Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

"The old patriarch is joking, your position is something that an outsider like me can covet."

Chu Mo smiled awkwardly and hurriedly changed the subject:

"I wonder what the old patriarch said just now? Do you need our help?"

Seeing that Chu Mo had no intention of staying, the old patriarch sighed, then looked at Chu Mo sincerely and said:

"Sir, you are from the Tang Dynasty, so you must know some of the conditions on our island."

"For this reason, I am not going to hide anything from you, sir."

Then, the old patriarch began to narrate.

It turns out that since Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty plundered all the young people on the island, only an old, weak, women and child were left on the island.

After decades of recovery, the island has slowly begun to regain its vitality.

Seeing that life was looking forward to, and there was no need to run around to avoid wild beasts like before, a group of Japanese suddenly came to the east of the island.

At first, under the guise of going to Datang to study, they encountered a storm and the ship sank, and asked to stay on the island for a while.

Because they looked really pitiful when they first arrived, so after discussion among several tribes on the island, they agreed to their request and set aside an area in the east for them to rest.

Originally this was just a trivial matter, and several major tribes did not take it seriously.

However, what they didn't expect was that when the Japanese returned to the island the next year, they would trumpet how hospitable the island residents were, how they helped them overcome difficulties, and how rich the island's resources were. There are endless fruits to eat and endless beasts to fight.

As a result, many Japanese people who wanted to go to Datang to study heard the news and regarded this place as a foothold for them. Every time they went to Datang, they would go here and regard it as a must-stop place.

Originally these were a good thing for the indigenous people on the island.

Because of the frequent exchanges of Japanese people, they brought a large amount of urgently needed living supplies to the island residents, making their lives richer.

However, I don't know since when, the Japanese were no longer satisfied with the areas designated for them by each tribe at the beginning, and gradually began to spread to all parts of the island.

At the beginning, the various tribes did not take this matter to heart. After all, the island is so big and there are not many people from each tribe. It is normal for the Japanese to be interested and want to visit the island.

But things did not go as the chiefs imagined. As the Japanese exploration deepened, when they discovered a copper mine on the island, things completely changed.

Those Japanese people who were originally polite, polite and knowledgeable seemed to have changed the moment they saw the copper mine.

The Japanese who were chatting and laughing with various tribes a moment ago suddenly pulled out their sabers. Not only did they kill the guides who led them, but they even went so far as to kill all the nearby mountain people in a frenzy to prevent the news from being leaked. Die and pretend to be attacked by wild beasts.

Later, in order to cover up the secret of the copper mine and the secret of killing the surrounding mountain people, these Japanese even wanted to buy the mountain col with a large amount of materials.

The original owners of that area, the Bunun people, were still excited when they heard that the Japanese were willing to exchange a large amount of materials for a mountain col that had no value at all, so they agreed without thinking.

But just before the two sides were about to hand over, a mountain man who was covered in wounds and survived the Japanese butcher knife suddenly broke into the Bunun chief's room, told the story of the Japanese's crimes, and told him about the copper mine.

After learning that the Japanese's crimes had reached their goal, the Bunun chief immediately summoned the warriors of the entire tribe and went to the Japanese settlement to seek an explanation.

But what people didn't expect was that the Japanese were on guard for a long time. They had made preparations before and had no intention of exchanging materials. Instead, they wanted to take advantage of this transaction to exchange the entire All the Bunun people were slaughtered.

Through deliberate calculation and unintentional calculation, the Bunun people not only received no explanation for this action, but were even caught off guard by the Japanese.

If the leader of the Bunun tribe hadn't realized that the situation was not good and decisively ordered the young people in the tribe to evacuate quickly, it is impossible to say that the Bunun tribe would have been exterminated because of this.

It was also this conflict that made other ethnic groups realize the cunningness of the Japanese.

As a result, several major clan chiefs united to expel this group of Japanese people.

However, at this time, the Japanese have gradually become a climate.

They used the advanced technology learned from the Tang Dynasty to forge various weapons and armors, and continuously brought fresh troops from the Japanese island, and began to confront various enemies on the island.

At the beginning, the battle was back-and-forth, with both sides winning and losing and injuring each other.

But as the number of Japanese people gradually increased, and the smelting technology they used gradually improved.

Gradually, the major tribes on the island were no longer their opponents.

Every time they fight, they usually lose more than they win, so they can only retreat step by step.

Seeing that all the tribes were about to be forced into a desperate situation, Chu Mo appeared.

After hearing the old patriarch's narration, Chu Mo also understood the current situation on the island.

He chuckled lightly, looked at the old patriarch and said:

"If you tell me this, aren't you afraid that I will join forces with the Japanese and annex you all?"

The old patriarch shook his head:

"Don't be afraid. We have seen your strength before. Do you think a tiger will form an alliance with a Shiba Inu?"

"Then you are not afraid that after I, the tiger, kill the Shiba Inu, I will also kill you aborigines?"

Chu Mo looked at the old patriarch jokingly.

The old patriarch nodded very seriously:

"We are also afraid of driving away a Shiba Inu and attracting a group of fierce tigers, so we have no choice but to invite Master Ji Ji to be our guest here."

After hearing what the old patriarch said, Chu Mo couldn't understand that the other party wanted to use him as a hostage.

With a sigh, Chu Mo nodded, looked at the old patriarch and said:

"I can promise to help you deal with these Japanese people."

"But I also have a few conditions, which I hope you can agree to."

"If you have any requirements or conditions, sir, don't bother telling me."

The old patriarch looked at Chu Mo solemnly, waiting for the conditions offered by the other party.

Chu Mo chuckled and signaled the old patriarch not to be so nervous.

He looked around and found that everyone around him was staring at him with nervous eyes, waiting for him to speak.

"My conditions are simple."

"First of all, I want to build two harbors on two sections of the island to serve as our daily supply points."

"Secondly, I hope to achieve strategic cooperation and mutual assistance with all ethnic groups on the island."