Lingao Qiming Section 379 Guo Huaiyi
Li Siya got off the ship at Bengang and went to meet Guo Huaiyi. 【No pop-up novel website】-s
Although the Bengang area in Tainan is ostensibly within the sphere of influence of the Netherlands, in fact the Netherlands has no actual control here and only has one missionary point. Most of the Fujian immigrants here were arranged by Yan Siqi and Zheng Zhilong. In addition to paying a head tax to the Dutch to obtain armed protection from the Dutch, they were basically controlled by the village chiefs of large and small Chinese villages. And these immigrants all obeyed the orders of Guo Huaiyi, the leader of the Han immigrants in Tainan.
On the surface, Guo Huaiyi is just the village chief of Youchehang Village, a local immigrant village. In fact, it was Zheng Zhilong who arranged for the agent to enter Tainan. This is no secret among Fujian immigrants. Even the Dutch are well aware of Guo Huaiyihua's strong influence in China.
Li Siya pretended to be a man, and under the escort sent by Zheng Zhifeng, she came to Luoyou Chexing Village without anyone noticing, where she met Guo Huaiyi in a mansion rich in southern Fujian style. Guo Huaiyi is a middle-aged man. He looks no different from the local landowners in southern Fujian: dark skin and deep wrinkles. Even though he is a landowner, he still has to work in the fields with his hired workers. The receptionist was also very kind. Although Li Siya was in Taiwan for the first time, she was always well informed. She knew that Guo Huaiyi had been ordered to come to Tainan to preside over the resettlement and reclamation here since Yan Siqi's time. He was a senior figure in the group that Zheng Zhilong even respected.
However, Zheng Zhilong does not attach great importance to Taiwan. Since he took control of Anping, he has opened up a trade route directly to Japan. He is not very interested in Taiwan as a transit point for trade. In addition to encouraging immigrants from southern Fujian, he has not spent much money on how to increase his actual control over Taiwan. Thoughts - of course he doesn't have the energy at the moment.
Due to the lack of support from the mainland, Guo Huaiyi had to rely on himself to organize self-defense. His policy is very simple. In general, he surrenders to the Dutch, pays income tax and provides labor services to the Dutch. At the same time, he also provides the Dutch with various Taiwanese trade goods - Taiwan's main export product, deerskin, mostly comes from immigrants from southern Fujian. They were hunted or ventured into the hands of small traders who traded with the indigenous people. This made the Netherlands regard the Hokkien immigrants in Tainan as "useful surnames" and was willing to use force to protect the Hokkien immigrants. Successive commercial governors spared no effort to suppress the aboriginal immigrants, largely to ensure the labor safety of immigrants from southern Fujian.
Of course, Holland's own strength is also very limited, and sometimes he has too much time to take care of himself. Therefore, in a small way, he can only encourage villages to form village warriors to defend themselves. The Fujian immigrants who immigrated to Taiwan are basically from the southern Fujian region, which has a strong regional color. In addition, immigrants often immigrate in clan units. It is easy to form small group villages with regions and clans as the core. Many local tyrants were formed.
The local tycoon group of immigrants from southern Fujian still controlled Taiwan's grassroots society until the Qing Dynasty regained Taiwan, even more severely than on the mainland. Coupled with the serious malaria problem, foreign officials and government officials often did not adapt to the climate and died of illness before serving their term. During the Qing Dynasty, the one government and two counties that established Taiwan had no control over the grassroots, and even sending government officials to the countryside to do things was in danger. Lin Shuangwen, who later started the uprising during the Qianlong period, also had this background.
Guo Huaiyi is the leader of this rich group. Li Siya knows very well that his status in the "big gang" of Zheng Zhilong is the same. He has great prestige and power, but he does not have absolute orders and prohibitions.
So she decided to speak as little as possible to Guo Huaiyi and only talk about things related to the mission.
She showed Zheng Zhifeng's token, and Guo Huai stared at her for a long time, then took her to the inner courtyard to have tea, and they talked in secret.
Guo Huaiyi already knew Li Siya's purpose of coming. A few days before his death, a messenger brought a letter from Zheng Zhifeng. He had been waiting for her arrival.
What Li Siya is most concerned about is the specific situation of Australia's entry into Taiwan - Zheng Zhifeng only told her: Australia has brought a large number of immigrants to the Dagou area, and has carried out large-scale construction and construction of castles.
"Girl," Guo Huaiyi pondered for a moment, "I'd better take you to the local area next time so you can see with your own eyes. Otherwise, it may be difficult to explain clearly in just a few words."
Li Siya felt that this was all right. Bi Jing had to see it with his own eyes before he could make a specific plan. She immediately agreed: "That's fine. I'll ask Mr. Youlao to send a few capable men to lead the way for me."
"It's not in the way, it's convenient." Guo Huaiyi said that the immigrants from southern Fujian here have recently had a lot of contacts with the Australians who fight dogs. The two sides often have trade exchanges, and some people even just move to live in Dagou. It's easy to find a few guides who are reliable and knowledgeable.
"What is the attitude of the Netherlands towards Australia?" Li Siya is most concerned about this matter.
"The Governor is very worried about Australia's immigration." Guo Huaiyi said, "It can even be said that he has trouble sleeping and eating."
Hans? Putmans is very concerned about the immigration of dogs into Australia. The first is Australia's terrible delivery ability. In less than half a year, Australia has sent 40,000 immigrants to Dagou. We must know that the immigration activities from southern Fujian that began in the Yan Siqi era and lasted for more than ten years did not bring so many immigrants. And along with immigration came a steady stream of building materials and a large amount of supplies.
The Netherlands entered Taiwan and replaced the fifth governor, and had just built a decent castle. The Australians had built a fortress larger than the city of Relanjia since the beginning of the landing, and had completed 80% of the work in less than half a year. At the same time, they also built docks, dredged ports, and reclaimed a large amount of wasteland.
With a neighbor with such terrifying efficiency and maritime capabilities less than a few dozen leagues away, is it any wonder Hans? Putmans was having trouble sleeping and eating.
"...More than ten years ago, the Governor asked us to be more careful when we went to the business hall for a meeting." Guo Huaiyi said with a smile.
"Oh? What did he say?"
"It's nothing more than asking us to be more careful and not to have more contact with the Australians." Guo Huaiyi said, "The Dutch are afraid that the Australians will pull me over. This will prevent us from giving them a living and buying deer skins. , and there is no head tax paid.”
"Does Australia have such thoughts?"
Guo Huai shook his head: "No. They have never been sent to recruit. They seem to be completely uninterested in us." He said with great interest, "On the contrary, we have many people here who are attracted there to do business and work. There were all of them, and Deqian Jian ran right over."
“So it’s completely open to come to Australia to hunt dogs?”
"That's right. Anyone who wants to can work and do business with them, even if they want to settle down." Guo Huaiyi said, "It's up to you to come and go. I heard that there are also Japanese immigrants there. A lot of running away.”
"Why do you want to go?" Li Siya was a little surprised.
"Because Hans Putmans does not allow us to pray according to their Jesuit etiquette, but to pray according to their Dutch 'true Christian' etiquette. I have always had objections. Now Australia There were Jesuit missionaries there and a small church. Many people came over."
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