Chapter 922: Cubas long-term plan and the way to destroy the Spanish!
"Meikat, the predicted Mayari Iron Mine, oh, maybe it should be called the Yuemu Iron Mine, what are the specific circumstances?"
Starlight fell from the ceiling, and oil lamps ignited sparks. The warm orange light lit up the eucalyptus tables, and the sweet fragrance of wine floated in the palace. The monarchs and ministers gathered to drink and chat about their sailing experiences. The atmosphere was intimate and harmonious. Everyone held candles and talked at night,
Decisions on major issues in the kingdom are filled with high spirits.
"Your Majesty, we cannot estimate the reserves of the Mayali Iron Mine...but it is a whole black-gray-reddish iron ore mountain range, stretching as far as the eye can see, almost extending to the entire horizon! It is just the mining area that outcrops on the surface.
They are all at least ten miles away. As for the mineral reserves underground, let alone it! And after I carefully inspected the quality of this large iron mine, it is obviously much higher than that of Black Iron Mountain!…"
Speaking of the majestic scene of the Mayari Iron Ore Belt, the face of Priest Mekat was full of piety and fanaticism.
"Praise the Lord God! I was originally worried that I wouldn't be able to find this prophesied iron mine... But I didn't expect that it would be such a huge scale, just like the Lord God's Snake Mountain! ... And apart from this iron mine, we
We also found several large copper mines, as well as some unclear mineral deposits..."
"Praise you, Your Majesty! The Cuban Snake Island on the sea is, as predicted, the divine body of Quetzalcoatl! That rich Snake Island is filled with scattered divine power and mineral deposits of condensed divine power. These are
Mineral deposits, this snake island, are the Lord God’s gift to the entire world!…Ah! Praise the Lord God! Praise the divine prophecy!…”
Hearing this, Xiulote touched his nose and nodded calmly. He also did not expect that the scale of Cuba's large iron ore belt would be so huge, with reserves estimated to be in the billions of tons.
Such a large iron ore belt with a scale of 100 million tons must have many excellent and rich ores! The quality of the ores of those excellent and rich ores is definitely much better than that of the Black Iron Mountain Iron Mine developed by the Kingdom, which is a barren small mine with a scale of 1 million tons.
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"In the Black Iron Mountain Mine in the south of the Kingdom, many three-meter-high earthen shaft furnaces have been used for high-temperature smelting to produce large amounts of pig iron... This kind of smelting technology is at most the level of the Warring States Period of the Celestial Dynasty.
.And the quality of iron ore is also very low, with many impurities, making it difficult to smelt good iron..."
"Therefore, the iron material finally produced by the Heitieshan mine has relatively low purity and quality, and lacks uniformity and toughness. This kind of iron material is also the same as the iron from the Warring States Period of the Celestial Dynasty. If it is made into iron weapons, it is very easy to
If it breaks in a fierce battle, it is not as good as the bronze weapons of the kingdom! However, it is enough to be used to make iron farm tools and increase the productivity of the kingdom!..."
Xiulote touched his chin and thought of the reports from the Kingdom's Southern Iron Smelting Works in the past few years. He was not disappointed at all. He was very satisfied that the Iron Smelting Works could continue to increase its scale and continuously produce iron farm tools.
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Technological progress cannot be achieved overnight. It needs to be explored through a long period of practice. With his piecemeal divine guidance and a large amount of manpower and material investment, the kingdom's iron smelting craftsmen were able to achieve this step.
, is already very valuable. But if we really want to achieve a leap in technological progress, we have to rely on the harvest of maritime exchanges and directly steal, no, learn from the mature technology!
"If we could acquire the iron and steelmaking technology from East Asia, or capture the professional blacksmiths from Europe..."
Xiulote longed for a moment and then shook his head. These are still far away, and what can be tangible right now is Cuba's high-quality large iron ore. As long as there is better iron ore, the quality of iron tools will naturally improve.
Can be improved a bit.
"Well! God bless you! Another key purpose of controlling Cuba is to control this large iron ore belt and provide iron tools for the entire Central American world! ... Iron Bay Town occupies the large iron ore belt, and it is the Kingdom on Snake Island in Cuba.
, the most core stronghold! This stronghold must focus on management, build a huge iron smelting plant, and expand it into a solid stone fortress and fortress! ... The kingdom's iron smelting craftsmen and brick-burning craftsmen must be sent to Long Island, Cuba as soon as possible
…”
Thinking of this, Shulot pondered for a while and asked Mercat again.
