Looking at the woman sent over, the eyes of the Ming soldiers were a little confused, especially those soldiers who followed Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui who first started their expedition, they have been strictly enforcing military discipline, and it is strictly forbidden to associate with women among the Inuit who live in the Arctic region throughout the winter, because the population there is not large, in case of disputes, these more than 1,000 people will not be able to spend the cold winter there, after arriving in this place, although they are not forbidden to get married, but the locals have not fully accepted them and can find a suitable wife, Now that so many women have been sent, their excitement can be imagined, but I don't know how it will be distributed.

Fu Guan understood the soldiers' requirements very well, and the more than 1,000 women were directly sent to Zhao Shujiao's military camp, mainly to the soldiers who first explored, and they were also relatively old, and they were all soldiers who had followed Zhao Shujiao's and Mangui for many years, and they were given priority to let them choose. As for whether these women are willing to marry these soldiers, there is no need to worry too much, their tribe is gone, it is difficult for them to live, and even some with children, if they can't find a man, in this era, the only thing waiting for them is death, or they are snatched away by other tribesmen, looking at those beautiful small houses in the Ming army camp, and countless iron supplies, plus the food they ate after coming here, there is nothing to say, all chose to marry these soldiers.

Looking at the soldiers who were eager to marry their wives, Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui had no way to distribute them one by one, for fear that the distribution would be uneven and cause contradictions, so they asked Fu Guan for a solution. Fu Guan didn't hesitate to say his attention, it's very simple, draw lots.

Now there is not much to pay attention to, Fu Guan let the women divide into three brigades, the number of people is the same as the team of Ming soldiers, select three officers, choose which team according to the successive lots, bring them back to their camp tents to draw lots again, decide everyone's pairing, everyone is by their own luck, catch the same first, each woman is pre-labeled with a number, catch the number and take it away, you must not complain about others, you must not exchange with each other, if you don't want to, it doesn't matter, then you have to wait until everyone goes to the wife, It's your turn to pick next time. In order to show respect for these women, Fu Guan also personally served as the guest of honor, and held a grand collective wedding for more than 1,000 couples, officially recognizing their identity as family members of Ming soldiers, and finally everyone was happy.

There are hundreds of children sent over, ranging from four or five years old to ten years old, Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui watched these people have a headache, but Fu Guan was elated, Daming had food, and he didn't care about raising more people, these children were sent to the school that Fu Guan had just built, these children were also used to fighting between tribes since they were young, and the older ones had changed different tribes, but now they enjoy much better treatment than before, all of them wear beautiful uniforms, which are uniform student uniforms, and eat delicious meals, living in a sheltered dormitory, sitting in a bright classroom, learning the language and writing of the Ming Dynasty, there is a feeling of dreaming in my heart, who doesn't like to live comfortably.

Fu Guan's strategy was very successful, the wars between the tribes in North America became more and more frequent, the territory of the Ming army was getting bigger and bigger, and the soldiers gradually took wives, and even some began to pick and choose. Zhao Shujiao strictly forbade this kind of behavior, and did not like to use military discipline to beat the buttocks of several people, warning them that they must be responsible for the women who marry into the family, which is a man's responsibility, otherwise those abandoned women will only die.

The construction of factories is also in full swing, and the furniture is still not used much, but the demand for agricultural tools, knives, and crossbow arrows is increasing, the steel mills are being expanded, the manufacturing plants are also expanding, and the local indigenous people are beginning to join the ranks of the workers. There are more and more people participating in commodity exchanges, and the influence of this territory of Daming here is getting bigger and bigger.

In order to better deal with these indigenous people, guide them to gradually enter a new social stage, Fu Guan now also opened an adult compulsory education school, all the indigenous people who are willing to learn Chinese, Chinese characters, can come here to study, and even set up a technical training class, all who are willing to join the Ming factory to work, can learn simple techniques here, the premise is that you must learn Chinese well, the teachers are using Chinese to teach technical knowledge, which makes more indigenous people thoroughly accept the traditional culture of the Ming Dynasty, From the bottom of my heart, I recognized Daming's thoughts.

