Chapter 237: Sun Yuzhi's Guidance
Gao Nian arranged Lopez and them to wait for the passing sea ships in New Chang'an, and he stepped up the training of new soldiers, and then stepped up the integration of various tribes in the area south of New Chang'an, there are not too many people here, and most of the Indians have not formed a large-scale migration because the Ming army cut off the road to the south, which has saved Gao Nian a lot of things.
López, who waited patiently in New Chang'an, finally waited for the opportunity, this is because Sun Yuzhi came, Sun Yuzhi went south along the east coast of the Americas, and finally came to New Chang'an, more than 30 armed merchant ships brought many craftsmen and immigrants, these people are similar to those who went to Fu Guancheng, all in order to find opportunities to make a fortune, they all have certain skills and knowledge, and they will become the richest group here in the future, which will greatly drive the development here.
Qian Shoulian and Gao Nian were very happy when they saw the local people, and they were even more respectful when they learned that Sun Yuzhi was still Sun Chengzong's youngest son, this is the little junior brother of His Majesty the Emperor, regardless of whether it is a concubine or not, even if it is a concubine, it is also a child of a wealthy family, and the background of these people is much better than them. However, Sun Yuzhi's style makes them respect even more, and he does not have the style of a gentleman, but is very sincere and loyal, and such a person will be welcomed wherever he goes.
Qian Shoulian introduced to Sun Yuzhi the development situation since Yu Hualong and Niu Jinxing left, from the beginning of the development only near the new Chang'an, to later expanded to almost half of the southern part of South America, and the most important thing is that he defeated the Spaniards and captured both sides of the Jing River Valley, including a large area of fertile water and soil, which made Sun Yuzhi very happy. Sun Yuzhi told them that His Majesty the Emperor was afraid that Yu Hualong and Niu Jinxing had too many things on the other side of the South American continent and couldn't catch up, so he specially ordered himself to rush here from Ming Island to comfort the two, and said to them their hard work, and the two of them shed tears of excitement.
Then Sun Yuzhi told the two of them about the development and changes of the Ming Dynasty over the past year, everyone is trying their best to expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty, the local area has been doubled than the original, and it does not include the territory outside the territory, His Majesty the Emperor is trying his best to expand outward, and continue to move the people to new territories, for the future life of the people of the Ming Dynasty will be happier, and the people will have more land.
Later, when the matter of López and others was mentioned, Sun Yuzhi asked López and Pilar to come over, and after the two came over, Sun Yuzhi asked the two: "Do you know that the Kingdom of Portugal is preparing to migrate to South America, and have you heard that Spain has defeated the English fleet and gained a dominant position on the sea?" ”
López and Pilar knew about these things, and at that time they were still fighting with Gao Nian on both sides of the Jing River! The two said that they hadn't heard of it at all, so Sun Yuzhi told them the story of how he fought England, the Netherlands, and France in Europe, not only did they hear their eyebrows fluttering, but even Qian Shoulian and Gao Nian didn't expect Sun Yuzhi to have such brilliant achievements.
After Sun Yuzhi finished the story, he suggested to López and Pilar: "Your king Philip III has reached an agreement with Theodosio, Duke of Bragança, that Portugal will move here and give the land of the entire kingdom to Spain, and Brazil in South America will be the territory of Portugal after Portugal, you should not be here now, even if the Ming soldiers do not fight with you, you will also be ordered to remove these places." Now that you have so many weapons, it is better for you to march to Mexico, where there is countless gold and silver, and your Florida, which was once your place, and which was later occupied by the English, and I suggest that you take the opportunity to take it back now, even if you return home, it will be considered a glory for your country, not to mention that you have also obtained a new colony yourself. ”
Sun Yu said directly: "I can transport you to Rio de Janeiro, and then you will help Portugal expel the French and English people from the north coast, and finally you can make peace with your comrades in Colombia, or you can expel these people and ask the Portuguese to send you directly to Florida, where to establish your own colony, prevent other forces from entering Mexico, and protect your rights and interests." ”
Sun Yuzhi has been carrying a map of the world since he came back from Europe, he pointed to the places on the map, and explained to López and Pilar one by one, only to hear the two of them in a daze, and felt that Sun Yuzhi's talent was too powerful, if he didn't listen to him, he would be absolutely a fool and a fool.
Sun Yuzhi's words completely moved López and Pilar, and after reorganizing their team, they took the fleet sent by Sun Yuzhi and prepared to go along the east coast of America to Rio de Janeiro. As for whether he can get the support of Portugal, Sun Yuzhi thinks that there is no problem with this, even he himself is moved by the plan, not to mention Portugal, which is now relocating, they need a stable order and a safe environment.
Sun Yuzhi just planned to send López and them away at first, but thinking about his plan, he felt that there were better interests in it, so Sun Yuzhi borrowed ten warships from Gundam Nian and rushed to Rio de Janeiro together, after all, he was just passing by last time, and now he can use the excuse of transporting López to investigate again, as for what the situation is and how much benefit there is, you can wait there to make a specific judgment, and it is best to find some benefits there.
Qian Shoulian and Gao Nian were stunned by Sun Yuzhi's plan, they didn't expect Sun Yuzhi to really want to go, so they lent all twenty warships to Sun Yuzhi, and handed over all 1,500 naval soldiers to him to ensure his safety, Sun Yuzhi agreed with a smile, telling them that this is not a big deal, just to investigate, as much as possible not to fight, if there is a war, those Spaniards will go first, and when there are enough benefits, he will do it himself.
Thousands of people brought by armed merchant ships have stayed in the new Chang'an, these people, except for some craftsmen, are ordinary merchants, craftsmen are not allowed to be soldiers, can only participate in the construction of various factories, according to Sun Yuzhi's suggestion, the steel plant here is expanded, and then upgraded, the special need of steel can definitely not be smelted here, but the general steel can still be smelted, the pot camel machine can not be made here, but simple iron farm tools, knives, small mortars, firing guns, shells, Bullets can be made here.
The quality of iron ore found in the middle reaches of the Jinghe River is not too high, the content is about 48%, but it can fully meet the needs, but the bad environment there is not suitable for the establishment of a steel plant, fortunately, the Jinghe River is a very good transportation route, relatively speaking, it is still relatively low, the expanded steel plant is built near the new Chang'an near the estuary, the design output is to reach 500,000 tons per year, this is a new term, according to Zhu Youxiao, is a ton is equivalent to 2,000 catties. This place is too far away from the mainland, if there is no certain steel supply, it is difficult for Daming to do much here, and the craftsmen brought by Sun Yuzhi from Daming are enough to meet the needs of a steel plant of this scale, which is not a big problem.
After arranging these things, Sun Yuzhi left New Chang'an, and took the seven or eight thousand people who transported López from the fleet to Rio de Janeiro, and he was not lonely along the way, because Sun Yuzhi found that there were many French and Italian colonies along the coastline, and they must be driven out of this area in the future, and it is best to let Portugal and Ming jointly control the territory here, so as not to make a mistake in Zhu Youxiao's plan, and secretly ponder this matter psychologically.
After the beginning of this Age of Discovery, except for Spain and Portugal, which were supported by the royal government, most of the other expeditions were supported by banks and consortium families, which was also the reason why Spain and Portugal could occupy most of the colonies at the beginning. If you wait until the power becomes strong and becomes a national power, it will be more troublesome.