"The investigation has been clear. It is a force called the Manabe Kingdom by the local natives, making waves. " "For more than ten years, the former captain of the Tacheng garrison and the new captain of the Mianhe garrison, Vaitaro, is becoming more and more outstanding in Chinese. He only heard him say: "This news was revealed by the Dutch people on the other side of the river. They have been harassed by this native tribe recently and have almost given up all peripheral activities, such as slave hunting, hunting, etc. Now they have almost retreated into the high wall of the merchant station. There are less than 100 soldiers and East India Company employees, so it is hard to say whether they can be kept. Moreover, some small tribes that had good relations with them in the wild are probably going to be cleaned up. In short, the Dutch people have not had a good life."

"Don't worry about others, think more about our own situation." Kyle, who represents the government of the New China Development Team, sighed and said worriedly: "What is the origin of the Kingdom of Monaber? There are so many soldiers and there are actually muskets. What is the situation? Where did they get muskets?"

Hearing this, both of them were a little silent. Yes, these natives actually had muskets and thousands of soldiers, which had become a climate and had to be found. If the power was not enough to wipe them out, then we should try our best to delay their annexation of various tribes so as not to make them bigger.

As for the muskets in their hands, it is actually easy to understand. Most of them were secretly sold to them by Portuguese and Arab merchants who came here to trade. In fact, as early as the early 16th century, many European colonists arrived on the west coast of Madagascar. The earliest was in 1500 (some say 1506), a Portuguese ship was blown to Madagascar by a storm. This was the first time that the natives of the island had contacted Europeans; in 1524, two French ships arrived on the island.

The landing was rejected by the locals; in 1540, the Portuguese established a commercial station on the west coast, and engaged in the slave trade while preaching, and were expelled by the locals eight years later; in 1591, British ships arrived on the island of Mauritius for the first time; in 1598, after the Dutch occupied Mauritius, they began to use this as a base to continuously raid slaves on the coast of Mauritius; around 1640, 400 British people landed on the coast, but unfortunately they met the main force of the natives and were repelled...

It is not surprising that the indigenous people on the island have contacts with the outside world, so it is not so strange that they have a weapon like musket. In fact, the Sakaravas on the west coast of the Malay Island (i.e., the savannas) were the only native tribe equipped with muskets on a large scale, which is why they can still maintain their military advantage even when their economic conditions and productivity are not as good as those of the Melina people on the Central Plateau.

They strictly controlled the outflow of guns and ammunition, firmly monopolized the channels of European slave traders in their own hands, and maintained their own wars (the prisoners of war they obtained could be sold to European slave traders) - of course, the scale of this slave trade was so large that the indigenous people of the Malay Island became the second only to the blacks among the slaves to Brazil, the Caribbean and North America.

In history, by the beginning of the 18th century, the Sakaravas established two kingdoms in the western region. Among them, the Kingdom of Monaber, which started with the Northern Expedition from the Unirahi River, had 4,000-5,000 musketeers, and was very skillful in using it, which surprised the Europeans.

The second son of the founding monarch of the Monaber Kingdom, supported by some of his subordinates, left the kingdom to fight against the natives in the wilderness, and finally established the new kingdom of Boyra. This king also attached great importance to the use of firearms. The king's fortress built near the sea actually installed thirty or forty artillery guns, Marovoy, the capital where the king lives, had thousands of houses and a very dense population. The king's warehouse was filled with guns, gems, gold, silver, porcelain, and the imperial throne brought to the king from China by a French merchant.

Of course, the Sakarava people, which started with war, had just started. At this time, they only had thousands of soldiers, and were believed to have only a few hundred muskets, and their territory was only a large grassland north of the Unirahi River. This nation mainly had a mixed economy of agriculture and animal husbandry, and maintained trade ties with many countries or tribes established by the Melina people on the Central Plateau. They rarely caught fish, and even if there were some, they carried out this activity on the beach with simple tools, and most of them made a living by agriculture and animal husbandry, and were more fierce in nature. The Dutch should be very impressed by this, because the two sides had fought against the slave hunt, and at that time a Dutch merchant and his subordinates seemed to have suffered some losses.

Neither Hidearo nor Kyle were time travelers. They did not know when and how the Sakaravas started in history. In fact, even the time travelers were not very clear about this. After all, this history was too unpopular. They only knew that this large tribal alliance, known as the Manaber Kingdom, had begun to march north from the Unilahi River and successively annexed several small tribes of the same Sakarava, causing panic in the surrounding areas.

The Dutch merchant station in the Tulair area on the south bank of the Cotton River is the first to be included. Currently, the staff of the Dutch East India Company have shrunk across the board and returned to the merchant station. With the help of dozens of German mercenaries, they rely on the thick brick and wood mixed structure walls to stand for assistance - because they have not yet evacuated the ship.

The Dutch can shrink into the commercial station, but the East Coast people are a little troublesome because there are too many jars and cans outside and they cannot give up. In addition, the manors of each plantation are also relatively scattered, which is not conducive to defense, so they are more passive when facing the enemy's attacks. It's a pity that the first thing the East Coast people did when they went to many places was to build castles. Only this time did they neglect the area around Mianhe Port, but they encountered a crisis. Things are so nonsense!

