Chapter 1077: Calming People's Hearts
The reward for the completion of the three armies, the Ming officers and soldiers and the people in Chang'an City can be said to be very excited. Then Zhu Hao took some soldiers and horses back to Xincheng, the distance was more than 300 miles, and along the way back, there began to be many indigenous settlements along the riverbank, these people were nominally protected by the Ming Dynasty, but not every tribe had already turned in
"Money", hearing that the army was triumphant, many tribal leaders spontaneously came to meet and handed over to Zhu Hao
"Tax". They originally thought that the taxes collected by the Ming Dynasty were the same as those of the European colonizers, the kind of gold and silver that only served a decorative role for them, but they didn't know that Zhu Hao was also interested in their young and middle-aged labor, so he sent half of the young men from each tribe back to Xincheng with him, and inquired about them about the distribution of surrounding mineral deposits by the way.
The language of these tribes is very confusing, Zhu Hao has found many people to translate to each other, and the language of some tribes is still difficult to understand.
These tribes were accepted by Zhu Hao and enjoyed the protection of the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Hao did not plan to leave too many soldiers and horses along the way, but just used the original indigenous city to set one
At the "observation post", 100 Ming soldiers were stationed, equipped with artillery and new muskets, and 500 indigenous young men brought from the coast were left to defend and receive training from the Ming army.
Then Zhu Hao led the people to continue to return to the new city. ………… As the lord of the new city, Lou Suzhen has completed the preliminary construction of the city, built fortresses in several directions, the defense system is relatively complete, and the docks and shipyards by the sea have begun to operate.
At present, although the mineral deposits have not been well replenished, but the timber can be said to be endless, it is easy to build ships here, this time Zhu Hao brought very mature shipbuilders from the Ming Dynasty, they will use ready-made craftsmanship to build ships, which is also to prepare for the southern conquest of the Inca Empire.
"Pass the order down and reward the three armies!" The first thing Zhu Hao did when he returned to the new city was to follow the example of Chang'an City and throw money to the soldiers and people who were distracted.
"Yes." Although Lou Suzhen is the lord of the city, Zhu Hao is more like a king, or the emperor of this territory.
Then Zhu Hao and Lou Suzhen entered the City Lord's Mansion. Zhu Hao is not in this time, the civil construction in the city is advancing rapidly, the Ming craftsmen can not do anything else, the infrastructure can be said to have the most advanced technology and the most solid work in this era, and the land here does not need money, Zhu Hao directly issued the task, and the construction site can be seen everywhere in the city.
After all, there are not enough craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty. At this time, indigenous young adults, even women and children, will be called in to help, but their skills are ...... It's lackluster, of course, not that they haven't built houses, but in Central America, even some complex wonders can be built, let alone houses.
It can be said that the natives of Central America have a strong architectural talent, but they don't know how to play it.
"Childe, silver is still used as a circulating currency in the city, but those aborigines seem to have learned wisely, and began to hide silver intentionally or unintentionally, and only take it out when they need it, and exchange it with us for what they need. After Lou Suzhen came to the new city from the landing bridgehead, she found that the city lord was not good.
The American continent is almost entirely covered with silver. Because the natives can take out silver at any time, so that the price of goods skyrockets, although the Ming soldiers and people know that bringing silver back to the Ming Dynasty can be exchanged for several times more goods, but in the American continent, silver can not be called currency at all, the aborigines made full use of the values that the Ming people have not yet replaced, and exchanged for goods such as cloth and ceramic utensils.
Zhu Hao said: "This time back, we want to establish a new monetary system, with gold as the equivalent exchange, in addition to printing paper money, these banknotes are only circulated in the American continent, papermaking and printing technology only we know, those aborigines do not have such strength." There is also the need to prevent the occurrence of military looting, and I see that the atmosphere in the army is very bad now. "Originally, under the strict control of Zhu Hao, the Ming army
"Disturbing people" is rare. But then when the soldiers found out, this group of uncivilized natives was simply cheap, no
"Disturbing" them, they are uncomfortable, and change ways to make people messy, such as defecating in the open, and stealing materials from construction sites, which leads to many things that are not easy to clean up.
Lou Suzhen looked at Zhu Hao with a smile: "Only when the son is here, can he suppress those ruffians." Now that there are many people who want to return to Daming, how can they appease the ...... It's not easy! ”………… Zhu Hao knows very well where the contradiction is.
There are too few women, and there are only a few people who can bring out the family roll from Daming, let alone bring it with their wives and children.
