However, these things were not allowed to be explained to Fang Mingqian, so he said vaguely. Although Fang Mingqian was puzzled, Zhu Bai didn't explain that he wouldn't ask again, and he paused and continued: "The weapons they use are still stones, and they are not as good as the barbarians around the Central Plains. The barbarians in Wusizang and the southwest will smelt copper and even iron, and even the Mongols and Jurchens, who have very poor smelting standards in the north, will also use pig iron or copper, although it is much worse than the weapons of the Central Plains, but after all, it is made of iron. ”

However, Chen once led troops to patrol the East China Sea and went to Taiwan Town. There are also some people in Taiwan Town, who do not know how to smelt copper and iron, have no writing, and are called savages by Cao Che. ”

"Your Highness, such savages are easier to domesticate than the barbarians around the Ming Dynasty. Cao Juma and Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess of Jiangdu invited disciples under the throne of Zhang Tianshi from Longhu Mountain to preach in Taiwan, giving them medicine, severely suppressing the tribes that dared to resist, and skillfully exploiting the contradictions between the tribes. He has tamed several tribes, used the savages to fight for the town of Taiwan, and made great achievements in attacking other savages. Cao Che also told me that these savages will definitely be able to make greater contributions in the future. ”

"Your Highness, you can do the same. Don't treat these savages as enemies, but tame them and let them fight for Your Highness. It is not known whether they have writing or not, but if they do not have writing, it is easier to tame, and even if they have writing, they can be tamed. ”

"Tame them?" Zhu Bai smiled: "It's interesting, but it's also a little dangerous. After all, Cao Che has tens of thousands of people in Taiwan, of which tens of thousands are young and strong, and there are only more than 1,000 people in his hands. ”

"But His Highness is also accompanied by Taoist priests, and he is a disciple and disciple of Zhang Zhenren of the Wudang Sect, who is more profound, and he will definitely be able to educate these savages." Fang Mingqian said.

"Let's discuss this matter again, and then we will take them down first." Zhu Bai finally said.

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"......, Your Majesty, early the next morning, the minister ordered the soldiers to surround the Jinchuan savages who were kneeling outside the camp and take them prisoner. These people were very obedient and obediently bound hand and foot. Later, several Taoist priests who had taught the local savages to learn Chinese and Chinese characters in Taiwan Town taught them to learn Chinese, and His Royal Highness the King of Xiang realized that because of the great power of the grenade, they thought that the Ming soldiers were messengers sent by the gods, so they were very obedient. Speaking of this, Fang Mingqian couldn't help but laugh.

"Kanegawa savage?" Yun Hee's focus is this: "Why did you name them Jinchuan Savage?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is because after interrogating them, they learned that there was a huge gold mine near the place where His Royal Highness the King of Xiang had set up the city, and according to them, there were many gold and silver mines nearby, and His Royal Highness the King of Xiang named the place Jinchuan, so they were called Jinchuan savages."

Yun Xi nodded and didn't ask any more, Fang Mingqian continued: "After His Royal Highness the King of Xiang learned that they thought that the Great Ming soldiers would be the messengers of the Heavenly Gods, he immediately sent the Taoist priest who was brought to the Eastern Continent, Zhang Sanfeng and Zhang Zhenren's proud disciple Sun Li Yuanjun to preach to them and convert them to Taoism. ”

After converting them all to Taoism, His Royal Highness the King of Xiang personally interrogated them. It was learned that they did not have a written language, and that they lived by fishing and hunting, just like the Jurchens of the Yongfan. The custom is also similar to that of the Jurchens, tattooing ,......"

"These Jinchuan savages look very similar to the alpine savages in Taiwan Town, with darker skin, and from a distance they look a little red, with ...... hair."

They were very curious about everything that the soldiers brought with them, even when they saw porcelain bowls or bamboo tubes. ......, what surprised them the most was the wine, and it seemed that the Kanegawa savages had never drunk before, and almost all the Kanekawa savages who had tasted it liked the taste of the wine very much. ……”

"Your Majesty, their customs are very barbaric and backward, but it is not surprising that the ministers have heard that the barbarians around the Ming Dynasty have similar customs. The most strange thing for His Highness and his ministers is that they never use copper and iron, because there are no copper and iron mines in the local area! Moreover, there are many gold and silver mines in the local area! ”

Speaking of this, Fang Mingqian has known this fact for two years, but he is still very excited when he thinks of that scene at that time; He did both, let alone anyone else. At this time, Lu Yi, the only eunuch who served by Yun Xi's side, heard this and looked at him with a long mouth.

