Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1382 The Treaty of Versailles ([-])
This idea became more intense as they continued to go deeper into the river valley, saw new river valley plains, and saw the vastness of the land and the pleasant climate here.

This is especially true after a prospecting team with different routes crossed the Rocky Mountains and saw the huge prairie that could not be seen at a glance.

Here, it is really suitable for growing wheat, rapeseed, or soybeans.

It is also very suitable for setting up that kind of land-equalization village community-separate cultivated land, pasture land, and grassland to ensure that every family has a pasture that can raise enough cattle and horses for the family.

Although they were asked to find gold, the surveying and mapping team was even more shocked by the vast land here.

They didn't know that under the influence of Liu Yu, Dashun participated in the First World War in the Atlantic Ocean and focused on North America. The huge grassland area in the region, the agricultural potential is no less than the prairie area in the Central Plains in terms of wheat, corn, sunflower and rapeseed.

The purpose is to induce Britain to strengthen its control over North America.And if the UK wants to strengthen its control over North America without moving its capital, then the UK can only choose to suppress the westward expansion of North America. If it is too far away from the sea, it will be completely out of control.

Even though they didn't know what Dashun was doing on the east coast, some members of the prospecting team got some disturbing news at the junction of the mountains and plains based on their yearning for this grassland.

The team members encountered a group of local aborigines' tents, and the chief received the members of the prospecting team with the help of an intermediary interpreter.

And handed the pipe covered with feathers, branches, and other decorations to the members of the prospecting team.

This is a local ritual known as the "pipe of peace".

According to their traditional culture, smoke is often believed to bring prayers to the attention of the Creator or other powerful spirits.

Smoking such a pipe is equivalent to getting the guarantee of the tribe: peace, trade, but no killing.

Members of the prospecting team also gave them sugar cane wine and sorghum wine in return, as well as two horses, one male and one female.

These aborigines called the horses "elk dogs" because they had never seen them, and they used to rely on dogs or elk to carry things.

After a friendly exchange, the great chief Akisinue, through an interpreter, brought a very anxious message to the young men of the prospecting team.

"Some yellow-haired men from the east came here a few years ago. They wanted us to hunt fur in the woods, and they wanted our people to send him back in a canoe."

Through transliteration, members of the prospecting team knew the man's name, Anthony Fife.

Came here about five or six years ago.

People in this tribe belong to the Blackfoot Alliance, and because they want to help send Anthony to the east in a canoe, they will pass through the territory of the Cree people. If they do not say hello in advance, they will be killed by the Cree people. The relationship between Blackfoot and the Cree people Not very good.

Hearing this news, the young surveyors of the prospecting team were suddenly anxious.

The surveyors must know how big America is, because with the latitude and longitude measurement technology, the longitude of the east coast and the west coast can be calculated by looking at the stars.

But they don't know what the hinterland of America is like.

If it is said that a Westerner came here five years ago to try to collect furs, and it is certain that the Westerner did not come here on horseback, but by canoe.

Well, that means, there are rivers coming all the way from the east coast, which is a red flag.

Since they studied surveying and mapping, they naturally studied the historical events of Dashun surveying and mapping, and the demarcation of the Raksha people.

It is also natural to know that the Raksha people came to the Heilongjiang River Basin in canoes, birch bark boats, and river after river.

This is a very dangerous signal.

Because to the surveyors of the prospecting team, they believed that this vast grassland had a large place in the radical party's vision of the future.

In particular, they thought Liu Yu's behavior of relying on capital to drive immigration and profit to drive immigration was too slow.

During the night, there was a small discussion among the surveying team.

A few very radical young people suggested: "I think we should separate. The captain led the people to continue to search for gold mines, and the few of us should follow the river these people said and go down the river."

"It is not only to measure the river, but also to go deep into the inland to understand the situation."

"It's good to know if there are any particularly dangerous places. If you want to emigrate in the future, you can occupy the dangerous places first."

"Didn't Mr. Xing Guo say that if you want to immigrate, you must first occupy Hekou, Xingkou, Sanchakou and other places. Now the most convenient way is to take the river."

"The gold mine is solid, but if it is convenient to walk along the river, I am afraid that the mine area will be robbed in the future, and it will become a wedding dress for others."

"If you find out whether the river is navigable and how far it is, it can also help the court make a decision whether to move more people, build bastions, and send troops to get stuck in Sanchakou and Xingkou."

"Alternatively, contact the various ministries on the grassland to prevent them from being the precursors of Westerners."

"The ancients said that in doing things, one must know why and why."

"This prospecting, if so, is for gold."

"Gold, if it is what it is, is the instrument of immigration. Immigration is what it is."

"Nowadays the road is far away, and the orders from above are not smooth. The ancients said: the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be accepted. Now that we know why, we can't stick to the form, so we should go down the river, draw maps, and accumulate cultural information. , for the future."

"I have also been to the Southern Ocean. In terms of it, this plain is more comfortable than the Southern Ocean. If we can occupy the land of the Central Plains in this situation, it will solve the problem of people and land."

"Whether the person who came here before is an Englishman or a legal entity needs to be clarified."

The captain hesitated for a moment, but was actually a little moved.

"What you said is also reasonable. In particular, it is important to know whether Anthony Fife, who explored this road, is an Englishman or a Frenchman. These people can't tell, they only say he is a fur dealer."

"It's just that if you guys go along the river, how will you come back?"

