Chapter 767: Rooster Village
Through conversation, Kong Tai was pleasantly surprised to find that the village of Jilong Village, called Liu Laogen, was a very gifted person. Liu Laogen not only mastered Putian dialect and the less proficient Daming mandarin, but also understood the native language of the local island. After all, he has lived here for 6 years, and he has not only dealt with local indigenous people, but also learned local indigenous languages to facilitate communication with local people.
As a result, Kong Tai began to think about Liu Laogen ...
Conte ’s idea was that even if Amerigo took the fleet from the Americas to Sheliao Island, it would be difficult to deal with Daming and the local indigenous people without an interpreter. Because the language is not available ...
With the help of Liu Laogen, once the castle on Sheliao Island is built, the garrison of the Beihai State can directly deal with the local natives on the shore. After all, Liu Laogen's language level is very suitable for being an interpreter. Amerigo will certainly promote Chinese translation, but the translation he brings must be the same as that of Kong Tai. He only understands Mandarin, which is close to Daming Mandarin, and cannot communicate with local natives. With Liu Laogen, a language master, you can successfully trade and negotiate with the local indigenous people. In this way, many things can be saved.
Moreover, Liu Laogen and the more than fifty surviving villagers led by him can also provide enough food for the colonists of the newly built castle. You know, this time the Jilong Village was attacked by Japanese pirates. Although more than a dozen people died, most of the deaths were unlucky eggs that ran slowly, or old and weak people who could not run. Most of the men and women in their prime have basically run out with their children. In other words, there is no shortage of labor in the middle age of the Jilong Village, and they can supply food to the colonists.
It can be said that as long as Liu Laogen and his chicken cage village are attracted, it will be very beneficial for Beihai to establish a base on Sheliao Island. Of course, the premise is that Liu Laogen agrees ...
So, Kong Tai asked tentatively:
"Lao Zhang, if our Beihai country establishes a stronghold on this island of Geelong, I don't know what you think?"
"You are going to establish a stronghold on Jilong Island? Just don't know ... what is the reason for your stronghold building? And ... would we tax the villagers in our Jilong Village?"
Liu Laogen ’s response was quick, and he knew very well that if he still encountered Japanese pirates, the Jilong Village would definitely be finished. Therefore, the army of Beihai can be pulled to protect them from invasion by Japanese pirates,
However, Liu Laogen was worried that the army in the North Sea would enslave the people in Jilong Village. So he asked:
"After your country has established a firm foothold on the island, will it impose taxes on the people in my Jigong Village?"
After thinking about it, Kong Tai felt that he could not collect the tax in Jilong Village. In fact, the difference was not that great. After all, even if taxes are collected, this person will not receive a few dollars.
Moreover, if the help of villagers from Jilong Village, such as Liu Laogen, will be greatly facilitated, Beihai will gain a firm foothold on Sheliao Island and obtain a stable food supply point.
As a result, Kong Tai finally agreed to Liu Laogen's bargaining and was willing to give up the taxation of Jilong Village and the contribution of servants after taking control of Dongfan Island.
To this end, Kong Tai also specially wrote a letter of introduction to Liu Laogen, to be forwarded to Amerigo and his party who will arrive in Keelung next time. Presumably Americo and his party will see the letters left by them, and they will definitely treat these people in Jigong Village.
After receiving the letters, watching Columbus's fleet will set off and leave, Liu Longgen, a villager in Jilong Village, said worriedly:
"I don't know if our Jilong Village can insist on the arrival of the next fleet in your country ... if there is another pirate ... old fear ..."
Kong Tai frowned and said that this was really the case. If your own fleet leaves, the next time there is another pirate landing, with the ability of Jilong Village, it will definitely not be able to resist ...
So, after looking at the villages of Jilong Village that were captured and burned by Japanese pirates, Kong Tai suggested:
"Lao Liu, there are many stones on the island. You can mine stones and build a small, tall stone wall ..."
"Stone wall ..." Liu Laogen thought for a while, as if it was really okay. Most of Sheliao Island is a rocky coastal area with abundant stone sources. If you spend enough labor, you can still get a lot of stones.
Previously, the reason why Jilong Village did not build a stone fence was because they did not expect that there would be pirates and attack. Therefore, before they built a simple wooden fence, they did not build a wall of earth and stone structure. For this reason, it was easily broken by Japanese pirates.
"It's just ... adult, even if there is a wall made of earth and stone, we are afraid that we can't resist the siege of the Japanese pirates ..." The strong men in the village hardly martial arts. In the face of the attack of the Japanese pirates, the villagers may not be able to sustain the round ...
"This problem ..." After thinking about it, Kong Tai decided:
"I can make the decision to leave you 30 matchlocks! Covered by earth and stone walls, plus matchlocks, should be enough to resist small-scale pirates ..."
Kong Tai remembered that it seemed to have heard Marin say that the musket in the battle of defending the city seemed very powerful. Generally speaking, the possibility of large-scale pirates is very small. And with 30 matchlocks, it is still easy to resist the pirates carried by one or two pirate ships ...
As a result, Kong Tai took the lead and left 30 firearm guns, a few barrels of gunpowder and related quantities of lead bullets to the Jilong Village. In this way, within one year, it can also support two or three fights against the enemy.
In order to familiarize the villagers with the use of the matchlock gun ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Conte also specially let the fleet stay for two or three more days, so that Wissett could instruct the local villagers how to use the matchlock gun.
At the same time, Kong Tai and Liu Laogen discussed how to excavate the stone on the island, mix the soil, and build a fence with military defense functions to resist the attack of the enemy such as Japanese pirates. After all, the people in Jilong Village have never seen a military fortress and do not know how to build a tall and solid fence with military defense functions. And Kong Tai grew up in Europe, used to those fortresses with military defense functions, and pointed out Liu Laogen, but there was no difficulty ...
In order to facilitate the mining of stone materials by the villagers of Jilong Village, Kongtai also gave the villagers of Jilong Village a group of axe chisels to facilitate them to dig the stone materials and the construction of the surrounding walls.
A few days later, before leaving, Kong Tai also specially unloaded a black cross flag from the ship, instructed Liu Laogen to hang it on the city's head a year later. If Americo ’s fleet arrives and sees this black cross flag representing the North Sea team, it must know that it is friendly. In this way, the possibility of conflict between the two sides is also avoided. The presence of the Black Cross flag and the letters left by Kong Tai can fully avoid the possibility of conflict between the two sides.
What's more, Kongtai will definitely say hello to American this time and tell them the existence of Jilong Village, so as to avoid the possibility of conflict between the two sides. And Jilong Village will also become an important helper for the Beihai Kingdom in Keelung in the future ...
