Borrowing the help of Japanese pirates, the Sangxi tribe was forced to integrate into Yang Xuan's development army.
This method is not very glorious, but it also happened for a reason. Yang Xuan was just taking advantage of the situation.
Despite the language barrier, the work Yang Xuan arranged for them was relatively simple.
How simple can it be?
The leader of Sangxi pointed to the wheelbarrows and shovels and asked doubtfully: "Just dig the sand and transport it to the kiln?"
Yang Xuan nodded: "Yes, no matter how simple the job is, someone still needs to do it, right?"
"What about the women in the tribe?"
"Both men and women are the same. Men and women are equal here. As long as you can move, you can do it. If you can't push the sand, you can go to the salt field and just dig through the salt field. That one is a little easier."
The leader of Sangxi nodded confidently: "Both men and women in our tribe can hunt, so this life is not a problem."
There are more than 300 people in the Sangxi tribe. In addition to the young and old, more than 200 people are strong laborers. Although they don't understand the language, there is no problem in doing such simple work.
After arranging the work for the Sangxi tribesmen, Yang Xuan took the Sangxi leader to patrol around.
"You see, this is a salt field. After the seawater is dried and purified, it becomes refined salt."
"This is a porcelain kiln that can make ceramics. That is colored glaze. This crystal clear colored glaze can be sold for a lot of money. There is also a steel factory over there that can refine the hardest steel."
"There will be textile factories in a while, and then the young and old in the tribe will be able to work and make money."
"There is also rice. Once the harvest is harvested in the fall, we won't have to worry about running out of food."
"By the way, we also have the Enlightenment School, where children can learn knowledge. If the leader of Sangxi is willing, he can also send his children to the school to learn knowledge. This is free of charge."
The leader of Sangxi was stunned by Yang Xuan's show off, and the stubborn ideas in his mind had already begun to loosen.
"I wonder when we can drive away those Japanese pirates?"
The leader of Sangxi still misses his homeland.
Yang Xuan consoled him: "Your tribe has taken our soldiers to search the woods. Once those Japanese pirates are found, they will definitely avenge your tribe. Chief Sangxi can rest assured that we will do our best to eliminate the Japanese pirates."
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"He said thank you Mr. Yang."
"Well, I understand this sentence." After many exchanges, Yang Xuan was able to understand a few syllables.
At the same time, in the woods, Dong Tianbao was leading more than a hundred soldiers, following two Sangxi tribesmen, searching for traces of Japanese pirates.
After all, these natives of the Li tribe had been living in the woods for a long time. They quickly found some traces and followed Dong Tianbao all the way.
Soon, they chased them to a swamp. Two natives of the Li tribe stopped Dong Tianbao and threw a tree trunk to indicate that there was a swamp ahead.
Looking at the devoured tree trunk, Dong Tianbao swallowed his saliva and looked at the two Li tribe natives with doubts on his face.
The two looked around and found no trace of the Japanese pirates. After exchanging a few words with each other, they spread their hands towards Dong Tianbao.
If that's the case, then withdraw.
Anyway, Yang Xuan said that if you work hard but don't contribute, in this case, it's just a good time to leave.
The two natives of the Li tribe reluctantly followed the large army out of the woods.
The day passed like this, and in the evening, wages were paid to the workers as usual, but the Li people refused to accept the money. After finding a translator, I found out that in their tribe, the money was handed over to the leader of Sangxi for unified management.
Finally, the number of people was calculated and the money was given to Sang Xi.
The leader of Sangxi was holding a lot of copper coins, his hands could not help but tremble a little.
I made so much money in just one day.
If they could make so much money every day, the men, women, and children in the tribe would not have to worry about having food to eat.
However, he concealed his emotions well and returned with his tribe.
The place Yang Xuan arranged for them was a separate community. The entire area was filled with people from their tribe. Although the place was a bit small, it was much more comfortable than the houses built according to the trees in the forest.
The most important thing is that you don’t have to worry about living in such a house. There are no poisonous snakes, beasts, or annoying mosquitoes.
A whole tribe of people gathered in the yard, made a fire to cook, and everyone worked and ate together, enjoying themselves.
The leader of Sangxi quietly did some calculations and found that there was still a little bit left over from today's food expenses. Although it was only a few tens of pennies, it was still a surplus after all.
The most important thing is that this work is easy, there is no danger, and the harvest is guaranteed during droughts and floods.
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It was just dawn, and at the edge of the woods, Xue found Dong Tianbao and his soldiers waiting in full formation.
Last night, the Japanese pirates broke out again. Fortunately, the patrols were strengthened, so the Japanese pirates did not succeed.
The third prince looked at the two Japanese pirate corpses on the ground and said to Yang Xuan: "It's better to eliminate these Japanese pirates as soon as possible."
Yang Xuan nodded: "This forest is too big. It is not easy to annihilate it in one fell swoop. We can only guard it tightly. This will become the norm in the future."
"But this, there is no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days."
"People's hearts are unpredictable. In addition to Japanese pirates, there are also pirates and other Li tribes on the island. Daily security also needs to be maintained, so this is normal."
Yang Xuan said: "We are an island after all. We must first clean up the interior and establish coastal defenses. Only when we are strong can we deter the enemy and prevent him from coveting it."
His Royal Highness King Qiong looked towards the sea: "The road is long and long."
"The Xiongguan Road is really like iron, and now we are crossing it all over again." Yang Xuan said: "Now that Liulichang and Yantian have been put into production, we need to contact the fleet to prepare to sell the goods inland."
"I will take care of this matter." His Highness King Qiong nodded and looked at Yang Xuan: "Thanks to you, Mr. Yang, otherwise I don't know what to do. In this alien land, I don't know.
What kind of life would I live, how could I be as carefree as I am now?"
"Is this called being free and easy?" Yang Xuan said, "I guarantee that you will live a more free and easy life than all the princes in the Dasheng Dynasty in the future."
His Royal Highness King Qiong nodded, showing a look of conviction.
Yang Xuan asked the leader of Sangxi to send two tribesmen, along with the translator, to go into the jungle again to search for Japanese pirates.
When the leader of Sangxi saw that he was more considerate than himself, he couldn't help but feel grateful again.
Days passed by, and after three to five days of siege, the Japanese pirates never appeared again. It is not known whether they died in the forest or fled to other places.
The leader of Sangxi never mentioned going back again.
Yang Xuan should just forget about it.
Soon, the merchant ship contacted by His Highness King Qiong also arrived. Liulichang had already stocked up a lot of goods, as well as a large amount of precious wood.
After loading the ship, Yang Xuan and Dong Tianbao secured the ship and slowly sailed out of the dock.