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   Chapter 659 656 [Many traitors]

  The reason why Li Dingguo was transferred to the south was because most of his soldiers were from Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong.

  Whether it is adapting to the southern climate or reclaiming by migrating family members, it is more convenient and safer.

  Two months after the end of the rural examination, the typhoon passed along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang. The first group of soldiers' families, more than 3,000 people in total, came to the middle area between Zhuluo and Tainan. Moreover, the government fulfilled its promise, bringing in hundreds of cattle alone, and all of them settled in the fertile river alluvial belt.

   10,000 Datong soldiers and more than 3,000 military families, so many people migrated here, they quickly attracted the attention of the Dutch.

  Historically, Kui Yi, the governor of Taiwan who was driven away by Zheng Chenggong, was still in charge of the business office in Nagasaki, Japan at this time. The current Governor of Taiwan is called Felberg. He has no prominent background. He started as a small employee of the East India Company and spent more than ten years before being sent to govern Taiwan.

  Tainan, Xingang.

  Felberg is presiding over the Democratic Conference. There are more than 180 indigenous leaders attending the meeting, representing more than 50,000 indigenous people. A few years ago, the participating leaders were in their early 200s, representing more than 60,000 aborigines. If it continues to develop, the number of leaders participating in the meeting will decrease, and in the end it will only represent more than 40,000 aborigines.

  Where did the disappeared chiefs and natives go?

killed!

  According to historical records, from the holding of the first conference in the Netherlands to the holding of the tenth conference, the aboriginal population in Tainan dropped sharply by 20,000.

  While any tribe is disobedient, it will send troops, and it is specially selected after the autumn harvest, so that they can grab food while carrying out massacres.

   What's even more disgusting is that the missionaries even ran out to sing bad faces. Dozens of schools have been built in Tainan, and each school has only one missionary as a teacher. What they teach is nothing more than the "Bible". They also reward the aboriginal children with candies for their studies, and even go deep into the mountains occasionally to treat aboriginal people's diseases.

  At this moment, several rows of soldiers stood beside Governor Felberg.

  At the beginning, the governor only brought two soldiers and was assassinated during the meeting. Now the meeting is like fighting a war.

"The Madou Society is very good. They have made outstanding contributions and have handed over the food in full for two consecutive years," Felberg said with a smile. Crown and scepter!"

  The silver crown, of course, is not pure silver, and the main body of the scepter is also wood.

  The leader of the Madou Club is a young man, about thirty years old, very proud to accept the award on stage.

  Felberg said: "Thank you for your contribution to the company."

  The indigenous youth knelt down on one knee, and Felberg personally put on a silver crown for him, and then gave him a scepter.

  The other indigenous leaders in the audience, there are those who admire and those who are angry. But they didn't dare to resist. Instead, according to the request of the Dutch, they applauded collectively to congratulate.

  Madoushe is a large tribe. When the Dutch first arrived, the tribe had a population of more than 4,000. Now there are only 3,000 people left, a quarter of the population has disappeared, and even the leader has changed by two.

After some pretentious rewards, Felberg's face changed suddenly: "Where there is a reward, there will be a punishment. The three tribes that do not abide by the company's policies, each tribe will be fined ten buckskins. They must be handed in within this year, otherwise Don't blame me for being rude!"

  The three tribal leaders suddenly frowned.

   And the tribal leaders near them, some even gloated, had apparently been tamed by the Dutch.

   Announcing the adjournment of the meeting, Felberg returned to his mansion.

Danker, the commander of the Taiwan Army in the Netherlands, had been waiting for a long time. When they met, he said: "Your Excellency, the soldiers sent out came back to report that there are many people coming from the north, and there are many soldiers among them. As for how many there are, our soldiers don't know." If you dare to get too close, you can’t find out clearly. But there must be more than 2,000 Chinese people there.”

  Fellberg, smoking a pipe, frowned and said: "If there is a Chinese army, don't go there to collect food. More soldiers are sent to guard everywhere. I am worried that China will send troops."

  Denker asked: "Do you want to write to Batavia and ask the governor of Batavia to send reinforcements?"

Felberg sighed: "I will write a letter, but no one can say whether Batavia will reinforce it. Even if they come, they will choose to go back because they can save the cost of the garrison. "

  The Dutch are in Taiwan and have been doing multilateral trade.

   Import spices, amber, cotton, and opium from Nanyang, silver from Japan, and silk, porcelain, medicinal materials, cotton cloth, and gold from China, all of which will pass through Taiwan. At the same time, sugar, deerskin, venison, and various Southeast Asian specialties were exported to China and Japan.

   Zhao Han is banning gold exports and artificially raising the price of gold, but with little effect.

  Because of China's gold-silver price ratio, there is a very large profit margin compared with the European gold-silver price ratio. Therefore, Chinese merchants joined forces with the Dutch to continue exchanging gold and silver to earn the price difference.

   After Danker was dismissed, Felberg began to write to Batavia. He said that at least 5,000 Chinese troops had come to Taiwan, and that Chen Bing was on the border of the Dutch colony, and a war might happen at any time, so he requested immediate reinforcements from the navy and army.

   After writing this letter, it was already getting dark.

  In Shimei Village on the outskirts of Chixian City, village elder Guo Huaiyi is inviting an uprising.

   This village elder is not old, he just turned 40 years old. His hometown is in Quanzhou. He went to sea to make a living when he was a teenager, and became a landlord in Taiwan. He became rich by planting sugar cane, rice, and ramie, and even opened a sugar mill by himself.

