1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 281 Subjectivity of the parties

On the banks of the Song River (now the Catherine River in northern Australia), a two-meter-long crocodile opened its mouth wide, lying on the bank of the river with its eyes closed, basking in the sun comfortably, and did not pay much attention to the birds jumping nearby. .The light brown scales covering the whole body gave it the greatest external protection, and the scales at the tail were extremely sharp, and could easily cut and crush its prey under heavy swings and impacts.

A gust of wind blew by, and suddenly, as if feeling something, the crocodile slowly raised its head.However, a huge fishing net was thrown from the side and was covering the crocodile's body.The crocodile swung its body quickly, trying to retreat to the river to avoid the enemy's attack.

"Quick, quick, pull the rope hard, don't let it run away!" A man shouted loudly.

As he shouted, four or five men at the other end of the fishing net immediately tightened the net rope and dragged it towards the river bank vigorously.

The crocodile writhed in vain, gnawing at the rope net with its sharp teeth, trying to break free.But the fine rope net is strong and not easy to exert force. In the end, the crocodile was quickly dragged to the grass on the shore.

Several iron forks and sticks firmly locked the crocodile's head, body and tail on the ground, making it unable to move.Several people surrounded the crocodile with ropes, tied the crocodile's mouth and feet firmly, and threw it onto a donkey cart.Then, everyone happily went to find the next crocodile lying on the shore.

The Hanzhou natives who followed looked at the Hanzhou lords in awe. There have always been such a large number of ferocious big-mouthed beasts around the river. They dare not come here to fight with them, let alone eat them. Meat.Countless painful lessons have taught them that these natives, relying on ordinary strength and force, are unable to fight against this ferocious monster in the water.

But now these masters of Hanzhou can capture it with only a rope net and a few iron forks.Although driven by them, ridiculed and insulted by them, these natives did not feel angry or wronged. Instead, they felt that after following Master Hanzhou, their lives seemed to be much better than before.

Ferocious creatures like crocodiles accumulate in large numbers in swamps, puddles, rivers, sea estuaries and other places with water in the northern part of Hanzhou.The meat of crocodile is delicious. It is a kind of meat with low fat and cholesterol. Breathing and coughing.

In hunting crocodiles, in addition to satisfying the appetite of Hanzhou people, the most important thing is to obtain crocodile skins.A large number of crocodile skins can be used not only to make leather armor for soldiers, but also to produce leather shoes, leather bags and other daily necessities for people.

At present, more than 900 people have immigrated to Song Castle (now Catherine City in northern Australia). They have reclaimed more than [-] mu of cultivated land along the Song River and planted some grain crops such as sorghum, corn, and potatoes, as well as some fruits and vegetables. .

Commander Lu Yusheng of the Song Castle was not satisfied with relying on the input of materials from the north to barely survive. After discovering that there were many crocodiles in the nearby Song River, he immediately mobilized more than 60 village soldiers to hunt and kill them.Firstly, in order to reduce the potential harm of farmland planting on both sides of the river, secondly, it is natural to want to peel off the crocodile skin and sell it to Heishan Leather Factory in exchange for corresponding money and food, and then continue to expand and develop Song Castle and attract more people. Immigrants arrive.

If we blindly wait for the continuous material subsidies from the civil government and allow it to develop slowly, we don't know that Song Castle will be transformed into Songcheng County and even Songcheng Mansion in the Year of the Monkey.You know, there are no new settlements set up by the Hanzhou People's Government within two or three hundred miles of Song Castle, and there is still a competitive advantage.Beiliangbao in the north (now the small town of Pine Creek in northern Australia) is positioned as a supply transfer point leading to the inland, while Song Castle is positioned as a bridgehead to open up the inland of Hanzhou, its importance is self-evident Metaphor.

At that time, Song Castle has developed, and Hanzhou can rely on this place to go deep inland, and then control this huge piece of land to a greater extent.Therefore, whether it is the county magistrate or the township commander, they must respond to the instructions of the general manager, and they must give full play to their subjective initiative, actively develop local industrial and agricultural production, and promote the improvement of the living standards of the local people.Moreover, the amount of economic output in various regions will be one of the important basis for evaluating officials at all levels.

Therefore, Lu Yusheng, Commander of Song Dynasty, watched the villagers slaughter crocodiles and skin them, and he couldn't help thinking of establishing a local leather workshop.A large amount of crocodile skins, transported back to Heishan City with great difficulty, seems a little uneconomical, and it won't make much money.When I have a chance, I can go to Jianye City to search for some artists who can make leather.Making all kinds of shoes from the crocodile skin here will surely bring back a lot of money and food.
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As for the subjective initiative, the colonial officials headed by Luis A. Mora, a senior official of the Laguna Province of the Spanish and Philippine colonial government and the supervisor of the Calamba Project, are the essence of it.Traveling across the ocean and coming to this remote and remote Far East region is of course not for the purpose of developing the local people's livelihood and improving the living standards of the local people.They have worked so hard to come to the Philippines just for the lovely gold and silver coins and to earn more wealth.

Regarding the establishment of a self-sufficient grain production area in Calamba requested by the Governor of the Philippines, Luis A. Mora has no doubt that this goal will be successfully realized.At present, the seven or eight thousand Ming people gathered in the Kalamba area have cultivated more than [-] mu of arable land through hard work, and planted rice, corn, potatoes, wheat and other food crops.

