The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 755 "Little Quanzhou"

Lin Yaocen frowned immediately, and said seriously: "My lord Zhao, the Holy Majesty ordered that when colonizing overseas lands, we should 'emphasize both kindness and power, focus on enlightenment, and reduce killing'." The sound is still in my ears, and you are actually robbing the villages of the natives. Evil?!"

Although he is only a seventh-rank secretary, the governor sent by the imperial court is seriously ill, and he is the highest-ranking person in Australia.

Zhao Weisheng was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt to the north, "Master Lin has clearly noticed that this village has been abandoned by the local people for a long time, and no one cares about it. It is definitely not forcibly snatched by the lower officials..."

"Oh? Are you serious?"

"Your Excellency doesn't know. There are seventeen or eighteen native tribes within a radius of two hundred miles. They often fight with each other, and they will attack other people's villages and plunder the living as slaves.

"However, the natives here have a custom that the winners only take away people and livestock, but they are afraid of the bad luck of the loser's residence. Most of them are burned, but a few are not burned, so they are abandoned. This is how the officials found such a place Abandoned village."

Lin Yaocen heard the words and looked at Hu Yuancai who was on the side.The latter nodded again and again, "Master Lin's words are true. Forty miles away from here there is an indigenous tribe named 'Bulun Festival', which is extremely fierce and often attacks other tribes. Chu was originally from the 'Yarao' tribe, which was destroyed by the Bulunjie tribe seven years ago."

Only then did Lin Yaocen's expression soften, and he hurriedly helped Zhao Weisheng up and said, "Master Zhao, please stand up, the lower officials have wrongly blamed you."

"It's okay, it's okay."

Not long after, Lin Yaocen and his party stepped into the camp of "Little Quanzhou", and saw a huge granary in the middle of the village, next to it was a grain drying field, and there were two strange-looking animals and a pile of sea fish on the ground. More than a dozen naked natives are peeling and sorting the unnamed fruit.

Only later did he know that the animal was called a kangaroo, and the fruits were mangoes and baobabs, which were picked several months ago and were taken out to dry at this time.These things are almost everywhere in Australia, supplementing [-]% of the rations of the expedition team.

Next to them, the Chinese led the natives to dig water, process animal skins, weave threads with simple looms, feed a very beautiful long-tailed sparrow, or practice with short spears. A busy and lively scene.

Lin Yaocen frowned slightly again, then turned to Zhao Weisheng and said, "Lord Zhao, there are probably hundreds of natives here. You have only been here for a hundred days, but where did you find all these people? Didn't you kidnap the locals?"

"I don't dare." Zhao Weisheng hurriedly said, "Most of them are slaves that Xiaguan bought from nearby tribes, and some of them escaped from tribes like 'Tuonatu' and 'Shuhu' who were defeated last month. of."

Hu Yuancai continued: "My lord, although we have been here for a short time in 'Little Quanzhou', we have gained a reputation in the neighborhood because we have repeatedly taken in slaves or homeless natives, and many natives have come to vote. Especially the elderly Usually, the defeated tribe would slaughter them, but now we buy most of them so that they can continue their lives. Now there are more than 150 natives in the village.”

Li Shi, Lin Yaocen's staff, saw the half-bodied natives, and said with pity: "My lord, it's getting colder now, why don't you give them some coarse clothes?"

"This gentleman doesn't know something. The natives who come here are all given a suit of clothes, but they are used to showing their breasts, but they don't want to wear them."

Lin Yaocen shook his head and said: "It's not enough to take them in, it must be supplemented by education. Only by teaching them etiquette, integrity, shame, and the way of being a human being can the local people be convinced and used by me. Otherwise, even if there are thousands of them 'Little Quanzhou', this Australia is also unable to follow the government orders and obey Wanghua."

Zhao Weisheng said: "Master Lin's words are very true. It is just to educate the aborigines, but it is not something that can be accomplished overnight." He said and looked at Hu Yuancai, "Besides, the only person here who understands the aboriginal dialect is Shopkeeper Hu."

"Take your time." Lin Yaocen seemed to be very confident, "From now on, all literate people will learn the local language with Shopkeeper Hu for an hour every night."

He asked Zhao Weisheng again, "How long do the local people here work every day?"

"Return to my lord, six hours for a strong man, and four and a half hours for the rest."

"How about this? From now on, one hour will be cut off for young children and half an hour for adults to learn Mandarin and literacy."

Shopkeeper Hu felt distressed when he heard the words. You must know that the natives in the village have a lot to eat and use, and he has a lot of shares in it. If they are asked to work less, the income of the expedition team will naturally decrease.But he didn't dare to disobey, and he still said together with Zhao Weisheng: "It's all up to my lord's orders."

Lin Yaocen added: "By the way, when I was in the Longjiang shipyard, I saw the 'performance system' created by the Holy One, which is very effective in motivating craftsmen. We might as well copy it and use it. In the future, all Chinese who can speak the local language will have their wages increased by [-]%. The fastest and most conscientious natives who learned Ming Mandarin can reduce their labor by two more hours, and they can also be allowed to be stewards and direct other natives."

Hu Yuancai thought about it, if the natives and Chinese can communicate better, then the labor efficiency will be doubled, which is a good thing to say, and this Lord Lin really has some ideas.

As soon as he thought of this, he thought of the copper mine that he had been dreaming about, so he cupped his hands and said: "My lord, there is a copper mine in the thirteen or four miles away. The grassroots let people explore it. There are ores in a radius of more than a hundred feet. Some Even out of the soil, it is very easy to mine."

When he mentioned this topic, he was immediately in high spirits, "There is also an iron mine more than a hundred miles to the southwest. The iron is so pure that it is almost refined iron when melted. There is also a gold mine, although it is far away. A bit, but we can build a new camp..."

Australia's copper-iron ore is of high quality and easy to mine. It has been the world's top ore exporter until the 21st century.It can be seen that Australia can support the income level of developed countries by selling these mineral deposits and wool.

Zhao Weisheng immediately waved his hands and said, "Master Hu is too impatient. Even the governor brought hundreds of people, but it takes at least 800 people to mine a copper mine, and they need to be divided into building camps, farming, hunting, and guard patrols." ... I reckon that the mine can only be started when there are about [-] people in Xiaoquan Prefecture."

"So many people are needed..." Lin Yaocen thought, "I wonder if we can recruit more native people?"

"That's easy to say," Hu Yuancai immediately said, "every day, natives come to vote. We were afraid we couldn't support them, so we didn't dare to take them in. In addition, the big tribes nearby sell slaves, and the price is very cheap. A fine steel short knife , you can exchange twenty strong men."

At this time, there were only stone tools and wooden tools in Australia, and steel knives were simply magical tools for them.If the lions of the expedition team opened their mouths, it would not be impossible to exchange a hundred slaves.

Zhao Weisheng shook his head again, "Shopkeeper Hu, don't you know how much food we have? Counting the Shaohuashan ship to transport food every two months, it can feed 400 people at most."

(End of this chapter)