1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 311 Expansion of Xinxiang Fort
A group of Xinxiangbao soldiers in gray military uniforms covered their heads with light veils and held muskets in both hands. They squatted on the edge of the jungle and watched the battle taking place in front of the native tribes.

"Attention, some natives have come out!" The captain of the village soldier reminded softly, and then turned to see if the captain on the left wanted to issue an attack order.

There were more than a dozen natives screaming and jumping out of the camp, running towards the place guarded by this team of peasant soldiers.Behind them, three or four native servants from Xinxiang Castle chased after them holding their knives.

"The second team attacks and stops them!" The captain of the township soldier ordered loudly: "Rebels, shoot and kill!"

The fleeing natives saw that the woodland was not far ahead, but before they had time to be happy, more than a dozen soldiers with muskets emerged from the jungle, and the black muzzles of their guns aimed straight at them.

"Lin Ah Liu, fire a warning shot!" The captain of the township soldier shouted.

"Touch!" A village soldier fired the musket in his hand, but the direction of the shot did not mean to fire the shot as a warning, but subconsciously fired at the native who was running.

A native fell to the ground in response, fell to the ground, and screamed loudly.The rest of the natives were immediately shocked by the gunshots, quickly halted their steps, and looked back in despair at the chasing servants of the Xinxiangbao natives.

The rushing native servants rushed behind the fleeing natives, reversed the edge of the knife, slashed at them with the back of the knife, ordered them to kneel on the ground, and then separated two people, tied their hands one by one with a rope stand up.After doing all this, several natives nodded to the soldiers in Xinxiangbao with flattering smiles.

The captain of the village soldier waved his hand and asked the native servants to continue arresting the natives in the camp.Then, he turned his head to look at the village soldier who had shot.

"Lin Aliu, are you fucking nervous again? What a good coolie, you just let one shot kill you! How did you get here from training?"

"Captain,...they are going to rush over." The village soldier named Lin Aliu weakly argued.

The village captain shook his head and said nothing.These township soldiers only started to organize training at the end of last year, and their combat ability and will are really questionable.But fortunately, they are currently only dealing with these weak natives, and there are more than 150 native servants charging ahead.Otherwise, if they are brought to Dili City in the north of the island, they will collapse without a single battle.

Last year, Hanzhou occupied Dili City. In order to strengthen the defense force there, Xinxiangbao urgently dispatched more than 200 township soldiers with a lot of experience in hunting and killing natives to support it.According to the instructions of Hanzhou, Xinxiangbao began to expand westward, all the way to the western half of Timor Island controlled by the former Dutch East India Company.In addition to occupying more control areas, there is also the capture of a large number of natives to fill the ever-decreasing number of coolies.

After two years of environmental transformation in Xinxiangbao, dozens of people still die of malaria every year.If you want to expand to the west, you must use a large number of natives and a small number of rural soldiers to initially improve the environment of the newly occupied land.

For this expansion operation, the initial plan of Xinxiangbao was to sweep away the native tribes within [-] kilometers of the surrounding area, expand to the two rivers on the east and west sides, and expand to the slightly higher mountainous area on the north, so as to completely control the surrounding areas .

The second step is to use small boats to expand westward along the coastline, and strive to select a coast within [-] kilometers west of Xinxiangbao before the end of this year to establish a new settlement.

Looking at the calm in the camp, it seems that the native servants have controlled the situation, and more than 100 village soldiers walked over slowly with muskets.

"My lord, everyone in the tribe is here." A native servant leader trotted to the captain of the village soldier and reported with a happy smile.

Guan Zhenlei nodded and looked at the sky. It is probably impossible to rush back to Xinxiangbao at this time. He can only rest in this camp temporarily for one night.However, he was still a little worried about sleeping in an unfamiliar tribal camp.It's not that I'm afraid that there will be attacks by the natives, but I'm afraid that if some of the more than 100 rural soldiers brought in are bitten by mosquitoes and suffer from malaria, the gain will outweigh the loss.

"Set fire and smoke around the tribal camp, and filled all the ponds here." Guan Zhenlei told several township captains: "Also, you are not allowed to fetch water nearby at will, and you are not allowed to expose your head and hands. If Bitten by mosquitoes, suffering from malaria and dying, then he deserves it!"

The captains of the township soldiers have basically lived in Xinxiangbao for more than a year. The officials have repeatedly talked about the death of malaria many times. Moreover, they have also seen a healthy man. When people get malaria, they will have chills first, then fever, accompanied by convulsions, and finally die painfully due to ischemia (anemia) and splenomegaly.

He had finally come here from Daming, thousands of miles away, and he hadn't had enough to eat for a few days. If he died of malaria, it would be too wronged.

"Ah!..." A few screams came from the camp, and then calm was quickly restored, and a woman wailed faintly.

"These natives are messing around again!" A village captain glanced at the place where the camp screamed, and shook his head.It must have been some bold native servants who dragged the captured native woman to the thatched hut and did some shameful things.In this regard, the villagers are just a little shameless, it is not dark yet, so they are so eager to do such things.What a bunch of rough savages.
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"Although they are barbarians, they are also citizens of Hanzhou, how can they wantonly bully them?" Luo Ziwei sternly reprimanded.

