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Once the officers and soldiers encircled and suppressed them, they immediately took off their disguise, returned to the cottage, and became simple and ignorant Lingnan aborigines again. The government knew that they did it, but because there was no evidence, they had to give up in the end.Once the officers and soldiers were withdrawn, they immediately reverted to their old ways and became bandits again.Therefore, the bandits in Lingnan are almost invincible, and the court spends a lot of manpower and material resources on this every year, but often has little effect.

Chapter 582 Spices

Chapter 47 Spices

However, Pei Xingjian's time was different this time. Before leaving, Li Zhen had issued a death order. The bandits and bandits in south of the Five Ridges must be wiped out. Anyone who missed one would be severely punished.

So Pei Xingjian and others also became ruthless and stopped talking to you about any reason. As long as there is a little sign found, regardless of 21, they will immediately lead their troops to attack, and then check after the fight. As long as a little evidence is found, it is all The village is dead.As for whether there was any wrongdoing - that's impossible, given the nature of the barbarians and the environment in south of the Five Ridges, if they could live by farming, who would come out to rob?Where else would there be bandits?

The problem was that during the previous few times when the village was slaughtered, the guards were unable to deal with some women and children, but suffered a few times. Many people died at the hands of those women and children because of their soft-heartedness. , This method of death is extremely wronged - they don't even think about it, you are massacring the family members of the family, you spare their lives, and you expect them to appreciate you?

After suffering several losses, the Guards finally came to their senses, and they showed no mercy in their actions, and the battle loss rate was greatly reduced.

So don't say that Liu Rengui is cruel and cold-blooded. In this case, you have no choice but to be cold-blooded, because once you soften your heart, it means that you have probably put yourself in the most dangerous place. After all, no one knows that you let go What kind of person is the person who stabs you in the back? In case someone is awakened by the stimulation of competition this time, write down the hatred in your heart, and then work hard to become a big trouble for Datang in the future—this kind of There are precedents, such as Hitler, at the end of World War I, a soldier aimed at Hitler, but because the war was over and Hitler was injured, the British soldier felt that there was no need for another dead soul, so he let him go, and then During World War II, Hitler beat Britain and France into dogs...

Therefore, don't think that cutting the grass does not remove the roots, and that the spring breeze blows and regenerates is just talking.

Half a month later, under the leadership of Orhe, Datang took the Orhe tribe as the starting point, and got a clear picture of the specific situation of the surrounding hundred miles, and successfully drew the surrounding topographic map before abandoning it. .

Another piece of good news is that with Liu Lie's unremitting efforts, he has finally mastered a little Luzon. Although he is not very proficient and he stutters when speaking, he can communicate in general. .Being able to successfully communicate with the natives of Luzon is of great help to the exploration mission of the fleet.When Liu Rengui was happy, he directly rewarded Zhehe and Liu Lie with 100 taels of silver, which made the envious eyes of the rest of the interpreters in the translation team turn red, and they worked harder to learn Luzon.Even some people who are not interpreters are actively studying when they are free, and there was a wave of learning in the shelter for a while, which greatly comforted Luo Hansheng and Liu Rengui.

In the base camp, Luo Hansheng was reporting the situation to Liu Rengui: "...This is the current situation."

Liu Rengui thought: "In other words, this Tuzhe tribe is the largest tribe within a hundred miles?"

"To be precise, it is the largest tribe within a radius of three hundred miles on the entire Luzon Island. Although we have not searched for tribes hundreds of miles away, according to the information we have obtained from the indigenous merchants, the current Luzon On Song Island, only the Youte tribe, 10 miles to the south, and the Momohe tribe, [-] miles to the southeast, can compete with them." Luo Hansheng corrected: "At present, these three tribes are also from Luzon Island. The top three tribes in the world each have a population of more than [-] and more than [-] warriors, plus their vassal tribes. It is not a problem to entangle [-] warriors in a short period of time. Such a powerful force, at least It's not something we can deal with in a short time. So I think it's best for us to make good friends for now."

"The problem is that they don't want to make friends with us. It's not that you don't know the situation. We sent envoys, but the envoys' legs were broken, and the gifts were taken away by them-the Tuja tribe didn't make friends with us at all. Good intentions." Liu Rengui smiled wryly and said: "It seems that we have made a mistake in our estimation of the situation in Luzon Island. To conquer here, we must invest more troops, at least [-] elite.

The question is that such a large-scale military operation is to occupy an island. Is this possible?

Don't forget, our Tang Dynasty has just finished fighting Nanyang, and the army is exhausted.Occupying Nanyang itself also requires a lot of elite troops. There is already a vacancy in Datang's military strength. Now we ask for a military operation of 3 people. Even if His Highness is willing to send troops, will His Majesty approve it? "

"That depends on whether the things we brought out can impress His Majesty's heart?" Luo Hansheng said with a mysterious smile: "Your Highness has a good saying, there is no such thing as willing or not in the world, and the reason why others are unwilling to do something One thing, it's because you don't have enough weight."

