Before fighting the European colonists, the Ming colonization team led by Zhu Hao would not encounter any danger.
This is the west coast, which itself is the favorite migration area for Native Americans to escape European colonists. Zhu Hao belongs to the sweet dates and big sticks, along the rivers, mountains, etc., with Jing Jing Er, A Da and other indigenous people as guides, almost
It didn't take much effort to find many tribal gathering places.
As the Ming colonization team entered the inland, they soon discovered dry desert in the northeast, which made the exploring Ming army somewhat uncomfortable.
After exploration, it was discovered that about a hundred miles away in the northeast, the forest suddenly disappeared, and it was bordered by a large area of Gobi and desert. Zhu Hao knew very well that the terrain of Central America is basically high in the middle, gentle from east to west, and goes deeper into the interior.
, the more mountains there are, the harder it is for the indigenous people to survive here, so they ordered this direction to be used as a secondary exploration area.
So the focus of exploration was naturally placed on the south.
In the next two months, Zhu Hao's troops carried out sweeping sweeps upstream along what would later be called the San Diego River.
As they deepened into the land step by step, the Ming army slowly gained a firm foothold.
More indigenous tribes were conquered, and many tribes joined on their own initiative. The indigenous population successfully exceeded 40,000, which put pressure on the Ming Dynasty's colonization team to manage the tribes.
In mid-November, Su Xigui moved from the "Bridgehead" where he landed to the No. 2 settlement near the mouth of the Santiago River where Zhu Hao is located. This place has been named "New City" by Zhu Hao. This city is based on the reconstruction of an indigenous city-state.
made.
The old city-state has been inhabited by the indigenous people, and the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses were stationed on the downstream side closer to the hill. Relying on the coastal hills more than 200 meters above sea level, a city was built with city walls protecting it on three sides. At the same time, there were docks and docks built in the city.
There is basically no need to worry about food now.
On the one hand, the fishermen of the Ming Dynasty's reclamation team had the most advanced boats and fishing tools of this era, which could provide a large amount of fish; on the other hand, the local indigenous people also obediently took out their rations, even though the Ming Dynasty levied up to 70%
These indigenous people did not complain about the taxes on the grain harvest. Instead, they hoped to be protected by the Ming army. Compared with the brutality of the European colonists, the Ming army was simply a benevolent army. Until now, no large-scale violence or bloodshed had occurred.
This is also related to the fact that the army of the Ming Dynasty all came from "good citizens". In addition, Zhu Hao strictly controlled the army. The pioneers of the Ming Dynasty also wanted to return to the Ming Dynasty to enjoy the happiness after prospecting for gold overseas. The cost of crime was too high. They could not commit crimes just for those three melons and two dates.
Worth it.
The European colonists originally used bloody methods to plunder, and those who came to the New World to prospect for gold were mostly desperadoes, ambitious and murderous. The Europeans themselves also had a cruelty of survival of the fittest in a cruel environment.
Almost every area conquered was killed in one go.
"There are tens of thousands of people, and they are all natives with black eyes, black hair, and yellow skin. If we can bring back the Ming Dynasty..."
When Su Xigui met Zhu Hao, he felt as if he was here for human trafficking.
Zhu Hao asked: "Why did you bring these natives back to the Ming Dynasty? Sell them? Or leave them to you as tenants?"
Su Xigui smiled. He naturally knew that these people were the foundation for a strong colony.
"Young master, I heard that the raiding team has found coal and iron mines?" Su Xigui came here mainly because he wanted to get an official position in Zhu Hao's hands.
Until now, Su Xigui was just an ordinary businessman beside Zhu Hao, and he got along more as a friend. Zhu Hao did not assign any duties to him. However, when he set out for the New World, Zhu Hao had promised that if there was a city in the future, he could let Su Xigui
As the city lord, he is responsible for external liaison and business matters.
After the results came, I discovered that this continent was full of indigenous people and was subject to conquest. How could they do any business?
Slowly he began to become anxious. Under Zhu Hao, it was most practical to gain power. After all, he was considered the "Founding Father". If this continued, he would only become more and more marginalized.
Zhu Hao said: "The mine has been opened, and the quality of the iron ore is good, but the quality of the locally produced coal is quite average. According to the refugees who escaped from the upper reaches of the river, there are high-quality coal mines on the east coast, but it is a pity that they were destroyed by Fo Langji."
The people have occupied it... If we want to go over and rob the coal mines, a conflict with the Francois is indispensable."
Zhu Hao was in no hurry to confront the European colonists.
Coal and iron mines have now been found. Even if the quality of the coal is not good, the surrounding forest resources are extremely rich. There is no problem in burning charcoal and making steel. In addition, a large number of indigenous people have joined in, and there is much more manpower. The conditions are now ready for the development of industry and agriculture. Now only
On the basis of establishing steel plants, we need to develop more plantations to ensure the survival of the population.
Of course, the expansion of territory needs to be done at the same time.
Zhu Hao was different from the European colonists. He did not come here just to shoot and leave, with plunder as his main purpose. He wanted to operate for a long time. Occupying and managing the territory was equally important to him.
"Dongzhu Su, normal business activities have begun in the city. At present, some tribes in the south have not sent troops to attack. Each tribe there may only have a population of one or two thousand. I want to focus on recruiting peace and slowly strengthen my own strength. But then
As we take root here, the Francois who have heard the news should come to plunder before the twelfth lunar month, and a fierce battle will inevitably happen."
