The Ming army carried fruit wine in glass bottles.
Not only did the Yin people become addicted after drinking it, but they also regarded those transparent glass bottles as extremely precious treasures.
After all, these glass bottles not only look beautiful, but can also be reused to hold drinks, etc., which is far more practical than the animal skin bags used by the Yin people.
In addition, the most popular items among the Yin people are iron weapons and tools. A one-foot-long dagger can be exchanged for the same weight of gold from the Yin people.
As for those light and soft cotton and silk, they are priceless treasures to the Yin people. Often only the elders of the tribe are eligible to enjoy them.
With such a huge technological gap, the Ming army could exchange the gold in the hands of these Yin people into their own hands by just taking out something.
Therefore, Hu Guanzhu has long been accustomed to gold.
Hu Guanzhu is now more concerned about two other things.
"No matter how much gold there is, they can't escape. Sooner or later it will all be ours!"
"Now we have conquered more than 20 tribes, and there are more than 10,000 men, women, and children. Although they are all obedient and honest, we must not fall behind in terms of our own strength!"
In this wild continent, in addition to the weapons and technological strength possessed by the Ming army, another important strength criterion is manpower.
Manpower, of course, means the number of people.
The Ming army now has a total of 3,000 people in the New World. In addition to the sailors who need to control and maintain the ships, many surveyors have to be eliminated. After all, there are only 1,500 regular soldiers.
If the Ming Dynasty wanted to conquer this continent, it would naturally not be possible to rely solely on immigrants from the Central Plains.
"In the next few days, you will go visit the tribes you are responsible for to make them prepare and explore the roads. For those new Yin tribes, if the leaders do not come to express their surrender and do not offer young women, then they will all be regarded as
Treat the enemy!" Hu Guanzhu said.
Although the Yin tribe was defeated not long ago, the young women sent by the Yin tribe were really indescribable.
Because of their year-round hunting and gathering life, the living standards and health conditions of the Yin people have been a huge disaster.
Moreover, they were all uneven in appearance. None of the Ming army soldiers wanted to sleep with an ugly girl in their arms, not to mention that most of these ugly girls were savage in nature, had strong body odor, and were dirty all over.
Anyway, the Yin tribes fight with each other and have no idea of unity.
The Ming army only needed a slight push to send them to fight abroad and bring back many young female prisoners for the Ming Dynasty.
As for these plundering wars against foreign tribes, the Ming army often only spent some salt, simple iron weapons, or some cotton cloth and wine.
"In this attack, you will bring the official army and Baibu soldiers, mainly to serve as war supervisors and backup, and let Jinlinhu and other tribes serve as the vanguard!" Hu Guanzhu continued the deployment.
The Baibe are naturally the original White Bison tribe.
As the earliest tribe to submit to the Ming Dynasty, they naturally received special treatment. They were placed above other tribes and belonged to the Yin tribe that could approach the core areas of the Ming army.
In this military expansion, the Baibu Yin people became good helpers for the Ming army.
"Let these Yin tribes show their performance, select some reliable and obedient soldiers from them, and incorporate them into the Jinshan Regiment for military training!"
The Ming army is now too small in number. If it wants to rule more Yin tribes, it is not enough to rely on just one Bai tribe. The more various Yin "leading parties" the better.
"All the materials seized this time belong to the Yin tribes that sent troops. All the captured young women and children need to be brought back. After we select them, the rest will also be rewarded to the tribes that sent troops!"
Such a silky method of colonial rule was not something Hu Guanzhu, a young general, could come up with.
Naturally, they were all taught by Zhu Han.
Historically, these North American Indians did not have the same concept. After the British and French colonists landed on the North American continent, various Indian tribes contacted these foreign colonists one after another and regarded these foreign colonists as their opponents.
Other Indian tribes relied on to launch wars.
Large numbers of Indian tribes were wiped out in battles with each other.
After losing nearly one-third of their population, some Indian tribes formed a large-scale alliance to compete with the British and French colonization.
But by this time, everything was already too late.
When Britain and France duked it out on the North American continent, the Indians also lost their value as mere wallflowers, and what awaited them was complete destruction.
certainly.
As a benevolent prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Han would not do something that would endanger the Yin people.
The killings and conquests currently carried out in the Huguan residence are all the Ming Dynasty helping these barbaric and backward Yin people to achieve enlightenment.