However, Yun Xi himself was not excited. He could not remember the details of the Amerindians in his previous life, but he knew that they were very backward, and that the Indians of Central and South America were easily conquered by the people of the Iberian Peninsula, and maintained their rule for about three hundred years, and after independence, they also had close relations with their mother country, and were relatively successful colonization in the world. The Indians of North America held out for a long time, but eventually they were exterminated and driven into deserted reservations.

And remember that the people of the Iberian Peninsula also found a lot of gold and silver in the Americas. So I have some understanding of what Fang Mingqian said, and I am not too excited.

Fang Mingqian saw that Yun Xi was still looking at him with a warm smile on his face, his excited expression calmed down, and he continued to introduce: "The captured Jinchuan savages quickly converted to Taoism and were extremely religious. Not only that, but they also went around persuading other Kanegawa savages. Under their persuasion, countless Jinchuan savages took refuge in the Ming Dynasty; Li Zhenren led the Taoist elders to persuade them to convert to Taoism, and many Jinchuan savages also converted to Taoism. ”

"From July of the fourth year of Jianye to February of the fifth year of Jianye, more than ten tribes and nearly 10,000 people near Jinchuan took refuge in Daming."

His Royal Highness the King of Xiang instructed them to collect gold while using local clay to burn bricks and build a city with bricks and stones. By April of the fifth year of Jianye, it was built into a city that paid attention to accommodating 30,000 or 40,000 people, and the city wall was about two zhang high. According to Qi Lika, the former chief who became a Taoist priest, no tribe could break through such a city within a radius of hundreds of miles near Jinchuan. ”

After that, His Royal Highness the King of Xiang decided to leave Xiahou Yuanrang to lead 300 troops to garrison Jinchuan City, with Qi Lika as a guide, and went south to continue the exploration. The minister refused to listen to the persuasion, so he could only continue to go south with His Highness. ”

"After sailing about 1,100 miles south, he came to the coastline at about 34 degrees north latitude, where he found a gold mine, which also contained an innumerable amount of gold. Moreover, there is a big river passing through that place, and His Royal Highness the King of Xiang decided to build a city here as well. His Royal Highness named this place Luojin, which means that all you see on the ground is gold. ”

"There are also many Kanegawa savages who live by fishing and hunting here, and His Highness has asked Qi Lika to persuade them to surrender. After defeating the savage tribe who were skeptical of Qi Lika's words, the other savages also surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and converted to Taoism. ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Xiang wanted to continue to explore southward, but he had no choice but to have more than 1,000 people in his hands, so he had to personally lead 500 troops to garrison Luojin, and instructed the Jinchuan savages to collect gold and silver, burn bricks and build a city with stones; The ministers led the remaining 200 people to continue their exploration south. ”

After that, the minister continued to lead part of the fleet south, collecting local plants and observing animals and people on the seashore along the way, because the locals found in the north before were only some wild men, which could be easily defeated, so the soldiers were very relaxed, and the exploration teams sent out would occasionally go a little deeper inland. Once, when they left the ship in the morning and did not return until mid-afternoon, the minister led more than a dozen people to look for them, and they saw an incredible scene. Fang Mingqian said.

"At that time, the minister followed the footsteps of those people and walked inland, and when he came to a wasteland, he saw their figures, and immediately shouted at them! But they didn't deal with the ministers. The minister was very angry, and walked over and was about to scold again, when he inadvertently looked sideways, and saw that in the valley not far away, there were large areas of tall buildings! ”

"At that time, the minister did not hold clairvoyance, but even if he didn't use clairvoyance, he just observed it from a distance, and a shocking feeling suddenly rose in the minister's heart."

"The buildings seem to have been carved out of stones. Even if they were twenty miles away, the minister could feel their magnificent momentum. Every building is so magnificent, especially the one in the middle, like a hill, Chen has never seen such a tall and magnificent building. ”

"The minister had wandered in many places, from Manraka to Jinning, but he could not guess how this building made of large stones was built. How were the stones mined and transported to this valley? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister was even frightened at that time! Wake up all the soldiers as soon as they wake up and bring them back. ”

"Have you had any contact with the local people?" Yoon-hee asked.