"Don't stand here nonsense." Ma Wanpeng, who was rare without big shorts, appeared behind the two of them. He pointed at Hitotaro and said, "Captain of the Soldiers, organize people to build the Fortress in the afternoon. Well, build it with the hardwoods transported by ship. The Fortress aims to accommodate 3,000 people, and build it next to the coastal defense fortress. At that time, you can rely on these Yongguo for defense and place more personnel. Well, these are the things you need to do next. But at present, all you need to do is send people to contact the Kingdom of Monaber and see what these bitches are going to do? We don't have to control the warlords' melee, but we must not harm our interests, otherwise we will react strongly."

"By the way, Director Kai, I heard that Captain Shi sent you here because you know some of the Sakarava languages? Then this way, I will send some soldiers to accompany you to visit a few nearby small tribes to see what their constitution is? Should they stand with us? Or just surrender to the other end of the Monaber Kingdom. At this time, we don't need a fence-bearing fence, we only need a clear statement. If they don't want their tribe to be annexed by the Monaber Kingdom, then ask them to move to the neighborhood. We will give them sabers, breastplates and spears to help them resist the enemy. Just do this!" After explaining to Tsuitaro, Ma Wanpeng ordered Kyle again.

After hearing this, Tsuitaro and Kyle looked at each other and then took action separately. Ma Wanpeng himself stayed near the port area to urge the workers in the Eight Banners of the islands and plantations (mainly Comoros and Poles) to build wooden fortresses. As for the 300 new Polish soldiers, they began to train intensely. They were originally soldiers of the Polish army. At this moment, the officer only needed a few words to mention a few words, and soon got into the state and regained the feeling of the past. They were full of confidence and full of confidence in defending the Mianhe Port - it would be fine if they could not defeat the Cossacks and the Tatars, but could they still play with these natives? Many people think so, which fully reflects the superiority at the level of civilization.

Time passed by everyone's busyness. In late March, two flute-shaped transport ships arrived at the Mianhe Port from Xinhua Port along the warm current of Mozambique. More than a thousand Ming people carried out their armour and swords and spears, and they were the strongest people who were detained from the immigration ships that Shi Qinjie drove from Gushan Port - many of them were eliminated from the servants of various Shandong departments, and they had some combat experience.

The arrival of these people greatly enhanced the defense of the people on the east coast of Mianhe Port, and at the same time stabilized the people's hearts that were increasingly floating in various plantations. Especially those Comoros who did not even have labor wages, they seemed to think that the Sacaravs were not harmful to them, so they were all inexplicably excited a while ago. At this moment, seeing more than a thousand East Coast soldiers arrived here, these people were immediately in great disappointment and couldn't even get excited about eating.

The officials of the pioneer team who came with these people also brought Shi Qinjie's latest instructions, that is: First, try to avoid conflicts. After all, the Sakaravas have not shown hostility to the East Coast people. At present, they can maintain a good relationship with them, so as to maintain them as much as possible, and do not engage in unnecessary battles; second, if war is inevitable, then strive to defeat the main force of the enemy through defense war. Once the Kingdom of Monaber loses this elite combat power and the musketeers who have been trained for many years, they will definitely be unable to unify the entire country.

The Western Peninsula is beneficial to the long-term interests of the East Coast Republic; 3. The pioneering team government will interview the Portuguese on the Mozambique Island and ask them to suspend the sale of weapons and ammunition to the Kingdom of Monaber. In addition, the main force of the Second Navy Fleet will begin to cruise the Mozambique Strait, and try to prevent the ships of the French East India Company (formerly French Oriental Company, renamed in 1644 and are currently colonized in southern Madagascar) from trading with the Kingdom of Monaber.

The arrival of this instruction immediately made Ma Wanpeng feel a clear idea and knew what to do next. At this time, news from the inland grassland was almost spread one after another. The founder of the Monaber Kingdom, the first king Andriandashifuqi, had led his army to defeat many Sakarava tribes and annexed their subordinates, cattle, sheep and land.

At present, in the area north of the Unilahi River, there are only some independent tribes near the Bay of St. Augustine at the mouth of the river, and most of the rest have been destroyed. Moreover, these surviving tribes are currently in panic and do not seem to be able to withstand the team of Monaber. It is a matter of time before the destruction is sooner or later.

However, surprisingly, Andrian Dashifuqi, the founding monarch of this country (or tribal alliance), is believed to have temporarily stopped his progress and began to digest the fruits of victory. At the same time, he tried to trade with the Westerners, exchanging the prisoners of war at his hands for guns, ammunition and even artillery. However, the Portuguese and French were artificially suppressed by the East Coast people and had not yet rushed to buy the slaves in his hands. However, this is a matter of time. The East Coast people cannot suppress these profit-oriented merchants for a long time. The western coastline is so long, it is difficult for the East Coast people to find a place to trade.
Chapter completed!