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Li Quan quickly picked up the binoculars, and sure enough, he saw a sailboat in the distance.This kind of boat is slender and long, with a triangle sail. The big boat can seat 40 people, and the small boat can also seat 20 people.

Li Quan said: "The barbarians on this island can build ships and weave, and they are more civilized than the native Americans."

Indeed, when the fleet approached, the native ships also gathered.

These natives are probably ready to fight.But when the Chinese fleet approached, they found that the hull was too big, and they were frightened and kept retreating around the island.

"Send 100 people to land first!" Li Quan ordered.

A hundred soldiers armed with ammunition, rowed a small boat and landed on the beach.The beach was very beautiful, and the natives on the island were not happy, and they seemed extremely angry.Because of that area, only chieftains, mages, singers, dancers, genealogists and doctors can set foot in it, and others will be executed if they step on the beautiful sandy beach.

The chief's name is very long, with more than 20 syllables, so let's call him Ali Kamiya for short.

"Ali" means leader.

Gathering his troops and restraining the anger of the crowd, the great chief knew that an enemy with such a large ship would be difficult to deal with.

"Wave the flag, the enemy wants to negotiate."

Li Quan received the semaphore message and landed in a small boat himself.

In his eyes, the aborigine chief has a peculiar shape.He was leaning on a nearly three-meter spear in his hand, wearing a hat that resembled a cockscomb, and half of his upper body was covered with a cape-like robe.On both sides of the back, there are people holding umbrellas, a bit like the umbrellas used by the emperor when he travels.

Li Quan pointed to the nearby coconut trees, and ordered one of the commanders to say, "Ten of you, aim at the coconuts and shoot."

Ali Kamiya stood more than 20 meters away, looked at these outsiders curiously, and raised a short stick to point at the coconut.

This move once again aroused the anger of the natives.

Because the coconut is the avatar of a certain god, only men can eat it, and women are not allowed to eat it. Eating coconuts can absorb the aura of the god.

"Bang bang bang!"

After a burst of gunfire, two coconuts fell, and one was hung on the tree, and the coconuts continued to flow down.

Ali Kamiya took two steps back in fright. This kind of stick that can breathe smoke and fire is so scary.

"Ouyang, you go to negotiate, bring an iron ax and a mirror." Li Quan said.

Ouyang Chun has been appointed as a "diplomat" since he successfully communicated with the Indians.Holding a small glass mirror in one hand and an ax in the other, he broke away from the troops and walked over alone.

Ali Kamiya seemed to feel goodwill, and sent someone forward.Ouyang Chun handed over the ax first, and the native took the ax and slashed at the barrel of his own gun, immediately chopping off a piece of wooden surface.Immediately, the man took the mirror again and saw his own face, ecstatic.

The native ran back and said to the chief: "The ax is very hard and sharp, this... has a reflection."

Ali Kamiya instantly fell in love with the mirror. He looked left and right in front of the glass mirror, and felt more majestic and handsome.

After thinking about it carefully, Ali Kamiya ordered his subordinates to bring many exquisite handicrafts.

Ouyang Chun shook his head, expressing that he didn't need it.Then he opened and closed his mouth again, pretending to be chewing, which meant that he wanted to exchange for some food.

Ali Kamiya was so smart that he understood it quickly.

A group of indigenous soldiers brought food one after another, including live chickens, ginger, kava (a kind of pepper root), potatoes, breadfruit and cane sugar.There are ten chickens, several baskets of potatoes and breadfruit, five cans of cane sugar

When resupplying in the Americas, a lot of potatoes were purchased, and the crew almost vomited.

Ouyang Chun pointed at the potatoes and waved his hand, meaning he didn't want them.Then there is no need for sugar, live chicken is fine, and fresh meat is better than salted fish.

Ouyang Chun pointed to the coconut tree again, the crew wanted to drink coconut juice.Ali Kamiya shook his head, saying that coconuts are not for sale.The coconuts, bananas, sea turtles and pigs here are all avatars of a certain god, and they contain "Ma Na".

