The conditions of the indigenous tribe are very simple, even the place where the tribal patriarch lives is a shack.Zhang Yida and his entourage exchanged the camphor refined by the tribal natives for the camphor extracted by the tribesmen in the way of barter.The camphor natives also have to use it themselves, in the past, they only refined a little for their own use, but now they refine more, which can be exchanged for expensive cloth and pottery, so that the natives are very grateful.In order to thank the group for bringing them much-needed daily necessities, the tribal leader also taught them to build earthen stoves, build wooden houses, make tables, chairs, benches and wooden beds, kill Taiwanese serows at night, light bonfires, sing and dance to celebrate the transaction, and welcome Zhang Yida and his party.Zhang Yida's swarthy face revealed a flush, and with the strength of wine, his eyes glanced at the tribal girl.Originally, Zhang Yida was angry about being kicked out of the army, but at this time, he has completely let go and feels that it is also very good in Taiwan.He thought that the tunzi he built with his own hands was growing stronger day by day, and his brothers could also eat enough, and he built a village in poverty and white, and he felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.At this time, everyone in the tribe was smiling, eating serow meat, the girls were dancing, and toasting Zhang Yida from time to time.The tribe is poor, and the girls heard about the life of the Han people in the village outside, and they all wanted to follow Zhang Yida and them to live in the Han village.At this time, when the celebration was in full swing, suddenly a tribe native exclaimed, pointing to the east mountain, only to see that there was a fire in the sky.Zhang Yida and the others looked at it, and their hearts suddenly froze, there was a tribe of Atayal people, there were sixty or seventy people, and they had sold camphor to Zhang Yida.Seeing the flash of fire on the mountain, and vaguely hearing the sound of muskets, Zhang Yida and others exclaimed: "It's Xiyi!"
”Camphor is a good thing, it can go to the wet and repel insects, the Han people who landed on Taiwan Island need it, Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Nanyang all need this thing, Xiyi is adrift at sea, colonizing many humid and hot areas around the world, and there is also a demand for camphor.Taiwan has been rich in camphor since ancient times, and the annual output of a region in Taiwan has accounted for seventy or eighty percent of the world in history, and the camphor has good color and hard quality, and contains huge benefits, and the colonists naturally coveted it.Historically, the British smuggled camphor in Taiwan and could get 150,000 silver coins a year, but the British were still not satisfied with this, and in order to occupy and monopolize Taiwan camphor, they also fought a "mothball war" with the Manchu Qing known as the "Third Opium War".When Zhang Yida collected camphor, the Spaniards actually discovered camphor and began to buy mothballs, which were then shipped to Nanyang and sold at a high price.At this time, Spain was no longer the strongest country on the sea, but it was still strong, with colonies all over the world.The Spaniards dug up large quantities of silver in the Americas, most of which were shipped to China, where they were prepared to buy Chinese silk, tea, and porcelain.After the Manchu Qing Dynasty banned the sea, the Spaniards traveled thousands of miles to bring silver, but they could not buy goods from China, which made the Spaniards anxious.Silver must have purchasing power in order to be considered money, and if you can't buy things, the Spaniards in the Americas will not work in vain.At this time, the Spaniards discovered the camphor on the island of Taiwan, so they began to pay attention to this thing and buy it, but the silver may not be useful to the primitive tribes of Taiwan's barter, and the two sides could not reach a deal, so the Spaniards directly used force, robbed the native tribes, confiscated camphor, and captured the natives as slaves, strengthened the fortress for them, reclaimed the land, and became serfs.After the First World War on Jintang Island, the strength of the Dutch in Taiwan and even in the entire Nanyang began to weaken, and Zheng Zhilong was restrained by the dispute between the Ming and Qing dynasties in the interior, and the Spaniards in the Nanyang became vaguely powerful and began to expand their strength and occupy colonies.At this time, the natives saw that the tribe in the distance seemed to be burned, and immediately the people were panicked, and hurriedly ended the celebration, and began to impose martial law on the tribe around the tribe.In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Yida and his party were invited out of the tribe, and everyone hurriedly set out on the way home.Compared with attacking the Turen tribes, the Spaniards were actually more willing to attack the Han people's tunzhuang and lay down a tunzhuang, not only to obtain abundant food and materials, but also to take away a large number of high-quality Han people as slaves, which is undoubtedly much more than fighting a Turen tribe.Since the Han people came to the island, they have been in constant conflict with the Spaniards, and the Spaniards have destroyed many tunzhuang, and the generals of Taipei Wei have also organized tens of thousands of tun troops to attack the Spaniards, wanting to pull out the Spanish stronghold in Taiwan.However, in the face of the siege of nearly 10,000 tun troops, the Spaniards hid in the fort of San Salvador in the chicken coop, and the tun army besieged the fort for three months, with heavy casualties, and the Spaniards continued to transport food and soldiers from Manila to guard the fortress, making it difficult for the cantonment army to trap the Spaniards, and finally had to withdraw from the siege in a hurry because of the lack of food and grass.After this withdrawal, the commander of the Taipei Wei felt that it was difficult to defeat the Spaniards, so he abandoned the tunzhai in the east of Tamsui, moved the population to the west of Tamsui, and took Tamsui as the boundary with the Spaniards, the northeast was the Spanish ruling area, and the southwest was the Han people's cantonment area, and the two sides were at peace for a while.Now the Spaniards crossed the border to the west of Tamsui, although they attacked the indigenous tribes, but it also made Zhang Yida's expression tense.At this time, Zhang Yida and his entourage, after leaving the Tumin tribe, hurried to the tunzhai with their things, all worried that the Spaniards would sneak attack their tunzhai."
Big boss, Xiyi actually touched the west bank of Tamsui, will our tunzi also be harassed by Xiyi!"
A burly man, following behind Zhang Yida, he is still used to calling Zhang Yida the master.Zhang Yida shook his head, "I can't say for sure, when we go back, we will first take the money to the Acropolis to buy weapons to defend ourselves, and then find some masons and strong men to build the wall of the tunzhai to feel at ease." ”The group walked cautiously through the jungle, those Xiyi were well-equipped, and the people were tall and big, and it was more difficult to deal with than Jiannu, if they met, they would eleven people, I am afraid they would have to die for a lifetime.After three days of trekking, they finally entered the Han people's reclamation area, and saw a tun village, the wall of the village was destroyed, and black smoke rose from it, obviously by Xiyi's poisonous hands.Seeing this situation, everyone was even more anxious and hurriedly continued to hurry, but at this moment, a brother who was exploring the road in front suddenly came back and said in a low voice: "Big boss, there are Yi people in front." ”Everyone was shocked, and Zhang Yida said with a black face: "How many people?"
”"Six!"
The man licked his lips and said.When the next group of people tiptoed and cautiously touched it, they looked into the woods, and several Yi people were resting, talking in Yi language, laughing from time to time, not knowing what to say.
(Thank you for your support, ask for a monthly pass, recommend, subscribe) ()