The newly established Daming town was named Zhao Du by Fu Guan, Fu Guan means two, one is in Daming there is a city called Zhao Du that was once famous for its Hufu cavalry, taking the meaning of the fusion of the ethnic groups here, and the other meaning is the surname of Zhao Shujiao, which is allowed by Zhu Youxiao, no one will have any other ideas, this practice is in line with convention.

No matter in that era or in that place, there was no shortage of smart people who knew the times and were handsome. Just five hundred miles east of Zhaodu, there is a tribe called Seattle, the chief of the tribe is called Seattle, he is a smart man here who knows the times, his tribe is not large, it is a medium size, about 5,000 people. Looking at the increasingly powerful tribes around him, he was full of worry, for fear that one day his tribe would be annexed by others, and he also wanted to seek to buy some advanced machetes and crossbow arrows from Daming to make his tribe stronger, so he brought the elders in the tribe to Zhao Capital, found Zhao Shujiao, and prepared to negotiate with him.

Zhao Shujiao warmly received the Seattle delegation, although the language was not too smooth, and the gestures were still able to understand each other's meaning. Zhao Shujiao was also smart this time, he didn't talk about business matters first, but took Seattle and them to visit this Daming territory, especially those busy factories and fresh schools, so that Seattle they had a clear understanding of Daming's territory. Seattle and his elders were completely amazed by the fact that there were many things that were unimaginable to them. The huge factory made the iron tools they had been longing for, and the big wooden boats in the river were not a little bigger than their canoes, it could be said that they were dozens of times bigger, and what he longed for the most was the school, where the children were all lively and cute, much cleaner than the children in their own tribe, and this was almost their paradise.

Bidding farewell to Zhao Shujiao and the others, Seattle and his party returned to their place of residence to discuss, Seattle said to the elders of their tribe: "You have seen the situation here today, I don't know what to feel, as far as my own feeling is concerned, this is an extremely powerful tribe, they have the sharpest weapons, the most advanced technology, the most intelligent craftsmen, and the best management methods. Although it seems that they have not yet started a campaign against other tribes, as far as we know, their territory has expanded several times in a short period of time. The reason why they are smart can be felt by looking at the way they expand, because they are different from other tribes in the way they expand, they do not use a single person, they do not kill a soldier, and just by selling weapons, the territory area quickly expands to such a large size. I think it may be that they don't have enough people to fight like the rest of our tribes, but when they reach a certain level of population, the rate of expansion must be amazing. Elders think about what will happen to us at that time? ”

One of the elders said, "I think if they had more than doubled us, they would have swallowed up all the tribes in the vicinity. We have not yet seen their soldiers before we feel their strength; When I saw the school, I felt their kindness, and we other tribes would not treat those children like this. So I think this is a strong and kind tribe, and if we make friends with this tribe, we will definitely benefit a lot. ”

Another elder said, "I don't know if you're paying attention to what is being taught to children in their schools, but I've seen two things. One is to let the children know how to read, that is, they use a kind of thing that can draw fine paths, so that these children can remember a lot of things, and they can't remember it when they look back, they say that this is called reading and literacy, and I see that there are a few older children who can communicate with them fluently in their words, and they can also communicate with us in our words, and they can also use their words to record, so that these children will become more and more intelligent. There was also something they called abacus, and I found that the kid was very quick at settling accounts, and it took us a long time to distribute tribal things, and this kid was able to divide them in a while, and it wasn't bad at all. ”

Another elder said, "I saw that they had made a great boat, much larger than our canoes, and that they were silent in the sea, and they used nets much larger than ours, and that a few men went out to fish, and that many could not eat, which was much stronger than ours." ”

These elders talked a lot, talking about what they saw that surprised them, and they felt new and a little frightened in their hearts, so they planned to take a look at the tribe's army again tomorrow, and then decide what to do, how to make friends with this tribe in the future.