1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 766
Like other Pingpu aborigines living in the western plains of Taiwan, the Macadao people are a matrilineal social system dominated by women. In the villages with "she" as the unit, most of the important affairs are presided over by respected female members.For these aboriginal tribes who are still in a relatively primitive society, everything has to be resolved through divination and other means to get results, and in the society, they are responsible for hosting sacrifices, eliminating disasters and treating diseases, divination and exorcism, etc. The aunt of the affairs can almost be regarded as the person in charge of the Aga Society to a certain extent.

However, if the decision of how to deal with the arrival of the Haihan people is left to the wizard for divination, the result will be uncontrollable. This kind of risk is not what Haihan likes to see.But Qian Tiandun didn't want to cause unnecessary disgust by pushing the other party too hard when he first contacted, so he politely sent the indigenous representative away.

The Ajiashe is an indigenous tribe closest to the Dagou coast. It is said that the population is more than a thousand. Although it is nothing compared to the giant Haihan, if he can live in peace with the Haihan immigrants in the future, Qian Tiandun will not be afraid. Hope to use force to expel or eliminate these natives.And if it is not handled properly, it will cause a backlash from the entire Macadao people and even more indigenous groups, which will bring even greater trouble to the establishment of the colony.

"These natives are really troublesome." Gao Qiaonan, who watched the entire negotiation process with a cold eye, finally complained after the end: "I promised them so much and they are still talking. When I was in Hainan Island, Lidong Miao Village No one here is so difficult!"

"The people in Lidong Miao Village are willing to obey us, not only because the conditions we offer are good enough, but also because the external environment is also beneficial to us." Qian Tiandun patiently explained to Gao Qiaonan: "They have always It is to obey the orders of the government, but when the government becomes us, the object of their obedience will naturally change. The indigenous people here do not have the government to oppress them, and there is no order for them to obey. , we either use force to coerce them to obey, or we can only lure them."

Gao Qiaonan replied: "These natives are too poorly equipped and have not received formal training, so there is nothing to fight. It seems that they like glass very much, so we can hire them with glassware in the future. Build a glass factory here and give them as much as they want!"

Qian Tiandun said with a smile: "You think too simply. They are only interested in glass because they have never seen it before and find it novel. If this thing can be seen everywhere, how would they have any idea? Don't you know glass wine? bottle interested?"

"My lord taught me the lesson." Gao Qiaonan thought about it, and scratched his head in embarrassment, and replied: "However, if the result of these natives' divinations is that they do not agree to cooperate with us, then it is not too big or too small. Trouble."

"We have never had contact with the natives here, and we don't have any feud and hatred. We refuse to cooperate with us, mostly because the conditions are not in place. The specific conditions can be discussed after they have an answer. It's not just glass and wine, they will always find something they can't resist." Qian Tiandun seemed full of confidence.

Gao Qiaonan didn't argue with Qian Tiandun on this issue any more, but took the gift from the natives from the side and looked at it: "This is obviously pickled deer leg, why is it called meat bamboo shoot?"

A well-informed local fisherman responded next to him: "My lord, the meat these natives eat is all pickled with salt and eaten after it has rotted and grown insects. According to them, the taste is similar to tender bamboo shoots, so they are called "bamboo shoots." For the bamboo shoots."

"Insects?" Gao Qiaonan immediately threw the deer leg to the ground, covered his mouth and nose, stepped forward, cut open the meat with a waist knife, and saw white maggots wriggling inside.Even if he killed people on the battlefield like chopping melons and vegetables, he almost retched when he saw this scene.

Even the well-informed Qian Tiandun couldn't help standing up from his chair in shock at this moment. It was the first time he saw such a heavy taste after traveling all over the world for several years.

The fisherman was not surprised, and continued: "When we first came to settle here, the people of Ajiashe sent a lot of pickled fish, pickled rabbit and deer's offal, all of which were made in this way. I thought they were using this to warn us and expel us, only to find out later that they regarded it as a delicacy."

Takahashi turned his head to look at the earthen jar containing the wine, and couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "This wine...won't there be...is it weird?"

The fisherman replied: "There is no difference in the wine, they are all made from grains. But the natives like sour, so the wine they brew also has a sour taste. We Han people don't like this taste, so we seldom like it. These natives eat together."

"If it were me, I wouldn't eat with them!" Takahashi Nan covered his mouth and nose, and handed the waist knife to his subordinate with a look of disgust on his face: "Take it for me and wipe it clean, don't leave any smell! "

"Sour rice wine with rotten meat, I'm convinced of the heavy taste." Qian Tiandun couldn't help shaking his head and sighed: "This kind of eating habit will probably only be cultivated when food resources are extremely scarce."

The fisherman replied: "My lord! In the early years, pirates would also be active in this area, plundering the villages of these natives, and later they moved to a place closer to the mountains. It is said that the habit of eating carrion slowly grew at that time. Afterwards, the Dutch settled in Dayuan Port, and the pirates did not come here any more. These natives moved back from the mountains and forests one after another. moved back from the mountains."

Qian Tiandun asked: "Do these natives know how to cook cooked food?"

"Yes, yes, but they usually only cook the staple food grains at most, and the dishes are still mainly raw food." The fisherman continued: "They don't have kitchen stoves in their homes, and when they need cooked food, they cook it in Set up a frame on the ground to set up the pot."

"Meat is nothing more than meat, and it can be eaten after being marinated. If ordinary vegetables are all eaten raw, wouldn't it be the same as eating grass?" Gao Qiaonan asked in disbelief.

The fisherman replied: "The natives will mash the vegetables with a stone mortar, add coarse salt, garlic and some other ingredients, mix them and eat them."

"In the final analysis, it is still cooked with salt." Gao Qiaonan couldn't help shaking his head and said, "This can't even compare to the food in the hard labor camp. At least the hard labor camp eats cooked food every day."

