Chapter 1632 Manila Alarm

In the process of developing the colony, Haihan did not just use some softer methods. For the aboriginal people who were not willing to cooperate, Haihan's methods were no better than those of other colonists of this era.

How kind. During the development process of Taiwan Island, there were many tribes who tried to drive out these foreign invaders. However, Haihan decisively used force in the face of such a situation and regarded all resisters as enemies.

To strike.

The weapons used by these nearly primitive aboriginal tribes on the island of Taiwan are still in the cold weapon age, and are far less sophisticated than the weapons equipped by mainland countries like the Ming Dynasty. They have no chance of winning against the Han army in Shanghai. Except for

Occasional sneak attacks can hurt people, but there is basically no chance in a frontal battlefield duel. As long as the Haihan army is determined to kill a certain tribe, it can almost be solved by chopping melons and vegetables along the way. Yes.

Some tribes who heard the news felt that they were outmatched, so they moved to the mountains far away from the west coast. The Haihan Army would not pursue them anymore.

However, the situation in Kaohsiung Port is pretty good. Most of the tribal people in the surrounding areas are relatively mild in nature and are willing to maintain peaceful contact with outsiders. In particular, Haihan can provide them with daily necessities, medical care, education, and even military asylum.

These tribes quickly accepted the existence of Haihan settlements and plantations here. The biggest dispute currently existing between Haihan and nearby tribes is that the people of these tribes are unwilling to accept the constraints of Haihan laws, and still

Implement some of the traditions handed down in the tribe as local rules.

Of course, this ideological conflict is not without solutions, but it will take a long time to culturally assimilate these aborigines. Even though Haihan has rich experience in cultural and educational propaganda,

It is not entirely suitable to deal with these aboriginal people whose languages ​​are not in common with each other. Li Dou does not want to resolve this difference through suppression or killing, but the only method he can take is to start with children and young people.

Start by gradually influencing those who can call the shots in the tribe.

"It will take at least two to three generations to completely assimilate these aboriginal people. This is a task that requires a lot of patience," Li Dou explained.

"It also requires investing a lot of resources." Qian Tiandun took over and said: "These aboriginal people only know slash-and-burn farming and the most basic fishing and hunting. The value they can create is very limited. To assimilate them culturally, we can only take money.

To provide them with better education and living conditions is a correct understanding, right?"

Li Dou nodded and responded: "That's true, but objectively speaking, it is not too difficult to turn these aborigines into a labor force that can be used by us. You see, at least half of the laborers who carry bags at the port

They are all from local tribes. As long as they are willing to come to our place to do these hard work, they can be paid with food and wine. This is much safer for them than relying on the weather in the past. As long as our port is still operating,

They will not go hungry. We will select the capable ones among them, promote them to be foremen, and give them better treatment, so as to serve as an example for others to follow."

This method of operation is actually a continuation of Haihan's past practice of subduing the Han people in the occupied areas, using force and inducement, so that the people will gradually get used to living under Haihan's rule and arrangements. However, Taiwan

The aborigines on the island have different languages ​​and cultures, and are much less civilized than the Han people on the mainland, so the assimilation process is unlikely to be as rapid as on Hainan Island.

Li Dou is a civil servant with a moderate ruling style, and his attitude towards the local aborigines is also aimed at enlightenment. Even though this attitude may affect the progress of local development and construction, Li Dou still insists on not adopting some measures as much as possible.

Violent means. Of course, he is not opposed to the garrison taking force measures against some disobedient tribes. After all, his own safety is the first priority. He does not want to live in a place where he may be used by indigenous hunters at any time and is only worth a bottle of wine.

of bamboo bows and arrows in an assassination environment.

However, in recent days, a large number of Haihan troops have arrived in the port and started to gather here, which has also caused some uneasiness among the local people. Even though Li Dou had issued a peace notice before this, saying that troops from the north and the south would change defenses and stay temporarily in Kaohsiung Port for a few days in the near future.

