A war with the Inca Empire can be said to be inevitable.
However, Zhu Hao still needs to deal with the internal affairs properly first, especially the establishment of the basic management of the city, such as the administration and the military, and especially the clear division of powers between the two parties.
After detailed calculations, Zhu Hao prepared to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to the Inca Empire. In addition to 2,000 Ming officers and soldiers, there were also 3,000 militiamen, 2,000 craftsmen, and 3,000 indigenous people responsible for transporting supplies.
In addition to these 10,000 people, there are still 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, and the scale is still gradually expanding.
Xincheng is currently the largest city controlled by Zhu Hao in the New World, and it is also the foundation of his rule. However, most of the weapons shipped from the Ming Dynasty are still stored in the bridgehead. All Ming people are stationed in the city, and only a few indigenous people will be brought there to work. That side is more like a hierarchical Acropolis of the Ming Dynasty, a specialized military fortress.
"Imitating the urban layout of the Ming Dynasty, set up workshops in the city, and set up an official office in each village. Arrange a Ming Dynasty mayor and aboriginal village master to directly obey the orders of the city lord. At present, the city lord is equivalent to the magistrate of the Ming Dynasty, and the village lord is equivalent to the village chief. Layer-by-layer settings.
"If the people of the Ming Dynasty commit a crime, the Ming Dynasty chief will interrogate the case. If it involves theft or robbery, the crime will be reduced by one level compared with the "Da Ming Law", and the crime against the aboriginal people will be reduced by two levels. If the aboriginal crime is committed, the aboriginal village head will interrogate the case. The interrogation will still be based on the "Laws of the Ming Dynasty", and the crime will be increased to one degree. If it involves the aborigines committing crimes against the people of the Ming Dynasty, the crime will be increased to the second degree."
Zhu Hao cannot write the law now.
The simplest thing is to implement the doctrine of borrowing and use the "Da Ming Code" as the basic judgment standard. Fortunately, scholars in the Ming Dynasty have already dealt with issues such as the judgment of the "Da Ming Code" when taking the imperial examination. Although it seems very superficial, at least it is They can understand it even if they are given a copy of "Da Ming Law". Under their words and deeds, the indigenous owners can also understand the most basic legal provisions such as "Whoever kills shall die."
Although it is impossible for the people of the Ming Dynasty to be guilty of the same crime as the indigenous people, they will not turn a blind eye to the crimes committed by the Ming Dynasty against the indigenous people, especially when it involves rape, robbery and other crimes, which must be strictly prohibited.
According to the rules formulated by Zhu Hao, if the people of the Ming Dynasty committed adultery and plundered the indigenous people, they would basically be sentenced to exile. In short, they would be sent to the front line of Chang'an City to work as coolies in the mines there for a period of time. It's one year.
If it involves killing people, they will be sent to exile while being beaten with military sticks, or they will be sent directly to border areas to open up wasteland with the indigenous people. The period is two years, and their identity as a subject of the Ming Dynasty will be temporarily deprived of it. Moreover, Next time, you can only kill your head to establish your authority.
This is actually a very high level of protection for Akito.
It is also fully taken into account the pride of Akito's superiority, and the emotions of all Akito involved in the reclamation must be taken into consideration. However, if the status of a superior person is used to commit crimes, it will violate Zhu Hao's original intention of long-term management of the American continent and the complete assimilation of the indigenous people, which requires Crack down hard.
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Urban construction in the new city is progressing rapidly, but not many new ships have been built, mainly due to insufficient supply of raw materials.
By February of the third year of Jiajing, Zhu Hao still only had two coal mines under his command. One of the coal mines was of poor quality and could not be used for steelmaking. At this time, charcoal was even used for steam engines, which significantly slowed down the industrialization process.
There is only one iron mine, and the quality of the iron ore produced is quite average. Although Zhu Hao wants to continue developing to the east of Chang'an City to solve the problem of insufficient supply of raw materials, he is currently focusing on conquering the Inca Empire.
We can only put this matter aside for now.
Zhu Hao needs to consider the defense of Xincheng and Chang'an City after he leads an expedition to the Inca Empire.
Zhu Hao had high hopes for Lu Songke.
"This expedition may bring back a large amount of materials, and then a large city will be built there. The distance between the two sides is very far. If everything goes well, two areas may be formed in the north and south in the future, and they will operate and develop separately. Then the north will be
I have to rely on you more, Lu Qianhu."
Zhu Hao told Lu Song this more because he wanted Lu Song to know that returning to Daming could only be postponed.
Lu Song asked: "What should we do if His Majesty sends someone out to find us?"
If Zhu Hao continues to stay in the new city, Lu Song does not have to worry about this problem, but he is afraid that if Zhu Hao is not around, the Ming Dynasty will send a fleet and bring thousands or even tens of thousands of troops. At that time, should he start a war or talk about it?
He? Or follow these soldiers and horses back to the Ming Dynasty?
Zhu Hao smiled and shook his head and said, "Don't worry, no fleet will come."
"Why?"
Lu Song didn't understand.
Zhu Haodao: "Do you think the preparation work for going to sea is small? We build so many ships, do you know how much it costs?
"His Majesty currently has little ambition to expand overseas. If he has any expectations, he can rely on us. Does he have to go through all the troubles to build an ocean-going fleet and then send troops across the ocean to look for us?
Furthermore, I have already asked people to bring back all the charts and logbooks. Even the most experienced navigator will lead people into the ditch without the information I provide!"
Lu Song was relieved when he heard this.
