Chapter 255: African Spheres of Influence (6)
Zhu Changrun replied: "His Majesty the King understands what this king means, but the situation of your country is not the same as that of the Ming Dynasty, because our country has a history of thousands of years and a traditional cultural foundation that has been passed down for thousands of years, so His Majesty the Emperor can develop rapidly on this solid foundation." On the other hand, your country does not have these good foundations. At the very least, there are countless local dialects in your country, and there are many difficulties in the exchange of languages, which is one of the biggest obstacles to building a strong country. First of all, you need to have a strong, highly civilized cultural foundation, and have the motivation to learn other dialects. ”
Pedro II asked, "How do you say that you can build a strong, highly civilized cultural language family?" ”
Zhu Changrun said: "For example, in our Ming Dynasty, as early as more than 1,800 years ago, the whole country was unified, and he established a series of unified national cultural foundations, requiring all localities to implement 'the same book, the same track, Unified weights and measures', implemented a unified leadership, established a dominant written culture, and in the years that followed, there was also a powerful imperial court called the Han Dynasty, which ruled the country for more than 400 years, and truly formed a traditional culture, and wrote a complete system of culture, which was called Chinese characters and Chinese from then on. If you want your country to become such a powerful country, you have to form a unified cultural foundation from now on, and promote it vigorously for hundreds of years, and the Kingdom of Congo will surely become one of the most powerful countries in Africa, and perhaps a great power in the world. ”
Pedro II listened to Zhu Changrun's flickering, his heart churned with huge waves, becoming the strongest country in Africa, this is a big thing he dreamed of, and now Zhu Changrun brought him the fantasy of realizing his dream, he couldn't wait to ask Zhu Changrun about this problem, Zhu Changrun also took the opportunity to explain to him the concept of governing the country and the Ming culture, from this time on, the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Ming Dynasty spread in the Kingdom of Congo, and the Chinese and Han culture of the Ming Dynasty became the main language of the aristocracy of the Kingdom of Congo. Firmly in the hands of these rulers.
By accepting the advanced culture and technology of the Ming Dynasty, the nobles of the Kingdom of Congo represented the most advanced culture and technology in the country, and also created a powerful army, becoming the most powerful country in Africa and one of the countries with the most extensive influence of the Ming Dynasty in Africa. The Chinese language has deeply influenced this country, and the thinking and concept of doing things of the Ming Dynasty have also left a deep imprint here. The Kingdom of Kongo, Abyssinia, the Kingdom of Daimyo, the Kingdom of Xinyingtian, and the Kingdom of Fucheng became one of the new regions where Chinese was popular outside the Ming Dynasty.
The Kingdom of Kongo differed from Abyssinia in that it had a centuries-old rule, and Portugal's friendly contacts left Pedro II with a certain open-mindedness. Therefore, Zhu Changrun and Chen Liang's operation here is very successful, especially Chen Liang's skin color, which is recognized by most people here. Advanced iron farming tools, here has been the love of the indigenous tribesmen, exquisite daily necessities let the people who like to enjoy the natural enjoyment of the people enjoy to enjoy, the food culture of the Ming Dynasty has been developed here, countless people have given up the original eating habits, followed by the reduction of the occurrence of diseases, many infectious diseases caused by the use of raw food slowly disappeared, in short, this kind of thing is slowly changing.
The biggest change is the army of the Kingdom of Congo, for no other reason, whether it is Zhu Changrun or Chen Liang, they are all princes, and they will naturally go out with the guards, in terms of status, Chen Liang is the eldest son of the Daimyo Kingdom, and the next king of the Daimyo Kingdom should be more powerful. But Zhu Changrun is the imperial uncle of the Ming Dynasty, and the equipment of the Ming Dynasty is much better than that of the Daimyo Kingdom, naturally Zhu Changrun's guards are much stronger, not only equipped with modern semi-automatic rifles, but also a revolver in each hand, in the current era, it is almost an invincible existence, even if it is ten times or a hundred times the enemy to attack, as long as the terrain is suitable, basically it will not fail, if it is coupled with the assistance of mortars, even if it is an attack, no one will be able to resist.
