Wanli 1592

Chapter 378 Stupid Child

Zhalao was the leader of the small tribe who took the lead in opposing Xiao Ruxun's plan to relocate.

Since he was born, the tribe has been stationed in an area near the coast in the south, and it is said that he originally lived in the inland area, and was driven here by Mang Yinglong before settling down here. The population at that time was beaten and killed Only [-] to [-] people were killed, and after decades of work, the population was only [-] to [-], which is a relatively small tribal group.

As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat mountains depends on the water to eat water. People's nationalities don't have this saying, but they also know how to do it. Since they are on the seashore, they should rely on the sea to eat the sea. The sea is a treasure house that cannot be fully developed. Generous, rich, and always It is to give the tribe the most needed food when the tribe needs it most, such as fish, shrimp and crab, etc., which are enough to fill the stomach.

So even if the population is small and the arable land is small, this small tribe still lives well.

Later, Mang Yinglong unified Burma, and then began to expand abroad. Many tribesmen were forced to become their handymen. Under the teachings of the people, I also understand that this is the hateful thing about the Mang Yinglong regime. When they cut the wool, they will cut off whichever tribe is developing well, and they will not grow enough to threaten the regime.

However, this method of cutting wool was relatively mild at that time. With the success of Mang Yinglong, many Westerners appeared in this ancient land. Some of these people came from other places, and some came from the sea by boat. Come, bring some exquisite things that people in the tribe have never seen before to do business with everyone and exchange products, including muskets and cannons. Communicate tribes.

Zara grew up in such an environment, so his understanding of the world is not superficial. On the contrary, he knows a little Portuguese and can communicate with Portuguese businessmen in a simple way.

The tribe is developing very fast. Mang Yinglong is probably getting older, his heart has softened, and his methods are not as strong as before. About four years before Mang Yinglong's death, it was the golden period for the development of the major tribes, that is, during this period , Zarao's tribe developed to a population of more than 10 people and was once very prosperous.

It's a pity that this short golden period ended with Mang Yinglong's death. Mang Yinglong's successor, Mang Yingli, made great contributions and high prestige. The heyday of the dragon was even more cruel, and the major tribes encountered cruel shearing operations. The wealth and population accumulated during the four-year golden development period were almost cut off overnight.

Zara's father was also forced to lead more than 3000 ethnic men to become servants in Mangyingli. Since then, he has not seen each other for a year. One year later, his father's body was brought back by more than 100 surviving tribesmen. From that day on, Zarao officially became the leader of the tribe.

Probably out of guilt in some sense, or because he didn’t want to persecute too hard to cause the tribes to rebel. After that, Mang Yingli treated Zarao’s tribe a little softer, and didn’t force Zarao to become a servant However, once the seeds of hatred are planted, they will not stop growing.

Through transactions with Portuguese businessmen, Zarao bought guns, artillery and various weapons to arm his tribe in batches, which was beyond the imagination of Mang Yingli. Three fourth battles, no time to pay attention to the development of small tribes, so the tribes in several coastal areas have developed well, and have developed firearms troops other than the central government.

It was at this time that Zarao realized the weakness of the tribe and the need to grow stronger, as well as the necessity of ocean and sea routes for the tribe to grow stronger. With the ocean, it is possible to communicate with the outside world, and there will be a continuous flow of firearms. Being able to fight continuously and not afraid of starving to death is the advantage of being close to the ocean. Once you leave the ocean and cut off communication with the outside world, your development will stagnate and you will stop at the present moment and cannot make further progress. This is unacceptable to Zarao of.

So when he heard Xiao Ruxun's idea of ​​moving all the coastal tribes to the warm inland areas in the west, he probably realized that the Ming government's idea was nothing more than to facilitate management, but for Zarao, this It is the only way to give up the development and growth of the tribe. This is the practice of making the tribe a fat sheep forever. He doesn't want to continue. He has been bullied and oppressed, and he is unwilling to bear it again.

He rejected the request of the admiral of the Ming army, and left with five or six like-minded leaders of the seaside tribes. On the way, the six tribes formed an alliance with blood and advanced and retreated together. If the Ming army really dared to attack, they would resist together, absolutely not. Let the Ming army feel better. They think that the Ming army has come from afar and is very tired. They are very war-weary and unwilling to go to war again. In order to establish a benevolent and righteous demeanor in the local area, the Ming government will not blatantly use troops for the time being.

They had enough time to prepare, defend, and even join together to force the Ming army to compromise.

The strong dragon does not suppress the local snake, we are all united, you really dare to fight against all the local tribes?Everyone is related by marriage. If one offends several, the Ming army will not be so irrational.

After the six tribes returned, they prepared their troops for battle, as if swearing to defend their homeland to the death. For this reason, they gave a mobilization speech to arouse the fighting emotions of the tribesmen, and prepared to fight to the death. However, there was no news for six or seven days, and they were sent to investigate Some people explained that the army was resting in the big camp and hadn't moved at all. As a result, the emotions of the tribesmen were all withered.

Zhalao himself felt strange, could it be that the Ming army did not plan to fight at all?I dumped the face of the admiral of the Ming army face to face, and the heavenly kingdom, which has always been good at face, actually put up with it?
Feeling puzzled, Zarao let the clansmen rest, and he led the standing army to guard the tribe. After another three days, he found that there was still no movement from the Ming army. It was lowered a little, and some soldiers were ordered to go back to the production area to harvest food, and they took the rest to continue to guard.

No. On the 11th day, Zarao’s father-in-law, Na Ang, the head of an inland tribe, came to Zarao’s tribe with some wine and meat and a few followers. Zarao naturally welcomed the arrival of the old man, but I heard that After the father-in-law's intention, Zhalao was more or less surprised.

The old man came to serve as a lobbyist for the Ming army.

