Chapter 190: Sphere of Influence
In November of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, but it was obviously in the cold winter, but it was a hot summer in Mingdao, Sun Yuzhi came here with fifty merchant ships, he is now appointed as the governor of Mingdao, his task is to first gain a foothold here, and secondly, to build this place into a strong fortress of the Ming Dynasty, fifty armed merchant ships are his starting capital.
Earlier, Zhu Youxiao's letter arrived in Xinyingtian with this merchant ship, and Zhu Changhao received this letter from Zhu Youxiao in Yingtianfu, to the effect that he praised him for doing a good job here, Xinyingtian can also be called a country like the Daimyo Kingdom, he can be called a king, as for whether he is willing to do it, it is up to him to decide, Zhu Youxiao supports it, and the other is that the wooden bones must be occupied by Zhu Yousong, that guy is a person from a military academy, only he can be calmed there, it is best to give him three thousand old soldiers, In the past six months, including the property obtained from the robbery of the Indian coast, the spices for trading and transportation, etc., the silver earned is enough to get these arms, and the supply of logistics materials does not have to worry about, even if there is no money, he will also pay for it himself. As for Zhu Changrun and Zhu Changying, the two of them are going to exercise, and if any of them wants there, or who you want to give it to, you can decide for yourself.
Zhu Changhao is not a fool, although this place is not big, but it is a good place, so he expressed to Zhu Youxiao that he was willing to obey his arrangement, renamed this place Ying Tianguo, and handed it over to Zhu Yousong 4,000 veterans, let him go to Mugudu to lay a new world, and the other 1,000 veterans and 2,000 recruits were handed over to Sun Yuzhi and asked him to go to Mingdao to garrison, as for the more than 10,000 people who came with the boat, Sun Yuzhi could take 3,000 away, and the rest would be left in his own territory.
In this way, Sun Yuzhi took fifty armed merchant ships and three thousand soldiers, three thousand immigrants to Ming Island, the warship Sun Yuzhi did not need to bring, there were more than forty warships of the British coalition in the harbor of Ming Island, some of these ordinary people are craftsmen, and those warships can be transformed, since the cannon can be installed on the warships of the Ming Dynasty, it can naturally be installed on these warships, and the steam engine has also brought more than 100 units, and these warships must also be converted into warships with steam engines and sails. After the modification of the warship, although because of the steam engine is relatively small, it cannot compare with the speed of the Ming warship, but in terms of structural solidity, it is stronger than the ship built by the Ming itself.
After Sun Yuzhi came to Ming Island, he found that it was much more prosperous than when he left, the port had basically seen the prototype, the castle had laid the foundation, and there were even many indigenous black tribes living not far from here. What's more, because the more than 500 people garrisoned by the Ming army here have many advanced iron tools, and many of the indigenous blacks who came to exchange them for labor, they already have a very good atmosphere of cooperation, which also provides great help for Sun Yuzhi's next move. With these already laid foundations, Sun Yuzhi quickly arranged a place to live, which was very simple, this place was wide and could be lived in casually, and then the port and city walls were quickly built.
Many things are caused by greed, the first time is that the nearby tribes found that the people here are very wealthy, and the Ming army is very peaceful, which caused their greed, gathered more than 10,000 people to rob, trying to rob a large number of iron tools, but was surrounded by Sun Yuzhi's design, and then bombarded them with mortars, and as a result, these people were unable to afford to lie down. The indigenous blacks who can understand the Ming language came forward and told them that if they want good things, they will exchange their own things, these Ming people are very fair, if they don't have things, they can also go to the port and the mountain to mine stones, these can be used to exchange things, don't have the idea of robbery anymore, just look at their cannons to know how powerful they are, it is very easy to kill you.
After all these people were released, many of them were willing to work in exchange for things, and some went back to get some gold nuggets, silver nuggets and even diamonds and so on. Gradually, these news spread farther and farther, and local tribes from farther away came here to exchange things, and Sun Yuzhi got a lot of diamonds and gold nuggets with better fineness.
