The first indigenous groups have entered the integration phase. At present, there is a big problem, the Daming reclamation team brought by Zhu Hao itself is prosperous and weak, and the situation of the indigenous people is not much better than that of the Ming Dynasty, so that although the population of Zhu Hao has exceeded 40,000, the number of women is only more than 5,000, and the ratio of men and women is too unbalanced.

Especially those Ming soldiers who did not bring their families to the New World, they had higher needs in life than ordinary craftsmen, farmers and fishermen, or were more assertive, and once they could not realize their wishes, they would not necessarily pick quarrels and provoke trouble.

The natives live in the camp, and the ration problem needs to be arranged urgently, and the next step is to take over all the land of the people of Jingjing Er, especially to let all the people from the Ming Dynasty try to use potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn as staple food, if you simply rely on the food brought by the fleet, it is estimated that it will not be enough for about half a year.

Lu Song went out to inspect this day, and said to Zhu Hao when he came back: "Sir, those people of Fanbang, especially women, don't seem to take chastity and other matters very seriously, and they found that there were soldiers harassing them before...... They didn't seem to care too much. When Lu Song reported this matter to Zhu Hao, as the deputy marshal of the army, he was actually a little worried about it.

After all, there are so many women, and once they open their mouths, they may cause disputes and even civil strife.

In this place far from the Ming Dynasty, the only law is Zhu Hao's military order, in addition to the indigenous women, there are also the wives and daughters brought by the craftsmen, and the soldiers have weapons in their hands, and they are likely to mess around.

Zhu Hao said: "This is why I insist on conducting military training for all personnel and selecting outstanding people from them to form a civilian army, which is to form a military force that can be checked and balanced in addition to officers and soldiers." Now let's secretly assign the people of Fanbang to work, and find someone to teach them Chinese, and stipulate that no one who is a soldier is allowed to go and disturb! "For the current situation, what Zhu Hao can do is to rely on military orders to standardize.

At the moment, the two sides do not understand each other's language, and the natives join in order to get shelter, and it is good to say in the face of ordinary soldiers, for fear that there will be soldiers and ruffians making trouble.

So Zhu Hao then added: "If someone makes trouble, immediately enforce the military law, and use heavy codes in troubled times." ”

"Understood." What Lu Song wanted was Zhu Hao's military order. The Jinyi Guard under his command is one of the few teams with strict military discipline in this team, which is equivalent to the supervision team, and it is still up to Lu Song to support the scene at a critical time.

………… In the next period of time, about a month or so, Zhu Hao did not expand easily.

However, Zhu Hao roughly understood the current situation from Jing Jinger...... In general, the surrounding indigenous city-states have basically been swept away by European colonists, and the city of Jingjing II has belonged to the western part of Central America, far away from the landing direction of European colonists, plus this area is not very rich, European colonists just came to plunder it, and they haven't come back for more than a year.

This tells Zhu Hao in disguise that if he wants to set up camp in the local area, this is an excellent opportunity. But for Zhu Hao, it is not a good idea to recuperate.

Whether it is planting or mining, it needs manpower, and it also needs the accumulation of resources, and now the resources that this place has in addition to the basic wood and water, all rely on the materials brought with the ship, and the favorite gold, silver and other things of the whole army have not been found at present, and they cannot be produced.

The iron ore and coal mines that Zhu Hao cares about also need a large number of people to explore and excavate. In the past month, it was almost the time for Zhu Hao to build a fortified city, relying on his own nearly 40,000 people, plus the 5,000 people brought by Jing Jinger, he built a city with strong walls from scratch, and on this basis, built private houses in the city, as well as docks and docks that could be attacked and defended by the sea, and artillery was also set up in place.

"Childe, are we going to stay here all the time?" Lou Suzhen is very motivated to conquer the New World.

She seemed to see that this land was vast and boundless, so big that it might be comparable to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, this was just her initial impression, and in a wild place like this, Lou Suzhen felt that there were opportunities everywhere.

