"Your Majesty, can my laboratory also hold training classes?" Bush has a simple chemical laboratory here and is also the head of the chemical industry. However, since there is no oil, his workload is almost half reduced. Apart from purifying whale oil and manufacturing pesticides and soap, there is basically nothing to do. So he also wants to take this opportunity to expand his manpower. Once there is oil, he will have someone to use it.

"Yes, but not too much. Your training involves too much professional knowledge. It is best to go to a priest school to find people who have studied." Here, the issues of confidentiality work and technology spread can be ignored. Even if a complete design drawing and chemical formula is given in each village, it is difficult for Indians to understand.

"By the way, Joseph, you have a lot of work here, what else do you need?" Military, production is very important, and spiritual beliefs cannot be underestimated. According to the current education level of Indians, religion may have to last for a hundred years.

"No, the first batch of priests in the priesthood have graduated. They will soon become missionaries, and the two of them are responsible for the area near a village. Half a year ago, I had sent the first group of priests to go west along the river. The glory of God will spread to every corner with their footsteps." Joseph replied very simply. Although he knew in his heart that this priest was just a set of tricks made by Hong Tao, he was still very devoted, and his words and deeds were full of fanaticism.

"...How are you, how are your health?" In fact, this is what Hong Tao wants to ask the most. After hesitating for a long time, he still asked.

"Two people are sick. I have sent them to the heavenly kingdom of the Sun God with the divine fire. They have no complaints, and God makes no need to worry. All missionaries must take public baths every three days." Joseph is calmer and more calm than Hong Tao imagined, and it makes people feel palpitations.

"Actually... they can be isolated. The contagiousness of this disease is not too strong." Hong Tao felt a little reluctant to hear it. There are so many wastelands here that you can live by just finding a place that doesn't get in the way. At most, they can limit their range of activities and don't have to burn them all to death.

"This is their own will. After living a human life, they no longer want to serve God as they used to. "Joseph did not compromise and insisted on his claim.

"Okay, I respect your choice..." Hong Tao didn't want to say more about this issue. On the one hand, it was difficult to convince these people, and on the other hand, it didn't want to scare Luo Youde and the others. Most people don't know what leprosy looks like.

The meeting started from noon until the night was low. After understanding the actual situation here, Hong Tao re-adjusted the future development direction and reduced the original planning speed. He reduced the investment in industry and gave priority to agriculture and animal husbandry.

This place is not like Jinhewan. There is no food to buy or exchange. The nearby villages are not rich, and there is not much surplus to exchange. Moreover, this situation will not be greatly improved in a short period of time. As the territory of the Sun God Kingdom continues to expand and the population increases, eating becomes a big problem. You can't hold a musket or push a cannon but grab food everywhere.

Whether it is the Mayans or the Toltecs, their social development level is very uneven. They have their own astronomical calendars, and there are more than one set, two or three sets used at the same time. This is very similar to the Chinese lunar calendar and Gregorian calendar, and many elderly people are still accustomed to using the lunar calendar.

The Mayan calendar was even more complicated, and even the solar system had broken through. Their Zhuojin calendar was only 260 days a year, and there was no way to find a planet in the entire celestial solar system to use this calendar. That is to say, they did not use the sun as the calculation center to create this calendar. Even their counting method was different from everyone in the world. It was in a twentie position, which confused Hong Tao, a college student in later generations. However, the Mayans did not know the concept of geometry. How did these complex calendars calculate, the error was very, very small, which was another suspense.

Hong Tao has also seen and heard about the Mayans. Their pyramids were all built with huge stone strips. However, the Mayans did not use wheels and livestock, and there was no record of building roads on a large scale. The pyramids were not built on the edges of mountains and rivers. How were these huge stones mined and transported? There are very large squares near each pyramid. No one can understand what this square has to do with the construction of pyramids.

There is also the Mayan culture. They have very exquisite words and stone carvings, but only a few people can understand them. For example, in this remote Mayan village, no one can understand what the symbols on the totem are.

In later southern Mexico, including Belize, Guatemala, and other places, there were people using herbal incense to treat diseases, and it was effective. These medicinal incense was also passed down by the Mayans, so the elders in the Tu tribe would do it.

