The first thousand and eighty-six chapters hostage in hand, I have the world
SF City has become Ming Dynasty’s iconic city in South America.
Relying on the two mining areas and ports, the coastal areas of the original Inca Empire have established a trade route that runs from north to south, transporting coal from the coal city to the mining city, and then sending rough-processed iron and steel ingots from the mining city to SF City.
The city made various ironware, and then transported basic living and production materials to the south from SF Express.
At the same time, shiploads of steel began to be transported north. After all, Central America also needed a lot of steel.
The maritime trade route has been opened. At this time, there is no need to worry about European colonists coming to attack the ships on this trade route. However, Zhu Hao clearly knows that he must step up the accumulation of supplies. A great collision between Eastern and Western civilizations will soon occur.
It will happen on the lands and seas of America.
For the natives of the Inca Empire, they only need to wait patiently for the two civilizations to decide the winner, because they can do nothing but passively accept it.
In order to ensure the smooth flow of trade routes and the safety of transporting goods, Zhu Hao dispatched more than three large ships each time when transporting large quantities of goods to the north. The artillery and muskets equipped on the ships were the most advanced weapons of this era, ensuring that the sea
When encountering an enemy attack, it can rely on firepower to crush the ships of European colonists.
According to the season, it should be the spring of the Ming Dynasty, but it is unbearably hot here in the Inca Empire. The abnormal weather makes the people who migrated from the Ming Dynasty very uncomfortable. Moreover, the smallpox virus has actually begun to spread in the Inca Empire.
Fortunately, everyone in the Ming army was vaccinated with cowpox. Zhu Hao also began to consciously promote cowpox cultivation among the people of the Inca Empire. Although most people did not accept it, even if it was forced, everyone was ordered to be vaccinated.
It's just that the cattle gap is huge.
There are no domesticated livestock such as chickens, ducks, dogs, cows, sheep, and horses in the American continent. All livestock were brought from the Ming Dynasty by fleet, and sick cows were rare, making it very troublesome to cultivate cowpox. If vaccinated,
In the case of variola, the mortality rate is too high, so we have no choice but to divide the areas into separate areas for planting.
Whether the people in areas not under his control could withstand the smallpox plague was not within his scope for the time being.
First ensure the safety of SF City, Mining City and Coal City. At this time, due to the epidemic of smallpox virus, refugees from all over the country began to gather in Zhu Hao's territory. At this time, the area controlled by Zhu Hao was only two hundred miles from north to south.
Less than a hundred miles from east to west, this area has become the country of the Inca Empire and a holy land longed for by the indigenous people.
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On this day, the Inca Empire had some special guests from its capital, Cusco.
It was Wayina's daughter, Princess Luo Fei of the Inca Empire, and her delegation. Luo Fei came to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty on behalf of Wayina's wife, Luo Fei's biological mother, Lava.
This Princess Luo Fei is about 23 or 24 years old. She is obviously married. She has the charm of a mature woman and her appearance is sultry. However, no matter how charming she is, it will be difficult for her to fall into Zhu Hao's eyes. That's
Zhu Hao didn't want to accept any women in a foreign land. On the one hand, the women around him were enough. On the other hand, Zhu Hao was probably going to become the emperor of the New World, and he had to ensure the purity of the blood of his descendants.
"We are willing to cede six territories to the messengers of the gods. In addition to the territory you currently occupy, we will also deliver the five areas immediately adjacent to here, as well as the veins that you requested to produce black gold. We will establish a
A new temple to worship the gods..."
By this time, the orthodox ruling core of the Inca Empire, Wayina's wife Lava, had no plans to give up on her husband yet.
Probably this woman also discovered that the Ming Dynasty's army was too strong. Fifty thousand imperial guards were dispatched but were easily wiped out by the enemy. With the current remaining army in Cusco, even the entire Inca Empire's army could not follow.
The Ming army resisted.
We can only settle for the next best thing and meet the needs of Ming Dynasty.
First cede part of the territory, and then use the method of integrating politics and religion to enshrine the gods praised by Zhu Hao as their own gods. This will make it easier for the rulers of the Inca Empire to control their subjects and gain the support of the "gods", and then use temples to bring blessings, etc.
In the name of fooling the people, while they continue to occupy high positions, they can also ask the people to help mine and pay taxes.
Zhu Hao was very satisfied with the conditions offered by Luo Fei.
In fact, there is no need for the top management of the Inca Empire to do anything. Whatever he wants, he can get it himself. But now, in order to meet the needs of the Ming Dynasty, the rulers of the Inca Empire actively donated their mineral deposits and even agreed to recruit people to mine...
it's actually very good!
"Please also ask the messengers of the gods not to accept refugees from all over the place. Many of them are untouchables. After arriving here, they feel that they can be above the imperial family and have a disloyal heart. Today they can be disloyal to the imperial family.
, they will not obey the gods in retrospect, and this is really contrary to the teachings of the gods to the world."
Luo Fei obviously didn't just come to offer benefits, she also came to negotiate on behalf of the top leaders of the Inca Empire.
After giving the land, they made demands that ordinary people not be allowed to cross the border to areas controlled by the gods.
