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These slaves are very obedient, they have been raised for several generations, and they are hereditary slaves who can have families.

The prince's name is Haru, he wears a suit of leather armor, a copper dagger is stuck in his waist, and his main weapon is a copper spear with a wooden handle.

Moreover, the decoration is extremely exaggerated, and the helmet has colorful feathers inserted, just like a peacock with its tail open, and it is not afraid of becoming the target of the battlefield.

Walking to the river valley a few miles away from the Han village, suddenly thick smoke billowed from the top of the mountain.

"Is there a mountain fire?" Prince Haru was very puzzled, and he didn't know what wolf smoke was.

He continued to advance with the troops, while Deng Youzhang's side was already blowing the trumpet to gather troops, and all the men rushed back from the farmland.

Deng Youzhang was very depressed. He planned to hide in the ravine to farm, but he never thought that he would provoke enemies out of nowhere.

Around the village, a wooden wall has been built, which is actually a wooden fence to guard against wild animals.

40 people were sent around to ambush on the mountain. Deng Youzhang led the remaining soldiers to guard the village, and the three artillery pieces brought from the boat were also dragged out.

Prince Haru led his troops to the outside of the village, but instead of attacking immediately, he sent someone over to shout.

"We are the army of the God King. Under the sky and within the land, it is the land of the God King. You must be loyal to the God King. Immediately hand over ten men and ten women as slaves loyal to the God King. And this Planting cloth...every time you go through the rainy season, you have to hand over enough cloth as a tribute to the god king..."

This guy said a lot, some special terms, Deng Youzhang couldn't understand at all.

The man finally said: "If you don't obey the rule of the god king, your village will be burned, your men will be killed, and your women will be captured!"

Deng Youzhang realized that the other party had finished speaking and didn't reveal anything more, so he smacked his lips and said, "Let's fire."

Chapter 748 [Island Owner Evolution History Part [-]]

"Boom boom boom!"

Three cannons were fired, and the shells flew out.

Whether it was the enemy aboriginals or the aboriginals on the Han side, they were all panicked by the sound of the artillery.

The smoke from the artillery proved that the "thunder" came from there, and they subconsciously thought that it was calling for thunder and lightning.

The shell hit the most sideways, passed the native soldiers, and landed behind the slave auxiliary soldiers, killing and wounding only two slaves.The other two shells landed in the crowd of native soldiers, bouncing and rolling to crazily harvest the native's calves.

"God...Thor?" Prince Haru stood on the spot blankly, and was so shocked that he even forgot to run away.

On the island of Madagascar, there are various legends about gods, many of which are misunderstandings about foreign civilizations.

For example, the Antaimoro tribe living in the southeast coast, they already have papermaking technology, and the nobles are proficient in Arabic characters, divination and astrology.

In the legend of the Antemorro people, the messenger of the gods came from the sea, bringing advanced knowledge and technology.Only nobles in the tribe are qualified to learn the knowledge of God, and commoners who steal it will be punished with death!

If one day, the Han people suddenly left by boat, it is estimated that the aborigines in this village will have a similar situation-the nobles mastered Chinese and Chinese characters, began to worship Mazu, and it is popular to worship and get married, and they have rice planting, aqueducts, wheelbarrows and cattle. farming technology.However, the mixed blood left by the Han people must be nobles for generations, and they regard themselves as descendants of gods.

Just when Prince Haru was in a daze with fright, some aboriginals had already fled in panic, and some aboriginals knelt down to worship the gods on the spot.

"Blow the charge!"

"Doo doo doo doo da da da doo~~~~~~"

Musketeers held bayonets, melee soldiers held waist knives and spears, and indigenous villagers also held wooden spears, pushing open the gate and rushing out.

A large number of indigenous enemy troops turned around and fled, and more and more people knelt down and worshiped gods.

"Come on!"

Prince Haru was dragged by his generals, and he was defeated and fled in a daze.