"Mr. Luo, what do you mean?" Liu Rengui seemed to understand: "We show the interests of Luzon Island to His Majesty? But at present, we have only explored a range of [-] miles around, except for a small copper mine. We found nothing."

"Who said that the only benefits are minerals?" Luo Hansheng took out something and handed it to Liu Rengui: "Master Liu, please take a look, what is this?"

"This is...spices?" Looking at the leaves in his hands, he sniffed them carefully. Hearing the familiar smell, Liu Rengui's eyes lit up: "Where did it come from? How many are there?"

Needless to say, the role of spices, whether it is used as ingredients to enhance fragrance, or used as medicinal materials to treat diseases, or secondary processing to make various incense, etc., are all indispensable raw materials.However, ancient China was not a big spice-producing country (most of the current spice varieties are imported, only a small amount of spices such as cinnamon are local products), which led to the high price of spices in ancient times, even for large families. Not every meal can be eaten with a meal blended with spices.

If a large amount of spices can really be found here, the value of Luzon Island will be immeasurable. Although it is not as shocking as the discovery of Silver Island, it is enough to attract the attention of His Majesty the Emperor—not to mention that this is still An unknown spice, the value will be higher.

"It's just ten miles away in a valley, and the whole valley is full of this kind of spice." Luo Hansheng said with a smile: "I asked the cooks to try it, whether it's cooking soup or grilling, it can remove fishy smell and increase fragrance. Moreover, the doctors who accompanied the army also found that they have the functions of nourishing Yuanyang, warming the spleen and stomach, removing accumulated cold, and dredging the blood vessels. The effect is stronger than that of cinnamon, which is very rare."

Chapter 583 Don't use suspicious people, don't use people

Chapter 48 Do not use suspicious people, but do not use suspicious people

"...Is there only one valley so many?" Liu Rengui struggled and said, "It's a bit small."

"What I said is that we have only found this spice in the valley so far, and there are still many places that have not been found." Luo Hansheng said: "I asked Orhe, this spice is a tall tree named Cook In the mountains in front, there are countless such spices, but the locals don't know the goods, and they guard the treasure mountain without knowing it.

Because this kind of tree burns with a refreshing fragrance, and the roasted meat has a special fragrance, the people around cut down the Cook tree to make dry firewood for barbecue. "

"It's a waste of things, it's a waste of things." Liu Rengui said distressedly: "If this is just to collect leaves and send them back to Tang Dynasty, how much will it cost? It's too wasteful for them to use such precious things as firewood." gone."

"Who says it's not? If we let them go on messing around like this, I'm afraid it won't take many years, and this kind of tree called Cook may be extinct." Speaking of this, Luo Hansheng also had a look on his face. The meat hurts, he guessed right, at least in later generations, Li Zhen had never heard of a spice named Cook.Obviously, this spice was cut down and extinct by the local indigenous people in a certain century later.And this time will definitely not be too long, hundreds of years at most, because when the Luzon Islands are discovered, this kind of big tree will definitely be discovered, and it is impossible not to be recorded.

"Forget it, let's not talk about these bad things, let's talk about the business." Resisting the pain in his heart, Liu Rengui put aside the topic: "By the way, Mr. Luo, you said that the Tuzha tribe is not friendly to us, so you think we Do you want to send an envoy to the Momohe tribe and the Youte tribe? If we can get in touch with them, maybe we can get unexpected gains, such as uniting these two tribes to eliminate the Tuja tribe. I believe they will be interested in this."

"But the distance between these two tribes is too far. I'm afraid it will be a few months before I get in touch with them. I can't swallow this breath." Although Luo Hansheng is old, but his character is still tough, he asked rhetorically : "Actually, I think we have fallen into a misunderstanding, my lord, I don't know if you have ever been on the battlefield?"

"Of course." Liu Rengui said: "When I was in Dengzhou, I participated in the battle to eliminate the Japanese kingdom with the Dengzhou fleet, and I won a big victory that time. The overall strength of the Japanese and Baekje coalition forces is several It is several times larger than our Dengzhou fleet, but under the salvo of our naval guns, even our ships were beaten into sea garbage before they approached, which is so enjoyable."

"What was Wa's reaction at that time?" Luo Hansheng asked again.

"Of course..." Liu Rengui responded, "What do you mean?"

"How did the Japanese fleet react when they saw the salvo of artillery fire?"

"What kind of reaction can there be? Of course they ran away, but how could they run faster than the shells? They were beaten as grandsons." Liu Rengui's eyes became brighter and brighter: "Old Luo means that we all board the Warships, use cannons to declare our force to the Tuja tribe?"

