Chapter 47 Spices However, Pei Xingjian's this time was different, before leaving, Li Zhen gave a death order, and the bandits in Lingnan must be eliminated, but if one is missed, he will be severely punished.
So Pei Xingjian and the others were also ruthless, and no longer reasoned with you, as long as there was a little sign of it, regardless of 3721, immediately lead the troops to attack, and then check after the fight, as long as a little evidence is found, the whole village will die.
As for whether there is any wrongdoing - that is impossible, with the temperament of the barbarians, with the environment of Lingnan, if they can live by farming, who will come out and rob?
Where else will there be any bandits?
The problem is that in the first few slaughters, the guards couldn't do anything in the face of some women and children, but they suffered a lot of losses, and many people died in the hands of those women and children because of their soft hearts.
After suffering several losses, the Guards finally came to their senses, and they no longer showed mercy, and the battle loss rate was greatly reduced.
So don't say that Liu Renliang is cruel and cold-blooded, in this case, you can't help but be cold-blooded, because once you are soft-hearted, it means that you are likely to have put yourself in the most dangerous place, after all, no one knows who the person you let go is, and it will be enough to stab you in the back, in case people compete this time to stimulate the consciousness of being stimulated, write down hatred in your heart, and then work hard, and become a big trouble for Datang in the future - there is a precedent for this kind of thing, such as Hitler, at the end of World War I, A soldier took aim at Hitler, but because the war was over and Hitler was wounded, the British soldier felt that there was no need for another ghost, so he let him go, and then in World War II, Hitler beat Britain and France into dogs......
So, don't think that cutting grass without removing roots, the spring breeze blowing and growing again is just talking.
Half a month has passed, and under the leadership of Zhehe, Datang took the Zhehe tribe as the starting point, and made the specific situation of the surrounding hundreds of miles clear, and successfully drew a topographic map of the surroundings before abandoning it.
Another piece of good news is that with Liu Lie's unremitting efforts, he finally mastered a little Luzon language, although he is not very proficient and stumbles to speak, but the general communication is still no problem.
Being able to successfully communicate with the indigenous Luzon was a huge help to the fleet's exploration mission.
Liu Renliang was happy and directly rewarded Zhehe and Liu Lie with one hundred taels of silver, which made the envious eyes of the rest of the interpreters in the interpreting group redden, and they worked harder to learn Luzon.
Even some people who are not interpreters also study automatically when they have nothing to do, and for a while, there was a wave of learning in the shelter, which made Luo Hansheng and Liu Renliang feel very relieved.
In the base camp, Luo Hansheng was reporting the situation to Liu Renliang: "......
That's the way it is now. ” Liu Renliang pondered: "In other words, this Tusha tribe is the largest tribe within a radius of a hundred miles?"
” "To be exact, it is the largest tribe within a radius of 300 miles on the entire island of Luzon.
Although we have not yet searched for tribes hundreds of miles away, according to the information we have received from the indigenous merchants, only the Yute tribe seven hundred miles to the south and the Momohe tribe four hundred miles southeast of Luzon can compete with them.
Luo Hansheng corrected: "At present, these three tribes are also the top three tribes on Luzon Island, each of them has a population of more than 100,000, more than 30,000 warriors, plus their vassal tribes, it is not a problem to entangle 100,000 warriors in a short period of time, such a powerful force, at least it is not something we can deal with in a short time."
So I think it's best for us to focus on friendship for now. ” "The problem is that people don't want to be friendly with us, and you don't know the situation, we sent an envoy, but the envoy's leg was broken, and the gift was snatched away by them - the Tusha tribe has no intention of befriending us at all."
Liu Renliang smiled bitterly: "It seems that we have made a mistake in our estimation of the situation in Luzon, and if we want to conquer here, we must invest more troops, at least 30,000 elites."
The question is, is it possible for such a large-scale military operation to occupy an island?
Don't forget, our Datang has just finished fighting Nanyang now, and the army is exhausted.
The occupation of Nanyang itself also requires a lot of elite troops, and there is already a vacancy in the strength of the Tang Dynasty, and now we are asking for a military operation of 30,000 people, even if His Highness is willing to send troops, but will His Majesty approve it?
” "Then it depends on whether the things we take out can touch His Majesty's heart?"
Luo Hansheng smiled mysteriously: "Your Highness has a good saying, there is nothing in the world that you are willing to do, and the reason why others are unwilling to do something is because you don't have enough weight." ” "What do you mean, Luo Lao."
Liu Renliang realized: "We will show the interests of Luzon to Your Majesty?"
But so far, we've only explored a hundred miles around, and we've found nothing but a small copper mine. ” "Who says the only thing that is the interest is minerals?"
Luo Hansheng took out something and handed it to Liu Renliang: "Lord Liu, please see, what is this?"
” "It's ......
Spices?
Looking at the leaves in his hand, sniffing carefully, smelling the familiar smell, Liu Renliang's eyes lit up: "Where did it come from?"
How many?
” Needless to say, the role of spices is an indispensable raw material, whether it is used as an ingredient to enhance the fragrance, or as a medicinal material to treat diseases, or secondary processing into various incense, etc.
However, ancient China was not a big spice producer (most of the current spice varieties are foreign, and only a small number of spices such as cinnamon are local products), which has led to the high price of spices in ancient times.
If a large amount of spices can be found here, then the value of Luzon will be immeasurable, although not as shocking as the discovery of Silver Island, but it is enough to attract the attention of His Majesty the Emperor - not to mention that this is an unknown spice, and its value will be even higher.
"It's in a valley ten miles away, and the whole valley is full of this spice."
Luo Hansheng said with a smile: "I asked the guys to try to do it, whether it is soup or barbecue, it can play a role in removing the smell and increasing the fragrance, and the doctors who accompany the army also found that they have the effect of replenishing Yuanyang, warming the spleen and stomach, removing cold, and clearing the blood and veins, and the effect is stronger than cinnamon, which is very rare." ”