Wei Duyan successfully became the leader of the third batch of immigrants. Because he was a bandit leader himself, the nickname "Xiao Xiahou" was still very prestigious.
Because there was no need to pay taxes, the previous two groups of immigrants did not have real leaders. Therefore, a few fair-minded people were elected to coordinate and resolve disputes, which was completely a state of "governing by doing nothing".
Wei Duyan didn't care about all that. He named his territory "Xinxiang". He also wanted to continue to expand eastward. When the territory was large enough, he changed its name to "Dezhou" because Wei Duyan was from Dezhou, Shandong.
Wei Duyan had served as a military officer before, and he also had the military mentality in his mind. He proclaimed himself "the Governor of Xinxiang", appointed Governor Tongzhi, Governor Qianshi and other positions, directly implemented semi-military management, and even wanted to copy the Ming Dynasty's guard office
system.
However, Wei Duyan only knew a rough idea of the guard system. After all, he was not even considered a regular soldier before. Moreover, he was far away in a foreign land with hundreds of businesses waiting to be prospered. The persecution was too great. Maybe the immigrants would directly rebel, and Wei Duyan did not dare to
It really oppresses the people.
Before Lin Shiyi was about to leave, Wei Duyan took the initiative to come over and have a private chat: "Lin Qianhu (Jinyi Haiwei Qianhu), I want to trouble you with something."
"Aren't you going to glare at me with your one eye?" Lin Shiyi asked with a smile.
Wei Duyan was very thick-skinned and he apologized: "Lin Qianhu is joking. Before, we were young and could not see Mount Tai. From now on, we will need Lin Qianhu's help here, otherwise we will have to eat rock salt like the natives.
Wearing linen."
Lin Shiyi said: "Don't worry, the salt and cotton cloth will be delivered to you on time. If you let the captured natives dig for gold, they will exchange the gold for supplies, but it will definitely be very expensive."
Not only is it expensive, it's a blatant robbery, but the immigrants have to obey.
Because the Mediterranean climate cannot dry salt, and there are no salt mines nearby, we can only travel far away to get a little bit of rock salt. Only indigenous leaders are eligible to enjoy the rock salt, or during major celebrations.
Food is usually carefully stored. Many Indians do not eat salt. The salt is obtained from animal meat and blood.
The immigrants were stuck just by eating salt.
Even if there were enough manpower in the future, a group would be specially set aside to cook sea salt, which would still be the exclusive preserve of immigrants at the seaside. Wei Duyan's group of people was quite far from the coast, and without ships, they would have to make a long circuit around the land to reach them.
Moreover, Tan Haibo must contribute gold to the court. If Wei Duyan dares to occupy the gold rush river section, they will be greeted by a baptism of fire.
Wei Duyan said flatteringly: "Liujin River and Shining Gold River are both the property of the imperial court. Of course, I have the responsibility to pan for gold for the imperial court. Any little things I can get in exchange for it will be a reward from the imperial court. I just want to invite Lin Qian."
Hu, please transport some more people and weapons next time. The younger ones will try their best to dig for gold to make up for the loss of Lin Qianhu in transporting people and weapons."
Lin Shiyi narrowed his eyes and stared at Wei Duyan: "What idea do you think I don't know about you kid? It's just to expand the population, occupy a larger territory, and become a local emperor here!"
Wei Duyan's thoughts were seen through, and he could only smile awkwardly: "How dare you, how dare you."
"You dare to rebel, what else don't you dare to?" Lin Shiyi sneered, "My surname is Ling, Liang Shui Ling. I was the number one general under King Ning back then. He once commanded a hundred thousand navy to fight against the government. You are causing trouble.
Shandong has been in Shandong for several years. How many soldiers have you led at the most? If you hold them to death, you can have thousands or tens of thousands. When it comes to rebellion, you are not enough!"
Wei Duyan was dumbfounded. This was a thief meeting his ancestor.
Lin Shiyi patted Wei Duyan on the shoulder: "Put away your evil thoughts and find gold for the imperial court. As for expanding the population, recruit a few more indigenous women and take your subordinates to have children slowly. It will take dozens or hundreds of years to give birth to him.
, maybe your grandson can become a local emperor. As for transporting immigrants, of course I have to be lucky. This is an errand assigned by Wang Shangshu, but it is definitely not transported to you!"
Wei Duyan was very frustrated. He only had more than a thousand people. Even if one person could give birth to ten children, he would have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse to establish a country.
Lin Shiyi left, and Wei Duyan could only lead his men to harm the indigenous wives they had snatched every night. They worked hard day and night, just to give birth to more descendants.
But their ambitions have not died down. Unlike the previous two groups of immigrants, they only know how to live a small life by farming.
He organized some indigenous slaves to go gold mining, and then organized some slaves to farm, fish and hunt, while his own people practiced day and night and searched upstream. It only took less than a month for them to discover the tribe again, and it was a relatively docile small tribe.
Wei Duyan didn't care whether he was docile or violent, they were all barbarians and aliens. He led a group of old thieves and launched a surprise attack at night, directly wiping out the tribe and once again expanding his number of slaves and women.
