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Zhu Hao sent various troops to conquer the Inca Empire and achieved phased results.

At least cities with a small scale in the territory have been incorporated into the territory of the new empire in recent months, and envoys from all over the country have gathered in SF City.

At the same time, large-scale construction of SF City and surrounding areas is in full swing.

In order to ensure the stability of this new capital city, Zhu Hao built many stone fortresses around it, equipped with artillery, machine guns and other large killers, and soldiers recruited from the Aztecs and Incas began to receive formal military training. From standing in the military posture to sorting out the housework, to walking in the queue and practicing bayonet fighting and shooting, it covers all aspects of the training of recruits in later generations.

At the same time, recruits have to accept the idea that Ming people and Indians are descendants of Yin and Shang every day. They all have the same root, and Zhu Hao represents the will of the gods. The people who live in the water, so whether it is the Aztecs or the Incas, they must allegiance to Zhu Hao.

"Aren't you afraid to teach them to pose a substantial threat to us?"

Lou Suzhen visited and trained soldiers with Zhu Hao that day. Standing on the high platform next to the school grounds, Lou Suzhen was curious about Zhu Hao's trust in these native soldiers.

Zhu Haodao: "Teach them how to use and maintain weapons and equipment correctly, and not let them participate in the specific production. This is the only thing I can do at present. In comparison, they are indeed not as reliable as the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty we brought, but people The trust between people is more based on mutual benefit, so I, a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, won't make mutiny?"

"Ah."

Lou Suzhen nodded, "People's hearts are separated by belly, who can explain such things clearly?"

Obviously, Lou Suzhen has a thorough understanding of human inferiority.

Just like when her husband Zhu Chenhao went to war back then, there was no way to prevent the betrayal of his subordinates. The more trustworthy a certain subordinate was, the stronger his betrayal would be.

Zhu Hao said: "Compared to the Aztecs, that is, the aborigines in the north, I have a higher degree of trust in them. They can be regarded as the real ruin of the country and their families. Suffering, they are more conscious and hardworking in training. They know that if it is not for us, what awaits them is the tragic end of genocide, so now they have the opportunity to firmly hold their destiny in their own hands, and they cherish it more than anyone else. "

Zhu Hao pointed to the Aztec soldiers who were concentrating on training, his face was full of emotion.

Lou Suzhen asked: "How many northern aborigines do we have now?"

"Between 40 and 50, most of them are in Xincheng, Chang'an City, and the three cities on the east coast controlled by Su Dongzhu. Among them, there are about 30 strong men. Their ethnic group development has been seriously unbalanced. Although they have begun to let them Intermarriage with the aborigines in the south, but judging from the current results, it is not ideal."

As the once largest country in Central America, the Aztec Empire was almost destroyed after the Europeans invaded the Americas.

Except for women in the conquered areas, only a few strong men were left to work as coolies. The old, weak, women and children among the Aztec people under Zhu Hao's command are mostly the tribes who surrendered to the coastal areas around the new city. They cannot be regarded as people from the Aztec Empire, but can only be regarded as natives of small Indian tribes.

Lou Suzhen asked again: "How many aborigines are there in the south now?"

Zhu Hao smiled at this: "Currently, according to the statistics, there are about 800 million people, and there may be another 300 to [-] million people living in the border areas of the empire. This is probably our entire population."

"More than 1000 million people..."

Only then did Lou Suzhen know why Zhu Hao wanted to conquer this continent that was still in a barbaric era.

Although Lou Suzhen didn't know the current population of the Ming Dynasty, it was estimated that it would not exceed 6000 to [-] million people, and Zhu Hao only had less than [-] Ming people under his command. After two or three years of hard work, he had already included tens of millions of people in his territory.

More importantly, the technology of these aborigines is very backward, and all aspects of life such as food, clothing, housing, and transportation are completely controlled by Zhu Hao. Before Zhu Hao said that he would train [-] troops, Lou Suzhen thought it was an exaggeration, but now it seems , there is no difficulty in completing it.

Even if Zhu Hao said that he wanted to train an army of one million, it was not impossible.

After all, Zhu Hao's tactics are not face-to-face combat with ordinary cold weapons, but long-distance shooting firearms. The advantage is that soldiers don't have to be young and middle-aged, or have good physical strength to become soldiers, even ordinary people can Competent, even trained women can go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

Zhu Hao said: "Now I really want to get a batch of horses from somewhere else, but unfortunately we can't think of many ways in terms of animal husbandry."

Lou Suzhen asked, "Do you want to continue doing business with those... Europeans?"

"No, we can send a fleet to fetch it ourselves!"

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Zhu Hao is about to start ocean trade.

It is not difficult to open a route across the Atlantic Ocean. The difficulty lies in how to find a foothold in the European continent and then obtain the supplies you need.

In short, one should not only focus on the American continent. He has already established a firm foothold here, and needs to continue to forge ahead. The foundation of this goal is to continuously train qualified recruits and forge new weapons.

At this time in the Ming Dynasty Hall, the discussion about whether to find Zhu Hao also went from the dark side to the bright side, and even the cabinet got involved.

Chief Assistant Fei Hong has been feeling physically and mentally exhausted lately.

He has been guarding against Zhang Cong's entry into the cabinet, but with the increasing pressure brought by Yang Yiqing, the structure of the cabinet has changed accordingly, Liu Chun can provide less and less help to Fei Hong, and Shi Cong and Jia Yong have left the cabinet one after another , The cabinet currently presents a troika pattern of Fei Hong, Liu Chun and Yang Yiqing.