"Mecat, how about the Taino people's smelting and brick-burning technology?...Oh, okay! It's blank...Well, that means there is still a lot of room for productivity development, which can also be said to be a good thing...The Lord God witnesses! Then what do you think,
On the Snake Island of Cuba, what is the kingdom lacking most? Can the Taino young man who has converted to the main god be trained as a warrior?…"
"Your Majesty! The Taíno people are a very peaceful and hard-working tribe, and their faith is completely blank. They urgently need the guidance of the Lord God. They are good at farming and fishing, and are very tall. They are good laborers for cutting down trees and mining! ... However, they need to be trained.
They fight, and cultivating their habit of fighting in battle is probably too costly and not easy... Therefore, what the Cuban Snake Island lacks most at the moment, in addition to various craftsmen, are reliable warriors and missionary priests!
"
Speaking of this, Priest Mekart looked excited, and Kang asked for orders.
"The kingdom's fleet of two hundred people can convert two large Taino tribes of three thousand people, occupying a large iron ore belt of tens of miles! If there can be two thousand warriors and hundreds of priests...Priest Tomat and I,
For the sake of the kingdom, I can convert hundreds of thousands of Taino tribesmen and control the richest eight hundred-mile snakeheads on the three-thousand-mile Snake Island!"
“Two thousand warriors…hundreds of priests…three thousand miles long Cuban Snake Island!…”
Shulot pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head.
"Mecat, two thousand warriors are not enough! The Snake Island in Cuba alone is three thousand miles away. And opposite the Snake Island, there is the equally vast Haitian island, as well as a string of islands further east... The Kingdom in the Lake
, we will successively transport an entire eight thousand warrior army to Snake Island in Cuba! And my warrior chief Bertard will also go to Snake Island in person to take control of Cuba!…"
Hearing this, Priest Mekart's face showed surprise. He knew the status of the warrior captain, and he was almost the most trusted minister of His Majesty in the kingdom. The guard captain Ekart's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but touch
He touched his nose. After all, he was able to become the captain of the bodyguard beside His Majesty precisely because Bertard wanted to leave Zhendonghai...
"Witness the Lord God! The white-skinned evil demon across the sea is coming! The kingdom must be prepared, the alliance must be prepared, and the whole world must be prepared! This is not a fight once or twice, a year or two!
Rather, it will last for dozens of generations, go through hundreds of years, experience great plagues again and again, and is destined to be a doomsday war with countless casualties!"
Shulot looked serious and once again warned everyone and himself. He knew very well that the most terrifying thing for the Western colonists was not the current power of the European countries, but the speed of development of the European countries!
The Renaissance thought has spread in Europe, and the call for religious reform is brewing. The knowledge and culture spread by universities, the increasing literacy rate, and the prosperous commodity economy are accelerating the progress of the entire Europe! If you want to resist all this, resist
With the continuous invasion of the West, the Americas that protect the Native Americans are destined to be a long and difficult battle with no end in sight...
"The Kingdom of Spain's sea power advantage is destined to take the absolute initiative in the fight with the Alliance! Even if a fortress is built on the island of Cuba, it can only guard one important place, and it is impossible to push the Spanish colonists from Central America.
Drive away completely…”
“And what is it that can really shed Spanish blood and destroy the maritime power of the Kingdom of Spain?”
Shulot pursed his lips and his thoughts drifted away, to the European continent thousands of miles away. In these years of governance, he had a deeper understanding of politics and war. And standing on the shoulders of the history and great men of later generations, he had a deeper understanding of politics and war.
The possible future direction of the European continent is also clearer than anyone in this era!
"The one who can shed the blood of Spain and destroy the sea power of the Kingdom of Spain...is definitely not the Mexica Alliance or the empire of Central America...but can only be the powerful European countries!"
"The Portuguese were businessmen who knew the current affairs and were friends who were hostile to the Spanish, but they were also enemies who controlled the sea power and longed for the New World! For an empire based in the Americas, it had to fight against the rising sea powers in Europe and continue to attack them.
The most reliable and powerful allies of the colonists who came here are naturally the continental powers in Europe!…”
"Therefore, those who can defeat Spain, defeat Portugal, defeat the future Netherlands and Britain, and be able to massacre the maritime powers of Western Europe and kill the most Christians!...Only the most pious 'filial sons' of God and those who blaspheme Christ's allies..."
Thinking of this, Shulot raised the corner of his mouth and silently uttered a word in the flickering light.