Jinyi champion

Chapter 1093
In terms of technology, it is not difficult for Zhu Hao to build a big iron boat.

Iron ships can better adapt to the turbines of steam engines, have high stability, and are more suitable for oceangoing. At the same time, they are also an inevitable trend of future voyages. This is why Zhu Hao casts large iron ships.

But the problem is that when he was in Daming, it was impossible to have so much steel for him to build a giant ship. Others would also question that the Daming sea disaster was caused by a group of pirates driving small boats. You can use wooden boats to fight, why must build An extremely expensive big iron ship?Is there some ulterior purpose?

So at that time, Zhu Hao was more focused on building wooden boats, and reinforced the key parts with iron plates to ensure the stability of ocean voyages. At the same time, he also used tactics such as fire attacks to deal with the enemy, which was conducive to naval battles.

Now Zhu Hao has opened up many iron mines in the New World, and the coal is also guaranteed, so he made a lot of iron and steel, and achieved results in a short period of time. The supply of materials is guaranteed. He has started to build railways in the Inca Empire. Build a big iron ship on your own territory?

However, it may take half a year or even more than a year to build an all-steel ship, and he needs to guide him in terms of technology.

This is another reason why he did not strongly advocate building large iron ships when he was in the Ming Dynasty. The technology must be in his own hands. Judging from the experience of Europeans immigrating to the American continent during the Great Voyage, iron ships are not necessary. , only needed when fighting for hegemony.

That being the case, why should advanced technology be left in the extremely conservative Ming Dynasty?
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Zhu Hao returned to Xincheng and lived in the shipyard for more than half a month. He solved many craftsmen's questions about using steel to build ships, so he had to leave temporarily.

The soldiers brought from the Inca Empire could not perfectly integrate into the northern society, and they would be brought back by Zhu Hao. However, before returning, Zhu Hao ordered Lu Bing to march north to conquer the vast North American continent.

"I will send you [-] soldiers and horses, and only [-] of them are officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Can you complete this arduous and glorious task?"

Zhu Hao placed high hopes on Lu Bing.

This kid has been wandering between Xincheng and Chang'an recently. Even if he had the opportunity to fight, he couldn't earn his performance, because Europeans are almost defeated every time. Now Zhu Hao asked him to expand the territory and conquer the northern land. His whole body It was like getting blood from a chicken, extremely excited.

"There is no problem!"

Lu Bing patted his chest to make a promise, and then asked out the doubts in his heart: "But I heard that if you walk a few hundred miles to the north, you may be the sea. What should you do if there is no road?"

Zhu Hao glared at him angrily: "Don't worry, if you go north from here, you can go all the way to a place that is always frozen and snowy, and you can even cross a section of perennially frozen strait and return to Daming. You have nowhere to go.

"But you have to keep in mind that you have to come back before winter comes. For the aborigines' cities you took along the way, you try to arrange the aborigines to garrison them. You only need to bring yourself and a thousand Ming officers and soldiers back."

"Oh."

Lu Bing seemed to understand but not understand.

In the eyes of Lu Bing, a native of the Ming Dynasty, only the land of China is orthodox, and the concept of dividing the world into nine states is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Apart from this, all lands belong to wild lands, and the land area should not be too large, and most of them are Primeval jungle.

After coming to the American continent, what he saw was similar to Lu Bing's cognition. Now he can only break this deep-rooted obsession by himself.

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Shipbuilding began to advance, and Lu Bing led his troops on the way to the north.

At the same time, Zhu Hao led his troops to Chang'an City, where he wanted to have a head-to-head confrontation with the European colonists in Central America.

Among the soldiers and horses that Zhu Hao brought here, there were 2 Ming soldiers, in addition to the soldiers of the Inca Empire, plus the local aborigines who transported supplies, there were about [-] soldiers and horses, all the way through the valley where Chang'an City was located. , advancing toward the east coast of Mexico.

After passing Chang'an City, after only two days of walking, you can clearly feel the desolation of "the bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no people for thousands of miles".

As far as Zhu Hao knows, this area used to be the area of ​​activity of the Aztecs. After the European colonists arrived in Central America, they adopted a brutal scorched-earth policy, so that the native Aztecs suffered heavy casualties. The situation is more serious in areas with fertile land.

After the European colonists completed the first round of raids, although they began to implement long-term business strategies, they only chose to open up plantations near the coast. In addition, they exploited the gold and silver mines in Central America so much that they were close to the inland A lot of fertile land has been abandoned for a long time.

The Aztecs who escaped by chance could only flee to North America or the west coast as much as possible. Even if there was land that their ancestors had worked hard for generations, they did not dare to come and cultivate it, because they knew clearly that the European colonists were still here. Looting everywhere, once captured, they will be treated as slaves and thrown into the plantation until death.

Zhu Hao led his troops through the central part of Mexico in later generations. Before reaching the east coast, he encountered only three fortresses, and there were only a few European colonists in them. However, he obtained a large silver mine and seized more than 300 million taels of silver at the same time. , The silver would have been taken as spoils of war and sent back to Europe by the colonists to the Spanish royal family, which means that this silver mine is actually a royal property.

"You wait for death to come!"

A Fulang robot actually knew Chinese and yelled at Zhu Hao.

This was the first person Zhu Hao met who knew the Chinese language after he set foot on the American continent.

It is said that this person has been to Ming Dynasty. As for who he learned Chinese from, it is not clear yet, but as far as Zhu Hao knows, in fact, European colonists, especially those officially certified pirates, have a relatively deep understanding of language in this era. The mature training system facilitates them to deal with different people from all over the world.

