Zhu Hao opened the mode of southern conquest and northern war in Central and North America.

At present, the troops are only divided into two routes, Lu Bing is heading towards the vast North American region, while Zhu Hao leads the troops to sweep the east coast of Central America, in addition to occupying a large silver mine, he also takes down several small silver mines, and these small silver mines are not needed by Zhu Hao at present, what he has to do is to temporarily close these silver mines, and some even blow them up directly.

What he needs more now is iron ore and coal mines.

At the same time, he also has to explore and mine some new mineral varieties, such as phosphate rock, sulfur ore, trona ore, limestone ore, miscanthus ore, saltpeter ore, etc., in order to produce chemical products and complete industrial accumulation.

In addition, it is necessary to train another group of craftsmen, so that some experiments can be started under his guidance.

Zhu Hao made two rounds of the Gulf Coast before the end of the year, so that most of Central America fell into his hands, and the Europeans have so far failed to launch a decent counterattack.

Su Xigui led more than 100,000 people to the east coast, and he will organize men to build three relatively large cities along the coast, and set up artillery on the city walls and fortresses for defense.

"Little master, this new continent is boundless, and the territory of the Ming Dynasty may not be as vast as this, right?"

Su Xigui used to be a mouse-eyed, and he only saw the one-third of an acre on the west coast, but after the Chang'an Valley and so many territories, Su Xigui's eyes began to shine.

Zhu Hao said: "The territory of the Ming Dynasty is really not as vast as here, and more importantly, this is a wild land, just like a blank piece of paper, which can be completely governed by us with a splash of ink and according to the concept in our hearts."

The rules and regulations don't matter to Su Xigui, what he wants is to make money, or to complete the accumulation of capital here.

Some of Su Xigui's qualities are very similar to Zhu Hao, the biggest ideal in his heart is independence, in the Ming Dynasty, as a businessman, he had no opportunity to enter politics, all he could have was silver, but the official word two mouths, as long as the backer fell, all the wealth will disappear.

The current Su Xigui has a lot of territory in his hands and controls the lifeblood of more than 100,000 people, isn't this much better than meeting people everywhere in Daming?

"Of the three cities, I can only leave 500 officers and soldiers and 1,000 militia to garrison. There is only one shipyard here, there are not many ready-made ships, and it will take time to build and expand the dockyard, so it will not be possible to build large ships to fight in a short time, but this will soon become a front line for fighting and fighting with Western bandits."

Originally, Su Xigui thought that Zhu Hao had driven away the invaders, and he came to the east coast to accept benefits.

At the beginning in Daming, he invested in Zhu Hao to go to sea, and now it is finally time for him to collect returns.

As a result, he realized that this was the real crisis, not to mention that the east coast had a large population, and the city had begun to be built, and it seemed that it was quite impressive to dominate such a large area, but now he figured out that this was just the calm before the storm.

It may not be long before the European colonizers will make a comeback, and the next time they come, they will no longer be petty fights, and will probably bring hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of soldiers in one go.

Relying on these half-drawn cities along the coast alone is simply difficult to resist.

"That contemptible ......"

Su Xigui wanted to run away when he heard it.

I probably think that Chang'an City is safer, and now that valley has gathered more than 100,000 people, as if it is already a super city-state.

Su Xigui almost enjoyed the treatment of the Tang Dynasty's envoy there, integrating administrative and military power, why bother to come here to wade into troubled waters?

Zhu Hao said: "Don't be busy retreating, I will leave you another 10,000 aboriginal soldiers, I will equip them with the necessary iron weapons, all the fortresses and fortresses will be repaired for you, and the rear support can keep up at any time, at the same time, if there is a war, you just need to stick to the city, and I will personally bring troops over to reinforce me."

"Uh......"

Su Xigui was probably reluctant to stay.

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "

Think about the fertile land here, don't look at you are near the coastline now, but in fact, behind you, there are hundreds of miles of land, and now I officially canonize it to you, and you will become the duke who rules this land...... I'm going to make you the prince of Zhenguo now, what do you think?"

"Hehe......"

Su Xigui didn't feel much honored when he heard that he had been awarded the title of "Zhenguo Gong", he felt that Zhu Hao, as an almost exiled Ming official, was not qualified to canonize him at all.

Su Xigui asked, "What does the little master mean...... Are we going to open the country now?"

Zhu Hao said: "We have this kind of thought, but we also have to ask the opinion of the Ming Emperor."

"Excuse me?"

Su Xigui didn't understand what Zhu Hao's words meant.

Zhu Hao smiled, "Of course, I sent a fleet back to Daming...... In my opinion, in two years or so, we will be able to bring back a team of 1,000 boats, and we will go ashore from Tianjin Wei and sail directly to the capital, and then we will go together and ask how about it?"

"This ...... Will it work?"

Su Xigui had long known that Zhu Hao had a heart of disobedience, so he was not too surprised by this.

