After Li Mingxun went north in the 13th year of Chongzhen, Ahai began to expand the scope of trade. Because the villages and communities to the south were all involved with the Dutch, Ahai's main target was the Dadu Fan Kingdom in the north. From the beginning of contacting the Hongya villages in China to reaching a trade agreement with the king and the commander-in-chief, Ahai did a great job and did not disappoint Li Mingxun's expectations. In just half a year, Ahai used salt, wine, sugar and a few iron tools to exchange for more than 20,000 deer skins and thousands of taels of gold sand from Dadu Fan.

Because the trading company has limited power, Ah Hai's trade with Daduban is very restrained, and trades once a month. The trade location is next to the Highland Warriors' barracks. The transaction only lasts for two days. The trading company's people must not stay for too long, nor set up warehouses.

In addition to trade contact, the trading company reclaimed the land near Beigang and also had contact with Daduban. The land there was all familiar land left by Kaitai King, so it was first used. Because of the dispute between the land, the two sides finally decided to use Zhuoshui River as the boundary, and the two sides were not allowed to make arbitrary exchanges.

However, after the Chinese New Year, the situation changed. Farms near Zhuoshuixi repeatedly stolen oxen, which attracted Li Mingxun's attention. You should know that, including the original plowing oxen in Jialuo Village, only 200 livestock in his hands, including horses and mules, were lost more than a dozen at once. This was a major loss. At first, he thought it was harassment by the barbarians of the mountain, or the slaves working on the farm were deliberately let go. Later, he tracked the cattle thief and found that the other party crossed Zhuoshuixi and went to Datuban.

So Ah Hai went to investigate, but he didn't expect it would be the ending.

"I really want to have breastfeeding. My mother is here, I miss my mother's family, and my uncle is here. I'm worried that I can't find a chance to deal with Dadu Fan, but I actually came to the door with my own initiative." Lin Cheng said with a smile.

Li Mingxun nodded slightly and glanced at Lin Cheng. The ex-pirate who saved his life had been with him for a long time. The biggest change was his ambition. If it were a year ago, he would never have dared to have the courage to provoke Dadu.

In fact, Lin Cheng's words also came to Li Mingxun's heart. Dadu Fan has nearly 30 villages and communities. Although it is impossible to conduct a census, judging from the highland warriors that can feed one thousand people, the population must have exceeded 40,000, controlling a large number of plains and forests. Such a force must be a threat from the trading company, and he is sleeping soundly beside the bed.

Li Mingxun also took a fancy to Dadu Fan's rich human resources, and what could not be changed is that this tribal alliance restricted the business's path to north.

Lin Cheng smacked his lips and said, "Now there are about 300 people in the trading company, and the guard of 200 people. Even if the 300 people of the Hongya tribe are not counted, the people who call the Huweilong Club are elite soldiers of more than a thousand people. Mobilize sailors, and 1,500 people sweep the Big Belly, clean and swift!"

Li Mingxun shook his head slightly: "It's better to think about it for a long time. Brother, Taiwan is our foundation. We cannot impose intensive taxes like the Dutch. This leaves hidden dangers for the future. We must not only get their people, land, but also the people's hearts, at least we cannot make them hate us."

"What do you want to do?" Lin Cheng asked.

Li Mingxun said: "In two days, it will be a trading day. I am going to go there in person. Ah Hai said that every village community will have a leader or a wizard present on every trading day. I will confront Tararo in front of so many people. Even if a war starts, I will have to be famous so that those village communities will know what they have given birth."

"You don't want that king or leader to uphold justice for you, right? If that's the case, don't waste your time." Lin Cheng asked.

Li Mingxun shook his head: "Of course not. My purpose is to differentiate them and let everyone know Tararo's ugly face!"

Two days later, Wuxi.

The slender hull of the Egret broke through the quiet water surface. The rising sails and slanted sails were like spreading wings, pushing the Egret forward quickly. The round stern formed ripples behind it. Around the Egret, dozens of canoes followed. In addition to the natives of the Big Belly, there were also a large number of deer skins, deer jelly and other goods on the boat. Four of the canoes were particularly huge, with ten people sitting on each. Their faces were covered with red soil and a mark on their foreheads that looked like a giant tree, which was the Highland Warrior.

The leaf was a sacred tree that everyone believed in for hundreds of years, and the soil on the face was the red mud unique to the high ground where the red cypress trees grew. These warriors believed that these soils could bring themselves courage and good luck.

Forty fierce highland warriors are a fearful existence. I believe this was sent by Tararo, but Ah Hai was not afraid at all. The Egret has twelve cannons, six of which were eighteen-pound cannons bought from the British, and the other six were circumcisors mounted on both sides of the ship's side. These twelve cannons can emit thousands of shotguns at a time. Forty highland warriors won't be able to support this "iron rain".

All the cannons were wrapped in canvas, and the gunner sat next to them in case of emergency.

