"Hurry up!"

"General, can you relieve yourself, I want to go to the toilet......"

"Damn, lazy cow lazy and pee, you go with him!"

Although it was a cold winter, more than 100 officers and soldiers escorted more than 1,000 people wearing coarse linen clothes and walking north with their hands bound by ropes.

Ten people were tied with a rope, and if they wanted to go to the toilet, they had to report and the soldiers untied the rope before they could go to the side of the road to solve it.

If this person escapes, the other nine will be condemned and sent abroad where malaria is infested.

After solving their own convenience, these people were tied to ropes again and continued to be led north.

They will travel to both sides of the Yangtze River and take boats upstream.

This is the fastest and lowest mortality rate of migration, but even then these displaced people have to walk hundreds of miles to reach their distribution sites.

For the officials, they knew very well that this day would come sooner or later.

But for the mob that was egged on, the only word left in their minds was regret.

Because of the hot blood of the moment, six or seven members of the family were mismatched, and they couldn't wait to bury their heads in their arms.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, and everything they do has become a foregone conclusion.

"More than 467,000 people......"

In the Chunhe Hall in Nanjing, which is nearly thousands of miles away from the Jiangxi flow distribution team, Zhu Gaoxu took the counted notes, took a look at it, and then threw it on the table, as if in his eyes, it was just a string of cold numbers.

"Among them, more than 190,000 migrated to Yunnan, and the rest migrated to Shunqing, Tongchuan, Jiading, Luzhou, Meizhou and other places in Sichuan."

"After this migration, the number of mouths in Sichuan will probably reach more than 4.3 million, and Yunnan will reach about 1.2 million ......."

Standing in the Chunhe Palace, Guo Zi, the head of the household department, respectfully reported the situation after the migration, of which the former is the population of the whole territory of Sichuan except for the Great Snow Mountain, and the latter is the population of Yunnan that can be controlled by the imperial court.

From 1.5 million in the 26th year of Hongwu to more than 4.3 million today, Zhu Gaoxu's migration and population inventory of Sichuan can not be described as unsuccessful.

As for Yunnan, although there are only more than 1.2 million on paper, if the large and small Tusi of Yunnan are converted into land, the population of Yunnan is estimated to be no less than 4 million, of which more than 3 million are local ethnic minorities.

"What is the proportion of young Han in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi, and Jiaozhi?"

Zhu Gaoxu stood up, walked to the windowsill and looked at the goose feathers and snow, and turned his back to Guo Zi and asked.

"Yunnan is about 800,000 in Hankou and 400,000 natives."

"Guizhou is now Hankou with 240,000 people and 2.16 million natives."

"There are 3 million Han people in Sichuan, and 1.3 million local people."

"As for the ...... of Guangxi"

Guo Zi paused, and then added: "At present, the land reform and return to the river is still continuing, Hankou is about 2 million, and the local people are not less than 3 million......"

"There are about 680,000 people in Jiaozhi Hankou, and more than 1.9 million natives."

After reporting everything, Guo Zi waited quietly for Zhu Gaoxu to speak.

"The natives of Yunnan will not be less than three million, and if you count the three proclamations and ten comforts, I am afraid that it will not be less than seven million."

"Along with the other four places, there are less than 7 million Han people in the southwest, and more than 13 million native people......

"Sichuan and Guangxi are quite stable, while Guizhou, Yunnan and Jiaozhi need special attention."

Zhu Gaoxu turned his back to Guo Zi and said his thoughts, and this attention is nothing more than population migration.

He turned around, walked back to the chair and sat down, leaning back in the chair and said calmly:

"This time, the local people of Guangxi after the land reform and return to the river moved to Beizhili, Shandong, and Henan according to their crimes."

"This ......" Hearing that Zhu Gaoxu was going to move so far, Guo Zi hesitated a little:

"It will take at least a year to migrate like this, and if you migrate hundreds of thousands, I'm afraid it will take a lot of ......."

Three or four thousand miles of travel, no matter how you calculate, it will take eleven or twelve months, even if the migrating natives only drink white porridge every day, I am afraid it will cost three stone of grain.

"Migrate 500,000 mouths, and transfer 2 million stone of local grain to close the warehouse."

Zhu Gaoxu's words were undoubted, and Guo Zi hurriedly made a fuss when he heard this.

The relocation of the young people to the interior and the Han people to the frontier is the best means to actually control the local area and assimilate the young people.