"Ma Na" is a kind of spiritual energy that all living things have.Chiefs and mages can obtain spiritual energy from distant ancestors and gods, so as to prolong life, be free from disease and disaster, and possess power.In addition to sacrifices, eating certain things can also get aura, such as coconuts, bananas, turtles and pork.

Women are filthy and have no access to Reiki and therefore cannot eat these foods.In addition to slaves, ordinary men can also eat it, but the aura they get is not as much as that of chiefs.

Ouyang Chun continued to shake his head, still pointing at the coconut tree.

At this moment, Li Quan let more soldiers land, and there were already more than 200 people on the beach.

Ali Kamiya couldn't put it down to the mirror, and was afraid of the smoking sticks in the hands of the Chinese.He turned around and asked the mage, "It's only stipulated that women can't eat coconuts, but there's no rule that foreign men can't eat coconuts, right?"

The mage thought carefully, nodded and said, "There is really no such saying. Foreign men can eat it."

Seeing that the natives were collecting coconuts, Li Quan smiled and asked for cigars and rum.

When selling goods in the port of Manzanillo, the Spaniards there were short of money, so they bartered a lot of tobacco leaves and rum.

Ouyang Chun had already been allowed to approach by the chief, he opened the rum and took a sip, then handed the wine jar to the other party.

Ali Kamiya drank it curiously, and immediately praised: "Good wine!" The indigenous people on the island also make wine themselves. They brew it from pepper roots, which is called kava wine. The tip of the tongue feels numb after drinking. How can rum be as comfortable?

Immediately afterwards, Ouyang Chun lit the cigar again, and after puffing, he handed the smoked cigar to the chief.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Ali Kamiya sucked so hard that he coughed repeatedly.But he wasn't angry either, he took a breath carefully, his mind was a little stuffy, but he felt refreshed soon.

The chief handed the cigar to the mage, and the mage tried a few times, but he was self-taught and sprayed the smoke from his nose.

The mage said: "This thing should be able to communicate with the gods."

"Since coconuts can be given to outside men, so can bananas and pigs," Ali Kamiya said. "We will bring some more bananas and pigs and exchange them with outsiders."

Li Quan was afraid of being attacked by the Spanish fleet, so he set sail very far north.The route is located on the edge of the North Pacific warm current, all the way to the west in a straight line, just hitting the Hawaiian Islands!

However, if the Spaniards sailed in a straight line with the wind and the water, they might not meet Hawaii for hundreds of years.

Chapter 898 [Conquest by force]

The Chinese brought by Li Quan were allowed to live temporarily on the island.

As for how long to stay, it is inconvenient for the two sides to communicate, and the specific issues are not clear.

But one thing is for sure, the warchief will not let them settle permanently.

Historically, Captain Cook stumbled upon the Hawaiian Islands.And on the day he came, the aborigines were offering sacrifices to the god Long Nuo, and the sacrificial team needed to sail around the island to celebrate, and Captain Cook was also going around the island to check the situation.The behavior of the two parties was so coincidental that the aborigines regarded Captain Cook as "Long Nuo" and descended to earth.

The islanders paid homage to Captain Cook and presented him with a helmet and cloak, which are the attire of the upper class.

Captain Cook stayed on the island for a month before setting off to explore the Northern Sea Route.He deliberately did not go with the wind and the current, and soon encountered a storm, and the ship was damaged and decided to return to Hawaii for repairs.

The chief is angry, although you are a god, but I am the leader here.If you go down to earth, I will serve you too, why are you still coming back?Want to grab a seat with me?If you don't want to go back to the God Realm, then I will send you back!

So the two sides fought, and Captain Cook was killed, and his soul finally returned to the God Realm.