These few people said: "There is no need to worry about this. Isn't the imperial court fighting on the east coast now? As long as there is a river, there will be an entrance to the sea. As long as there is an entrance to the sea, there will probably be villages and towns. And in this kind of place, as long as there are villages and towns, there must be vessel."

"If the downstream estuary is in the hands of a legal person, and they are allies now, then it's easy to say."

"If it's in the hands of the English, we'll just turn back. Since he, Anthony Fife, can walk here in three or five people, we can also go here in three or five people, so why can't we go?"

After saying this, the person who insisted on investigating eastward gave another technical reason.

"Ten years ago, the surveying and mapping were so complicated that you would have to use a telescope to observe the Tai Sui to determine the time and calculate the longitude."

"It's very different now. I wait for the means. I just need to look at the stars, look up the star chart, and look up the almanac to know the latitude and longitude."

"Three or five people are enough to draw a basic map. Although it is not accurate, the human geography, river direction, and mountain trend along the way are generally not bad."

"Besides, this place is located in a temperate zone, and there is no serious disease or miasma. The locals are not ogres. As long as we live in peace with them, why do they want to beat us? It is always possible to send some glass beads and three to five bottles of wine."

"In the past, Zhang Bo looked far away and went to the Western Regions. Isn't it more dangerous than now? Now that more than a thousand years have passed, is it possible that the ancients could do something more difficult than this, but we can't do it?"

"Before the imperial court sent people here, there were already backup candidates."

"One is worrying about getting sick on board, the other is worrying about acclimatization, and the third is that you and I know that there are too many people in the Pragmatic School and they are overstaffed."

"After the surveying and mapping team has the star table method, there is no need for so many people. The few of us left will not affect the business."

"If it succeeds, it will be famous in the future, and the Duke of Xingguo will definitely reward it. If it fails, it will be nothing more than being buried in the wild, so what are you afraid of?"

It not only talked about knowing why, but also talked about basic technical issues.

The captain has always known that in recent years, the internal promotion of the people of the real school mainly depends on performance.

Whether it's people in the army or people in surveying and mapping, adventure is encouraged from top to bottom.

This kind of adventure means that "completing the task is the bottom line, and beyond the bottom line, how much work is done to decide to stand out."

In particular, the internal performance of the army is more intense. As a result, there have been a lot of tricks to win more with less. Of course, it mainly relies on technological progress and tactical systems. Some tactics of "advancing to attract the enemy and blooming in the center" are often used.

As for surveying and mapping, the higher authorities have always encouraged them to do something else after completing the basic tasks.

Especially the special "King of Chu has a thin waist" and "what is good at the top, must be followed by the bottom" in the real school. They all know that the leaders in the real school like maps, grass and stones, special products, etc., and give them more gifts. thing.

Therefore, this reasoning makes sense.

Since the captain can be elected as the captain, in addition to being clever, he must "know why" as the team members said.

Why prospecting?
Is it for gold?
Or for immigration?

Gold is the purpose?
Or is gold the means?
These, they are obviously clear.

It also has its own cognitive tendencies.

Moreover, the young people in the Practical School are filled with radical emotions—especially when the battle is about to be over, and the 30-year window period for promotion and feudal lordship is over. the elements of.

As far as the army is concerned, this battle is known to be a "class transition window" second only to the founding of the country. A large number of egoists who followed Liu Yu first are working hard to train soldiers without deducting their pay, because they know that seizing this opportunity Maybe you can be a marquis, why be greedy for a while?
As far as the people in the surveying and mapping department are concerned, although there will be more places to survey and map in the future, such as the Yellow River, such as lakes, such as land, and so on.

However, the earth is too "small", and there are too few opportunities for "my name will go down in history, take me as the place name, I will draw the picture first, and the great immigrants will never forget me in the future".

It’s also radical under anxiety.

From more than ten years ago, during the Java Uprising period, people in the Real School knew that if you want to give a gift, you should give a map, flowers, plants and stone specimens.

Now, for the captain, this is also an opportunity to "cater to the thin waist".

If it can be done, it is true that these few people have merit, but how can they not be rewarded for their own decisions?

As long as... I am sure, assign these few people, and still complete the basic tasks of prospecting and mapping above.

And just as those people said, the method of star table, moon distance and angle, as well as the extra backup candidates from the beginning, made the captain fully sure to complete the basic task.

After a little weighing, he said, "So, that's fine. I see that these aborigines like horses the most. If you go down, if you walk along the river, you may not use horses. Then use horses for some of their guides and translators."

"Bring some gold, glass, spirits, etc., and set off tomorrow."

After all, the captain couldn't help but said: "If the downstream of the river is French, it can be called a big advantage. France has a very small population in Fusang Island, and they want furs instead of land."

"If there are British people in the lower reaches of the river, this is not a good thing. The land enclosure, heresy, and the small size of British Island, millions of people have already arrived here. In the future, it is necessary to expand land and important land, which cannot be supported by fur. "

"If this is the case, the river is easy to pass through, and it must be reported to the court. It is better to spend more money, and build a city at a dangerous place such as Sanchakou, and occupy the traffic first."

"I don't know. You went down the river to the other side. Is this world war over? If it is over, the mouth of the river will be drawn to the British side when demarcating the boundary. It is necessary to notify the ministers and generals over there. .”

"If the legal person gets stuck at the mouth of the river, it will be a false alarm."

(End of this chapter)