The Ming army went to sea this time with a total of seven large warships, and 20 small and medium-sized supply ships were mainly composed of 11,000 officers and men of the Third Fleet of the Oriental Naval Division

Become a reward for adventurers. /First/Hair"

As soon as Ames's words were exported, there was a noisy discussion immediately, seven large ships plus twenty small and medium-sized ships were already an extremely large fleet for them, after arriving in South America, according to the custom of adventurers, it was natural to carry out a plunder, the indigenous people of South America have a lot of gold, silver, jewelry and utensils, with such an elite Ming army as the backing, it should be no problem to sweep several large tribes, even if it is a thousand people to get two percent, it is enough for everyone to make a fortune, but it is extremely dangerous to travel across the ocean, It has made many people retreat.

There are still those who are not afraid of death, these people are the most ferocious pirates and the most fearless adventurers, and there are people who immediately respond.

Arms was in a hurry, and immediately called his subordinates to the settlement to register, before going to South America, he had to contact his Spanish fellow countrymen, the Spaniards had several colonial strongholds in South America, when the fleet arrived, if it was feasible, they could also get their help, the entire Chongming Island immediately boiled, some people continued to live the old nightlife, some people began to pack up, the Ming army detachment involved in this operation has also arrived at the port of Shanghai, began to load and unload supplies and fresh water, Shanghai City is a newly built city, With Songjiang Prefecture Shanghai County as the prototype, a large number of migrants, coupled with the imperial court invested a lot of silver to participate in the new construction and the tax exemption policy for business travel, a year's effort, has been extremely prosperous, although the facilities in the urban area are much simpler than the major cities in the south of the Yangtze River, and the people are relatively poor, but the population has reached one million, the increase in population makes the price of manpower lower than half of other cities, and the depreciation of manpower prices has also caused a large number of factories to pour in, so compared with other development zones, Shanghai City is the fastest-growing city, even more so than the Suzhou Development Zone.

After announcing a series of instructions, Ames returned to Shanghai, until everything was ready, the fleet began the journey with tens of thousands of Ming sailors and a thousand adventurers, Ames stood on the side of the ship, the reason why the emperor asked him to participate in this operation was because the task was not only to obtain rubber, in addition to robbing gold and silver, there were coffee, cocoa, cane sugar, cotton, tobacco, dyes, potatoes and other plant fruits and seeds, so that they could be transplanted in Daming in the future, in addition, The Spanish set up the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Viceroyalty of Peru there, governing Central America and the Caribbean islands and Peru and other regions, Arms obeyed Zhu Jun's order, hoping to negotiate with the two Spanish governors in Central and South America, and in the name of the allies, he hoped to get the support of the two governors, relying on the Spanish stronghold, to open a colonial stronghold in South America, so as to meet the future exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and South America.

In fact, Arms is quite worried about this mission, especially with the Spaniards, Arms himself is a Spaniard, naturally knows the importance of South America to Spain, now the whole South America is only a monopoly of Spain, it is impossible to hope that there are external forces to enter, think that the Spaniards first arrived in the Far East, then the Dutch arrived, and vigorously squeezed out the Spaniards, also in North America, it was also the Spaniards who established the first colonial stronghold there, and then, the Dutch, The Portuguese came one after another, squeezing out this first comer, and now, the Ming want to establish a colonial base there, but also hope to get the help of the Spaniards, I am afraid that no matter how close the relationship between the two countries is, the Spaniards do not want to repeat the mistakes of the Far East and North America, which is the only continent where the Spaniards have an absolute advantage.

Ames's family has settled in Daming, he has a prominent position and the trust of the emperor in Daming, he met Xindi friends here, he lives a very happy life here, if he chooses, Daming is his real motherland, his children and grandchildren will continue to reproduce in this land, therefore, no matter what this time, he has to use all kinds of means to force those South American hillbilly governors to submit, if these hillbillies plan to fight to the end, he doesn't mind taking out the trump card of Luzon, It is even possible to instruct the accompanying Ming fleet to take action against this group of hillbillies, and it is indeed more convenient for the birds to occupy the dove's nest than to re-establish a colonial stronghold.

This is also the last letter of nomination given to the Ming Emperor by his Ames.

The sails of the fleet were gradually raised, the iron anchor weighing dozens of tons was pulled up by the sailors, and in the hunting sea breeze, Arms and the guerrilla general of the Third Fleet of the Oriental Naval Division Battalion gave the order to set sail, and in the countless shouts, dozens of large and small ships slowly sailed away from the harbor and began the first ocean-going adventure of the Ming Dynasty towards the place where the sun rose. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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New Chengdu.

