"El Salvador. Angel. Baron Bravo? Long Xu, who was wearing a straight military uniform, squinted at the middle-aged Spanish man in front of him who was dressed like a big rooster, and asked slowly.

There is not a hint of deference! There was not the slightest fear of the Kingdom of Spain! Baron Bravo felt his anger rising, but he restrained it well, he still had a lot to know, and he didn't want to have nothing to say to these annoying East Coasters right now.

"Tatars, tell me, what do you want to do? Want to sprinkle all these ant-like yellow-skinned heretics all over the East Coast prairie? Baron Bravo looked at Long Xu with the arrogant expression peculiar to a rooster and said arrogantly.

"Spaniard, you'd better pay attention to your politeness. In this place full of infidels, you have to learn to be cautious, and it will do you good. The young Long Xu shook the saber in his hand, and then said with a smile: "It's not your turn to do what we do, this is the legal territory of the East Coast Republic of China." ”

"But you have been persecuting Catholics!" Baron Bravo did not avoid Long Xu's dangerous gaze in the slightest, but raised his chin a little higher, and then continued: "Tartars, this is inhumane and intolerable in the Christian civilized world, and if you do not change your filthy deeds, the Kingdom of Spain will respond to your stupid deeds. And I promise, you'll be impressed. ”

"Is your head broken? Spaniards, I really doubt how the Peruvian Governor could have sent such a stupid-looking guy as you to talk to me. You look like you're in your thirties, IMHO. Your mental age is still very naïve. Even some of the young lads in my unit who have just been promoted to alternate officer will be much more sedate than you. You're too far away. Lord Baron. Long Xu suddenly pulled down his face and said in a cold voice: "So you're here to provoke, right?" It's just to provoke us, isn't it? Then you have succeeded, Baron Bravo, for our cavalry is about to wipe out a village of Charua. Just to the west in the hills, you'd better pray that the Jesuit Father Barbosa isn't there, or he'll die an ugly death. ”

Hearing Long Xu's words, Baron Bravo suddenly became angry as if he had been greatly insulted, only to see him say in a loud voice: "Father Balbosa is a venerable elder. He was knowledgeable, personable, and his devotion to God was admirable, and he ......"

"Enough, Mr. Baron." Long Xu impatiently interrupted Baron Bravo's words, and then said, "Father Barbosa secretly bewitched the Charua barbarians to kill one of our peaceful residents, and they must pay the price!" Including this dishonorable priest! Behold, our troops have set out, and they will cut the heads of those barbarians with their sharp sabers as lightly as slicing beef, and let them know what kind of enemy they cannot provoke. ”

Baron Bravo calmed down at this time, only to see him look at Long Xu with gloomy and angry eyes. Then he said, "I shouldn't have wasted my time in front of you." I am now the special envoy of the Viceroy of Peru in the Kingdom of Spain, and I need to travel to your capital to deliver important letters and diplomatic messages. We ask for your cooperation. ”

Long Xu was stunned when he heard this, and then shouted behind him with a stinky face: "Liu Zhigang, you take a platoon of cavalry to escort this envoy and his entourage to Dongfang Port, and come back as soon as the mission is completed, and we will continue to clear the next Chaluya village." With that, he glanced defiantly at Baron Bravo again.

Baron Bravo was expressionless and did not reply. After a while, the cavalry led by Sergeant Liu Zhigang finished their equipment and escorted Baron Bravo and his retinue south along the flat steppe. They will first arrive at Xiayi River Fort in the south, cross the river and go south there, and then go all the way southeast to Meilin Harbor, and then follow the railway south through Zhenyuan Township and Ranch Township to reach Dongfang Harbor. Along the way, they walked in the "hinterland" controlled by the people on the east coast for a long time, and there was no need to worry too much about safety, and what Liu Zhigang and others needed to pay attention to along the way was nothing more than to try to stay away from the Yi River basin where there were steamboats walking, and not let these Spanish Yankees notice this new type of boat from the east coast.

Although there are already some "strange stories" about the Eastern Republic in the vicinity of La Plata and Brazil, including some news about ships that "emit black smoke" and "sail autonomously", ordinary people may regard them as magic and witchcraft or simply as a joke, but some intellectual nobles and merchants do not see it that way. They thought that the people of the East Coast must have mastered some kind of remarkable method, and that this method must have been a disruptive innovation for ship navigation.

