The plan was finalized.

Li Zicheng and others officially settled down on the mountainside of this mountain range, set up simple tents, set up a small camp, collected a lot of food, and cultivated more than a dozen acres of vegetable fields, preparing to plant some vegetable crops when the temperature warmed.

In addition, it also opened up a fairly walkable road, went to the seafood city, and ran twice, purchased some needed materials, especially salt, spices, medicines, etc., did not buy much, but it can play a great role, and is related to the next step of the plan.

And then again.

Li Zichengbian took a few old brothers and weapons to the medium-sized Maori tribe twenty miles away, tried to communicate with it, and took the initiative to send a small packet of salt and a small bag of sugar as a gift to the patriarch of this Maori tribe.

That's right.

At the beginning, Li Zicheng did not take drastic killing methods, first exterminated this medium-sized tribe, all the men were killed, and the women were left, just like the Western colonial forces and some Ming immigrants did, the purpose was to find a way to lower the vigilance of the natives, make friends first, carry out some barter cooperation, and use cheap salt and sugar to exchange their gold, silver, jade and other high-value resources from the hands of the natives, so as to obtain the first pot of gold.

This kind of model of making a fortune, there has been a certain immigrant demonstration before, the effect is very good, because the barbaric indigenous tribes who fight and kill at every turn, finally belong to a relatively small number, most of them are still more primitive, ignorant, closed, conservative, and honest and honest, as long as they give them a little benefit, they will get unconditional trust, which can be described as extremely simple, and even simple to make people feel ashamed and unbearable, this characteristic has become a good entry point, especially when the strength is relatively insufficient, it is a very good strategy.

As soon as they come up, they will slash and kill, and they will ask for the lives of these natives, which is a more reckless behavior and a sign of not being very wise, and ordinary people will not do this.

And Li Zicheng has a total of 13 old brothers in his hands, even if the combat effectiveness is not bad, but it is undoubtedly more difficult to deal with an indigenous tribe of more than 300 people, even if it has an advantage in weapons, but the difference in numbers is ten times, then the advantage is canceled, and the strength is comparable.

So Li Zicheng them, first disguised as a kind foreigner, took the initiative to take out gifts, greeted this indigenous tribe, set up, made a good relationship, lowered their vigilance and defense, and when the time is ripe, with enough certainty, and then put on another face, hehe, at that time, even if the natives are extremely angry and hate them to the bone, they can only hate in hell, and it is impossible to regret it.

And the natives also have a more fatal weakness, that is, they belong to the migration and residence, and will not live in a certain place fixedly, but there is a lot of food in that place, so they often do not pay much attention to the value of the land, there is no concept of territory, and the consideration is not very long-term, often short-sighted, no medium and long-term planning, after all, their food reserves, at most three or five months, how can they consider things for more than half a year, This is a congenital defect that is impossible to overcome, and it is also a characteristic that can be used by Li Zicheng to make good use of it.

As for the effect, it can only be described with good use.

Li Zicheng's first visit with gifts, he was warmly entertained, that small bag of snow-white salt and sugar, immediately captured the heart of the patriarch of the indigenous tribe, let go of all precautions, and took out the best food to entertain, even if the language between the two sides is not understood, can only communicate with gestures and mouths, but also has a very friendly atmosphere, Li Zicheng and others, were regarded as the most distinguished guests, not only ate the roast whole sheep feast, when resting at night, but also the most beautiful woman of the tribe, carried out the accompanying bed, so that Li Zicheng became them, and enjoyed a different atmosphere, which was a unique taste.

The next two or three months.

Li Zicheng's exchanges with this tribe are becoming more and more frequent and enthusiastic, and he has reached the point where he has begun to recruit the young people of this tribe to work for himself.

Meanwhile.

Li Zicheng, who has learned a lot of indigenous languages, also began his strategy of wooing, trying to find a way to win these indigenous young people to his side, let them become his subordinates, join his own camp, and strengthen his strength.

