Dragon Sea Empire

In the guard camp, in Yin Feng's special wing, Lin Xiao, the deputy director of the company's security department, Mai De, the battalion commander of the guard, Li Yue, An Heping and others gathered here for a meeting.However, Yin Feng was not there yet.

He and Zeng Jingshan are having another meeting outside.

"Why did you send Zeng Jing back to Quanzhou?" Zeng Jingshan asked.

Yin Feng smiled faintly: "She is the one who wants to leave."

"You, you..." Zeng Jingshan didn't know what to say for a moment.

Yin Feng said: "I am not familiar with the place here. She is a woman, so there is no need to suffer here. After the Chinese New Year, we will all go to sea. She is too lonely in Taiwan. Let her go back and take care of her father-in-law."

He patted Zeng Jingshan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You should also find a woman and start a family."

Zeng Jingshan shook his head, his thin shoulders trembling: "We'll talk about it when we get back to Manila."

He is the adopted son of the Zeng family, and he has been busy with business for many years; every time he goes out to sea for trade, he is taking risks. In fact, he himself knows very well that he is a substitute for the son of the Zeng family.At the beginning of the year of the Manila incident, if Zeng Yue hadn't insisted on going to Luzon Island to open a business, Zeng's parents would not have let Zeng Yue take the risk himself.Zeng Jingshan has always felt guilty about Zeng Yue's death, thinking that he did not do a good job as a substitute.He avoided Yin Feng's probing gaze, sneered at this and said, "Quanzhou Huaxing Lianhao has gathered hundreds of commercial firms, and has already handed over the second copy of Wanmin to avenge the victims of Lu Song to the governor. Now, it depends on how the court handles it." gone."

Yin Feng also sneered: "Huh, what else can I do? Go in for a meeting, they are all waiting for us."

This meeting was temporarily decided by Yin Feng, and all the people present at the meeting were his close relatives.At the meeting, Lin Xiao suggested that all the troops should be pulled out, and a raid should be carried out on the whole island to find out all the Japanese people and drive them out without leaving a single one.

Yin Feng reported the situation of the Ministry of Agriculture and various tuntian manors to everyone: Now, not only the Japanese invaded northern Taiwan, but also conflicts between indigenous people and Chinese company personnel appeared everywhere.Therefore, the strength of the guard cannot all go north.

In order to control and monopolize the trade of leather goods, preserved deer and fish between Taiwan and the aborigines, Yin Feng once proposed to implement a licensing system.Later, due to the Dutch invasion of Penghu, the permit project was delayed, and then the trade problem with the Dutch. The implementation of the permit was only started a month ago.Chunghwa United Corporation announced that the fur and fishery businesses in Taiwan are exclusively owned by the company. For this reason, it issued hunting and fishing licenses to Han Chinese who came to Taiwan, and assigned the hunting grounds and fishing grounds of the aborigines to Han Chinese. Only license holders are allowed. Passengers go hunting and fishing.However, those who hold the license can get the company's armed protection, and the company will also buy their products at a high price.The Japanese are not allowed to hunt or buy fur goods on the island, and the permits are only issued to Han Chinese who come to Taiwan to make a living.

Any hunter or trader who does not hold a license, once discovered by the company, will confiscate all harvests, and may also be caught as a coolie.

This permit is also the only proof of identity and proof of being protected by the company after the Han people enter the aborigines' living area.The Chinese United Company and the surrounding indigenous villages have reached a peace agreement, and each indigenous village must protect the lives of the Chinese company personnel.Therefore, as soon as the permit system came out, the number of Han Chinese who entered the indigenous areas for hunting increased greatly.

The license system cannot limit the production activities of the aboriginal people, but because the hunting grounds of the aborigines are often visited by Han people, and the weapons and equipment of the Han hunters are more effective than those of the aborigines, some aboriginal villages that mainly focus on hunting and fishing feel When the economic life was greatly affected, the harvest was greatly reduced.This situation is most prominent in Huweilong to the north of Yaogang, because that area is the area with the richest products.

The relationship between the residents of Huweilong and the Han Chinese deteriorated rapidly in a short period of time during the year when the aboriginals stored food.Due to the reduced harvest, the residents of Huweilong began to frequently attack the Han people who came to fish and hunt, and regarded the Han people as their enemies.This not only damages the company's trade, but also is a provocation to the company's ruling authority in Taiwan Island. In Lin Xiao's view: "If the villages in the north and south who are allied with us see that this kind of contempt for our company is not If we are punished, then all our efforts to maintain peaceful relations with the aborigines in the past year will be in vain! When we go north to Danshui to conquer the Japanese pirates, we must go through the Huwei Longshe, so let's deal with them as well!"

Zeng Jingshan questioned the authenticity of the information: "Although the hunting license system has greatly increased the number of Han Chinese living in the Turen villages, why are there attacks against the Han people in various places at the same time? You must know that four of the Siraya people The head of the Dashe just came to Taiwan and Hong Kong to form an alliance, and I personally received them. The number of Han people who go to Madoushe to catch fish is not more than before the license was issued. Why are there incidents of killing Han fishermen there? Also, the south The natives of the Beinan community crossed the village community boundary to kill the Han people in other village communities, so what’s going on here?”

