Chapter 490: The Beginning of Colonization
In the autumn of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, in September, a fleet left Jining Mansion in a mighty way, and the bustling port was anchored with countless ships, where countless people unloaded or loaded goods, prosperous, rich, and the dense population became an innumerable source of tax revenue for this port. The port on the coast of the Yellow Sea has become a pearl of the Ming Dynasty in general destruction, the prosperity and richness here, the astonishing speed of rising, all people are shocked, the foreign Yi who come here are all shocked by the richness of the oriental country, the huge hanging tower gives people a shock, and even some people compare him with the Nanjing glazed tower, as a kind of landmark building. The crowd in the harbor looked at the departing fleet with respectful eyes.
The fleet that left was a hundred thousand thousand ships, as well as the four first-class sail battleships, and these other various transport ships in between, transporting tens of thousands of soldiers from Chengde Mansion, three thousand dragoons, one thousand Shenji battalions, and even 11,000 Tusi wolf soldiers, plus other elites.
Tengyi stood on the side of the ship, feeling a little spinning, vomiting on the side of the ship, the feeling of seasickness was extremely uncomfortable, the sea breeze with a fishy smell was blowing, blowing his cheeks, the warm sky, the endless sea This beautiful scenery he really didn't want to enjoy at all, just wanted to vomit.
Qi Mu laughed loudly on the side, and finally, his son-in-law showed his weak side, looking at his non-stop madman's appearance, he has nothing to do, some people are born without seasickness, such as him, and said, "Go find the doctor and prescribe some medicine, haha, the small body is not good, my son-in-law"
"No" Tengyi stood up, being ridiculed by his father-in-law made him very faceless, this father-in-law has also changed, since he came here, he has begun to mock himself, he doesn't know what the reason is, is he feeling that he has pressed him in all aspects? Or do you feel that your position is higher than his, and he is not convinced? Or are you simply infected by this atmosphere? There is indeed an atmosphere in the military where they compare themselves and compete with each other.
Infected by the atmosphere, Qi Cheng also began to follow his uncle and began to mock others, he realized that it is a good thing to become a strong person, to mock weak people, and let others lose face, and said, "Hehe, your brother-in-law and I are better than you, brother-in-law, haha" He smiled, and the uncle and nephew left after mocking.
"General, they are really excessive, they can't afford to live with us every day" Tengyi's lieutenant shook his head and said, Tengyi did say, "Hehe, can't you see it, find me to blame?" It's not because we crush them that we like to mess with us, my father-in-law is a face-saving person! That's how he is cold-faced and hot-hearted."
"Hehe, General Teng" A call from afar, it was indeed a group of people from the Shenji Battalion who came, their hands were still jet black, and some of them were covered with oil stains and looked dirty, Tengyi in front of them looked at them and hugged their fists, and said, "What are you looking for me?"
"Hehe, we can't stay anywhere, the princess can't be messed with" Xu Wenjue immediately shook his head and smiled bitterly, the princess followed, who of them dared to be on that boat, didn't they all get off the boat obediently, and the princess was on the same boat, wouldn't they think they had a long life.
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"The wind and waves are very strong, you go back to the cabin" Xiao Chuan said softly, standing on the side of this class of sail battleship, as if standing on a hill, looking at the rough sea in the distance, where are countless reverie secrets hidden, the princess on the side wrapped the white mink fur on her body, shook her head and said, "No, Yan'er is not cold, Childe, we have passed the island country, where are we going?" She asked, curious.
"Yes, yes, I heard that there are pirates and pirates here, but we haven't encountered them," said Xiao Lu on the side, with curiosity on his face!
Would-be pirates? The princess laughed and said, "What kind of pirates, think too much, look at Childe's battleship, how can there be pirates coming, there are few opponents in the whole world," the princess said, he was already shocked by this class of style battleship.
"Probably, right where we're going," said Ogawa, he wasn't quite sure, the first colonists in the Americas arrived in Virginia, the easternmost part of North America, and he came ashore from the westernmost point, and their first colony, Jameston, should have just been established at this time, and probably wouldn't encounter any British colonists. The Spanish people in South America have nothing to do with themselves, and they can develop on the west coast of North America with peace of mind.
"Where are we going" The princess had a strange look flashing in her big eyes, going to? "Childe, why are we going to that place, I thought you were going to the island country?" ”
"The island has silver, but it's not enough," Xiaochuan said, he needs money, silver, and a lot of silver, and only by reaching out to the Americas and participating in this colonization can he reap money, and it is better to call it liberation, and he will liberate this group of Indians who are oppressed by the colonizers.
"Is the Americas really that good?" The princess didn't know why there was such a strange name, Xiao Chuan laughed, and said, "You'll know if you go" The first batch of British colonists to reach the Americas was only one hundred and fifty people, and the income they brought was astronomical, so with money, they could have a foundation.
The prince's heritage is Jiangnan, Zhang Xianzhong's heritage is Sichuan Shu, or there will be Yungui in the future, and his own is the Americas, a steady stream of ships through the Pacific Ocean, transporting the wealth and population back to the Ming Dynasty, the new heritage, Shandong and Henan are all war-torn places, how to compare with Zhang Xianzhong, and the prince's territory.
The princess showed a puzzled expression, and she didn't understand what Xiaochuan meant, Shandong is not rich enough, and the changes in the three prefectures of Henan are regarded as miracles in Daming, and he still thinks it is not enough? The princess felt a little incredible, and Xiao Chuan snorted and said, "Will your father give me all of Henan?" “
The princess shook her head, this is impossible, Chongzhen felt that he could not tolerate a warlord to expand his strength so much, Xiao Chuan said, "In this way, I have to find a new way to make money"
"I'm sorry" The princess lowered her head after speaking, with a gloom in her eyes, Xiaochuan patted her back lightly, and said, "It's me who should say I'm sorry, let you be caught in the middle"
The princess shook her head, looking at the sea in front of her, with a kind of warmth in her heart, leaning in her arms, the sea breeze did not feel much cold.
Looking at the sea in front of him, Xiao Chuan's heart sank, sank! With a worry in my heart, history is already a little different, Tsarist Russia stretched out its minions to Siberia in advance, so will the colonies in the Americas still be like history, and will the east coast of North America still be the first batch of 150 British colonists? With a kind of worry in my heart.