The method of co-opting is also very useful and effective, mainly in three ways:

One is the food, all kinds of food.

Because the food eaten by the natives themselves is often stewed with water at most after simple processing, and then eaten after cooking, the picture is just a full meal, and there is no pursuit of taste, and it is already a very happy thing to be full.

However, the food provided by Li Zicheng is not only well-made, but also added with snow-white salt, after careful cooking, it is not only cooked food, but also a food with full color and flavor, and the people who eat it are unforgettable, and they can feel the beauty of that kind of food in their dreams, and then let them eat ordinary food, they will be quite frustrated and helpless, and they will not have a good appetite, especially when they are full every day, that is to say, they become picky eaters one by one.

The second is the convenience of the tool.

Take hunting as an example, the indigenous young people use wooden sticks and stones and other weapons to hunt in the forest, often need to spend a long time, and carry out careful cooperation, in order to hunt a few more than a dozen prey, can only meet the food needs of one to two days, it is difficult to exceed three days, and their food preservation technology is not good, even if they hit enough prey at a time, it will rot and deteriorate after a long time, and it is easy to get sick after eating, so they can often only give up, resulting in a certain amount of waste.

As for Li Zicheng's part-time job, it can only be described as relaxed and pleasant.

There are a large number of tools such as ferrules, traps, bows and arrows for hunting, and the traps are placed on the path of animals alone, and hundreds of prey can be harvested every day, so much that they can't be eaten at all.

There is also a tool called a fishing net, which is thrown into the river, and after a while, a large number of river fish come ashore, and there are too many to eat.

As well as the hand saws and axes used to cut trees, the efficiency of cutting trees has been greatly improved, and in a short time, dozens of big trees have fallen down to get enough fuel and materials.

And the highest value, is a kind of food preservation technology, can eat the food, after drying, and then salted, thus greatly reducing the waste, the utilization rate of food, increased to 100 percent, this technology alone, if they can also learn the natives, can make the food reserve, without much labor, out of thin air to increase one-third of the food reserve, is simply a revolutionary technology.

The third is trade channels.

Li Zicheng's camp, although the number of people is only about 100 people, can push a wheelbarrow, often trade with the seafood city hundreds of miles away, and do all kinds of life.

For example, the gold and silver traded to them by the indigenous tribes, and then sold to the seafood city, the middle is about more than 500% of the profit.

There are also some high-grade copper ores, which can be mined by the indigenous young people and pulled to the seafood city, and can be sold at a good price, but if you want to make a lot of money, you have to be large enough.

As well as some other resources in the mountains, such as teak, hazelnuts, animal fur, wild animal meat, etc., etc., the available resources, or very much, Li Zicheng's camp to establish a trade team, from a trip to the seafood city once a week, increased to run every three days, the frequency continues to increase, the number of wheelbarrows, will increase in the future, if you can build a wide cement road in the future, it is estimated that it will be completely developed, and it is not a dream to take off quickly.

And with the channels of trade, there are too many benefits.

As far as the indigenous tribe next to Li Zicheng's camp is concerned, after reaching a cooperation with Li Zicheng and often making transactions.

Their tribe began to eat abundant food, and the taste was a delicious delicacy that brought people a sense of happiness every day.

In terms of dress, the patriarchs and elders of the tribe took the lead in getting rid of the leaves and coarse cloth clothes, and put on the cotton clothes that they had changed from Li Zicheng's camp, which were not only light and strong, but also very fashionable and good-looking, extremely noble and enviable.

There are also furniture, tables and chairs, ceramics, and some tools used for work, all of which are extremely easy to use, and bring great improvements in efficiency.

In such a short period of two or three months.

Li Zicheng's temptation and wooing plan has been a great success, so that most of the young people of this indigenous tribe have the idea of joining Li Zicheng's camp, and they are unwilling to live a displaced and erratic life, including the upper echelons of the indigenous tribes, and they have also been shaken collectively. 'Cooperation' is actually to let their tribes merge into Li Zicheng's camp, and in the future, they will be the main ones and serve him, and lose their autonomy and independence.