"No," Fang Mingqian said, "I think that the people who can build such a magnificent building are by no means barbarians, let alone savages. Their population must have been great and their power must have been strong, and the ministers did not dare to come into contact with them, so they retreated into the ship. ”

The minister then led part of the fleet back to Luojin City and informed His Royal Highness the King of Xiang of the matter. His Royal Highness the King of Xiang was skeptical at first, but after hearing what every returning soldier said, he believed it, and temporarily gave up his plan to continue to go south, and decided to concentrate on the management of the two cities of Luojin City and Jinchuan City. ”

Before returning to the north, the minister sent Cao Guangxiao to lead part of the fleet to continue south. Cao Guangxiao went to many places again, but he did not dare to go deep into the interior because of the previous lesson, but he also brought back many plants that he had never seen before, and captured a few wild people by the sea. ”

"The most amazing thing was that when he sailed to a place, he measured the latitude to zero, and continued south, and the latitude became a number again. According to the minister's speculation, he entered the southern hemisphere. ”

"Although I have been to the southern hemisphere before to places such as Majapahit and Srivijaya, it is amazing that there is also a southern hemisphere in the far east." Fang Mingqian couldn't help but sigh.

He then introduced some of the human geography and various crops of the Eastern Continent, and finally said: "Your Majesty, after His Royal Highness the King of Xiang ordered the construction of a city in Jinchuan, he sent five ships to form a fleet to return to Daming. But after a few months, two boats came back, reportedly in a storm, and the other three capsized, and only these two ships escaped. ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Xiang was a little panicked, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to lead a few ships along the way back to Daming, and rushed to Fusang in early October this year, and rushed back to Liujiagang in early November."

"Your Majesty, some soldiers once wanted to ask His Royal Highness the King of Xiang to name the eastern continent, but His Royal Highness the King of Xiang said: This is the genius of Your Majesty Hong Fuqi that made the soldiers discover the Eastern continent, how dare you name it without permission? Push and never take. The minister also thought that the continent in the east should be named by His Majesty. His Majesty was asked to name the mainland. After saying this, Fang Mingqian fell to his knees and did not move.

"The minions also think it's better to have the official name taken." Lu Yi also whispered, kneeling beside Fang Mingqian.

Yun Xi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then smiled: "Since you all think that I should choose the name, I am disrespectful. I thought that the discovery of this continent, this land with only wild people, but with countless gold and silver was a blessing for all the people of the Ming Dynasty, and I decided to name it Hanzhou, taking the meaning of the Han people. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Fang Mingqian hurriedly said again. Lu Yi hesitated, just kowtowed, and did not speak.

"Haha, what do you have to thank me?" Yun Xi smiled: "It should be the savages of that land who thank me." ”

"Those savages used to live by fishing and hunting, and their lives must have been very hard, just like the Jurchens before them; But now those Jurchens who took refuge in the Ming Dynasty moved out of the mountains and forests to make a living by farming or fighting for the King of England and King Yong, and their lives are much better than before. Therefore, the savages should be grateful to the people whom We sent to discover them, so that they could live in peace and prosperity. ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true!" Fang Mingqian said again.

But it has to be someone who has survived the plague. Yun Xi himself added in his heart.

After that, Yun Xi said a few more words to him, and said: "This time, you and His Royal Highness the King of Xiang discovered the Han Continent, and you have made great contributions, and I will definitely reward you." ”

"I am determined to officially canonize the land between Jinchuan City, Luojin City and the two cities to the King of Xiang, and all the savages he has surrendered, and all the soldiers who remain in the local area, are his people."

"And he's different from the other vassal kings I've canonized. From Hanzhou, even from Jinchuan City back to the capital is a long way, without a year's effort, there is no way to get the news back and forth, if things, even a small part of the matter is decided by me, it will definitely be delayed. It was decided by me that the left and right prime ministers appointed locally could serve for a long time for a period of ten years. And in the event of a major event, if the vassal king and the king disagree, the vassal king will be the main one. ”

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