It is said that in order to avoid external intrusion and internal fighting, the local aborigines planted a large number of thorny bamboos near the villages to protect the villages. The native pronunciation of thorny bamboo is "Dago". Kaohsiung's old name is "Dago" or "Dago"
"It comes from this local dialect.
As for the name Kaohsiung, it was created by the Japanese people during the Japanese occupation period based on the Japanese pronunciation of "beating dogs". The pronunciation and meaning of the words became much more elegant, and it became the official name. Just as Keelung replaced the chicken coop, Kaohsiung also
It replaced beating the dog.
Ren Fu had been to Da Yuan before, but never to Kaohsiung, but he knew that "Da Gou" was not too far from Da Yuan. So he took a route that first went to the sea outside Da Yuan, and then went south along the coastline to Kaohsiung.
A safe route.
With the navy's navigation skills, it is not difficult to sail directly from Nan'ao Island to Kaohsiung, and there is no need to adopt such a circuitous coastal navigation route. However, Li Ziping wanted to see the Dutch defense situation in Danguan.
He had already obtained a sketch of the Dutch defense facilities in Da Yuan and a rough estimate of their troop strength from the Foreign Intelligence Service. At this time, Da Yuan Port did not have the comprehensive defense system that Zheng Chenggong later had when he regained Taiwan. It was just a fortification at best.
armed merchant house. The total permanent personnel of the Dutch in Dajuan will not exceed 300.
Facts have proved that the estimate of the Foreign Intelligence Service was accurate. When the Haitian cruise ship passed through Taiyuan Port, the Dutch castle was still missing. There were only a few larger buildings scattered around the bay. There were only three European-style ships moored in the bay.
The tonnage of the ships ranges from small boats of dozens of tons to one or two hundred tons. Considering that in the old time and space, when Zheng Gongcheng came to attack here, the Dutch only had three ships that could meet the enemy. Obviously, this was their standing maritime force in Taiwan.
The Dutch's power in Taiwan was quite weak before 1633. They no longer had any deterrent effect even 30 kilometers outside the city. The indigenous people did not buy into the Dutch. In 1630, the East India Company's commercial establishment in Taiwan was closed due to insufficient trade.
Due to the constant intrusion by the indigenous people, I once considered abandoning this place.
The Castle of Relanje, which Zheng Chenggong had been chewing for more than half a year, was only built in 1633. According to the East Asian standards at that time, it was a very solid castle and cost the East India Company a huge sum of money. In fact, the Castle of Relanje was
The defense system proved to be quite effective. Li Ziping saw from the high-power telescope that large-scale construction seemed to be going on near the Dutch Commercial Building, with many workers and a lot of building materials piled up.
According to records, between 1631 and 1632, the East India Company carried out large-scale expansion here.
If you want to capture Dakan 1631, it is the right time. Many people advocate tearing up the trade agreement immediately after the typhoon season at the end of 1631 and capture Dakan in one fell swoop. However, compared with the benefits brought by the Dutch trade agreement, it is only a mere
The Executive Committee does not care about the big officials. The status of Da Yuan Port is, at best, just another Macau, or even worse than that. With the existing siege firepower of the Fubo Army, they can occupy it whenever they want.
The Dutch and their slaves and mercenaries are a group of "lonely outsiders" in Taiwan. They are only surrounded by natives with ulterior motives and unreliable mainland immigrants. The traversers can easily uproot them - just like Zheng Chenggong once in
Taiwan has done it.
The Dutch are also unable to station large ships here: the entrance and exit of Danguan's port is shallow, and only ships with a draft of less than three meters can enter and exit freely. Ships with a draft of three to five meters must enter and exit at high tide.
Ships larger than five meters can be parked outside the port and loaded and unloaded by barges. This almost makes it impossible for ships over 200 tons to anchor in Taiyuan Port. The ships sent by the Netherlands to Taiwan are generally smaller, largely due to the restrictions of the local port.
limit.
Generally speaking, Dajuan is not a suitable trading port, and there are few in the entire Taiwan island that can be called true natural ports. Whether it is Kaohsiung or Keelung, they are all the result of large-scale artificial reconstruction.
When the Haitian was approaching the captain, a puff of white smoke suddenly appeared over the Dutch Commercial Building, and then the sound of cannons was heard in the distance. Li Ziping had no way of knowing whether this was a warning or an inquiry, but he had roughly seen it through the telescope.
Confirmed the information of the Foreign Intelligence Service. The large Dutchmen will never be a potential stumbling block to the engine's operation. Their strength is too small. One Class 901 is enough to sweep away the large naval force of the East India Company.
After leaving Dazhan and driving along the coastline, in less than a few hours, the Haitian Cruise arrived off the coast of Kaohsiung. There are a large number of seaside lagoons here, which have almost completely disappeared in the 21st century. They have either been silted up into land or transformed into ports.
