Some of the more than a thousand indigenous men turned around and ran away, while others knelt down and worshiped.
Longnuo: the incarnation of natural force, the god of agricultural harvest, the god who was exiled by the gods.
The myth prophecies: Longnuo, the exiled god, will one day sit in a big ship and lead the soldiers of the Kingdom of God to fight back to the island.
Captain Cook in history was regarded as Longnuo by the indigenous people. This god represents the force of nature and has been banished by the gods. Therefore, on the day of the Harvest Festival, we must not only thank Longnuo for the natural force that brings food, but also
I beg Longnuo's true body not to return to the island.
Captain Cook's arrival during the harvest festival frightened the natives on the island so much that they could only offer delicious food and drink to pray to the exiled god to leave quickly.
Unexpectedly, Captain Cook returned to Hawaii to repair the ship after being away for more than a month.
what does this mean?
He must be sent away!
Because in the legend, Long Nuo wanted to compete for the position of the God King and was exiled after failing in the battle. He also represented the exiled secular chiefs. For the chiefs who were in power, Long Nuo's departure and return made him return.
It implies that it's time for the chief to be replaced.
So can we speculate that a long time ago, the ancestors of the Hawaiians came here by boat to live. There was an ancestor named Longnuo. He mastered the farming technology and had a very high prestige. He even wanted to compete for the leadership.
Because he failed to seize the throne, Longnuo took the remaining troops and left by boat.
As the story was passed down from generation to generation, Longnuo became the god of nature, harvest and exile.
According to this way of understanding, the first leader of the Hawaiians should be a man named Kani. Because in mythology, Kani is the ancestral god, the ancestor of all men, and the god of sunshine, forest and fresh water.
The man who originally competed with Longnuo for power was a man named Ku. Ku: God of war, protector of chiefs, god of fisheries, and god of handicrafts.
To sum up, after the death of the first leader Kani, the ancestors began to re-elect their leaders. Ku, who was in charge of fisheries and handicrafts, and Longnuo, who was in charge of agriculture, fought for power. Ku eventually won and gathered military power to become the God of War.
Anyway, according to myths and legends, Long Nuo can never return, and disaster will befall him once he returns.
After fleeing for a while, the chief of Maui, Pappu, suddenly picked up his weapon and turned around, shouting loudly: "God bless Ku, follow me to expel Ronnuo!"
Anyone can escape, anyone can surrender, but the chief must be strong. Ku is the chief’s patron saint, and Long Nuo is Ku’s mortal enemy. If the chief wants to retain power, he must expel Long Nuo!
"Ku God bless, Ku God bless you!" Pappu continued to shout, trying to gather the defeated troops.
The high priest suddenly came to ask for help. He was afraid that his power would not be protected. He raised his scepter and shouted: "Ku God bless, Ku God bless you!"
Two mages nearby, inspired by the chief and the high priest, also shouted together. The singers and dancers beat drums and danced and sang. What they sang and danced were war songs and dances.
There were more than 300 indigenous soldiers in front of them, regrouping around the chief. They boosted their morale with the blessing of songs and dances, raised their weapons and rushed forward, shouting.
At this moment, more than a hundred Chinese soldiers had landed and quickly formed a formation on the beach, raising their guns.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
There was a burst of gunfire, and more than 20 natives fell down.
The natives near the deceased were stunned. They were so frightened that they stopped charging and shouted in panic: "It's really Long Nuo, he is back with the soldiers of the Kingdom of God!"
Chinese soldiers kept coming ashore, raising their flintlock rifles and firing freely. Some were still on the boats and did not have time to jump off, so they raised their guns and aimed and fired.
More and more natives fell down, about thirty or forty people died, and these natives finally collapsed again. No war dances and war songs worked. The native soldiers were afraid of muskets, and they were even more afraid of Long Nuo, who came back with the soldiers of the Kingdom of God.
This is Dragon Nuo, and it requires the cooperation of the gods to exile him.
Hawaiians' reverence for Lonno comes from hundreds of years of religious brainwashing.
