Zhu Hao found that the surrounding trees had been cut down, and a large plantation had been opened around the city, and the natives were working hard in the plantation.

The European colonizers had begun to start the plantation model in the northern part of South America, and the hapless natives were reduced to free labor, driven at will, so that the Europeans could enjoy the treatment of large landowners in the New World as long as they gathered an armed force, and a city garrison might be only one or two hundred people, but they could run a territory or even a small country.

When the Aztecs brought by Zhu Hao saw this scene, their eyes were full of hatred.

is also working for the "colonizers" and serving the Ming Dynasty, except for getting the necessary trust, there is basically no major change in family and life, it is nothing more than following Zhu Hao to the north and south, and living a normal life after going back.

And their former compatriots have suffered, and now they are being enslaved.

Most of the slaves on the plantations were Aztecs who had migrated from northern Central America by European colonizers, and no one knows how many of them died and how many survived.

"Let's take the city."

Zhu Hao gave the order.

The Aztecs then acted as the vanguard and helped the Ming gunners push the cannon in front of the city gates.

On the city wall less than three meters, several European soldiers were lying lazily and horizontally in a place where the sun could not shine, and suddenly the earth shook violently, they were a little surprised, and couldn't help but poke their heads out, only to see a black oppressive person coming from a distance, and their eyes suddenly widened...... They couldn't figure out where the group of people in front of them came from.

In the eyes of the European soldiers, the natives did not have the courage to fight them head-on, as if they could destroy an entire indigenous army with a few men, because the natives did not even have the most basic iron weapons, and the bronze weapons were only possessed by a few nobles, and they could not cut through their armor, let alone ordinary stone weapons, or those sharpened wooden sticks.

From a distance, they couldn't see clearly what the group of black oppressive people pushed over, so they didn't warn the people in the city.

Two or three miles away, they didn't feel a real threat to them.

But when the cannon rang out, and soon the shells exploded around them, these European soldiers discovered what it meant to be dead.

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A massacre without suspense, ending with the rout of the European colonizers.

The city, or small town, was so scattered by Europeans that when the war ended, some people fled despite Zhu Hao's cavalry in pursuit.

But the natives who were working in the fields did not take the opportunity to escape, and they were surprised to find that the people who came to their rescue this time were actually people with the same accent as them, when they were forced to migrate to the northern part of South America, where they worked as slaves, thinking that they would only be allowed to eat and eat from now on, but they did not expect that their people would be protected by the "gods" and drive away the once invincible white people.

"A lot of them said they wanted to thank you."

As a representative of the Aztecs, Ada came to express his gratitude to the people.

But Zhu Hao knew that Ah Da was not an orthodox Aztec, at most half of it, in front of the once powerful Aztec Empire, a tribe like him, who was located on the edge of the empire, was not even a fart, but now he had become a savior of a country or even a nation.

Others have great respect for a person like Ah Da who understands the Ming language and is trusted by the Ming official.

Zhu Hao said: "Tell them that I can't stay here for a long time to shelter them, they either choose to go with me, or inherit those lands and continue to live here." But whether or not the Caucasian people will continue to invade them depends entirely on their own creation. ”

Zhu Hao's purpose this time is to open up a road from land to the north, even if he wants to expand his territory in northern South America in the future, it is impossible for him to personally lead the troops, but to rely on the guards or militia he brought from the Ming Dynasty, or even the indigenous soldiers trained by himself.

In the future, a few people will be distributed, and there will be two or three hundred cavalry and four or five hundred infantry on one road, and then with the 10,000-person indigenous soldiers, equipped with artillery, muskets and other firearms, supplemented by bows, crossbows, swords and other cold weapons, I am afraid that they will be invincible.

Send about four or five of these teams, assign them tasks, and in about two to three years, they will be able to completely conquer parts of North America, plus Central America and northern South America.

After the end of the war, Zhu Hao made temporary adjustments in the small city.

The main thing is that he has to listen to the situation of the captured native and European colonists, and he wants to know where the enemy is in the immediate vicinity to determine whether it is necessary to leave a force to defend it.

The so-called leaving troops to defend is just to leave some indigenous soldiers, and the main force will continue to go north, but leaving indigenous soldiers to guard will not be able to give them advanced firearms, and can only give them some cold weapons, including some bows and crossbows, but this does not seem to be enough to resist the resurgence of European colonizers.

Most of the Aztecs who eventually lost their homes chose to stay, and for them, there was no way out.