In the time and space of the 21st century, Kaohsiung is the second most densely populated area in Taiwan. Even rural areas generally show an urbanized appearance. However, at this time, the seaside here is extremely deserted and almost completely deserted. Compared with the coastline near Dazhuang,
You can still see some sporadic indigenous villages and villages of Fujian immigrants.
Desolation has the advantage of being desolate, at least there is no need to use any means to seize land. Li Ziping grew up under the red flag. When he was a child, he was criticized for the colonists everywhere.
According to the "politically correct" view, the use of various tricks and plunders to deal with the indigenous people should be called aboriginals - the plundering of land and resources by tricks and plundering is somewhat guilt-ridden, and it belongs to the category that is not very liberal.
Hai Tian sailed slowly under the leadership of Ren Fu. Then Li Ziping discovered Zuoying based on the charts and longitude and latitude. This base of the Taiwan Navy in the old time and space was still a lagoon port named "Wantan". Fishermen along the coast of Fujian sometimes
The fishing boats are anchored here to take shelter from the wind. In addition, not to mention large ships, even the Haitian Cruiser can only enter when they are full.
"Dagou Mountain!" Ren Fu shouted. Li Ziping then looked towards the shore. Sure enough, there was a hill standing on the coastline not far away. This hill was unremarkable, covered with subtropical vegetation and lush.
"Calculate the altitude." Li Ziping shouted, and the naval cadets and exploration team members who were practicing on the deck immediately made some observations and calculations on Dagou Mountain and concluded that the altitude was 04 meters.
When you see Dagou Mountain, Dagou Port is right in front of you. Dagou Port is a lagoon port. The long lagoon is separated from the open sea by a natural sandbar. It is almost 0 kilometers long and the width of the lagoon is almost 15 kilometers wide.
.Among the bays along the coast, this place has the best berthing conditions, and fishermen often park their boats here.
But for large ships, the berthing conditions of Dagou Port are not very good. Because the lagoon is very shallow, large ships can only be berthed at the outer end of the port, and the anchorage area is very small. In the old days, the Dutch also used
A port was built here but was rarely used.
Entering Dagou Port is a very dangerous thing, especially for large sailing ships that have no motor power and are driven by the current of the sail and the rudder to maintain direction. It has only a narrow entrance and exit, with rocky reefs on both sides, and the width of the port is only
60 meters. Although the Haitian has a propeller, Li Ziping is not confident about the underwater situation, and Ren Fu also recommends being cautious. There is a sandbar under the water in Dagou Port that often moves. If it hits a sandbank, it will be in trouble.
.The tide here only occurs once a day, and the height is less than one meter. It is difficult for a stranded ship to escape.
In the end, the most reliable method was adopted. The Haitian boat put down a rowing boat, measured the water depth with the rowing boat, and towed the Haitian boat into Dagou Port, and chose a spot with suitable water depth to anchor.
Li Ziping made calculations and looked at the charts, and finally thought that their current anchorage was probably the small port area of Kaohsiung, which was formerly known as "Hong Kong Tsai". The port established by the Dutch in Kaohsiung was here. But this time, the Dutch themselves
The four major communities near Relanja are being put into disgrace and are unable to build a port here.
Qian Shuixie and his detachment once again acted as the vanguard of the landing. Ren Fu reminded him to be careful. The natives here are very difficult to get along with. Fujian fishermen and coastal pirates come here to take shelter from the wind or collect water and cut firewood.
Sometimes you will have conflicts with them, and you will often suffer a loss.
In the past, several boats under Zhu Cai's crew went to Dagou to fetch fresh water. As a result, they clashed with the local "Dogou Savages", killing and injuring dozens of people. They almost fled in embarrassment.
The so-called "Dago savages" who operate near Dagou Port are generally believed to be a branch of the local Pingpu ethnic group in modern times.
"I heard they said that this group of natives is quite powerful and is very good at fighting. They like to cut off people's heads and then hang them in the village as a reward for their war achievements." Ren Fu said, "Please be careful, chief.
Qian Shuixie nodded: "It's okay, we will be very careful."
He immediately ordered the soldiers to board the rowing boat. In addition to weapons, they also brought two dogs. They were the descendants of the six breeding dogs that Yang Guogui had originally brought. Under Yang Baogui's training, they all became well-trained working dogs and were used as
Sentinels and sentries are very useful.
Li Ziping said: "If you meet natives, try to communicate peacefully to avoid armed conflicts. Qian Shuixie disagreed in his heart, but he agreed on the surface.
"Don't worry, we are not European colonists who kill people and set fires. What we pay attention to is harmonious coexistence and joint development..."
Liu Zheng laughed and said: "Joint development is nothing. Why don't we just grab it? How can we talk about harmony with these barbarians from the South Island!" As he said this, he made a "beheading" motion. "If you don't want to, just click."
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Qian Shuixie shook his head: "There is only one joint development model: we are the bosses and they are the wage earners."
Several people laughed together, which made Ren Fu confused. He had no choice but to laugh along with him a few times.