What Zhu Hao means is that if you are afraid of death, you should go back to the "Bridgehead" first. It serves as the rear base camp and is relatively safe.
Su Xigui sighed: "Since I came here, I have only stayed with my family every day, spending my days drinking and drinking, and my life has been like a lake. It's a bit like having a drink now and getting drunk the next... Alas, I can't continue to degenerate like this.
You still have to find something to do for yourself while you are still alive."
Zhu Hao thought to himself, everyone else is working hard, but you, your family, and the singer and dancer you bought back, enjoy life on a ship docked in the port all day long. How embarrassed are you?
But who made you my big benefactor?
It seems unrealistic to expect the sponsor to work hard together. Anyway, you can't be of much help. It's actually quite good for you to continue to eat and die.
"Little Master, what do we lack most now? Is there anything I can help with?"
Su Xigui finally has some sense of responsibility now.
Zhu Hao said: "We are missing people."
Su Xigui asked in surprise: "Ah, including our own people, there are already more than 80,000 people. Are we still short of people?"
Zhu Hao nodded: "It's very lacking. It's better to give me another ten million people. Maybe I won't worry about the shortage of manpower... We have to build a country from scratch here. I am the king and you are the duke. Of course
We can’t get the imperial edict from the Ming Emperor now, and if we look back... we won’t need the imperial edict.”
"understand."
Su Xigui suddenly became very energetic.
After several months of wandering at sea, he arrived on land and found that this place was nothing but a primitive jungle. He was discouraged and rested for three months. Only now did he use the shrewd mind of a businessman and prepare to do big things with Zhu Hao.
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Just as Zhu Hao expected.
As Zhu Hao brought down the indigenous tribes around the Santiago River, the European colonists seemed to feel threatened, and their own goal was to wipe out all the indigenous tribes of Central America on the west coast and slowly migrate the white people over.
occupy.
In order to prepare for the war, Zhu Hao personally led his troops from the "New City" to the interior.
This time he brought 20,000 people with him.
In addition to the 3,000 Ming army and 7,000 craftsmen and their families, the remaining 10,000 were young indigenous people. Their purpose was to occupy a city that originally belonged to the local indigenous people, but they had to give up due to the approach of European colonists.
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Zhu Hao roughly knew from the descriptions of the indigenous people that this should be the prototype of Guadalajara, the second largest city in Mexico.
Zhu Hao knew that Guadalajara was officially occupied by the Spanish in 1532, which was eight years later in the 11th year of Jiajing. The Spanish established a relatively stable rule in this area.
With this time as a reference, Zhu Hao finally recalled that eight years later, the Spaniards discovered the Inca Empire on the west coast of South America. The Inca Empire now has an indigenous population of more than 10 million. For Zhu Hao, this is the real
of treasure.
Zhu Hao once thought of replicating the feat of more than a hundred Spanish people in attacking the Inca Empire.
But for him, he was not too anxious to attack the Inca Empire. Back then, the Spaniards faced novices, and Zhu Hao also had to face the bloodthirsty Spaniards, so the difficulty was naturally not comparable.
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After more than ten days of marching, the party arrived in the town of Guadalajara.
Now there is only a small city, which has been abandoned for at least three or four years. The surrounding fields are very fertile, but they are all deserted. The indigenous people here are scattered everywhere. According to indigenous description, the total number of residents here was at least 100,000.
The atrocities of the European colonists caused the greatest disaster to the indigenous people. With the population declining sharply, they lacked confidence in the ethnic-based government system. More people chose to flee to the west coast, and many people migrated directly to the east to accept the
Enslavement by European colonists…
After European colonists discovered this continent, their favorite thing to do was to open silver mines.
The silver production in Central America is the highest in the world.
Silver itself cannot be used to make weapons, which makes silver of little value in the Americas. However, as a precious metal, it has become the most favored treasure of Europeans.
After Zhu Hao led his people to the town, they spent more than ten days repairing, heightening and strengthening the city wall with cement, and reopened a nearby silver mine. Then Zhu Hao sent troops to go south for about a hundred miles.
, when we arrived at Chapala Lake, there were several small cities built by the indigenous people based on Danshui Lake. Zhu Hao planned to recruit all the city residents, so that the population would increase by another 10,000 or 20,000 people.
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Zhu Hao's move to build a city in Guadalajara inevitably attracted the attention of European colonists.
Less than a month after Zhu Hao personally led his troops to station in the city, some natives came to report that there were white men riding tall horses heading towards the new city of Guadalajara.
The Europeans did not seem to realize that it was the Ming army that reoccupied Guadalajara. They only sent a team of less than 200 people, but they brought nearly 2,000 indigenous people to carry food, ammunition, wine, etc. to them.
By the way, help them transport the looted items back to the towns on the east coast.
"The scouts have discovered their traces. They are still about two hundred and fifty miles away from us."
Lu Bing followed Zhu Hao to Guadalajara.
Originally, Lu Bing was also sent to attack the tribes around Lake Chapala. Unfortunately, he learned of the urgent military situation before going out, and he happened to have a head-on confrontation with the Europeans.
Zhu Hao said: "Take two hundred cavalry to hide in the nearby mountains and forests. Let's close the door and beat the dogs. From now on, this city will be used as a frontline fortress against the Folangji people, so once the war breaks out, we cannot let anyone go back alive! I
We will sit in the city, wait for them to arrive, and use artillery and firecrackers to let them figure out who is the master of the New World!"