After the reward for the three armies was completed, the officers, soldiers and people of the Ming Dynasty in Chang'an City were extremely excited.
Zhu Hao then took some soldiers and horses back to the new city. The journey was more than three hundred miles, and along the way back there were many indigenous settlements along the river bank. These people were nominally protected by the Ming Dynasty, but not every tribe
They all had already handed over their "taxes". After hearing that the army had returned in triumph, many tribal leaders spontaneously came to see Zhu Hao and pay their "taxes" to Zhu Hao.
They thought that the taxes collected by the Ming Dynasty were the same as those of European colonists, which were gold and silver that were only decorative to them. However, they did not know that Zhu Hao was also interested in their young and middle-aged labor force, and transferred half of the young people from each tribe.
Zhuang followed him back to Xincheng and asked them about the distribution of surrounding mineral deposits.
The languages of these tribes are very confusing. Zhu Hao found many people to translate for each other. The languages of some tribes are still difficult to understand.
These tribes were accepted by Zhu Hao and enjoyed the protection of the Ming Dynasty. However, Zhu Hao did not intend to leave too many troops along the way. He just used the original indigenous city to set up an "observation station". One hundred Ming soldiers were stationed and equipped with artillery.
and new muskets, and 500 young indigenous people brought from the coast were left to coordinate the defense and receive training from the Ming army.
Zhu Hao then led the people back to Xincheng.
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As the lord of the new city, Lou Suzhen has completed the initial construction of the city. Fortresses have been built in several directions. The defense system is relatively complete. The docks and shipyards on the seaside have begun operation.
Although the mineral deposits have not yet been well replenished, there is an endless supply of wood. It is easy to build ships here. Zhu Hao brought very mature shipbuilding craftsmen from Daming during this trip, and they will use ready-made craftsmanship to build ships.
, this is also preparation for the southern expedition to the Inca Empire.
"Send the order and reward the three armies!"
The first thing Zhu Hao did when he returned to the new city was to follow the example of Chang'an City and spread money to the distraught soldiers and people.
"yes."
Although Lou Suzhen is the lord of the city, Zhu Hao is more like the king, or the emperor of this territory.
Then Zhu Hao and Lou Suzhen entered the city lord's mansion.
During Zhu Hao's absence, the civil engineering construction in the city was advancing rapidly. The Ming craftsmen were not good at anything else. The infrastructure can be said to have the most advanced technology and solid workmanship of this era. The land here is free of charge. Zhu Hao directly issued the task
, construction sites can be seen everywhere in the city.
After all, the Ming Dynasty didn’t have enough craftsmen.
At this time, indigenous young adults, even women and children, will be called in as helpers, but their skills... are indeed lackluster. Of course, it does not mean that they have never built houses. In Central America, they can even build some complex wonders.
It can't be built, let alone a house.
It can be said that the indigenous people of Central America have strong architectural talents, but they do not know how to use them.
"Sir, silver is still used as a currency in the city, but the aborigines seem to have learned wisely and began to hide the silver intentionally or unintentionally, and then take it out when they need it, and exchange it with us for what they need. Our people
Because I am not used to the currency value here, I am always cheated by them, and sometimes there will be some conflicts."
After Lou Suzhen arrived at the new city from the bridgehead where she landed, she found that it was not easy to be the city leader.
The reason is that almost all of the American continent is covered with silver.
Because the natives could take out silver at any time, prices skyrocketed. Although the soldiers and people of the Ming Dynasty knew that bringing silver back to the Ming Dynasty could be exchanged for several times more goods, in the American continent, silver could not be called currency at all, and the natives were fully
Taking advantage of the values that Akito has not yet changed, he exchanged items that were in short supply such as cloth, ceramics, etc.
Zhu Haodao: "When we come back this time, we are going to establish a new currency system, using gold as the equivalent of exchange. In addition, we will print banknotes. These banknotes are only circulated in the American continent. Papermaking and printing are only available to us."
Yes, those aborigines do not have such strength. Also, we need to prevent soldiers from plundering. I see that the atmosphere in the army is very bad now."
Originally, under Zhu Hao's strict control, the Ming army rarely "disturbed the people".
But then when the soldiers discovered that these uncivilized natives were simply scoundrels, they felt uncomfortable if they were not "disturbed" and found ways to cause trouble, such as defecating in the open or stealing materials from the construction site.
This makes many things difficult to deal with.
Lou Suzhen looked at Zhu Hao with a smile: "Only when the young master is here, can we suppress those ruffians. Now there are many people who want to return to the Ming Dynasty. How to appease them... It's not easy!"
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Zhu Hao knew very well where the contradiction he was facing now lay.
There were too few women, and only a few people could bring the ordination papers from Daming, let alone their wives and children.
The preparations for this voyage are still a bit urgent. If he is given another three to five years and the emperor can completely delegate power to him, he will be able to migrate more effective forces based on family units, but now everyone in the army is thinking about returning.
There is no way he can operate overseas for four to five years or even longer.
But fortunately, one good thing about the feudal dynasty was that men could take concubines outside.