The islanders were very happy, and held a funeral for Captain Cook, and everything was in accordance with the specifications for burying the gods.The internal organs of the corpse were hollowed out and then roasted with fire, and the bones were preserved for future religious offerings and sacrificial ceremonies.

Playing tricks and playing tricks will end badly.

Li Quan stayed on the island for several days and called the leaders under his command to a meeting.The missionary officer Ye took the lead in saying: "The aborigines here grow potatoes and sweet potatoes. We know that sweet potatoes and potatoes were brought by Europeans from the Americas. These aborigines should have never seen Europeans, and where did they come from? Sweet potatoes, potatoes? Could it be that their ancestors came from the Americas and were able to cross the ocean hundreds of thousands of years ago?"

"The aborigines here also feed pigs and dogs. Are there pigs and dogs in America?" Guo Ziwei asked a question.

"Not sure." Everyone shook their heads.

There are not only pigs, dogs, potatoes and sweet potatoes on the island, but also the original cotton variety "wool cotton".The aborigines are already planting and cultivating wool cotton, but the cotton production is still very low. Only the nobles on the island can afford cotton cloth, and the sails of the aborigines are also made of cotton cloth.

Li Quan chewed the exchanged bananas, and said with emotion: "The islands here are isolated overseas, and there are secrets hidden everywhere, and they will not be clear for a while."

Guo Ziwei said: "The latitude and longitude have been measured. This island is located at 37 degrees east longitude and 19 degrees north latitude. According to the longitude calculation, we have sailed [-] miles from the port of Manzanillo. From here, we will return to Luzon or Taiwan. , You have to continue sailing for [-] miles."

"That is to say, this island is located at one-third of the entire voyage," Li Quan said, "then this place is very important, and it is entirely possible to establish a stronghold for resupply and accommodation for the wounded and sick."

Feng Qianli, the captain of the deputy ship, said: "In the past few days, I have explored five large and small islands in the northwest, and it is enough to conquer one of them by force. Then, leave 50 soldiers to stay on the island and marry indigenous women as concubines. , lest they cannot bear the loneliness."

Ye said: "I'm afraid no one wants to settle on the island, they also have family members in the country."

"The longest stay is only two years," Feng Qianli said, "I will keep 50 soldiers this year, and when I come next year, I will take 25 away, and the other 25 soldiers will live here."

Ye asked: They left, what about the native wives on the island? "

Feng Qianli said: "The wife stays on the island and waits for her husband to come back in a few years."

Li Quan smiled and said, "If you rotate like this, doesn't every soldier have to marry a wife on the island?"

"If you can endure two years of loneliness, you don't have to marry," Feng Qianli said. "We only bring 300 soldiers on board. Even if we all marry wives, we only need 300 aboriginal women. There are so many aboriginals here, 300 Women are sure to find them casually."

Li Quan asked for everyone's opinions: "Should I raise slaves?"

"It must be raised. Is it possible to take down the island and release all the slaves?" Guo Ziwei said.

No one objected.

Ye said: "Let's call them tenants. The imperial court does not allow slaves."

The name is different, but the essence is the same.

The Han landlords in Luzon and Yecheng raised many tenants of different races. To put it bluntly, they are no different from slaves, and the government is not allowed to kill slaves casually.

"Boom~~~~"

A loud noise accompanied by a slight earthquake interrupted the meeting in an instant.They turned their heads and saw thick smoke billowing in the distance.

volcanic eruptions!

This is the largest island of the Hawaiian Islands - Hawaii Island, also known as Volcanic Island.

The volcano erupted every now and then, and the magma that spewed out continued to increase the area of ​​the island.All the other surrounding islands combined are only half the size of this island.

After tossing for a while, the volcano finally erupted, but the billowing smoke was still coming out.

Li Quan heard the sound of drums, and he took people over to check, but it was the aborigines who were offering sacrifices in the temple.The aborigines regard volcanoes as gods, and every time a volcano erupts, the gods are roaring, and they must appease the gods through sacrifices.

