Chapter 1632
Manila Alert
Chapter 1632 Manila Alert
In the process of developing the colony, Haihan did not blindly use some softer methods. For the aborigines who were unwilling to cooperate with others, Haihan's methods were no better than other colonists of this era. How much kindness.During the development of Taiwan Island, some tribes tried to drive out these foreign invaders, but in the face of such a situation, Haihan decisively used force and attacked all rebels as enemies.
The weapons used by these almost primitive aboriginal tribes on Taiwan Island are still in the era of cold weapons, and they are far less sophisticated than the weapons equipped by mainland countries like Ming Dynasty, and they have no chance of winning against the Shanghai Han Army.Except for the occasional sneak attack that can hurt people, there is basically no chance in the duel on the frontal battlefield. As long as the Haihan army is determined to kill a certain tribe, it is almost solved by cutting melons and vegetables all the way.Some tribes who heard the news felt that they were invincible, so they moved to the mountains far away from the west coast, and the Haihan army would not pursue them anymore.
However, the situation in Kaohsiung Port is not bad. Most of the tribal people in the surrounding areas are relatively gentle by nature and are willing to maintain peaceful contact with outsiders.In particular, Haihan can provide them with living supplies, medical care, education, and even military asylum, and these tribes soon accepted the existence of Haihan settlements and plantations here.At present, the biggest controversy between Haihan and the nearby tribes is that the people of these tribes are unwilling to accept the constraints of Haihan's law, but still implement some traditions handed down from the tribe as local rules.
Of course, this kind of ideological conflict is not without solutions, but it will take a long time to assimilate these aborigines culturally.Even though Haihan has rich operational experience in cultural and educational propaganda, it is not completely suitable for dealing with these aborigines whose languages are not very similar.Li Dou didn't want to resolve this difference by suppressing or killing, but the only way he could take was to start with the children and young people, and gradually influence those who could be the masters of the tribe.
"It will take at least two to three generations to completely assimilate these aborigines. This is a job that requires a lot of patience." Li Dou explained.
"It also needs to invest a lot of resources." Qian Tiandun took over the topic and said: "These aborigines can only do 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 Reverse posting, providing them with better education and living conditions, is that the understanding, right?"
Li Dou nodded and replied: "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 get food and wine as rewards, which is much safer for them than relying on the sky in the past. As long as our port is still operating, They won’t go hungry. We’ll pick the capable ones, promote them to be foremen, pay them better, and 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 area, showing them force and luring them for profit, so that the people will gradually get used to living under Haihan's rule and arrangement.However, because of the different language and culture of the aborigines on Taiwan Island, and compared with the Han civilization on the mainland, the assimilation process is unlikely to be as rapid as that on Hainan Island.
Li Dou is a civil official 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 violent means.Of course, he does not object to the garrison taking force measures against some disobedient tribes. After all, his own safety comes first. In the environment of bow and arrow assassination.
However, recently a large number of Haihan troops have arrived in Hong Kong one after another and began to gather here, which has also caused some uneasiness among the local people.Even though Lidou had already issued an Anmin announcement before that, saying that troops who would switch defenses from the north to the south would temporarily stay in Kaohsiung Port for a few days and would not launch military operations there, but when the East China Sea Fleet carried the Army Special Warfare Battalion and Cavalry Battalion A total of more than [-] troops including the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps came to Kaohsiung Port, and the atmosphere here immediately fell into high tension.
Seeing that a large number of Haihan soldiers gathered in the local area, some natives of the tribe worried that some Haihan soldiers would cause trouble near the tribe even if they were free, so they quit their odd jobs and went home.As a result, the wages of laborers in Kaohsiung Port have risen immediately, which is about [-]% higher than usual. Even so, there are still not enough laborers to carry the equipment and materials of these troops, so the goods are put into storage. Chaos ensues, resulting in Rideol having to apologize to the military generals.
Of course, the reason for this mistake can be clearly explained, and the responsibility is not entirely on Lidou's side. Regarding the current shortage of labor at the port, there is no good solution except to increase the salary. Lidou can't always order the garrison to go The nearby tribes grab the young men, and that will only make the enlightenment efforts of the past two years come to naught.Although the military is a little helpless about this, they also express their understanding. They are only gathering at Kaohsiung Port and do not intend to disrupt the social order here. Therefore, they are still willing to let Li Dou Stay responsible, as long as similar mistakes don't happen again.
