Chapter 777
The sixth year of Zhenguan, the eighth day of May.
Qin Lang led the naval fleet to land at the mouth of the Tamsui River. A few years ago, the Qin family landed here, and bought a piece of land in the river mouth from the Pingdi people here, and established a business here to trade with the Fan people.
Afterwards, slaves and craftsmen were successively brought in, and a well-shaped camp was built here, with eight villages surrounding a commercial hall.
After several years of operation, this camp has become bigger and bigger, and the eight small villages have changed from small villages with no more than a few dozen people each to a solid village with hundreds of people. Expanded into a castle.
There are warehouses, schools, guard camps, and even the Dragon King Temple, Sheguan Temple and so on.
As of this year, there are already more than 3,000 people here, most of them are slaves brought by the Qin family to cultivate the fields, and some are poor people recruited from Fujian and other places. Fei, and then the three of them gave a cow.
Relying on the trade of camphor incense, buckskin, etc., this camp was once very prosperous, attracting many people to trade every year.
But this year the trade stopped for half a year.
No merchant ship has come over for a long time.
When the huge fleet arrived, all the people in Danshui Village came to watch and greet them.
Eight villages and one fort, more than 3,000 people all flocked to the seaside. In the past six months, the people in Danshui village have been very uneasy, especially some Fujian Lingnan people who came to cultivate fields, and they all have the idea of returning home. Although the climate here is pleasant, the land is fertile, the rain is abundant, and the rice and sugarcane are very productive, except for the land rent paid to the Qin family, they can still earn a lot in a year.
Originally, some people were even persuaded by the Qin family, and wanted to go to the family to let the family move in and settle down. The conditions for the Qin family to settle down are very generous, such as car and horse fees and settling expenses, etc., and they will directly share the land when they come.
Fan people refused to sell camphor, which made many people give up this idea. Once conflicts arise, these thousands of people may find it difficult to survive on this island.
Now, with the arrival of such a huge fleet, people can't help but laugh and almost cry.
The chief steward of the Danshui village on the island had been notified a long time ago, and had only been to Fuqing to meet Qin Lang a few days ago, so he had to return in advance, so he had brought people to prepare for the reception.
"The barracks and meals have been prepared in the village."
"Does King Fan know we're coming?"
"no one knows."
Half of Taiwan Island is made up of mountains, and the plains are basically along the west coast, mainly concentrated in the west, central and southwest. In fact, there are not many plains in the north.
But for this era, the few plains in the north are actually big enough. For example, the Yilan Plain in the northeast corner is an equilateral triangle with a side length of about 60 miles.
Taipei is actually a basin, and it is also the second largest basin on Taiwan Island. The circumference of the basin is about 150 miles long, which is much larger than the Yilan Plain.
But at this time, this fertile basin still looks a little deserted.
This is an undeveloped swampy area, full of jungle thatch.
The people living here are the Pingdi people, who travel in canoes and live a traditional fishing and hunting life. In the language of these aboriginals, this place is called Dajiagna, which means a flat and flooded place.
Around the basin, there are mountain people living.
Because the Fan people living on the flat land have a tradition of trading with foreign merchants, they are also called Shu Fan. The Mountain people in the mountains are more aggressive and have less contact with outsiders, so they are also called Sheng Fan.
In this regard, it is similar to Southwest Lingnan and other places, and is also divided into raw and cooked by the Han people.
At this time, although the Qin family has been operating in the Tamsui River Estuary for several years, it only occupies a small spot. In the eyes of those fans, this is the place where merchants from the Central Plains sell their goods, and it is an outsider. That's all.
The people of the Qin family also visited the surrounding area in the name of trade, and knew that at the southeast foot of the basin, there was a natural deep-water harbor surrounded by mountains on three sides, named Jilong Port. In the southwest of the basin, there is also an extremely open plain.
It is a large grassland wasteland, because it is full of rough weeds, so it is called Humaoyuan.
Liang Zhuang, the chief manager of Danshuizhai from Shuofang, lives in the poor Gobi area when he was a child. The place is deserted except for the Gobi, and the water depends on God. Every family builds water cellars, and every drop of rainwater is reluctant to waste. The ground is not a stone. It is sand.
That's why he went out as an apprentice at a young age. Later, he was lucky enough to work in the Qin family, and then went to Chang'an, all the way to Jiangnan, to Fujian, and then to this treasure island to be in charge of this village.
"This place is good, the weather is good, the soil is fertile, and it can be a piece of fertile land. If you dig a few ditches, you don't have to worry about lack of water. Such a good land, but those people don't know how to farm at all. They only know how to hunt and catch Fish, what a reckless waste."
Speaking of this, Guanshi Liang couldn't help sighing, such a good land, you can make a lot of money by doing whatever you want, but the barbarians don't understand.
The Qin family brought commercial goods, and they liked everything, but they might not have much to exchange, such as deerskin and antlers. Later, the Qin family taught them how to make camphor. As a result, these guys made some money, and now they still want to carry price.
Double directly, greedy guy.
"Sanlang, this basin alone can accommodate at least 100,000 people, plus the two plains to the east and south, it can accommodate 400,000 to 500,000 people. It’s the Guanzhong Plain.”
"What a wonderful land, we can't withdraw, it's hard to build this foundation."
"Since I'm here, of course I won't give up. Since the fans are unwilling to cooperate, there's no need to be polite to them."
Qin Lang brought six or seven thousand people with him to expand the scale of operations here based on the Tamsui Estuary.
"Fans may not be willing."
The Qin family had bought land from the Fanbu several times before, but the Fanzi had also learned to be smart, and felt that rare goods could be lived in, so they refused to sell the land easily, only willing to rent it.
