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Chapter 14 Havana (Part 2)

 With the destruction of the kingdom warriors and the surrender of the high priest, under the leadership of more than a dozen "saints" under the high priest, the Truchen cavalry dispatched again, and it took almost a month to finally settle the Longhouse tribe all over Cuba.

The next thing will not be done overnight.

With the pacification of the island, the large troops of Guadeloupe could come. Before that, Zhang Henxue's civil servant team had ridden horses to every place on Cuba where white Europeans had settled, and then defined the living area of ​​farmers and herdsmen based on the list.

Fortunately, although King Miskito was close to the British, he would never allow the longhouses in his tribe to live in brick and tile houses. They could only build the longhouse again, which laid the foundation for the Truchens' village setting.

A village is set up based on a manor. One hundred households are a village. At the beginning, they can only cut down trees and build wooden houses on the spot. After it stabilizes, bricks and tiles can be used to build formal residences.

Three hundred households are a township and three thousand households set up a county. At present, there are 16,000 farmers who come with Zhang Henxue, plus 100,000 Miskits, making them mixed together. Forty counties have been set up, and the county governments are all ready-made, and they are set up in the castle left by the Spanish.

At present, due to the lack of staff, Zhang Henxue only set up five cities: Havana, Santa Clara, Camague, Santiago, and Orkin, with about eight counties in each city.

In the past, there were about 600,000 people in Cuba, which happened to be the same as the population that Zhang Henxue now has. Most of these people are in the manor, which has relieved a lot of burdens for the Truqins.

Large-scale resettlement requires a process. It is now the autumn of 1780 and the dry season in Cuba. It is possible to restore crops such as corn, tobacco, potatoes, and other crops. When the rainy season comes, rice, coffee and sugarcane can be grown on a large scale.

With Zhang Henxue's full intervention, by the end of the year, the Indians also moved into the cottage of brick and tile structures built for them, because at this time Orkin had already started to produce large quantities of brick and tile.

In order to calm people's hearts, with the assistance of the high priest, Zhang Henxue also became the successor king of the Miskittos and was also a king who treated him equally, which naturally made them overjoyed.

Of course, frequent sacrifices and prayer rituals are indispensable, but with a large number of Indian children of appropriate age entering the castle to study, it is only a matter of time before the Truchens completely subdue the hearts of these Indians in the visible future.

And with the Miskits as the base, it would not be a problem to move a large number of other Indians here.

Although most Indians in the south of the Caribbean were governed by the Spanish and Portuguese, there were still a large number of Indians in North America, especially in the Midwest.

That is Zhang Henxue's goal.

Zhang Henxue's target obviously will not stop on Cuba Island, but due to inconvenient contact with the local government, Qitade cannot move a large number of immigrants here at once.

Because the situation of the Truchen Empire in Europe is also somewhat subtle, they also need to continue to increase immigration to those included on both sides of the Ottoman Strait, Crete, Sardinia and the local area. That is the foundation of the empire and it is impossible to lose the foundation for the sake of the Americas.

Only Zhang Henxue knows about this.

"The first anti-SG alliance of all Europeans is underway"

At the end of 1780, the weather was cool and dry. Zhang Henxue held the second large-scale meeting in the Governor's Office in Havana. The first time was naturally the assignment of immigration.

"At present, our country's first step in Cuba has finally stabilized. Our country's immigrants have rifles and live in mixed places with Indians. Even if there are those who are blind to make trouble, immigrant militia can deal with it nearby."

"After three to five years, we will be able to recruit new recruits, new craftsmen and new staff from Miskito students. My initial plan is to recruit two more divisions to have an army configuration in Cuba, and the rest will enter the government and factory."

"Originally, I will recruit a division first"

"Cuba Island can completely allow 10 million people to enter, and it is far from enough now. It is time for slave ships to start acting. Before that, we must wipe out pirates in the entire Caribbean."

"We only have one division, but the coastline of Cuba is thousands of miles and cannot be taken care of one by one. Pirates can land from anywhere. Naturally, they cannot pose a threat to the castle, but they still have a great threat to the manor and mine."

"According to the report of our secret spies hidden in the pirates, the pirates are planning their next attack plan, but this time they will definitely not come for big cities like Havana and Santiago, but the coastal agricultural areas and small ports, we have to guard against it."

"The mission of destroying pirates is still carried out by the Iron Craft Fleet. According to the intelligence, the pirates are now beginning to merge again, most of which are hidden in the Bahamas, where the islands and reefs are crisscrossed and the area is vast, which is very suitable for pirates to hide"

"According to the intelligence, they will take action in January of the New Year. Since we have received the news, we naturally need to take the initiative and carry out a devastating blow to it."

