Zhu Hao started the war mode in Central and North America.
At present, the troops are only divided into two groups. Lu Bing marches to the vast North America, while Zhu Hao leads the troops to sweep around the east coast of Central America. In addition to occupying a large silver mine, he also captured several small silver mines. These
Zhu Hao currently does not need the small silver mines. What he has to do is to temporarily close these silver mines, and some of them may even be blown up directly.
What he needs more now is iron ore and coal mine.
At the same time, he also needs to explore and mine some new mineral varieties, such as phosphate ore, sulfur ore, trona ore, limestone ore, thenardite ore, saltpeter ore, etc., to produce chemical products and complete industrial accumulation. After all, he has to climb
The technology tree does not only require iron and coal, but also many minerals that may not be in high demand at present, but will be crucial in the future.
In addition, it is necessary to train a group of craftsmen so that some experiments can be started under his leadership.
Before the end of the year, Zhu Hao fought two rounds along the Gulf Coast. As a result, most of Central America fell into his hands, and the Europeans have not launched a decent counterattack so far.
Su Xigui brought more than 100,000 people to the east coast. He would organize manpower to build three relatively large cities along the coast, and set up artillery on the city walls and bastions for defense.
"Little Master, this New World is boundless. Maybe the territory of the Ming Dynasty is not as vast as this one, right?"
Su Xigui used to be short-sighted and could only see the one-third of an acre on the west coast. But when he passed the Chang'an Valley and there were so many territories, Su Xigui's eyes began to shine.
Zhu Hao said: "The territory of the Ming Dynasty is really not as vast as here. What's more important is that this is a wild land. It's like a blank piece of paper. We can completely govern it according to our ideas with a splash of ink."
Rules and so on are not important to Su Xigui, what he wants is to make money, or to complete the accumulation of capital here.
Some of Su Xigui's qualities are very similar to Zhu Hao's. The biggest ideal in his heart is to be independent. As a merchant in the Ming Dynasty, he had no chance to enter politics. All he had was money.
All wealth will disappear.
Su Xigui now has a lot of territory in his hands and controls the lives of more than 100,000 people. Isn't this much better than being in the Ming Dynasty and flattering people everywhere?
"Three cities, I can only leave 500 officers and soldiers and 1,000 militiamen to garrison. There is currently only one shipyard here. There are not many ready-made ships, and it will take time to build and expand the shipyard, so it is impossible to build large ships in a short time.
Come to fight, but this place will soon become a frontline for fighting and fighting with Western bandits."
Originally, Su Xigui thought that Zhu Hao had driven away the invaders and that he came to the east coast to receive benefits.
Back in Ming Dynasty, he invested in Zhu Hao to go overseas, and now it's finally time for him to receive returns.
Only when the result came did he realize that this was the real crisis. Even though the east coast had a large population and cities had begun to be built, it seemed that he was commanding such a large area with great style. But now he understood that this was just before the storm.
Just tranquility.
It may not be long before the European colonists will come back with a vengeance, and the next time they come, they will no longer be just making small fuss. They will probably bring hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of soldiers with them at one go.
The few half-built cities along the coast alone would be difficult to resist.
"Then I..."
Su Xigui wanted to run away as soon as he heard this.
They probably think that Chang'an City is safer, and now that valley has a population of hundreds of thousands, making it a super city-state.
Su Xigui almost enjoyed the treatment there as a military envoy of the Tang Dynasty, combining administrative and military power. Why bother to wade through troubled waters here?
Zhu Hao said: "Dongzhu Su, don't be too busy retreating. I will leave you another 10,000 aboriginal soldiers. They will be equipped with necessary iron weapons. All the fortresses and fortresses will be repaired for you. Rear support is available at any time." Follow up, if there is a war at the same time, you only need to hold on to the city, and I will personally bring troops to reinforce."
"Well……"
Su Xigui is probably not willing to stay.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Think about the fertile land here. Even though you are near the coastline now, there are hundreds of miles of land behind you. Now I officially entrust it to you, and you will become the ruler of this place." The Duke of this piece of land... I will make you the Duke of the country now, what do you think?"
"hehe……"
Su Xigui did not feel honored when he heard that he was awarded the title of "Gong of the State". He felt that Zhu Hao, as a Ming Dynasty official who was almost in exile, was not qualified to confer him a title.
Su Xigui asked: "What the young master means...are we going to found a country now?"
Zhu Haodao: "We have this idea, but we also need to ask the Ming Emperor for his opinion."
"Ask?"
Su Xigui didn't understand what Zhu Hao meant.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Of course we will send a fleet back to the Ming Dynasty... In my opinion, in about two years, we will be able to bring back a team with a thousand ships, disembark from Tianjin Wei, and sail directly Go to the capital, how about we go there together and ask?"