Last year, the Calamba Tuntian District provided the Spanish colonial government with a total of more than 30 arroba (1 arroba equals 11.5 kilograms) of grain, which greatly eased the food shortage in the Philippines.However, the Ming people in the reclamation paid the price of more than 80 deaths, most of which were caused by fatigue, disease, and malnutrition.

At the end of 1638, the colonial officials headed by Luis A. Mora, the supervisor of the Calamba Plan, took advantage of the opportunity to pay the land rent at the end of the year, and on the basis of the rent of 25 pesos per person, they added 3 pesos to the security management fee and 2 Church donations in pesos.

In order to collect these fees, Luis A. Mora sent more than 50 armed soldiers to forcibly collect them village by village. Ming people who failed to pay or did not pay enough had all their property confiscated, even their daily rations. Compulsory collection.

Although more than a dozen people were killed, more than half of the land rent collected was completed, and a group of colonial officials from Laguna Province also took in a lot.Luis A. Mora also showed his kindness to those Ming people who were really unable to pay their land rent.They were allowed to defer payment for a year, but at the expense of an additional 10 pesos in interest, or a hundred man-days of unpaid work for nearby Spanish plantation farmers.

Facing the Spanish colonists' private taxation, extortion, and cruel punishment and abuse, many Ming people in the Calamba settlement area were like the colonists' serfs.Perhaps some people will suffer silently until the end of life.However, those bright people with a little bit of blood temporarily hid the anger in their hearts.Perhaps, in the eyes of everyone, there is only one opportunity, one spark, and it can turn into a prairie fire.

Cheng Guangyin, the black-clothed guard "Sura" of Hanzhou lurking in the Tuntian District of Kalamba, saw everything in his eyes, and the resentment in his heart became more and more hot.After getting in touch with the black guards in Manila and obtaining a lot of money and more than 30 long knives, they quickly gathered more than 50 Ming people who could not bear the oppression of the Spaniards.They continued to hide among the various villages in the reclamation area, and often captured and killed some Spaniards and native servants one by one to vent their anger.

For several months, because of his decisiveness and concealment, the killing of Spaniards and native servants has never been discovered.And the Spanish colonial officials in Laguna had no doubts about the always docile and honest Ming people.They believed that the missing people must have been attacked by native Filipinos hiding in the mountains.

For this reason, Luis A. Mora organized a force of 200 Spanish soldiers and more than 700 native servants to clear the mountains and forests near the Calamba Tuntian area several times, taking away three native tribes. Captured and killed more than [-] natives as a price for revenge for daring to attack the Lord's people.

"Brother He, there are fewer and fewer Spaniards who are alone recently. And when they come to inspect the village, most of them are equipped with muskets." A tall and thin man is tightly binding a small scythe to a wooden pole On the ground, while manipulating, he was talking to Cheng Guangyin, "They must have doubts about us Ming people, whether we should appropriately reduce the attack on Xiyi."

Cheng Guangyin infiltrated into Kalamba Tuntian District and changed his name to He Guangqing.The dozen or so men around him were carefully selected by him to dare to die, good brothers worthy of entrusting their lives.

"There are seven or eight thousand people here, so it is inevitable that there will be scum who have taken refuge in Xiyi!" Cheng Guangyin said in a deep voice, "Maybe, someone said something to the Xiyi in the city. Otherwise, they would not be like they are now, Every time a patrol comes, more than a dozen people come over, and they still carry their fucking muskets on their backs."

"A dog who has forgotten his ancestors!" Another man held a rag and kept wiping a long knife. "The Xiyi oppressed me and the Ming people so much, and there are shameless people who seek refuge with them. Find them, and we must Make them into sticks!"

"Xiao Ding's consideration is very good. Let's temporarily reduce the attack on Xiyi." Cheng Guangyin said: "We are not sure, so let's not attack Xiyi lightly. Also, we must continue to gather our like-minded brothers, we must pay more attention , be careful and careful, don’t let a [-]-year-old come in and trap us brothers.”

"Brother He, do you think that Hanzhou in the south will really come to help us?" A stout boy of seventeen or eighteen years old asked in a low voice: "Since they teamed up with the Dutch red-haired ghost to fight against Xiyi last year, there has been no one left." There is movement. Can they know our existence? Besides, we are not near the sea, how can they help us?"

As soon as this remark came out, the dozen or so men sitting together stopped their movements and looked at Cheng Guangyin.

"As long as we can do some big things, Hanzhou will definitely come to help us." Cheng Guangyin said firmly: "The sword I gave you was brought by people from Hanzhou in Manila. As for us, if there is an incident in the future , How to get their help, I have to continue to discuss with the people in Hanzhou."

"They won't coax us, will they?"

"No!" Cheng Guangyin said: "If we can encourage seven or eight thousand wise people here to revolt, or occupy this place, or move to the seaside, we will definitely be able to get support from Hanzhou."

He was talking, but Cheng Guangyin felt a little beating in his heart.Originally, I wanted to take advantage of Hanzhou and the Netherlands to jointly attack Luzon again, and I wanted to exert my subjective initiative and make some major events to disperse the Spanish armed forces.But now, the Dutch are actually fighting with us in Hanzhou.So, if there is any big commotion here, will Hanzhou come to support them?
　The chapter table of contents issued in the morning is wrong, but it cannot be modified. I hope readers will forgive me.

　　
　
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