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Chapter 591 Purchasing Land

The Native Hawaiian chief, Alay'alapai, is now very frightened and worried.

God Longnuo returned during the New Year's Day. As the messenger of the gods in the mortal world, he did not dare to resist and could only serve him with all his heart.

But now, these messengers of God Longnuo have stayed on the island for too long. Longnuo can bring harvests and food, but it can also bring disasters, and after February, it is the time for the War God's library.

If Lonnuo had stayed on Hawaiian Island, what if Ku, the god of war, blamed them and no longer protected Hawaii, but instead protected their enemy Maui?

The indigenous chiefs of these islands are not isolated from the outside world. Instead, they build "battleships" (small sailboats) for each other. They conquer each other every year, plundering each other's population as human sacrifice slaves and free labor.

However, worries remain worries. The Alai'ala faction certainly does not dare to forcefully expel and kill these Chinese "gods" who are unwilling to leave, as they did with the British in another time and space.

It's not because the Chinese look more similar to them, it's just that there are too many giant ships incarnated by gods. The Alai'ala faction thought that all giant ships can spit out thunder and lightning, which they must not be able to defeat.

The reason why Native Hawaiians are generally considered not to be immigrants to the Americas is that their appearance is very different from that of Indians, and their skin color is also completely different. On the contrary, they are very similar to Asians.

Alai Alapai was being invited by Kang Zifei to meet at the beach. On the way, he asked the high priest accompanying him: "Priest, why did the envoy of God Longnuo suddenly invite me to the beach?"

The high priest didn't know, so he could only guess: "Is it almost February (think of it as the indigenous concept of time)? That beach is also a place blessed by gods. God Longnuo may be the god who will return to him." country, so I have to say goodbye to the chief and give him blessings from the gods.”

When Alai'ala heard that the "god envoy" was finally leaving, he said, "I don't want any blessing from Longnuo, as long as these god emissaries leave as soon as possible and do not interfere in the mortal world."

For this Alai'ala faction, the blessings from the gods are not as important as his position as chief in the mortal world.

As the joke goes, the Roman Pope is often the false believer who least believes in God.

On the coastal beach in the west of the Big Island of Hawaii, a total of 1000 Ming army soldiers are gathering in formation.

The emperor equipped the fleet that sailed to Yinzhou with 1000 regular soldiers. Most of the soldiers were from the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong. They were also equipped with 1300 flintlock guns. 1000 were normal configurations, 300 to deal with emergencies, and 100 more. A handmade rifled gun from the Nanjing Ordnance Bureau.

At this moment, the 100 rifled guns at the bottom of the box were also drawn out by Kang Zifei and placed at the front of the military formation.

The Alai'ara faction was puzzled: "What is the messenger doing?"

The high priest said: "Maybe they are gathering soldiers from the Kingdom of God."

Before the Alaiya faction could ask any more questions, they saw these soldiers from the "Kingdom of God". Suddenly, under an order, they all raised their sticks. Not far in front of them, there were more than a dozen soldiers. The head was cut from the wild boar with a rope.

These wild boars broke free and immediately spread their hooves and ran towards the dense forest.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

After a round of gunfire, more than a dozen wild boars were beaten into pieces before they could even run a few steps.

Alai Alapa was startled at first, and then his face was full of fear. He had just seen from a close distance that those "Kingdom of God" soldiers just raised the strange sticks in their hands, and the sticks began to spit out fire and thunder (gunshots).

Then, these rough-skinned wild boars were instantly killed by the thunder and flames spit out by the sticks.

This is so scary!

The Alaiya faction was not only amazed at the power of these divine envoys, but also frightened that these divine envoys had approached him at close range many days ago with such powerful divine sticks.

Before the Alai'ala faction could figure out the intention of the God's envoy, they saw those giant ships with the incarnation of the power of the gods suddenly extending their cannon barrels, and the barrels also began to spit out thunder, fire and thick smoke. .

"Boom boom boom!"

The continuous firing of cannonballs caused the sea to become choppy, like the anger of gods.

It was indeed the wrath of the gods, at least that's what the Alai'araites and his high priests believed.

The two of them hurriedly fell to the ground, one after another, and shouted: "Long Nuo, forgive me, we should not be disrespectful to you. We will go back immediately to prepare human sacrifices and sacrifice them to your kingdom of God."

When trouble comes to an end, people are sacrificed. This is both barbaric and may be for survival.

After all, this archipelago is isolated in the Pacific Ocean, isolated from the world, and has limited resources. It is impossible to provide unlimited population reproduction. It can only consume the excess population through human sacrifice and a strict class system.

The Maori people of New Zealand, who are similar to them, have even fewer resources and even have the custom of cannibalism.

Kang Zifei saw that the indigenous chiefs and priests on the island were intimidated by his own force, so he personally stepped forward to help them up: "Longnuo... we... the angels... this beach land... serves as a port for ships. …These are all rewards.”

After that, he handed over a saber, a piece of his regular clothes, and a jade ring finger on his hand.

The Alaiya faction was a little confused and asked the high priest: "What did the messenger say? I only heard Longnuo. Did God Longnuo have any prophetic orders? And what are these things for?" The high priest also Confused, he could only say vaguely: "These things should be gifts given to you by the divine envoys. The divine envoys should really be leaving, but they still hope to gain your trust, Chief."