I don't know whether Pan Qifeng, the deputy director of civil affairs of Hanzhou, really admires Luo Ziwei's lifelong knowledge in order to please Qitian's future father-in-law.Once inadvertently, he implicitly mentioned that the deputy county magistrate of Kaiyuan County (now Humpty Doo, Australia) died of illness and needed to be supplemented by officials, and one of the school teachers needed to be transferred to the post.

Luo Ziwei also expressed his willingness to serve as an eunuch to govern, to seek survival for the people of one place, and to promote the development of the place.Pan Qifeng immediately appointed him as the deputy magistrate of Kaiyuan County and took office immediately.However, it is a trial for the time being, and the official appointment will only be made after six months of passing the inspection.

Becoming the deputy magistrate of Kaiyuan County in Hanzhou, Luo Ziwei has finally embarked on a career as an official. He is quite full of ambition in his heart, and vows to use what he has learned and work hard to advance the people's livelihood and economy of the area under his jurisdiction, so that the government The treasury is abundant, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

However, Kaiyuan County has only been established for less than two years after all, and various livelihood constructions are in decline. The only thing that can be relied on is the Kaiyuan Mine, which provides a large amount of coal, iron, copper, manganese and other mines for the entire Jianye Mansion, as well as nearby most important gold mine.

After Luo Ziwei and the county magistrate Zhang Tianyi finished their autumn harvest work, they came to Kaiyuan Mine to inspect various tasks here.When he entered the mine, he saw several village soldiers stationed here in turn, brandishing whips and beating two Hanzhou natives vigorously.I was stunned for a moment. A few days ago, a meek and honest farmer changed into a gray military uniform and became so violent.

Luo Ziwei rushed forward in a few steps and stopped sharply.He pointed at a few township soldiers and asked the reason without pretending.

When several township soldiers saw the deputy magistrate of Kaiyuan County coming here, they couldn't help but look a little flustered.

"My lord, for some reason, these aborigines went berserk, destroyed many coal lumps, and tried to attack us with coal shovels." A captain of the township soldier on duty replied with a bow.

The captain of the township soldier said that the coal balls were made by the Kaiyuan Mine using finely divided coal foam, crushed coal and colloidal loess, shaking them like Yuanxiao, and making them into coal balls for later generations.

The craftsmen of the coal mine instructed the natives of Hanzhou to make coal paste with an area of ​​two to three square meters, and then cut it with a shovel to a distance of more than an inch. After cutting one side, turn the direction and cut the other side until it is cut into small squares.Put the cut coal in a sieve and shake it, and put a flowerpot below it to act as a shaft. While shaking, pay attention to dispersing the sticky coal, and sprinkle some coal foam at any time. Later, the small cubes in the sieve gradually rocked into small black balls. After drying, they can be put into the iron stove for fire.

Because people in Hanzhou generally do not have much money in their pockets, these briquettes are generally supplied to collective canteens in various places and some restaurants and restaurants in the city.Of course, some sailors, soldiers, and officials who got rich first in Hanzhou still have spending power.

Luo Ziwei was also a little annoyed when he heard that these Hanzhou natives actually sabotaged production and affected the efficiency of the coal yard.As a traditional scholar of the Ming Dynasty, I also know that the barbarians are afraid of power but not moral, and the natives are stupid and ignorant.But as a government, isn't it just to influence them, to show them that they will devote themselves to the construction of Hanzhou with the righteousness of our Hanzhou.How can such a brutal whipping and humiliation of the aborigines work?It is also possible to let him hold grudges for life, and wait for an opportunity to retaliate again.

"Ask the reason for their madness, and persuade them with kind words, don't be so violent." Luo Ziwei said: "Manpower is hard to come by, and it is easily damaged. Who will do things for them!"

Several township soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, looking at the departing deputy county magistrate, not knowing whether this was to teach the natives a lesson or to persuade them.Everyone looked at their captain in unison.

The team leader scratched his head and said half-understood: "My lord, you want to ask why the natives destroyed the coal lumps and attacked us... Also, don't kill or disable people, otherwise, no one will work !"

All the villagers suddenly realized that those disobedient natives could still be punished in the future, but it was best not to disable them.

Luo Ziwei has lived in Hanzhou for nearly a year, and he also knows that Hanzhou lacks manpower. He cherishes the Han people brought back by the Ming Dynasty. All the hard work and affairs in the harsh environment will drive the natives of Hanzhou or the natives of the outer islands do it.

Luo Ziwei also agrees with this. After all, the descendants of Yanhuang and Huaxia must not be easily wasted in unnecessary mines or tropical jungles.As a traditional literati, although there are some new things that he cannot understand, he even lacks foresight to the future development of current affairs.However, he is not pedantic and old-fashioned, and he also knows that when he lives in another place, he must follow the actual situation and adapt to local conditions.

As for what he said in his mouth, the barbarians are also the people of Hanzhou, which is nothing more than the influence of Confucian Mencius's theory of benevolent government.However, his so-called subordinate management method naturally needs to be classified into different levels.Immigrants from the Ming Dynasty and descendants of the Han people, their status and various personal rights are of course higher than those of the barbarians.But punishing without teaching and wanton bullying may also be a little bit contrary to benevolence and not in line with the etiquette of enlightenment, so I reprimanded the soldiers in the village.

(End of this chapter)