Ming Zuo

Chapter 1325 New Pioneerism

According to the principle of the direction of north to south, left to west and right to east, Africa is below Europe.

Properly lie flat and assume any position.

Today's Africa has long been reduced to a paradise for European colonists.She is losing strength at an incomparable rate, getting weaker and poorer.

The majority of African people look forward to the stars and the moon, and hope that someone or a god will come and save them from this suffering.

And they don't know that their demands have not been realized after more than 400 years.

Perhaps, that day will never come true.

However, on the African continent, which is full of suffering, there is only one place that is so tough that the colonists from all walks of life are bloody and bloody, and they can't get the slightest benefit.

That is Madagascar.

Although it is only an island, although it looks small, it is this island that has been in Africa for a long time, which has been fully occupied. It was not until 1896 that it became a French colony.

But only 50 years later, Madagascar got rid of colonial rule and achieved independence.

The only impression people in later generations have of Madagascar is cartoons, but they don't know that he is an African flat-headed brother, and he doesn't talk too much.

Speaking of which, European colonists are rushing all over the world, but there is also a very interesting phenomenon.

That is, it is difficult for them to deal with any island country.

Like Madagascar, like Ceylon, like Japan...

Another example is Mindanao in Luzon.

On the contrary, land, no matter how vast its area, could hardly resist European colonial aggression.

Is it because the leader of the colonial cause is Britain, and Britain is also an island country?

Only island countries know how to deal with this set?
Especially Dongpu, the later generations gave these white skins a good and ruthless treatment.

In short, the huge fleet came to Madagascar, attracting the attention of the local natives.

Such a large fleet with so many people must have bad intentions.

"Respected Mr. Chief, we are from the far east, and we are a mission to Europa. We have no malice against this place, and we assure the gods that we will never attack you."

The place where the fleet stops, the local name is Mahajanga, and there is a very large tribe.

When seeing the fleet appear, the tribe entered a state of tension.

Because it is on the side of the strait, it has seen many colonists and many battles.People here are always vigilant against outsiders.

However, the local aborigines also do business with outsiders in exchange for what they need.

Outsiders also use it as a supply point and a rest stop.

But it was the first time for the local aborigines to see such a huge and terrifying fleet, and they felt so nervous when they thought that the catastrophe was coming.

The envoys sent ashore by Xia Guo conveyed goodwill to the local chiefs.

The tribe here is named Zankunda, and the chief is named Agabenwang. He is more than 50 years old and quite capable. He has led the tribe to fight against the colonists many times.

The envoys of the Xia Kingdom surprised him, because their appearance was completely different from that of the Western colonists.

"Are you Middle-earth?"

The messenger was taken aback.

"The chief also knows about Middle-earth?"

Agabenwang nodded.

"It was mentioned in the records of your ancestors that you have black hair, black eyes, and are kind and generous."

While speaking, he waved his hand, and the people of the tribe put down their weapons one after another, and the hatred at the beginning was no longer there.

Tears welled up in the eyes of the envoy, who did not expect China to have such a good reputation in other places.

He originally thought that the natives here had seen Zheng He's fleet.

After all, the records of how far Zheng He's fleet traveled are very confusing, and some even say that they have completed their circumnavigation.

But after asking, I found out that many people on Madagascar migrated from Java.

Many countries on the Java side have been vassal states of China for thousands of years, and they have traveled a lot.

It is not surprising that there are such records.

Seeing that the atmosphere on the shore began to ease, Putmans and Menezes felt very regretful.

The Netherlands and Portugal also suffered a big loss here, so they wanted to try to persuade Xia Guo to try.

"Minister Liao, you have also seen that the location here is very important. If Xia Guo occupies this place, all ships going to the east from now on will look at your face."

Liao Zhongjian has black lines all over his head.

"Why do you Europeans always like to attack others? Isn't it good to make friends?"

Putmans and Menezes don't understand Chinese thinking.

"Can friends be exchanged for wealth? Can they be exchanged for hegemony?"

"Why not?"

Because Xia Guo insisted on adopting a friendly attitude, the two had no choice.

They could only follow the Xia people ashore depressingly, and at the same time wanted to take a good look at how the Xia people communicated with these uncivilized savages?
"Dear Chief, you have also seen that we have a large number of personnel and need a lot of food and drinking water supplies, all of which need your help. But we will not take and ask for your things for nothing? We can exchange them."

The Xia people were very kind and respectful as soon as they came up, which made the local aborigines very useful.

Unlike those white-skinned devils, they have to be taught a good lesson before they understand what etiquette is.

Immediately afterwards, the merchants of the Xia Kingdom began to move the goods from the boats and placed them on the shore to exchange food and supplies with the locals.

The level of productivity of primitive tribes can be imagined.

The natives were all shocked when they saw the goods brought out by the merchants from Xia Kingdom.

Even the most common cotton cloth is the most beautiful cloth in the eyes of these natives.

Transparent water cups, sturdy and beautiful shoes, exquisite silk, exquisite and dazzling watches...

The Xia people even put muskets on the counter.

When he learned that the Xia people would actually sell weapons, Agabenwang finally became convinced that these people from the far east were really different from those white-skinned devils.

They really want to make friends.

White-skinned devils will not sell such good things to them. Instead, they will only use these terrible weapons to kill their relatives.

Thinking that as long as they have these powerful weapons, they will no longer be afraid of being bullied by white-skinned devils from now on, Agabenwang and the local aborigines quickly opened their hearts to the Xia people.

Not only them, but all the indigenous tribes with a radius of hundreds of miles heard the news and ran over to make a deal.

If most of the goods hadn't been kept and shipped to Europe, I'm afraid they would have been bought up by the natives here.

Fair trade, politeness and respect for local customs and traditions allowed the people of Xia to become one with the local aborigines as quickly as possible.

The supplies needed by the fleet were prepared at lightning speed, much faster than the previous colonists who cheated and abducted.

And the materials obtained are all the best.

When Liao Zhongjian solemnly promised that Xia Guo's caravan would come over in the future, all the natives cheered from the bottom of their hearts.

Agabenwang even made the decision himself. In a place called Sualala, he gave the Xia people a piece of land, and the Xia people built here independently.

This place is located within the bay and close to the mouth of the river. As long as it is well managed, the prospects are immeasurable.

(End of this chapter)