After eating, drinking, chatting and laughing for a while, Zhao Hao saw that the other party had completely let down her guard, and then he got to the point: "I wonder if Miss Mei knows anything about the indigenous people of Taiwan... oh no, the indigenous people of Keelung and Tamsui, such as the Ketagalan and Kavalan people?"

"I've heard of it." Mei Nan nodded slightly, thinking that the sweet and sour pork made with pineapple is really delicious.

Yes, our far-sighted Mr. Zhao has already considered the development issues after recovering Taiwan. As for how to recover Taiwan, that is not his concern. He believes that his generals will definitely complete the task brilliantly.

In his previous life, Zhao Hao had read reports written by the Dutch East India Company. During the forty years of colonizing Taiwan, this giant armed trade group demonstrated extremely high organizational capabilities and flexible tactics, and conducted a detailed investigation of all aspects of Taiwan's situation, and fully recorded and archived them. In this era when the means and methods of information dissemination are extremely simple, this is simply a dimensionality reduction attack.

Otherwise, the East India Company would not have been able to easily control most of the plains in southern Taiwan with only two thousand people, make hundreds of villages obey them, and continuously reap huge profits from Taiwan Island.

In sharp contrast, the Spanish, a long-established colonial empire, followed the Dutch to northern Taiwan... They landed in Keelung and later built a fort in Tamsui to carry out colonial activities. However, they were arrogant and xenophobic, brutal, and crudely managed. They had no research or analysis at all, and just made assumptions based on their own ideas. As a result, after ten years of colonization, once the large sailing ships from Manila were delayed, the Spanish in northern Taiwan would run out of food.

Years of losses forced the Governor of the Philippines to continuously reduce the scale of investment in Taiwan, and eventually the Spaniards were easily driven out of Taiwan by the Dutch.

The positive and negative examples of these two empires reminded Zhao Hao that if Taiwan Island is treated prudently, scientifically, flexibly and patiently, it will become a treasure trove that continuously generates wealth. If Taiwan Island is treated carelessly, subjectively, rigidly and impatiently, it will become a bottomless pit that devours profits and even drags down the entire group.

So Zhao Hao carefully searched his memories of his past life, hoping to cross the river by following the lead of Ban Ya and the Dutchman.

In his opinion, the lessons of the Spanish and the experience of the Dutch were equally valuable. The main reason for the failure of the former was that they regarded the indigenous people as an ignorant and uncivilized whole, disdained to deal with them, did not know how to deal with them, and only used violence. The main reason for the success of the latter was that through careful investigation and research, they realized that the differences in blood and culture among the indigenous ethnic groups resulted in extremely complex ethnic structures and sharp conflicts between them.

This allowed the Dutch to take advantage of the conflicts between ethnic groups and divide them, making it impossible for them to form a united force to counter the colonists. As more and more villages and communities allied with the Dutch, the colonists quickly gained a foothold and became the leader of southern Taiwan. It became easier for them to use the means of winning over one faction and fighting against another to achieve effective rule with a very small population.

By learning from the Dutch's key to success, Mr. Zhao can save at least ten years. He doesn't believe that Jiangnan Group can't do the same thing that the East India Company can do well! No, it will definitely do better!

Zhao Hao carefully reviewed the analysis results of the Dutch and found that from a bloodline perspective, Taiwan's indigenous people have three main sources - the indigenous people of the western plains came from the Baiyue people in Fujian and Guangdong; the eastern ethnic groups claimed that their ancestors came from the Pacific island countries; the Ketagalan and Kavalan people in northern Taiwan have close ties with the Ryukyu Kingdom.

In addition, there is another type of new immigrants who are not indigenous people. They are the Han people who crossed the sea to Taiwan to seek refuge at the end of the Song Dynasty. They live in Tamsui and Jianan Plains. In order to reduce trouble and conflict, they imitate the language and customs of the indigenous people on the island. This is undoubtedly a necessity for survival. But at heart, they are still more civilized and easy to communicate with. It was the Dutch who were lucky enough to meet them that opened up the situation.

Of course, the Spaniards also encountered them, but unfortunately they were all killed by them.

Therefore, if Mr. Zhao wanted to break through the complicated situation in Taiwan, he had to establish contact with these Han immigrants as soon as possible. In addition, he had to try to use the relationship between the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Ketagalan and Kavalan people to gain their trust.

The former villages occupy the Taipei Basin, and the latter villages occupy the Yilan Plain. Both are fertile lands in northern Taiwan. No matter whether they are taken by trickery or force, they must be put into Mr. Zhao's bowl!

Moreover, they all have close relations with the Ryukyu Kingdom and have been in contact all the time! This is the real reason why Zhao Hao agreed to let Wen De Dajun board the ship. It's not that he can't walk when he sees a woman! Serious face.

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"The people of Ketagalan and Kavalan believe in goddesses, and the priests are also women. Every year when Ryukyu holds a grand festival, they will send representatives to participate." As expected, the prince gave him a positive answer:

"They should be the same race as the Ryukyu natives, but our Zhongshan Kingdom was fortunate enough to be civilized by the teachings of the Chinese, while they still remain in their primitive state."

