Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 994 Miao Village
Kong Lingyang guessed right.The arrival of Mu Min and Fang Jinghan, who are also directors of the Li and Miao Affairs Office, is precisely to recruit the national army from the local Li and Miao population.

The Li and Miao population in Hainan Island has always been an unusable manpower for the Senate, which makes the Planning Institute, which has a shortage of labor resources, always worry about it.

However, the productivity of the Li and Miao people is extremely low, and they are accustomed to the primitive commune-style life and production mode. Historically, they have strong conflicts with the local Han people. It is very difficult to transform them into an industrial and agricultural population.

In order to effectively grasp and use the Li Miao people, on the one hand, the religious office "dual religions go together", the Catholicism and the New Taoism go deep into the mountainous areas of the south and the north to preach, and to grasp the spiritual level of the local people through the penetration of religious missions and health services , and thus control the entire society.

On the other hand, by expanding trade, abandoning the traditional profiteering method in Li Miao trade, stimulating the development of the local commodity economy with lower profits and more commodities, and then assisting the promotion of medicine to the countryside and a small amount of agricultural technology .Use material to promote social evolution.

Although there was an idea of ​​recruiting Li Miao people to form mountain infantry in the past, the Military Affairs Commission believes that there is no such urgent need at present. Li Miao people are generally poor in physical fitness and often suffer from malaria, requiring a long period of treatment and recuperation.It is costly to prepare as a combat force.

The engine operation was going to land on Taiwan Island. The General Staff and the Foreign Intelligence Bureau summarized the materials of the Haitian and the Great Library, and believed that it was appropriate to use a security force composed of Li and Miao soldiers in combat operations on Taiwan Island.Especially in future combat operations against the Pingpu and Gaoshan peoples in Taiwan, the ability of Li and Miao soldiers to move in the jungle and mountains can play a role.

To this end, after discussing with the Li and Miao Affairs Office, the Military Directorate Department dispatched a joint working group to Lingao, Sanya, and Changhua, where the two sides had a lot of contact and had a certain basis of mutual trust for the Li and Miao settlements to carry out recruitment work.

Wei Aiwen took a sip of oolong tea comfortably, and asked, "Old Kong, are there many Li and Miao people here?"

"A lot." Kong Lingyang knew that he had guessed right when he heard him ask this question. "To tell you the truth, Changhua's economy is Li and Miao's economy."

This statement is true. If the Senate also counts the GDP data of the counties under its rule, [-]% of Changhua's GDP comes from trade activities with Li and Miao.

"Are there many Miao villages? How many Miao people are there?"

"Very few. According to the information we have so far, there are less than ten Miao villages, and each village ranges from twenty to thirty households to one hundred households. The total population is about five to six thousand. There is no detailed data." Although Kong Lingyang He took office not long ago, but when Li Haiping took office, various investigations continued and a large amount of first-hand information was accumulated.

Generally speaking, there are many Li villages and few Miao villages.Moreover, the Miao Village is smaller and more impoverished than the Li Village.Because the Miao people are the latecomers of Hainan Island, they are the descendants of the "Wolf Army", "Thugs" and "Medicine Crossbowmen" who were recruited from Guangxi to Hainan Island as crossbowmen when they accompanied the Ming army to suppress the riots of the people. .After the war, the Miao army was disbanded on the spot and scattered to settle down in various places.Because they came too late, the better land and mountains have already been taken by the Han and Li people, so the villages of the Miao people are generally located in mountainous areas with poor natural environment.In addition to barely reclaiming some land, they lived by hunting and gathering mountain products, and also leased the land and forests of Han and Li landlords.

Fang Jinghan interjected: "How is the relationship between Miao and Li, and the relationship with the local Han people and us?"

"The Miao people don't have major conflicts with anyone—small frictions are inevitable. The Miao people are very poor and have no land, not even land in the mountains. Most of them make a living by fishing and hunting, and rarely contact outsiders." Kong Lingyang has never been to Miao However, he got a lot of information about the Li and Miao people from his "Li and Miao affairs liaison officer" - the guy Wang who led the expedition team to Guduizhai and Shiluhe.

Wei Aiwen listened very carefully, and he was particularly concerned about the Miao Village—the Miao people in Hainan have the smallest population and the worst economic situation.There have also been conflicts with the Li people in history.So he thinks it is more reassuring to use.Since the Miao people in Hainan came from conquests, they have a tradition of fighting.It is a good choice to absorb them as security forces.

"Is there a Miao village we are more familiar with?"

"Yes, Li Haiping had a good relationship with several Miao villages..."

"Can I come and visit?"

"Of course." Kong Lingyang nodded repeatedly, "There is a local employee in the cooperative who is in charge of Li and Miao trade. His name is Wang Daliang. Familiar with."