When the Ming Dynasty's core population and army in the New World are large enough, it will no longer need to use force to conquer and assimilate the Yin people. It will only need to wait for them to take the initiative to surrender to itself.
"In this battle, we don't need much victory or killing, as long as we can get enough women and children to make those tribes surrender!" Hu Guanzhu said with a look of compassion.
The other Ming army generals also nodded in agreement.
To be honest, these Yin people in the New World are so backward that even if the Ming army defeated them, they would not have much sense of accomplishment.
However, some people still have some doubts about the strategy proposed by Hu Guanzhu.
"Sir, we have no use in robbing women! What are you doing robbing those Yin people's children?" asked a general.
Other generals also had this doubt.
Hu Guanzhu chuckled, "Having a woman means not only sleeping in a warm bed, but also giving birth to children. But it doesn't take more than ten years from birth to raising, and these children will not grow up at all."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "If we can snatch those Yin children under ten years old, raise them up with our Ming soldiers, and adopt them as adopted sons, it will only take three to five years."
With a few years of hard work, we can get a group of loyal young soldiers!"
"In other words, it only takes three to five years to double the strength of Ming Dynasty's troops here!"
When the generals present heard this statement, they all praised him.
"It's great to accept your adopted son!"
“It’s really easy to raise a child under ten years old!”
"Yes, yes, if you are older, you will remember things and hold grudges!"
"A boy can be a helper when his adopted son grows up, and a girl can be a helper and warm the bed when she grows up, hahahaha!"
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It has to be said that although the soldiers of the Ming army have strict military discipline, they are in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. After coming to this wild continent, there is not much kindness left in everyone's heart.
certainly.
If Zhu Han had seen the performance of these Ming soldiers with his own eyes, he would not have been too harsh on them, but would have praised them greatly.
Conquering is never tender and silent, never treats guests to dinner, and is never so polite.
Only blood and profit can complete the conquest.
After a series of campaigns, Hu Guanzhu led the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to control an area equivalent to nearly a province in the Central Plains with only less than 3,000 troops.
Although it is thousands of miles away from Daming's hometown, it is a wild land.
However, all the soldiers in the Protectorate of Dongsheng Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty were happy to be here and did not miss Shu.
When marching and fighting, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had armor, swords and guns made of fine steel, powerful firearms, and horses that were frightening to all the indigenous Yin people. Every battle could be said to be devastating.
After returning to the fortress of the Ming army, the soldiers of the Ming army could eat unlimited amounts of beef, stewed beef, roast beef, fried steak, and beef shabu-shabu, which made every Ming zombie have their mouths full of oil.
I'm even starting to get a little tired of it and just want to take a bite of radish greens.
It is a pity that vegetables, radishes and other grains in Dongsheng Prefecture in the New World cannot be planted until next spring.
After training, eating and drinking, every Ming Dynasty soldier was assigned a good-looking and aged Yin girl to warm the bed.
As for the daily chores, these young Yin girls will do it, and the Ming soldiers only need to focus on training and fighting.
However, the number of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty was too small, and the training speed of those tribes like the Yin people who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty was also very slow. These greatly delayed the expansion of the Ming Dynasty in the New World of Dongsheng Prefecture.
When Hu Guanzhu sent a communication ship to the imperial court, he specifically told the imperial court in detail about the favorable conditions for holding the New World in Dongsheng Prefecture, in order to allow the imperial court to send more troops.
The New World where Hu Guan lives is, after all, a wild land, with a standard vast land and sparsely populated areas.
Moreover, the local indigenous people are very backward, and simple training is very difficult for them to master.
Hu Guanzhu always wondered if these Yin people could learn the etiquette culture of the Central Plains.
I'm afraid that it only takes one year to turn this entire land into the land of the Ming Dynasty.
Hu Guanzhu regretted that the Yin people in the New World did not master the Central Plains culture.
In another place, Zhu Han was worried... Some people learned too much about the Central Plains culture, which caused a lot of trouble to the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains.
This place is the Annan Kingdom located south of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also Vietnam that now calls itself Dai Viet.
Historically, Vietnam did not use this name as its country name until the Manchu Dynasty. In fact, they called themselves "Da Viet" in all dynasties, and their monarchs also called themselves emperors at home. Only when the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, they called themselves "Da Viet" to the outside world.
