Port of Acapricco, Republic of Azteca.

This port city, located on the Pacific coast of the western Aztec Republic, has always been the center of communication between the New World and the Shenzhou continent. It is also the former capital of the Aztec Republic, the first power in the new world, which miraculously rose, and the holy city that fired the first shot of the "Aztec War of Independence" against the Spanish monarchy and colonial rule.

According to the History of the War of Independence, the Aztec Republic, which was later the first power in the new world, the first Founding Fathers to arrive in Puerto Acapulco were actually a group of exiled radical Ming republicans!

They were exiled by their former comrades because they opposed the mainstream "hypocritical republic" of the Ming Republicans such as Li Yat-sen, Chen Yonghua, Lu Sanhao, and Huang Zongxi.

They advocated a thorough republican revolution, a revolution in all forms of kingship, and the establishment of a republic in which all men were equal, without emperors, nobles, slaves, and without noble or lowly births!

Such an idea is of course too radical in the old continent, where the feudal forces are intertwined and everyone wants to be superior to others, after all, the per capita resources of the old continent are not sufficient, and the Qing Dynasty, which needs to be overthrown, is too powerful, and rebellion is an extremely risky undertaking. The third prince of Zhu, who was put on the throne by the republican faction of the Ming Dynasty, had already "died" more than a dozen times before tasting the fruits of victory!

Since victory is so difficult, it is natural that the Ming Republican faction who won the world should enjoy blood rewards. The ideas of this group of radical republicans headed by Geng Juyi are indeed too idealistic.

However, the mainstream of the Ming republican faction did not exterminate these comrades-in-arms who struggled together in the past, but exiled them, and provided them with all the help they needed to go to the new world to establish an ideal country - this is actually the blood reward they deserve as the republican aspirants of the Ming Dynasty after the establishment of the republic!

And it is very appropriate to put the ideas that were too radical in the old world in New Spain, a new world oppressed by hundreds of thousands of noble peninsulars, native-born whites, and the reactionary Spanish monarchy.

The feudal power of New Spain was far less powerful than that of the Old Continent. The white and native-born populations of the peninsula were so small and decaying themselves that they relied on German mercenaries hired from Europe to fight war with the Aztec Republic. And these noble white lords did not bother to govern and educate the Indians, but threw the responsibility for this directly to the Roman Catholic Church. As for themselves, the only thing left was to make money and brutalize the indigenous Indians, oh, and dig into the corners of the Kingdom of Spain

However, because the impression of "the Spanish soldiers are invincible" has been engraved in the bones of the indigenous Indians, and the Indians themselves are not capable of organizing an army that can shake the rule of the Spanish soldiers, they can only survive under the cruel oppression of the Spaniards for more than a hundred years.

But when the republican revolutionaries from another old world smashed the myth of "the invincibility of the Spanish soldiers", they brought advanced republicanism and the idea that the world is for the common good, and even led the Aztec Republican Army, which was mainly Indians, to destroy the German mercenaries who could be regarded as "heavenly soldiers" in the eyes of the white people on the peninsula. Now, the sky in New Spain has completely collapsed!

And the "country" of the Aztec Republic, after this battle, can be regarded as completely erected!

Even the German heavenly soldiers pounced, what else could the Spaniards do? You can't ask the French soldiers to come to New Spain to help, right? This price Juan. José couldn't afford it – Louis XIV was going to be King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor

And, Juan. Jose in the hall. After the defeat at the Battle of Carmen and the defeat of Louis XIV in the Spanish Netherlands, even the German heavenly soldiers could not be invited.

One comes the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Viceroyalty of Peru in the Church. The Battle of Carmen was followed by a great revolt of miners in the silver mines of Zacatecas, Guanajuato and Toposi in the Viceroyalty of Peru! The Kingdom of Spain has three of the largest silver mines in the New World! All at once they all revolted, and they didn't give Juan. Jose left one. The Kingdom of Spain went bankrupt directly, and there was no loan shark in Europe, so what could be used to hire German soldiers?

Second, after the Spanish Netherlands and Northern Italy were successively taken by Louis XIV, the Holy Roman Empire was already "crossing the river in the mud", and it was difficult to protect itself! The HRE now has the French Celestial Soldiers in the west, the Ottoman-Turkish Celestial Soldiers in the east, the Emperor Leopold is crazy and sells iron mercenary troops, and the mercenaries who are still looking for work in the HRE are all hired by Leopold and other princes who feel that Germany is going to end. Juan. Jose can't be hired even if he has money!

Therefore, when Changning arrived in Acapulco, the holy city of Aztec independence, on a 1,000-ton large old lock ship in the autumn of the twelfth year of the Ming Republic, that is, in the autumn of 1684, the birth of the Heavenly Brother, the capital of the Aztec Republic was no longer here, but moved to Mexico City, where the original Viceroyalty of New Spain was located, two months ago!

