The Rise of the European Emperor

Of course, the real owner of this Majiabao is Marin, and the future young owner is Ma Yun Mario who is still breastfeeding. Kong Tai is just a manager appointed by Lao Ma's family. After all, Marlin didn't have time to be here, and the pony was young.

While making lunch, the people of Jilong Village were stunned by Kong Tai's methods. Of course, it's not that Kong Tai's cooking skills are amazing, but the cooking tools...

What tool? Kong Tai took out 10 tinplate solar cookers...

The silvery white iron sheet dazzled the eyes of the people in Jilong Village. Pointing to those solar cookers, Liu Laogen stammered and asked:

"Kong...Master Kong, these...are all...silver?"

Liu Laogen thought that Kong Tai was here to show off his wealth, and he threw ten silver umbrellas under the sun, which looked so embarrassing...

Kong Tai laughed and said:

"It's not silver, it's tin-plated tin!" Kong Tai was actually deceived. In order to keep the zinc secret, Marin told everyone other than the insider that the tin plate was tin-plated. Therefore, Kong Tai did not know that the white iron sheet was actually galvanized. However, tinning and galvanizing are very similar in appearance, and it is difficult for everyone to distinguish them.

Liu Laogen sighed and said:

"I thought it was made of silver!"

Kong Tai laughed and said:

"It's nothing, it's just something for cooking, it's not a rare thing."

"Cooking?" Liu Laogen was out of his mind, could this gleaming silver upside-down umbrella cook?

Soon, he saw that a sailor from Beihai State put the pot with a dark bottom on the support. Then, the tin umbrella was turned to face the sun.

"Don't make a fire?" Liu Laogen couldn't understand.

"No need, the soup will be cooked when the sun shines on it!"

Sure enough, after a quarter of an hour, the broth in the pot began to boil. The meat in the pot is the venison that Kongtai sent people to exchange salt with the Pingpu aborigines on land under the leadership of the translator in Jilong Village.

"You can make pork without making a fire! Is this a fairy art?" Liu Laogen was so frightened that he couldn't stand still—oh my god, this is meeting a great fairy...

"It's not a fairy art, it's just a trivial skill..." Kong Tai explained lightly, pretending to be a comparison.

In fact, Kong Tai didn't understand physics, so he didn't know how to explain the principle of solar cookers. So, just let it go like this. Speaking of which, when Kong Tai saw the solar cooker for the first time, he was as surprised as Liu Laogen.

This ambiguous explanation shocked Liu Laogen and other villagers in Jilong Village. In their eyes, these foreigners know magic tricks! I can't afford it, I can't afford it...

Even, many villagers knelt and bowed to the solar cooker, as if they were worshiping a great immortal...

According to the villagers, these solar cookers are not ordinary pots and stoves, but legendary magic weapons!

After hearing what the villagers said, Kong Tai was dumbfounded. But then, he suddenly thought of a good idea...

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Afterwards, Kong Tai solemnly told (fooled) the villagers of Jilong Village that these 10 solar cookers were indeed magic weapons, made by their great Grand Duke Marin himself, for the convenience of cooking on the sea . After all, it is inconvenient to light a fire and cook on a wooden boat...

Then, in the eyes of the villagers of Jilong Village, Marin was officially promoted from a big boss to a great fairy, and he was given the nickname "Ma Daxian"...

When drinking venison soup, almost all the villagers in Jilong Village drank the soup with reverence. In their eyes, the venison soup made with magical treasures is fairy soup...

Since then, in the shrines enshrined by the villagers of Jilong Village, there have been more tablets of Ma Lin's "Ma Daxian", which are juxtaposed with Buddha, Sanqing and Mazu...

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Kong Tai seems to be addicted to fooling people, and next, he plans to fool the Pingpu aborigines on the shore...

So, through an interpreter in Jilong Village, he invited several indigenous leaders of the Pingpu nationality near the mouth of the Keelung River to the banquet.

In front of several indigenous leaders, Kong Tai once again performed the "miracle" of cooking soup with a solar cooker. In order to fool some of the indigenous leaders, Kong Tai pretended to recite a few spells for the first time,

Make a gesture of "strengthening power"...

Moreover, this time, what is boiled in the pot is not broth, but sea water...

After Kong Tai finished memorizing a large section of the German Bible, the sea water in the pot (which had been concentrated once before) turned into white sea salt...

After finishing, Kong Tai also solemnly said to the several indigenous leaders:

"Everyone, this is how the salt comes from!"

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Several indigenous leaders of the Pingpu ethnic group were frightened and silly—Nima, am I dreaming? I actually saw the spell...

That "Master" named Kong Tai really knows magic, and actually used a "magic weapon" to turn the sea water into salt in front of them...

Then, several indigenous leaders bowed and danced to the 10 shining silver solar cookers, with frenzied and fearful expressions...

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At this time, Liu Laogen, who was the middleman, was about to ache from laughing. Of course, he dared not laugh. Although he knew that Kong Tai was fooling the natives, the miraculous thing that the solar stove can cook soup without lighting a fire cannot be faked. Out of awe of the "magic weapon", Liu Laogen held back his laughter...

