The moment the native left, Zhe Shijiu could no longer restrain himself.
"What's the rush? This bay looks good, but it still needs some renovation. Are you going to dig for stones or am I going to chop wood?"
After giving him a glare, Shao Bowen said slowly.
"This..."
Hearing him say this, Zhe Shijiu finally understood his intentions.
"Since they've delivered themselves to our doorstep, then let the brothers prepare. When they arrive later, they won't be leaving. They can help us renovate the bay below, and find a suitable place to build a few wooden houses!"
After Shao Bowen finished speaking, he began to re-examine the entire island.
According to the sea charts provided by Han Mo, it wasn't far from this small island to the Spice Islands they had longed for.
The vast sea stretched endlessly. To gain complete control of the Spice Islands, these nearby islands couldn't be let go.
As for the natives on these islands, even if they hadn't provoked Shao Bowen, Shao Bowen wouldn't have let them continue living there like this.
The work of collecting grain had to continue. When Zhe Yanbin and the others returned, he would have to hand over the work here. Before that, he had to cut through the mess with a swift knife and quickly establish a safe transport line here.
"Sir, those fellows are here!"
Half an hour later, while Shao Bowen was lost in thought over a sea chart, Zhe Shijiu suddenly whispered.
"There are quite a few of them!"
Looking at the natives, dragging their families along and appearing excited, Shao Bowen said expressionlessly.
"There are so many savages on such a broken island. I really don't know what they usually eat..."
"This matter is entrusted to you. Try not to kill them if possible. Keeping them will be somewhat useful. They can help us build the dock now, and later they can help us pick spices!"
Looking at the elderly and children in the native group, Shao Bowen's heart eventually softened.
"Don't worry, sir!"
Hearing Shao Bowen's words, Zhe Shijiu became excited.
He was not like Shao Bowen, who was well-read. Since he joined the battlefield at the age of fourteen, he had always been engaged in life-or-death battles. Killing and arson had long since been ingrained in his bones.
Let alone these natives who looked like monkeys, even the rebels of the Great Song, he would kill them without hesitation.
"Indeed, misfortune and fortune have no fixed gates; the incompetent bring trouble upon themselves!"
Seeing the natives rushing towards their large ships without a second thought, Shao Bowen couldn't help but sneer.
"Leave a contingent to protect the sir. The rest follow me!"
With a grin, Zhe Shijiu led the soldiers around him, who were as fierce as wolves and tigers, charging towards the natives below the mountain.
At this moment, the natives were still immersed in ecstasy. Although they couldn't understand each other's languages, they knew that the goods on the Song ships were what they needed most urgently.
Whether it was medicine, cloth, exquisite porcelain, or food, they were all rare commodities here.
When Zhe Shijiu and his men reached the shore, the natives had already lined up in neat formations, happily carrying things down from the ships. Both old and young had their hands and bodies bulging.
"Tell them to put down the things in their hands!"
Even though his team had completed the encirclement, Zhe Shijiu grinned and said to the guide beside him.
After hearing Zhe Shijiu's words, the guide immediately stepped forward and communicated with the natives in their own tongue.
However, as soon as the guide finished speaking, the natives seemed to become agitated. They waved their arms and glared fiercely at Zhe Shijiu.
"What did they say?"
"They said this is only the first trip, and according to our agreement, they can move more!"
After hearing the guide's words, even Zhe Shijiu felt like laughing. How stupid could these fellows be to believe such nonsense...
"You are no longer needed here. Go back up the mountain."
With a cold snort, Zhe Shijiu waved his hand casually, signaling the guide to move aside.
On one side were savages who didn't even have a wooden stick, and on the other were elite warriors armed to the teeth.
Under such unequal combat power, the outcome was naturally predictable.
The natives proved their courage with their fists and bravery. After leaving behind dozens of corpses, they finally squatted on the ground obediently.
Looking at the blood-stained bay, and the sharks in the distance that were stirring at the smell of blood, Shao Bowen, standing at a high place, felt neither joy nor sorrow.
Only now did he realize that the idle talk Han Mo had spoken to him before he left was not entirely idle talk.
Backwardness leads to being beaten; wasn't this a living example?
In front of the Song soldiers clad in iron armor and wielding steel sabers, these unarmed natives, despite proving their courage with their lives, could not achieve any victory in the end.
The crushing superiority of equipment predetermined their failure today. But looking back, if it weren't for the initial native's greed, insisting on coming here to provoke them, perhaps they would still be contentedly nestled in their old nests, chewing on leaves and wild fruits, living their own lives.
Because that native rashly believed Shao Bowen's words, it directly led to the annihilation of their entire tribe. Although this matter seemed somewhat absurd, upon careful consideration, wasn't the current Great Song Dynasty also like this?
The defeat of Jin against Liao and the recovery of former territories sounded truly inspiring, but who could guarantee that after this battle, those wolf-like Jin soldiers wouldn't turn their backs on them like they did now?
If that really happened, would the Song army truly have the ability to resist them?
"Sir, everything has been handled properly. They have all surrendered!"
While he was lost in thought, Zhe Shijiu finally returned to Shao Bowen's side.
"Take a few men and have them lead the way to their stronghold."
Exhaling a long breath, Shao Bowen finally withdrew his thoughts. With his current status, he was not qualified to meddle in matters between Song and Jin. Instead of wasting his mind on such things, it was better to think about what to do next...