"Of course not. The Tuja tribe is located more than 100 miles inland. No matter how powerful our artillery shells are, they can't reach there." Luo Hansheng corrected: "As I said before, we have all fallen into a misunderstanding. In the decisive battle of the infantry, even if all the crew members are counted, we have a total of less than [-] people. Facing the Tuzhe tribe, which can entangle an army of [-], the winning rate will not exceed [-]%. Even if we can win, our The loss will be very heavy, at least half of them will die. However, this is not good for our next journey. Even after this battle, we will go back to the house directly and plead guilty to His Highness the King of Yue... But, all of this It is all about the result of our confrontation between the two armies, the open sword and the Tuja tribe on land. The question now is, why do we have to fight them on land?"

"Old Luo means..."

Luo Hansheng said forcefully: "As the saying goes, when the two armies meet, if we don't kill the envoys, we befriend them with good intentions. The Tuzhe tribe not only withholds our gifts, but also breaks the legs of our envoys. This is really a great shame—— When has my Great Tang suffered such a big loss since Zhenguan? We must take revenge, otherwise we will not be able to explain to His Royal Highness the King of Yue when we return to Great Tang."

"But the Tuzhe tribe are barbarians, they don't understand etiquette." Liu Rengui said weakly: "Besides, with our strength, we really can't beat the Tuzhe tribe, otherwise I would have started a war long ago."

"That's not the reason. The natives of Nanyang also don't know etiquette. Didn't His Royal Highness destroy Nanyang?" Luo Hansheng said: "As for your claim that you can't defeat the Tucha tribe... that's not necessarily the case. In conventional land battles, we are indeed not Tuja The opponents of the tribe, but what if it is by the sea?"

"Mr. Luo is planning to let warships participate in the battle?" Optimism finally understood Luo Hansheng's intentions, nodded and said: "This is indeed a good way. With the participation of warships, it may not kill so many people, but the power of cannons can definitely It is indeed very simple to win this battle after frightening these natives to the point of collapse... This is indeed a good way. But how do we attract them?"

"Leave it to me." Luo Hansheng said confidently, "The Tuzhe tribe is arrogant and unreasonable. On the other hand, isn't this a proof that the Tuzha tribe has sufficient self-confidence and is so arrogant? "

"This is as it should be. As one of the three major tribes on Luzon Island, with hundreds of thousands of people under his command, commanding the surrounding land for hundreds of miles, he is proud of the world and unparalleled in the world. This can indeed breed boundless arrogance. Also It is because they are too proud that they think they are invincible, and the natives do not know etiquette and only believe in the law of the jungle, so in the face of our friendship, they will think that we are cowardly and can be bullied."

"So, if we do the opposite, appear as a challenger, and send envoys to provoke them, we can definitely provoke their anger. At that time, we will fight again. We believe that we will be provoked and have sufficient confidence in our own strength. The Tuzha tribe will definitely take over this battle. As long as they dare to take over this battle, then things will be much easier..."

"Papapa..." Liu Rengui couldn't help hearing it, applauded and praised: "Miao, Miao, as the saying goes, ginger is still hot, Lao Luo, I, Liu Zhengze, I have convinced you this time. Yes, Tuzhe Tribe As the largest tribe with a radius of hundreds of miles, they are definitely full of pride, otherwise they would not do things like snatching gifts and humiliating envoys. This is indeed a weakness that can be exploited. As long as we issue a challenge letter, nine of the Tuzha tribe The chances of success will be challenged... Mr. Luo is indeed a great talent, I admire Zhengzheng, admire him."

"Master Liu is over the award, but this operation requires a messenger. I don't know who the messenger is, who is Master Liu going to choose?"

"This..." Liu Rengui thought for a while, "What do Mr. Luo think of Zhehe?"

"Zhehe?" Luo Hansheng frowned: "Lord Liu, it's not that I think too much. As the saying goes, if you are not of my race, your heart must be different. After all, Zhehe is of the same race as the Tuzhe tribe, and he has just surrendered. If he has a little bit of dissatisfaction and tells the Tuzhe tribe about our strength, then our plan may fall short."

Liu Ren's track: "There is no need to be suspicious of people, I believe in Orhe. At worst, the plan will fail, but we can use this to verify Orhe's loyalty. It may not be a loss."

"Alright then, I'll listen to you."

Chapter 584 Abra's Plan

Chapter 49 Abra's Plan

Abra was the chief of the Tuja tribe, and also the supreme leader respected by all the tribes within a radius of several hundred miles. Once he said a word, everyone was overwhelmed, and his power was not much worse than that of the emperor.

Today's Abra is even more happy, because just yesterday, he received a batch of extraordinarily exquisite gifts, especially the exquisite porcelain and silk, which he regarded as treasures, and even his beloved little The concubine asked him for money, but he didn't give her even an inch.

In order to show off the existence of these gifts, Abra specially summoned the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and the chiefs of the surrounding tribes to watch.

"Look, everyone, what an exquisite treasure this is." Abra carefully held a porcelain plate, turned it around at the banquet, and said, "I don't know what kind of craftsmanship it is. So beautiful..."

"My God, I really can't imagine that there are such exquisite things in this world."