Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 129 The soldiers of the Guards, have fun with the people (please subscribe!)
As the night darkened, cicadas chirped from the forest, and the air seemed to be filled with the aroma of rice wine and barbecue.

With a few "pops" and "pops", sparks burst out from the top of the fire, and floated high with the wind, red light flashed and flashed in the black night sky, like stars on a midsummer night
Beside the bonfire, there are Pan Aqiang, Qin Zhiguo and others, as well as Li people, singing and dancing, so happy!
Many bare-backed Li children ran over and danced with them. This is a celebration ceremony for Li people to welcome their friends.

Relying on the experience of interacting with the Pingpu people, Qin Zhiguo, Pan Aqiang and others used a little dried fruit that is abundant in Luzon, and they won their favor.

This is the soldiers of the Guards, who enjoy themselves with the people and mingle with them.

Recalling the negotiations with the old Dongzhu during the day, Qin Zhiguo and others were very happy, and they danced even more vigorously.

Zheng Kezang told them that their task had been completed.

Their ultimate goal today is to find a way to turn Li people into their own use.

Originally, they thought that the negotiation would be very difficult, but they did not expect that the old owner of the village proposed to join King Yanping first.

Because, at this time, Qiongzhou Island was full of droughts. From May of the lunar calendar in 1681 to February of the lunar calendar in 1682, there was no record of rain in Qiongzhou Island, and the price of rice was as high as 2 taels of silver per bucket.

If Zheng Kezang hadn't arrived, there would have been a great famine on Qiongzhou Island in 1682, followed by dead bodies everywhere, causing a plague, which eventually led to a sharp drop in the population of Qiongzhou Island.

The condition of the old Dongzhu is very simple, as long as the people in their village are given food to eat and ironware to use, they will follow Yanping King.

In terms of food, it is simple, because sweet potatoes and potatoes have been grown in the Luzon Islands for a long time, and many Han people have been transported to the Luzon Islands to farm, and agriculture has been greatly developed.

Now there is a lot of surplus food there, and it is capable of helping Qiongzhou Island survive the famine.

Zheng Kezang didn't care about ironware. The Li people were a friendly force to Ming and Zheng, and they were good partners in the fight against the Qing Dynasty. Naturally, they were not stingy with ironware.

Li people had few ironware because Li people rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. Afterwards, the government of the Qing Dynasty had extremely strict control over the ironware in the Li people's area, lest they get pig iron and use it to make weapons to rebel.

Like the cave where Pan Aqiang came today, there are more than 300 families with a thousand people, and there are not even a few iron pots. The only little pig iron is almost used to make the small hooks on the men's waists.

If this were not the case, the level of farming development of the Li people would not be so backward.

With the promise of the guards, the Li people in this cave are willing to obey Zheng Kezang's orders, and they can recruit their young and strong to fight as long as necessary.

Of course, Zheng Kezang will also give them military pay, and they will also pay taxes to Zheng Kezang in the future.

The negotiation was very pleasant. In the end, Qin Zhiguo told the old Dongzhu: "The king said that you Li children can go out of the mountains and go to school!"

The old Dongzhu was very happy, and they also wanted to learn the advanced culture of the Ming people.

When the Ming Dynasty was still in the past, the old Dongzhu had seen the scene of the city of the Ming people, with tall walls, bustling streets, sturdy houses, and soldiers with shining swords.

Later, after the Qing people came, the Li people did not dare to go anywhere. They would arrest the Li people to shave their hair and change clothes.

The well-informed old Dongzhu knew that Ming people went to school to study, so he said to the guide: "Tell me to the two military masters, we are poor in Li, but it is not in vain. If we let the little ones in our village When the children go to school, we will offer some agarwood as a gift to King Yanping every year!"

The old leader looked like a kind person, and for the future development of the Li people, he was willing to give Zheng Kezang what was at the bottom of the box.

They know the value of agarwood, because Qiongzhou Island is so famous for agarwood, many people from other places collect agarwood here, resulting in a sharp decline in agarwood resources, but they have more stock in Li people.

Seeing that Qin Zhiguo and Pan Aqiang couldn't shirk it, they agreed to the old leader's gift.

In fact, when they saw Zheng Kezang being so gentle with the Li people, they were still a little bit puzzled, wondering why he should be so kind to the natives.

But after walking around for a while, I found that the Li people were much better than the Fan people of Yizhou Island and the natives of Luzon Island. They were the friendliest native people they had ever seen.

Look at these Li people who are so poor that they live well if they have an iron pot at home. They don't have much wealth, but they know that it is really rare to reciprocate.

Later, the Li people were too warm to them. Originally, they didn't plan to come here to spend the night, and they didn't want to drink, but they didn't expect that things would get out of their control once the bonfire party started.

The dancing and drinking never stopped. The next day, both of them woke up with a headache. Fortunately, they didn't mess around after drinking.

After the two woke up, they were very thankful that there was no young lady from Li, otherwise the discipline of the guards would be broken.

They have families in Dongning Mansion, so they can't mess around!
Early the next morning, the two bid farewell to this friendly Dongzi.

Later, the two won the attachment of many Li people's villages with their food and ironware. Among them, there was a female leader who could talk in every cave. She asked to see Zheng Kezang, the king of Yanping, and chat with the Li people s future.

Historically, the Li people had produced many well-known female leaders, such as Wang Erniang, the female leader of the Li people in the Southern Song Dynasty. implement.

Moreover, after the death of the mother, the daughter succeeded, and after the death of the second mother, the daughter succeeded, and became the leader of the Li nationality.

Seeing that it was an opportunity, Qin Zhiguo and others hurriedly took her to see the busy Zheng Kezang.

Three days later, Zheng Kezang received the female leader of the Li people at the Yamen of Qiongzhou Prefecture.

As soon as they met, Zheng Kezang was stunned for a moment, and then glared at Pan Aqiang and Qin Zhiguo angrily.

Because they didn't make it clear that the leader was a woman, they only said that a leader of the Li People's Congress asked to see her.

Not only the leader is a woman, but even the guards around him are mainly women.

The leader of the Li people looks about 30 years old, his skin is bronze and black, and he is very healthy.

Wearing Li people's unique costumes, to put it bluntly, there is a pleated chest cloth on the top, a miniskirt on the bottom, and various metal ornaments hanging around the neck.

Zheng Kezang, who has seen long skirts for a long time, was really dazzled by the advanced dress of these Li women.

It doesn't matter if the long legs are a little darker, and it's not a big deal if they are thicker.

The only regret is that the female leader has some tattoos on her face. Although it is not heavy, it is somewhat degrading.

The female leader, Huang Siniang, immediately bowed to Zheng Kezang when she saw Zheng Kezang.

"Huang Siniang from Li pays homage to King Yanping of the Ming Dynasty!" This female leader can speak Chinese.

"You don't need to be polite, please sit down!"

Zheng Kezang withdrew his gaze from his thighs and waist, and solemnly invited the female leader of the Li people to sit down.

"Boss Huang, I don't know why you want to see me this time?"

Zheng Kezang invited Huang Siniang to drink tea, and then asked first.

(End of this chapter)