Guo Huaiyi said: "The red-haired ghosts are all robbers. Their castles were built with the help of the Han people. After gaining a foothold, they turned their faces and refused to recognize people. This kind of tax, that kind of tax, there are new tricks every year. Now even You have to pay taxes for killing pigs during the Chinese New Year. The red-haired ghost encourages us to grow sugar cane, and when sugar cane is planted everywhere, we are not allowed to squeeze sugar by ourselves, and even boil brown sugar at home, and we will be fined if we are caught."

Guo Huai got up and said: "My sugar mill is closed, it's not a big deal. But those red-haired ghosts are not allowed to sell sugar cane privately, they can only sell it to them, the price is so low that they can't make any money at all. Brother Hualong, How much sugar cane have you planted this year?"

  Wu Hualong said: "It's tens of acres."

   "Does the red-haired ghost lower the price like that, do you feel good?" Guo Huaiyi asked.

  Wu Hualong was so angry that he slapped the table: "It's so bad, I'll be a dog if I plant sugar cane next year!"

  Guo Huai asked again and again: "If you don't grow sugar cane, what will you grow? Ramie? Grain? Which one will not be priced down?"

  Wu Hualong yelled, "You red-haired ghost!"

Guo Huaiyi said to the other landlords: "Brothers present here are all being exploited by Hongmao. If this continues, sooner or later they will be forced to death. They are dead anyway, so it is better to hold together and fight with Hongmao. "

Wu Hualong was the first to respond: "Brother Guo, you are a hero, and everyone listens to you. More than ten years ago, the red-haired ghost encouraged farming, and there were rewards for good farming. We all worked hard to cultivate land, and we all became landlords." Unexpectedly, the red-haired ghost raised us as pigs, and now they are going to kill the pigs and let the blood out!"

  Landlord Lin Futian also said: "Then fight hard with Hongmao, count me in!"

  One after another expressed their opinions, all of them were landlords in Tainan, but there were no small farmers or tenants.

  Of course, life is worse for small farmers, and they will certainly respond.

  Historically, Guo Huaiyi launched an uprising, and the army quickly grew to 16,000 people. Eighty percent of the nearby Han people joined spontaneously, and even women and children took up arms. They once captured Chixian City, but were suppressed by the Dutch with the native army.

  The Dutch army involved in the suppression was only 120 people, but there were more than 2,000 indigenous servants.

  In Xingang, Madou, Xiaolong, and Mujiayouwan, the aborigines in these four places were **** massacred by the Dutch, but now they are willing to be dogs to the Dutch.

Guo Huaiyi said: "Let me tell you a piece of news. His Majesty the Emperor learned that we were being bullied, and has sent troops here. He told us to wait until next year to revolt, but we can't wait. We have to send someone to contact you. I will ask Blind Guo to forget about it." Auspicious days for the zodiac, Brother Guo, come and see."

   "On the ninth day of September, Yixing soldiers," Guo Xiazi, a one-eyed man, said, "Our slogan for the uprising is 'September 9th, kill the red hair'!"

  Wu Hualong clapped his hands and said: "September 9, kill the red hair, this slogan is resounding!"

  Liu Mengzhou suddenly asked: "But Emperor Tianqi of Ming Dynasty sent troops?"

  Guo Huaiyi was speechless for a moment: "Hey, brother Liu, what year are you in the old Huangli? Not to mention Emperor Tianqi, even Chongzhen Lord is gone. Now it is the new dynasty of Datong, the first emperor of Nanjing."

   "What **** emperor? That name doesn't sound good." Liu Mengzhou complained.

  Guo Huaiyi explained: "The first emperor of the People's Republic of China, the people are the people, and from now on the people will be the masters."

  Liu Mengzhou smiled and said, "I don't study much, how can the people be the masters? It's not the officials who have the final say."

  Guo Huaiyi said: "Oh, I won't talk nonsense with you. After drinking tonight, we will go back to connect with each other tomorrow. All the elders in more than a dozen villages around will be called! Tell them, on September 9th, kill the red hair."

  These landlords, full of enthusiasm, went home drunk.

  Guo Huaiyi's brother, Guo Baocheng, ran to Chixian City overnight to leak secrets to the Dutch officials there. He felt that his brother's rebellion could not be successful, and the Chinese emperor's sending troops was also nonsense. It would be better to be a traitor and gain the appreciation of the Dutch, and he could inherit the property by killing his brother by the way.

Governor of Taiwan Felberg, when he heard the news at noon the next day, he did not intend to arrest people immediately, but said: "Don't alarm the rebels, they rebelled on September 9th in China, we quietly gathered the army secretly, we must Kill all the rebels. Also, don't publicize it, don't tell the natives, who don't know how to keep it secret."

  Guo Baocheng’s leak was soon discovered, because after he became a traitor, he didn’t return to the village immediately, but spent two nights whoring in Chixian City with a bounty.

  Guo Huaiyi hurriedly summoned the leaders of the uprising: "The news has leaked, we must start the uprising in advance, and we must ask the emperor's army to come over to help. Everyone go back and prepare, and the troops will be dispatched tomorrow!"

  That night, Guo Huaiyi's sworn brother, Yang Zuocheng, went to Chixian City again to inform the police.

   This guy originally wanted to follow the rebellion, but when the news leaked out, he immediately became scared, so he became overheated and rebelled.

   Zhao Han wanted to fight the Dutch again next year, but he sent the Datong Army there, but he gave Guo Huai confidence, and he couldn't wait to launch it ahead of time.

  (end of this chapter)