This kind of co-optation can still be 'considered'.

It can be seen that Li Zicheng's strategy of winning over temptation is indeed very successful, and it is a huge success, no indigenous tribe can handle these three axes, even if the time is very short.

But......

Slow.

Li Zicheng still felt a little slow.

Not particularly satisfied.

His mentality has become very impatient, he doesn't want to waste too much time on an indigenous tribe of more than 300 people, three months is the limit, if the three-month period of Huai Rou passes, there are still people in this tribe who resist merging, then he will not be polite anymore, and he will have to take some unconventional means.

So a few days later.

On a darker night.

Among the indigenous tribes, there were several terrible screams, which resounded throughout the tribe, causing a fryer-like movement, waiting until dawn the next day.

The tribe's population of more than 300 people was gathered together and saw an extremely bloody scene.

Head.

The head of the patriarch.

The heads of several elders.

There are also the heads of the patriarch's three sons.

It's all put together.

Li Zicheng took a bloody knife in his hand and made a speech to these natives:

"As you can see, the patriarchs and elders of your tribe have been killed, and they have been killed by this knife for reasons they deserve to be killed."

"Their death is deserved, they don't want you to live a good life, they still want to continue to maintain the kind of life they used to have, suck blood on your heads, they want to enslave you, trample on you, they don't think about you at all, and they want to take you out of this place, live back to the old days, and block your right to pursue happiness."

"That's why they have to die, without them, my camp, you can all join, this is a very good thing, a good life is coming soon, you will no longer be strictly restrained and oppressed, you will only live better and better, embrace a better future, so please start cheering, the death of these people is completely worthy of everyone's celebration, and then move to my camp en masse, from now on, work hard for the same goal!"

Li Zicheng waved the bloody long knife in his hand, revealing a rather bright smile, but in the eyes of the natives, it looked a little terrifying and hideous.

Even so.

With the support of those indigenous young people who had been bought in advance, Li Zicheng successfully achieved his goal and realized the annexation of this indigenous tribe, and the total number of people under his control increased from more than 100 people to 500 people, and successfully realized the first wave of expansion.

After having so many manpower.

The construction work in all aspects has suddenly been greatly improved.

This made Li Zicheng's confidence even more sufficient, or rather, extremely inflated.

Therefore, when his camp was still being expanded, Li Zicheng set his eyes on other indigenous tribes in this grassland and attracted their attention.

That's right.

At this time, Li Zicheng's mind was full of expansion, unscrupulous expansion, and he had no intention of making steady progress at all, he just wanted to make some achievements in a relatively short period of time, see remarkable results, and couldn't tolerate the slow pace and efficiency.

And looting and plundering are often the most efficient ways of development.

On this grassland with an area of more than one million acres, there is naturally not only one, but dozens of indigenous tribes, and there are thousands to 10,000 indigenous Maori people living there.

Even if there are big hidden dangers in this way of expansion, some people may be unconvinced, the proportion of the indigenous population is too high, etc., but these problems, Li Zicheng plans to wait for this prairie to be taken down, and then think about and solve them, and now he only wants to do one thing: expansion, crazy expansion.

So he took out all his savings, took people to Seafood City, purchased a large number of weapons and supplies, bought a hundred war horses, and formed a hundred-man cavalry force.

After a short period of training.

Then began the sweep on the steppe.

In just half a month, it fought thousands of miles, annexed several small tribes, and increased the population to a thousand people.

It was only in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, on this day in October.

Li Zicheng took his cavalry again, took the lead, and rushed to a certain tribe, when he suddenly swished, a small poisonous needle, I don't know where it came from, from the back position, entered his body, at first Li Zicheng just felt a little numb, nothing to feel, but after a quarter of an hour, began to feel unwell, that afternoon, he foamed at the mouth, convulsions violently, and swallowed his breath in the evening, as for the cause of death, it was because of a poisonous needle shot from behind, ending his life at the age of only thirty-five.