"Admiral Xiao has already said that as long as you are willing to relocate, even if you give some more prisoners and silver, you can also negotiate. Admiral Xiao is unwilling to start another war. Just after the war, Admiral Xiao is willing to build here. Instead of destroying this place, Zhalao, don’t be too arrogant, don’t think there is any benefit in uniting and fighting against Da Ming, just look at Mang Yingli and you will know.”

Zha Lao drank the wine brought by the old man and ate the meat roasted by the old man himself, with a calm expression on his face.

"We've lived here for decades, let alone how much time and money it will take to relocate, and how much time and money will it take to rebuild? After we finished building here, we gave it to Daming for use. They didn't want to contribute, so they asked us to take the initiative. Moving away, how can there be such a good thing?"

"So didn't you give us compensation? Two thousand Burmese! Is this a small number? Why can't you understand? Ming Dynasty is the kingdom of heaven, and the army is the king's teacher, so it makes sense!"

The old man tried to persuade him.

"That's not the reason! We can communicate with foreigners by the sea, we can communicate with foreigners, and we can learn a lot of new things and new things, just like these guns and artillery. If we can't do business with foreigners by the sea, where would we have the opportunity to get it? ?Now he lets us live in the interior, won’t we lose this channel? We will stop developing, and then we will still be bullied as before, but the bully will become the Ming country!”

Zhalao also earnestly persuaded his father-in-law not to be blinded by the benefits of a mere 2000 people.

The old man sighed again and again.

"Why can't you see the situation clearly? You can't resist Da Ming and Admiral Xiao at all. He is far stronger than all of us. We can't resist in Mangyingli, let alone kill Da Ming in Mangyingli? My child , Wake up! Stop dreaming, we are small and small, we must endure, obey, and not blatantly resist!"

Zarao couldn't agree with Lao Zhangren's cowardice.

"I will definitely not agree. I have five allies. Together we have more than 2 troops and more than 50 people. Our strength is definitely not as weak as the Ming Dynasty thinks. If they come to attack us, let us They saw our strength and our courage to defend our homeland!"

A trace of sadness flashed in the old man's eyes, he poured a glass of wine for Zarao, poured himself a glass, and drank it in one gulp.

"You are putting yourself on the fire like this, boy, don't continue to be obsessed with it!"

"I am obsessed? You and my father have been good friends for many years. Do you remember when my father died? Why did my father die? A leader of a tribe, a leader of 10 people, why did he die like that? ? Why?!

Start that day!I swear!I will never go back to my father's old way!So I was the first to stand up against Mang Yingli, and I was the first to stand up and unite with everyone not to provide troops and food to Mang Yingli. Facts have proved that I was right!That's why I have hope for Ming Guo, thinking that he will treat us fairly, and the result?I helped a guy as treacherous and cunning as Mang Yingli!I will never trust anyone again!Won't! "

After speaking, Zarao felt a little out of breath, took a few breaths, sat down, and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

"Believe in these big men, I am really blind! No one will think about us, they will only think about themselves! In this case, I can only think for myself! I have [-] people who want me to think about them, eight People from all races! I will never hand over my homeland of decades like this! Absolutely!"

Zarao took a few deep breaths and tore off his leather armor, feeling a little hot and stuffy.

"Zarao, you are the son of my best friend. I have always been very optimistic about you and recognized your ability, so I married my only daughter to you. Your father was kind to me in that matter. , So since his death, I have always taken good care of you, I think you can see things clearly, you are not those reckless people, but now I find that you seem to be no different from those reckless people. "

The father-in-law stopped persuading Zarao, and seemed disappointed in Zarao.

"I really don't mean that, I really think about all of us!"

"No, you didn't. You were just thinking about yourself. You didn't even think about how Da Ming would treat your people and me if you really angered him. You are my son-in-law. If you and Da Ming Now that the war has started, what will Daming think of me and my 13 people? Zarao, you are too selfish!"

"I...how am I...selfish?"

Zha Lao took a few breaths, stood up, and asked his father-in-law in disbelief: "Don't you know me yet? I really do it for everyone!"

Saying this, Zarao gradually felt that his breathing was a little hard, and his head was a little dizzy.

"It's too easy for Da Ming to destroy us. The [-] elites in Mang Yingli are finished, let alone us? Not to mention that most of them have already turned to Da Ming, we will not No matter how many people support it, this protest itself is meaningless, and it will even arouse the anger of the Ming Emperor, which will affect all of us. Over the years, we have already had our own relationships, and we can't clean it up."

Zarao didn't understand.

"Then unite and fight together! We will have no way out if this continues!"

The old man shook his head.

"No, there is no way out for resistance. We can't be compared with Ming Dynasty at all. Before we find the way out you said, we will be wiped out by the Ming army. We will lose our lives. What way out is there? Zarao, you Did you know that you nearly killed us all?"

Zhalao shook his head quickly, and as soon as he raised his foot, he was about to step forward to argue with the old man, but his legs softened and he fell to the ground. He just wanted to get up, but was surprised to find that he couldn't use any strength, and his chest was getting bigger and bigger. It's getting more and more stuffy, and my head is getting more and more painful.

"I... what's wrong... I..."

The old man looked down at Zha Lao who was trembling on the ground, his face was neither sad nor happy.

"Zarao, you stupid child, you are far inferior to your father. Your father would rather sacrifice himself to let you survive, but you have to sacrifice everyone to let you realize your so-called ideal. Don’t you understand? You are a weak person, I am a weak person, we are all weak people, don’t you understand how the weak seek to survive in front of the strong? The strong have already given the way to live, but you actively seek death..."

As soon as he raised his head and drank the last glass of wine, Zarao had stopped shaking and lost his vitality.

Outside, there was a loud shout of killing.

(End of this chapter)