One hundred and sixty-one chapters hit the dog on the mountain
Qian Shuixie waited until he saw the two military dogs in the team being carefully hoisted into the boat with special bags, then he saluted Li Ziping, put on his helmet and climbed off the ladder from the boat. His
The orderly followed him down - because Qian Shuixie had a wife, he did not dare to blatantly have a female orderly by his side, so he had to go through the normal procedures and choose a 16-year-old boy who was quick with his hands and could do laundry and cook to be the orderly. This
The young man was originally an escaped slave from Guangdong. As the saying goes, "no one is as smart as his husband." People who were slaves in this time and space were very smart and energetic. Qian Shuixie was treated very comfortably and had a good impression of him, so he gave him a nickname.
Named Chandler.
Chandler is a naturalized citizen with the status of an indentured servant. He has no right to choose his own surname. Generally speaking, he is named by his original surname + the name of the purification camp. If there are too many of a certain surname on the list, he will still be named.
The surname will be changed. But once you gain the favor of a certain senator and become an adopted child, apprentice, personal attendant or orderly, you can get the surname given by the senator. This is a great honor for the naturalized people, and the general office also
This practice is recognized and a corresponding certificate of surname granting is issued.
Although Chandler is an orderly, he is also an official member of the Special Reconnaissance Team, and his training results are not bad. He carried Qianshui Association's fully loaded large field backpack, and climbed down from the net nimbly. Special Reconnaissance
Because the team trains intensively and is in a state of 24-hour combat readiness, the food standard has always been very high. Recently, it has been adjusted to the same standard as the veterans. Not only is it guaranteed to have fish for every meal, but the most scarce oil is also guaranteed every day. So in
Their physical fitness is much higher than that of ordinary naturalized citizens.
"Is everyone here?"
"Everyone is there," the sergeant reported to him.
Qian Shuixie raised one hand high and then pulled it back three times in a row: "Let's go," he ordered loudly.
The sailors on the rowing boat immediately turned the oars, and the rowing boat slowly sailed towards the shore.
A total of two rowing boats were launched from the Haitian. One was filled with fifteen members of the landing exploration team, and the other was a marine. They brought a typewriter with them as a firepower point in the lagoon. If necessary, they could directly
Cover the landing team.
Li Ziping ordered all the artillery and typewriters on the ship to be on alert, and to fire to cover the landing team if they encountered an enemy attack.
They soon landed near the mouth of a larger freshwater river that merged into the harbor. Although the Haitian was not planning to establish a permanent camp here this time, the exploration team and the special reconnaissance team were preparing to conduct a two- or three-day survey of the nearby area.
For reconnaissance and exploration activities, a temporary camp must be established in a place with fresh water.
The coast was extremely desolate, the beach was empty, and there was not a single village or house along the coast. But from the traces of traces of residue on the beach, he could see that people often came to the seaside and lagoon for activities. Obviously, the Pingpu people
The natives are not very far from the seaside. The reason why they do not live near the seaside is to prevent pirate attacks.
The sailors began to build a simple camp at the mouth of the river. Qian Shuixie led the team along the river and moved inland - his first task was to climb Dagou Mountain, observe the surrounding environment from a high position, and let Liu Zheng lead the team.
The exploration team members drew a rough topographic map near Dagou Port. This will become a new base for Chuanchuan Group in the future. Wu Nanhai's Committee of Agriculture has long been coveting the Tainan Plain that can be developed on a large scale.
Going deep into the hinterland, apart from small patches of woods, there are deep grasses and shrubs everywhere. Now it is close to summer, when the vegetation is the densest. Not only is the road difficult to travel, but there are also many mosquitoes. People can be alarmed whenever they move around.
There are all kinds of mosquitoes that look like smoke. Liu Zheng is a senior travel friend. He knows how powerful the insects are in this kind of landform, and Taiwan has always had the danger of malaria. Therefore, all members of the landing exploration team are wrapped tightly and wear high-cut canvas.
boots, and a wide-brimmed hat with a mosquito shield.
Of course it was inconvenient to walk in this outfit, and the grass was deep and the forest was lush. After landing at noon, the exploration team did not climb up to the main peak of Dagou Mountain until about four o'clock in the afternoon.
Although the scene along the road was desolate, they still saw many traces of human activities along the way: there were faintly discernible roads in the grass, and traces of fields that had been cultivated. Under Dagou Mountain, they also discovered that the complete
Traces of collapsed and obliterated indigenous settlements. It was obvious that there had been residents here, and there were a lot of them. Based on the scale of the settlements and the traces of fields they found, Liu Zheng believed that at least four to five hundred indigenous people had lived here.
Where did these natives go? It is generally believed that they were attacked and killed by the pirate Lin Daoqian during the Jiajing period, and the whole society moved to the inland "Ahou Forest". However, the information given by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau is different from Ren Fu's
Oral accounts indicate that these indigenous people should still be not far from the coast, rather than going deep inland. Therefore, immigrants who land in Kaohsiung are bound to conflict with the local Pingpu people.