Zhao Hao recalled that when Zhu Kuan went to Ryukyu during the Sui Dynasty, he saw a matriarchal primitive tribe. This is why the Ryukyu people are open-minded and women can book rooms freely...

He nodded slowly and asked the most crucial question: "Do they recognize you as Lord Wende?"

"They don't recognize Lord Wende." Mei Nan smiled faintly.

"Is that so..." A trace of disappointment flashed across Zhao Hao's face.

"Because, I heard that the prince was canonized by my grandfather." Mei Nan's eyes curved into crescents, and she smiled happily because she finally got her revenge: "So they only recognize Ma Tianzhu as the highest priestess."

As she spoke, she pointed to the tip of her nose with her slender white finger and said proudly, "I heard that the great lord is me, and Ma Tianzhu is also me!"

The tone was like she was flirting with her lover, and Zhao Hao felt half of his body softened. He stood up happily, grabbed Mei Nan's hand and said, "Great! Your Majesty must help me!"

Mei Nan was so embarrassed that half of her body went limp and she didn't even have the strength to pull her hand away.

"Let the prince go!" Lin Feng shouted quickly. It's reasonable for a maid to protect her master, right?

"I'm sorry, I was so happy that I lost my composure for a moment." Zhao Hao quickly let go of her, clasped his hands together and apologized repeatedly, "To be honest, we will go to Jilong tomorrow to wipe out the real Japanese entrenched there... Yes, it was them who colluded with the pro-Japanese faction of Zhongshan Kingdom and caused the Naha Massacre!"

"So it was them!" Mei Nan clenched her fists in anger when she heard that. It turned out that these people made Brother Wang unable to return home!

Well, it’s not Mr. Zhao…

"We also learned that they are entrenched in Jilong and Danshui, and treat the indigenous people there cruelly. Yes, they are the Ketagalan people." Zhao Hao grabbed her hand tightly again and said emotionally: "So we hope to unite with the Ketagalan people to drive out these damn invaders. But the indigenous people are too wary of us outsiders. Please, Miss Mei, you must help us with this!"

"Yes, it is my duty!" Mei Nan also nodded heavily and said, "I can't ignore the goddess's child."

"Ahem." Lin Feng coughed twice again. Mei Nan, be more careful. People invite you to dinner, and you take advantage of them?

"Oh, sorry, I can't help myself again..." Mr. Zhao let go of her hand again and glanced at the nosy little maid. Damn, so beautiful...

Mei Nan didn't think there was anything wrong with it. The island people are warm and open-minded, and there is no strict separation between men and women. If they are in the mood, not to mention holding hands, it's normal to even hold hands and go to a hotel.

Although she dedicated herself to the goddess, she must remain chaste for the rest of her life.

But holding hands doesn’t count as breaking the rules, right?

~~

The two chatted until after noon, then ended their lunch with a sense of unfulfilled desire and went back to rest.

Of course, everyone went back to their own cabins...

Mei Nan and Lin Feng returned to the suite assigned to them. After closing the door, Mei Nan asked anxiously, "Ah Feng, was my honey trap wrong?"

"Uh, are you using the beauty trap?" Lin Feng asked in surprise.

"Yes." Mei Nan said as a matter of course: "Of course I will do as you tell me."

"Just be aware of it yourself..." Lin Feng looked Mei Nan up and down, thinking that the performance was so real.

Then I thought, is she acting with me? I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, I hope the clown is me.

"Don't worry, I am sincere to you." Mei Nan mustered up his courage, looked directly into Lin Feng's eyes and said, "Because, because... you are the Lord of God."

"Oh, I see." Lin Feng was shocked, thinking that another woman had fallen in love with him. Hey, why did you say again?

"By the way, are there any of those Ryukyu Shinto natives you mentioned living in the southwest of the island?" She was greatly inspired by the lecture today. For the first time, she realized that those cannibalistic savages could not be generalized.

"I only know that the Langqiao people seem to live in the southeast..." Mei Nan pondered.

"That's useless." Lin Feng said disappointedly, "There are hundreds of thousands of mountains in between."

"Ah Feng, tell me what difficulties you have." Mei Nan took her hand and said softly, "I have been causing you trouble for so long and I still don't know your situation."

"It's no use telling you about my affairs." Lin Feng pulled her hand away and sat on the edge of the bed in frustration. If Mei Nan hadn't said it, she would have forgotten that she ran away to avoid the mess of beating the dog.

"I can't solve it, I can ask Mr. Zhao for help." Mei Nan smiled and said, "With his ability, there should be no problem that he can't solve."

"Why should he help you?" Lin Feng glanced at her.

"Because he... also needs something from me." Mei Nan said shyly, "Didn't you say that what you can't get will always be there? If I make a request now, he won't disagree."

I didn't expect she was such a master! Lin Feng looked at her as if she didn't know her, then smiled bitterly and said, "Let's wait until they get past the chicken coop first. Those Japanese are tough nut to crack, and the castle they built is not that easy to break."

Last year she wanted to kill them and have a good year, but when she tried to attack them, she was rejected.

It's all talk and no action. Lin Feng wants to see how much better Mr. Zhao is than himself.

p.s. I'll write another chapter. It's not too early. You can read it tomorrow morning.