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Chapter 1070 New World

The fleet led by Zhu Hao successfully arrived at the west coast of Central America in early October.

When they saw the stretches of land, everyone on board was very excited, dancing, shouting, or hugging and crying. After eighty days of long sailing, they finally arrived at the destination, so excited that they completely forgot that this was just The place where they went to sea to work, and their ultimate goal was to return to Daming.

"The fleet is not in a hurry to dock, first send two large ships to approach the shore, and then send small boats to find a suitable berthing place to prepare for landing."

When Zhu Hao discovered the land, he had already made arrangements. Guan Jing and Lu Bing, two young generals with experience in colonizing the American continent, would be the vanguards. They would each lead [-] soldiers ashore to observe the surrounding environment.

When a suitable place is found and a bridgehead is established, the large troops will go ashore.

After setting up the camp, the next step is to find food, explore iron ore and coal mines, manufacture bricks, glass and cement, and then start building the fortress, and gradually subdue the nearby Native Americans, so that the natives can join him in the colonization process. .

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Ship docked.

Not surprisingly, no resistance was encountered.

Although there were indigenous peoples in the American continent at this time, the tribes were in a loose state, and the battles between the city-states usually took place on some territory worth fighting for, and the densely forested places were not suitable for growing food and living.Especially the aborigines in Central America are not used to fishing for a living, so that few of their city-states and tribes exist along the coast.

In the absence of any accidents in the road exploration, a team of 1 people disembarked from the ship that night and began to set up camp on land.

Lu Bing led [-] cavalry to explore and guard around.

Guan Jing came back early and explained to Zhu Hao what he found here.

"We should have been here last time, but we didn't dock here. There are many trees here. According to previous records, about fifty miles south from here, there is a wide river leading to the inland. There are a lot of trees on both sides of the river. Savages, it’s not an exaggeration to say that they drink blood, even women, basically only have thatch and fur on their bodies, they are more primitive than the Tatars, and they have no fighting power at all, and they don’t even have animals for farming..."

In Guan Jing's words, he looked down on the Central American natives very much.

The civilization of the Ming Dynasty continued to progress, but Central America was completely isolated from the Eurasian continent, which is the center of the world, because it was separated by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Backward, weaving and so on are in a primitive state. According to Guan Jing, they just sent a few people ashore at random before taking down the tribe, and encountered little resistance.

we can even say……

Those tribes don't like to resist. They seem to be used to it. They may also know that fighting against a powerful opponent will only bring disaster to the tribe. The way to survive is to take the initiative to seek refuge and fully integrate into the opponent's tribe.

Zhu Hao has observed the map drawn by Guan Jing and the others, but unfortunately it is too backward, and he cannot directly judge where this is from the topography. He can only conclude from the hot climate that this place is relatively close to the equator, and there is a clear distinction between the rainy season and the dry season. It should be in the dry season.

This is probably also an important reason why the surrounding tribes like to gather in rivers.

Fighting inland along the river, many tribes can be incorporated along the way.

"Don't rush to the south, let's build an outpost here first, and send people to explore the surrounding area!"

Zhu Hao is very clear about his mission.

The purpose of going to sea this time is completely different from the last time Guan Jing and Lu Bing went to sea. Last time, Guan Jing and the others just shot and left, plundering as much resources as they can.

But this time he came to colonize, and the time limit may even be five to ten years. To take root in a strange place, first of all, he must build a strong fortress that can "advance, attack, retreat, and defend", and build a fortress at the mouth of a big river. It is good, but the impact is too great, and it is likely to attract attacks.

It is better to build a city in this place surrounded by winding streams and lush forests, so as to ensure the water source and carry out various constructions.

According to the report from the horse explorer, there is a large lake three miles deep into the land through the dense forest in front. As long as the drainage is dug and water wells are dug to ensure the water supply before the rainy season, the operation of a city can be guaranteed.

"Is it here? It doesn't look very good. Is it better to have a mountain?"

Guan Jing looked very assertive.

After the last trip to sea, he felt that he had rich experience in marching and formation, and wanted to take Zhu Hao with him.

Zhu Hao didn't think it was disobedient, and pointed to Lou Suzhen who was beside him with a smile: "As for the establishment of the camp, follow her instructions. Let the people on the boat go ashore in turn tomorrow morning, and build the dock first. The trees here must be fully utilized. .Tonight I will have someone check the quality of the trees first."

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With a large number of people landing, Zhu Hao must guard against mutiny in the army. There were actually soldiers who were restless at sea before, but they did not dare to attack at sea. Once they found land, Zhu Hao had to reiterate the military regulations and discipline, and give a clear instructions to put them into production.

"Young master, is this place really suitable for building a city?"

Even Lou Suzhen seemed to disagree with this.