Troops at all levels going south from the north have received orders not to leave the camp without permission during the temporary rest at Kaohsiung Port, let alone go to the local tribes without permission—this is the only requirement Li Dou made for the troops who are about to go south to fight.
However, in order to meet 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 of Kaohsiung Port and the lack of entertainment venues, there was no way to meet the demand. Li Dou contacted the Fujian side in advance and packed more than 200 women from brothels in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to relieve the "stress" of the soldiers. Urgent."If it weren't for this, if these soldiers were so choked up and couldn't leave the barracks to go out, sooner or later there would be trouble.
Qian Tiandun and the others appreciated Li Dou's arrangement. Of course, they didn't need to queue up to solve the problem like ordinary soldiers. After watching the show of playing, playing and singing, they hugged the little girl and drank flowers and wine, and then each took them away to rest.
Nearly [-] kilometers south of Kaohsiung Port, Manila Bay has lost its former prosperity. Most of the boats entering and leaving the bay every day are local fishing boats, while merchant ships from Ming Dynasty are becoming increasingly rare, and there is often only one ship in a few days. When we arrived at the port, there were not many boats coming.Apart from the occasional bad weather, this is probably the most depressed period in Manila Bay in the past ten years.
Anyone who is not blind can perceive this unusual change, and Governor Aragones will naturally not ignore this abnormal phenomenon.In fact, he has much more information than ordinary citizens. Even though Haihan has issued sealing orders in various ports, there will still be a few words of information leaked through the Ming merchant ships that arrived at the port during this period. Aragones knows This depressed situation is intentional by Haihan, and it is likely to be a retaliation for the Spanish fleet's surprise attack on Sanya last year.
As the main planner of last year's failed operation, Aragones received severe reprimands from the country afterwards. King Philip IV issued a final warning that if Spain's colonies in the Far East make any mistakes, Aragones Not only will Sri Lanka lose his post as Governor of the Philippines, but all his domestic assets will also be filled into the national treasury.
During the tenure of Aragones, Spain lost the two strongholds of Danshui and Chicken Coop in the northern part of Taiwan Island in 1633, and lost the main supply point for trade routes to Northeast Asia. This reduced the annual income of the Manila authorities by a considerable amount. less, and this also affects the income turned over to the country.But three years later, the Manila authorities not only failed to snatch the stronghold on Taiwan Island back from the Haihan people, but also almost folded the galleon fleet on the battlefield in last year's raid—that was the property of the royal family. Partly, Philip IV was justified in being furious about this.
In order to appease the king's anger, Aragones sold part of the family property in the country, managed to open up the joints, and let Philip IV's wife, the eldest sister of Louis XIII of France, Elizabeth, say some good things for him. Governorship.Of course, in order to satisfy the appetite of the French princess, Aragones also bled a lot, which can be said to have hurt his vitality.Therefore, for him, the business situation in Manila has become more important than in the past. After all, this is almost his only source of income. The rest of my life is over.
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 punishment from the country, and on the other hand, he is afraid that the Haihan people will launch military retaliation, and even The city of Manila goes on the offensive.So during that period of time, he paid close attention to the city defense affairs, and even invested the small amount of liquidity on hand in the project of strengthening the fortifications, and ordered the craftsmen to step up casting cannons to supplement the local coastal defense capabilities, so as to prevent the Haihan army from The local means of resistance are insufficient when attacking from sea.
However, after a few months, there was no movement in Sanya, but it was heard that the Haihan people were fighting with another country in the north. Only then did Aragones feel relieved and put his energy back into trading.Although many of the goods shipped by the Daming Marine Merchant who came to Manila for trade were actually produced in Haihan, Aragones also pretended not to know about it. Anyway, as long as he can profit from it, he doesn't mind using this method. Make air transactions with your enemies.