Historically, after the unification of the Hawaiian Islands, the first king used Lonnuo's reputation to centralize power and collect taxes. The king asked the people of each island to offer food on the harvest festival, on the pretext that he wanted to worship the god Lonnuo.
The civilians on each island really behave well.
Taxed.
The high priest suddenly came to tell him that he was old and couldn't run even if he wanted to. He was stunned and didn't know what to do.
Chief Papu looked at the completely defeated soldiers, looked up at the sky and said, "Has God Ku abandoned me?"
As a chief, Pappu feared the gods, but at the same time he did not believe in the existence of gods. But today, the mythical prophecy came true, and Long Nuo really drove a big ship and led the soldiers of the Kingdom of God back to the island.
The high priest suddenly said: "Longnuo has returned, the prophecy has been fulfilled, and the god's position should have changed. From today on, Ku is no longer the protector of the chiefs, nor is he the god of war. These honors should be returned to Longnuo."
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The high priest led the wizards, dancers, and singers to line up and walk towards the beach, and collectively knelt down to welcome Longnuo's return.
Chief Papu felt that he had nowhere to escape, so he stepped forward and knelt in front of the high priest. Then, he quietly raised his head and looked up, wanting to see what Long Nuo looked like.
"Is this going down?"
Li Quan felt a little surprised. He thought that even if the battle failed, the chief should flee back and continue recruiting troops.
The population of the Hawaiian Islands exceeds tens of thousands.
Historically, when they first encountered Europeans, there were about 300,000 people in the entire archipelago (some say 500,000). The colonists did nothing else but bring typhus. After a few decades,
The population of the islands dropped sharply to less than 90,000.
The island of Hawaii, where there had been "friendly exchanges" before, may have a population of more than 100,000 at this time.
The Maui Island being attacked now has a population of at least 50,000. These more than 1,000 soldiers were temporarily summoned. Even if they were dispersed, the chief could gather more troops.
Li Quan landed in person in a small boat. Seeing him surrounded by people, the natives regarded him as a god.
It turns out that the exiled god Long Nuo looks like this!
Papu glanced at Li Quan secretly, and their eyes met, so Papu quickly lowered his head in fear.
"You...you don't understand, what the hell should you say?" Li Quan pointed at Pappu, suddenly not knowing what to say.
Bartering is a good way to express it, but what should be done to occupy this place? The operation is too complicated and it is difficult to explain clearly.
Papu was startled when he was pointed at him. He was a little confused at first, but then he realized that what Longnuo was saying was the language of God, and it was normal that he could not understand it. He bowed down and said: "Great Longnuo, welcome your return.
If you have any oracles, please tell me."
With no way to communicate, Li Quan had no choice but to say: "Arrest these people."
The soldiers rushed over and tied up the chiefs, priests, mages, singers, and dancers.
Pappu was too frightened to move and asked the high priest: "Is Long Nuo going to kill us?"
Hu Laituo replied: "If you want to kill, there is no need to tie him up." But Papu said: "Being tied up may be a punishment of stoning."
Stoning means stoning to death, which is the prerogative of male criminals because stones represent hardness and masculinity. Women are not worthy of stoning and can only be hanged or strangled with their hands.
"Ying...it shouldn't be." Suddenly Laituo also became frightened. Running after the defeated soldiers, Li Quan quickly received news that there was a city a few miles ahead.
The city is very small, with a population of only one or two thousand people.
The city wall is made of volcanic rocks, with a height of about three meters. There are no towers, arrow towers, parapets and other facilities. There is also a temple not far from the city.
This city is called Lahaina. Hundreds of years later, only a small section of the ancient city wall remains.
The chief and the high priest live in the city, and the other villages are scattered across the island, and no more cities are allowed to be built. This is the only city on the island.
Perhaps because they heard that Long Nuo had returned, many residents greeted him tremblingly and came out with various kinds of food, as if offering food could send Long Nuo away.
"What should I do?" Li Quan asked.