This scene is often staged between colonists and aborigines.For example, when Spain came to America, the Aztecs regarded war horses as fetishes. They didn't dare to attack at first, and they turned around and fled when they encountered cavalry.

Of course, after getting acquainted with each other and fighting more, the natives can still overcome their fear.

At this moment, those slave soldiers knelt the most.They have been instilled with the concept of obedience since they were young. Nobles are descendants of gods. As slaves, they must obey the will of the gods. The Han people in front of them are obviously gods, and their divinity is much more authentic than the nobles.

Prince Haru ran wildly all the way, and suddenly there were sporadic gunshots on the hillside of the valley, and then forty Han soldiers rushed out.

The natives, already terrified, jumped into the river in fright.No more weapons, no food and luggage, and frantically swam to the other side to escape.

Prince Haru went ashore downstream, and counting the number of people in terror, there were only a dozen or so soldiers left around him.One after another, more than a hundred people came to meet up, and fled back to their capital in embarrassment.Due to the loss of supplies, they could only intimidate the tribes along the way and order those tribes to provide food.

The whole battle was fought inexplicably, and it was also inexplicably won.

"Count the prisoners." Deng Youzhang couldn't laugh or cry.

There were more than 800 captives, and half of them surrendered on their own knees, without any resistance at all.

In addition, a large amount of copper spears and food were also seized. Are these natives specially here to donate supplies?

After interrogating several captives, Li Luosheng approached Deng Youzhang with a smile: "These natives think we are the God of Thunder. How about we call it the Ministry of Thunder God, claiming to be the Protoss, release some prisoners back, and let them help spread the name. As long as the reputation spreads Now, no tribe will dare to attack, and some tribes will even take the initiative to seek refuge."

Deng Youzhang also interrogated himself, nodded and said: "All the slave soldiers will stay here, and they will be assigned households to the people to farm and produce. If there are outstanding performers, the women captured before will be arranged to be their wives. The rest of the native soldiers will be released. Let them help spread the word."

Li Luosheng was originally the incense master on the ship, and his main job was to worship and worship Mazu, and he was very good at pretending to be a ghost.

He gathered the captives together and proclaimed: "We are the descendants of the god of thunder. The god of thunder lives in the sky and can call thunder and lightning. If the god of thunder is angry, he will also attract hurricanes to destroy everything. You attack the gods for no reason, and you have already angered Thor. Choose ten leaders and execute them all. For the rest, I will give you another chance. After you leave, you must spread the reputation of Thor, so that you can get forgiveness from Thor!"

Among the captives who were captured during resistance or escape, ten were selected to be executed to establish their prestige, and the rest of the captives were released on the spot.

Li Luosheng said to the slave soldiers again: "You have been chosen by the Thunder God, you can stay as the Thunder God's people!"

"Oh!"

The slave soldiers cheered and shouted, the excitement came from the heart.

Deng Youzhang said: "It's too easy. If it weren't for the shallow foundation, I would have wanted to lead troops to seize that city."

In fact, as early as 150 years ago, the Portuguese discovered Madagascar.Decades ago, Portugal, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom all tried to establish trading posts in Madagascar, but all failed due to the harsh environment and indigenous resistance.

These Europeans wanted to establish a stronghold in the east of the island as a springboard to cross the Indian Ocean.

But the eastern part of the island has a tropical rainforest climate, and the natives there are also extremely fierce, often ambushing colonists in the tropical rainforest.

Deng Youzhang's foothold is in the west of the island, where the climate of the savannah and the climate of the tropical plateau meet, and the living environment is far better than that of the tropical rainforest in the east.In other words, mosquitoes are more fierce, and malaria needs to be prevented, and we have to burn grass to smoke mosquitoes every day.

In the west of the island, although the environment is relatively superior, Europeans don't pay much attention to it.If they establish a stronghold in the west, they might as well establish a stronghold directly in Mozambique.

In this one battle alone, the population of the Han village was close to one thousand, not including children.

In the next six months, it will expand along the river valley and burn the nearby land into fields.Teach the natives how to remove stones, level the land, and compost the fields.