On this day, the three members of the cabinet were summoned by Zhu Si to deal with the Qianqing Palace. They hadn't seen the emperor for more than a month before.

"I want to increase the number of cabinet ministers. According to the previously established strategy, Zhang Cong and Gui E will join the cabinet. I wonder what your opinions are?"

As soon as the emperor came up, he made the topic clear.

The emperor is very dissatisfied with the current structure of the cabinet.

Fei Hong has submitted his resignation several times in the past year. Almost everyone can see that Fei Hong will not be the chief assistant for too long. During his time as chief assistant, it seems that the power of the cabinet is increasing day by day. But correspondingly, the emperor has seldom directly intervened in court affairs, and the lack of court meetings has plunged the court into a state of chaos and disorder.

Many people thought that something bad would happen to Daming soon.

The emperor has made his attitude clear, so the three members of the cabinet will naturally have no opinion. Originally, whoever joins the cabinet should be put in the court for decision, but now that the emperor does not hold a court meeting, it is difficult to proceed in a normal way.

Since the emperor said that Zhang Cong and Gui E should join the cabinet, it is almost because they did not run away.

"In addition, I want people to build a batch of large ships and go out to sea to find Zhu Jingdao."

This time the emperor no longer discussed with the three members of the cabinet, but directly used the tone of orders.

Liu Chundao: "Your Majesty, Xueshi Zhu has been away from Daming for more than two years, and now I am afraid it will be difficult to find him. I don't even know where he is now. There is really no need for the imperial court to waste people and money."

Zhu Si said coldly: "When I went out to sea for the first time in the Daming navy, there were guides who came back with me, and then Zhu Jingdao went to sea. That is to say, someone in Daming knows where they are now. If we send a fleet , it should be possible to find out their whereabouts in more than half a year."

Yang Yiqing asked: "What if the fleet going out to sea encounters a storm and all of them are buried in the sea?"

This question is very inappropriate.

But it is also a true manifestation of Yang Yiqing's upright character, he will not completely follow the emperor's wishes, and Yang Yiqing is much stronger than Fei Hong when dealing with court affairs.

Zhang Zuo stood up from behind the emperor and said loudly: "Old Yang Ge, at that time Mr. Zhu took hundreds of ships to sea, and there were not a few large ships. Encountering a storm, it is impossible for the entire army to be wiped out, right?"

Zhu Sidao: "It is precisely because Zhu Jingdao may encounter a sea storm and be exiled overseas, unable to return, that I will send someone to look for it. Zhu Jingdao mentioned to me before that his trip is to find the fairy grass for me, and at the same time provide the imperial court Searching for overseas silver and gold mines is commendable for his loyalty... The cost of building the ship this time will be spent on the gold and silver brought back from the sea he sent for the first time."

Yang Yiqing and others disagreed.

The gold and silver that Zhu Hao sent back were squandered by Zhu Si long ago, and now the ship is going to be built. To put it nicely, the emperor has to pay for it himself, but in the end it is not the Ministry of Household that pays the silver... Now the little emperor is concerned about the state treasury The control became more and more domineering, and the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty had never felt such great pressure from the imperial power.

From their point of view, this little emperor is simply greedy, and they even think that this is a bad habit that Zhu Hao has cultivated for the little emperor.

"To build ten large ships may require a dozen or 20 taels of silver. The ship does not need to be too large, as long as it can guarantee the needs for going to sea." Zhu Si gave the plan.

Ten boats will do!

Yang Yiqing said: "If it's just to build ten boats, it shouldn't cost so much money, right?"

"And the artillery."

Zhu Si said coldly, "Including the cost of training the soldiers, it should be about the same! I will send someone to issue an imperial edict later, and you should do it!"

The emperor didn't bother to discuss with the three people in front of him. Since he had already made a decision, it was just a matter of routine to say it.

The three members of the cabinet felt that the emperor was not only thinking about Zhu Hao's promise to find him the elixir of immortality, but also thinking about Zhu Hao's overseas mining. Get Zhu Hao back and take care of his small treasury.

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"Is there a show?"

Coming out of Qianqing Palace, Liu Chun asked in a yin and yang tone.

Yang Yiqing was too lazy to answer such boring questions, and even didn't want to get Zhu Hao back at all.

Zhu Hao's status in the emperor's heart was too high, even though he had left Daming for more than two years, the emperor still couldn't forget, what good would it do to bring back such a barb that the emperor had planted among the civil servants?

Let Zhu Hao join the cabinet as the chief assistant?

Or let Zhu Hao be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials?

With Zhu Hao here, what's the matter with them?

Fei Hongdao: "Your Majesty's obsession with Zhu Jingdao is too deep, and now you should worry about your Majesty taking this opportunity to allocate more money and food from the Ministry of Households. In the past two years of Ming Dynasty, the treasury has been empty, and the Northwest has been in a state of endless war. What a home of the imperial court, it’s too difficult! Alas, I should retire.”

What he meant was that with Zhang Cong and Gui E entering the cabinet, he no longer had to stick to the cabinet.

Simply give up the position to the "young people".

Liu Chun said with a smile: "If you are going to retire, wouldn't I have to retire even more? In the future, the Ming Dynasty will be handed over to Ying Ning, a hero like Ying Ning. Forget it, don't think about respecting the Tao anymore, the more you think about it The more I feel pity..."