Founded on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, the city has long been the center of Spanish rule in the New World and the largest city in the New World. And the "return capital" to Mexico City also means that the Aztec Republic officially took over the legal system of the Aztec Empire and became the first power in the new world!

Although the port of Acapulco is no longer the capital of the Aztec Republic, the republican holy city on the Pacific coast has not diminished its prosperity. In the hilly area near the harbor, Chinese-style buildings under construction or already completed are densely arranged. In the port area, it is a mixture of Chinese and Western. However, both Western and Chinese styles are built in great style.

The port wharf is full of newly built or long-established cargo stacks, and dock workers of all colors are busy, shuttling back and forth to carry large and small goods, and everyone has a happy smile on their faces.

The harbor is crowded with all kinds of merchant ships from the East, including Chinese-style bird ships, fortune ships, and Canton ships, as well as Western-style Galen ships and old lock ships of Chinese and Western styles. After the defeat of the Spanish Armada, these merchant ships sailed from Daming in droves, carrying shiploads of silk, cotton, porcelain, tea, ironware, weapons, and all kinds of other miscellaneous things.

The territory occupied by the Aztec Republic is one of the two largest gold and silver producing regions in the world today - the other is the Viceroyalty of Peru, where the Toposi silver mine is the largest in the world today!

And gold and silver are hard currency!

So the Viceroyalty of New Spain, one of the world's two largest gold and silver producing regions, is one of the two most desirable dumping places in the world for handicraft products!

Regardless of the fact that the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Viceroyalty of Peru are not very populous, but the two territories are too capable of sustaining deficits - they are the ones who produce real money! There is no need to export other commodities to seek a trade balance, so it can bear a long-term deficit. In fact, for countries that produce gold and silver in large quantities, the export of gold and silver cannot be regarded as a "deficit" at all, but a special trade balance. If these two regions do not export gold and silver, nor do they import goods, but keep the gold and silver that has been dug up in their borders, how serious is this inflation?

In addition, the Viceroyalty of New Spain, rich in gold and silver, with its vast territory and somewhat sparsely populated, has an unusual appeal to the merchants of the Old World, the poor who are not very happy but dream of getting rich, and the losers of the Great Battles of the Old World!

This is a place where they can escape the strife of the old world, as President Gengda, the founding father of the Aztec Republic, declared long ago: the new world is a new beginning for everyone!

There are endless business opportunities here! Even working as a coolie can earn a much higher salary than in the old world, and it is easy to save a large amount of capital, and then go to the American Empire in the north to buy a large piece of land for his own land.

In the autumn of 1684, countless merchants, immigrants and exiles, along with the shiploads of goods from the Old World, set foot on this land of vitality and opportunity.

Among them were the fugitives from the Old World, Changning and Bahai, as well as their hundreds of followers and thousands of family members. These people crossed the boundless Pacific Ocean in four old lock boats, and finally arrived in this new, hopeful country.

Chang Ning and Ba Hai stood on the railing of the stern deck of a 1,000-ton "big ship", looking at the bustling port in front of them, which was a little unreal, and they both had an indescribable feeling in their hearts

When I was having mixed feelings, the old lock boat with a flying dragon embroidered on its sail had slowly approached the dock. There were already some people waiting on the pier. Those wearing somewhat funny tiger hats, needless to say, are all famous Aztec jaguar warriors! These are in the hall. The imposing Indian warriors at the Battle of Carmen were armed with bayonet-mounted flintlock pistols and stood straight on the docks under the leadership of a diminutive Japanese officer. On the outskirts of the pier, some Aztec nationals gathered to cheer in Chinese. Some of those people were white, some were of mixed Indo-European descent, and some were Indians, but there were no Shenzhou people, but their clothes looked like Shenzhou people.

These people's Chinese is very stiff, but Chang Ning and Bahai can still hear it clearly, and they shout: "Long live the president!" ”

Geng Jingzhong is here?

Chang Ning and Ba Hai hurriedly lowered their heads to look for it, and finally found Geng Jingzhong, who was wearing a simple green cloth robe, and Wu Guogui, who was wearing the regular clothes of Prince Daming, standing side by side, both of them smiled and looked at the boat!

By this time the ship had come to a halt and the deck had been lowered. Chang Ning and Bahai didn't dare to slack off, so they stepped off the boat one after the other. Geng Jingzhong and the Ming prince both clasped their fists at them from afar: "Gong Wangye, Ba Zhongtang, it's hard work from afar!" ”

Chang Ning and Ba Hai also returned the salute with their fists, and when it came to their faces, it was another flat salute. Geng Jingzhong said with a smile: "The journey was hard and hard, and my brother received a handwritten letter from the general sent by the Ming Navy Clipper, so he took care of the two of them. Now it's finally here! ”

Wu Guogui also smiled and said: "It's good that King Gong and Ba Zhongtang have arrived in the Aztec Republic, they have committed a big thing in Shenzhou, and no one will pursue them when they come to the Aztec Republic." ”

Chang Ning looked at Wu Guogui a little strangely: "Lord Wang, why did you come to the Aztec Republic too?" You're not General Lee's."