He knew that now that Zhu Hao had so much support from the natives, if he really relied on this group of people to attack the Ming Dynasty, maybe it would really make Zhu Hao happen.

Zhu Hao said: "We are going back to reason, and we are not going to be traitors and rebels of the Ming Dynasty, what are you afraid of?"

[In view of the general environment,

"Little master, we're all overseas now, there's no need to hide it, right? Don't you want to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?" Su Xigui asked.

"You mean I'm going to be emperor? Why don't you let someone else do it, and I'm one level above them?"

Zhu Hao asked with a smile.

Su Xigui nodded: "That's to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes!"

Zhu Hao didn't answer.

It depends on what Su Xigui thinks.

Zhu Hao has this kind of thought.

Kill Zhu Si directly?

There's no need for that at all, and besides, he must be confident that he can bring down the huge territory of the Ming Dynasty? Now the main force under his command is all the people of the Ming Dynasty, not to say that if you bring it back, you will definitely be able to win with weapons and equipment that are ahead of the times.

"Little master, I took over the position of this town prince."

Su Xigui really doesn't want to leave now, with Zhu Hao's canonization, it means that he can settle down, the territory is so large that it is more vast than a province in Daming, and he will take care of it, and the soldiers of Daming and the indigenous army will be handed over to him to command, and new indigenous soldiers can be recruited in the future.

This is simply the life of the gods.

It's just that the population is a little smaller, because such a large area must be more than one million or even millions of people in Daming Dingkou, but now even if you add the natives he brought, as well as the Aztecs who already exist in the area, the total population is about 200,000.

Zhu Hao said, "Now it's up to you to see what you can do, I'm going to the south." After half a year or so, I will come back to check the situation, I believe that in the next half a year, it is unlikely that the enemy will come from the east, and this half year is the development period left for you.

"After the workshop is built here, we must seize the time to cast muskets and artillery, and the iron mine and the two coal mines must be operated well, and I will relocate about 200,000 people in batches in the future!"

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Zhu Hao wants to complete a major migration within the Americas.

Central America was seriously affected by European colonizers, and Zhu Hao knew that if he wanted to fully develop the treasure trove of minerals in Central America, he must have enough manpower.

It just so happens that the population of the Inca Empire is very large, and there should be no problem with the migration of hundreds of thousands of people at a time.

Unlike the Ming people, who had a strong local complex, the Native American tribes were originally slowly developed during long-term migration, and for them, even if they had a local complex, as long as they had better living conditions, they were still willing to make changes.

Central America is full of fertile soil, and Zhu Hao has no reason to let it

It went down in desolation.

In the future, the whole of America will be his territory, and he needs to complete the migration between tribes, or the dilution of the population, and divide the people in the areas with insufficient survival resources to every corner of this fertile land, and hand them over to manage, and at the same time complete his own evolution and development.

If you give about a hundred years and develop to the fifth generation, Zhu Hao believes that the population of the Americas can increase by about three or four times, and then he will not be afraid of insufficient people.

But the problem is that Zhu Hao doesn't have that long lifespan, and he doesn't have that much time for him to squander.

The best thing to do is still ...... Immigrant.

The next thing he wants to move over is the people of the Ming Dynasty whose population is almost saturated on the land of China.

Conquering the world isn't just about paying lip service.

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When Zhu Hao returned to the new city on the west coast with his soldiers and horses, the project of casting a large iron ship here had entered the final stage.

A large iron ship with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, with the concerted efforts of tens of thousands of craftsmen, basically has the ability to launch the water, only the ship deck is still improving some repairs, the huge cannon has been erected, the firing range is more than five miles, and it is also equipped with various small cannons.

Using a coal-burning steam turbine, Zhu Hao preliminarily estimated that the speed of this large iron ship could reach more than fifteen knots, and such a magnificent iron ship was equivalent to a mobile fortress on the sea for this era, and with the current world's science and technology, the possibility of sinking this giant ship was very small.

Unless it is hundreds of artillery pieces, it is possible to sink the ship by using solid shells in turn at close range, bombarding dozens of rounds in a row, and without any repair and reinforcement after the cabin is flooded.

But with Zhu Hao's understanding, if it weren't for the artillery he invented, just relying on the existing artillery of various countries, even if they were given a chance, they would not be able to scuttle the ship.

The big iron ship has not been launched for the time being, and Zhu Hao can just take a break in Xincheng, and he estimates that he can set off before the end of the year and arrive in SF City in South America at the beginning of next year.

Before that, Zhu Hao had already sent a team of fifty ships to transport some resources from the north to the south, and at the same time brought over the five thousand newly trained Ming soldiers.

In this way, Zhu Hao has the military strength to completely conquer the Inca Empire, and then he can divide his troops into four or five routes, and in one or two years, the entire Inca Empire will be included in the overseas territory created by him, the Han Chinese.