Even if there are too many slaves in the future and the Han people really can't manage them, they can still select obedient slaves. Let them kill several of their own tribesmen with their own hands and completely betray their tribe. This move is called a certificate of surrender. As long as they pass the test of a certificate of surrender
, he was promoted to slave management. After thoroughly proving his loyalty, he could even be assigned a wife and become a freshly minted naturalized Han Chinese.
Rogue thieves have their own methods!
These guys are very cruel and no more kind than the Spanish colonists. Moreover, they have the talent of snowballing and are infinitely smarter than those Spanish bumpkins.
Of course, violence and cruelty are not a long-term solution.
If you don't know how to stop, if you don't reform the methods of governance, there will one day be internal chaos, and then slave uprisings will continue.
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Lin Shiyi took the collected gold and led the fleet to continue southward, and soon arrived at "Xinquan Town".
It was a private commercial colony established by Quanzhou maritime merchant Chen Gao.
There are many businessmen who want to go overseas to make a fortune with Tan Haibo, but Chen Gao is the only one who really dares to take action. Chen Gao doesn't want anything else, he just wants to come to America to pan for gold. He went to Nanyang too late and didn't even pay attention to the smelly dog shit.
To a sip.
However, the surrounding areas of Fushan were occupied by the imperial court, so Chen Gao's fleet could only continue southward. Soon they found a large river that was very suitable for farming and living. Chen Gao simply dumped the victims there and let them farm the land while looking for gold mines.
.And in memory of his hometown Quanzhou, he named this place "Xinquan Town" (Los Angeles).
A year has passed, and the gold mine has not been found, so the more than 60 refugees are happy to be in Shu. Unfortunately, there are no women among the commercial immigrants, and the more than 60 men lack entertainment life. Out of hunger and thirst, they also start to prey on nearby tribes.
But they were just victims of the disaster before, and they were recruited by Chen Gao to go to sea in order to survive. Although they also had weapons in their hands, they only dared to build wooden fences to protect themselves, and did not have the courage to attack the indigenous tribes.
Then just spend money to buy it!
An iron pot can be exchanged for several female slaves captured from tribal wars.
They were all poor people, Han disaster victims, and indigenous female slaves, so they formed families in Xinquan (Los Angeles).
It doesn't matter if they look ugly or they can't speak Chinese. These female slaves can work. As long as they are taught carefully, they will be good wives who can do housework. Chinese can also be taught slowly. Han disaster victims all love their wives very much.
tight.
Even though the maritime merchant Chen Gao did not deliver supplies on time and they had been without salt for several months, they still lived a happy life. The husband and wife were harmonious, men farmed and women weaved, and there were no corrupt officials. It was like a paradise.
"Chen Gao's fleet hasn't arrived yet?" Lin Shiyi asked.
Yang Fu, the elected leader of the victims, said: "When I came back to Mr. Lin, I didn't even see the shadow of the boat. We haven't been able to eat salt here for a long time. No one knows how to boil salt. I boiled some with sea water a while ago and it tasted astringent."
Very good. I still use it as a treasure. I only dare to lick it at ordinary times, but I really can’t spare my hands to boil the salt."
Lin Shiyi asked again: "You haven't found gold yet?"
Yang Fu shook his head: "I didn't find it."
Lin Shiyi asked again: "What can you sell to me?"
Yang Fu said: "No one knows how to hunt here, so I just set traps and caught a few wild beasts with some tanned furs. I also planted some tobacco seeds that Mr. Lin brought last year, and they have been dried."
alright."
"Damn it, I can make a lot of money wherever I go, but here you are doing a loss-making business," Lin Shiyi ordered his men, "Give them a few bags of salt and some cloth. Take away the furs and tobacco leaves, and let them pack enough fresh water.
Get some wild fruits and bring them back to the boat."
Yang Fu was very grateful and said quickly: "There are still vegetables. We planted some vegetables."
Lin Shiyi said disgustedly: "How many vegetables can you grow? It's not enough for my crew to stuff their teeth."
Yang Fu was so ashamed that he said bravely: "Mr. Lin, Cao Min's wife is pregnant. I estimate it has been several months. Master Lin is knowledgeable, can you give Cao Min's child a name?"
I'm just a water bandit, do you think I'm still knowledgeable?
Lin Shiyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Your place is called Xinquan. Just name it Yangquan. It can be used by both boys and girls."
Yang Fu hurriedly kowtowed and flattered: "What a good name. Mr. Lin is very knowledgeable. I would like to thank Mr. Lin for the name!"
The request for a name was false, but the relationship with Lin Shiyi was real. Maritime merchant Chen Gao could not count on him. This immigration point had to rely on Lin Shiyi to transport supplies.
Rogue thieves have their own ways, and ordinary people have their own ways of living.
Lin Shiyi continued to go south by boat. On the Inca Empire side, he was exploring Haibojuhai and was still waiting to receive weapons. This trip was mainly for arms trade.