Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The Tahitians were a chain of islands formed by the ridges of the Pacific Ocean, and each island was actually a stone mountain in the ocean.

There was not much land that could be reclaimed, but the warm weather was not a problem for the Three-Season Rice. Chinese people used small amounts of rice and a large amount of seafood to create many delicacies that left the natives and European explorer dumbfounded.

The best was the seafood congee cooked by the Chinese people. The soup was scalding hot and fragrant. The luxurious dragon and shrimp meat along with various types of shellfish and macaque fish slices plus a bit of Chinese vegetables were making the immortal porridge salivate.

After tasting it two or three times, the natives could no longer live without this kind of delicacy. Unfortunately, they did not know how to grow, nor could they get any seasonings. Therefore, even if the Chinese gave them some rice, they would not be able to produce this flavor.

Do you want to enjoy such delicacies in the long run? Then he would trade something for it! From that day on, the indigenous peoples of Tahiti learned to trade goods.

The black pearl unique to the seashell shell of the deep sea used to be a toy in the hands of natives and children. Now, it could no longer be played with. It had to be stored and then exchanged for delicacies with the Chinese.

If the black pearls were not enough, then the beautiful coral in the ocean could also be used as a filler, something the Chinese also recognize.

If you can't even get hold of coral, then simply go hunting. The shallow waters of the archipelago are filled with crab, shellfish, grouper, octopus and other specialties. As long as you catch a lot of them and send them to a Chinese village, you can get a lot in exchange for some delicacies.

Soon enough, countless seafood piled up in Chinese villages, and there was no way to eat all of it. Initially, the natives did not understand what these foreigners were trying to do. In their eyes, food that they could not eat was a waste. Hot weather will soon corrupt the food.

But unexpectedly, the Chinese have collected so many seafood is not for eating! The natives watched helplessly as the Chinese cooked the crabs, then dried them and began to dismember them.

The largest crab claws were placed to one side, while the rest of the legs were cut off and put together. The plump flesh of the crab's hind legs was, of course, also taken apart and stored in a large collection.

The split crab meat would need a lot of salt to be marinated and dried, and within a few days, those ordinary-looking crab meat and crab feet would become half-dried products. They would add another layer of salt and then store it in wooden boxes and terrines, placing it in the newly built warehouse.

Crabs were the most expensive delicacies, the Chinese even used blue and white porcelain altars to marinate them, and those crabs and minced meat were not wasted. You could use a large amount of salt, then mash them up and store them for less than half a month, and then you could pickle them out with thick, fragrant ointment, which the Chinese called crab sauce.

Crab processing is just one of these weird Chinese behavior, the rest of the octopus, scallop, macula, sea cucumber... All kinds of seafood Chinese have strange storage methods.

The natives were completely unable to understand the actions of these outsiders. In their eyes, if they didn't eat the food, they would store it away. What was there to do if they had nothing better to eat?

If they were too energetic, why didn't they sing and dance and celebrate by the fire? If he couldn't do it, then what was he supposed to do in the wild?

Unfortunately, they couldn't resist the allure of delicious food. Even though they knew that the Chinese were doing meaningless work, they could only shrug their shoulders and continue catching crabs.

Tribes that were in a fishing and hunting state would never understand the way of life of a farming civilization until one day, a huge scissor boat appeared in front of them. These aboriginals were completely dumbfounded.

They watched helplessly as all the useless things that the Chinese had stored up were loaded onto the boat, and barrels after buckets of fine wine, iron tools, bags of rice and wheat, and live piglets and chickens and ducks were transported to the Chinese villages.

Of course, there were also the Gun s and steel sabers that made the natives tremble in fear. They had all suffered losses under the Gun s of the Europeans before, and now, seeing these things, they could not help but tremble in fear.

From that moment on, the hunters learned how to store and what was called commodities. For the first time, they had the notion of surplus products in their hearts. They also knew that surplus products could be exchanged for other products.

With the tools, the Chinese quickened their pace to reform the Dahuangdi. They opened the mountain and blew up the rocks. They expanded the pier and built the permanent stone bridge.

The stonemasons all started to carve the words "Dahuangdi of China" on top of the stone tablets. On the back of the stone tablets were carved the words "Xiao Letian's glorious achievement".

If a piece of land was erected on the ground, another piece would be buried on the ground. Regardless of who this island belonged to, in the eyes of these Chinese, these islands were all theirs, and all of them belonged to their Prime Minister.

The stone tablet was not worth much, but with these things, they could go and fight with the Western Powers. In any case, the islands on the South Pacific were in a demilitarized state, as long as you do not place the stone tablet on the land of New Zealand and Australia, no one would care about what the Chinese people were doing.

Xiao Letian was like a thief who had laid out the arrangement in the South Pacific. Under the astonished gazes of countless natives, he placed all of the boundary tablets belonging to the Chinese on the island one by one.

Tahiti, Cook Islands, Social Islands, Tuamotu Islands … Even the Fiji Islands, thousands of kilometers to the west, had been buried by the Chinese.

As the days passed, Chinese immigrants traded delicacies, handicrafts, ironware, and natives for various kinds of pearls, corals, and seafood. After some simple processing, they sold them to regular Chinese merchant ships in exchange for more and more supplies.

Until now, the total number of Chinese in the Dahuangdi had already exceeded three thousand, and there were even six fast triangular sailboats. It could be seen how profitable the Ocean trade was.

The five elders faced the Northwest Ryukyu and kowtowed as they said sincerely, "This is all thanks to the Prime Minister's good fortune. If not for him sparing no effort to promote us, our Dahuangdi's goods would not have been sold for such a high price!"

"I heard the captain of the merchant ship say that the Prime Minister had once brought out Dahuangdi's special ingredients for praise more than once at a banquet! Our black pearls, corals, and all kinds of dried seafood have become the essential delicacies for the Prime Minister! "

"The things that the Prime Minister agreed upon must be good. Our Dahuangdi's products are usually selling at twice the price of similar goods in other places, and there's still a demand for them even though there's a demand for them … General! "This time, when you return home, you must bring the Prime Minister some gifts. Just say that on the pirates thousands of miles away, we are still praying for him!"

Finished speaking, the five Elders were so excited that tears flowed from their eyes.

Xiang Ying, on the other hand, was extremely shocked by the plain story. A layman should know the truth of the matter from watching the show.

This represented a completely different kind of Eastern colonial philosophy! That's right, the westerner brought swords, spears and scriptures with them to enslave those backward races. Those who disobeyed were all killed.

Only the Chinese would use this kind of gentle and gentle rule like the terrazzo to slowly change these primitive peoples! This was the Prime Minister's greatness. In the era of colonization, with tens of thousands of horses, at least Xiao Letian still retained a trace of the warmth of humanity.