"Is this... okay?"
Su Xigui had long known that Zhu Hao had a disobedient heart, so he was not surprised by this.
He knew that Zhu Hao now had the support of so many indigenous people. If he really relied on this group of people to attack the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Hao might be able to succeed.
Zhu Haodao: "We are going back to reason, and we are not going to be Ming Dynasty traitors and rebels. What are you afraid of?"
"My dear, we are all overseas now, so there is no need to be secretive, right? Don't you want to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?" Su Xigui asked.
"You mean I will be the emperor? Why not let others be the emperor, and I will be one level above them?"
Zhu Hao asked with a smile.
Su Xigui nodded: "That is to use the emperor to control the princes!"
Zhu Hao didn't answer.
It depends on what Su Xigui thinks.
Zhu Hao had this idea.
Kill Zhu Si directly?
There is no need at all. Besides, he must be confident that he can conquer the huge territory given by the Ming Dynasty? Now the main force under his command are the people of the Ming Dynasty. It does not mean that he will be able to win if he brings them back with weapons and equipment that are ahead of the times. .
"Young master, I will take over the position of Duke of the Town."
Su Xigui really doesn't want to leave now. With Zhu Hao's canonization, it means that he can settle down. His territory is so large that it is wider than a province of the Ming Dynasty. He will take care of it all, as well as the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and the indigenous army. And leave it to his command, and he can recruit new indigenous soldiers in the future.
This is simply a life lived by a fairy.
It’s just that the population is a little smaller, because for such a large area, it must be over a million or even millions in Daming Dingkou, but now even if you add the indigenous people he brought, and the Aztecs who were already there,
The total population is only about 200,000.
Zhu Hao said: "Now it depends on your ability. I am going to the south. After about half a year, I will come back to check the situation. I believe that in the next six months, it is unlikely that enemies will come from the east. I will leave this half year to you.
development period.
"After the workshop here is built, we must seize the time to cast muskets and artillery. The other iron mines and two coal mines must be well operated. In the future, I will move about 200,000 people here in batches!"
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Zhu Hao wanted to complete a major internal migration in the Americas.
Central America was severely affected by European colonists. Zhu Hao knew that if he wanted to fully develop this mineral treasure house in Central America, he must have enough manpower.
It happened that the population of the Inca Empire was very large, and there should be no problem if hundreds of thousands of people migrated here at one time.
Unlike the Ming people, who have a strong sense of country, the Native American tribes have developed slowly during long-term migrations. For them, even if they have a country complex, they are still willing to make changes as long as they have better living conditions.
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There is fertile soil everywhere in Central America, and Zhu Hao has no reason to let it go barren.
From now on, the entire America will be his territory. He needs to complete the inter-tribal migration, or population dilution, and equally distribute the people in areas with insufficient survival resources to every corner of this fertile land, leaving it to them to manage, and at the same time complete his own evolution.
And development.
If given about a hundred years to develop to the fifth generation, Zhu Hao believes that the population of America can increase by about three or four times, and by then there will be no need to worry about underpopulation.
But the problem is that Zhu Hao doesn't have that long lifespan, nor does he have that much time for him to waste.
The best solution is still...immigration.
The next people he wants to move over are the people of the Ming Dynasty, whose population is almost saturated in China.
Conquering the world is not just about words.
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When Zhu Hao returned to the new city on the west coast with his troops, the project of casting large iron ships here was coming to an end.
A large iron ship with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, with the concerted efforts of tens of thousands of craftsmen, is basically ready for launching. Only some repairs are still being completed on the ship deck, and the huge cannon has been set up, with a range of more than five miles.
It is also equipped with various small cannons.
Using a coal-burning steam turbine, Zhu Hao initially calculated that the speed of this large iron ship could reach more than fifteen knots. For this era, such a magnificent iron ship is equivalent to a mobile fortress on the sea. With the current world's technology
In general, the possibility of sinking this giant ship is extremely slim.
Unless there are hundreds of artillery pieces firing solid shells at close range for dozens of rounds in a row, and no repairs or reinforcements are made after the cabin is flooded, it is possible that the ship will be flooded and sink.
But according to Zhu Hao's understanding, if it weren't for the artillery he invented, they would not be able to sink the ship just by relying on the existing artillery in various countries, even if they were given a chance.
The big iron ship has not been launched yet, so Zhu Hao can just take a rest in the new city. He estimates that he can set off before the end of the year and arrive at SF City in South America early next year.
Before that, Zhu Hao had sent a team of fifty ships to transport some resources from the north to the south, and also brought over five thousand newly trained Ming soldiers.
In this way, Zhu Hao had the military power to completely conquer the Inca Empire. At that time, he could divide his troops into four or five groups and in one or two years, add the entire Inca Empire to his overseas territory created by the Han people.