Chapter 1209 Failed
Many native people and social leaders came, and more ordinary native men came. Most of them carried weapons with bows and spears. They were shoddy and inferior goods. Only the social leaders and personal guards held some decent swords and guns, which were probably obtained from Han immigrants or merchants.
Many women and the elderly also followed, and the children were in groups, all looking dark and naked.
The Hanmin also said hello in advance. Every household was full of energy. The housewives took out their ability to steam, cook and fry. Each household made some snacks and snacks that they had. The military department purchased them at the market price, saving the soldiers a lot of trouble and unique features. Especially when each household placed them at the door to greet the children of the natives, the two groups were brought closer invisibly.
A fat sister-in-law stuffed her steamed flower roll to a half-large native child and sighed: "Look at how thin this child is, she is all disfigured."
This sister-in-law came over from Datong. Her pasta skills were quite solid. Seeing the native child eating it in three bites, her face was also full of joy.
"What kid," said the person next to him: "The beard has grown."
Everyone was absolutely stunned when they heard this. After a closer look, they found that it was not a big deal. They looked at the native man who was only ten years old and had a mustache on his chin.
If you look at other "children" carefully, they are indeed big and small, but their height is mostly below the Ming average, let alone compared with northerners.
The real child is like a little black stone, small, thin and short, and does not have the fierce aura of an adult, and his eyes are filled with timid light.
The hearts of the Han people are really soft. You can see that these mountain natives have lived much worse than themselves. Respecting the elderly and politely politely is also a tradition of the Han people. Originally, they were reluctant to greet these natives, and they also let go of their guards and took out more food.
"Su Wen, is this considered the way Emperor Yang of Sui?" Li Pingzhi frowned and looked at everything in front of him, feeling quite uncomfortable.
The Han people of this era, who are a little wise, must be great Han chauvinists. It is very simple. In later generations, the Han people were enslaved by foreign races, and the entire country was beaten by the great powers. Civilization was backward, military, political, finance, science, education, culture and health were all behind. In the end, even their own raw silk industry and tea were surpassed by other countries. The ancient country with three thousand years of civilization lost even its forks, and the background was clearly understood. The Chinese became synonymous with failed nations. Even if they rose again later, from political system to cultural entertainment, it actually had nothing to do with their ancestors. Confucianism changed to national studies, but they were just a fig leaf, which could not change the reality of the westernization of the core of civilization. Hundreds of years later, the Chinese people could not say that they were lacking self-confidence, but they also knew that they were not the only one. The Chinese nation could not say that they were the upper state of the Celestial Empire, and other countries were barbarians without culture.
This era is different. Looking at the north and the east, as well as the west and the south, all countries are either vassals of the Ming Dynasty, or barbarians who have been hostile to the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years. From Korea to Japan, to Myanmar and Thailand in Southeast Asia, they have all paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Many countries call them vassal states. The king is equivalent to a vassal state. The king must notify the throne of the monarch and the successor to the throne. It is legal if the Ming Dynasty agrees... In this case, if Europeans were not gradually appearing in the vision of the Ming Dynasty's monarch and the people, who would the Chinese take seriously?
In the entire Asian territory, during the Tang Dynasty, Chinese people destroyed one of their countries in India. The entire Western Regions reached the Pamir Mountains and were once the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the troops headed directly to Central Asia. In the Ming Dynasty, there were a range of surrounding countries such as Myanmar and Thailand, either once the territory of China, such as Vietnam was still in the Han and Tang Dynasties, or it was a vassal state like North Korea. Japan is the most unhonest and unruly, and it is not enough to honestly pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty?
The eyes of the Han people should have been bigger.
The people of the Celestial Kingdom have a strong sense of superiority, but there are also counterexamples. The most obvious one is Emperor Yang of Sui, who was said by Li Ping. In order to show the national strength of the Sui Dynasty, the fire was too strong. When the barbarian envoys who came to Luoyang were entertained by the government, they were tied to the trees on the roadside. I don’t know how much national strength was used to do such stupid things. The so-called boasting and shocking the barbarians and making the distant barbarians subjugate. In fact, there is no use, and the Turks still invade. In the words of Confucian officials, they are not cultivated, and distant people are not convinced. No matter how much they put on airs, they can only become a joke for the ages.
Li Pingzhi was not worried that it would be a joke, but he just felt that it was not appropriate to do so.
"This time is a special situation." Zhang Xuwen explained: "It is also to ask them to appreciate the gap with us. In the future, they can attract more native laborers. Whether they are workers or farming, they are not worse than Han people. And after seeing the gap, we will be much less resistance when entering the mountains. Today, we consume some, and in the future, we will make up for it ten times and a hundred times in the future."
Li Pingzhi actually knew that what Zhang Xuwen was talking about was the truth, but seeing these natives coming to eat and drink for free, I must still feel a little uncomfortable.
If he is based on his temper and practice, he will send troops directly in, and those who are obedient have food and drinks, while those who are disobedient are greetings. After three or five years of hard work, the mountains will be pacified.