Their original plan was to kill all the chiefs and priests and then conquer the place by force.
But the chief, sacrificing Ma Liu and surrendering, seems to have other operations.
Ouyang Chun reminded: "These civilians are holding fruits in their hands and kneeling down to worship us. They don't look like surrender at all, but more like they regard us as gods. Maybe we can take advantage of this."
Li Quan nodded: "Not bad."
Ouyang Chun continued: "We cannot understand the language and are small in number. It is impossible to directly manage tens of thousands of islanders. It is better to retain the chiefs and priests."
Secretary, let them help manage the whole island, and when we learn the local language, let them contribute some food."
Ye Ze said: "We have to have our own territory. Although it is suitable for farming, it is not suitable for berthing of large ships. I sailed around the island a few days ago and have already found out that the most suitable place for a port is due north and west of the island.
There are two rivers flowing into the sea there, which are suitable for farming. There are also several rivers flowing into the sea on the left, and they are all flat land, which is also suitable for farming. The most suitable place for building a port has mountains on the west side, and you can build a castle by the sea at the foot of the mountains."
Li Quan escorted the captured nobles out. At first no one dared to move. After being stunned for half an hour, their family members finally approached.
Li Quan sent people into the city again, expelled all the residents in the city, and arranged them in family units.
"Those who stay by drawing lots, go and choose a wife." Li Quan said. The dress of married women on the island is different from that of unmarried women. 75 The soldiers who decided to stay specially selected aristocratic girls, and they all grinned.
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The appearance of these indigenous people, especially the nobles, is very in line with Chinese aesthetics, and it can even be said that their average appearance is very high.
Their facial appearance has the characteristics of Caucasians, so much so that some anthropologists mistakenly regarded Hawaiians as Caucasian mixed descendants. At the same time, they also have the characteristics of East Asians, and the various dimensions of the skull fossils are similar to those of northern Chinese.
Extremely high.
Chinese research has found that the skeletons of ancestors unearthed at Dawenkou and other Shandong sites are highly similar to the skeletons of Hawaiians. Therefore, some people also speculate that they are the result of the Dongyi people who traveled across the sea and mixed with other races.
Judging from the Y chromosome, they are also close relatives of the Chinese. Take the Indians as an example. If the Indians are distant relatives of the Chinese, then the Hawaiians can definitely be called cousins.
When these indigenous nobles saw that the Chinese had picked off their own girls, they became frightened and became happy again.
Although women have a low status, there is no custom of specializing women for sacrifice here. The nobles speculated that the gods took a fancy to their daughters and wanted to marry them and take them back to the Kingdom of God, which meant that the gods would also leave.
Li Quan asked people to take dozens of girls and escort the captured nobles, and took a boat from the northwest corner of the island to Kahului, the largest port in Maui in the future.
There are villages here, as well as local nobles.
All the local nobles were expelled, Li Quan led people to occupy their houses, and
Local civilians and slaves were not allowed to leave.
As for what will happen to the expelled nobles in the future, the chief will make arrangements for them, most likely to allocate a piece of land for them in the mountains.
A lot of living supplies were given, and 50 soldiers and seriously ill people stayed. Then Li Quan sent the nobles back to the city, supplied them with a little fresh water and fruits, and left.
Chief Papu was confused and asked the high priest: "Lon Nuo drove away in five large ships. Why did he leave some soldiers in the north and let those soldiers marry our daughters?"
The high priest came suddenly and asked the chief to escort a few slaves to the temple to perform human sacrifices without giving a direct answer.
After some channeling, Hu Laituo said: "I have communicated with Father God, and Father God told me that Ku God has provoked the anger of the people in heaven and has been expelled by the gods. The gods welcome Long Nuo's return. From now on,
Long Nuo is the chief's patron saint. Long Nuo resented our rudeness to him and came down to earth in person to admonish him. Long Nuo also left his own guards from the Kingdom of God and let these guards marry the daughters of nobles. From now on, they will serve as Long Nuo for generations to come.