If he was given another three or five years, he would be able to relocate more family units, but now the army is full of homesickness, and there is no way to let him operate overseas for four or five years or even longer.
But fortunately, there is one thing that is good in the feudal dynasty, that is, men can take concubines outside. Indigenous women have a very good impression of the men of the Ming Dynasty after getting along with the Ming people, after all, they have the same skin color as each other, and many behaviors and habits are similar, it seems that these indigenous people have the breath of the Chinese people in their bones, and the two sides must be the same race in a certain era.
How to let these Ming men start a family and find a sense of belonging overseas is a new problem in front of Zhu Hao.
If you want them to settle down for a long time, you still have to start a family overseas and see a bright future.
This is like pulling a group of people to do business, just sending money, this money can't be spent overseas, and the blow to employees will be very big...... Attack the Inka Empire early.
When the Ming people learned that they could control a country with a population of tens of millions, and that each person could control the population and land of a few thousand people, and they would run it, they would gradually adapt to life abroad...... At that time, they would be embarrassed, if they returned to the Ming Dynasty, they would still be ordinary soldiers or civilians, but if they stayed overseas, they would be lords.
Further, Zhu Hao will find a way to draw cakes for them, tell them that there are more countries and populations waiting to be conquered in the New World, and can also help them take over their parents, wives and children who stayed in Daming...... In terms of painting cakes, Zhu Hao feels that no one dares to call himself the boss if he is called the second child in this era.
After all, this is how Zhu Si was brought out by him in the first place. ………… To prepare for the war to go south to conquer the Inca Empire, Zhu Hao actually didn't have much to prepare.
Send dozens of big ships over at will, and a team of thousands of people can basically wipe out the Inca Empire...... But he knew very well that the historical Spaniards were able to successfully destroy the Inca Empire with a population of tens of millions with more than 100 people, in addition to the generation gap in weapons, the greater reason was because of the Inca Empire's fear of the gods.
They think of Europeans as gods. Another reason that cannot be ignored is that the Inca Empire was in a civil war at the time.
Now that Zhu Hao is leading his troops over, it is likely that he is going to complete a hard-fought battle, although this is the case
"Hard", a bit of a, a few cannons fired, it is estimated that no matter how awesome the army of the Inca Empire is, it will quickly throw away its stone spears and slingshots and run away.
Still want to engage head-on? Who gave them courage? What Zhu Hao wanted to do was to directly attack their capital, and do the same as the Spaniards...... Salute first, then soldier.
Enter the enemy's hinterland first, let the people of the Inca Empire let their guard down, capture the thief first, capture the king, and then slowly clean them up.
The plan to attack the Indian and Canadian empires, Zhu Hao was ready to ask Lu Bing and Guan Dezhao to help him complete it, and Lu Song was more responsible for logistics support.
Zhu Hao did not intend to take Lu Bing as a hostage to control Lu Song. Although Lu Bing would follow the expedition, he did not stay in the field and would come back every time.
When Lu Song heard that Zhu Hao was going to lead his troops south to attack a country, he asked curiously: "Sir, can you ask, what ...... Is it some small country overseas? How many people do they have? ”
"Countless people. There are millions. Zhu Hao said. Lu Song was speechless: "Can we take it?" Lu Bing was very confident next to him: "Father, I have long seen that there are no people who can use weapons in this place, they are all a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, the kind that can trample dozens of them to death with one kick, I really don't understand why such a primitive place has not been discovered?" After all, Lu Bing was visiting the American continent for the second time, and he knew the situation in the New World very well.
In his opinion, the natives here did not pose the slightest threat to him and the army he carried with him.
Lu Song said: "Don't take it lightly, after all, the enemy has millions of ......"
"Isn't that how many people are coming and how many are dying?" Lu Bing was undaunted. Zhu Hao sighed and said: "Lu Bing, listen to your father more, what he said is reasonable, our problem is that there are too few people, even if we conquer them, it is not easy to make them obediently become our people." They will still resist and take advantage of our unpreparedness to carry out some sneak attacks...... It is easy to take their country, but it is not easy to govern. ”
"Oh." Lu Bing nodded. Guan Dezhao asked on the side, "When will we leave?" Zhu Hao said: "We still have to prepare for a month, in this month, we can use our existing resources to create enough firearms, and the blades must also be fully guaranteed, even if the best iron weapons are, they also need to accumulate a certain amount...... After all, knives are still easy to curl. ”