The other wave is pure pirates, this is a hodgepodge of pirates, they have more than a dozen armed pirate ships to provoke the Ming navy here, more than 3,000 Ming soldiers and Ming people watched them swagger into the harbor, they didn't take them seriously at all, and when they went out of the port to the barracks and residential areas, they were trapped in the encirclement with a few hand-cranked machine guns, and under the watchful eyes of a group of indigenous blacks who watched the excitement, the soldiers began to shoot targets, and competed to see who had more accurate marksmanship, Watching the pirates slowly being killed by the Ming soldiers one by one, these indigenous black people were stunned, and the pirates finally had a nervous breakdown, and stood in the most conspicuous place waiting for the gunfire in order to get rid of them as soon as possible, and the Ming soldiers were not affected by their actions at all, and still played unhurriedly until the last pirate was killed.
Cruel way of killing, cold murderous expression. This is Sun Yuzhi's method of leading the army, this kind of target killing pirates, so that some soldiers who have been away from the battlefield for a long time have returned to the state they were in at that time, and the indigenous blacks who are watching have a feeling of fear from the bottom of their hearts. Thinking about the way the Ming soldiers treated them before, it completely understood how civilized the Ming soldiers were to them.
The occupation of this place by the Ming soldiers has been known to the Portuguese, and at the same time, the Dutch and the Spaniards also know, and their fleets are also replenished here when they pass by, in order to further let all the fleets know here, Sun Yuzhi also set up a lighthouse at the top of the peninsula, and the port area is slowly prospering, and the ships who come here to supply are not limited to the fleets of these countries, all the fleets that pass here will rest here, so there are constantly people from all over the world who want to stay here and plan to take risks, In this way, one of Sun Yuzhi's plans appeared in his mind, and Zhu Youxiao's plan could be put into practice.
Sun Yu sent out a news that when exchanging goods, large diamonds appeared, as well as large pieces of dog's head gold, which showed that there were diamond mines and gold mines in this area, and the adventurers of the Ming Dynasty were ready to form an expedition team and plan to explore the interior. After the news spread, a large number of people from all over the world came to the governor's palace to inquire about the news, but it turned out that there was no such thing, but soon after, there was a public auction of diamonds and large pieces of dog's head gold in the square. Explorers from all over the world, who thought they were smart, thought that the explorers of the Ming Dynasty had already gone to the interior for exploration, so a large number of explorers began to form expedition teams and replenish their supplies to explore the interior.
In order to better let the explorers of these countries send back the news to the country, Sun Yuzhi revealed to these explorers the location of the diamond mine and gold mine that Zhu Youxiao told him, and someone found the diamond and dog's head gold in a short time, because according to Zhu Youxiao's meaning, the Dutch and Prussians were the earliest, so in the end, these two countries had the most explorers, and as for killing each other during the expedition, these two countries won the most victories and benefited the most, and at the same time, there were many explorers in order to solve physiological problems. A large number of offspring were born with the locals, forming the later Boers.
In order to prevent the British and French forces from entering Asia, Zhu Youxiao must let them have a place to vent, and one America may not be enough for them to spoil, so let Africa also become their battlefield. As the saying goes, you can't tie two donkeys in a trough, so Zhu Youxiao is ready to tie these donkeys together to see which of them can win, and if possible, let Portugal, the Netherlands, and Spain join forces to fight England, and it is best to suffocate the British Empire in the British Isles and eventually become a second-rate country. As for the country of France, Zhu Youxiao has always looked down on this Gallic rooster, except for sweeping Europe during the Napoleonic period, there has been no respectable record in other periods.
Now first instigate the Dutch and Prussians to enter South Africa, and then let the English know this secret, and then the next thing is to sell weapons on a large scale, no matter which country they are, as long as they need light weapons, let them fight as lively as possible, this is Zhu Youxiao's purpose.
Sun Yuzhi also built a Taoist temple and school here according to Zhu Youxiao's suggestion, and the Taoist temple was responsible for publicizing the moral cultivation of the Ming Dynasty, and also worked part-time to see doctors for the locals and promote traditional Chinese medicine, which was a huge project. The school is much simpler, in addition to teaching local residents who are willing to learn Chinese, the other is to spread the ancient Chinese stories, allusions, and humanistic spirit to the local area, so that the Ming civilization can spread deeply around the world.