Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 930
Qian Shuixie didn't salute Li Ziping until he watched the two military dogs in the team being carefully hoisted onto the boat by special bags, then put on his helmet and climbed off the boat from the net ladder.His orderly followed him down—because Qian Shuixie had a wife, he didn't dare to blatantly have a female orderly by his side, so he had to choose a 16-year-old boy who was quick in his hands and feet and could wash and cook as an orderly.This young man was originally a fugitive slave from Guangdong, the so-called "smart is not as good as my husband", people who are slaves in this time and space are not bad at being smart.Qian Shuixie was served comfortably and had a good impression of him, so he named him Chandler.

Chandler is a naturalized citizen who is a contract slave, and he has no right to choose what his surname is.Generally speaking, they are named after their own surname + the name of the purification camp.If there are too many surnames on the form, the surname will be changed.But once you get the favor of a certain elder and become an adopted child, apprentice, personal servant or orderly, you can get the surname bestowed by the elder. This is a great honor for the naturalized people, and the general office also recognizes this practice , and issue the corresponding surname-giving certificate.

Although Chandler is an orderly, he is also a regular member of the special investigation team, and his training performance is not bad.He was carrying the large field backpack filled with Qianshui Association, and he climbed down from the net nimbly.Because of the intensive training and the 24-hour combat readiness of the special investigation team, the standard of food has always been very high. Recently, it has been adjusted to the same standard as the veterans. Not only is it guaranteed to have fish every meal, but also the most scarce oil every day.Therefore, their physical fitness is much higher than that of ordinary naturalized people.

"Are you all here?"

"All of them!" the sergeant reported to him.

Qian Shuixie raised one hand high and then retracted it, three times in a row: "Let's go!" He ordered loudly.

The sailors on the rowboat immediately pulled the oars, and the rowboat sailed slowly towards the shore.

A total of two rowing boats were released from the Haitian, one was filled with [-] members of the landing expedition team, and the other was a sea soldier. They carried a typewriter as a firepower point in the lagoon. Cover the landing team.

Li Ziping ordered all the artillery and typewriters on the ship to be on alert, and to cover the landing team with fire in case of an enemy attack.

They soon landed near the mouth of a larger freshwater river that empties into the harbour.Although Haitian is not going to set up a permanent camp here this time, the exploration team and the special investigation team are going to conduct two or three days of reconnaissance and exploration activities nearby, and a temporary camp must be established in a place with fresh water.

The coast is extremely desolate, the beach is empty, and there is no village or house along the coast.But from the clues and residues on the beach, he could see that people often came to the beach and lagoon for activities.Obviously, the Pingpu natives are not very far from the sea.The reason why they don't live by the sea is to prevent pirates from attacking them.

The sailors started to set up a crude camp at the mouth of the river. Qian Shuixie led the team to advance inland along the river—his first task was to climb up the Dagou Mountain and observe the surrounding environment condescendingly. The exploration team members draw a rough topographic map near Dagou Port.This place will become a new base of the Traveling Group in the future.Wu Nanhai's Agricultural Committee has long coveted the Tainan Plain that can be developed on a large scale.

Going deep into the interior, except for a small piece of woods, there are deep grass and shrubs everywhere. Now it is close to summer, when the vegetation is the most dense, not only the road is difficult, but also there are many mosquitoes.As soon as people walk around, they can startle all kinds of mosquitoes like smoke.Liu Zheng is a senior traveling friend who knows the severity of insects in this kind of landform, and Taiwan has always been endangered by malaria. Therefore, all members of the landing exploration team are tightly wrapped, wearing high-top canvas boots, and mosquito repellent on their heads. Wide-brimmed hat.

Of course it was inconvenient to walk wearing this outfit, and the grass was deep and the forest was lush. After landing at noon, the exploration team did not climb up to the main peak of Dagou Mountain until after four o'clock in the afternoon.

Although the scenery along the road was barren, they still saw many traces of human activities along the way: there were vaguely discernible roads in the grass, and traces of fields that had been cultivated. Traces of collapsed and obliterated Aboriginal settlements.Apparently there were once inhabitants here, and there were quite a few of them.Based on the scale of the settlements and the traces of the fields they found, Liu Zheng believes that at least 500 indigenous people lived here.

Where did these natives go?It is generally believed that they were attacked and killed by the pirate Lin Daogan during the Jiajing period, and the whole society moved to the inland "Ahou Forest".However, the information given by the Foreign Intelligence Service and Ren Fu's dictation all indicate that these aborigines should still be not far from the coast, rather than going deep inland.Therefore, the immigrants who landed in Kaohsiung were bound to clash with the local Pingpu people.

