Tamsui Port is located on the right side of the Tamsui River Estuary, one of the earliest ports on Tainan, and Anping Port in Tainan is the earliest port on the island to have trade activities.
Although Anping Port was established earlier, it was still not as good as Tamsui Port when it comes to history. Why? Because Anping Port was strictly counted as a key port only after the arrival of Dutch colonists. And Tamsui Port was a transit station for traditional Chinese medicine trade with Japan when Japanese pirates were rampant during the Jiajing period. Of course, it was also an important area for Japanese pirates to rest.
Because the geographical location of Tamsui Port is very good. To the west of Tamsui Port, it is directly opposite Hu Jianputian. To the north, it is Fuzhou Port. Moreover, merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty to Japan must stay here to replenish Tamsui. In addition, when sailing, Datun Mountain, east of Tamsui Port, will also be used as a natural navigation beacon to locate the navigation position.
The navigation industry in the Ming Dynasty was not developed. Although Zheng He had a feat of voyage to the West in the early Ming Dynasty, it was only official that there were advanced ocean navigation technologies such as star-drawing. As for the people, there was no navigation technology. Moreover, the bosses of the folk ships had no culture. Their navigation technology was to use a compass to distinguish directions. Then, starting from the Ming Dynasty, taking Datun Mountain north of Tai Island as an important reference, first sailing eastward, reaching the Ryukyu Islands, and then using the Ryukyu Islands as a reference landmark, and using the compass to sail to Japan. The same is true for sailing from Japan to the Ming Dynasty.
Unlike the Beihai Kingdom of Marin, it has developed a nautical killer like a sextant. As long as the predecessors provide coordinates, an ordinary young captain who knows how to calculate coordinates can easily take the old route. The ship bosses of the Ming Dynasty in the past are purely relying on experience to get involved in the sea.
Therefore, no matter what, Tamsui Port is a key maritime transportation in the northern part of Taiwan. At the same time, the connection with the Ming Dynasty is also very convenient. From Tamsui Port to Fuzhou, the straight line distance is about 200 kilometers, and the boat can reach it in two days, which is very convenient.
If the Ming Dynasty sent officials from the Ministry of Rites to check, the preferred landing point would definitely be Tamsui Port. The starting point would most likely be Fuzhou.
Because Fuzhou itself is a reception point for a vassal state, mainly receiving the important vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu. The envoys of the Ryukyu Kingdom generally follow Datun Mountain in the north of Taidao, pass through the Tamsui River mouth, and then go to Fuzhou Port for tribute trade.
In my previous life, because the three links between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait were important issues, and during the reign of Ma Jiuge before he traveled, there were frequent cross-strait exchanges, and there were also projects to travel to Taiwan. In those years, traveling to Taiwan was very popular, and there were many pictures and text introductions on the Internet that introduced the tourism to Taiwan. Although Ma Lin had no money in his previous life, he liked to read travel pictures and texts to "satisfie the craving". Therefore, he also had a certain understanding of many attractions on Taiwan.
For example, in Tamsui Port, there are famous attractions such as Tamsui Hongmao City, Huwei Fortress, and the former Qingtanshui Customs and Tamsui Department’s Residence (Little White House).
When Marin attacked Tamsui Port this time, he chose the location of the later Hongmao City and the customs terminal, that is, the Tamsui River goes into a little bit, rather than directly at the estuary.
This is because, if you are directly at the estuary, you will be easily impacted by sea tides when encountering strong winds on the sea. These days, ships are all wood and cannot withstand huge sea storms. Therefore, it is safer to enter a little from the estuary.
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This time, Marin brought all 800 soldiers and asked them to wear combat plate armor and rhinoceros leather armor to resist the attacks of local natives. Among them, the hundreds of elite soldiers in the front row were dressed in plate armor, while the others were dressed in rhinoceros leather armor.
This is because the infantry wearing plate armor consumes a lot of physical strength. Although the 1,000 soldiers brought by Marin, although the elite troops of the Beihai Kingdom, only more than 100 people were able to fight for a long time in plate armor weighing dozens of kilograms. Others could not do this, including Marin himself. Therefore, Marin only asked one hundred subordinates to wear a full set of moving houses, and put them in front as a meat shield. He led the remaining 800 people to wear lighter rhino leather armor and followed behind...
