Daming pirates

The straight-line distance from Nanri Island to Taiwan Island is not far. The direct voyage there will not take more than a day even if the boat speed is high. The reason why Heitou went there for two months is because Yu Xiaotian gave him clear instructions and asked him to sail along the same route.

We drove all the way north from the northwest of Taiwan Island, going ashore every once in a while to go deep into the land to explore the situation. We circled around the north to the east of Taiwan Island, and after roughly exploring the situation there, we returned to Nanri Island.

So Heitou faithfully fulfilled the task entrusted to him by Yu Xiaotian, and after arriving at Taiwan Island with a team of nearly a hundred people in two boats, he began to explore the local situation along the coastline.

The painter accompanying the ship also drew a topographic map as he walked. He tried his best to draw out the terrain along the coast, including the reefs and the mouth of the river. He also marked them on the map.

So they walked very slowly along the way, stopping and going, and constantly sent people ashore to go deep into the hinterland to explore the situation. Therefore, two months was not too long for them. They only took Taiwan

I explored the northern coast area and did not go too far into the hinterland of Taiwan Island.

Through this time Heitou led people to explore northern Taiwan, Yu Xiaotian basically obtained first-hand information about northern Taiwan, and also obtained a relatively detailed map of the coast.

However, this painter's level is limited, and he has not learned any in-depth map-drawing techniques, so he can only draw the terrain subjectively. The resulting map is twisted and looks very unsightly, without any regularity of modern maps.

But after Yu Xiaotian got this map, he was still very happy. Being able to draw such a map in this era is already a great effort for this painter. Although the proportion of the terrain drawing is out of proportion, it can be roughly seen

The topography of the coast.

This provides an effective reference for them when they go to Taiwan Island again in the future. It can clearly inform the travelers where they want to go, saving them from having to wander along the coastline every time and possibly not finding the designated place.

place.

Yu Xiaotian looked at the map. There were no text marks on the map, because no one told them the names of these places during their trip, so they could only record the terrain conditions.

From the map, Yu Xiaotian saw the most important river in northern Taiwan, the Tamsui River. However, this river was only marked out of the mouth of the sea. The part that went deep into the island was not marked. It can be seen that Heitou and the others found this freshwater river.

When we entered the river, we did not go too deep into it. We only went about twenty or thirty miles deep into the river mouth and then turned around and returned.

Yu Xiaotian was somewhat dissatisfied with this, because what he valued most was the terrain in this area, but Heitou and the others did not examine the situation here too deeply, and instead focused mainly on the situation along the coast.

Then Yu Xiaotian saw the famous Fugui Cape in the northeastern corner of Taiwan Island on the map. From here, the topographic map began to extend eastward.

Generally speaking, the entire map still depicts the important landmark terrain along the northern coast of Taiwan Island. Another very important place is that he found the Jilong Bay he wanted to see on the map, which was later known as Keelung Port and Black Head.

The leader did a relatively detailed inspection here, and the painter also drew a relatively detailed topographic map of Jilong Bay.

Although Yu Xiaotian is a descendant and the island of Taiwan is nominally part of China, due to well-known reasons, it is not easy for mainlanders to go to Taiwan. Therefore, Yu Xiaotian has never been to Taiwan. He has no idea about the island of Taiwan.

Understanding is just something on paper.

What's more, in Taiwan hundreds of years from now, except for the topographic changes along the coast, which may not change much, the inland areas are already overcrowded. Modern man-made transformations are no longer able to fit in with the Taiwan Island of this era.

Those who have been there are basically in vain!

Therefore, the information obtained only from the papers of later generations is not enough to support Yu Xiaotian's understanding of the current situation on Taiwan Island. This is why he sent Heitou and others to explore the way to Taiwan Island.

Yu Xiaotian summoned Heitou and others to his meeting hall and listened in detail to their trip to Taiwan Island. Heitou and others then told Xiaotian the process of their trip in detail.

"Speaking of which, we didn't encounter much trouble on our trip to Taiwan Island! After my subordinates set out, it only took one day to sail there. We didn't know where the shore was, so we sent people ashore to investigate.

, Brother Liu also started drawing!

The island is now really overgrown with weeds, and even now, there are a lot of mosquitoes. In addition, there are a lot of wild animals on the island. We saw a lot of deer and shot a few. They tasted good, and we also brought back the deer skins.

, send it back to the boss.

In addition, there are wild boars on the island, and some people even saw leopards. They also killed two wild boars. The leopards were so smart that they ran away when they saw us!

However, when we went ashore to fetch water again on the island, we actually saw natives on the shore not far from the river. These natives seemed to be afraid of us. They turned around and ran away when they saw us. We thought

It's impossible to ask them about anything!

Later, when we were hunting game on the shore, some natives unexpectedly attacked us. They shot a few arrows from somewhere and injured one of our brothers. Later, the brother seemed to have been poisoned. As a result, the next day

He died on the boat.

The subordinates were so angry that they wanted to send people to find those natives, but the boss said that where to go this time, the main thing was to check the terrain first and not to have too many conflicts with the locals, so the subordinates could only admit that they were unlucky.

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Because there were natives, we didn't go too deep into the river for fear of being attacked by them again. These bastards ran so fast that we lost sight of anyone in the blink of an eye.

But here..."

As Heitou spoke, he pointed to a place north of Tamsui River on the map, and continued: "The boss's home is here. We found a village. The people here are not local natives. You can tell at a glance that they are from the Ming Dynasty.

!

There are about a hundred or two hundred people in this village. They have built a wall. Outside the village, they are cultivating hundreds of acres of land. They also have fishing boats and it seems they also go out to sea to fish.

