Grabbing money, food, and women has always been the driving force behind the external expansion of an empire, a civilization, and even a race.

For example, the final fate of the Indians was basically extinct in North America, and in Latin America it continued in the form of mixed Indo-Belarusian blood, and the population still maintained a certain size.

However, according to genetic research, almost 100 percent of the so-called mixed-race Indians in Latin America are white, just as the so-called mixed-race children in later generations are basically foreign fathers and Chinese mothers.

Like a defeated lion pack on the grassland, the female lion was spared and even accepted the new king without any obstacles, while the male lion had no choice but to fight or die.

Such a statement may be suspicious of objectifying women.

But this is a bloody fact that has been played out again and again in human history.

It's just that in modern times, these bloody facts have been wrapped up in increasingly sophisticated humanism and theory, whitewashing the ephemeral peace that is extremely unusual in human history.

The Fourth Ming Empire arose on the North American continent surrounded by wolves, and did not have the inherent population advantage of the Chinese nation, so whether it was Zhu Fugui or other important ministers of the court, it was natural to attach importance to the issue of expanding the population.

While it is feasible to emigrate Chinese workers from mainland China and the Nanyang region, there is no doubt that the Chinese workers are almost exclusively men in their prime.

These healthy men in the prime of life naturally have the need for marriage and childbearing.

Finding wives for the bachelors of the Ming Empire is a problem that Zhu Fugui must solve.

This is not a joke, but it is about the stability of the regime and the continuation of the population.

Fortunately, the good news is that with the increase in the efficiency of slaughter with standard weapons, both the colonizers' wars of conquest of the Indians and the wars within the colonists have led to more women than men around the world.

In the British Empire, for example, the sun never sets, there were millions of middle-class women who could not marry in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.

It can be said that from the battlefield of the trapped beasts of the Restoration and the shogunate samurai in the east to the bloody war on the Ukrainian plain in the west, these places are recorded in Zhu Fugui's small book, which is a suitable object to consider.

Of course, these are long-term plans, and at present, for Zhu Fugui, the most important thing is to establish a new city, a city that belongs to the Ming Dynasty, so that people's hearts can be completely settled.

At the welcome party in the evening, Zhu Fugui officially announced this resolution.

Speaking of this welcome party, this is the first large-scale cultural and sports event held by Daming after gaining a firm foothold.

Large-scale activities such as the Spring Festival Gala, although they were complained about as being inferior to a year in later generations, but in the era of poor cultural and entertainment life, such a party not only represents a busy and leisurely life, but also represents a collective identity and a collective culture.

When more than 1,000 people gather together in an orderly manner, dressed in uniform and several costumes, such an action itself is an imprint that adds a sense of belonging to everyone's heart.

At this moment, Mo Bai's more than 500 new workers are eager to integrate into this collective.

In times of peace, there may be people who pursue unique individuality.

But in these troubled times, in this wild western North America, every Chinese longs to integrate into the collective and become a part of this huge force.

Xia Zhixin sat on the pony, although he knew that these were all unsuccessful White Lotus Sect members in front of him, he couldn't help but have the idea of wanting to join it.

Mo Bai looked at the audience on the east side with envy.

Unlike other areas that are a little more chaotic, the audience here sits all in a straight position, legs together, and hands on their knees.

These soldiers of the First Division of the Royal Army, although they and the green battalion of the Great Qing Kingdom are wearing green clothes, they are basically two species.

That's how it should be!

Mo Bai remembered this sentence he had heard from Mr. Storyteller on the street.

He has already made up his mind, no matter what Mr. Xia says, tomorrow's volunteer filling in will be written to join the army.

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As the sun gradually sinks in the west, the welcome party officially begins.

In fact, many people do not understand why this kind of open-air gathering is held at night.

In the past, candles were extremely luxurious in the countryside.

Horse lanterns and kerosene lamps, represented by the gas death wind lantern, have become quite popular in the western United States today, but have not yet been officially introduced to China.

Whether it is a traditional temple fair in China, or a troupe singing on stage, it is all held during the day, and what can you see clearly at night?

And so many people, not to mention clapping and applauding, but each person occasionally whispers a few words, and the voice of the drama on stage can't be heard, right?

It wasn't until the cool lights on the stage snapped that all doubts disappeared.

In this era when incandescent lamps have not yet been popularized, this visual feast using beam lamps and megaphones is definitely beyond the norm.

As a later generation, it is difficult for Zhu Fugui to understand the shock of these natives when they see all this.

After all, according to Zhu Fugui's vision, the level of this kind of lighting and sound effect is not to say that it is comparable to a professional art evening, but it is much inferior to the thirteen weddings he attended.

In fact, these cheap beam lights, balloons, concierge cannons and so on were purchased by Zhu Fugui from the wedding company.

The wedding company also generously gave Zhu Fugui a set of wedding photos.

When Zhu Fugui sent a black-and-white photo of himself and Yin Susu over, the master of the drawing master at the other end also boasted that the little couple could play, and they were very retro and full of jazz style.

Zhu Fugui still didn't understand what a man wearing a cool armor with almost the same style as "if you are a brother, come and cut me", and a woman wearing Yinren's traditional costume and wearing a long feather crown, would have anything to do with Jazz Fan.

Probably speaking, it will be easy to satisfy the petty bourgeois feelings of customers, right?

Having said that, wearing this kind of clothes to take pictures is certainly not Zhu Fugui's idea.

He felt sad for the aesthetic taste of the mother of the Ming Dynasty.

And that set of group photos has been regarded by Yin Susu as the most precious treasure, carefully treasured, and placed under her beloved deerskin pillow.