Due to sufficient food and low taxes, the aboriginals quickly developed a sense of belonging.

Even the woman snatched from the grassland gradually got used to the current life, and even felt that life was better than before.

The Han people also began to dry salt, and dug a few ponds for drying salt on the northern seashore.Due to the blocking of the central plateau, the northwest coast has less rainfall, which is very suitable for drying sea salt.

And near the salt field, two small fishing villages were also found, where the aborigines lived by fishing.

Through communication, a good relationship with fishermen was quickly established.

The two small fishing villages are willing to serve as affiliates of the Han people and regularly pay a small amount of fish catch.The Han people provided protection for the fishermen, and exchanged salt and grain for the fresh fish caught by the fishermen, and then marinated the fresh fish on the spot into dried salted fish.

A southern tribe close to the Han village, after learning of the thunder god's reputation, frequently came to trade goods, and finally announced the clan's refuge.

The so-called kingdom here was originally a tribal alliance.

However, the "Thunder God's Ministry" of the Han people rose rapidly, and they didn't have to pay too much tribute, and they didn't need to provide their clansmen as slaves.The natives are not stupid, it is more practical to know who to hang out with, if not for the distance issue, there are probably several tribes who have joined them.

This is how the Aztec Empire in America ended.

The Aztec Empire also belonged to the tribal alliance, and the three major tribes controlled countless small tribes.And bloody and brutal, the small tribe has long harbored resentment.The Spaniards won the battle, their prestige spread quickly, and they gave a little favor, so a large number of tribes took the initiative to seek refuge.

One or two hundred Spaniards, with tens of thousands of tribal coalition forces, easily wiped out the Aztecs.

Of course, the Han people are a little different. Deng Youzhang and the others are actually busy farming.

Besides farming, she is still having children.

One after another, more than 90 descendants of mixed Han Chinese have been born.Those who married two wives, even a few, gave birth to two children on the island.One of them, the eldest wife had twins, the younger wife gave birth to a daughter, and three children were born within half a year, and he bragged about how awesome he was to everyone.

The Han people have also improved medical care and sanitation, boiling water is required when delivering babies, and confinement is required for pregnant women.Drinking water can not drink raw water, it must be boiled before drinking.

In the blink of an eye, the Han people have been on the island for two years.

The population of the "Ministry of Thunder" (over 12 years old) has officially broken through the [-] mark.Along the narrow strip of the river valley, it has been reclaimed one after another.Of course, newly cultivated land needs to be tended for several years to become more and more productive.

Three seaside fisherman villages, one small tribe in the south, and two small tribes in the east, with a combined population of more than 3000 people, all swore allegiance to the "Ministry of Thor".Every year after the rainy season, they will send special products as tribute, and when they encounter attacks, the Han people will send troops to help fight the war, and capture some captives to expand the population.

Just when everything was going well, the god king of Boyna's department personally led an army to kill him.

He is the king of gods, and his tribe is the gods, and no other gods are allowed to exist.

Because many tribes are afraid of the reputation of "Thunder God", it took this guy more than half a year, through war and diplomacy, to force all tribes to join forces.

Counting the slaves, [-] troops were dispatched this time, and all the manpower that could be mobilized was mobilized.

The southern tribe, loyal to the Han, bore the brunt of the attack.The tribe was devastated, more than half of the men were killed, most of the rest were made slaves, and only a few dozen people fled to Han villages for help.

"Damn it, it's not over yet!"

Deng Youzhang was so angry that he wanted to farm and develop with peace of mind, but those damn natives in the south kept coming to interfere with his plan.

He Wenpeng said: "Let's destroy it easily. The Boyna tribe occupies the most fertile land, and the conditions are much better than ours. Destroy this army and take the city. Then, migrate two-thirds of the land , leaving a third to develop here."

"Then it will be destroyed!" Deng Youzhang said depressedly.