Zhu Hao said: "Fanmin don't say it, only the places near the west coast are rarely white, if we want to go inland, we will inevitably encounter the Franc machine colonists, and there will be a series of vicious battles." Our biggest problem is that we are overseas and we can't replenish our troops. Lou Suzhen asked: "Could it be that those Yangyi have a steady stream of soldiers?" Zhu Hao sighed: "They are used to being robbers, and they may also face problems in their own survival, so they plunder everywhere." On this land, they should have more people than us, but whether they can be integrated is two words, but in the next few years, we will definitely encounter repeated attacks, and we can't launch a counterattack on all fronts before we develop to a certain scale, and it is too embarrassing. Lou Suzhen said: "This is the reason why Gongzi wants to first establish a firm foothold and then expand, right?" ”

"Hmm." Zhu Hao nodded,

"This is our last bastion...... If the army is defeated, the food and other materials we currently have are not enough to support our return to the Ming Dynasty, and the army will be discouraged and have no fighting spirit at that time, and I am afraid it will be difficult to support it. Therefore, we must take this place as the last support to build the strongest fortress of the Ming Dynasty in the New World! Lou Suzhen said: "The concubine doesn't know much about fighting, but she can still stabilize this city." ”

"Okay." Zhu Hao also planned to hand over the administrative affairs of the city to Lou Suzhen. Zhu Hao brought spinning machines and looms, and there were ready-made wooden materials to make some simple textile machines, and Central America was rich in cotton, as well as a steady supply of wool, which could take the lead in developing the textile industry...... However, all abundant tools need to use steel, which is exactly the trouble that Zhu Hao must solve at present.

………… As the Ming pioneers stationed in the coastal areas of the west coast of Central America, indigenous discoveries were made one after another

With the arrival of the "uninvited guest", Zhu Hao asked Jing Jinger to send people to mobilize and contact the indigenous residents who could still be found around, so that they could join the city, and told them with practical actions that the Ming reclamation team was fundamentally different from the European colonists.

Zhu Hao's purpose is to complete the rapid accumulation of human resources, so he is more benevolent to the natives.

It's just that it's more benevolent. It is impossible to completely treat everyone equally, just because of the language barrier, it is difficult to twist into a rope, and the fatal thing is that these natives have the survival resources needed by the Ming reclamation team, such as food, women, etc., so there are still certain contradictions between the two sides.

Soon, there was a response.

"There are a few surviving people of the city-state who want to send someone over to see the situation here, and they are struggling to survive now...... They don't seem to have any other way but to migrate! Kyung-kyoji asked Ah Da to convey his meaning to Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao probably understood the dilemma faced by Jingjinger and the surrounding Aztecs, either stay where they were, and the European colonists would continue to come and harass them, and once they came, they would have to experience a bloodbath, and the ethnic group could be wiped out at any time.

They have two options. Or continue to hide in the deep mountains and old forests, and break into pieces. Either the tribe as a whole migrates north or south, but even if they do, it is difficult to avoid the approaching European colonists, unless they go to more inhospitable places, but then there is a high risk of a tragic war with other tribes over the resources of survival.

Now Zhu Hao has given them a third choice, that is, to find the Ming team as a backer. Unlike Jing Jinger, who was directly defeated by Zhu Hao's army, those natives who had not fought against the Ming army were unwilling to hand over their fate to a group of foreign colonists, and they did not feel that the Ming Dynasty's colonization team was fundamentally different from the European colonizers, because they all came to plunder them.

"There are two small tribes, there is really no way to survive, they have already joined, there are a total of 200 people...... "The two tribes are only 200 people.

Zhu Hao wanted to say that this is not even as large as the population of a Ming village. However, with these two tribes taking the initiative to join, it is finally a good start.

Zhu Hao immediately called Lu Song's father and son and Guan Dezhao's father and son over to discuss the next move.

"There is a large river to the south along the coastline, along which many indigenous tribes live. All we have to do is send our troops and horses inland along the river to sweep the surrounding walled cities, and the next point is to find out the movements of the Franc Robot, design to attract them, and choose a place to complete the first battle with them! "It has been a month since Zhu Hao's men and horses landed, and there is still no European colonizer in sight.

Obviously, the European colonizers would not have imagined that there would be such a fledgling coastal city in the middle of the jungle, close to the west coast.

The Europeans were too busy looting all over the Americas to take care of the places that did not seem to be very rich for a short time.

Zhu Hao also has his own plans. It is best to use the indigenous city-states to attract Europeans to come and attack, and then suddenly kill them, and give the European colonists a disadvantage, and when both sides know each other's existence, then the two sides will be very frequent in the next year or two.

The Europeans have advanced weapons such as guns and artillery in their hands, and they have a certain war strength. Although he knew the locations of some mines in Central America, it seemed that they were some distance away from the landing site, but along the river inland, there was a silver mine and a small coal mine, and even the local natives knew that shallow coal was used for fire cooking.

The banks of the river are the places where the indigenous people like to live the most.

"At the end of the year