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As expected, as Marin imagined, although the indigenous people of Tamsui Port were the same as those in Keelung, they were also the Kaidagrans of the Pingpu people. However, the Kaidagrans near Tamsui Port naturally had no awe of Marin and others because they had never seen Kong Tai jumping on the master with the sun stove.
When Malin's army landed, several local militants (the constitutive units of the indigenous people of Taiwan, equivalent to the tribes or villages of primitive society) gathered eight or nine hundred strong men, holding simple and primitive weapons such as stone spears and javelins, and rushed to block Malin and others.
However, this is useless...
Marin's men, especially the 100 people in the front row, were dressed in full-body armor without fear of swords and guns. All the attacks of the locals failed to work. The javelin was thrown over and the stone spear was stuck, and there was no feeling at all...
On Marin's side, the elite warriors in plate armor, No. 100, led by Marin's number one fierce general Kahn, bravely launched a counterattack against the other party with wooden sticks. At the same time, Marin and his men wearing rhino leather armor were still logging in...
With just one charge, eight or nine hundred indigenous soldiers on the opposite side were collapsed. It was really... this battle could not be fought - our own attack was completely ineffective against the enemy, how could we fight?
But Kahn and others, holding wooden sticks, rushed up viciously, and knocked down the indigenous warriors...
This is because Marin didn't want to kill innocent people and asked Kahn and others to use wooden sticks instead. Therefore, the defeated native soldiers were mostly knocked down or slightly injured outside the skin, and none of them were in danger of life. If it were a normal sword, they would probably have been corpses all over the field...
After Malin took the remaining 800 people to theshore, the task was very simple - they were to help arrest the fleeing native soldiers...
Because, the 100 elite warriors wearing plate armor were too heavy, and they could not escape the indigenous people who were incompletely dressed in clothes. They could only rely on Marin, who was wearing lighter rhino leather armor, and others...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! In this way, after a short battle, eight or nine hundred indigenous soldiers dispatched by the Kaidagran natives from five fan clubs near Tamsui Port were easily defeated and more than 700 people were arrested...
And these more than 700 people are basically the majority of the native males in the five nearby families. Even the leaders of three families were among the captured people...
When the war reached this point, several local fan clubs completely collapsed. All the men were gone. Do you have to rely on women and children to fight against Malin's army?
After Marin sent several representatives of Kedagrain from Keelung to negotiate, several local franchises announced their surrender. Because Marin's request was relatively relaxed and did not make excessive demands, he only required the right to use the flat land by the Tamsui River. In addition, he wanted to hire local young men to help build a castle...
Yes, the castle...
Marin originally planned to build a new city similar to Keelung City in Tamsui Port. However, now there are insufficient building materials in hand, only some red bricks, lack of stone and cement.
Therefore, Marin simply planned to build a temporary small town with red bricks at the location of the Red Mau City in later generations.
This city is not as big as Keelung City. Its length and width are only 50 meters, which is equivalent to the size of a small campus playground in later generations, and is smaller than the Red Maple City in later generations. Its function is mainly to defend against retaliation and attacks by natives or Japanese pirates.
Therefore, this small fortress made of red bricks does not need to be very large, and a small playground is enough. Moreover, only dozens of people are stationed inside.
In addition, the reason for building a small castle is that it is fast construction. After all, once he successfully applies for qualification, the Ming court will send someone to check it. At that time, it will need to be used to deal with it. If the city is built, there will be no time. Therefore, it is better to build a small fortress to deal with the inspection. Anyway, in the eyes of the people of the Ming Dynasty, he is a barbarian. Isn’t it appropriate for the barbarian to live in a small castle?
Then, some farmland was reclaimed by the nearby Tamsui River, creating the illusion that this was developed. This was enough. Moreover, the small civil servants sent by the Ministry of Rites to inspect were absolutely not brave enough to go deep into the inland to investigate the indigenous communities. As long as some farmland was reclaimed by the Tamsui River, it would be enough to fool...
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Chapter completed!