After getting along with the Ming people, the indigenous women had a very favorable impression of the Ming men. After all, they have the same skin color and many similar behaviors and habits. It seems that these indigenous people have the flavor of the Chinese in their bones, and both parties must have been of the same race in a certain era.
How to let these Ming men start families and find a sense of belonging overseas is a new problem facing Zhu Hao.
After spreading the money, these people can only live in peace for a while. If you want them to live in peace for a long time, they still have to start a family and start a business overseas and see a bright future.
This is like recruiting a group of people to do a business, just to give out money. This money cannot be spent overseas, and the impact on employees will be very serious. The result of just drawing on pie will be disunity. In this way, Zhu Hao can only make one person
Things are ahead of time...
Attack Print Plus Empire early.
When the people of Ming Dynasty learn that they can control a country with tens of millions of people, and that each person can enclose a population and land of thousands of people for them to manage, then they will gradually adapt to life overseas... At that time, they will
The dilemma is that if they return to the Ming Dynasty, they will still be ordinary soldiers or common people, but if they stay overseas, they will be lords.
Going one step further, Zhu Hao will find a way to paint a picture for them, telling them that there are more countries and populations in the New World waiting to be conquered, and he will also help them bring over their parents, wives and children who stayed in the Ming Dynasty...
In terms of painting cakes for others, Zhu Hao feels that in this era, if he calls himself the second child, no one would dare to call him the boss.
After all, this was how Zhu Si was brought out by him in the first place.
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In preparation for going south to conquer the Inca Empire, Zhu Hao actually had not much to prepare.
Simply sending dozens of large ships and a team of several thousand people could basically wipe out the Inca Empire... But he knew very well that in history, the Spaniards could successfully wipe out the Inca Empire with a population of tens of millions with more than a hundred people, except
In addition to the generational differences in weapons, the bigger reason was the Inca Empire's fear of the gods.
They regard Europeans as gods.
There is another reason that cannot be ignored, that is, the Inca Empire was undergoing a civil war at that time.
Now Zhu Hao leads his troops there, probably to complete a head-to-head battle. Although this kind of "hard" is a bit ridiculous, if a few cannons are fired, it is estimated that no matter how powerful the Inca Empire's army is, they will quickly lose their own stones.
The spear and slingshot were lost and ran away.
Still want to fight head-on?
Who gave them the courage?
What Zhu Hao wanted to do was to directly attack their capital city, and follow the Spaniards' method...be polite first and then attack with troops.
First enter the enemy's hinterland, let the people of the Inca Empire relax their vigilance, capture the thieves first, capture the king, and then slowly deal with them.
Zhu Hao planned to ask Lu Bing and Guan Dezhao to help him complete his plan to attack the Inca Empire. Lu Song was more responsible for the logistics support work.
Zhu Hao had no intention of using Lu Bing as a hostage to control Lu Song.
Although Lu Bing would go on the expedition, he would not stay in the field and would come back every time.
When Lu Song heard that Zhu Hao was going to lead troops south to attack a country, he asked curiously: "Sir, can I ask, is that... a small overseas country? What is their population?"
"The population is countless. There are millions." Zhu Hao said.
Lu Song exclaimed: "Can we capture it?"
Lu Bing was very confident next to him: "Father, I have noticed a long time ago that there are no people in this place who can use weapons. They are all a group of soldiers and generals who can trample dozens of them to death with one kick. I really don't understand this."
Why has this primitive place never been discovered?”
After all, this was Lu Bing's second trip to the American continent, and he knew the situation in the New World very well.
In his opinion, the indigenous people here did not pose the slightest threat to him and the troops he accompanied.
Lu Song said: "Don't take it lightly. After all, there are millions of enemies..."
"Then we will die as many as we come?" Lu Bing was not afraid.
Zhu Hao sighed: "Lu Bing, listen to your father more. What he said makes sense. Our problem is that we have too few people. Even if we conquer them, it will not be easy to make them obediently become our people."
They will still resist, take advantage of our unpreparedness, and carry out some small sneak attacks... It is easy to take over their country, but it is not easy to govern it."
"oh."
Lu Bing nodded.
Guan Dezhao asked from the side: "When will we set off?"
Zhu Hao said: "We still have to prepare for one month. Within this month, we will use our existing resources to build enough firearms, and we must fully ensure the weapons. Even the best iron weapons need to accumulate a certain number.
…After all, the knife is still easy to sharpen.”
The general meaning is that as long as you enter the Inca Empire and fight with the soldiers of the Inca Empire, it will basically be one person wearing thick armor and slashing back and forth.
If one knife is broken, another one must be used to make up for it.
Of course firearms are also important...
Zhu Hao was so prepared, not only to support long-distance combat, but also to support cavalry charges, and to prepare for close-range hand-to-hand combat, and hand-to-hand combat was the most difficult. After all, the Ming Dynasty's official army was too small, and he still had to prevent a group of soldiers from the Inca Empire.
A swarming situation.
Only with strong enough weapons can we fight our way out and gain control of the Inca Empire.