Chapter 839: The Kingdom of the Ryukyus

The North American continent was touched by the Han people in advance, which should be a blessing for the Indians, and the Huang Han would not and did not need to adopt a policy of genocide.

As long as the Indians choose to submit to the "Red Banner Army", they can leave their lives, and the Indians who are also yellow people should be able to integrate into the Han nation for three generations.

This is not self-talking, most of the Xiongnu, Jurchen, Xianbei, Qianhu, Di, Wuhuan and other disappeared ethnic groups in history have been integrated into the Han nation, and these peoples are no less barbaric than the Indians in North America.

The Chinese language, Chinese characters, and yellow skin, the brilliant Chinese civilization would take root in North America, and the Indians would be able to get an education and become Han Chinese in the "Han Empire".

The first goal of the fleet was to occupy the Hawaiian Islands and establish a supply base and dock on Honolulu Island.

At this time, the United States had not yet appeared, and the Kingdom of Hawaii, with Honolulu or Honolulu as its capital, did not exist.

The entire Hawaiian Islands should be considered terra nullius. Soon there will be a great Han civilization there, and it will become a natural thing for the Han people to become the land there.

The voyage across the Pacific Ocean was too long, so I thought about taking the Hawaiian Islands first, and then I thought about finding Midway.

Because Midway is too small, only a few square kilometers, and in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, it is a deserted place that is not easy to find, so I did not consider looking for this island when I sailed this time.

As the number of immigrants increases, the occupation area expands, and more and more resources are obtained, the fleet of ships crossing the Pacific Ocean will grow to a few or even a dozen or dozens a year.

It is important to find Midway and build a large dockyard to establish it as a supply base, and it is also necessary to have a sailor stationed here for emergency rescue.

Huang Han did not stipulate when the fleet would return, nor was he too worried about the failure of the voyage.

One or two hundred years ago, Magellan was able to lead a few ships with a displacement of less than 300 tons, led hundreds of people to complete the circumnavigation of the world, and named the Pacific Ocean.

Today's seafaring standards have improved so much, with fairly accurate nautical charts, and the technology of building ships has advanced by leaps and bounds.

The 36 warships, merchant ships, and supply ships were all new ships that had been in the water for no more than three years, with a total displacement of up to 40,000 tons.

For safety, each was equipped with lifeboats, and there were two sentry boats on board that could be armed with two three-pounder guns.

The wooden sealed pontoons are enough to meet the escape needs of all the passengers, and everyone has life jackets made of old rattan soaked in tung oil.

It's just that the return date is uncertain, but Huang Han believes that the fleet will definitely be able to bring back a lot of collected rubber and cinchona bark when it returns to the sea.

At the end of next year, a small number of natural rubber tires will definitely be able to replace some cowhide and canvas tires, and then increase the development of pneumatic inner tubes, and a new wheel revolution will be in the ascendant.

Huang Han assigned a task to his disciple Shen Youluo, who had served in the Longwu Naval Division for two or three years, and he was to lead a battalion of more than a dozen warships of the Marine Division to the Ryukyu Kingdom, a foreign domain of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the Satsuma Domain had invaded the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Ryukyu King had become a puppet regime of the Satsuma Domain.

Huang Han expelled the Satsuma domain due to the rebellion of the Japanese army due to the rebellion of the Japanese army, and then garrisoned the Ryukyus to force this foreign vassal state to become the Ming domain.

The Satsuma clan participated in the civil war between the shogunate army and the religious army, and the garrison in the Ryukyus was less than 1,000 men, and it was quickly annihilated when it was attacked by a battalion of the "Red Banner Army" Marine Corps.

The reason why Huang Han chose this time to take the Ryukyu Kingdom for permanent occupation was not just to take advantage of the opportunity of the civil strife in the Japanese Dynasty.

It is also because the establishment of a large supply base in the Ryukyus is far away from the supply base in Hawaii, which can reduce the supply tonnage carried by the long-distance fleet, and is more conducive to improving the efficiency of long-distance sailing.

After the Ryukyu Kingdom became the Ming Domain, the King of the Ryukyus had to give up his military power and become a rich man like the King of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise, the end would not be good.

Ryukyu and the Ming Empire were vassal relations, and each generation of Ryukyu kings needed to accept canonization from the Ming Dynasty, and even their king's surname "尙" was given by the Ming Emperor.

Shang Feng, the eighth king of the second Shang dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom, is the current king, this monarch has done nothing, has always been grateful for the kindness of the Ming Emperor, and once sent an envoy to ask the Ming to be canonized.

This lord is still a soft bone, as can be seen from the fact that he was once captured by the Satsuma Clan and brought back to the Wa Kingdom to be imprisoned for several months.

The small country is poor and the people are weak, and the food cannot be self-sufficient, and King Shangfeng is not a man of great talent, so he may not dare to do anything to rebel and seek independence.

As long as there is time, the "Red Banner Army" will develop education throughout the Ryukyu Islands, and it is believed that in less than 30 years, the Ryukyuan people who write Chinese characters and speak Chinese will be indistinguishable from the Han people.

Shen Youliu was the first military and political magistrate in the Ryukyus, and whether or not the military administration would be implemented after a few years depended on the situation.

Huang Han is a traverser, there are no desert islands in his eyes, all islands are very important, just kidding, although the islands are insignificant, but the exclusive economic zone is 200 nautical miles.

Shen Youliu not only had to govern the Ryukyu Islands Sinicization of the Ryukyu people, but also completely occupy the Miyako Islands and recover the "Yonaguni Island" and the Yaeyama Islands.

The malaria contagion has made the Han people fear the tropical jungle, and by next year at the latest, Huang Han will be able to obtain cinchona, and the epidemic will be cured.

The "Red Banner Army," which is not afraid that malaria will affect its combat effectiveness, will set out to seize the entire island of Taiwan the year after next, and then try to seize the country of Da Yue.

When the offensive and defensive battles on the periphery of Jinzhou were lively, there was another accident in the Central Plains.

Zuo Liangyu's discipline is corrupt, and the vast majority of the team are bandits, bandits, and rogues, and there are very few good families, and even if there are any, they are taken badly.

Originally subordinate to the "thief general" Zuo Liangyu's generals Zuoma Shixiu and Du Yingjin were the leaders of the rogue bandits, and after surrendering to the "thief general", the thieves did not die, and they were stationed thirty miles away from Xuchang, the city of Xuzhou.

Xuchang is a strategic place, Zuo Liangyu has been stationed here for four years, his official residence and dependents are here, only the eldest son Zuo Mengeng has been following Zuo Liangyu to serve in the army.

The news of the annihilation of the Ming army that rescued Xi'an reached Xuzhou, and it was learned that Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the Great Alliance, had now won the whole of Shaanxi and obtained the title of King of Qin in the Great Qing Dynasty.

The serious 800 Ming troops were all short of food and salary, and the rogues who surrendered were of course raised by Xiao Niang, and they could not get food and salary.

Zuo Liangyu has not returned for a long time, and it is unknown that he may die in Shaanxi, Ma Shixiu, Du Yingjin and so on.