Xie Tian's answer was neither humble nor arrogant: "Since arriving in Taiwan after being assigned by the garrison, Xie Tian has been encouraging himself to work hard all the time to live up to the garrison's expectations."
"Then why has there been no news from you?" Ding Yunyi's tone softened slightly.
Xie Tian said calmly: "When I first arrived in Taiwan, Xie Tian was so unfamiliar with the world that he couldn't respond to the calls from heaven and the earth. He had to rely on himself for everything. Later, he got to know some missionaries from Hongyi and Ganlasi, and things became a little better.
It's getting better. Now that Xie Tian is among such Taixi people, going around every day and collecting intelligence, how can he find the time to send messages to the guards? "
Ding Yunyi stared at Xie Tian for a while: "Where is the information you collected?"
Xie Tian turned around, opened a wooden box, dug out the clothes on top, took out a stack of paper from the bottom, and handed it to Ding Yunyi: "Please guard and take a look at all the officers of Taiwan Hongyi, the names of the leading troops, and their personalities."
It all depends on this. Even how many soldiers, horses and weapons the Hongyi have in Taiwan, and where they are stationed are all clearly recorded."
Ding Yunyi was overjoyed. He took it and took a closer look. Sure enough, the records could not be clearer. Even the handover time of each Hongyi team stationed on guard was recorded. If he had this information, he would know everything about Taiwan.
After flipping through a few pages, Ding Yunyi was a little confused when he saw that the lower sheets of paper were filled with various patterns.
"This is the city of Relanje." Xie Tian helped him clear up the doubts: "Look at the defense. How are the defenses in the city of Relanje? How many people are guarding it? Where are the strong points and where are the weak points? On the map
It’s all marked.”
Ding Yunyi held this extremely precious information in his hand, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Such detailed information will play a decisive role once I launch an attack on Taiwan. It can be said that it will take a long time for the war in Taiwan to ignite, but I have already grasped it so early.
The balance of victory.
Xie Tian didn't know how much hardship and effort he put into obtaining such information, but just now, he still doubted whether Xie Tian had betrayed him.
Even, I once wanted to kill Xie Tian...
"Thank you for your hard work." After a while, Ding Yunyi said slowly.
Who would have thought that Xie Tian actually knelt down on the ground: "Mr. Toshiki was my mentor. Unfortunately, he died in the hands of Kiohmaru. To avenge his mentor, they are Xie Tian's reborn parents. Xie Tian's life
It's for defense, so why bother!"
"Get up, get up." Ding Yunyi hurriedly helped him up. He was so moved that he sat down and asked him about Taiwan's intelligence. Then he changed the topic: "How is Guo Huaiyi?"
Xie Tian didn't even think about it: "This man is famous for his heroism and loyalty and is very famous among the locals. He hates Hongyi, but he also draws in the Ganrasi people. His intention is nothing more than to use the Ganrasi people to deal with the Hongyi people."
Yi. But in my opinion, this method is really inappropriate. Dry wax silk has been defeated by Hong Yi. He is doing this now. Hong Yi is just looking at Zheng Zhilong’s face and will not care about him. If something happens in the future
I'm afraid it will bring disaster to him."
This analysis is exactly the same as what Ding Yunyi was thinking.
Using foreign forces to deal with foreign forces can only be implemented when the two forces are completely equal. But this condition is not mature at all now.
"Where's Hongyi? How did you get involved with Candinius and Marco?" Ding Yunyi asked after pondering for a while.
Xie Tian immediately replied: "I first arrived in Taiwan and wanted to develop here. I couldn't do without Hongyi, so I pretended to be a believer and went to the church in Candinius. Because I spent a lot of money to give to the church.
I also gave a lot of alms, so Candinius quickly noticed me. Once his church needed renovation, he found me, and I took out two hundred taels of silver in one go. With such a large sum of silver
, the church was not only renovated, but also better than before. From then on, Candinius regarded me as his friend."
Ding Yunyi smiled. Silver is always the most advantageous weapon, whether in China or abroad.
"Continius and Red Barbarian Governor Putmans were also good friends. He introduced me to Putmans once. Soon, Putmans also trusted me quite a lot. I went in and out of Jeland several times.
Zhecheng, because of the relationship between Putmans and Candinius, the journey was smooth, so I secretly wrote down the deployment of Zhelanzhe City." Xie Tian continued:
"Later, I gained some fame among the red barbarians, and Marco, the dry silk missionary, also quietly came to me and said that his church also needed renovation. He wanted me to give him some money, so I gave it to him.
I gave him a hundred taels of silver. From then on, both families respected me very much."
"Okay, well done." Ding Yunyi was full of praise: "Thank God, you were born to do this. You just have to use your money as hard as you can. I came with Father Sarozzi this time, and I earned a lot of money this time."
I’ll leave all the money to you, don’t save it for me. By the way, I’ll leave Duan San’er to you as your subordinate to run errands and deliver news for you.”
Xie Tianzheng was short of manpower, and when he heard what the guard said, he wanted to get it.
Ding Yunyi suddenly asked: "Zheng Zhilong sent pioneering people to Taiwan on a large scale twice. What is the situation of these people now?"
"The situation is not very good." Xie Tian frowned: "Zheng Zhilong gave them silver and cattle, but these were not free, and the taxes they had to pay were higher than others. Those in the central region were better, but the senior officials
The situation in the areas controlled by the Red Yi is much bleaker. Some people have already thought of returning to their hometowns, but now that they are in Taiwan, where can they go back so easily? Even if Zheng Zhilong is willing, the Red Yi will not agree."
Ding Yunyi thought for a while: "Is it possible to recruit some young laborers from them and bring them to my Penghu?"
Xie Tian was startled, then immediately understood what he meant: "Recruitment is not difficult as long as you have more money, but the problem is how to transport it out? Where to find so many ships? How to hide it from Hongyi?"
Having said this, he paused for a moment, blinked and thought for a long time, and suddenly said: "There may be a way. Father Candinius."
Ding Yunyi understood immediately: "Do you mean to transport these people through Father Candinius?"
"Yes, I am relying on this person." Xie Tian nodded and said: "Although this person is a priest, he is very greedy. If you promise him benefits, he may agree. It just so happens that he invited us to dinner tonight.
The defense can take this opportunity to test."
Ding Yunyi laughed: "I'm going to meet this priest today to see what he really thinks."