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The countdown to the demise of the Inca Empire began.

What Zhu Hao has been paying attention to recently is not the conquest of various parts of the Inca Empire by various groups of people, but the continued exploration and mining of new mines. Those who followed the various groups of people to explore the mines have reported back one after another and found traces of coal mines, especially in the The alpine area around Cusco has a lot of reserves.

The previous large iron mine, that is, the large mining area around the mining city near SF City, has been further expanded. At the same time, a large iron mine was also discovered in a place in the south near the Andes Mountains, but the mining difficulty is much higher.

With the acceleration of Zhu Hao's conquest of the Inca Empire, the native Indians in South America are now basically under Zhu Hao's direct jurisdiction.

The lords and city lords of various places need Zhu Hao to be canonized, and they will recruit people to complete the transformation of the means of production and systems in primitive society. The key point is to quickly spread some things with technological content. Cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, dogs and other livestock and poultry spread to various places, teaching these indigenous people the most basic breeding techniques.

Breeding of horses is also in progress.

However, the number of horses Zhu Hao had was still limited. He brought more than 2000 horses from Daming, and four or five hundred died on the way. Before sweeping the northern part of South America and the east coast of Central America, he seized more than 2000 horses, and now he has just over [-] horses.

Just at this time, the second batch of Spanish merchant ships arrived at SF City.

The previous time, Zhu Hao directly rejected the European colonists' request to start trade, but this time the Spaniards obviously came prepared, they brought a lot of European goods, and at the same time brought... African blacks, and the whole ship blacks.

Their purpose is very clear, that is, to start trade with SF City and open up a new business route. They want to obtain commodities from SF City, especially gold, silver, silk, cotton and other products.

Originally, Zhu Hao didn't intend to do business with them, but the Spanish trade representatives who came to the city put forward a point of view... They can find all available resources for Zhu Hao from Europe or Africa, and send them to him.

"Tell them, if I need it, I can just send someone to pick it up, and there is no need for them to send it."

This actually inspired Zhu Hao in a disguised form.

Since the first batch of resources I brought from Daming were obviously not enough, especially livestock and horses, I might not need to cross the Pacific Ocean to get them back to Daming. In fact, I can use a simple way to cross the Atlantic Ocean to grab a round in Europe, and I can still get them. needed supplies.

But in this case, he now focuses his development on the west coast of America, and it is not easy to extend to the other side of the continent.

The best way is to let the fleet bypass the Strait of Magellan in the south and enter the Atlantic Ocean in the next six months to a year, occupy all the natural ports on the east coast of South America and Central America, build cities one after another, and realize the Occupy across the board.

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The people and goods brought by the Europeans were finally sent ashore.

Zhu Hao didn't give them any products with technological content, but just paid for the trade with gold and silver. The total cost was 1000 taels of gold and about 6 taels of silver, which totaled less than 10 taels of silver.

To Zhu Hao, these gold and silver were nothing, and it was useless to keep them, but they also exchanged for more than 3000 black laborers, and at the same time obtained a batch of urgently needed commodities, such as 1000 horses, [-] cows and more than [-] sheep. .

These black people will be resettled to new places, mainly used to reclaim wasteland and grow food.

Knowing that the Spaniards came from the Strait of Magellan, Zhu Hao also made up his mind and prepared to send a fleet to bypass the southern tip of South America and head for the east coast of America.

At the same time, Zhu Hao will once again send a group of people to cross the Andes Mountains, pass through Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay in the later generations, and enter the eastern coastal area at the junction of Brazil and Argentina in the later generations, and complete the initial occupation and development of these places.

This requires the coordination of all the people in the Inca Empire.

Because Zhu Hao could no longer mobilize too many people from the 4 people he brought over from Ming Dynasty. After all, the main role of those craftsmen, farmers, and fishermen was to teach the Indians the most basic skills and expand the proportion of the working population. , instead of going to the battlefield, so now Zhu Hao's army is facing a serious shortage of manpower.

In Zhu Hao's mind, if he could transport another 10 people from Daming, then he would have no problem occupying the entire American continent.

Now we have to rely heavily on the Aztecs and Incas, and we cannot give them too advanced weapons to prevent them from rebelling. However, if we want to conquer Central and South America, it is actually enough to give the natives the necessary iron weapons. All the soldiers and horses in the army must be led by a small number of Ming officers and soldiers, and it is enough for them to use artillery and muskets.

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"The current stall is a little too big."

Zhu Hao held meetings with Lou Suzhen almost every day. At the same time, Lu Zhanqing and Sun Lan, the rare knowledgeable people around Zhu Hao, also began to assume the necessary responsibilities.

Before, Zhu Hao tried his best not to let Lu Zhanqing and Sun Lan meet.

But now it seems that it is not necessary. Sun Lan and Lu Zhanqing are both very independent women, and they are also impressed by Zhu Hao's bearing. Now is the time to put aside their previous suspicions and make suggestions for Zhu Hao. They are also willing to come out and talk to Lou Suzhen. Learn how to help Zhu Hao handle government affairs.