As a result, they began to secretly collect information on such vessels through various means, and now they have some information. For example, they knew that this kind of ship was going to burn coal, and they also knew that this kind of ship produced some water vapor, and they also knew that this kind of ship was driven by some "paddle wheel" or "propeller". It's a pity that they can't get in touch with the crews of those steamships, especially the steam engine repairmen, for the time being, otherwise they will definitely get more useful information. But it's only a matter of time, and any practical technology that shows its unparalleled charm in front of people will spread sooner or later. Unlike textiles or dyes, the steam engine can be built behind closed doors in a heavily guarded place, which has to run around, which makes it more difficult to regulate.

If the traversers knew that the consequence of their vigorous promotion of the steam engine would be the diffusion of technology, I don't know if they would stick to the original approach. Although the promotion of the steam engine provided a huge boost to the country's industrial and agricultural development, it is really difficult to keep any technology secret, especially when many people's eyes are on it.

The only thing they need to be thankful for now is that the society on the east coast is not an open society, but a high-pressure police society with relatively strict control and rampant military and police regulations, and the spy system and strict household registration system make it difficult for many unfamiliar faces infiltrated from Brazil or La Plata to openly walk in the interior, which makes it very difficult for them to steal information. They can only penetrate the East Coast society through guò immigrants, steal information for a long time, and then find a way to pass it on, which is outrageously inefficient and does not have a high success rate. Moreover, as early as a few years ago, the East Coast had stopped obtaining immigration from Britain, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain and other powers, and the main source of European immigration was the Ottoman slave girls and a small number of Livonians, which created a considerable obstacle for those Western European powers to steal information.

However, after all, these are not safe, and people will always find loopholes to steal information for a long time, especially things like steam engines, which are difficult to regulate. Therefore, what the East Coasters need to do is to strengthen supervision and scrutiny, delay the leakage of steam engine technology as much as possible, and buy more time for their own development.

After the weary Spaniards were sent away, Long Xu, who had just been appointed commander-in-chief of the Yihe region, immediately walked out of the castle site that was currently under construction, and after leaving half a company (120 men) of soldiers to guard the place, he took the other half company and took a few newly assembled freight rail carriages to the south. The cavalry troops had just marched to the low mountains and hilly areas to the west to exterminate the two Chaluya villages that had been detected by the people on the east coast, and it was difficult to guarantee that the Gaoqiao horse bandits active nearby would not have any other thoughts, such as encircling Wei to save Zhao or something. Patrolling along the railway line with half a company of troops can play a more or less role in deterring the enemy, and can also give some confidence to the local immigrants and South African laborers who are building the road.

The extermination of the Charuas must be hurried. Recently, it is necessary to intensify investigations, carry out forced relocation as soon as it is verified, and exterminate them on the spot if they encounter resistance, so as to ensure that there are no future troubles. If these local Charuya villages are wiped out, then the Gaocho bandits who have been raging in the vicinity for a long time will become rootless water, and they will definitely not be able to hold on. Now that the Spaniard, who is as proud as a big rooster, has come to the door, the Executive Committee will adjust its policy for various reasons, and suspend some radical purges of the Charua and Guarani.

Therefore, it is better to raise the butcher's knife now, clean up all these aborigines in the Xiling area, and create a good living environment for the arrival of Shandong immigrants in the future. Fortunately, there are not many Charua people living in the Uruguayan savannah, about 8,000 people, and over the years they have been killed, exiled, and integrated by the East Coast people, more than 3,000 people, and there are not many left.

Nearly 300 cavalry moved as fast as lightning, and in just one afternoon, they used sabers and muskets to destroy the two raided villages of Charuya. A full 180 bloody human heads were piled up in the open space outside the canyon fort, which made a group of Shandong immigrants frightened and a little red-eyed, 20 yuan per head, which is a full 3,600 yuan!

In addition to the adult Charuya men they killed, they also captured more than 200 Charuya women and children, but their own casualties were only about 20 people, and most of them were lightly wounded. After this battle, they did not rest much, but continued to carry out large-scale patrols and reconnaissance in the vicinity, constantly expelling and exterminating the local Charlua aborigines. And thanks to their efforts, the railway line is also constantly extending forward. (To be continued......)