Japan will not launch military operations locally, but when the East China Sea Fleet arrived at Kaohsiung Port carrying a total of more than 2,000 troops from the Army Special Operations Battalion, Cavalry Battalion and Marine Corps, the atmosphere here immediately fell into high tension.

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Some tribes natives saw Haihan troops gathered in large numbers in the local area. Even if they had nothing to do, they would worry about Haihan soldiers having nothing to do and causing trouble near the tribes, so they took the initiative to quit their odd jobs and go home. As a result, the labor wages at Kaohsiung Port were therefore

There was an immediate increase, about 20% higher than usual. Even so, there were still not enough laborers to transport the equipment and materials of these troops, so there was chaos when the goods were put into the warehouse, which led to severe

Dou had to apologize to the military generals.

Of course, the reason for this mistake can be clearly explained, and the responsibility does not entirely lie with Li Dou. Regarding the current labor shortage at the port, there is no good solution other than increasing remuneration. Li Dou cannot order the garrison to go

The nearby tribes are trying to capture young men, which will only make the efforts of more than two years of civilization come to naught. Although the military is a little helpless, they also express their understanding. They are just gathering at Kaohsiung Port and have no intention of destroying the social order here.

It was a mess, so they were still willing to let Li Dou continue to be responsible for arranging the transfer of manpower, as long as similar mistakes would not happen again.

Troops at all levels heading south from the north have received orders not to leave the camp without permission during their temporary break in Kaohsiung Port, let alone go to the local tribes privately - this is also Li Dou's only request to the troops who are about to head south to fight.

However, in order to meet some of the practical needs of these soldiers who had been fighting hard in the north for several months, Li Dou still tried every means to make arrangements. Due to the limited population size of Kaohsiung Port and the limited number of entertainment venues, Li Dou could not meet the needs at all.

They contacted the Fujian authorities in advance and packed up more than 200 women from brothels in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to relieve the "urgent needs" of the soldiers. If not, these soldiers would be so suffocated and unable to leave the military camp that sooner or later trouble would arise.

Come.

Qian Tiandun and others praised Li Dou's arrangement. Of course, they did not need to queue up to solve the problem like ordinary soldiers. Li Dou had already arranged for high-quality goods, and a group of senior officials patiently

After watching the performance of playing, playing and singing, I then put my arms around the little girl and drank some flower wine, and then they went away to rest without showing any emotion.

Nearly a thousand kilometers south of Kaohsiung Port, Manila Bay has lost its former prosperity. Most of the ships entering and leaving the harbor every day are local fishing boats, while merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty are becoming increasingly rare. It often takes a few days for one to arrive.

Arriving at the port, not many ships have left. Except for occasional bad weather, this is probably the most depressed period in Manila Bay in the past ten years.

Anyone who is not blind can detect this unusual change, and Governor Aragones will naturally not ignore this abnormal phenomenon. In fact, he has much more information than ordinary citizens, although Haihan is

Sealing orders have been issued in various ports, but a few pieces of information will still be leaked through the Ming merchant ships arriving at the port during this period. Aragones knows that this depressed situation is intentional by Haihan, and this is probably a reflection of last year.

Retaliation for the Spanish fleet's sneak attack on Sanya.

As the main planner of last year's failed operation, Aragones received severe rebuke from the country afterwards. King Philip IV issued a final warning that if Spain made any further mistakes in its colonies in the Far East, Aragones would

Sri Lanka will not only lose his position as Governor-General of the Philippines, but also all his domestic assets will be transferred to the national treasury.

During the tenure of Aragones, Spain lost its two strongholds of Fresh Water and Chicken Coop in the northern part of Taiwan Island in 1633, thus losing its main supply point for trade routes to Northeast Asia. This reduced the Manila authorities' annual income significantly.

However, three years later, the Manila authorities not only failed to wrest back the stronghold on Taiwan Island from the Haihan people, but almost lost the large sailing ship in last year's raid.