In front of the two "little girls", Lou Suzhen looked more mature and serious.

She said: "Young master, if you send troops to the east, can you ensure that these troops will fully obey your dispatch and command? It is not impossible for them to establish their own country after they go out."

Perhaps it was Lou Suzhen's early experience that made her very wary of people.

From Zhu Hao's point of view, Lou Suzhen didn't trust her Ming colleagues, let alone the natives.In her eyes, the reason why those people follow Zhu Hao is more because of profit.

Zhu Hao said, "What else? Shall I go in person?"

"The concubine can go with the army."

Lou Suzhen volunteered.

The implication is that she came to be the military commander to complete the conquest of the South American continent.

Zhu Hao shook his head: "Actually, we are working hard to develop technology and productivity. It is enough to stay in this place. We will not be able to occupy a land that is vaster than Daming in the next ten years. I am just temporarily setting aside the stall Spread the word and legally determine our ownership of the New World."

Zhu Hao understood that not to mention conquering the whole world, even if it was just conquering the Americas, it would take ten or eight years.

However, his goal is not to occupy all of the American continent. After all, compared to other continents, the current America is still relatively backward. Many places can be said to be deserted. Why occupy it?

Even if the population is migrated from Daming, it will take several years or even decades to transform.

What Zhu Hao has to do now is to accumulate resources.

Regardless of the small territory of the Inca Empire, it occupies the most fertile land west of the Andes, and there is the most suitable environment for survival. Except for the Inca Empire, many places in South America are virgin forests and swamps. There is really not much conquer value.

"Then young master, when shall we return to Daming?"

Lou Suzhen asked the question that both Sun Lan and Lu Zhanqing wanted to ask.

The three women all knew that in Zhu Hao's plan, there was the idea of ​​leading troops back to Daming.

Zhu Haodao: "Originally, my plan was to send troops to Europe... Well, this is the place on the map. There are many countries and nations there, with relatively developed technology and civilization. After they are conquered, they will get more resources when they are governed, but The problem is... our number of troops is too small.

"Even if we use the aborigines who work with us and hope to arm them to attack Europe, it will be difficult to achieve results in a short while. This war is likely to last for more than ten years, because our culture and habits are different from Europeans. They will not be willing to accept our oriental civilization.

"So I pondered for a long time, and finally decided to change the plan. In the next year and a half, I will complete the final accumulation and lead the fleet back to Daming."

Zhu Hao was the first time to concretize the time of returning to Daming.

A year and a half!

That is to say, before the end of the sixth year of Jiajing, the fleet under his command will arrive in the coastal waters of Daming.

Lou Suzhen nodded. She very much supports Zhu Hao's return to Daming. Only when Zhu Hao becomes the emperor of Ming, or has a higher status than the emperor, can he bring Daming along. Based on Daming, he will continue to immigrate to the Americas. The development of the Americas will give us a chance to conquer the world.

Zhu Haodao: "Before this, I will train an army of [-] aborigines. When I counterattack Daming in the future, I will not mainly use Daming soldiers and horses. After all, it involves many clan and social issues. When the emperor of Daming responds I surrender, or I successfully take back the territory of Ming Dynasty, and then rely on the soldiers of Ming Dynasty to conquer everywhere."

"Then... I don't know where to land from?"

Lou Suzhen's vision is very broad, and she is already thinking about where to break through to conquer Daming.

Zhu Hao pointed to a place on the map of Daming, which was Tianjin Port.

"Two groups of soldiers and horses, one to attack Nanjing and the other to attack the capital. It is likely that Lu Wan was encountered in Nanjing...that is, the army led by Lu Zhanqing's grandfather. It is best for him to submit to me. Even if he does not, with our equipment The giant steel ship is enough to wipe out Lu Wan's fleet within ten days.

"Taking Nanjing will at least guarantee that the families of our soldiers will receive good treatment.

"And the northern road is mainly to launch a landing operation, because there are basically no ships in the north to engage in naval battles with us, so there will be mainly large wooden ships, and more than [-] soldiers and horses will be transported ashore at a time, and they will sail to the capital in a mighty way. I will I will personally lead this group of people and capture the capital in the shortest possible time. Before that, I will leave some leeway for the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty to see if they have any intention of surrendering.

"If not, we will go to war directly, and all the firearms will clear the way. From then on, cold weapons will no longer have the opportunity to play.

"So in the next year or so, almost all resources will be used to make artillery and guns, and then to build ships. To conquer the world, in addition to ensuring enough soldiers, more rely on advanced weapons. One hundred thousand soldiers with advanced weapons is enough for me to take down Daming, and even conquer the world!"

The implication is that improving the people's livelihood of the Inca Empire does not need to be prioritized at all, and now the development of military power should be the main focus.

South America produces enough corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes to actually feed the current population.