The king of the Kingdom of Kongo now saw the two guards, and saw that the soldiers of the two guards were all strong and strong, and they were full of murderous spirit, in fact, this is indeed the case, these soldiers have experienced the test of war, whether it is the guard, they have shown courage in the two years of territorial expansion, otherwise they would not have been selected into the guard. The elite soldiers and advanced weapons and equipment shocked Pedro II, and secretly thought in his heart that if he had 100,000 such soldiers, the whole of Africa would be able to go sideways, so he was full of expectations for the future, looking forward to Zhu Changrun and Chen Liangnen bringing such elite soldiers to him.
In order to convince Pedro II of the combat effectiveness of these two teams, Zhu Changrun arranged an actual combat exercise, in which the two guards were the red and blue armies, and explained to Pedro II the rules of acting and the criteria for victory and defeat, and then conducted a real-combat confrontation exercise. The attack and defense of the two sides are decided by themselves, and the ultimate goal is to control a mountain, and the two sides are as far away from the position of the mountain, but Zhu Changrun's guards only dispatched half of the men, on the contrary, Chen Liang's guards dispatched all the men.
After the exercise began, both sides began to charge towards the top of the mountain, and it was obvious that Shinooten's soldiers were faster, reaching the top of the mountain first, and quickly building up positions and waiting for the soldiers of the Daimyo Kingdom to attack. Seeing that their soldiers were not able to seize the advantage of geographical location, the soldiers of the Daimyo Kingdom were not discouraged, quickly found a suitable terrain, established a mortar position, and then began to suppress the fire on the mountain, and began to attack the mountain with this double the number of people.
The tactics adopted by Shin Oten's soldiers were even more varied, relying on the advantage of higher terrain, hiding the mortar positions in places where the opponent could not hit, while the soldiers hid on the anti-slope positions, evading the bombardment of the Daimyo Kingdom, and waited until their own mortars cleared the mortar positions of the Daimyo Kingdom, and the soldiers returned to the established positions to counterattack. The rifle with * fired very quickly, and quickly suppressed the attack of the soldiers of the Daimyo Kingdom.
Seeing that all the soldiers of Shin Yingtian had entered the position, the mortar position hidden in another place by the Daimyo Kingdom immediately opened fire, but there were not too many mortars here, just to cover the attack of the soldiers on their side, and could not pose much threat to the soldiers of Shin Yingtian, and the mortars of Shin Yingtian quickly destroyed it, but in this short period of time, it was enough for the soldiers of the Daimyo Kingdom to charge, and the soldiers of the Daimyo Kingdom who had the advantage in numbers began to enter the positions of the Shin Yingtian soldiers, and the two sides entered hand-to-hand combat. This is the most brutal battle on the battlefield. Although this was a drill, not a real life-and-death fight, the soldiers still showed their due hard work, and the two sides fought fiercely.
The soldiers of the Daimyo Kingdom are superior in numbers, but the soldiers of Shin Oten are more skilled in fighting, and they see that they are at a disadvantage in numbers, but good training and cooperation always make the soldiers of the Daimyo Kingdom feel that the side with fewer numbers is themselves. The reason is very simple, the training of the Ming soldiers pays great attention to the cooperation of the group, and occupies an absolute advantage in physical strength and speed, after all, they are all from the Ming Dynasty, and the rich life in recent years has made the population quality of the Ming Dynasty have changed fundamentally, not only in terms of cultural quality, but also in terms of height and physical strength are much better than the soldiers of the Daimyo Kingdom. Good culture and physical fitness, so that the soldiers received new training ideas, and the more difficult training standards were higher than the soldiers of the Daimyo Kingdom, which made them very sad and could not catch up in a short time.
The battle exercise finally ended with the victory of Xinyingtian Zhu Changrun's guards, but the soldiers of Xinyingtian also paid a certain price, half of the soldiers were blue-nosed and swollen, of course, the soldiers of the Daimyo Kingdom were even more uncomfortable, although they finally entered the position, but they suffered a lot in the fight, those bastard Xinyingtian soldiers specially hit their most uncomfortable places, although they were not injured, but the soreness for a few days could not be avoided, these tactical actions, Xinyingtian's soldiers also taught them, Helplessly, the physical fitness and comprehension ability are not up to it, and the skills are not as good as others, and it is also necessary to be beaten. Fortunately, this time he was beaten and did not suffer a loss, not only did he beat half of Xin Yingtian's soldiers, but also really understood the skills of fighting in the battle, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, this is not so painful that he can't stand up, lying on the ground and still making fun of his companions.