There are already well-formed estates here, and after years or even more than ten years of crops, they have adapted to the current life, but many of them are planted with cotton, tobacco and other cash crops, and if no one buys them, they cannot exchange them for the necessary survival materials.

"It's really nice here."

Sun Lan, who went on the expedition with Zhu Hao, rode on a tall horse, and her husband seemed to be visiting their own territory, and their faces were full of excitement.

Since arriving in the New World, the women around Zhu Hao have begun to adapt to this kind of life without a fixed place, fortunately, they all have more personality and have the rare independence of women in this era, which is also Zhu Hao's standard for choosing his own daughter-in-law.

Zhu Hao smiled: "If the world is calm, you and I come here, build a city, and come out to enjoy the idyllic scenery when we have nothing to do, it's also good." ”

Sun Lan thought about it, but shook her head.

She knew very well in her heart that her husband's ideal was not to live this idyllic life, Zhu Hao's pursuit was to conquer and conquer, and once he returned to peace, he would not be able to master a huge empire.

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After a brief rest, the army continued north.

This time, with the European captives as guides, it was much easier and faster.

Guided by the guide, the army marched to the north to the colonial towns founded by the Europeans, which would one day develop into cities that would become the political, economic, and cultural centers of South America, and even the Europeans brought their religion here to make the indigenous people of South America follow their faith.

But Zhu Hao won't let that happen.

Zhu Hao led his troops north, all the way to Panama, and won more than a dozen cities along the way, each time it was almost bloodless, and successfully captured thousands of horses, and the number of captured Europeans was already two or three hundred, they were all confused, and they didn't know why they suddenly changed from high-ranking colonists to prisoners.

The script is not at all as they imagined, and they thought that when they came to the New World, they could live that kind of high-class life with guns as their backing.

When Zhu Hao's men arrived in Panama City again, they found that it was still a mess.

The European colonizers had no intention of rebuilding the city in situ, and now they have even abandoned the idea of running the west coast of the continent. The European colonists already knew that the visitors were the armies of the ancient civilizations of the East, but they did not understand why the weapons of the Ming army were so advanced.

After they learned that the Ming had established a large city on the west coast of the Inca Empire and started a new round of colonization, and even started a territorial war, all they thought was ...... Pack up your belongings, retreat to a corner, and on the basis of ensuring the existing interests, you will fight to the end with the Ming army.

They did not feel that the Ming had the strength to kill them, and at the same time they were begging the king to send more troops to the New World to ensure that they could compete with the Ming army, and their army was not in Panama City, but in the base camp of Central America, the east coast of Mexico.

At this time, the Europeans did not think about rolling up and leaving, and they even had the idea of driving out the Ming army.

After Panama City and further north, the road seems to be much more depressed.

When the European colonists first arrived on the American continent, they were all about killing and plundering, never thinking about operating here for so long that the extent of their destruction of Mesoamerican civilization was more obvious than in South America, where many places were deserted and primeval jungles were everywhere.

However, this time, Zhu Hao had people from various Aztec tribes around him, who knew the local terrain and landforms, and the captives of European colonists as guides, so he basically didn't encounter any major problems along the way.

All the way to the new city, there was no decent resistance from the Europeans.

When Lu Song saw the mighty army brought back by Zhu Hao, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Turn around and let the fleet bring the necessary supplies for life and war...... Can the steel and gunpowder sent in the past be enough for local development? Zhu Hao asked.

Lu Song welcomed Zhu Hao into the city.

When Zhu Hao entered the city, he was welcomed by the people of the city, in their eyes, Zhu Hao was different from the ordinary lord or emperor, closer to God or the messenger of God, in the past year or so, they have been treated as normal people.

They also went from the initial reluctance to join, from resistance to obedience, to gradual acceptance, and gradually integrated into the life of the new city.

"Enough, enough, in addition to the production of hoes, sickles, axes and other necessary agricultural tools and kitchen knives, iron pots and other necessities of life, steel has also made many broadswords, swords and spearheads, and even cast thirty-six artillery pieces and more than 10,000 shells, but there is no use for it at present."

Lu Song felt very melancholy.

In terms of current mineral production, no matter what is done, the warehouses are almost unable to store the steel, coal, copper ingots and other materials produced, and the supply of stone and wood is endless.

Zhu Hao said: "Where is there too much steel? Next, we're going to try to cast a big iron ship, and this time I'm here to accomplish that! ”