The Struggle History of the Fourteenth Qing Dynasty

The meal was a feast for the guests and the host.

The village chiefs were very satisfied. This is the legendary food in their hometown.

The small island owners have a hazy idea about their plan to migrate back, and they need to discuss it together.

In addition, Lord Lan wants to invite everyone to his Pearl City. They have a secret waterway for large ships to enter. Although it can shelter from the wind, it is a relatively small and barren island. There are not many people left.

"No, when this king came here, he was the first to land on this small island, so he has a special feeling for this small island. It is very good to live here, and we also encountered that this small island is suffering from destruction. The disaster, so I give a helping hand, especially because of love, I don't want to leave." Fourteenth Master shook his head: "Besides, if you leave here, in case the enemy returns, this old village chief Forrest Gump, several Women, how do a group of children deal with it?"

"However, lords, you can't stay here for a long time. You can let people move them to the big island and live in Pearl City." Lan Jizhong said: "Here, after all, the lord has been wronged."

After all, the lord is a noble man, and he has tossed so many tricks for just one meal. The conditions here are too simple.

"You brought people into the big island to settle down, so here, why don't you give it to the king as a temporary foothold." The Fourteenth Lord said in a blunt lion: "Besides, what is there on earth? Let pirates and natives follow The Spaniards attack in turn?"

Fourteenth Master finally asked his purpose.

The old village chief A-Gump also had this question.

What is there in Coconut Grove Village?Coco?That thing is rare in the mainland, but it is everywhere along the coast, and it is the most indispensable thing on the island.

Even if you want coconuts, you just need to go up the tree to cut them. Fourteenth Master has sent people to cut coconuts these days, and now he opened a hole and sucked them with bamboo pipes.

The island was even secretly searched by Nian Gengyao, and nothing inappropriate was found.

Not even the cemetery was spared!

But there is some land here, which can barely grow food, fishing and farming, can be used for food and clothing, and there are some coconuts that can be used as fruits, oh, there are also a few banana trees and mango trees inside, these are tropical fruits, and There is that stinky durian fruit.

A palm tree can provide shelter from the wind and rain, and some mulberry can be used to make cloth.

These are all small agricultural crops, and there are no rare varieties, not even dragon blood trees.

There are a lot of seafood, but this is a group of islands, surrounded by sea, if you go out and plunge down, you can catch some.

There are fish, shrimp and crabs, and there is no shortage of food and clothing.

It's precious, it's worth launching a war, even massacring the village, so that Lan Jizhong's own father died fighting for it, what is the reason?

If Master Fourteen doesn't believe it, Lan Jizhong won't know.

Lan Jizhong did know, he just hesitated for a while, and then told Fourteenth Master frankly: "Actually, there is a reason, and this reason has been going on for a long time."

"It's been a long time, and you're only attacking now?" The Fourteenth Master didn't believe it.

"Yes, it's just an inducement to attack now." Lan Jizhong said with a wry smile: "You have also seen that what are the Westerners here for? They are here to make a fortune! They are here first to burn and kill Looting, like pirates, later occupied a lot of places, after exploration, found a lot of... gold and silver mines."

"Ah?" Fourteenth Master was dumbfounded: "Gold and silver mine?"

Regardless of ancient or modern times, the gold mines, silver mines, copper mines and other minerals are basically operated by the imperial court, and the mining proceeds belong to the imperial court.

Especially in ancient times when gold, silver and copper were used as currency, such minerals were strictly managed.

Those who dare to dig mines privately are basically the crime of ransacking their homes and exterminating their ancestors.

"Yes, there are a lot of gold mines, but there are also a lot of silver mines." Lan Jizhong took a deep breath: "The foreigners know about mining, and there are those equipments that the local natives don't, but the Han people know the importance of gold and silver."

The Fourteenth Master took a deep breath: "This is really, an accident!"

He only knows that there are many gold and silver mines and even diamond mines in Nanyang in modern times, and the quality is not bad.

In particular, I remember a news report about an Indonesian gold mine, which is said to have nearly 200 million tons of reserves, mainly distributed in Sumatra, Sulawesi, Kalimantan and Papua.

But later it seemed that because the price of gold was going to rise, the gold produced in that place was almost bought out by the gold-loving aunts in China.

He only remembered that the news at that time said that the gold mine resources in Southeast Asia were widely promulgated, and gold mines were distributed in most countries, among which Indonesia was the most concentrated, followed by the Philippines!

Indonesia is a country with a large gold resource in the world. According to official reports, the gold resources in Indonesia are as large as 3000 to [-] tons, and the gold reserves are more than [-] tons, ranking first in Asia.

At that time, he wondered, with so many mines, how could he be so poor?

There is a huge gap between the rich and the poor in that place, the rich can survive and the poor can starve to death.

Moreover, the majority of local Chinese are overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese, everywhere.

There are not many outstanding locals among them, and they are generally Chinese entrepreneurs.

