The Junin area is not large, but it is a good area on the west side of the Andes. From here to the west across the Andes is the capital of Peru, Lima, which is the shipping, commercial and political center of Peru.
Lima and its surrounding areas are home to hundreds of thousands of people.
There is also a Mantaro River in the western region of Junin that runs north-south and passes through the Andes mountains. There is a stone bridge on the riverside.
The road between Junin area and the capital Lima is connected by this bridge.
There is a large lake in the northernmost part of the Junin area called Junin Lake, with an altitude of more than 4,000 meters. This is the closest lake to Lima.
In later generations, this was the water source of Lima, but now the population of Lima is not that large, and there is no need to go so far to get water.
The important Battle of Junin broke out here in 1824. When Dong Shutong brought Huning's troops here, there was only a small fishing village by the lake.
The terrain of the entire Juning area shows a trend of being higher in the west and lower in the east.
There is also a river Ene in the east that flows from south to north and joins the Ukaria River.
The Ukaria River continues to flow north and joins the Amazon River, the second largest river in the world.
Here in Peru, the plateau areas, except for some mines, are basically Indian reservations.
Those manor owners generally have no idea of such places.
According to the bill promulgated when Peru became independent, Indians enjoy a high degree of autonomy in their reservations.
The first thing Dong Shutong did after taking control of the Huning tribe was to integrate the Indians in the entire Huning area.
There are less than 50,000 Indians living in the entire Junin area. The Junin tribe originally had nearly 10,000 people and was the most powerful in the entire region.
There is a state of disunity among the various tribes.
Dong Shutong used the first group of people brought by Ma Chun to integrate the Indians in the entire Juning area within a few months.
Of course, sometimes they can be reasonable, but when they encounter an unreasonable tribe, they can only use their fists.
Anyway, Dong Shutong's fists were harder than theirs.
Fortunately, Indians worship the strong.
The reputation of the Hu Ning tribe gradually spread. Some Indian tribes even took the initiative to seek refuge with them.
In the following period, Dong Shutong began a low-key development stage. After the old patriarch retired, Zhumu served as the chief of the Juning Indian Tribe and took control of the Juning area.
They also reported it to the Peruvian government in accordance with the procedures and received recognition from the Peruvian government.
Dong Shutong established Donghua Company in the name of a Chinese and began development activities in the Juning area.
The Junin area is just west of Lima, and the Peruvian government is quite concerned about them.
But since they are an Indian force, the Peruvian government will not interfere with them unless it is absolutely necessary.
The Junin area also abides by the rules. They never infringe on the caravans coming from Lima and actively conduct trading activities with Lima.
The coastal areas west of the Peruvian Andes are suffering from drought and water shortage. Most of the food needed is transported from the interior.
Dong Shutong seized this point and actively carried out trade activities with Lima.
Originally, the Indians in the Junin area did not have their own city.
Dong Shutong built Donghua City on the south bank of Huning Lake, which was the base camp of their power.
The old, weak, women and children in the tribe were moved there to live.
Dong Shutong would also live here on weekdays.
The reason why the nest is placed here is because it is located on a plateau and is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
In the future, the Chinese may face many enemies in South America, so Dong Shutong decided to build the base camp in this dangerous place.
At the same time, they also developed a large amount of land on the banks of Juning Lake. The reclaimed land in the lakeside canyons here can support tens of thousands of people.
Donghua City does not need to build a city wall. As long as several passes are built around it, the entire lake area can be sealed off.
There is water and land. If something unexpected happens, this is a retreat.
Next, as the number of Chinese people increased.
The construction speed of Hu Ning also accelerated.
The Huning area could no longer accommodate Dong Shu and them.
Junin is bounded by Pasco to the north and Cusco to the south.
Cusco was originally the capital of the Inca Empire and the holy city of Peruvian Indians.
The idea of Zhumu is to develop southward. Go all the way south along the Apurimac River and conquer the Indians there.
Develop Donghua's power toward Cusco, eventually occupy Cusco, and raise the banner of Indian restoration.
This coincides with Dong Shutong’s idea.
However, Dong Shutong was more conservative.
This has something to do with the fact that he has too few Chinese people in his hands.
The merchant ships of the Renaissance Army can only make two round trips to America a year.
Most of the Chinese in Dong Shutong's hands had to be relocated by ship.
This limits their development.
In order to support his brother's development in Peru, Dong Shuheng repeatedly increased the number of merchant ships sailing to South America.
After more than two years of development, Donghua already has a population of 150,000 Chinese and nearly 200,000 Indians.
The mountainous area obviously cannot accommodate so many people.
So they began to develop towards the plains east of Junin.
This will inevitably cause conflicts with those manor owners.
Most of the people under Dong Shutong were given to him by Dong Shuheng.