I went upstream along Wuxi and arrived at the heart of the stream where the market was located in more than an hour. This is the place where the two tributaries of Wuxi meet, facing the main river channel. To the north is the red earth platform where the sacred tree is located. The huge canopy of the sacred tree covering the sky and the sun is clearly visible. At the dock in the heart of the stream, hundreds of people are looking forward to this once a month's trade opportunity.

Ah Hai shouted to the helmsman: "Don't go to the dock, aim the side side at the dock and hit the horizontal line, and use the springboard to go over!"

While the sailor and the helmsman were operating the sailboat, Ah Hai said to the small room in the middle: "Master, you have arrived."

Li Mingxun nodded slightly and said, "Ahai, come in and help me with the armor on the ship."

Ah Hai walked in and saw Li Mingxun wearing armor in front of the mirror. It was a gorgeous set of mountain armor, a gift from Cheng Bi to Li Mingxun. There were two sets in total, one forged from fine iron. It was extremely comfortable and had good defense. But this set was different. Li Mingxun, who returned to Taiwan, asked the craftsmen to plate gold on the surface of the armor leaf. The iron helmet was not only gilded but also added a faucet finish, which looked extremely gorgeous.

Lee Mingxun is already tall and looks even more majestic after wearing this golden armor, and every move is noble and gorgeous.

"I feel wronged by my neck!" Li Mingxun twisted his neck, muttered, and walked out with a cold expression.

When the natives at the dock in Xixindi saw Li Mingxun shining with golden armor, they instantly exploded. Everyone rushed up, as if they had seen something amazing. When Li Mingxun stepped onto the dock, many people instinctively took a few steps back, because not only Li Mingxun came down on the ship, but also twenty silver-armored warriors wearing white armor.

This is what Lee Mingxun wants. He stood there and asked, "Where is Tararo?"

After Ah Hai translated Li Mingxun's words, a highland warrior said, "Our general went to the sacred tree. He didn't know you had arrived so early."

Lee Mingxun said, "Go and invite him."

The highland warrior went, and a middle-aged man wearing a cloth robe and a short knife said, "This gentleman, Lord Talaro is only responsible for maintaining order in the heart of the stream and not delaying us from trading. The shopkeeper Ahai around you knows."

"Yes, we can help you carry goods without any compensation." Another person also echoed.

Li Mingxun listened to his accent, and when he asked Ah Hai, he realized that the middle-aged man was named Cher, who belonged to the Hongya tribe. Among the nearly thirty villages in Daduban, there were four Hongya villages.

Ah Hai said: "Cheerling, this is the big shopkeeper of our Tenglong Trading Company. He is here today, not for trading!"

"It's not trade, so what are you doing?" Chel asked in surprise. The natives around him were shouting. They had been trading with Tenglong Trading Company for half a year. They had been accustomed to coming here at this time of the month, and they were also used to the days when there was oil in the rice, salt in the vegetables, and iron pots to cook.

Ah Hai said: "Our shopkeeper came to ask the king to uphold justice and arrest the real murderer. In the past month, our trading company lost nine cows and we found a bull thief. But this man not only did not compensate, but instead killed one of my partners. My partner was only twelve years old and died under his blow-up arrows!"

For a moment, a mess was in a mess on the dock. Among the faith of Dadu Fan's sacred tree, the most important thing is honesty, kindness and unity. Theft is dishonest, bullying the weak with the big one, not to mention kindness, and killing young children is absolutely intolerable.

As he said that, Ah Hai had already lifted Xiao Si's body out. His body was covered with bruises and a green hole was on his neck. Chel immediately said: "I recognize this child. He will give the children of the village to candies and teach them how to make bamboo baskets to catch fish and shrimps. This is a kind child. The person who hurt him must be a thug!"

"Who stole your oxen? He should whip a hundred whips under the sacred tree and cut off a finger. Who killed this child should pay his life!" Someone in the crowd shouted indignation.

Although Big Belly is relatively advanced among many villages and tribes in Taiwan, it still does not have its own text and system. People mediate disputes and deal with them according to the conventional customary laws. For example, if you steal, you have to cut off your fingers and whip different numbers of whips according to the value of the stealing. Obviously, in Big Belly, there is almost nothing more valuable than a cow.

"It was Tararo, it was Tararo who stole our oxen, and he also sent someone to kill this child!" Li Mingxun said loudly.

Few people in the Big Bows can hear Chinese, but everyone can understand Tararo's name. For a moment, everyone was talking. Li Mingxun observed the expressions of the people present. From the chaotic discussion, it was enough to see that Tararo must be a person with a bad record. Otherwise, at this time, the natives should refute together, rather than just a few highland warriors scolding him.

At this moment, a thick horn sounded from the northern high ground, and the noise on the horse's head stopped abruptly. Some people even knelt on the ground and prayed to the sacred tree in the distance. Countless canoes came from that direction. Hundreds of highland warriors came down from the boat, arranged in a solemn manner. Standing opposite each other, they kept making neat battle cry. Li Mingxun knew that a big man would come from the samurai lane.

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