The few figures in front of the haenyeo are extraordinary, they are probably high-ranking officials of the "bald-haired pirates". Although they have little knowledge, they still understand that under the authority, only by being obedient can they endure less hardship and save their lives. Each of their expressions
Kneel down on the ground submissively.
The two sides exchanged a few words. There is obviously a big difference between the Korean in the 21st century and the Jeju dialect in the 17th century. Feng Zongze and Nangong Wudi's Korean is at the elementary level, so it is a bit difficult to communicate. The two sides continued to make gestures and talk. Fortunately, Korean and
Like Japanese, it is a language island, very closed-minded, and has not changed much over the past few hundred years. After some physical and facial expressions and "Smecta", Feng Zongze was finally able to communicate with the haenyeo smoothly.
From the mouths of the haenyeo, they knew that these haenyeo were indeed from nearby fishing villages. There were very few men in the fishing villages, and most of them were women. Because men often encountered storms and died in the sea when they went fishing, over time, a female-dominated village was formed.
Haenyeo Village. Women mainly make a living as haenyeo, fishing for various seafood to make dry goods and then selling them to merchants.
Naturally, life is extremely difficult. The money earned from selling dried abalone, sea cucumbers and other seafood is exchanged for a little food and catch, and they can barely survive. Contrary to what the elders imagined, Jeju Island cannot be self-sufficient in food and has to rely on food imported from the Korean Peninsula.
Although the haenyeo have little overall perspective, the older haenyeo say that the population has been decreasing in the past ten years - many people have moved to the peninsula.
In the past few years, Jeju Island suffered from successive natural disasters. Food relief from the court was slow and infrequent. Many people died of starvation and fled. Many nearby villages were abandoned.
As for the specific conditions on the island, the haenyeo women don't know much - they rarely go out, buy seafood, and merchants selling food come to the village every month. Some people in the village have been to Jeju and Jeongui County because of the close distance.
It gained a lot of people.
Feng Zongze sat upright and asked: "What is the population of Jingyi County and how many soldiers are there? What is the radius of the city?"
"Sir, all the slaves are ignorant and lowly white women. The things asked by the masters are not very clear. If you don't answer well, please forgive me..." The haenyeo who answered was about 25 or 26 years old and looked relatively good-looking.
Clever, she always answered Feng Zongze's questions. She lowered her head and said respectfully, "I don't know how many people there are in Jingyi County. I only know that there are few residents in the city and there are two villages outside the city. The total is not much."
Two to three thousand people."
As for the soldiers, there were about 200 of them. Haenyeo had no concept of the city's dimensions and couldn't tell clearly. However, she said that there were large official warehouses in the city that stored a lot of food.
This is important news. Feng Zongze and Nangong Wudi's eyes lit up - food is the top priority. Especially when they heard about Jeju Island
"I heard there are a lot of cattle and horses here. Where are they?"
"Bovines and horses are all in the mountains over Hallasan Mountain, all over the mountains and plains. But there are not many here-" Haenyeo replied. The reason why there are not many is because there is not enough water source on the seaside. Cows and horses need a lot of water, and there are only springs in this area.
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Feng Zongze nodded with satisfaction and asked again: "What's your name?"
The Haenyeo hesitated for a moment and said, "Reply to the master: I am a humble maid, Mrs. Pan."
This is not much of a name - but Chinese women, until the 1930s, there were many women in remote rural areas who were born with the name "X" all their lives. Haenyeo are white women, just a little better than public and private bitches (slaves). It is normal to not have a name.
"Are you joining the army?" he asked suddenly.
Haenyeo looked at him with wide eyes, then quickly lowered her head:
"You're a cheap servant, you're just a soldier."
The so-called Zhongjun Shangjun is a level among the Haenyeo community in Jeju Island. It starts from "Children Sangjun" and goes through Lower Army, Zhongjun, Shangjun, and finally reaches the rank of Senior Shangjun.
However, this title is only spread among the haenyeo in Jeju Island. Even the officials and scholar-bureaucrats of the Lee Dynasty may not know it. The haenyeo people are quite surprised that such a foreign pirate would know about it.
Nangong Wudi and Xue Ziliang asked some more about the local situation. Some of the women knew something and some they didn't know. Obviously, there was no value in asking.
Feng Zongze asked them to take them all down: "Each person will be given a relief biscuit and a bowl of hot soup to drink. Let them find their clothes and fishing tools."
"Why, are you still keeping them?" Nangong Wubi's enthusiasm for the haenyeo has dropped a lot - although the haenyeo have pretty good figures. Two of them are still young, but he doesn't like their appearance very much.
"Keep it for the time being. After the interrogation is completed, the soldiers will be released together." Feng Zongze said that he did not have any nostalgia for the haenyeo, but planned to use them to carry out civil affairs work. According to Du Wen's "How to Use Classes in Civil Work"
The opinion of the article "On": The oppressed class is a natural rebel and a leader. Haenyeo have a low status and a difficult life, but they have the desire and motivation to stand up.
Then they interrogated the soldiers. According to the report of the special reconnaissance team, there were only five garrison soldiers on the beacon tower. When the special reconnaissance team suddenly appeared, they didn't even make an attempt to resist, they just tried to escape. It didn't look like there was any
Will to fight.