I don't know if it's because the lives of the locals are more casual, as long as they don't starve to death, they can do whatever they want to make money.

Lan Jizhong told Fourteenth Master: "They were here to kill people, and then they started to arrest people, because mining requires manpower, whether it is local aborigines, pirates, or Han survivors like us, they all live better. Well, sending them to mine can generate profits for them, definitely much more than a dead body."

"Then why do they have to slaughter the village?" The Fourteenth Master didn't understand: "Isn't it enough to arrest people and go to mines? Elderly women can still cook for them, wash clothes and so on."

There has to be something special about mining, right?If they were all buried, they would be prone to plague in such a hot place.

"There is a reason this time. They also caught our people to dig mines. Fortunately, our people go out to fish in groups, and they don't separate easily. They rarely succeed, but this time because someone found them The location of the gold mine." Lan Jizhong said: "In fact, the man just took a look from a distance before he was discovered. He ran back, but brought back a group of chasers, probably because he was afraid of leaking the secret? Kill everyone gone."

The Fourteenth Lord asked him, "Don't you know where their gold mine is?"

"I don't know." Lan Jizhong shook his head: "There are countless islands in the sea, with different sizes. Who knows where their gold mines are? Besides, we don't have a good relationship. It can be said that we are very nervous. We usually meet Westerners. If your boat docks, we are not welcome."

This is more of a spring and autumn style of writing. If you are not welcome, it is actually to leave unfamiliar people who come from afar, even the people and boats. If the people are killed and the boats are rebuilt, it will be very good.

The goods and weapons those men brought became theirs.

The same is true for the big merchants in the Qing Dynasty when they went to sea, so they would not go to shore easily if they were experienced, even if they knew each other, they would not spend the night with them.

Only those who agree will rely on the renovation.

And the merchants on the sea, change their flags, who knows if they are merchants or pirates?

There are plenty of people like that Robert!

That's why the Fourteenth Lord didn't even believe in his credentials. Such credentials are nothing in the sea.

"That's why they killed them all?" Fourteenth Master suddenly realized: "No wonder the fighting is fierce, but there is nothing worth fighting for in this place."

It turned out that what was contested was not the real thing, but the location of the gold mine.

It's a pity that there are thousands of small islands in the vast South Seas. In this ancient time, there were no coordinates, charts, and satellite phones, so it was impossible to find them.

"We only know the general direction. It should be our side going east. We can't know how far it is." Lan Jizhong said: "They came back this time, and I don't know if they can still come."

Master Fourteen felt that there was something in Lan Jizhong's words.

"You mean, they will come again?" The Fourteenth Master didn't argue, but asked the enemy that they would still come.

"Probably?" Lan Jizhong was a little disappointed, but he didn't dare to show it again: "The location of their gold mine will not and cannot be known to others. The island was flattened."

That's why his father led people to defend against foreign enemies.

They were afraid that they would be flattened by others. Facts have proved that the other party probably thought so too. If they hadn't been patronized by pirates first, they would have been flattened by someone long ago.

In fact, the pirates came to find someone, to find someone who knew where the gold mine was.

As a result, people came one after another, and this peaceful Pearl Chain Islands became a Shura field.

If the fourteenth master hadn't come in time and Nian Gengyao had ruthlessly dealt with them, they would have been doomed long ago!

The Fourteenth Master rubbed his chin, thinking about the gold mine, gold!

From ancient times to the present, it has been hard currency.

Nanyang is indeed rich in gold. He has to find it. Now they are strong and strong here. Taking advantage of this last opportunity for development and grasping the tail of development, he may lead the Qing Dynasty to a different future.

The Fourteenth Lord was certain that Nian Gengyao had bid farewell to the small island owners. The island owners gave Fourteenth Lord some small gifts, and Nian Gengyao took them on his behalf.

They also gave Nian Gengyao some gifts, and Nian Gengyao asked for it, because Cao Yong said that he also accepted it, and if he didn't accept it, these people would not feel at ease.

But Nian Gengyao was not short of money, he was so lonely and arrogant, so he gave back the gift.

Two bolts of silk per person, still plain, light, breathable and expensive.

Cao Yong is even simpler, he directly used gold, one person two two, one two one small gold ingots, very cute.

It also dazzled the eyes of many people.

It seems that there is no shortage of money in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Even the soldiers of the navy were generous and bought some local specialties.

This makes some people who want to return to their roots even more want to go back to the Central Plains.

Although there is no unified idea yet, many people are a little shaken.

After Fourteenth Master and Nian Gengyao sent these people away, Cao Yong said: "They seem to be tempted."

"Actually, what's the use if they don't go back?" Nian Gengyao felt that these people didn't care.

"It's different, don't look at them looking poor, in fact they have a lot of money." Cao Yong said: "And there are many good things."

"What good thing?" The fourteenth master was curious. Cao Yong's family background is extraordinary, and his knowledge is even more extraordinary. There are not many people who can make him say good things.