During the Three Kingdoms period, after the arrival of the Soochow fleet in Taiwan, the Central Plains Dynasty established its nominal rule over Taiwan, but for thousands of years, the island of Taiwan remained undeveloped.It was not until the Ming Dynasty that the Han people went to the island on a large scale and gradually developed the island, so that the southern part of Taiwan slowly ended the barbaric era.In northern Taiwan, the Spaniards built the city of San Salvador in 1626 in the Jilong area, but the Spanish only established a trading base with China, and their colonization was mainly plundering, not for the purpose of developing Taiwan, so northern Taiwan is still a dangerous wilderness.At this time, in the Tamsui River Basin, where dense tropical forests are growing on both sides, a team of more than ten men, carrying large bags and small bags, trekked forward against the stream and into the depths of the mountain forest.The first black-faced strong man, covered in sweat, squatted by the stream, washed his face, turned his head to the people behind him: "Take a break, and you will be there in half an hour!"
”The black-faced man is none other than Zhang Yida, the original owner of Tianmu Cottage and now one of the hundreds of tunzhai chiefs in Taipei.Zhang Yida and his cottage people, after coming to the island of Taiwan, found that the island was not peaceful, but at the same time it was full of opportunities.For the Han people, as long as the land is suitable for survival, it is easy for the Han people to take root and live much better than the local natives.Zhang Yida came to Taipei in the autumn of last year and divided a large piece of land, but those lands were all primeval jungles overgrown with trees and weeds.Zhang Yida originally thought that he would die of illness in Taiwan, and felt sad and indignant that he had not been able to do something big, so he died in such a nest.After his body was healed, Zhang Yida was very curious about what those white crystals were, so he studied and inquired, and finally learned that these crystals are called camphor, which are extracted from a camphor tree on the island of Taiwan, which can not only clear the customs, promote stagnation, and dispel filth, but also kill insects and relieve itching, and repel insects and dehumidification.This discovery made Zhang Yida have a flash of inspiration, and found a business opportunity, there are hundreds of thousands of Han people on Taiwan Island, who are tortured by the dampness and mosquitoes on the island, and die of illness every day.Zhang Yida is not a peaceful person, in his early years, because he couldn't stand the hard days of digging in the field, working hard for a year, and not having enough to eat, he worked as a foot businessman, and later the local chaos, the goods were robbed, and the businessman was not good at doing it, so he fell into the grass and became a robber.Although the Wei Institute gave Zhang Yida and them a large amount of land, after Zhang Yida discovered the business opportunity of camphor, he resolutely decided that Lao Ji would take some people to the fields, while he would go to those primitive tribes in exchange for camphor.Since the beginning of the first lunar month, Zhang Yida has led people through the vast jungle to find primitive tribes to trade, but at first his transaction was unsuccessful, and he even almost lost his life.This is because the natives don't recognize silver, and he has nothing to exchange, and the second is that most of the natives on Taiwan Island are fishing and hunting people, who are very fierce and like to cut off people's heads.Once Zhang Yida went deep into the hunting ground of a tribe and suffered an ambush from the native tribe, fortunately Zhang Yida was brave, and the native sneak attack failed, and the first person was captured by Zhang Yida alive.Zhang Yida let go of the native, and the natives saw that Zhang Yida was actually not malicious, so he became friends with Zhang Yida, and Zhang Yida's business really opened.The native is the son of the leader of a branch tribe of the Atayal people, Zhang Yida got his care, and more than a dozen local villages nearby can pass safely, and the business has finally improved.Zhang Yida traveled to several tribes, exchanging cloth, shoes, and salt, not only monopolizing the camphor of several Atayal tribes in the upper reaches of Tamsui, but also buying a large number of furs, and then reselling them to the Han people in various tunpu in Taipei, in exchange for food and materials, and also providing supplies to the supply and marketing cooperatives, making a lot of money.Although the time for them to arrive on Taiwan Island is short, they are better off than those who have been in Tunpu for a year or two, and all kinds of living materials are complete, which has led the Han people in several surrounding Tun to also begin to collect camphor and start business with the natives.At this time, Zhang Yida and his party rested by the stream for a period of time, and then continued to hurry.They crossed the mountains and came to a native tribe, and the children of the tribe immediately surrounded them and shouted in non-standard Chinese: "Uncle, uncle." ”Zhang Yida's dark face showed a kind smile, and he took out some pastries from the package behind him and distributed them to every child who came around.Recently, Zhang Yida has come to these natives every half a month to collect their boiled and refined camphor, and then bring some necessities to these natives.The children were already familiar with Zhang Yida, and happily took the snacks from him and ate them happily one by one.Most of these indigenous tribes are very poor and not highly civilized, and most of the children are naked and barefoot.After Zhang Yida finished distributing the snacks, he asked a subordinate to unwrap the package, took out a pair of shoes from it, put them on a teenage child, and then stroked the boy's head.After the smuggling trade in the south of the Yangtze River was hit hard in the forbidden sea of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhao Ming did not have cloth and tea to trade, and could not exchange sulfur, iron, swords, and leather from Japan and Korea, so he began to use the existing materials to manufacture shoes, hats, socks, clothes and other deep-processed products for sale.However, Zhao Ming's business was not very successful, and the newly manufactured goods could not be accepted by Japan and North Korea for a while, resulting in a backlog, so they were placed in the supply and marketing cooperatives, and the external consumption was turned into domestic sales.The shoes that Zhang Yida took out were mass-produced by female workers, and they were not very expensive, and he often brought some things and gave them to the children and poor people in the Turen tribe for free, so as to have a good relationship with them.Previously, the process of producing camphor was very simple, and there was not even a stove in the tribe, which was very backward and primitive.After Zhang Yida entered the tribe, he not only collected camphor, but also helped them build a Chinese earthen stove, which greatly improved the efficiency of the natives in refining camphor and brought more wealth to the natives.This made the attitude of the natives in the tribe towards Zhang Yida and his party change, from vigilance to trust and welcome.This is just like the Chinese in Africa, the Chinese cultural genes, the code of conduct, and the barbaric and selfish Western barbarians, acting very differently.At this time, Zhang Yida finished sending the children and walked into the village, and the local patriarch had already led a group of native men with whale faces to greet them, each with a warm smile on their faces.
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