These people naturally brought over the tactics of the Renaissance Army.
By the way, that’s Dajian Farm!
Except for Indians, there are very few homesteaders here. They are basically large estates.
But the population here is limited and the efficiency of land development is very low. Wastelands can be seen everywhere.
Only a small part of the land has been cultivated.
At the beginning, Donghua was able to easily enclose large tracts of land along the Ene and Urubamba rivers. There were only a small number of white estate owners here.
Most of the time, Donghua Company used redemption to remove these white people and take back the land.
In addition to establishing farms, Donghua also distributed land to his subordinates.
Soldiers of the regular army, including Indians, were able to be allocated land. They constituted the yeoman farmers of Junin.
In addition, the pastures on the plateau were allocated to Indians for grazing.
Since the Chinese passed on the technology of making camel hair, the value of alpacas has become higher and higher.
Dong Shutong planned to treat alpacas as a pillar industry in the future.
Just some time ago, a diplomatic mission led by Dong Shumei and Liu Qingbei came to Peru.
Shumei secretly sneaked to Donghua City to meet her eldest brother whom she hadn't seen for several years.
When she finally left, Shumei still left people to build a camel hair factory here.
Just in time, the women of Donghua City found a job.
In addition to dragging things and providing meat, alpacas have a new function.
Liu Qingbei cannot leave Lima because of his status.
So I could only meet Dong Shutong there.
The two talked for a long time.
Liu Qingbei introduced the current international situation to Dong Shutong and introduced the current development situation of the Renaissance Army.
He also conveyed some of Dong Shuheng’s thoughts on the future development of Peru.
After this meeting, Donghua's development suddenly accelerated.
Under his command, Donghua Company began to expand in Peru and even surrounding Latin American countries.
Donghua Company has developed very rapidly by taking advantage of the large amount of labor at its disposal and its stable labor source channels.
Donghua's farm development has also been fruitful. The Chinese brought advanced rice cultivation technology, which is very suitable for cultivation in the eastern plains.
It is located in the tropics and has abundant water flow, making it a good rice-growing area.
After the crops are grown on the farm, they will be sold to Lima in the west.
Hu Ning's place is just stuck on the passage connecting the east and west.
Transportation to Lima is more convenient from here.
Lima's agricultural product market is almost monopolized by the Junin region.
But this touches the cake of those manor owners in the east.
The bumper harvest of food on the farm has also greatly increased the confidence of Donghua's top management, which means that they can feed more people.
The mountains in Juning are indeed a bit barren, but the fertile plains to the east are better.
The rivers here all flow out of the Andes Mountains, and the water volume is very stable.
The success of the eastern farm made Donghua shift his perspective to the La Montaña Plain in the east.
But a lot of the land here has been occupied by manor owners.
Although, due to manpower constraints, they did not develop those lands in depth.
But they have documents issued by the Peruvian government to prove it.
One of the two parties wanted the land in the east, and the other couldn't stand that Donghua had taken away their market.
Soon someone found the farm established by Donghua Company.
From the beginning, these manor owners asked Dong Shutong's people to withdraw from the farm, return the land, and even asked Dong Shutong to pay them the land use fees.
The Chinese people on the farm don’t understand why they can’t cultivate the land they cultivated.
The Indians were also filled with indignation.
All these lands have been owned by Indians for three generations.
The lawsuit first reached Lima, but the Peruvian government chose to stand aside.
The current President Jose represents the interests of the big mine owners.
Nowadays, the Indians and Chinese in Donghua get along very harmoniously.
Dong Shutong and Zhumu also used those sacrifices to promote among the Indians that they were descendants of the Yin Shang and came to America from the Western Continent thousands of years ago.
The priests even found evidence of this in relics from the Inca Empire to the west.
Indians and Chinese have the same ancestors, and this understanding has been deeply rooted in the hearts of people in Donghua.
Even the Chinese who migrated here firmly believe in this.
Dong Shutong also promoted the use of Chinese characters and Chinese language in Donghua, and encouraged intermarriage between Chinese immigrants and Indians.
This move greatly increased Donghua's cohesion.
After more than two years of development, Donghua already has four mountain infantry regiments and two cavalry regiments. The number of standing troops has reached more than 10,000.
If the needs of development were not taken into account, the number of troops could be larger.
The immigrants sent from the country are basically young and strong laborers. Many of them have been trained by the militia.
It can be said that these people can become an army at any time.
However, Dong Shutong did not expand his army aggressively. Instead, like the Fuxing Army, he hid his troops among the people.
Control the number of standing armies and vigorously develop the militia.
But after Liu Qingbei left, this slow and low-key development changed.
Firstly, the number of troops has doubled, and secondly, the training of the army has increased significantly.