"In order to destroy the pirate gang in one fell swoop, in addition to the Iron Fleet, the other two squadrons each selected one Saiyin, two Batulu joined the battle, and the Marine Corps added another regiment"

"The First Squadron attacked the pirates of Pearl Island, Mais Islands, and San Andres Islands"

"As for the local area, there is no need to worry. Our shore defense facilities are very reliable, and there is also an army division and an equal number of militias. It is completely impossible for pirates to make a big fuss"

"In addition, the transportation of black slaves in South Africa and contacting Indians in the Midwest North America is about to begin. At present, the mosquito tribe is gone, but there are still some Miskits who have worked as slave hunting. They have incorporated them into the company and started to capture slaves in Central America."

"By the way, we are not white Europeans, we specially select young and strong people. The Indians live in the form of long houses. It is best for the slave hunting team to catch them all in one place and then transport them to Cuba Island as a whole"

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"In the western jungle of Central America, there are also a large number of hidden Mayans. They are not like the Miskitos, they are all people who know how to farm. They can quickly get started after capturing them. Unlike these Miskitos now, they still need immigrants to help them."

"In addition, the intelligence department will also start exploring the Midwest of North America. The tribes there are very large, and it is impossible to capture them on a large scale. Moreover, many Indians there have also obtained war horses, which are not easy to deal with. I will let a few shamans follow you"

"Using shamans and appearance as an opportunity to enter there and promote our country's policies to them. Of course, this is just a temporary solution. The best way is to incite them to conflict with white people or other tribes, rescue them when they are about to fall, and then follow the flow"

"The Mississippi River is a big river. Boats with two meters of water can go up thousands of miles and get the population and transport it over quickly"

"In the southeast of Cuba Island, wherever there are mountains, it is a place with extremely rich mineral resources. This is why we set up the city of Orkin, but our current craftsmen obviously cannot meet the large-scale mining and can only rely on the black slaves in South Africa"

"If other companies in my country are transported here, it will be a considerable expense. Therefore, we can only transport it ourselves. I have already said hello to Onktai. Each time I dispatched five Tengjis, each Tengjis can transport one thousand people, which is five thousand people"

"Let's transport two batches first"

"The remaining black slaves can be sold to the British, Spanish and Portuguese. Apart from coal, they can only buy them in gold and silver coins. However, our price will be cheaper, about 20% cheaper, and I believe they will become popular soon"

"However, the profits obtained by selling black slaves need to be shared with South African companies. Our side has 60% and South African companies have 40% of them. This is also impossible. If His Highness Onkte opened his supply to Europeans, he would have made a lot of money long ago."

"Black slaves only accept young and strong men and women, and all men are thrown on the construction site and on the mines. Women can work in the city. If men perform well, they can marry them to reduce their resistance"

"The domestic ocean-going fleet should be heading towards us now with coal and grain. This requires us to pay real money and silver. By the way, after the black slaves arrive, they can also be allowed to log wood, especially the precious iron wood, red sandalwood, and red wood, which can offset some of the money"

"At present, our country's food can only last for one year, and the Miskits did not carry much food when they came here. They originally planned to come and live a life dominated by robbery and fishing and hunting. After we forced ourselves to the chariots engaged in agriculture, we needed a lot of food."

"Therefore, the black slave trade needs to be carried out first, in addition to supplying Cuba's roads, mines, and logging, it also needs to supply large quantities of European white people"

"Not to mention anything else, Brazil can supply a lot. Although the Portuguese government is poor, Brazil's large estate owners are endless and can afford it. Nowadays, a strong male black slave costs at least thirty pounds, and five Tengiss are 5,000 people, and one batch can be sold for 150,000 pounds."

"That's one million and a half taels of silver, you can mint three million Truqin silver coins!"

"We first need to pay five silver coins to obtain a black slave, and after making a profit, we still give up 40%. So each black slave, of course, the price of female black slaves is cheaper. On average, based on twenty pounds, each black slave can make a profit of nine pounds, which is one hundred and eighty Truchen silver coins"

"Five thousand are 900,000 Truchen silver coins. The annual currency expenditure in our governor's jurisdiction is exactly about one million, which means that a batch of black slave trade can make up for the financial expenses"

"Of course, we can only trade with Brazil at the moment. It is unknown whether all the black slaves can be sold every time. Before trafficking black slaves, the trading company needs to contact Brazil first"

“In addition, it can also be resold to Giannis in Trinidad and Tobago, and let it sell to all parts of North and South America”
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