From the moment he set foot on the New World, Lu Song has been worried about what he would do if he was captured by Ming's army one day.
After all, Lu Song now is a "criminal person", and he is also very concerned about the safety of his wife, children, and children in Ming Dynasty.
"Lu Qianhu, it's time to call you Commander Lu from now on. You are the Commander-in-Chief of my Ming Dynasty. From now on, all the soldiers and horses here will be handed over to you!"
Zhu Hao began to clearly divide the positions among the generals.
Zhu Hao naturally has the highest official position, which is marshal, followed by Lu Song, who is "commander", which is equivalent to the commander of the front army. The troops staying in this area, whether they are army or navy, are at his disposal. He has Lu Bing under his command.
Generals, as well as hundreds of uniformed guards, general banners and small banners can be promoted to officers at all levels, and there must be no problem in commanding them.
As for Guan Dezhao and his son, Zhu Hao is also prepared to reuse them.
In other words, the father and son will be the leaders of the "Southern Army".
The Northern Army is handed over to the Lu family and his son, but because Guan Jing is currently staying in Chang'an City, only Guan Dezhao will follow him when he goes south this time. When he reaches the Inca Empire, if he can successfully win it, he will hand it over to Guan Dezhao to take charge of the army, and he will follow up later.
Guan Jing sent over.
However, there is still a key issue before that, which is to ensure that European colonists will not take advantage of the situation or snatch the fruits of victory from the Ming army.
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The preparations before the expedition are complicated.
The grain has not yet been produced in the first season, so the expedition needs to use the grain brought by the fleet from the Ming Dynasty, as well as the "taxes" collected from the indigenous people.
There is another problem. There are so many bachelors in the army, and there is an urgent need to solve the problem of women.
Nowadays, there are more men than women among the indigenous people. This has led to the phenomenon of "excessive yang and declining yin" in the small country under Zhu Hao's control. But after all, they are here to colonize, and everything must be done first to ensure the personal comfort of the host.
, the unmarried indigenous women, or the larger number of widows, can only be matched with Akito at the moment.
But not every Ming soldier or citizen has this need, and Zhu Hao has said that there will be more and more people in the territory in the future, and there will be more indigenous women to marry in the future, although this kind of marriage will be more complicated.
Most of them are just temporary partners, but Akito still has high expectations.
There are only so many women now, most of them widows, and Zhu Hao has clearly stipulated that the original indigenous family structure cannot be broken up. There are only a handful of good-looking women, so the demand is not that strong.
Of course, it didn’t say that Zhu Hao was planning to send two or even three at a time. Everything must be prioritized based on military merit and accumulated achievements in city construction. Since he doesn’t like the three melons and two dates at the moment, it’s better to wait.
wait.
It has only been more than half a year since the Ming Dynasty went to the New World. There is no need for women to solve physical problems, and it does not mean that you can't vent your loneliness without being matched. Many indigenous women are actually very "casual" in matters between men and women.
”, or it could be said that they regard this as a resource for survival and hope to exchange it for something from the protector of the Celestial Kingdom, which leads to repeated bans on this kind of thing.
One more question.
That is, the medicinal materials must be replenished as soon as possible.
Although Zhu Hao, after bringing the Ming Dynasty's army over, had arranged for people to go to the wild to search for medicinal herbs and plant medicinal seeds brought from the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, his own fleet also carried a large amount of medicinal materials, but because the place he came from was in a barbaric state, the army
Shangxia caused a lot of casualties due to the incompatibility of water and soil and other diseases.
Zhu Hao has opened a special "medical school", which has dozens of doctors brought from the Ming Dynasty, as well as craftsmen trained by Zhu Hao before, who are going all out to make some plant antibiotics. At the same time, Zhu Hao is also trying to make some more direct ones.
of antibiotics.
Everything takes time.
As for the baggage... Zhu Hao feels that there is basically no problem in attacking the city. With the level of city defense of the Inca Empire, explosives made of nitroglycerin can basically explode. Then all he has to do is watch the performance of our Ming Dynasty Army.
Artillery is no longer prepared to be used in this level of warfare, just use blunderbuss and primitive machine guns.
Shoot at it.
If you dare to come, I will destroy you all.
What we want is to show the majesty of the Ming Dynasty.
In this way, it is necessary to ensure a sufficient supply of bullets, and also need to be equipped with some broadswords, crossbows in addition to spears, and armor...
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Zhu Hao found that in order to prepare for the war, he had forgotten all his sleep and food.
In the end, he decided to take all his women with him. Sun Lan and Lu Zhanqing would not stay in the new city. Although it seemed very difficult and risky to follow him south, Zhu Hao wanted to ensure that they were by his side. If they arrived in the Inca Empire, it would be very difficult for them to stay.
Maybe he won't come back for more than half a year.
Central America, especially places like Mexico, were actually dominated by European colonists.
Only the unexplored treasure of the Inca Empire is still in its primitive state. European colonists have never touched this treasure. It is not that they did not discover the existence of the Inca Empire, but they learned from some indigenous people that this primitive
The empire has a vast territory and a large number of people. With their strength... they can only mobilize a few hundred people at a time, or even only one or two hundred people, and they simply don't dare to fight against such an astonishingly large primitive tribe.
Of course, Zhu Hao, a person familiar with history, knew that no matter how many people there were in the Inca Empire, it was of no use.
But it is still a bit difficult to convince people with virtue, to bring the Inca Empire completely under his rule, and to make him the emperor or god of the Inca Empire.