Chapter 406: West Coast

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"Your Majesty, your ministers have been adrift at sea for months, and have finally arrived in what you call America." , Zhang Jin took out the map drawn along the road and presented it to Chen Jialuo, "The ministers go ashore here." ”

Chen Jialuo looked at the location marked on the map, and according to the rough arc of the coastline, he could vaguely judge that the landing site was between the current San Francisco and Los Angeles, and they encountered the Apache tribe nearby, so it was basically certain that Zhang Jin and Jiang Sigen's fleet arrived in California.

"The coast here is mountainous, and there is a large valley after turning over the mountain, facing north and south, which is extremely vast, but unfortunately it has not been cultivated." , Zhang Jin showed a look of pity, "At present, this place is mostly occupied by the tribes of Upa, but their tribe has a small population, and most of them live by hunting and grazing, and almost no one cultivates it, leaving these lands barren; Hearing that the Spaniards were tempted in the south, the tribe of Upa fought several battles with them, and although his people were brave, they lacked weapons and suffered many more casualties than the Spaniards! ”

In the valley, there were Spaniards in the south, and Chen Jialuo reconfirmed that the place they arrived should be California, "Oh? So, your friend isn't just here to meet a friend? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty! Upa wants to buy a rifle from us! Zhang Jin also knew that arms trading was not something he could call the shots, he had been following Chen Jialuo for a long time, and he also understood that national affairs and righteousness in the rivers and lakes were two different things. As long as he has to take it casually, now he knows that this kind of thing is not only between him and Wupa, but must be arranged by Chen Jialuo after consideration.

"It's not impossible to sell it!" Chen Jialuo was not very worried about what kind of trouble would be caused to the Indians by selling arms, and with their scientific and technological level, they were completely incapable of producing arms, and now provided them with arms to fight against the Spaniards, French, British and other colonists. China follows and picks up cheap; If there is a conflict between the two sides at that time, the Chinese side only needs to cut off the supply of arms, and the side will not last long and its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced because the ammunition is exhausted.

"Oh?" , This was a surprise for Zhang Jin, and he hurriedly asked, "How much does Your Majesty plan to sell?" The tribe of Upa has a lot of gold, so even if we sell it more expensive, it's no problem! ”

"Hahahaha." Seeing that Zhang Jin put the interests of his country above the righteousness of his friends, Chen Jialuo was very happy. After laughing, he shook his head and said, "What do we want gold?" The Apache is not worth much gold! ”

"Your Majesty, what did you say?" , Jiang Sigen asked suspiciously, "In addition to gold, the Apache people have nothing else worth traveling thousands of miles back to the Central Plains!" ”

"Why do you have to ship it back?" Chen Jialuo asked rhetorically, "Since they have countless fertile fields there but have not cultivated them, we now have more people and less land in the country." Why not trade a rifle for land? ”

"But it's thousands of miles from Nanjing to America! In this way, it is rare to return to the Central Plains, and the people will relocate to the land. I'm afraid I won't go this far until I have to. Jiang Sigen asked.

"Why can't America go to Nanyang?" , Chen Jialuo asked rhetorically, there is not much difference between the two places for the current traffic level, and most people once they go. It's almost impossible to return home. "By the way, scholars have researched that the American continent in the mouth of Nataixi may be the place recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Classic of the East Mountains", and this place will be called the East Mountain Continent in the future!"

Unfortunately, the Indians are the European name for these tribes, and if they call themselves Indians, they can take the name of the Indians. Saying that they are the descendants of the Yin Shang Dynasty, well, the descendants left behind by the expedition of the Yin Shang fleet to the Maya, so that they can take advantage of a lot of future disputes.

Forget it, let those literati who surrendered to verify these things, anyway, there are enough written materials left by Huaxia, as long as you tell them your purpose, it is not a very troublesome thing to verify what you want.

"This will arrange people to gather the displaced people, if they are willing to go to Dongshanzhou, each person will have a hundred acres of land to lay a foundation! Give them as many land as they can reclaim! Chen Jialuo never underestimated the Chinese's desire for land, "Brother Shi, you go and talk to Upa, just say that we are willing to exchange rifles for land, and see how much they can come up with!" ”

"Yes, I think I can change a lot this time!" , Zhang Jin secretly calculated, for the Apache tribe, land is not valuable, but rifles are very rare!

"The tenth brother and the thirteenth brother should also be on their own now!" , Chen Jialuo was pleased to see their progress, "In the past few days, the two elder brothers have accompanied Upa and others to tour around, so that they can see the prosperity of our China; After a few more months of rest, we will take a large group of people to Dongshanzhou again, and we will take root here! ”

Chen Jialuo has already thought about the positions of the two of them, one is given the title of Governor of Dongshanzhou, and the other is given the title of Commander of the Dongshanzhou Fleet, where there will not be too many Chinese people in a short period of time, and the ability of the two of them is enough to deal with daily affairs; It is enough to wait until the territory and population under their control will greatly increase in the future, and then send civil and military officials to assist them.

In the next few days, Zhang Jin and Jiang Sigen took Upa and others to play around Nanjing, and the prosperity of Nanjing soon dazzled the eyes of Upa and others, and the rich products, all kinds of exquisite goods, and magnificent buildings made them think that they had fallen to the place where the gods lived.

The Chinese Guoshu Museum opened their eyes even more, watching Zhang Jin, who was like a god in their eyes, lose to the masters here again and again, making them almost burst their eyeballs, and in the next few days, Upa soaked here all day long, and was beaten up again and again.

Whether it is a desperate homeless person, or a criminal being held in a prison cell, a prisoner serving in the mines, or a relative of a criminal official of the Qing court, as long as he is willing to go to Dongshanzhou, he will be allowed to go.

In addition, the shipyard also installed a cannon on a brand new ship, and the fleet that went to Dongshanzhou this time was several times larger than the last time, and the navy also transferred a group of officers and sailors to serve under Jiang Sigen. The military industry department has prepared rifles for the tribe of Upa, and at the same time, there are also technicians from military factories in the crowd that set off with the team. (To be continued......)