruit, and left.

The chieftain Papu was confused and asked the high priest, "Why did Long Nuo leave some soldiers in the north and let them marry our daughters?" ”

The high priest did not answer directly, and asked the chief to take a few slaves to the temple to perform human sacrifices.

After some psychic work, he said, "I have communicated with my father, and my father has told me that the god Ku has provoked the wrath of the people in heaven and has been expelled by the gods. The gods welcome the return of Longnuo, who from now on is the protector of the chief. Long Nuo resented our rudeness to him, and personally came down to admonish him. Long Nuo also left behind his own divine kingdom guards, and let these guards intermarry with the daughters of nobles, and garrison Long Nuo on the island for generations to come. ”

"I see." It dawned on Pap.