Everyone felt that something was wrong, Yin Feng scratched his scalp, feeling a little irritable.

Regarding the relationship between the company and the natives of the island, Yin Feng has always advocated peaceful coexistence.He is not a racist, nor does he have extreme nationalist ideas, and he knows that the Pingpu aborigines, represented by the Sirayas, have been almost completely assimilated by the Han people in the past 200 years.They are not Japanese, Spaniards, and Dutch are life-and-death enemies, but partners of China United Corporation. It is impossible for them to use knives and guns to engage in genocide and kill them all. Yin Feng also Can't do it.

Yin Feng turned his head and saw that everyone was looking at him. He coughed and said, "Everyone knows what I have always advocated, but the killing of our company employees and protected persons is intolerable. However, I feel that the natives from all over Tainan They suddenly opposed us together, and at the same time, a large number of Japanese people came to northern Taiwan, which may be related,"

Several people had suddenly realized expressions, only Zeng Jingshan continued to question: "Could it be that all this was done by the Japanese? Why?"

"This is not surprising. The Japanese have long had ambitions to occupy Taiwan Island for themselves. As early as a few years ago, the king of the Japanese sent people to Taiwan to investigate."

Yin Feng spread out a map of the entire island of Taiwan—this is the achievement of missionaries Baradas and You Wenhui. They traveled around the island by boat along the coastline, and then drew a map based on hunters and fishermen’s narration The first map of Taiwan in history.However, this is a sketch. Except for some places in the south where the names of seaports, Tuntian manors, and indigenous villages are marked, the rest of the area—the large western plains, mountainous areas, and Pingtung—are blank.

Yin Feng pointed to the map and said: "This time, the anti-company riots among the indigenous people spread throughout the south within half a month. The Huwei Longshe in the central plain also clashed at the same time. You must know that among the indigenous people, there are many tribes and villages. The relationship is like a mess of sand, with different languages ​​and customs, and they are divided into battles. There is no unified ethnic identity, no unified characters and leaders. Then, it is strange that riots against the company happened almost at the same time in such scattered villages of native people ?”

Yin Feng said: "No matter what, we have to regard the Japanese as our enemy, Guang Guang!"

Lin Xiao straightened his back: "Captain!"

"How about the military intelligence department you just established here?"

Lin Xiao said with a bitter face: "Boss owner, it's only been a few days, and we haven't got all the manpower yet!"

Yin Feng shook his head: "Speed ​​up, three teachings and nine streams, everyone will gather a little bit, we can't know ourselves and the enemy, how can we defeat the enemy?"

Chen Zhongji knocked on the door suddenly, stood upright in front of Yin Feng, raised his left hand across his chest to salute—he was spanked 5 times for taking Zeng Rui onto the battleship privately, and then practiced in the military camp for more than a month. It's pretty military now.

Chen Zhongji said: "Report to the captain, Luo Aquan and the others are back!"

All eyes were on Yin Feng.Everyone knows that the team of more than ten people including Luo Aquan is a special force commanded by Yin Feng himself. It is usually very mysterious, and almost no one knows its existence.What Yin Feng sent them out this time, and when he sent them out, no one knew.

Yin Feng got up and went out. He returned after a long time, and said to Chen Zhongji and Yan Siqi's two personal guards at the door: "Keep the door, no one is allowed to approach."

He entered the house with a gloomy face, and said as soon as he came in: "My estimation is correct. Japanese people have entered Madoushe, Mujialiushe and other places recently. Now, we must do it immediately; the natives are not the main opponents. They act independently, and their relationship with each other is like a mess of sand, which can easily be broken down individually. Therefore, starting tomorrow, I will personally lead the team and unite with the natives of the Xingang Society to calm down the Siraya villages around Taiwan’s Hong Kong City.”

He began to call names: "Lin Xiao, quickly send people to various places to contact the Han officials who have lived in the native villages for a long time, inquire about the situation and appease the natives. Pay attention, and collect all the information about the Japanese."

"Brother Maid, you're on your own team. Take your hunter guide and head north to the Huwei Longshe. After clearing the Huwei Longshe, go northward and cross the Dadufan Kingdom to Danshui. Be careful, kill less, appease more, and try not to get along with the locals. People clashed. Our main enemy was the Japanese, and if we encountered Japanese people along the way, we would all be arrested and those who resisted would be executed.”

"Brother Li Yue, you organize a road construction team, including carpenters, bricklayers, gray workers, masonry and other skilled workers, and build the road from the port to Huweilong according to the specifications of the standard gravel road in Tuntian Manor. go to society."

"Ji Zai!"

Chen Zhongji immediately entered the room, stood at attention and saluted.Yin Feng smiled and said: "Yes, you look like a soldier now! You go to Yaogang to pass orders to Dahai and Yehua, and the war fleet is ready to go north to Danshui. The Xinxing Ship is enough to sweep the Japanese ships, and the Feilong Ship stays on patrol. The southern coast. The sailors all prepare their weapons according to the requirements of land warfare, and this time it is up to the sailor musketeers to deal with these Japanese, and the infantry may not arrive in time."