In fact, Liu Laogen and other Han people must know how to cook salt. But the Pingpu aborigines on land didn’t know about it. Of course, some of them knew about it, and it was also told by the Han people. For example, some indigenous villages of the Pingpu ethnic group in Tainan have mastered the technology of boiling salt. But the generation in Keelung is considered to be a remote area, and the local aborigines have relatively little contact with the Han people and have little knowledge.

Moreover, the villagers of Jilong Village are not stupid. They relied on boiling salt and exchanged salt and Pingpu aborigines on land for resources such as venison, deerskin and wood. How could they tell them the secret of boiling salt?

But this time, Kong Tai told the indigenous leaders about the process of cooking salt. However, the miracle that the solar cooker can boil water without a fire frightened the indigenous chiefs, and they naturally ignored the details that seawater can boil salt.

In the eyes of those chiefs, the salt was actually produced by the Daxian's magic weapon. It is so high-end, no wonder it is expensive...

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Afterwards, Kong Tai "cordially" had friendly exchanges with several indigenous chiefs. However, no matter how kind Kong Tai was, the aboriginal leaders who were frightened were a little trembling. After all, Kong Tai is a ruthless person who uses the "magic weapon" in front of them... Oh no, it's a fairy... How dare they make a mistake when facing the Shangxian?

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Kong Tai finally showed his card - he wanted to buy the land at the mouth of the Keelung River. The bargaining chip to buy is the salt produced by the "magic weapon"...

In addition, Kong Tai also sent several excellent hunting bows made by European craftsmen, as well as a few barrels of arrows. With these excellent bows and arrows, it is more convenient for these indigenous people to hunt sika deer.

It should be pointed out that in this era, Taiwan Island was a virgin forest area with a very low degree of development. Although the local Pingpu people also have agriculture, their output is very low. Because they lack agricultural technology, and they do not have cattle and iron farm tools.

Therefore, the source of food for the local aborigines largely depends on hunting. The sika deer is the most important prey. It is estimated that in this era, there were millions of sika deer in the jungles of Taiwan Island. The aboriginals hunted poorly, mainly relying on javelins and earthen bows to hunt. But the accuracy of the javelin is very poor, and the power and accuracy of the earth bow are relatively poor. Therefore, although there are many sika deer in the area, the indigenous people do not hunt many of them. Kong Tai gave them excellent bows and arrows, allowing them to hunt more sika deer...

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Probably intimidated by the "powerful magic weapon" of the solar cooker, several indigenous chiefs finally agreed to sell a few square kilometers of land along the river to Kong Tai on the east bank of the Keelung Estuary in the south of Heping Island after discussion. Originally, the villages there would be moved away, but the price Kong Tai paid was 500 catties of salt, and those bows and arrows. At the same time, Kong Tai needs to promise to continue selling salt to those indigenous villages in the future...

Regarding the demands of these several indigenous villages, Kong Tai hardly regarded them as conditions. why? He can take out 500 catties of salt from the boat now.

Of course, it would be too hasty to pay 500 catties of salt so quickly, and maybe those indigenous chiefs would regret it. Therefore, after reaching an agreement with them, Kong Tai said that in the days to come, he needs to "work hard" every day and use those artifacts to make table salt. Therefore, it will take half a month to trade 500 catties of salt...

Several indigenous chiefs who had been limped by the fool went back happily, but Kong Tai was even happier than them. why? Because Marin said that the most troublesome thing about colonization is that it is difficult to gain a foothold. It will be very troublesome if you are attacked by natives as soon as you land. Especially in densely jungled places like Taiwan Island. Even if you want to fight back against those natives, the natives hid in the forest, you have nothing to do.

So, get a foothold on land now, build a castle, and then plot more land. The most difficult thing is to pass the initial stage safely and complete the construction of the castle on land. Because, during this period, the natives may attack you. Before the castle is completed, it will be difficult to resist if it is attacked.

And now, relying on 500 catties of salt and a few bows, he was able to exchange for a large piece of land at the mouth of the Keelung River. How could he be unhappy?

And Liu Laogen was also very happy, because the area on the east bank of the Keelung River Estuary is very suitable for agriculture. There are too many rocks on Heping Island, and it is difficult to reclaim many fertile fields. And the land on the east bank of the Keelung River estuary is an alluvial plain, and it looks like a very suitable place for agriculture. Therefore, Liu Laogen applied to land and farm, and Kong Tai also agreed, and the two hit it off.

After all, Kong Tai was active on Taiwan Island, so he couldn't rely on the local area to transport food, which was a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the mainland. It is best to be able to produce food locally. The colonists such as Kong Tai will not farm the land, so it is the best choice for the villagers of Jilong Village to farm the land and buy food from them when the time comes.

As Liu Laogen was a Han Chinese in the Ming Dynasty, the plot of the land was naturally very heavy, and they must be extremely happy to have fertile land to cultivate. As for the food produced, the surplus must also be sold. And those who have the financial resources to buy food on the island are undoubtedly Kong Tai and his group. Therefore, this is a win-win situation, and the two sides naturally hit it off...

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