The altitude of Dagou Mountain is more than 300 meters. With their high-powered telescopes, it is enough to see the nearby landforms of more than ten square kilometers. What appears in front of them is the vast Kaohsiung Plain, although the inland plains in their field of vision are basically barren.
There are grass and jungles, but from time to time you can still see some simple villages and cultivated paddy fields around it.
"There are still a lot of indigenous people here." Liu Zheng said with a frown, "It's best to clean them up at once, otherwise conflicts will be very troublesome in the future..."
Qian Shuixie didn't say anything. The exploration team was marking the discovered settlements on the map one by one. Judging from the number and scale of the discovered settlements, the legendary "Dagaliyan" community had a population of at least 2,000. The Netherlands
People record that they could dispatch four to five hundred armed men at a time.
Judging from the distribution of indigenous communities in Taiwan at that time, the Takaliyan community was not inferior to the Xingang community in Tainan. Historically, they had been in conflict with the Xingang community. It was not until the Dutch intervened in the dispute between the two parties that the Takaliyan community was
Expelled from Kaohsiung Plains.
"To drive away the indigenous people here, we must have at least one infantry company and cooperate with the militia." Qian Shuixie estimated the required troops and said.
According to historical data, the Dutch launched the Battle of Christmas in 1635, defeating the Galliyan Society and forcing them to surrender and move inward. They dispatched 500 people plus 500 or 600 allies from the Newport Society. Tribes in primitive societies are generally all citizens.
They were all soldiers, so it is inferred that the community's population was at least a thousand. Otherwise, the Dutch would not have mobilized so many troops. The crusade against the Kaliyan Society was one of the few large-scale military operations carried out by the Dutch in Taiwan.
Liu Zheng said: "The advance team's landing should start in the winter after the typhoon season ends."
Now we are about to enter summer. Not only are mosquitoes rampant in summer, but there are also many typhoons. There are great restrictions on ships and the landing of people and materials. If not, it will also cause the spread of infectious diseases. At the end of 1631, both Zhejiang and Shandong
There has not yet been a large number of immigrants, so it is still not too late to start comprehensive construction in Kaohsiung at this time.
"And the vegetation dies in winter, which makes it easy to see. Look at how dense the vegetation is," Liu Zheng pointed at the hillside. "Those tribesmen can easily hide hundreds of people inside, and you might not even be able to walk in front of you."
Can be found..."
Qian Shuixie nodded. Taiwan, which is located in the tropics, is certainly not cold in winter, but it is now the Little Ice Age, and the temperature in southern Taiwan should be several degrees lower than in the 21st century. Even in Hainan, which has a lower latitude, the winter
Some of the vegetation also showed obvious signs of withering and withering. The Dutch apparently took this factor into consideration when they chose to launch a crusade on Christmas.
Since it was late, Qian Shuixie decided to camp on the mountain and wait until early the next morning before going down the mountain and heading inland.
The exploration team discovered a spring next to several large rocks on the top of the mountain. There were large rocks here, and the terrain was flat without a lot of vegetation. There was clear water nearby. It was a good place to camp. The two agreed to camp here.
One night, Liu Zheng asked people to build a bonfire under a clump of trees, and sent people to throw sulfur and lime around the camp to drive away possible snakes and insects.
Dinner was grass rations. Although they saw deer, wild boars and other wild animals on the way up the mountain, the Qianshui Association did not allow hunting of animals out of caution and health considerations. Even so, the hungry team members were still in a state of despair.
After Di finished eating the grass rations, Chandler made a good dinner for Liu Zheng and Qian Shuixie using the grass rations specially provided by the elders. The two of them ate with gusto.
"You are a very capable orderly." Liu Zheng praised.
"Yeah, he's very capable, but it's a pity that he's just like us, haha." Qian Shuixie picked up the sticks in the campfire, lit a farm cigar, and puffed away, "It doesn't have many uses."
Liu Zheng made a joke on him: "I think this little money looks pretty good."
"I'm not a gay, and I'm not one of those Ming Dynasty bastards," Qian Shuixie chuckled, "Speaking of how I take care of my wife, I don't even dare to think about the maid. Even if my wife is in Guangzhou, we are separated.
You have to be honest..."
Of course, Qian Shuixie also has a maid on the Feiyun, but she can't develop in that direction.
"Look at what you said, it's as if I didn't bring my wife." Liu Zheng said.
Qian Shuixie remembered that Liu Zheng did have a wife, and she was very good-looking and well-built. I heard that she used to be a literary and artistic person. Liu Shuixin even sang a few songs at the annual meeting - she was from an academic background with upright words and a smooth accent.
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Liu Zheng said: "I heard that the General Office is planning to open Lingao Ziming Building or something like that. How about it? Let's go to Sangao together after we get back?"
"Besides, I am as high as the sky and my wife is far away. If your wife doesn't object, we will go."
"It's okay." Liu Zheng said, "I'll take a shower and give you a pat on the back. What's the objection?"