It might not be true that this person has been to Ming Dynasty, it is also possible that those pirate organizations taught him the language of the Central Plains of Ming Dynasty and trained him to deal with Ming Dynasty, but in the end he was sent to America to see the mines.

This person's name was Hurley, and his words were very rampant. If he didn't know Chinese, Zhu Hao might have had him slaughtered directly.

"You Orientals are arrogant, short-sighted, and don't know how to use firearms. Unfortunately, the distance is too far. It will take more than half a year to go there. Otherwise, we would have conquered you long ago... Just wait and see, we will wipe them out sooner or later Your proud civilization!"

This person's words aroused the resentment of the officers and soldiers of Ming Dynasty.

If it weren't for Zhu Hao's strict military discipline, everyone would want to kill this man alive.

Zhu Hao sneered, and responded: "Really? Then when I lead my troops to destroy your country, you will know who is more behind! Hold on!"

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While Zhu Hao acquired a large silver mine, he also acquired more than 1 indigenous people, including more than 9000 men and less than [-] women.

There are very few women and children, which shows that the European colonists did not plan to manage Central America well, and they never thought about the reproduction of the slaves they raised in captivity.

Zhu Hao ordered that a hundred soldiers be dispatched to take this group of natives and transport the silver back to Chang'an City, and then arrange the work in a unified manner. After a year or so, the investigation was completed before they were given the status of free people.

After that, Zhu Hao continued to lead troops to sweep the east coast of Central America, and soon he came to the base camp of European colonists in Central America.

On the map, this city does not exist in later generations.

This place is not like a big city, but more like a temporary settlement, without the protection of city walls, fortresses, and fortresses, only a large number of residential buildings and warehouses have been built, but the port is well built, with five large piers, probably here A good deep-water port, through which the wealth looted by the colonists from Central America was shipped back to Europe.

When Zhu Hao led his troops, he encountered the fiercest resistance since he led the Northern Expedition.

There were more than [-] European colonists stationed in this port, and everyone had firearms, and there were also cannons. Unfortunately, the range was far from that of Daming's firearms.

In terms of the level of defense here, it may not be as good as Panama City.

But the problem was that this time it was a land confrontation, and Zhu Hao couldn't suppress it with the intensive artillery fire from the sea ship. In addition, the port occupied a vast area, and the soldiers stationed inside were prepared again, relying on various buildings to resist successively.

The confrontation between the two sides lasted all morning.

The soldiers in the city did not dare to rush out, and Da Ming was not in a hurry to rush in. The two sides fired at each other, and gradually the European colonists discovered that the range of their own firearms was far inferior to that of Daming.

The cannonballs or bullets fired by their firearms could not hurt a single soldier of Da Ming, but they were always covered by Da Ming's firepower.

In the end, the European colonists withdrew from the buildings and wanted to board the ship to escape. It turned out that the enslaved Aztecs launched an uprising. Humans could not take advantage of their firearms, so they could only retreat. The Aztecs chased them all the way to the port.

Zhu Hao dispatched his troops at the right time, and successfully captured the port before noon, and none of the dozen or so boats of Frangji got away.

"The warehouses are full of gold and silver."

When the soldiers learned of the result, they were not very interested.

The Ming people just came to the American continent, seeing gold and silver, it was like seeing their relatives, the feeling of excitement has always inspired them to follow Zhu Haoqian without hesitation.

But as time passed, they discovered that gold and silver were the most indispensable thing in the American continent. Everyone held a large amount of gold and silver in their hands. They felt that it didn't matter whether gold and silver were captured on the battlefield. If not, you will get it elsewhere.

The most important thing is that now that Zhu Hao has begun to implement the new currency policy in Central America, gold and silver will not be able to directly purchase items, and as the ruler of the Heavenly Kingdom, the Ming people have no worries about food and clothing in their territories, even women It can also be obtained, although it is only a group of indigenous people, the feeling of being a master is quite good.

Of course, there are also people who want to take the gold and silver back to Daming to enjoy life, but the people sent by Zhu Hao began to consciously instill a sense of crisis in them—in Daming, it doesn’t mean that if you have gold and silver, you will definitely be able to enjoy a good life , others will think about it, and there are ways to target you, unless you have the ability to ensure that your wealth will not be plundered.

Ming people have a lot of experience in protecting their wealth, and the people sent by Zhu Hao are reasonable, and finally they decided to hang out with Zhu Hao first. Zhu Hao said that he would take them back in the next year or two. Let it go.

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The port was occupied by the Ming army.

Of the 1000 European soldiers, more than half were killed or injured, and the rest were imprisoned. In addition, more than 100 merchants and their families who came to the New World from Europe to seek gold were captured. There were more than [-] European women with blonde hair and blue eyes. , in addition to more than [-] children.

Here, there are actually black people from Africa.

Then there were the Aztecs who rebelled before. There were more than 6000 Aztecs in the port, so they suddenly rose up. Franco was almost powerless to resist, and fled in embarrassment. Finally, they were defeated by the Ming army. All in one pot.However, there was not even a single native woman in this port city. Later, Zhu Hao learned that in order to threaten the Aztecs to work for them, the families of the Aztecs were placed in a village more than 20 miles south of the port. in a town.

Afterwards, led by the Aztec guide, Zhu Hao dispatched [-] cavalry and quickly occupied the town.

There are more than 8000 Aztec old and weak women and children rescued from it...

This is the first time Zhu Hao has seen so many old and weak natives, women and children, and it can be seen from this that the Aztecs in the port have received the best treatment from the European colonists, but they still resist at critical moments ruled by European colonists.

(End of this chapter)