Zhu Yuanzhang relied on this hand to let the Ming army gain a firm foothold in Yunnan and Guangxi.

Now what Zhu Gaoxu is playing is just the rest of Lao Zhu's play, Guo Zi naturally knows it.

"What is the total amount of trade between the East and the West?"

Zhu Gaoxu inquired about the state banquet, and this state banquet was naturally prepared for Chen Xuan and them.

Chen Xuan and his team had arrived in Songjiang Mansion the day before yesterday, but due to several months of drifting at sea, many sergeants of the fleet fell ill.

Chen Xuan and the others took the warm current of the North Equator, but because the direction was not well controlled halfway, they were delayed until now and spent an extra month returning to Daming.

The state banquet was scheduled for the fifteenth day of the lunar month, but before that, Chen Xuan had already counted all the gold and silver goods obtained from this trade.

Zheng He knew that the return would be slow, so the goods traded were basically handed over to the Oriental Fleet to bring back, and Zheng He was in conflict with the southern kingdom when the trade broke out, and when Chen Xuan and the others returned, the two sides were negotiating to deal with it.

However, judging from the content of Chen Xuan's recital, it seems that the lord of the southern country did not want to take out so much gold to trade with Zheng He, so he launched an attack on Zheng He and Wang Ren.

Due to the urgency of time and the fact that Zheng He sent someone to let Chen Xuan go first, Chen Xuan did not stay too long.

Regarding this situation, Zhu Gaoxu didn't bother to say anything except sigh that "I don't understand the king".

If it weren't for the fact that the southwest had not yet digested it, and the Daming Ocean channel was not yet mature, Zhu Gaoxu would definitely send troops to recruit for such an act in the south.

Of course, compared to the south, the north and the east are much more honest in the process of trade.

"The cost of this trade is about 760,000 yuan, and more than 136,000 taels of gold, more than 1,753,000 taels of silver, more than 53,000 ingots of copper, and 20 ships of cinchona bark and tree seeds."

Guo Zi's eyes flashed with excitement when he reported, he didn't expect the Three Kingdoms of Dongzhou to be so rich, and this time the trade was mainly between the north and the east, and the south failed to trade because of the attack on Zheng He's team.

According to His Royal Highness, the southern kingdom should be the richest of the three kingdoms in Dongzhou.

"In this trade, the discount is about 4 million yuan, and after removing the cost, the net profit is more than 3.24 million yuan!"

Guo Zi made a summary of the trade situation this time, but this made Zhu Gaoxu even more depressed.

He naturally knows that the Three Kingdoms of Dongzhou are not good goods, not to mention anything else, take the Dongguo, which performed best in the trade with the Ming Dynasty this time, as the remnants of the Mayan Empire, they are very fond of killing living people to sacrifice, and the country was captured decades ago because it was too brutal to the city-states under their command.

The reason why Dongguo was so friendly to the Ming army was mainly because he had a request for the Ming army, and secondly, he saw the combat effectiveness of the Ming army led by Wang Ren.

As for the northern kingdom, because there were only a few thousand soldiers, when he saw Wang Ren leading the army to defeat their forward, he immediately chose to give in.

Compared with these two countries, the southern kingdom in the south, that is, the Inca Empire, is not on the road.

In order to get closer to them, Wang Ren also deliberately helped them defeat several rebellious city-states, and the relationship was already close, but he never thought that this group of guys would choose to directly attack Zheng He's army after seeing the number of goods Zheng He carried.

Zhu Gaoxu can't figure it out now, the lord of the southern kingdom has seen how powerful Wang Ren is, how could he choose to go to Zheng He for trouble.

"This time the profit was much lower than I expected...... Forget it, let's prepare for the state dinner! ”

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head, originally thinking that he could hollow out the Three Kingdoms of Dongzhou at one time, but he didn't want to be ruined by the greed of the Incas.

Thinking of this, he dismissed Guo Zi and calmed down to deal with the books on the table.

It's just that he no longer thinks about the affairs of the southern country, and some people need to face this group of guys who have broken the rules of trade.

"Fixed-shot loading, three quarters and five minutes in the direction, ready to ...... Put! ”

"Boom, boom—"

Almost at the same time that Zhu Gaoxu sent Guo Zi back, a fierce and dull cannon sound was heard from the mountains in the northwest of Dongzhou on the other side of the ocean, and what they were aiming at was a stone city built in the valley.