However, Zhang Xuwen's method is more labor-saving, and he also intends to be accustomed to the natives. The General Secretary here specializes in the security cases. Whenever the natives and Han people fight, they will judge the case according to the laws. If the natives and Han people are wrong, they will punish the natives. They will punish the Han people if they are wrong. They are impartial and respected everything. Chang Wei and Sun Jingting agree with the members of the natives and conveyed them to the leaders of the members, and these members are not just a matter of words.
There were only a few people who were not convinced and said that they wanted to govern according to the rules in their own society. Zhang Xuwen turned aside and wanted to drive away those leaders. After some scolding, those leaders at least obeyed the instructions on the surface.
The sound of cannons came from afar, Li Pingzhi was excited and said, "The Dutch are here!"
Zhang Xuwen smiled and said, "It depends on you."
Li Pingzhi said: "The day before yesterday I sent someone to reopen the negotiations, or to Hirado. I said at that time, either come to us to discuss or not, but I just pinched my nose."
After saying that, he bowed to Zhang Xuwen and the members of the No. 100 negotiation team had been waiting on the seawall, and now they surrounded Li Pingzhi and headed to the beach.
Of course, the Dutch came to see Chang Wei and Sun Jingting, but these two people didn't have to go to the beach to greet them, just like the former senior members of Hutchison's mission, Cohen and Song Ke would not welcome them.
Both sides knew that they could not fight anymore, and peace was the only choice, but the Dutch had to be squinted and reserved, and they could only be the ones on Hutchison.
Now all ships need to be repaired and maintained, so it is not enough to put some pressure on the Dutch.
Fortunately, the other party can't hold on anymore, and the delay is too much to be able to get over money. I think the major shareholders of East India Company will not have much patience.
Seeing the Dutch ship approaching, Zhang Xuwen shook his head and smiled. It was indeed the Crown Prince.
Zheng Zhilong has also come back and rushed back the next day after the war.
After hearing about the wonderful naval battle, Zheng Zhilong slapped his thighs in anger!
If they had come back one day earlier, they would have been rushing to fight in Shanghai. The schooners were fast. They could have rushed back, and the Dutch ship that suffered losses in Hirado port would definitely not be able to catch up.
This time the war between the two sides started, and the Dutch suffered a loss. The Crown Prince was pressed to the ground and beaten up. Although he was strong enough, he had no choice but to take a short man. The control and reaction ability of the schooner was once again proved.
Of course, the Galen ship is not useless. From the double-deck mainstream at this time to the three-deck mainstream decades later, to giant ships above 2,000 tons, to iron-clad iron-clad iron-clad ships, and finally the steam iron-clad ships. The battleships were always the king of naval battles before the aircraft carriers appeared... It is impossible to say that the schooner took advantage of the schooner. In fact, if it was really a situation of unstoppable death, no matter how much the schooner took advantage of it, the schooner would be the schooner who kept bombing, and the only thing that sank would sink!
The Crown Prince suffered a small loss, maybe it was repaired at the Dayuan Port, and then he quickly sent the mission to the mission.
The Dutch's eagerness was quite obvious. In order to prevent negotiations from delaying, they did not even have time to repair the ship, otherwise they would not have sent a damaged warship to Bengang.
Due to his understanding of Hutchison, the Dutch also felt at ease to send warships. On the one hand, it was for the sake of residual face, and on the other hand, it was really impossible to find the intact ships. Whether it was warships or merchant ships, they were seriously damaged in the naval battle a few days ago.
"Sir," a trusted official suddenly whispered to Zhang Xuwen: "Li Pingzhi had just been unkind. He has always been in charge of the affairs of the natives. He has been so polite to him. He is not going to make trouble for the adults in the future. This time, he was in charge of the Dutch mission, and the scenery was all on him. The adults made this matter of interrogating prisoners of war, making great contributions, which not only showed the adults' unique identity in the affairs of the natives, but also took away his scenery, and might also make the Dutch protest. If something goes wrong for no reason, it would be strange if Li Pingzhi was happy..."
When this confidant official spoke, Zhang Xuwen just listened quietly. After he finished speaking, he nodded and said, "I understand all you said, but you can't blame him. He put himself in his shoes and thought about it for him. I really don't have any place."
Seeing the official's dumbfounded look, Zhang Xuwen smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "Just like comforting the natives, you must put yourself in your shoes and think more about everything. If you only think about yourself and not others, good things will be broken. Okay, don't think too much. No matter what, just do our own duties well."
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Looking at the sea in front of him, Song Ke looked hunched, and the attendants around him didn't know what the governor's specific idea was.
Cohen had originally planned to leave Taiwan. When he saw the seriously damaged fleet coming back and knew that four ships were captured, the governor of the East India Company had never liked to show his emotions and anger, and he could not help but show all kinds of complex expressions for a moment.
Shock, anger, and panic and regret.
Chapter completed!