The first thousand and seventy-five chapters change from the root
The battlefield has been cleaned.
Not a single one of the invading Folangji people was left alive, and only three to four hundred of the indigenous people sent to transport supplies were left. The rest were either blown to death or hacked to death by the angry tribesmen.
Three to four hundred surviving indigenous people will be taken as "trophies" and escorted to the new city, where they will be engaged in some basic work such as logging and mining.
Prisoners captured on the battlefield cannot obtain the rights of good indigenous people. They need to work to atone for their sins.
But this group of people is not resistant. Even if most of their companions are dead, the problem is... they have become accustomed to death under the butcher's knife of European colonists over the years. Where is death not death?
Now the Ming army is engaged in a war with the European colonists, and they are nothing more than fish in the pond affected by the fire at the city gate.
"I have searched everywhere, but I haven't found anyone who escaped... Those Folangji people probably never imagined that they would be blown to death by artillery shells before they officially engaged us in battle, right?"
Lu Bing led the cavalry team and returned from cleaning the battlefield, feeling very satisfied.
For Lu Bing, the war in front of him is finally taking shape, and he has put a lot of effort into preparing for the war. If you are facing a group of indigenous people holding stones to fight you... the feeling will be completely different!
The European colonists were equipped with nothing but ordinary iron swords, guns, and cannons, but their firearms were all ordinary matchlock guns. The only thing that posed a slight threat to the Ming army was the Franco machine cannon, so Zhu
Hao couldn't let them get close to his own position, otherwise with one shot... his men would be reduced in number.
Zhu Hao ordered: "In the next few days, there are likely to be enemy spies coming to spy on intelligence. We cannot let them discover our true and false sides. We must capture all their spies... This is also to delay the occurrence of the next battle.
efforts.”
Lu Bing asked worriedly: "Does it mean that next time they come, they will bring tens of thousands of soldiers and horses?"
"Won't!"
Zhu Hao shook his head, "It's impossible to get tens of thousands, and it's impossible for them to put everyone together to get tens of thousands. They can mobilize five to six hundred people at a time... This is the limit. It's very possible that they won't even reach this number."
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"Five or six hundred?"
Lu Bing was stunned after hearing this.
We are taking every precaution just to guard against five or six hundred enemy troops?
If they are really strong, then that's it. Are the weapons they use more advanced than ours? Their combat effectiveness is the same as that of scum, and their numbers are not as good as ours. Why do they still want to fight us?
Zhu Hao used a stern tone to explain the stakes to the "Second General Heng Ha" beside him: "Our enemies can continuously send troops from their homeland. Their ships are not counted in dozens, but in thousands."
Even tens of thousands, their ambition will never be satisfied. This continent is like a mountain of gold and silver that has not been mined. Do you think they will let it go easily?"
Guan Jingdao: "If only four to five hundred people come at a time, we should be able to handle it easily."
Zhu Hao shook his head: "If we encounter them in the wild, or even if they actively set up an ambush, do you think our chances of winning will be as good as they are now?"
Guan Jing stopped talking.
It seems that the Ming Dynasty has a large number of people, but the orthodox officers and soldiers brought from the Ming Dynasty are only 5,000, and there are 5,000 militiamen selected for outstanding performance in military training. The rest of the craftsmen, farmers and even fishermen, although they all accepted
They have received military training, but they are responsible for teaching the indigenous people farming, fishing, textiles, and steel smelting, and they cannot go to the battlefield casually.
If the opponent comes five hundred at a time, five hundred at a time, and attacks in waves like this, it won't take long for the Ming Dynasty to face a shortage of soldiers. Do they have to rely on soldiers trained by indigenous people?
What will happen when these indigenous people rebel?
They don't know what gratitude means. The survival logic of these indigenous people is that the weak will eat the strong. It is not an exaggeration to say that the law of the jungle is followed here, because this is a wild land and does not need to talk about any morality and etiquette.
"After cleaning the battlefield, we will continue to build the city and expand outward in circles. At least the next time the enemy attacks, we can form a complete defense system. This is like the nine-sided powerhouse of our Ming Dynasty, and the enemies we are facing now are comparable to
The Tartars are more ferocious and cunning, and cannot tolerate the slightest negligence."
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In Zhu Hao's opinion.
The Ming army has always been a "latecomer" to the New World. The time of its arrival in this era determined that it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to arrive here earlier than the Europeans.
Of course, even if we came a few years earlier, we would still have to compete with the Europeans for territory.
Now Zhu Hao's task is to seize the time to develop himself, especially to open various mines, so that he can have the capital to consume with the Europeans, and gradually train a group of people who are good at using bows, arrows, swords, spears and other cold weapons.
Aboriginal people, and equip some of them with simple firecrackers...
In general.
Zhu Hao wants to artificially create a "class" among the indigenous people.
If there is no class, the indigenous people who will gradually make up the majority of the population will find that there is no room for advancement and are very likely to resist, especially when they gain a certain strength.