Zhu Haodao: "I'm just talking about building an outpost here. Our biggest resource now is actually our ships. In an unfamiliar place, we must first establish that the enemy will not pose a threat to us. If we simply face the natives, they will not It may hinder us, but if it is a Frang robot who can take out artillery and firecrackers, then the situation will be difficult!"

That night Zhu Hao waited patiently for Lu Bing to send back the news.

Lu Bing led the cavalry a little deeper into the land. In addition to detecting the terrain, he also had another purpose, which was to capture living people and return them as guides.

Among the people who were brought back to Daming by Lu Bing and the others before, those who learned Chinese relatively quickly were able to do basic communication, and Zhu Hao basically understood the other party's language through communicating with them, so he didn't have to worry about being deceived.

"We...don't come here...too far away..."

The man who was summoned for questioning was a man in his early 20s, but he looked old.In this era, it is not easy even for the people of Ming Dynasty to live to be 50 years old, let alone this group of Native Americans, it is not bad to live to be around 30 years old. For them, the annexation between tribes and the war between city-states are very cruel. Survival was extremely difficult.

Zhu Hao asked, "Why don't you come here? Is it because of the long distance?"

The man couldn't understand Zhu Hao's words, and then the person who taught him Chinese explained it, and the man said: "It's very bad here, the wind is strong, there is a curse..."

It probably means that the awareness instilled by their tribal wizards is that this place is very windy and waves, and the products are not abundant.So this is actually telling Zhu Hao in a disguised form that no one disturbs the surrounding area, which is quite good in terms of stability.

People have been exploring the surrounding terrain that night, and the rewards given are that there is no trace of human activities here, and then the soldiers have brought back a large amount of fresh water from the nearby lake in wooden barrels.

Although the water source problem has been solved, it is obviously unrealistic to develop a city with about 4 people. Therefore, after the "bridgehead" is built, a new place has to be found to build the city.

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"Do you have any of your silver mines here? Is that what it is?"

Zhu Hao kept the native in his camp, inquiring about the situation here.

Zhu Hao named this person "Ada", which means the vanguard among the aborigines. This person will be responsible for communicating with the surrounding tribes in the future...

One of the important reasons why he would send people to the New World in advance and arrest them back to Daming was to teach these captured natives the Ming language, and at the same time allow some Ming people to communicate with the local natives without hindrance.

Otherwise...the two parties would rely on gestures to express...it would be too troublesome.

"There aren't many here. Go south."

Ah Da is a know-it-all in the tribe, and he even learns Chinese faster than others.

Zhu Hao felt that this person could be promoted to an official in the future.

Silver mines are of little significance to Zhu Hao's current colonial career. After all, they cannot be exchanged for anything of value in America, but they are more effective than anything else in stabilizing the morale of the army.

Once a silver mine is discovered and mined, the lieutenant soldiers and the artisans, farmers and even fishermen who came with them will feel that the trip to sea is very worthwhile.

But it is also necessary to prevent those who come with them from being ungrateful.

Therefore, the best way is not to open silver mines directly, but to produce a batch of finished products first, distribute and reward them, so that everyone can have a head start.

"Coal mines, and iron mines...show him..."

Zhu Hao asked someone to bring iron ore, copper ore and coal, and hand them to the native.

Apart from Ada's knowledge of copper ore, he said he had never seen the other two.

Originally, Zhu Hao thought this product was quite useful, but now it seems that his knowledge is too superficial to be of much use.

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There was no dispatch of the fleet that night.

It was not until dawn that the ships belonging to the fleet docked in large areas and transferred all the people at sea to land.

And Lu Bing's team finally came back after going out all night, and captured less than [-] aborigines... It is said that there is a valley near the woods and mountains, where four or five families live, and the simple houses are built on the ground. Together, it is surrounded by wooden fences, and the surrounding area is all reclaimed farmland.

"What they eat...is the kind of thing called corn."

Lu Bing took the corn and showed it to Zhu Hao.

Corn seeds, Zhu Hao had someone send them back to Daming before, it was his gift to Zhu Si.

As for whether corn can be successfully promoted in China in the next few years, it depends on whether Zhu Si is willing to seek welfare for the people of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Hao said: "It's very good. We need a large amount of food to live here for a long time. With the food we bring, we can only last for seven or eight months at most."

Just as he was talking, Su Xigui finally landed. He was a little apprehensive. He hid on the boat before because he was afraid that there would be some beasts and savage natives after landing. When he saw that the Ming landing army had already used trees to set up land within a few miles of the landing site, The fence, and began to build wooden houses, Su Xigui felt relieved and came to discuss with Zhu Hao about setting up camp.

"This is just a temporary transit station."

Zhu Hao said to Su Xiguiming, "After finding out the surrounding terrain, in the next few days, we will go eastward and wipe out the nearby tribes."

(End of this chapter)