The fleet was also lost on the battlefield - it was part of the royal property, and it was reasonable for Philip IV to be furious about it.

In order to appease the king's anger, Aragones sold part of his family property in the country and managed to open up the joints. He asked Philip IV's wife Elizabeth, the eldest sister of French King Louis XIII, to say some good words for him, and then he barely managed to save his life.

Governorship. Of course, in order to satisfy the appetite of the French princess, Aragones also suffered a lot of bleeding, which can be said to have damaged his vitality. Therefore, for him, Manila's business conditions have become more important than before.

After all, this place is almost his only source of income. If something goes wrong again, he will probably have to go back to China and work as an apartment owner to survive the rest of his life.

After the failure of last year's operation, Aragones has been in a state of anxiety for a long time. On the one hand, he is worried about domestic punishment, and on the other hand, he is afraid that the Haihan people will launch military retaliation, or even attack

The city of Manila launched an offensive. So during that time, he was very tight on city defense affairs. He even invested the few working capital on hand into the fortification reinforcement project, and ordered craftsmen to step up cannon casting to supplement the local shore defense firepower.

In order to avoid insufficient local resistance means when the Haihan army attacks from the sea.

However, a few months passed without seeing any movement in Sanya. However, he heard that the Haihan people were fighting with another country in the north. Aragones felt relieved and reinvested his energy in trading. Although.

Many of the goods shipped by the Ming Dynasty merchants who came to Manila for trade were actually produced in Haihan, but Aragones pretended not to know about this. Anyway, as long as he could make a profit from it, he didn't mind using this method to communicate with the merchants.

One's own enemies conduct transactions over the air.

Of course, Aragones did not give up monitoring and intelligence collection on Haihan. Although the intelligence network deployed by Spain in Sanya was uprooted once by the Haihan Security Department in 1634, it was later sent out one after another.

Some people went over and tried to rebuild the intelligence network. However, after suffering a loss, the Spanish spies became much more cautious, and they all lurked separately. Even if someone's identity was exposed and arrested, they would not be able to lead too many people at once.

Many people.

But precisely because of this, the level of information that these spies have access to is very limited. Of course, they all smell something, but there are only a few valuable information that can be excavated from it. And Aragones received in Manila

The reports are almost all warnings, believing that the Haihan army may launch military operations against Manila in the near future, but there is no more specific content - such as whether the Haihan army has begun to gather, mobilize the size of the army, and prepare combat materials.

The situation is completely unknown.

In Aragones' view, the value of this kind of intelligence is close to zero. Looking at the increasingly scarce merchant ships in Manila Bay every day, he can judge the intentions of the Haihan people without going to Sanya. But he has no idea what the other party will do.

When should we take action, and how should we arrange defensive measures? If we order the city of Manila to enter a state of combat readiness now, it will only cause panic and chaos in the local area over time. Of course, creating a tense atmosphere through pretense may also be one of the strategies of the Haihan people.

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There are thousands of Han people in and outside Manila, and Aragones knows that among them there must be spies planted by Haihan. He is very worried that these people will take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, so he must now maintain normal social order in Manila.

This left an opportunity for these people to take advantage of. Maybe the Haihan people were waiting for the city of Manila to break into chaos before they actually launched an attack with force.

But if the current depressed situation in Manila continues, it will have little impact on the Haihan people, and Aragones will be a little unable to hold on. There is a lower limit for the taxes he has to pay to the country every year. If there are several consecutive

With Yue Dui's current situation, I'm afraid he will have to pay out of his own pocket to subsidize taxes. Of course, he can also choose to increase taxes on the private sector, but once this method is used, he will probably force more businessmen to speed up.

After leaving Manila, he did not dare to use this double-edged sword at will.

If the Haihan people send troops to attack, Aragones is not sure that he can hold Manila, but if the opponent does not fight, he will be dragged to death sooner or later. Therefore, as the governor of the Philippines, Aragones is really in a very bad mood.

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