But if they are properly given a certain identity and status, so that they feel that they can rise to a certain height, and that in the future they can have the opportunity to surpass their clansmen through military merit and production, then they will put more thought into it.
Focusing on how to obtain military merit, how to become skilled craftsmen, farmers and fishermen... this is the same as the Ming Dynasty's use of imperial examinations to control all social strata.
Since studying hard can give you the chance to become a superior person, why should you choose the very difficult path of rebellion with a very low success rate to achieve a class jump at the expense of the near and far?
Especially after discovering that reading can change people's destiny, successfully rise to the top of society, and control the distribution of power and wealth, more people will feel that this is their lifelong goal, and then they will no longer think about overthrowing the imperial court.
With his rule, the emperor could sleep peacefully.
When it comes to Zhu Hao, who is on the American continent, he also needs to calm the hearts of the indigenous people in this way.
Zhu Hao called the earlier civilized among the second-class natives of Jingjing to come over for face-to-face discussions.
After these few months of getting along, many of the indigenous people can understand and even gradually master Chinese, especially the group of people who were first captured by Guan Jing and Lu Bing and returned to the Ming Dynasty. Many of them have been with the Ming people for ten years.
For months, under the huge pressure to survive, they had to learn even if they didn't want to.
"Let me make it clear to you, I am going to build an unprecedented large city here, called Chang'an City. In the future, I will build five smaller cities around the city for a hundred miles to accommodate the growing population.
Only those who help me with their heart can be recognized by me and enjoy power beyond your people, otherwise they can only do the most basic work and be enslaved for generations!"
Jing Jing Er and several tribal leaders, after understanding what Zhu Hao meant, looked very respectful.
They didn't think anything was wrong.
Compared with the European colonists, Zhu Hao at least gave them human treatment, enough food and clothing, but of course it was just that. They could not expect to gain a lofty status as soon as they arrived, nor could they expect to be like Mingren.
Merits can be accumulated by completing various tasks skillfully. The language alone is enough to give them a headache.
After the simple mobilization was over, the others dispersed, but Jing Jing Er stayed, like a sycophant, and said to Zhu Hao with a flattering look on his face: "Sir, there are women...beautiful women...ten...they are waiting
Let me pamper you."
Zhu Hao had known before that the invading Fo Langji team, in addition to driving labor for them, also had women. In fact, the number of Fo Langji men was less than 200, but they brought more than 400 women. These women
Women also have to complete some physical work, help drive cars and even carry things, but obviously their tasks are not just that.
Previously, indigenous kings or tribal leaders like Jing Jing'er had told Zhu Hao that after the Europeans captured the city, most old people and little boys would be killed directly.
Because to Europeans, these people have no practical significance. They don't need to consider long-term development. They are just robbers and they are doing one-stop business.
The stronger men will be killed for fear that they will lead the rebellion; the weak ones will still be killed because they cannot contribute labor. Only those who are neither tall nor thin and look particularly docile will be lucky enough to survive and become slaves.
Most of the women who fit their aesthetics will be kept, and the particularly beautiful ones will be moved by them and eventually transported away by ship. Jingjing Er and the others don't know where these women will be sent and what their final fate will be.
Zhu Hao understood that this involved the issue of human trafficking.
"I have a wife, I don't need this... These women can earn their freedom through work, and you can't bully them."
Zhu Hao was afraid that what he said was not clear enough, so he asked Ah Da and Jing Jing Er beside him to repeat it again.
Jing Jingji actually heard it clearly, but he still didn't understand: "It was like this before... why not now?"
This is a very real problem.
It’s not that the Europeans had to treat the indigenous Americans so cruelly, but the indigenous people themselves felt that there was no problem in doing so, because before the Europeans broke the tranquility here, the wars between the tribes were all about snatching survival resources, and even
Robbing slaves, robbing women.
From a certain perspective, the Europeans were using their own methods to deal with them.
And people from every tribe think that this is a natural thing to do.
Zhu Hao realized that it was difficult to change the thinking of these indigenous people. He could only make them accept Confucian ideas and understand the principles of benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust through subtle means.
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After completing this battle, Zhu Hao returned to his "home" in Chang'an City, or in other words, this was also where his temporary headquarters was located, and his work and life were arranged together.
Lu Zhanqing came to Chang'an with Zhu Hao, while Sun Lan and the others stayed in Xincheng.
"Seeing that so many people were escorted today, and women were sent to the master's camp, why did the master send them away again?" Lu Zhanqing was very surprised.
Europeans regarded the Native Americans as aliens, mainly because of their different races.
But the vast majority of the local indigenous people are of the yellow race, which is actually no different from the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they are not short in stature due to hunger.
It can even be said that in terms of physical condition, their evolution has developed in the direction of "survival of the fittest", and their physiques are even taller and stronger than those of the common people in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "In your eyes, do I like those women? I can't communicate with each other through language. Just because of their outstanding appearance, I want to take them as my own?"
Lu Zhanqing shook his head: "That's not true. Maybe... I'm overthinking it, thinking that the master will win over the hearts of the local aborigines through marriage."