However, the Mayans, who have high attainments in astronomy, mathematics, architecture, medicine, and art, are still slashing and burning, and the land use efficiency is very low, so the grain output is definitely not high. In addition, they are not suitable for livestock and do not have advanced agricultural tools, so this efficiency is even lower. However, the Mayans attach great importance to irrigation systems. There is a complete set of irrigation, drainage and water storage facilities in the village in Tu, which is no worse than what Hong Tao has made, but there is no water truck and manpower is required.

They also planted very few crops. The first agricultural product is corn, the second largest category is beans, and then paired with tomato, cocoa and cotton, plus a tobacco. This is basically the case. If you want to eat meat, you have to hunt. The Mayans and most Indians do not raise livestock, there are no cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks and geese, and they have very weak resistance to nature. Once this year's severe drought, you can only eat grass and eat wild vegetables.

Hong Tao has not had time to figure out what kind of strange nation the Mayans are, nor does he have time to explore their mysteries. The most important thing at the moment is to improve the productivity here. When he is really idle, he will take the large army to the Yucatan Peninsula for a walk. If the Mayans are really related to aliens, Hong Tao thinks it would be nice to marry a Mayan wife and give him a few children of alien blood. Maybe he will be able to go to the aliens to see it next time he travels through time.

With the Hong Tao, not only advanced farm tools, iron tools, irrigation equipment, but also many seeds and livestock. After five or six years of cultivation, the cows have begun to produce the second batch of calves, and a small number of plowing oxen can be seen in the fields. Pigs and sheep are developing faster, but people here prefer to raise pigs and sheep together. Not only shepherds but also pig-driven girls, which is also a wonder.

Rice is very suitable for growing in tropical areas. With irrigation and drainage systems, it can harvest three seasons a year, and it is currently enough for these thousands of people to eat. Wheat is not as good as rice, and can only be planted for one season when the rainy season is about to end, and then harvested in the dry season. Once the rainy season enters, it will be completely rotten. Bean plants are also very useful. The Han people can use beans to make many kinds of food, such as tofu and soy milk. With a hydropower mill, it is easier. In areas where meat and dairy products are lacking, bean products are the best things to consume protein. Therefore, in addition to rice and corn, the number of beans is not small.

In the new plan, Hong Tao doubled the planting area of ​​these three crops. Some of the land was left with some woods, and the rest were cut and burned. He couldn't even feed his stomach. He was crazy about environmental protection.

Cattle raising among livestock should be vigorously developed. Don’t play with sheep and pigs, and leave them to each family to raise them for fun. With the whaling industry, meat will be guaranteed to be lacking, not only will it be lacking, but it will sooner or later make them tired of eating.

The most important thing is to raise horses! Horses can not only pull carts and transport, but also be regarded as war horses. In this tropical jungle area, although cavalry is not as brave as the Great Plains, they should not be underestimated. With horses traveling, the marching speed and distance will increase significantly, which itself is combat effectiveness.

The Arabian horses that Hong Tao brought here for six years have been bred here for six years, and the third generation has come out, but the number is not too large. After all, the foundation is too weak. However, the professional horse-raising technicians brought by Hong Tao have begun to intervene and mating these horses three years ago, and their breeding ability has been greatly improved. In another two or three years, they can provide a large number of qualified war horses to Swan's army.

Another very important issue is the road. Originally there was no road here, and at most there was a jungle path between each tribe and village. That thing could not be considered a road. It can only be said that it was stepped on by animals and people could walk. If you follow the original lifestyle of the Indians, it is not very important whether there is a road or not. These tribes and villages are self-sufficient. Except for a few of them that are relatively close, most of them are old and desperate.

But now it is different. Hong Tao needs to expand. Without a road, he cannot effectively rule the surrounding areas, nor can he turn the products of the Sun God Kingdom into wealth and influence. If you want to be rich, you must first build roads. This sentence is just right for the current state of the Sun God Kingdom.

Originally, Hong Tao wanted to delay the time of large-scale construction, so as not to put all the treasures in one place. Because so far, no important raw material has been found here, that is oil. This energy, known as the blood and black gold in later generations, is also what Hong Tao needs at present. Without oil, casting cannons and steelmaking can still be carried out, but the speed is slower, but the petrochemical industry cannot continue.

(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!