Chapter 24: Intrigue
Storm exchanged with Yan Changwu and Chen Zhongji happily, showing that he came with kindness, to promote everyone’s friendship, and would not do anything to you.
He said very sincerely, and Yan Changwu said in his heart: "You lie to the children!" Everyone knows that in Storm's eyes, he is a child.
Then Storm changed his words, boasting about the Dutch giant cannons, saying that there are four large ships similar to those outside Hong Kong in Taiwan, and he now brings two of them, while in Batavia, there are fifty. Above, there are large third-tier battleships (second-tier gun deck).
"Our Dutch ship is the size of your dock area and weighs over a thousand tons. It has 76 cannons on the second deck and deck guns!" Storm boasted, showing the caliber of the muzzle.
Seeing Yan Changwu's look of horror, he gestured: "Then...that big ship! 76 cannons! Uncle Chen, all of our cannons don't add up to that many cannons!" (Yeah, good. A big ship is a big gun, a 1,000-ton ship, I’ve seen a 65,000-ton Liaoning ship and everyone is scared!)
"Don't be afraid, as long as you obey us, we won't hit you!" Storm chuckled.
"How many people do you have?" he asked eagerly.
"We have five hundred people!" Yan Changwu showed off his grenadier, long contradictory cards and short knives, without muskets, and Storm was suddenly determined. (The informant/traitor was a trader who went to Beigang to trade and could not enter the interior of Beigang and did not see the Musketeers)
Storm sighed that he was not slow to start, and he gave an order to immediately disarm all the people around Yan Changwu!
Don't pay?
Fire gun at Yan Changwu!
Chen Zhongji shouted: "Let down everyone's weapons! Please take your weapons away, too!"
His voice trembled, and he was really scared. If there was a fire accident, all his efforts would be wasted.
Uncle Zhang translated his words, the same voice trembling.
Beigang sergeants hesitately did not know the movement with swords and spears in their hands. What the Dutch didn’t notice was that Yan Changwu nodded, and the sergeants threw down their weapons and concentrated their heads on one point.
The Dutch controlled the scene!
Yan Changwu said in shock: "What do you want to do?"
is still a child!
Storm tried his best to be gentle and gentle: "Don't do anything, as long as you are obedient, I won't embarrass you!"
asked Uncle Zhang to interpret it to Yan Changwu, and Storm ordered the muzzle to be taken away. He sat on the main seat and turned away from the guest!
"As long as you cooperate, I have no intention of overthrowing your leading position!" Storm asked Uncle Zhang to translate.
"We want 80% of the food you harvest!"
"From now on, you only need to concentrate on farming and leave the military and diplomacy to us. We are good friends and will not hurt you!" Storm said with a bit of humanity: "I swear to God, after all, I also have one in my hometown. A kid as old as him (Yan Changwu)!"
Uncle Zhang told Yan Changwu what he said, and Yan Changwu shouted: "Only 50%!"
"50%, why?" Storm seemed to be negotiable.
"The land we are going to harvest is 20%, 50% for the Dutch, and we have to ask for 30%. If it is 80% and the farmers pay 20%, wouldn't they starve to death?"
The result of the two parties' bargaining was that the Dutch received 60%, and 20% was given to Yan Changwu to maintain, and 20% was left for the people to make a living.
The Dutch are so kind?
Of course they don’t, but they are smart, they will judge the situation, and when they have not completely controlled the scene, they will stay a line in order to smoothly carry the harvest away.
After they control the board, they won't be so easy to talk!
This is the cunning aspect of the Dutch. When they arrive at each new place, they do not rush to use force, but observe the environment and make a good foothold.
For example, when they arrived in Taiwan, they even used fifteen pieces of cloth to buy land from the local indigenous people to build a city (because of their insufficient military strength, if they were sufficient, they would have another face).
According to the Western scholar Duding Ris said: "The Dutch repeatedly demanded to live in harmony with this neighboring race (the people of Taiwan), and defend him against all enemies so that he can live a happy life.