"Bang! Boom! Bang ......"

Dozens of iron cannonballs smashed into the impenetrable wall, which was crushed in an instant, and hiding behind the wall was a group of shirtless primitive men armed with wooden clubs, stone axes, javelins, spears, bows and arrows, and slingshots.

"Mother, break the city for Lao Tzu!"

Standing at the front of the team, Wang Ren was so angry at the moment that he burst into foul language.

Since a few months ago, when they were attacked by tens of thousands of people led by Sunupa, the lord of the southern country, in the rainy night in the south, he has been talked about by the generals in the army.

Everyone said that he should not have helped Sunupa suppress the rebellious city-states in the south in the first place, not only did not return Sunupa's gratitude, but also let him know the shortcomings of the Ming army's artillery.

Faced with these words, Wang Ren really wanted to find a hole to drill into.

He thought that he could gain the friendship of the other party by helping Sunupa suppress the southern rebellion, but now it seems that he has been completely deceived by Sunupa.

Sunupa attacked them with spears and iron knives that he traded with them, which made Wang Ren extremely angry, and volunteered to Zheng He to become the front army of the army, attacking the city and plundering the land from the north all the way to the south to wash away the shame of being deceived.

He is not a person who likes to kill, but since being deceived by Sunupa, he simply does not dare to continue to trust this group of guys who are good at deception.

From the time he was attacked to the present, he had conquered thirty-two city-states along the way, and this would be the last city-state he would capture, because this was Cusco, the southern capital where Sunupa lived.

Cusco is located in a fertile valley in the southern mountains (Andes), where the climate is pleasant, surrounded by mountains and lush forests, and the Incas called it the center of the world.

The last time Wang Ren came here, everyone welcomed him warmly, which made him think that the people of the southern country were warm and generous.

Now it seems that he was completely deceived from beginning to end!

"Fire!"

"Boom, boom—"

Amid Wang Ren's roar, 500 artillery men operated 30 field guns and continued to break down Cuscona's low walls.

Since the Incas built the city more than 300 years ago, the city has never been attacked so violently.

Tens of thousands of Incas faced the artillery, and they simply did not have the strength to resist.

In their view, the sound of cannons is thunder, and cannonballs are the punishment of the gods.

From the moment they besieged Zheng and their thousands of them were repulsed, they should be ready for this day.

"I said at the time that we shouldn't be enemies with them, they can crush thousands of people with a few hundred people, and they can crush tens of thousands of us with a few thousand people!"

In the temple, many nobles dressed in gold and silver were accused of Sunupa, who was fat and honest, but he was very cruel, which caused the rebellion of the southern city-states.

In many cases, in order to satisfy his own selfish desires, many city-states would be plundered by his armies.

Wang Ren was deceived, mainly because of the language barrier and Sunupana's honest appearance.

Now Sunupa's forehead is covered with sweat, and he listens to the constant sound of cannons, and the fat flesh in his whole body is trembling.

"The wall has been breached!"

Suddenly, several shirtless Incas with Ming army swords hanging from their waists ran into the temple and said something that made everyone's faces pale.

"Quick, let's get out of the south!"

Sunupa was very decisive in his escape, but when he ran out of the temple with the nobles, he saw a bright presence from afar.

Thousands of Ming troops attacked from the crumbling mound, and tens of thousands of Incas armed with Mubang spears, bows and arrows attacked them, but they were crushed in an instant.

The Ming army was armed with short soldiers and crushed them without even using firearms.

On horseback, Wang Ren led more than 50 cavalry to jump into the city, holding spears and charging into the ranks of tens of thousands of Incas.

They didn't know how to form a formation, and the cavalry of the Ming army wore vests in front of the horses, so the stone and bronze spears could not cause damage to the horses at all.

If they formed a formation to protect themselves, Wang Renxing might still be afraid, but he had long understood the strength of the Inca army, and it was a compliment to say that they were bandits, and in the face of cavalry, they could only flee.

"Sunupa, your maid! Lao Tzu cut off your mother's head! ”

Thinking of the complaints and ridicule of the generals in the army, and then thinking of the picture of his stupid selling weapons to Sunupa, and Sunupa also promising that the two sides would be friends forever, Wang Ren only felt that the anger in his chest was about to erupt.