The city of the same name as Sichuan is located in the Northern Province of the East Indies. After the Ming Dynasty began to move people in East India. Begin to formally exercise effective rule over the East Indies. The whole of East Indies was divided into two provinces. One is that the island of Ceylon was renamed as the province of New Qiongzhou for the sake of its jurisdiction. Another province is on the other side of the island of Ceylon. The southern part of the Indian subcontinent. It was named New Sichuan Prefecture. Both provinces are governed by officials from the three divisions. Above the three divisions there is a governor. to manage the affairs of the two provinces.

The capital of the new Sichuan region is in Chengdu. It is close to the southern Indian Ocean. It faces the new Qiongzhou Island across the sea from the opposite shore. Due to the migration of a large number of Diming people. Within the city. On the contrary, you can see many Han people in the ground. The Governor's Mansion of the East Indies was also located here. At this time, the surname of the Governor of the East Indies was Wang. Fame. He used to serve in the military department. Because he is a hero of the Yongli period. Therefore, it has won the trust of the emperor. Transferred to Governor General of the East Indies.

The position of Governor of the East Indies was somewhat academic. Anything can be managed. But you can leave nothing behind. Wang Jinwang is a hot man. Immediately after taking office, various policies were pursued. Allocation of displaced land. It's very positive. Therefore, it is quite trusted by the homeless. It's just that this person doesn't know how to be tactful. It is not friendly to the upper castes of the inner Indian estate. It's daunting.

It's noon. After finishing his official duties, Wang Jinwang was about to go to the back office to have a meal and rest. There was a cacophony of voices outside the yamen. Wang Jinwang couldn't help but cheer up. He knows. In this place, things are generally handled by the three divisions. If the three divisions can't handle it. and then it will be up to him, the governor, to decide. This time, suddenly, someone in the yamen was making a commotion. I think something has happened. Otherwise, no one would have rushed to the governor's yamen without going through the three divisions.

"Who's making a fuss out there?" Wang Jin looked at the staff who had just entered the governor's office, and the staff's face was gloomy, obviously something had happened.

"My lord, there are a lot of routs in the city, all of them have fled back from fifty miles to the north, and the officials of the Command Department and the Political Department have immediately rushed to report the news, I'm afraid it's ......."

Wang Jinwang stood up, fifty miles to the north is the border between New Sichuan and the barbarians, where there are dozens of Indian soldiers of the colonial legion composed of hundreds of people patrolling back and forth, and the rout soldiers who escaped from there are naturally patrolling guards, what does this mean?

"Quick, General Political Envoy Liu, and General Wang will be invited into the governor's office." Wang Jinwang has become an ant on a hot pot, no matter what, he didn't expect that at the moment when Xu Dachang, the chief soldier of the colonial army, entered Beijing for a military parade, the barbarians actually launched an offensive without warning.

There is no need for the staff to invite, all the commanders Wang Chang, and the political envoy Liu Mingjing have crossed the threshold to come in, and they saluted Wang Jinwang together, Wang Chang, as the military chief of New Sichuan, first spoke: "My lord, the last general has sent spies, and found the barbarians ten miles away, covering the mountains and fields, and there is no end in sight. ”

Wang Jinwang calmed down a little at this time, sat back in his place and said, "How many soldiers are there in the city?" ”

"Only 10,000 people." Wang Chang said with a dejected face, the training base of the colonial legion is on New Qiongzhou Island, where only more than 10,000 Indian soldiers are assigned to defend, and Wang Chang is helpless: "The last general has asked people to go to the other side by boat to ask for rescue, and the new Qiongzhou here is only a few dozen nautical miles apart, I believe that the main force of the colonial legion will come to the aid immediately, but the barbarians are huge, I am afraid that only by asking for help from the imperial court can the siege be lifted." ”

Wang Jinwang nodded: "The governor of the song for help will be sent out immediately, General Wang, the task of defending the city will be handed over to you." ”

In fact, Xu Dachang, the chief soldier, went to Nanjing, and the top general of the new Chengdu naturally became the commander of the capital, Wang Chang, and he had to do it head-on, if he didn't do it.

Wang Chang gave a military salute: "Obey." ”

Wang Chang didn't dare to stay longer, he remembered the matter of the city defense in his heart, said his guilt, and hurriedly went.

Only Wang Jinwang and Liu Mingjing, the political envoy, were left in the governor's hall, both of them were civilian officials, and they didn't know anything about military defense of the city, so they could only stare dryly, Wang Jinwang suddenly patted his forehead and said: "The situation is urgent, Lord Ben almost forgot where the enemy is the barbarians, Lord Liu, you quickly go and ask those routs who have fled back, and report immediately." ”

Liu Mingjing finally found something to do, and hurriedly made a compliment: "Xiaguan will go, and the lord will sit down." ”

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The war in India officially kicked off, this is the first colonial war of the Ming Dynasty, there will be more and more colonial wars in the future, of course, the anti-Qing Dynasty will also be carried out at the same time, about some book friends explained that the dynasty called the excerpt sparse, the Qing Dynasty was called the excerpt, the younger brother was careless, and it was corrected later.

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