Zhu Hao frowned and said: "I heard that in the past few months, you have begun to restrict refugees from going to the areas under my control... God gives the world the power to move freely, and prohibiting it goes against the will of God, so you must
Change course and relax border controls immediately."
No matter what Zhu Hao says or does now, he always uses the non-existent god as a cover.
For people at the upper level, it doesn't matter whether there is a god or providence. The important thing is that people at the lower level believe it, and then they can use it as a tool to rule the world.
"In addition, I don't need that much territory, but I need more mines, and your people must help mine. As for your father, he cannot return to your capital at the moment, and I will not send troops to occupy your capital for the time being.
" Zhu Hao said.
Luo Fei said: "But we received news from visitors from the north. They said they would come to our land before the dry season, visit us, and help us fight against you."
The other party's words made Zhu Hao realize that the European colonists were aware of the existence of the Ming army and knew that the two sides were competing for colonies.
In this case, the Francons changed their colonial method of bloody killings in Central America and wanted to fight the Ming army by contacting and making friends with the Inca Empire. This was also because the European colonists found that they were proud of
The firearms were actually so vulnerable to the weapons possessed by Ming Dynasty.
Alliance with the weak to defeat the strong has always been a tactic used by one side in war. Naturally, it was impossible for the European colonists to unite with the Ming Dynasty to destroy the Inca Empire. In this case, they could only unite with the equally weak Inca Empire to deal with the Ming army.
But Zhu Hao could not imagine what kind of help the Inca Empire could bring to European colonists.
"When they come, what you will get will not be reinforcements, but enemies from both sides... If you agree to their conditions now, don't expect me to bring you protection as an envoy of God in the future! Your empire will also be destroyed because of this!
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"Thank you, God's envoy, for the reminder."
Luo Fei did not think that European colonists were of any use.
Although people within the Inca Empire and refugees who fled from the north knew about the atrocities committed by European colonists in Central America, as rulers, Princess Luo Fei and other senior officials felt that the European colonists had advanced weapons, huge territories, and a large population.
Since they can't deal with the Ming army, they can only fight the Ming army by bringing in strong reinforcements.
She could only take it for granted that Zhu Hao was scaring her.
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"You can't keep this woman, kill Liwei!"
When Luo Fei went to visit her father and bring news to the upper echelons of the Inca Empire, Guan Jing entered the Chinese army's tent, looking angry.
This is also a common sentiment among soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
They all regarded the natives of the Inca Empire as savages. When the Ming army fought with the Tatars, Oaras and other northern barbarians, they always regarded them as aliens. When did they have any intention of taking them into their own hands?
Perhaps in Guan Jing's view, barbarians do not deserve the power to bargain. It seems that the only way for a woman who dares to play tricks on Zhu Hao is to kill her and turn her into a cold corpse is to be worthy of what she said before.
Zhu Hao said: "The two armies are fighting without killing the envoy. Besides, she is here to bring us benefits. The gold she sent alone is as much as five carts, and there are more than five thousand women... If she is so kind, I will
If we kill her, will these southern natives completely return to us in the future?"
Zhu Hao wanted to set an example.
You can't kill Luo Fei just because he has bad intentions.
In fact, for Zhu Hao, it doesn't matter whether to kill or not. So what if the Inca Empire formed an alliance with the European colonists?
Can the European colonists give the Incas enough iron tools? Can they teach them to use them? Or can they treat the natives of the Inca Empire as human beings?
Although Zhu Hao's arrival caused a lot of trouble for the Inca Empire, it only caused trouble for the rulers. His goodwill towards the people was still obvious, otherwise there would not have been so many tribes pouring into Zhu Hao's territory.
Moreover, Zhu Hao knew how to store water and raise fish, and the exploitation of the indigenous people was not serious. On the contrary, the European colonists always aimed at plundering, leaving no grass growing wherever they passed, and never leaving any room.
If they really wanted to fight, Zhu Hao asked himself whether the weather, the right location, or the harmony were all right.
If the rulers of the Inca Empire had any sense, they would not have united with the European colonists... They may also need to be taught the cruelty of the European colonists. Only after comparison will they realize that the seemingly ferocious Ming army
, is the patron saint who can truly protect the interests of their empire.
Luo Fei will leave within three days of arriving in the mining city.
Before leaving, Mr. Wayina burst into tears. He held his daughter's hand and talked non-stop, as if he would never see his family again.
Seeing the deep love between father and daughter, Zhu Hao shook his head and returned to the palace.
When the concubines brought by Wayina saw Zhu Hao entering the house, they thought Zhu Hao was going to do something to them, but they did not resist and were quite ready to sacrifice themselves for their emperor.
"Go talk to that imperial princess and tell her that I need a lot of food here next. I have some ready-made trolleys here. I will tell her the specific methods of use and provide her with a group of local craftsmen who have been trained in advance and let her
Take them back to the capital and make wheelbarrows in large quantities. I hope to see the food arriving in two months."
Zhu Hao was not polite at all.
With the hostages in hand, I have the world, and of course I have to take whatever I want from the rulers of the Inca Empire.