On the surface, part of this sentence is not nonsense. When the Dutch ruled Taiwan, there was indeed a lot of "harmony". For the Gaoshan tribes, they implemented the "principle of national self-determination" that Westerners still talk about today. Respect the election of the elders of the mountain tribes, grant tribal autonomy, and also care for the production and life of the elders of the tribes. They often greet the elders in a cordial manner, and present various condolences every year.
I am also very concerned about the living conditions of children in Taiwan, especially education issues. I understand that “no matter how poor you are, you can’t have poor education.” He pioneered the establishment of schools across Taiwan. When Yan Changwu captured the Dutch territory, he found that there were five Dutch schools. seat. The Dutch promoted "compulsory education" on the island of Taiwan. Taiwanese children in every household in the ruling area not only go to school for free, but children who study well, the government also gives gifts and rewards such as clothes.
Pay more attention to the security work, the Portuguese, Spaniards, pirates, Japanese pirates, whoever comes will beat them, it is very righteous.
The medical work has also been done well. Hospitals have been established, and doctors have also been sent to the fields and even deep in the mountains and forests to relieve the worries of the people who are inconvenient to see a doctor, and administer medicines and treatments.
Everything is to cultivate the pro-Dutch faction and implement long-term stability.
But when they got their feet firmly on their feet, they immediately changed their faces. Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die.
Since he controlled Yan Changwu, he promised to cooperate. The Dutch didn't want to stop him, put him under house arrest, and agreed to two small servants to serve him.
They are in the place where Yan Changwu lived before (the place where he first came to the treasure land, because it is an old house that cannot be sold, and can only be left vacant, but it is maintained), not his new home, if the new home is trampled on by the Dutch, That would be a big loss.
Uncle Zhang was busy, sending food and wine to the Dutch to serve as a soldier.
The Dutchman is overjoyed, saying that the old butler really can be a man!
The old butler is more than a man, he also worked hard, personally led the team to open the merchant ship, and took the cooked vegetables to the sea to comfort the Dutch on the two ships. UU reading www.uukanshu. com
The dishes of cooked dishes have been experienced by the Dutch who have already landed, but there is a freshly cooked dish, and the Dutch who ate it were very moved and called it delicious.
Fried oysters!
The so-called oysters are oysters, and the fried oysters are new products made by Yan Changwu, mainly with sweet potato powder.
Taiwan’s sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes) have already been harvested and marketed. Yan Changwu teaches everyone to dry the sweet potatoes and beat them with water, mix them with water, pour a thick and appropriate sweet potato powder sauce on the frying plate, and then sprinkle the cleaned oysters with an egg and leeks. , Bean sprouts, and garland chrysanthemum lettuce are fried together, topped with sauce, sprinkled with pepper, and taste hot. The taste is sweet and salty, and salty and spicy. It is mouth-watering.
蚵仔餅 is famous for later generations, but it was the first in this period.
Chen Zhongji didn’t say before, “Sweet potatoes are used to feed pigs, but anyone who can eat rice will not eat sweet potatoes.”
But this flavor is different, and it is very popular with everyone. (Oysters are wild, as long as they are willing to go to the beach to find them, they can still be found)
Everyone thinks this old guy is really good, and the things he got are so delicious!
I received another notice from the Dutch on the shore, saying that it was progressing smoothly. They took control of the scene. The locals began to harvest crops, and they could dock the six merchant ships they were traveling with to receive the harvest.
So the six merchant ships landed and received warm hospitality immediately. This trip came right. The Dutchman was overjoyed, and the old guy roared in his heart: "Eat mine and drink mine, I want you all to pay the interest. Come to pay it back!"
For three days in a row, the Dutch are like celebrating festivals, adding shochu and wine every day!
The harvested crops are full of carts, and the harvest is so great that they sent a clipper to inform Orange City to send more merchant ships to receive the grain.