Of course, Aragones didn't care about this and gave up the monitoring and intelligence collection of Haihan.Although the intelligence network deployed by Spain in Sanya was uprooted once by the Haihan Security Department in 1634, some people were sent there one after another to try to rebuild the intelligence network.However, after suffering a loss, the Spanish spies acted more carefully, and they all hid separately. Even if someone's identity was exposed and arrested, they would not lead out too many people at once.
But also because of this, the level of information that these spies have access to is very limited. Of course, they all smell something, but they can discover valuable information from it.The reports received by Aragones in Manila are almost all warnings, thinking that the Haihan people may launch military operations against Manila in the near future, but there is no more specific content—for example, whether the Haihan army has begun to gather , the size of the mobilized army, and the preparation of combat materials are completely ignorant.
In Aragones' view, the value of this kind of information is almost zero. Looking at the increasingly scarce merchant ships in Manila Bay every day, he does not need to go to Sanya to judge the intentions of the Haihan people.But we don't know when the opponent will attack, so how to arrange defensive measures?If the city of Manila is ordered to enter a state of combat readiness now, it will only cause panic and chaos locally in the long run.Of course, playing tricks to create a tense atmosphere may also be one of the strategies of the Haihan people.
There are thousands of Han Chinese inside and outside the city of Manila. Aragones knows that there must be spies placed by Hai Han among them. He is very worried that these people will take advantage of the chaos and cause trouble, so he must now maintain normal social order in Manila. Leave an opportunity for these people.Perhaps the Haihan people were just waiting for the city of Manila to become chaotic before they actually used force to launch an attack.
But if the current depressed situation in Manila continues, it will have no effect on the Haihan people, and Aragones will be a little bit unable to hold on.There is a lower limit for him to pay taxes to the country every year. If the current situation continues for a few months, then he may have to subsidize the taxes out of his own pocket.Of course, he can also choose to increase taxes on the people, but once this method is used, he is afraid that more businessmen will be forced to leave Manila at a faster rate, so he dare not use this double-edged sword at will.
If the Haihan people send troops to fight, Aragones is not sure that he can defend Manila, but if the opponent does not fight, he will drag him like this, and sooner or later he will drag him to death.So as the governor of the Philippines, Aragones' mood is really complicated.
(End of this chapter)
In the process of developing the colony, Haihan did not blindly use some softer methods. For the aborigines who were unwilling to cooperate with others, Haihan's methods were no better than other colonists of this era. How much kindness.During the development of Taiwan Island, some tribes tried to drive out these foreign invaders, but in the face of such a situation, Haihan decisively used force and attacked all rebels as enemies.
The weapons used by these almost primitive aboriginal tribes on Taiwan Island are still in the era of cold weapons, and they are far less sophisticated than the weapons equipped by mainland countries like Ming Dynasty, and they have no chance of winning against the Shanghai Han Army.Except for the occasional sneak attack that can hurt people, there is basically no chance in the duel on the frontal battlefield. As long as the Haihan army is determined to kill a certain tribe, it is almost solved by cutting melons and vegetables all the way.Some tribes who heard the news felt that they were invincible, so they moved to the mountains far away from the west coast, and the Haihan army would not pursue them anymore.
However, the situation in Kaohsiung Port is not bad. Most of the tribal people in the surrounding areas are relatively gentle by nature and are willing to maintain peaceful contact with outsiders.In particular, Haihan can provide them with living supplies, medical care, education, and even military asylum, and these tribes soon accepted the existence of Haihan settlements and plantations here.At present, the biggest controversy between Haihan and the nearby tribes is that the people of these tribes are unwilling to accept the constraints of Haihan's law, but still implement some traditions handed down from the tribe as local rules.
Of course, this kind of ideological conflict is not without solutions, but it will take a long time to assimilate these aborigines culturally.Even though Haihan has rich operational experience in cultural and educational propaganda, it is not completely suitable for dealing with these aborigines whose languages are not very similar.Li Dou didn't want to resolve this difference by suppressing or killing, but the only way he could take was to start with the children and young people, and gradually influence those who could be the masters of the tribe.
"It will take at least two to three generations to completely assimilate these aborigines. This is a job that requires a lot of patience." Li Dou explained.
"It also needs to invest a lot of resources." Qian Tiandun took over the topic and said: "These aborigines can only do 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 Reverse posting, providing them with better education and living conditions, is that the understanding, right?"