The first stop Gao Qiaonan entered the Haihan system was the hard labor camp. He did suffer a lot during that time, but even under the harsh environment at that time, the Haihan people did not give the criminals any spoiled food. people eat.

Of course, having said that, in the environment at that time, the traversers still counted on these hard labor to complete the most difficult and dangerous labor tasks. If conditions permit, they will try their best to ensure that their physical condition can bear the corresponding burden. The labor intensity is high, and they will not use spoiled food to perfuse these hard labor prisoners at will. After all, they are expected to pay for their labor.

In contrast, the living standards of the local Macadao aborigines really deserve the word "hardship", and according to what the fishermen said, the living habits of these aborigines are also affected to a certain extent by the external environment. Cause, it's not that they really like to eat sour and scavenging food.

Qian Tiandun asked again: "Will these natives eat the food you cook?"

"Yes, of course." The fisherman nodded and said, "As long as they come to the village to trade items and meet us for dinner, they will ask us for some food. Even if we don't have much cooking skills, we can make it The dishes are at least much better than what they usually eat. But our own food is also limited, and we usually don’t give them much.”

"This is a breakthrough!" Qian Tiandun nodded thoughtfully.

In the process of expanding the territory, Haihan is also constantly dealing with the aborigines in various places. While offering various preferential terms in exchange for the cooperative attitude of these aborigines, the Haihan people are also constantly using advanced social systems and ways of life to improve their lives. Subtly exert influence on indigenous people.Indigenous villages such as Fushandong in Sanya, which had early contact with Haihan, its members have gradually integrated into the social system of Haihan. Young Li people like Fu Li, who have received Haihan-style education and training, have even Entering the bureaucratic system of Haihan and becoming a senior cadre, the living habits and manners are more similar to Haihan people than the traditional Li people living in Lidong.

For these aborigines with very low living standards, once exposed to the glamorous world outside, most of them will choose to adapt to the new environment and lifestyle. After all, human nature will pursue better enjoyment.What the Haihan colonists have to do is to show these uncivilized or semi-civilized locals the living conditions they can get in the future, so that they can obey and cooperate with Haihan's arrangements and instructions.

The practical effect of this method in the past few years is quite good. Most of the indigenous residents in Haihan's new expansion site have chosen to obey rather than confront. Both the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the military have continued to promote and implement it. The willingness to continue, after all, the risks and costs of peacefully resolving the conflict of interests between the colonies and the aborigines are much lower than those resolved through combat.Senior military generals like Qian Tiandun would not bother to use the blood of these natives to make their own achievements unless they encountered the opponent who took the initiative to attack as they did in Zhuoshuixi last time.

Based on the performance of these natives who have come into contact with the Ajia Society so far, Qian Tiandun believes that the possibility of peacefully resolving differences of opinion is still very high. If Haihan can find the correct contact method, there may be hope that it will gradually become a A force that could be driven or hired by Haihan, as it had been done to the Li and Miao aborigines on Hainan Island in the past.

However, the small gift from the natives really spoiled the appetite of the officers who witnessed this scene. Gao Qiaonan didn't even eat lunch, so he went back to his tent to rest. The maggots left an extremely deep psychological shadow on him.

Originally, Qian Tiandun and the Dutchman had agreed to meet in two days' time, so it stands to reason that they should return to Dayuan Port today.However, in order to wait for the reply from the natives of the Aga Society, Qian Tiandun decided to stay here for one more day, and by the way, collected more complete information about the surrounding areas.When immigrants are transported to settle in Japan in the future, the rules will not be messed up.

The natives of Ajiashe still have a sense of time and integrity. The next morning, the three envoys really came to the Haihan temporary camp by the sea again to ask for an audience.

"Adhering to Alizu's will, the people of Ajia Club welcome you to come to live with us in this beautiful land." The representative of the natives brought a piece of good news. Apparently according to the divination results after they went back yesterday, the people in the club The witch should have chosen to agree to the proposal of allowing the Haihan people to settle down in the local area.Of course, whether this choice is related to the sacrifice of "Sanya Special Brew" offered by the representatives of the natives to the god Alizu is still unknown for the time being. would have made such a decision.

"Believe me, the decision you made is the wisest decision in the history of AGA Society, and your descendants will thank you for the decision you made today." Qian Tiandun said unabashedly.

"At such an important moment, we should drink a glass of good wine to celebrate." Qian Tiandun raised his hand and snapped his fingers and said, "Bring the wine!"

The guards immediately served the wine glasses filled with wine, and there were even a few appetizers—this was specially prepared by Qian Tiandun's cooking team in advance.Although the cooking team equipped by the fleet does not have any powerful means, and the materials at hand are relatively limited, dishes that are very popular in Haihan, such as seafood risotto, barbecue, and sashimi, can still rely on local materials. Made it decently.Although details such as knife skills, heat, and seasoning are far inferior to the chefs in Fort Victory, Haihan's exclusive seasonings and spices are enough to fool these natives who have been eating rotten food in the past.Compared with the seafood they used to eat in the Han fishermen's homes, the method is not known to be much higher.

When the three natives tasted the food, they couldn't stop at all.Qian Tiandun watched them put their hands together and kept stuffing food into their mouths, and knew that his trick should work.To conquer a nation, it may not be necessary to rely on weapons, and delicious food can sometimes play a big role.

"Even if they had any precautions against us before, I think it should disappear after a meal." Taking advantage of the time when the three of them were engrossed in eating, Qian Tiandun said to Gao Qiaonan next to him in a low voice.

"My lord's move is really brilliant. I never thought that I could subdue these uncivilized natives with delicious food." Gao Qiaonan gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely.

(End of this chapter)