Alai Alapai said: "You want my faith?"

The high priest thought for a while and said: "Changes have occurred in the Kingdom of God. Longnuo and God Ku may be competing for the throne of God. Now it is Longnuo who has come down to earth to gain your trust and support, chief."

The Alai'ara faction was relieved at first, but then they became worried: "Lonnuo and God Ku are competing for the throne. What can we mortals do to help with this matter between the gods?"

The high priest's eyes darkened: "Human sacrifice...and this land."

Different from the chief's concern, the high priest's attention was always on Kang Zifei, the "god envoy". It was easy to see the other party's request for this beach land, and even those "gifts" might be Buy capital.

The Alai Ala faction said: "There is no problem with human sacrifice. This is what Longnuo deserves. This land is also a place blessed by the gods. If Longnuo wants it, give it to them. But if we want to believe in Longnuo, will God Ku If you are angry, it will be God Ku’s time soon. What if God Ku is angry and no longer protects us?”

The high priest shook his head: "What belongs to the gods belongs to the gods, and what belongs to the mortals belongs to the mortals. Moreover, it is different now. Long Nuo sent an incarnation to the earth and showed his divine power. Long Nuo will become the new guardian deity of the tribe."

Alai Alapa suddenly realized: "So that's it."

The process of purchasing the land went quite smoothly.

The Alai Ala sect respectfully accepted the "gift" sent by the "god messenger".

Within one day, this large piece of beach forest on the west coast of the island, as well as a nearby village, were all owned by the Longnuo Divine Envoy (the Ming Dynasty Fleet).

The nobles living here were expelled by the Ming army, while the villagers and slaves were left behind.

Kang Zifei was able to talk so easily not only with the blessing of his identity as a god, but also with his powerful force, thus deceiving and frightening these civilized but not fully civilized natives.

This land, including nearby villages, has a small population and is generally undeveloped.

When we come next year, we must bring some technical talents and immigrants to colonize the area and build a port base.

The entire Big Island of Hawaii, based on the island area and tribal population density, must have at least tens of thousands of people. It is almost equivalent to a county in Ming Dynasty. If you want to capture it with a thousand soldiers, it is no problem, but to rule effectively, you must transport a lot of immigrants and encourage intermarriage.

Kang Zifei left Wang Hu's battalion of soldiers stationed on the spot, replenished them with enough supplies, and left the one hundred rifled guns behind. Then he gathered the fleet and prepared to return to the Ming Dynasty.

The Alaiya faction held a grand farewell ceremony for the fleet, and asked the high priest: "The envoy of Longnuo has left, will the human sacrifice still be carried out? Moreover, the envoy of Longnuo left, but he stayed Some soldiers of the Kingdom of God are in the sacred land in the west."

The high priest said: "Human sacrifices must still be carried out, and they must be pious. As for the soldiers of the Kingdom of God in the Western God's Land, they will inherit Longnuo's will, and as the protectors of the chief, they will protect and protect this land for generations."

What the Alai Ala faction really wanted to ask was whether Longnuo would come back and whether it would threaten his position as chief. Now he was finally relieved: "I see."

The Ming Dynasty "peacefully" obtained colonial strongholds from Hawaii, but this was only temporary because the native Hawaiians regarded the Chinese as divine envoys, while the Chinese side believed that the land already belonged to China.

As time goes by, the number of ships traveling to and from Hawaii continues to increase, and the immigrant population and garrison coming to Hawaii continue to increase. Sooner or later, conflicts will intensify.

At that time, it is inevitable to have a fight with these native Hawaiians.

By the way, this native Hawaiian chief named Aleia Alapai was the father of the founding king who would establish the Kingdom of Hawaii in the future.

The Ming Dynasty's voyage fleet was stranded on the Big Island of Hawaii for more than half a month, but the accompanying merchants were not dissatisfied at all. On the contrary, they felt that their departure was too hasty.

If not for anything else, just because they found sandalwood on the island, and there was endless sandalwood to cut down.

Yes, Kang Zifei got the news that there was sandalwood on the island, and it was these merchants who discovered it first. To be precise, some merchants' sailors discovered that the firewood they used for cooking looked very similar to sandalwood when they were buying livestock from the natives.

To these merchants, this is not an isolated overseas island!

This is simply a mountain of gold and silver floating on the sea!

If the merchant ship's warehouse could not hold too much sandalwood, and their food supplies and the goods used to trade sandalwood were not much, most of which were potatoes, the food that the indigenous people already had, they might not have been able to ship all the merchant ship's cargo long ago. The warehouses were packed to the brim.

Even the small number of merchants who were still reluctant to sail to Yinzhou began to consider that Yinzhou was still too far away. If I came directly to this island, cut down the sandalwood and transported it back to sell, wouldn't I be able to make money?

Moreover, the voyage to here is even closer to a third.

This situation is bound to happen, and there may even be many merchants coming here in the coming year for the sandalwood. Kang Zifei may have to break his promise to bring more merchant ships to Yinzhou.

(End of this chapter)