After we landed, we found this village and wanted to ask them about it, but as soon as they saw us, they fled back to the village and closed the village gate tightly and couldn't get out!

They didn't respond when we called out to them. If I had followed my subordinates' temper before, I would have led people to attack their village. However, the boss did not dare to forget his instructions. Seeing that you did not answer your questions, I had no choice but to leave.

Only then did Yu Xiaotian notice that a black dot was marked on a place on the map, which represented that village, so he nodded and said: "Heitou, you did a good job! That's the right thing to do! We need it now

People like this help us instead of irritating them! Yes, there should be a reward, and I will give you a credit for this matter! Go on! The rest doesn't matter, tell me about the situation in this bay!"

As he spoke, Yu Xiaotian pointed his hand at the location of Jilong Bay.

When Heitou heard this, he nodded quickly and continued: "It turns out that the boss has seen this place. This bay is a good place! When we walked here, we saw this bay.

Before we arrived, we saw a boat coming out of this bay. As soon as they saw us, they immediately headed east. We were not going out to do business anyway, so we didn't care about them and let them go!

Later, after we arrived at the mouth of the bay, we sailed into the bay. The bay was very big and could accommodate hundreds of boats. The water in the bay was also very deep. I asked someone to put down a rope to explore the bay.

The deepest part is more than ten feet, so even a big boat can get in and out freely.

There is another island at the mouth of the bay, which is a little bigger than our previous Treasure Island. It just happens to be guarding the bay. If someone occupies the bay, as long as they hold the island, no one can enter or leave the bay!

After we got here, we found someone with a boat in the bay. When they saw us, someone came out with a boat to block us. Later, after we said hello, we found out that they were also in our business, but there were not many of them and the boat was not big.

Not big. On weekdays, they mainly move around in the east outside Wanzi, doing some small jobs!

Seeing that we were not easy to mess with, they didn't dare to let us in, so their subordinates took the boat into the bay and asked the six brothers to draw the topography of the bay.

They asked us where we were going, and I told them that we were just passing by and came in to take a look and fill up some water. They didn't dare to stop us and asked us to send people ashore to get water, but I think they didn't want to.

We stayed in the bay for too long, so we didn't make too many stops.

After making inquiries, the subordinates learned that their leader’s surname was Zhou, also known as Zhou Feng. However, he did not see this person surnamed Zhou. The subordinates took a quick look and found that they had a small village in Wanzi and a small village.

The dock, and it seems that some of them are Japanese, they talk like farts, I can’t understand what nonsense they are saying!”

After leaving here, we headed southeast. We walked for a while and went ashore to take a look. The east side was full of mountains and there was nothing interesting to see. However, there were quite a few wild animals, including goats. We caught a few and brought them back!

There are also many natives in the east, but they are not very afraid of us. They chatter to us from a distance. I don’t think they are hostile and I don’t provoke them, but I just can’t understand what they say!

Later, I gave them two knives and five axes. They looked very happy and gave us some deer skins, presumably as a thank you to us, and also gave us some game!

Seeing that it was not long before we left, we stopped walking south when we got here. We turned around and returned along the shore. If we go again next time, I will take people to explore more inside, and I guess we can do more.

Be clearer!”

Yu Xiaotian was very happy after hearing this and said: "What a pity! If you can get in touch with each other, then we will have more guides in the future, and things will be easier to handle! But even so, what you guys did this time

It’s not bad, the loss is not big, and it’s really rare for me to handle things to such an extent!

Blackhead, you have become a lot more temperamental recently, you are becoming more and more stable, and you are becoming more and more relieved when doing things. It is very good. According to our rules, you will be credited once, and you will be rewarded fifty taels of silver, and each boat will be rewarded.

One hundred taels of silver, the accompanying soldier team will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, and the casualties will be given double compensation according to the original rules!

In addition, Liu Tang (painter) also did a good job on this trip, and he was rewarded with twenty taels of silver alone! You have worked hard, and you didn't get to take a rest on the island during the holidays. I will keep everything that should be given to you, for you people.

Take a five-day vacation alone and have a good rest. I will use you again later! Get down!"

After hearing this, the black-headed captain, Liu Tang, and the captain of the warrior team grinned happily, knelt down and thanked him, and then happily turned around and went to rest.

Yu Xiaotian looked at this hard-won map. Although in his eyes this topographic map was vulgar, it was also obtained with the lives of his men.

In fact, he has a general understanding of the general situation of Taiwan Island, especially the general topography. He has an idea of ​​it. Before sending Heitou and the others to investigate, he actually had a basic idea of ​​it, but he needed a more detailed understanding.

Let’s take a look at the current situation on Taiwan Island. Although Heitou and the others did not go deep into the hinterland during this trip, they were still basically satisfied.

After this trip, Yu Xiaotian can basically confirm that there are actually a considerable number of immigrants from mainland China in Taiwan so far, who have begun to colonize the island. However, they must be spread out widely and are not easy to find.

These people are an opportunity for him, because these people must have dealt with the local aborigines for a long time and have a better understanding of the current situation on the island.

He stared at the small coastal village Liu Tang marked on the map. After thinking for a while, he set his sights on Tamsui River Estuary and Jilong Bay. He glanced back and forth at these two places.

After standing up and pacing back and forth in the room, and having a cup of tea, he turned back to the table, put away the map, and gave it to Liu Wang for safekeeping.

(I still promised to update two chapters today, and the word count is still quite a lot, but I really can’t hold on anymore! I decided to take a day off tomorrow and go to the hospital for a full-body examination to see what’s wrong! How can a viral cold be so difficult to deal with?

!I am most afraid that my lungs will be damaged after smoking for a long time. I will have a chest X-ray tomorrow! So I have to stop updating for one day! Sorry, brothers!)