Li Dou nodded and replied: "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 get food and wine as rewards, which is much safer for them than relying on the sky in the past. As long as our port is still operating, They won’t go hungry. We’ll pick the capable ones, promote them to be foremen, pay them better, and 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 area, showing them force and luring them for profit, so that the people will gradually get used to living under Haihan's rule and arrangement.However, because of the different language and culture of the aborigines on Taiwan Island, and compared with the Han civilization on the mainland, the assimilation process is unlikely to be as rapid as that on Hainan Island.
Li Dou is a civil official 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 violent means.Of course, he does not object to the garrison taking force measures against some disobedient tribes. After all, his own safety comes first. In the environment of bow and arrow assassination.
However, recently a large number of Haihan troops have arrived in Hong Kong one after another and began to gather here, which has also caused some uneasiness among the local people.Even though Lidou had already issued an Anmin announcement before that, saying that troops who would switch defenses from the north to the south would temporarily stay in Kaohsiung Port for a few days and would not launch military operations there, but when the East China Sea Fleet carried the Army Special Warfare Battalion and Cavalry Battalion A total of more than [-] troops including the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps came to Kaohsiung Port, and the atmosphere here immediately fell into high tension.
Seeing that a large number of Haihan soldiers gathered in the local area, some natives of the tribe worried that some Haihan soldiers would cause trouble near the tribe even if they were free, so they quit their odd jobs and went home.As a result, the wages of laborers in Kaohsiung Port have risen immediately, which is about [-]% higher than usual. Even so, there are still not enough laborers to carry the equipment and materials of these troops, so the goods are put into storage. Chaos ensues, resulting in Rideol having to apologize to the military generals.
Of course, the reason for this mistake can be clearly explained, and the responsibility is not entirely on Lidou's side. Regarding the current shortage of labor at the port, there is no good solution except to increase the salary. Lidou can't always order the garrison to go The nearby tribes grab the young men, and that will only make the enlightenment efforts of the past two years come to naught.Although the military is a little helpless about this, they also express their understanding. They are only gathering at Kaohsiung Port and do not intend to disrupt the social order here. Therefore, they are still willing to let Li Dou Stay responsible, as long as similar mistakes don't happen again.
Troops at all levels going south from the north have received orders not to leave the camp without permission during the temporary rest at Kaohsiung Port, let alone go to the local tribes without permission—this is the only requirement Li Dou made for the troops who are about to go south to fight.
However, in order to meet 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 of Kaohsiung Port and the lack of entertainment venues, there was no way to meet the demand. Li Dou contacted the Fujian side in advance and packed more than 200 women from brothels in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to relieve the "stress" of the soldiers. Urgent."If it weren't for this, if these soldiers were so choked up and couldn't leave the barracks to go out, sooner or later there would be trouble.
Qian Tiandun and the others appreciated Li Dou's arrangement. Of course, they didn't need to queue up to solve the problem like ordinary soldiers. After watching the show of playing, playing and singing, they hugged the little girl and drank flowers and wine, and then each took them away to rest.
Nearly [-] kilometers south of Kaohsiung Port, Manila Bay has lost its former prosperity. Most of the boats entering and leaving the bay every day are local fishing boats, while merchant ships from Ming Dynasty are becoming increasingly rare, and there is often only one ship in a few days. When we arrived at the port, there were not many boats coming.Apart from the occasional bad weather, this is probably the most depressed period in Manila Bay in the past ten years.
Anyone who is not blind can perceive this unusual change, and Governor Aragones will naturally not ignore this abnormal phenomenon.In fact, he has much more information than ordinary citizens. Even though Haihan has issued sealing orders in various ports, there will still be a few words of information leaked through the Ming merchant ships that arrived at the port during this period. Aragones knows This depressed situation is intentional by Haihan, and it is likely to be a retaliation for the Spanish fleet's surprise attack on Sanya last year.
As the main planner of last year's failed operation, Aragones received severe reprimands from the country afterwards. King Philip IV issued a final warning that if Spain's colonies in the Far East make any mistakes, Aragones Not only will Sri Lanka lose his post as Governor of the Philippines, but all his domestic assets will also be filled into the national treasury.
