Governor Wang Zheng gave warm hospitality to Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong and his officers in his governor's palace.

Pointing to a slender canal outside the window, he said, "We built an underground cistern, otherwise we wouldn't be able to guarantee daily water here...... However, only in such an environment can there be a fine saltpeter mine! ”

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong looked up, and there was a gray desert land everywhere, and it was extremely difficult to see a little green, and perhaps only a few rows of vigorous shrubs were at the gate of the Governor's Mansion in the entire saltpeter mining area...... Humans can still survive in such an environment!

But saltpeter here is equivalent to gold, silver and bronze in the eyes of people!

The sodium nitrate content in the saltpeter produced here is generally between 15%~65%, and the highest is 95%...... Needless to mention its military role, its agricultural and industrial uses alone are enormous.

Using it to fertilize dry crops such as wheat, corn, sugar beet, and cotton can increase yields by more than 20%!

It also plays a great role in the use of glass and tanned leather.

Governor Wang Zheng said lightly: "Although our current annual output here can only reach more than 100,000 tons, this is an indispensable place for the entire Federal Empire!" ”

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong said with admiration: "Your name will be written in the book......

Governor Wang Zheng smiled and said, "I don't seek fame or profit, but I want people to know about this place...... The nitrate ore here is very easy to mine, just like money everywhere, I hope you can promote the nitrate mine in Nanyindi Anzhou for us when you return to the main island of Liuqiu.

We don't even want reporters to come to this place......"

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong had already shown Governor Wang Zheng his photo at the mouth of the Buyi River, and had also reported the situation there.

The key problem is that there are few people, and more importantly, there are few people in the Federal Empire...... Even if it's from the Great Song Dynasty.

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong understood the subtext of Governor Wang Zheng, his navy originally belonged to the Nankai region, and now the Nankai region has become a hot spot in the hearts of the citizens of the Federal Empire, and even the small merchants and hawkers of the Great Song Dynasty, as well as the guys with dreams of making a fortune, are vying to run there.

There is gold and silver in the Nankai area!

Even if no gold is found, there are more than two meters of ivory and more than one and a half meters of rhinoceros horn in the grasslands!

Wealth is attractive, and it is said that the environment is full of greenery, melons and fruits, and grass like a blanket...... Well, Director Huang Poluo is obviously more propaganda than the Governor of the Five Expeditions.

However, Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong saw the yellow-brown saltpeter ore sample in a glass jar on Governor Wang Zheng's table, and this was perhaps more important.

Governor Wang Zheng said lightly: "The saltpeter mine here is enough for the empire for a thousand years at the current mining rate......"

A thousand years!?

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong replied seriously: "Don't worry, when we return to Liuqiu Island, we will definitely give more publicity to Nanyindi Anzhou, which may be more important than the Nankai area!" ”

"That's right! You look at the black labor force in the Nankai area...... They are clearly not as docile and competent as the Incas and Mayans! ”

Wang Zheng still proudly said:

"There's really not a shortage of labor, but we want to make the people of the Federal Empire here a fifth, if not a tenth...... And now it's only one percent, and I'm always a little worried......"

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong replied loudly: "There can be thousands of antelopes, and lions can drive them as long as there are a few!" ”

Hehe, that's the truth of the animal world.

Governor Wang Zheng said: "We are not here to drive them, but to bring order and civilization...... So that everyone can live a good life, in the end, we can always live a good life for ourselves...... This is what my lord has said many times......"

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong was in awe after hearing this...... One of the main families of the governor was the king of the empire.

Governor Wang Zheng said: "However, I need the culture of the Federal Empire here, even if it is from the Great Song Dynasty...... Among tens of thousands of people, there are only about 1,000 people who celebrate the Sanyuan Festival together, which is too lacking in that atmosphere. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Zhou Tong smiled, there is no way, you can only take your time, the Imperial Navy can't force the citizens of the Federal Empire to come here, right?

You can't go to the coastal area of the Great Song Dynasty to rob people, right?!

However, he understood that Governor Wang Zheng wanted the Imperial Navy to help Nanyindi Anzhou more than Nankai region......

The Inca kingdom's campaign against the Mayan kingdom in the name of banning blood sacrifices was victorious.

Governor Wang Zheng had a detailed war report in his hands.

The 20,000 fully iron-weaponized Inca troops made their way through the rainforest at the cost of more than 1,500 men, and under the guidance of a company of troops from the Federal Empire, they finally found two Mayan kingdoms.

Then the outcome of the war was simple, including the Mayan kings and their nobles and high priests all became prisoners.

The Inca army in this war paid only a few dozen casualties.

Iron weapons were a devastating battle against an army whose main weapons were bronze, hardwood, and flint.

The course of the first battle took less than three days, a total of more than 100,000 people were captured, and I don't know how many escaped.

The second battle took place sixty kilometers southeast of the first Mayan kingdom, a smaller country...... These two Mayan kingdoms are so close to each other, but they don't even know each other!

General Tasa, the commander of the Inca army, had to admire the messengers of the sun god very much...... The Inca kingdom did not know that there was a Mayan kingdom in this world, but they came here from afar and knew it; The two Mayan kingdoms that were very close to each other did not know each other's existence, and the messenger of the sun god even knew!

General Tasa obeyed the messenger of the sun god and never disobeyed him.

The Inca army did not kill the Mayans indiscriminately, nor did they destroy their temples or other buildings...... Basically, as long as you surrender, you will be let go.

General Tasa recovered a large number of gold, silver, and bronze utensils from the homes of the Mayan nobles, in addition to some corn and potatoes, and various types of linen...... Well, although the Inca kingdom and the Mayan kingdom are far apart, everyone is at the same level...... They just didn't have the messenger of the sun god to help.

General Tasa is very interested in gold, silver and bronze objects, which can be used to pay for the weapons and equipment of the whole army, and can also be exchanged for various items that the Inca Empire likes!

The Sun Messengers, who accompanied the group, seemed to be more interested in the various tall stone towers and temples of the Mayans, and they kept taking pictures, especially of some of the stone tablets inscribed with Mayan characters...... General Tasa ordered the soldiers to escort the Mayans back to the Inca kingdom in batches and phases.

The first thing he chose was young men and women...... After they have walked away from the dense forest road, they will arrange for the middle-aged and elderly people and children to follow.

He could only arrange it this way, and the messenger of the sun god would not let anyone be abandoned.

The messenger of the sun god found a mass grave behind the temple, where tens of thousands of headless corpses were buried on top of each other, some of them were already white bones, and some were just beginning to decompose......

Immediately afterward, another larger mass grave was discovered in the distance, where the bones were also headless and had their chests cut out!

The captain of the company of the Federal Imperial Army said to his men: "They may not be able to feed the excessive population, so they resort to this terrible way of dealing with ......"

His men nodded and said, "I've observed the abandoned cities along the way...... They didn't know how to fertilize again, and when the fertility of the surrounding land was used up, they moved out...... At this level of civilization, where can so many people be raised?! ”

The company commander said: "No matter what, we can't allow such a waste of labor!" ”