Now, Fanzi proposes to take back the land that was previously sold to the Qin family. The reason is that the previous sale was too cheap, unless the Qin family makes up the difference, but the price difference is too harsh.
Boats docked one after another, and a steady stream of people disembarked from the boats and moved countless supplies off the boats.
Huans Island Hammer got off the boat and looked at the place transformed by the Qin family, feeling both strange and familiar.
He knelt down and kissed the ground.
Qin Lang saw Huansi Island Hammer who had just disembarked and kissed the land on the somewhat rudimentary Tamsui Fort, "See that? He is a smart man. You send some people who are familiar with the surrounding area to him, and I will give him another He draws some boats and horses, and they will serve as our vanguard."
"Of course, I'm not the kind of unreasonable person, so let's show respect to the fans first, and you send someone to bring my message to the leaders of the fans in the various ministries and clubs, and say that I am willing to raise the price of camphor incense to every We will pay ten guan, and are willing to purchase some camphor wood, but the specification, price and quantity have to be determined by us, and they have to be responsible for transporting the wood to the port.”
"Also, I intend to buy more land from them, the price is negotiable."
Guanshi Liang sighed, "Those people are already greedy for profit. We have approached them many times and made many concessions, but they are completely unmoved. A load of 16 sticks of camphor is already the previous price, but now it has increased again." , They asked for 20 pennies per load, and they had to use the goods they specified to pay off, and they lowered the price of our goods a lot.”
"Really, the price of a load of camphor now exceeds 30."
"Greedy enough." Qin Lang sneered a few times.
It is not such a way to raise the price by sitting on the ground.
"Do all Banbu have the same attitude?"
"They formed an alliance in secret. Earlier, we also quietly found a few small fans to secretly refine camphor. After they discovered it, they immediately joined forces to destroy them. Only a few dozen people escaped and hid in our In the village, those fans are still asking us to hand over people."
"We paid in advance for the camphor, but now we haven't got a load of camphor, and the money is gone."
Qin Lang snorted.
"Since we have paid the money, then the camphor is already ours. If Fanzi dares to kill people and steal the goods, he is robbing our goods. There is no reason for Zhengchou."
Qin Lang modified the content of the message and added a clause, asking Zhu Fan to return the goods that the Qin family had paid a deposit for before discussing other matters.
"Don't say it's unpredictable!"
At the same time, Qin Lang strictly sealed the news of the arrival of the fleet. He blocked the Danshui River and several roads leading to the Danshui village, preventing the fans from approaching.
On the other side, Qin Lang hammered Huan Sidao and their 3,500 young men to sharpen their guns before the battle, continued to intensify their training, and provided them with a batch of war horses.
Although these Liuqiu people basically don't know how to ride and shoot, they can maneuver on horseback. With a large number of cavalry units, even the infantry have many mounts, which can realize fast maneuvering, division and outflanking, etc.
Equip them with a lot of bows and arrows. Although these people can't even reach the level of the Guanzhong militia, they are much stronger against those Fanbu.
The envoys sent by Qin Lang came back one after another, and all they brought back were disdainful replies from the Fan Wangs. They thought it was Manager Liang again, so they didn't step on it, basically only one reply.
"Each load of crude camphor incense products is 30 guan. The Qin family's land will be taken back. It will only be rented and not sold, and the rent will also increase."
Qin Lang was not surprised to hear the news.
"It's actually increased to 30 guan a load. Hey, these people, why don't they just pay 100 guan a load? Are you so courageous?"
After speaking, he summoned Huans Island mallet.
"Starting today, I will give you the name Qin Huan, and give you the post of deputy captain of the Danshui Village Joint Defense Brigade. Now I will give you a task to destroy this Danshui Society first."
Tanshuishe is a flatland Fan tribe closest to Danshui Gangzhai. It is also a Fan tribe that sold land to the Qin family before, and now it has been clamoring to take back the land.
Compared to the barbarians in the south of the Lingnan who like to use streams and dongs as their names, the fan tribes on the island are mostly named after societies, which are equivalent to villages, and multiple societies form a tribe, and there are even tribal alliances at the top.
Tanshuishe is located on the outskirts of the Taipei Basin, living by rivers and mountains, mainly fishing and hunting, with a population of about 1,200 people. In recent years, because it is close to the Qin family port village and has trade benefits, it has become richer.
Huan Sidaozui nodded excitedly, "Xie Weigong gave me the name, I, Qin Huan, will fulfill my mission, may I ask Weigong, do you want to slaughter the Danshui Society directly?"
Qin Lang frowned, "What is Tu Guang doing? The stockade was broken, and everyone was brought back to me. I will transport them back to Fuqing to farm and work."
"Don't kill indiscriminately. I know you guys have a custom of cutting off people's heads and keeping them to show off, but this custom will be changed in the future. It's too barbaric."
"If you capture a young man alive, I will give you two thousand coins as a reward. If you kill a young man, you will only be given one thousand coins. For women, children, old and young, the reward will be halved."
"Qin Huan, work hard, don't betray my trust! In the future, I will definitely take you back to Dimeitan Cave so that you and your tribe can rebuild the tribe."
"Qin Huan obeys!"
The seven Fan tribes had a total of 3,500 soldiers, divided into seven battalions. Qin Lang was transferred to Qin Huan, and two leaders were appointed as deputy captains, and they were given names.
Then transferred three teams of cavalry from the Marine Corps, a total of 150 people, to accompany them, mainly to let them go to the formation.
Next, just wait for the news.
There are more than 3,000 people, and there is no suspense against a village community of 1,200 people.
(end of this chapter)