The fleet soon moved south again and arrived on the eastern coast of southern South America many days later.

As the intelligence manager in the jurisdiction of the governor of Cuba, Adir also followed the army this time. When he arrived here, he called Yang Ji and Yang Yuchun to the deck.

"I saw that river was not there, it was the Negro River, which originated from the Andes, and its source was roughly equal to our destination Concepción"

"The reason I called you out was because of one thing"

"The Governor asked us to guide Chile because the conditions there are unique"

"In addition to the enviable copper ore and saltpeter, it is also because of the people there"

"There are people there?"

"Yes, originally living in the prairie south of the La Plata River was a large tribe called Araucan. Of course, they were divided into many small tribes. Compared with the Indians in the north, these people were obviously gentle.

Some "

"They were also quickly assimilated by the Spanish, but as time went by, the Spanish gradually drove it to the south, and finally, the two conveniently were bounded by the Negro River, and the Spanish white herdsmen north of the Negro River were the Spanish white herdsmen.

to the south of the Arakan people's territory"

"There are also a large number of Araucan people in Chile, of course, Araucan is just a general term. Now north of the Negro River, the north of Chile is called the Mapuche people.

The south of the Gro River is called the Tehulche people”

"Anyway, they all speak Arakan. Relatively speaking, people in the north have fully learned to farm and are a skilled group of people who are suitable for both agriculture and animal husbandry"

"The people in the south still mainly grazed. They learned to ride horses, and their grazing methods were almost the same as those of the Spanish."

"Your Majesty, the reason why the Governor made us sail thousands of miles away to Chile is that in addition to the saltpeter mines and copper mines there, there are naturally the Araucan people here"

"They are tall and strong, but they are much gentler than the Indians in other places, have a higher level of civilization, and learn new things much faster. In fact, you can call them Chileans or Argentines."

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"Of course, although they quickly integrated into the Spanish life, the racial barriers were still there, and they were still at the bottom. However, for this reason, there were fewer black people in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, etc. because of the Indians here

There are enough people”

"At present, the entire South America, except for Brazil and a few places in the north, were occupied by other countries, and other places were basically occupied by the Spaniards. Of course, the places east of the Andes and south of the Negro River were only nominally occupied by them.

”

"If you want, you will take down these places without any obstacles"

"The Spaniards set up three major governor-general jurisdictions in South America, namely the governor-general jurisdictions of the New Grenada Island, the governor-general jurisdictions of the Peruvian Republic, and the governor-general of La Plata. The former is basically Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela"

"The Governor General La Plata has the largest jurisdiction, roughly including four governors: Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile"

"There are not many black slaves in the jurisdiction of the Governor General of Peru, and the former is because the Inca Empire is also very civilized, and the Indians there were assimilated by the Spanish very early"

"You must be a little surprised. The Spanish Empire has so many colonies. Why is its local economy and military strength still very weak? There is only one reason"

"The Spanish king set extremely high taxes on the goods in the colonies and could only be sold in designated ports. This makes very little profit for the owner of the goods, so he will definitely not do so."

"So, these people transported the goods across the Andes to the East Coast, and sold them to the Dutch, Italians, by the way, the Italians here are mainly Genoese and Venetians, among which our old

My friend Giannis is doing business here under the banner of Genoa”

"There are some Germans, by the way, the Germans who immigrated to Brazil's Rio Grande and Uruguay. Of course, there are also many Italians there"

"According to Giannis' estimates, the profits of returning to the local area through treasure ship trade account for only 5% of South America, 20% were obtained by the governors, governors, and municipal officials from all over the country, and the vast majority were smuggled by the above-mentioned places.

Businessman gets "

"Chile is the most important thing. Due to its huge saltpeter mine, copper mine resources, and some gold and silver mines, the annual profits paid by the governor's jurisdiction almost account for half of the three governor's jurisdictions."

"The total population of Chile is about one million, of which about one hundred thousand white people in Europe are all nobles, tax officials, soldiers and their families, slaves, and native white people are about two hundred thousand. They are the backbone of the army, the main mines, and the owner of the manor.

It is also the main force in doing business”

"The Mapuche people are about 500,000. They are farmers, herders, dock workers, main workers in saltpeter mines, copper mines, gold and silver mines, and main serfs in the noble manors. Of course, there are also many Mapuches.

Cut people to own their own land”

"This is a relatively stable society and place, and there is no need to spend a lot of effort to transform like the Miskitos. If you own the entire Chile, you will have a solid base on the west coast of South America"

"Don't underestimate the Inca Empire. They realized the use of bird droppings and saltpeter mines in the Chilean desert early in the morning. They used bird droppings to fatten fields, used saltpeter to make animal fur, and left several excavations in the desert power.

The strongholds of the saltpeter mine were naturally seized by the Spanish”

"Of course, it is relative to say that the Araucans are gentle. They are also extremely angry about the deprivation of white people. About a hundred years ago, an Araucan resistance organization emerged in Chile and Argentina. The leader

The Arakan people called Laurota, and their resistance was naturally suppressed”

"But later, any such organization would be under the name of Laurota. The organization still exists now, just acting in secret underground."

"Remember those people our country caught in the dungeon of the magical island of Seville, Spain? In addition to Paul who has been placed in Tuscany, Leonardo who has been placed in Cuba, and Catalina who has surrendered to our country,

There is another person”

Yang Ji suddenly realized something.

"Oh Higgins?"

"Yes, this person was forgiven by Carlos III after being released by our country. He was originally the governor of Chile. He was captured and locked up because of his sympathy for the Laurota organization. Later, he was released to Chile, but this time he was not

The governor is just a tax officer in Port Monte”

"But because his previous sympathy for the Mapuche people was recognized by them, the Laurota organization caused trouble again. In order to calm the affairs of the Governor General La Plata, he had to let Oshikins return to the position of governor again"<

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Chapter completed!