blenderwars Chapter 287 Planning
Chapter 287 Planning
Chapter 287 Planning
The main reason for the conflict is that the Han people and the aborigines do business with some dishonesty.
When Zhang Qingfeng first landed on Yizhou Island with 5000 people, he had contact with the aborigines.
The aborigines are naturally afraid of the arrival of so many people. Five thousand young and strong boys, and each of them is armed, is like an army of 5000 people. Can it not make people afraid?
However, Zhang Qingfeng did not intend to conquer the aborigines at the beginning, but chose to trade with the aborigines with goods.
In the beginning, the aborigines exchanged food, meat, and furs for Han people's iron pots, porcelain, and cloth.
Originally, the relationship between the two parties was not bad, but unexpectedly, some Han people had black hearts, exchanged bad things for others' good things, and even obtained benefits by deception.
Naturally, the aborigines couldn't bear such a situation, so they clashed with some Han people.
During the conflict, the aborigines were naturally no match for the Han people with sophisticated weapons because of their crude weapons, so they suffered a big loss from the beginning.
However, soon, the aborigines hid in the mountains, and then took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain to attack the lonely Han people. At this moment, Zhang Qingfeng, the county magistrate of Yizhou Island, was alarmed.
"That's how things are, Mr. Yang, what do you think we should do now?" A young Xiang Army officer asked Zhang Qingfeng.
This Xiang army officer's surname is Zhao, his name is Zhao Rong, and he is a member of the royal family. This time he came to Yizhou to take charge of the military power and security of Yizhou Island.
But even so, after all, the Xiang army had been dismantled, so he had to obey the orders of Zhang Qingfeng, the county magistrate.
"How did you deal with the troublemaker?" Zhang Qingfeng asked Zhao Rong, an officer of the Xiang Army.
"My lord, I've already had the people who caused the trouble severely beaten up, and I guess I won't be able to get out of bed for half a month." Zhao Rong said to Zhang Qingfeng.
"The person who caused the trouble will be punished, but the brothers who were killed cannot die in vain." Zhang Qingfeng said: "You gather five thousand people, and we will go and avenge the brothers."
Following Zhang Qingfeng's order, at least [-] fully armed soldiers were quickly called up.
These 5000 people were the first batch of soldiers from the Xiang Army who came to Yizhou. For the safety of their development of Yizhou Island, the imperial court equipped all of them with weapons and armor.
Almost each of these people has a steel knife. In addition, there are five hundred archers, spearmen and sword shield soldiers.
With such a powerful army, it shouldn't be too easy to bully the natives on the island.
Zhang Qingfeng originally wanted to coexist peacefully with the local aborigines, and then gradually assimilated them with Chinese culture.
But now it seems that they can only be forcibly integrated into Han culture by means of violence.
After gathering [-] troops, Zhang Qingfeng did not immediately attack the aborigines, but sent scouts into the mountain to investigate the situation.
After several days of inquiring, Zhang Qingfeng set his sights on a dozen or so indigenous villages within a radius of dozens of kilometers.
There are almost 2000 people living in these villages.
Of the more than 2000 people, more than half of them are goddess old people and children, and only about one third are young and strong.
After inquiring about the locations of these villages, Zhang Qingfeng immediately issued a combat order.
The main purpose of attacking these villages is to catch people alive, because men, women, old and young are all laborers, which can bring great benefits to everyone.
For this battle, Zhang Qingfeng sent out half of the medical staff, so that if any soldier was injured, he would be treated immediately.
After dispatching more than 5000 troops, another 5000 people stayed at the base camp and were responsible for vigilance, so as not to be attacked by others.
After more than 5000 combatants were dispatched, then, in just the first day, a nearby village was taken down, and more than 100 aborigines in the entire village were captured alive.
In the next few days, many aborigines were arrested one after another. By the end of this mission, more than 800 people had been arrested.
During the battle, the number of deaths on both sides was not very large. Surrounded by twice the number of people, the aborigines surrendered without resistance.
However, it was not without casualties. In this battle, five Han soldiers died and more than 30 people were injured.
The soldiers of the Xiang Army did not show mercy to the aborigines who resisted. At least 200 aborigines died in this war.
So far in the battle, the more than 1 Xiang troops led by Zhang Qingfeng have completely deterred the aborigines on the island.
After hearing the news that more than a dozen villages were wiped out by the army overnight, many villages quickly hid in the deep mountains and old forests.
Later, Zhang Qingfeng did not treat the captured aborigines as slaves. Instead of beating, scolding and ill-treating them, he asked people to build shelters for all the aborigines to provide food and drink every day, not to mention living a comfortable life. How happy.
The only thing that the aborigines hated was that Zhang Qingfeng forced them to work from morning to night. If you didn't work hard, you wouldn't be beaten, and you would just starve you for two days.
In order not to starve, the aborigines can only work obediently.
Fortunately, as long as they work hard to engage in activities, Zhang Qingfeng's disease does not deduct their food, at least everyone can eat enough.
Moreover, Zhang Qingfeng takes care of the children and the elderly of the aboriginal people. When many aboriginal people are sick, doctors will treat them.
Over time, the aborigines got used to working every day, and they could eat enough every day, which made them no longer hostile to the Song people who came to the island at the beginning.
After a good harvest of grain, Zhang Qingfeng specially allowed some to be allocated to the aboriginal families, which also allowed the aboriginals to slowly accept the life here.
And over time, the aborigines found that this kind of life was better than before.
With the participation of more than 1000 aborigines, plus the original more than 1 people.
In a few months, Zhang Qingfeng reclaimed 10,000+ acres of land.
In addition to reclaiming the land, a town was also built on the plain.
The name of the town, Zhang Qingfeng named Kaohsiung City.
Around the city of Kaohsiung, there are dozens of villages, large and small.
In the city, in addition to the residents, Zhang Qingfeng also organized people to run hospitals, blacksmith shops, grocery stores, farm tool repair workshops, and so on.
One year after Zhang Qingfeng arrived in Yizhou Island, his county government office was also built.
"My lord, the imperial court hasn't sent anyone for so long. We have cultivated too much land and we don't have enough manpower!"
One day, one of Zhang Qingfeng's subordinates approached Zhang Qingfeng and said.
In one year, the imperial court only sent 5000 people over, and it has been more than half a year now, and no more people have been sent over.
Zhang Qingfeng has reclaimed more than 30 mu of land here. In total, each person can have [-] mu of land. There is simply no way to grow so much land.
After planting grain in three seasons a year, Zhang Qingfeng had people build dozens of large granaries, and now they can hardly hold them.
"How about this, we don't have enough manpower, so we go to the mountains to arrest people. The people we arrested last time helped us a lot. I believe the brothers will not object."
Zhang Qingfeng said: "Also, I'm planning to go back to Song Dynasty to find some merchants to sell our grain and let the brothers earn some money."
"Besides, I'm going to buy some sea boats as a fixed means of transportation between Yizhou Island and Dasong. When the brothers want to bring their families over, they can take our own boats."
"We can also plant some cash crops here, and do some sea trade business with Da Song..."
PS: During this period of time, working at home every day, tearing down old houses, repairing fences, building glazed tiles, etc., is more tiring than going to work on the construction site, so there is only one shift at night, and it will be fine to finish the work after a while.
(End of this chapter)