More than 50 cavalrymen under his leadership fought left and right, and at the same time rushed tens of thousands of Incas in half, they rushed straight towards the temple, and no one could stop them.

A thick armor became an invulnerable artifact, and Wang Ren saw the group of southern nobles wearing gold and silver from a long distance, and with their legs clamped, they rushed towards the group of guys.

"Stop him!"

Sunupa saw Wang Ren rushing towards him, and although there were thousands of guards around him, he was still trembling with fear.

Several soldiers armed with spears blocked the attack, but Wang Ren swung his spear away, and then drew his sword to cut off these rudimentary spears.

In just an instant, the escort of more than 1,000 people was chiseled through by more than 50 cavalrymen, and Wang Ren saw where Sunupa was.

He rode his horse and grabbed the heavy gold necklace around Supanu's neck with one hand.

"Uhh......h

Sunupa was speechless, but Wang Ren dragged him out of the encirclement, turned over and dismounted, and dragged him to the high platform of the temple.

"This is the end of the liar!"

Wang Ren dragged him to the temple and suddenly let go of his hand.

Without waiting for Sunupa to surrender, Wang Ren swung his knife and cut off his head.

Blood was scattered in front of the temple, and the head rolled down the steps like a ball, causing the nobles to sit on the ground in fright.

"Surrender or kill!"

Wang Ren shouted in the southern Chinese language, which he knew little, and this scene shocked many Incas who were still trying to resist.

In the face of the 2,000 Ming troops in heavy armor, they were shirtless and holding spears and sticks, like poultry waiting to be slaughtered, without a trace of resistance.

Soon, Cusco was under the control of Wang Ren, and tens of thousands of people in the city became his prisoners, and Sunupa's heirs and the nobles of the Inca Empire were imprisoned by him.

Three days later, when Zheng He arrived in Cusco with 3,000 soldiers and horses, Sunupa's body was hung in the city's square, and his head was also inserted into a spear by Wang Ren and stood in the square.

"The last general, Wang Ren, fortunately not dishonored!"

On the square, Wang Ren knelt down, Zheng He was surprised that Wang Ren could capture Cusco so quickly, and killed Sunupa: "You are braver than I imagined, this matter is worth the merits, do you have any opinions?" ”

Zheng He turned around and asked a few thousand household officials who accompanied the army, and they shook their heads one after another.

Obviously, they didn't expect the young Wang Ren to be so brave and good at fighting, and Wang Ren also presented a book with both hands when he saw this:

"This is the gold and silver book seized by Cusco, please take a look!"

Zheng He took it, and after a sweep, he gasped in his heart.

"In my place, you are worth the merits, but if His Highness wants to promote you, then it is His Highness's business."

Zheng He's words made everyone curious about Wang Ren's seizure, and Zheng He continued:

"You didn't slaughter Sunupa's heirs, did you?"

"Hui Zheng, they are all confined in the temple." Wang Ren responded neither humbly nor arrogantly, which made Zheng He nod:

"Okay, maybe you can take me to meet them."

"The southern country is too big, we don't understand the language, we don't have many soldiers and horses, and it is difficult to control it."

"What the imperial court needs is local gold and silver, and without their help, even if you take the entire southern country, it won't be of much help to the imperial court."

Zheng He went all the way south and had already seen the situation in the south.

Their agricultural and economic situation was not as good as that of Champa and Siam in the south of the Ming Dynasty.

If you want to develop this place, you have to spend a lot of effort to relocate artisans.

The shipping lanes of the Great Ming Ocean are not yet mature, and the southwest also needs immigrants, and the imperial court is simply unable to control it.

Besides, if you have the strength to develop here, it is better to manage Sanxuan and Ten Comforts well, after all, there are also a lot of mineral deposits in Sanxuan and Ten Comforts.

"Send someone to the west to search and see if there is a suitable port by the sea, otherwise it will take a lot of effort for us to move these things away."

Zheng He spoke to the two thousand-household officials beside him, and the two thousand-household officials also made a fuss when they heard the words, and then sent their headquarters cavalry to explore to the west.

As for Wang Ren, Zheng He ordered him to send people to control the city-states south of Cusco one by one, at least explain the situation to them, change the tyranny of Sunupa in the past, and let the city-states know the majesty of the Celestial Empire.

After Wang Ren was appointed, Zheng He began to send accompanying craftsmen to explore the gold and silver mines in the southern mountains......

(End of chapter)