Annan.
Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, when the world was in turmoil, the people of Vietnam have absorbed a large amount of Central Plains culture under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and the regional strength has grown rapidly. They defeated the Southern Han Dynasty in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and even invaded Guangxi in the Northern Song Dynasty.
, the ambition is getting bigger step by step.
When the Mongols destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty and went south to attack Jiaozhi, they also suffered heavy losses in the rain forest.
Successive victories made the Vietnamese regime extremely arrogant.
Today's Vietnam is in the historical Chen Dynasty period. The monarch is called Chen Wang, and in Vietnamese history, it is called Chen Xianzong.
Because Vietnam has an excellent rainforest environment, troops from the Central Plains are often unaccustomed to the conditions and suffer a large number of casualties when entering the country.
Chen Wang, the emperor of the Chen Dynasty, was not too afraid of the Ming Dynasty, so he made a series of magical operations that Zhu Han thought was incredible.
Fujian, Quanzhou Port.
The Ming fleet led by Zhu Han is supplying supplies at the port.
The distance from Yingtianfu to Quanzhou Port is not too far, so the fleet supplies naturally did not consume too much.
The ships of the Ming army mainly supplemented goods at Quanzhou Port. Fujian is a world-famous tea producing area. Although Zhu Han's voyage to the West had military purposes, the Ming Dynasty's hard currency of tea could not be left behind.
“You don’t have to pack it too well, just choose some tea foam that is the most durable for storage and transportation!”
After inspecting the inventory at Quanzhou Port, Zhu Han immediately said to the officials from the Port City Shipping Department below.
China's tea is unique in the world. Historically, it was not until the British stole tea seeds in Fujian and planted them in the Indian colonies that tea had another important producing area.
In this era, tea is still the only hard currency of the Ming Dynasty.
It's completely a seller's market.
Zhu Han didn't bother to give good goods to those Asan and Erdao dealers.
"Your Highness, Lan Yu's ship has arrived!"
Zhu Han had just inspected the warehouse at Quanzhou Port and received the notice as soon as he left the house.
"Lanyu, this guy moves very fast!"
Zhu Han smiled and patted the remaining tea foam on his hand and said.
Lan Yu was originally the Ming Dynasty's garrison general in Japan.
Fujiwara, the concubine of the Southern Dynasty of Japan, gave birth to two children in three years with Zhu Han's thoughtful help.
I have long been accustomed to the peaceful and prosperous life of Yingtian in the Ming Dynasty, and I don't want to go back to the remote Japanese country life or death.
Under this situation, Zhu Han did not hesitate to directly suggest to his brother Zhu Yuanzhang to destroy the Japanese country.
However, the geographical environment of the Japanese country is basically mountainous and hilly, and various large and small forces are divided into one area. It is a hard and laborious job that does not earn much military merit.
Therefore, Zhu Han personally formulated a plan to destroy the Japanese country, using a slow knife method to cut the flesh.
He mobilized the Koreans and Jurchens who were vassals of the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Japanese.
Both the Jurchens and the Koreans had relatively low military discipline. In the process of conquering the land of the Japanese country, they could naturally reduce some of the low-class population of the Japanese country.
It would be such a waste for a talent like Lan Yu who has the potential to be a famous general to fight such a bad war.
So Zhu Han transferred Lan Yu to his side and asked him to go with him to the Indian mainland to test Asan's strength. If possible, he would let Lan Yu serve as the Ming Dynasty's East India Garrison Commander in India.
After Zhu Han arrived at the port, he immediately saw the blue jade in front of him.
"Last General Lan Yu has met His Royal Highness King Guoying!"
Lan Yu led several of his subordinates and quickly saluted Zhu Han.
"You kid, have you gained so much weight? Can you still ride a horse?"
Zhu Han saw that Lan Yu was at least twenty or thirty pounds fatter than before, which showed that he lived a very happy life in the Japanese country. After all, Zhu Han had long known that Lan Yu was young and lustful.
She took eight or nine Japanese noble daughters as concubines and gave birth to more than ten children.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I have not given up all my skills! I will be able to serve Your Highness and fight against bandits without any problem!"
Lan Yu said loudly and quickly.
As soon as he heard that Zhu Han wanted to transfer him to his side, he immediately took the fastest boat to Quanzhou to meet Zhu Han.