The temple is built with volcanic rock, and there are various stone carvings around it.I saw the great chief kneeling piously in front of the altar, several mages were chanting incantations, there were singers beating drums and singing, and a group of dancers were dancing hula.

Immediately afterwards, the chief let out a roar, and the native soldiers escorted a few slaves.

Slaves were pushed to the altar to be killed, even dismembered, and the blood was collected without knowing what to do with it.

Li Quan and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, then couldn't help shaking their heads.

It was brutal and bloody!

They don't know that not only do sacrifices to volcanoes require the use of slaves, but even the building of large houses requires human sacrifices.

For houses with relatively high specifications, pits are dug at the four corners to lay the foundation for fixing the columns.For the four foundation pits, four people must be killed to sacrifice, so that the house can be stable and not collapse.

Of course, when using living sacrifices, the first choice is not those slaves, but civilians who violated the rules!

There is a kind of karp system here.

The highest ruling level is the great chief and religious leader.

On the second level, mages, priests, singers, dancers, doctors, carpenters, shipwrights, and genealogists.

The third layer, farmers, fishermen and ordinary craftsmen.

The fourth layer, slaves.

Civilians who violate the Kapu system will be raised and sacrificed.If there are no civilians who violate the rules for the time being, then choose human sacrifices from among the slaves.

There are many rules under the Karp system, such as fishing in a certain sea area, farming in a certain place, and swimming and playing in a certain beach.People of different classes can only eat certain kinds of food and wear certain kinds of clothes.

The status of women is particularly low. The island is rich in coconuts and bananas, but women are not allowed to eat these two.

The wife can't even share the same bed with her husband. After the couple have sex, the husband sleeps on the big bed and the wife can only sleep on the floor bed.Here is polygamy, the most favored wife can sleep on the floor bed, and other wives sleep in other rooms.When a family eats, the men eat around the table, and the women can only eat on the ground.

When a man goes out, a woman is not allowed to ask where he is going.man is not at home, female

People are not allowed to entertain guests.

Women are not allowed to touch the fishing net, otherwise the net will not catch fish.Women are also not allowed to go to the fields, otherwise the field will fail to harvest.

There are many anti-formal rules, and if you don't pay attention, you will violate them, but there is only one punishment-capital crime!

The island is rich in products, but the land area is limited. It is estimated that the original intention of this set of rules is not only to maintain the rule of the chief, but also to consciously eliminate the excess population.Because it is difficult for them to expand and cannot transfer conflicts outward, they can only rule brutally internally.

People who are about to be executed, or those slaves, their souls have been polluted, and they can only be purified after death-this is a kind of mind control, which makes the condemned prisoners and slaves less resistant.

I lived on the island for another month, trying my best to familiarize myself with the language of the islanders and trying to understand the social system here.

They observe Shishan's clothing and judge his status by wearing it.Gradually, a series of high-level dresses such as chiefs, mages, and priests have been determined, and military operations can begin.

The aborigines on the Hawaiian Island have already communicated "friendlyly", so there is no need to use force on this island.

Li Quan focused on the next-door Maui Island, which is also the second largest island here.

The area of ​​Hawaii Island is close to one-third of Taiwan Island, and it has a large population, so it is not easy to rule if it is defeated.Maui is much smaller, only one-fifth the area of ​​Hawaii, and 50 soldiers are enough to establish a stronghold.

Five big ships were heading towards Maui, and Ali Camia thought they were leaving, and held a grand farewell ceremony.

It was soon discovered that the Chinese fleet was all bound for Maui, which made Ali Kamia very worried.

The islands are enemies of each other. Because the sailboats are too small and the number of troops transported is limited, it is difficult to land and occupy each other.Therefore, the Hawaiian Islands could not be unified for a long time, and the later Kingdom of Hawaii was also established by purchasing European ships and weapons.

What worries Ali Kamiya is the fear that the Chinese will make friends with their sworn enemies