The altitude of Dagou Mountain is more than 300 meters, which is matched with their high-power telescope.It is enough to see the landforms of more than ten square kilometers nearby.What appeared in front of them was the vast Kaohsiung Plain. Although the inland plain in sight was basically barren grass and jungle, from time to time they could still see some simple villages and reclaimed paddy fields around them.

"There are quite a few natives here." Liu Zheng frowned and said, "It's best to clean it up once, otherwise conflicts will be very troublesome in the future..."

Qian Shuixie did not speak, and the exploration team was marking the discovered settlements on the map one by one. Judging from the number and size of the discovered settlements, the legendary "Tagaryan" community has at least 2000 people.The Dutch recorded that they could dispatch four or five hundred armed men at a time.

Judging from the distribution of indigenous communities in Taiwan at that time, the Takariyan community was a big society not inferior to the Xingang Society in Tainan. Historically, they had been in conflict with the Xingang Society. It was not until the Dutch intervened in the dispute between the two parties that the Takaliyan community was established. Expelled from the Kaohsiung Plain.

"To drive away the natives here, we need at least one infantry company to cooperate with the militia." Qian Shuixie estimated the required troops and said.

According to historical data, in the Christmas campaign launched by the Dutch in 1635, they defeated the Tagarian Society and forced them to surrender and move inward. They dispatched 500 people plus five or six hundred Allied forces from the Newport Society.Tribes in primitive society are generally all soldiers, so it is inferred that the population of this community is at least 1000 people.Otherwise, the Dutch would not be so motivating.The crusade against the Galijan Society is one of the few large-scale military operations carried out by the Dutch in Taiwan.

Liu Zheng said: "The landing of the advance team should start in the winter after the end of the typhoon season."

Now it will soon enter summer. In summer, not only mosquitoes are rampant, but also there are many typhoons. Ships are greatly restricted in both ferrying and landing of personnel and materials.If it is not done well, it will cause the epidemic of infectious diseases. At the end of 1631, neither Zhejiang nor Shandong had a large number of immigrants. At this time, it was still too late to start construction in Kaohsiung.

"Besides, the vegetation is withered in winter, and the line of sight is good. It is easy to observe. Look at the density of the vegetation," Liu Zheng pointed to the hillside, "Those tribal people can easily hide hundreds of people inside, and you may not even walk in front of you." can find..."

Qian Shuixie nodded. The winter in Taiwan, which is located in the subtropical zone, is certainly not cold, but now it is the Little Ice Age, and the temperature in southern Taiwan should be several degrees lower than in the 21st century.Even in Hainan, where the latitude is lower, some plants and trees show obvious signs of withering and withering in winter.The Dutch chose to launch a crusade on Christmas, which obviously also has this factor in mind.

Since it was getting late, Qian Shuixie decided to camp on the mountain and wait until the next morning before going down the mountain and heading inland.

The exploration team found a vein of spring water next to a few big rocks on the top of the mountain. There are big rocks here, and the terrain is flat without much vegetation.There is fresh water nearby.It's a great place to camp.The two agreed to camp here overnight.Liu Zheng took care of people to set up a bonfire under a clump of trees, and sent people to sprinkle sulfur and lime around the camp to drive away possible snakes and insects.

Dinner was grass rations. Although they saw deer, wild boars and some other wild animals on the way up the mountain, Qian Shuixie did not allow hunting animals out of prudence and health considerations.Even so, the starving team members ate up the grass rations like a storm, and Chandler made Liu Zheng and Qian Shuixie a good dinner with the special grass rations provided by the elders, and the two ate with gusto.

"You are a capable orderly." Liu Zheng praised.

"Yeah, very capable, but it's a pity he's the same as us, haha." Qian Shuixie picked up a stick from the campfire and lit a farm cigar, puffing, "It's not very useful."

Liu Zheng made fun of him: "I think this little Qian looks pretty good."

"I'm not gay, and I'm not one of those big Ming sours." Qian Shuixie hecked a few times, "I take care of my wife like this, and I don't even dare to think about maids. Even if my wife is in Guangzhou, the two places are separated. Honestly..."

Of course, there is also a maid under the name of Qian Shuixie who is currently on the Feiyun, but she can't develop in that direction.

"Look at what you said, as if I didn't bring a wife." Liu Zheng said.

Qian Shuixie remembered that Liu Zheng did have a wife, and she was very good-looking and well-figured. He heard that he used to enjoy literature and art.At the annual meeting, Liu Shuixin also sang a few songs--an academic background with a correct accent.

Liu Zheng said: "I heard that the general office is about to open the Lingao Ziming Building, how about it? After we get back, let's go to the sauna together?"

"Let's talk about it. I'm Tiangao and my wife is far away now. If your wife doesn't object, we'll go."

"It's okay." Liu Zheng said, "Take a shower, knock your back, what's your disagreement?"

(End of this chapter)