Looking at the appearance of the soldiers, we can also tell that their fighting will is not very high. Each of the soldiers looks haggard, as if they have not had enough to eat for a long time. The clothes they wear are in tatters and have faded.
Color. They had no armor, only a bamboo hat, and the weapons they used were crude. The elders had seen the weapons of the Ming army captured in the Battle of Chengmai, and had also seen various miscellaneous equipment abandoned by the pirates. However,
The level of weaponry and equipment of the Li Dynasty army in front of them was not even comparable to that of large groups of pirates. There were no firearms that were already very common in the Ming Dynasty army, and the spears they were equipped with had extremely short handles, only 1.70 meters at best. In addition to serving as a guard of honor,
, basically useless. The knives are also very crude. What is slightly better are their bows and arrows, which seem to be well-made.
North Korea under the rule of the Li Dynasty was known as "Little China", and its disregard for the army was not only on par with the Ming Dynasty, but even worse - the Ming Dynasty still had a small number of elite servants as the core of the army.
Nangong Wudi looked at the soldiers and weapons and thought to himself, if even Kinoshita Fujikiro is here to fight North Korea - what is the difference between this army and a scarecrow?
The soldiers quickly revealed everything they knew. As soldiers, they were often mobilized on the island. Moreover, the leader of the Taiwanese soldiers had been a soldier here for more than 20 years and had stayed in almost every defense post on the island.
He knows much more than the haenyeo.
From the soldiers' mouths, Nangong Wudi knew that there were three divisions of soldiers on the island, each with 500 people. In other words, the number of regular troops on the island was 1,500, which was lower than the 2,000 they originally had.
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The pastoral envoy on the island has been asking the court to expand Jeju's garrison to the fifth division and gather a battalion of troops. However, natural disasters have continued over the years, and the court is so overwhelmed that it has neither the intention nor the ability to strengthen the defense of Jeju Island. Fortunately, since Tokugawa closed the country
After that, the harm caused by Japanese pirates was much less than before, and they were managed with difficulty.
Because the enemy in Jeju Island mainly comes from the sea, the soldiers of these three divisions are dispersed throughout the island. There are 500 people in Jeju Island, and more than 200 people in Daejeong and Jeongui counties. In addition, there are nine garrison offices.
——"Pu" is similar to the Ming Dynasty's garrison. Each pu has thirty to fifty garrison soldiers. These garrison offices are located on the harbors entering and exiting Jeju Island, lined up along the coastline, fully
It shows the coastal defense thinking of guarding the port. There are also 18 beacon towers, each with five Taiwanese soldiers.
The Li Dynasty's army was equipped with artillery, and there were a small number of artillery in various garrisons and cities, but there was no heavy equipment like the Ming Army's Hongyi cannon.
From this point of view, the largest heavy-armed group is only 500 people from Jeju. A single infantry company can easily annihilate them.
As for the navy, the Li Dynasty basically had no navy on the island. There were only a few small boats patrolling the coast.
"Who are the officials on the island? Tell them one by one!" Feng Zongze shouted.
"Yes. The Jeju Observer is Mr. Lee Zhenqing, the judge is Mr. Lee Mansion, the Supervisor of Daejing County is Mr. Li Qiu, and the Supervisor of Jeongui County is Mr. Cui Ingun."
The Jeju Observer was the highest official on the island of the Lee Dynasty, the third-grade civil servant, and the judge was the highest military attaché on the island.
"How many official slaves are there on the island and where are they?"
Official slaves are what the senators are most interested in - they are perfect candidates to lead the party. To say the least, even if the official slaves are not very enlightened, they are the most convenient labor force to use.
"The prison camps in the three cities of Jeju, Daejeong, and Jeongui all have official slaves and maidservants. You don't know the total number, but there are tens of thousands of them. There was a famine in the past few years, and many people died of starvation and escaped..."
The former commander was quite satisfied with the soldier's confession and had a lot of detailed information.
After ordering the prisoners to be taken away, the front commander held a brief meeting and decided without further delay to immediately dispatch troops to control the three cities of Jeju, take all the grain stored in each city into his own hands, and disarm each garrison.
At the same time, it controls the main ports entering and exiting Jeju Island.
Nangong Wudi proposed to send a mixed infantry and artillery task force. The infantry marched on foot along the official road on the island, and the artillery and supplies used the large boats and rowing boats brought by the fleet to maneuver along the coastline.
Outside of Uixian, Jeju and Daejeong are both on the seaside. Ships can be easily used for supply support.
Out of caution, we decided to capture Jingyi County, which is closest to the Chengshan Base, to gain an intuitive understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Li Dynasty's army and the city's defense system, and then proceed to the next step of operations depending on the situation.
Jeongui County is a city in South Korea in the old days. When South Korea developed tourism, the county's old site was restored and built into a folk village. Although it is not on the seaside, it is actually very close to Seongsan. There is also a road accessible. Xue Ziliang and Nangong Wu
Didu has been to this folk village before. However, after all, the folk village was built by later generations. Although there are restorations and so-called historical research, no one can guarantee how different it is from reality.
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