Neither of them took the indigenous coalition army seriously. The [-] army seemed scary, but many tribes were forced to send troops.

These tribes not only send troops, but also get food.If you lose, it's yours, and if you win, it's no good. The spoils are all taken by two or three big tribes.During the actual battle, they will observe the situation, and if they go well, they will swarm up, and if they lose, they may choose to defect on the spot.

Chapter 749 [Island Owner Evolution History [-]]

In a river valley, tens of thousands of troops are stationed.

Taking the tribe as the unit, there is a group in the east and a group in the west, and there are strict boundaries between each other.

At night, the sky is full of stars.

The astrologer sits by the campfire and holds a number of wooden boards, each with a pattern.After working so carefully for a while, he suddenly stood up, opened his arms and shouted.

A temporary altar with a cow placed on it, which is a sacrifice to the gods.

The astrologer chattered, and the king was overjoyed immediately, and asked the speaker to announce the result of the divination.

The speaker is also an official position, responsible for conveying and carrying out the king's orders.He climbed up the hillside and announced loudly toward the river valley: "The wise astrologer has communicated with the supreme sun god. The Thor tribe in the north believes in an evil god. That evil god will bring drought and hurricanes. Kill them all. Now, follow His Majesty the King and pray to the gods for victory!"

In the west of Madagascar, the indigenous people believe in animism.

The creation god is called "Zalahari", and there is a sun god under it.The Creator God has disappeared and no longer cares about world affairs, so the Sun God is the most authoritative.They like to smear sunflower-like signs on their faces with paint, so that they can get the blessing of the sun god.

In addition, a mountain, a river, a tree... all have spirituality and can be worshipped.

The king is the messenger of the sun god in the world, responsible for ruling the people all over the world, and all people must be loyal to the king.

But there was no high priest here, but a kind of royal astrologer, whose astrology probably came from Arabia.

After a series of ceremonies, the king sanctified the expedition, which was the conquest of the sun god against the evil thunder god.The warriors who died in this battle can enter the Kingdom of God after death and receive the blessing of the gods forever.

For a while, morale was overwhelming.

Even in those small tribes, the native soldiers were eager to try, but only the tribal leaders expressed doubts.Because in normal times, the leaders of small tribes would also use gods to fool the tribe.

More than 1 people moved slowly through the winding and narrow river valley, dragging them into a long snake stretching for two or three miles.

Damo is a "prince" of a small tribe. His father is old and frail. This time, he led the tribe to set off.In fact, he was very reluctant to come, because last year's typhoon severely reduced grain production.There was not enough to eat, and I had to bring my own dry food to fight the war. There will definitely be a famine when I go back this year.

Walking in front of Damo is the Longniao tribe. He knows the leader of the Longniao tribe. The Longniao tribe is not doing well this year.

The chrysalis is much bigger than the ostrich. A chrysalis egg is as big as seven ostrich eggs.This kind of bird cannot fly and is almost extinct. If you are lucky, you will see one or two.

This river valley is too far away, and Damo has never been here before, so he looked curiously at the scenery along the way.

"Boom boom boom!"

Three cannon shots came from the other side of the river.

The terrain on the opposite bank is steeper and not suitable for large-scale marches, but the erection of forts can cover this side with firepower.

There are still nearly ten miles away from the village of the Han people, and the battle has started ahead of schedule.

"Thor is angry!"

Hearing the rumbling cannon, the natives began to panic, stopped and looked at the other side at a loss.

Although the king is the messenger of the sun god in the world, Thor is not something that ordinary people can deal with.The shell fell into the crowd of two small tribes, and the nearby natives knelt down in fright and prayed, silently begging Thor to forgive him.

King Zahal pulled out his bronze sword and shouted against the sun: "The sun god has given me supernatural power, and I will bless you with supernatural power. All the warriors who died in battle today can enter the kingdom of God and serve the gods forever and ever. Rush to the other side of the river and kill the followers of the evil god!"

Numerous envoys and speakers were sent from the king to the various tribes to carry messages.