During the tenure of Aragones, Spain lost the two strongholds of Danshui and Chicken Coop in the northern part of Taiwan Island in 1633, and lost the main supply point for trade routes to Northeast Asia. This reduced the annual income of the Manila authorities by a considerable amount. less, and this also affects the income turned over to the country.But three years later, the Manila authorities not only failed to snatch the stronghold on Taiwan Island back from the Haihan people, but also almost folded the galleon fleet on the battlefield in last year's raid—that was the property of the royal family. Partly, Philip IV was justified in being furious about this.
In order to appease the king's anger, Aragones sold part of the family property in the country, managed to open up the joints, and let Philip IV's wife, the eldest sister of Louis XIII of France, Elizabeth, say some good things for him. Governorship.Of course, in order to satisfy the appetite of the French princess, Aragones also bled a lot, which can be said to have hurt his vitality.Therefore, for him, the business situation in Manila has become more important than in the past. After all, this is almost his only source of income. The rest of my life is over.
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 punishment from the country, and on the other hand, he is afraid that the Haihan people will launch military retaliation, and even The city of Manila goes on the offensive.So during that period of time, he paid close attention to the city defense affairs, and even invested the small amount of liquidity on hand in the project of strengthening the fortifications, and ordered the craftsmen to step up casting cannons to supplement the local coastal defense capabilities, so as to prevent the Haihan army from The local means of resistance are insufficient when attacking from sea.
However, after a few months, there was no movement in Sanya, but it was heard that the Haihan people were fighting with another country in the north. Only then did Aragones feel relieved and put his energy back into trading.Although many of the goods shipped by the Daming Marine Merchant who came to Manila for trade were actually produced in Haihan, Aragones also pretended not to know about it. Anyway, as long as he can profit from it, he doesn't mind using this method. Make air transactions with your enemies.
Of course, Aragones didn't care about this and gave up the monitoring and intelligence collection of Haihan.Although the intelligence network deployed by Spain in Sanya was uprooted once by the Haihan Security Department in 1634, some people were sent there one after another to try to rebuild the intelligence network.However, after suffering a loss, the Spanish spies acted more carefully, and they all hid separately. Even if someone's identity was exposed and arrested, they would not lead out too many people at once.
But also because of this, the level of information that these spies have access to is very limited. Of course, they all smell something, but they can discover valuable information from it.The reports received by Aragones in Manila are almost all warnings, thinking that the Haihan people may launch military operations against Manila in the near future, but there is no more specific content—for example, whether the Haihan army has begun to gather , the size of the mobilized army, and the preparation of combat materials are completely ignorant.
In Aragones' view, the value of this kind of information is almost zero. Looking at the increasingly scarce merchant ships in Manila Bay every day, he does not need to go to Sanya to judge the intentions of the Haihan people.But we don't know when the opponent will attack, so how to arrange defensive measures?If the city of Manila is ordered to enter a state of combat readiness now, it will only cause panic and chaos locally in the long run.Of course, playing tricks to create a tense atmosphere may also be one of the strategies of the Haihan people.
There are thousands of Han Chinese inside and outside the city of Manila. Aragones knows that there must be spies placed by Hai Han among them. He is very worried that these people will take advantage of the chaos and cause trouble, so he must now maintain normal social order in Manila. Leave an opportunity for these people.Perhaps the Haihan people were just waiting for the city of Manila to become chaotic before they actually used force to launch an attack.
But if the current depressed situation in Manila continues, it will have no effect on the Haihan people, and Aragones will be a little bit unable to hold on.There is a lower limit for him to pay taxes to the country every year. If the current situation continues for a few months, then he may have to subsidize the taxes out of his own pocket.Of course, he can also choose to increase taxes on the people, but once this method is used, he is afraid that more businessmen will be forced to leave Manila at a faster rate, so he dare not use this double-edged sword at will.
If the Haihan people send troops to fight, Aragones is not sure that he can defend Manila, but if the opponent does not fight, he will drag him like this, and sooner or later he will drag him to death.So as the governor of the Philippines, Aragones' mood is really complicated.
(End of this chapter)