"King Gong, King Xi is the great president of the American Empire," Geng Jingzhong said with a smile, "He is just a guest here in the Aztec Republic." ”

Wu Guogui waved his hand: "No way, the American empire is too desolate. Right next to the Aztec Republic, it can't develop at all! ”

"Why can't it develop?" Ba Hai was a little strange, "The American empire is the son of Da Ming!" ”

"It's useless to kiss your son," Wu Guogui shook his head, "Everyone has come to the Aztec Republic, and no one wants to go to the American Empire, how can it develop?" I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, until now, the population of the Han people in the entire Western Empire of the American Empire is just over 10,000, and they are all gathered by providing supplies for merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty to the Aztec Republic. ”

"What about the overland trade routes of the New World?" Chang Ning asked, "Isn't the U.S. empire established for this trade route?" ”

"It's already yellow!" Wu Guogui said with a wry smile, "The Aztec Republic has reached the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, and the land trade route of the New World passes through the territory of the Aztec Republic, which is more than 1,000 miles, and it is still a good road, and it can also pass through Acapulco and Mexico City along the way." And there is a narrower passage to the south, 500 li is enough. Who will pass through the American Empire? You'd have to walk 5,000 miles! This American Empire. No drama at all!

I heard that Louis XIV didn't want to continue to do it, and wanted to tear down the American empire with us. He will build a new French Empire in the east, and let us build a new Ming Empire in the west. ”

That's how plans can't keep up with the change!

Li Yat-sen, who was far away in the Ming Dynasty, would never have thought that the dignified "American imperialism" could not compete with the Aztec Republic! Immigrants from the Old World, preferring to go to the Aztec Republic for development rather than to American imperialism.

Even Wu Guogui, the first president of the US imperialists, did not stay in the US empire for a few days, and has been living in the territory of the Aztec Republic.

Geng Jingzhong looked a little proud, and said with a smile: "The Aztec Republic only has the upper hand, and the empire in the north is boundless. It's really going to develop, and the potential is limitless! ”

"What potential is unlimited?" Wu Guogui shook his head, "I haven't played for a hundred years......"

He was quite accurate, and the rise of the United States in history was more than 100 years later.

Moreover, it is based on the fact that the Republic of Mexico is too unpopular.

And now this Aztec Republic is no better than the Republic of Mexico, which is really fought with bayonets!

And it was founded early, almost a hundred years earlier than the United States!

United States...... It's really no fun!

Wu Guogui waved his hand: "Hey, don't talk about these unhappy things." King Gong, Ba Zhongtang, since you have arrived in the New World, then our past grievances in the old world will be written off.

Today, I'm going to take care of you both at the Provisional Presidential Palace in Acapulco (the presidential palace of the American Empire)! ”

Geng Jingzhong said with a smile: "King Gong, Ba Zhongtang, when you two come to me, it will be foolproof...... I, the founding president of the republic, still have this right! ”

"Hahaha," Wu Guogui laughed, "President Geng, don't be modest...... You are now the father of the Republic! Say yes, it's smarter than the emperor! You just want to be the emperor of the Aztecs, and that's also handy. ”

"Don't, don't," Geng Jingzhong hurriedly waved his hand, "I don't have this life!" Don't you dare to be hard again......"

Chang Ning listened to Geng Jingzhong's words, and remembered that he had not become the emperor, and he had ended up in this situation, so he sighed and said: "King Xi, great president, don't hide it, Bahai and I plan to go to the Rakshasa country to vote for my second brother Fuquan." I'm going to borrow a way from you, is it convenient? ”

Geng Jingzhong nodded: "What's inconvenient?" It's on me! ”

Bahai asked, "The Spaniards won't stop us, will they?" ”

"No!" Geng Jingzhong smiled, "The Spaniards in Mexico City have all been detained by me...... More than 100,000 of them want to go back. Whether you can put it or not, it's all in my words.

Also, something big has happened in Europe lately! The Pope is calling for a truce between Christians all over the world to deal with this great event.

Most of the people in our Aztec Republic are also Roman Catholics. So I went down this step to negotiate peace with the Spaniards. ”

"What the hell is going on?" Chang Ning asked.

Geng Jingzhong said: "The Ottoman-Turkish Empire has sent 250,000 troops and is attacking the Holy Roman Empire, a relative of the Kingdom of Spain.

I heard that the Ottoman-Turkish Empire was very capable of fighting, and the Holy Roman Empire was almost overwhelmed. Even their capital, Vienna, is surrounded!

If this Vienna can't be saved...... Then the Habsburgs will be punished! ”

(End of chapter)