Wei Aiwen nodded: "Arrange us to go to a Miao village tomorrow." He said and asked: "Old Kong, we are here to recruit some Li and Miao young men to serve as soldiers. Do you think the local Li and Miao people are willing to come?" Serve as a soldier?"

"We can definitely be recruited," Kong Lingyang said. "Whether they are Li people or Miao people, their lives are miserable. Although the labor intensity of planting fences is not high, there are not many days to eat enough."

Then Kong Lingyang talked about the current negotiations with the Li Miao villages in Changhua. At present, most of the Li Miao villages in Changhua have trade relations with the Changhua branch of the cooperative.The relationship was anything but hostile.It is not a problem to recruit some young men.

On the second day, under the leadership of the local traders of the cooperative, the members of the visiting group set foot on the road of visiting Miao Village again.

The location of the Miao Village is very remote. Although the straight-line distance from Changhua Fort is less than 30 kilometers from the map, the terrain is rugged, with tall grass and dense forests.The whole team could only follow the steps of the guide, shuttle on an unrecognizable path, and arrived at Miao Village early the next morning.

Before entering the stockade, they were startled by the terrifying scene in the woods outside the stockade.On the branches of the big tree, there are many objects that look like reed mats, some of which are half decayed and scattered on the ground.A group of people were very curious, but Fang Jinghan knew that this was not something interesting.

"This is the cemetery of the Miao Village." He introduced, "The Miao people here are placed on tree trunks in the forest after death..."

Mu Min quickly hid away when she heard this, even though Wei Aiwen was used to seeing dead people on the battlefield, she didn't feel terrified.

"Why haven't we heard of this custom?" Mu Min felt strange. She had traveled to the southwest and visited many Miao villages, but she had never heard of such a custom.

"This is undoubtedly a local custom." Fang Jinghan said, "As for whether there is such a custom in the Miao villages on the mainland, I have not researched it. But if you are traveling, the other party may not always use such a custom as a publicity point .”

They soon arrived at the gate of the village, Wang Darian came and went here from time to time, knew the way, and the young men who guarded the gate of the village immediately let them in.

The situation in the Miao Village is far worse than that of the Li People’s Cutter Village they have been to. It can be seen that it is very poor. There are only about 40 households. The village has no decent walls, and thorny plants are used as natural fences. Simple: the frame is made of bamboo, the walls are made of bamboo strips, the outside is painted with yellow mud, and the roof is covered with straw.In the village, there are some free-range pigs, chickens and ducks wandering around.

According to Wang Daliang, the Miao people here can hardly afford anything, and they just rely on hunting and gathering mountain products in exchange for the cooperative's salt and ironware.

The hunting economy is a very unstable source, so they still grow rice in the hills, and the yield is not high, barely maintaining the basic livelihood of the village.Kong Lingyang is promoting the cultivation of some simple economic crops in Lizhai and Miaozhai in Changhua, but the transportation here is too inconvenient, so he has been excluded for the time being.

"Miao people live on such a difficult mountain. It is difficult for others to come in. Isn't it difficult for them to go out?" Mu Min said.

However, Wang Daliang said that this is nothing to the Miao people. The Miao people are very good at climbing mountains and ridges. finished.

"This is the best material for mountain infantry." Wei Aiwen said, with a greedy look in his eyes - it's a bit wasteful to let them be security forces.

Mu Min observed the village with great interest, feeling that the living standard here is really too difficult.Most people eat porridge or multigrain porridge for three meals. Except for meat after hunting, there is almost no meat on weekdays—not even vegetables. There are no vegetable fields around the village, so they only use salt for meals.The gift of the Southwest ethnic groups: Peppers have just been planted in Lingao in this time and space.

The reason why Kong Lingyang asked Wang Daliang to bring them to this stockade was naturally because poverty allowed them to easily recruit people.

She suddenly asked: "I think the Miao people here are very different from those on the mainland."

"The Miao people in Hainan Island, some experts believe that they are actually the Yao and Dong peoples in Laide, Guangxi, and some Miao people may also be mixed in." Fang Jinghan said.

Under Wang Daliang's recommendation, they soon met the elders of the village.By the fire pond, Mu Min presented gifts to the elders. In the ensuing conversation, Wei Aiwen played tricks, bragging about how promising he was for being recruited as the Australian Song Dynasty and serving the Senate, and what kind of "three Eat white rice for every meal, and meat for every meal."Recruiting people and food for the family.Even the elder himself was a little tempted when he said it, and he lamented that he was too old.

Although the elder didn't have any intuitive feelings about Fubojun's treatment, the cooperative has been operating business here in the past two years. It has always been honest and trustworthy, and its reputation in the local area is very high, so the elder did not doubt the authenticity of this statement.

The mission quickly achieved its goal: the elders agreed to let them recruit soldiers locally.With his strong cooperation, Wei Aiwen recruited more than a dozen people in this village.

(End of this chapter)