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Chapter 897 Conquest Isn't That Simple (Part [-])
"This is...?" Xiao Xiu'er and Liu Rushi couldn't help being a little puzzled when they saw Aila bringing a dark-faced Cossack to the dragon boat.

"It's me." Chu Yun took off the wig and beard, took the wet towel from Ella, wiped off the charcoal dust on his face, and finally became recognizable.

"Military Lord! Please forgive us for not recognizing..." Xiao Xiu'er and Liu Rushi hurriedly got up, and even Chu Yun was standing in front of them and couldn't recognize him, which made them panic.

"It's normal if you didn't recognize it. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a big failure for me to go out in disguise?" Chu Yun felt that it was fine for him to go out and do errands normally, but he couldn't go out normally when it came to the grand ceremony, otherwise he would have nothing to do when he was surrounded by residents. Festival experience.

"But someone recognized it." Liu Rushi said.

She didn't know what Aila was going to do before, but after Aila brought Chu Yun up, she understood.Chu Yun can recognize even after changing his face like this, which is a bit amazing.

"After all, we have cooperated for so many years..." Chu Yun sat down, and Aila had poured tea for him in advance.

Although Aila is in charge of the intelligence department, the actual commander is Chu Yun himself, who handles some matters that cannot be easily made public.

"The dragon boat race is just about to start, and you came just in time, Commander." Ella sat down.

Chu Yun took a sip of tea and looked at the dragon boat behind the big dragon boat. The helmsman, drummer, gong player and rower on it were ready to go.

"The first team is ready!" The starter who directs the dragon boat race waved the flag, signaling the row of dragon boats in front to get ready on the waterway.

"The dragon boat is ready!"

The residents on the embankment reminded each other and gathered on the embankment on one side of the waterway.

After Princess Sophia found the royal envoy, she still wanted to pay Chu Yun twenty shillings, but Chu Yun and a few "Cossacks" had disappeared.

"Where are the previous Cossacks?" Princess Sophia asked the guards of the dragon boat.

"They got into the big boat." The guard pointed to the big dragon boat and said.

"Let's go up too, I want to find those nasty Cossacks, pay them first, and then beat them!" Princess Sophia was furious.

That's right, although Chu Yun helped her find the envoys, but a mere Cossack commoner dared to threaten her, a princess, and she had to teach him a lesson.

"I'm sorry, although you are guests from afar, but you don't have an invitation letter, I can't let you go up." The guard refused.

"How did those Cossacks get up there?" Princess Sophia asked a bit.

"There are big people on the dragon boat who invite them to board, unless they are willing to invite you too," the guard said.

The one who brought Chu Yun and the "Cossacks" on board just now was the military master's wife, and there was no need for an invitation letter at all, because the military master sent her to watch this grand ceremony.

"Did their former masters invite them to board the ship?" Princess Sophia believed what Chu Yun said before, and really believed that Chu Yun was a slave captured from Siberia.

"It's not clear." The guard shook his head.

Princess Sophia glanced at the dragon boat unwillingly, and saw Chu Yun by the wooden window of the dragon boat.Chu Yun only greeted her slightly, and Princess Sofia did not recognize him after returning to her original attire.

Hearing what Princess Sophia and others said, Li Jinde recalled that there were indeed a few strangely dressed people here just now, but they disappeared when everyone didn't pay attention.Several strangely dressed people found and brought the princess back, and he always felt that something was wrong.

"What are you thinking?" Selina felt Li Jinde's absent-mindedness and asked.

Li Jinde shook his head gently: "When you meet the military leader tomorrow, I will take you to the Academy of Sciences to have a look."

Selina nodded: "I also want to see the legendary science academy where women can also go to school."

Sir Greenville always felt a little uneasy looking at his daughter's back.

Boom!The starter fired his guns upwards, and the first batch of ten dragon boats rushed out like sharp arrows. The drummers and gong players on the dragon boats beat the gongs and drums crosswise, and the oarsmen paddled rhythmically listening to the gongs and drums!

"Okay!" The residents on the embankment shouted, wanting to know which dragon boat will take the lead.

Although Princess Sofia wanted to catch a few Cossacks, the lively dragon boat race quickly attracted her attention.She moves with the crowd as the dragon boat advances.

"Your Highness, please don't get separated!" Sir Greenville followed helplessly.

Chu Yun watched the lively dragon boat race on the top and ate a mouthful of zongzi, which was very pleasant.

After almost stopping to expand, he devoted himself to developing the economy, technology, and culture within the territory. It is quite a scary thing for a populous country to fully develop its economy under the trend of mercantilism.

Chu Yun began to waver about whether to continue to expand.

That's right, the Han culture can often assimilate the invaded nations or tribes because the population of the Han culture is much larger than that of the grassland tribes.

If it wants to conquer the whole world, the Chinese population may be backlashed by more people gathered in other places, and its own cultural system may be destroyed to pieces instead.

The annexation of other civilizations is not just a matter of winning, there is a price to be paid for annexation, and other civilizations are likely to become part of their own civilization genes.The Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, and Tang and Song culture basically assimilated the Yuan Dynasty.Zhu Yuanzhang hated the Yuan Dynasty very much. After driving away the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, he still inherited the Yuan Dynasty's provincial system and some other things.Forced unification is likely to produce a civilization with four different characters, because the world has too many people, and China is no longer the main body. If it develops into an electoral system of one person, one vote, it will be over.

Chu Yun was somewhat selfish, and occupied all the land in the Chinese cultural circle. At this time, the population of Nanyang, Siberia, Western Regions, and Dongyang combined was not as large as that of the Central Plains, and China had always been the suzerain. Chu Yun was more at ease.Even if the land and population in other places are given to him for free, he will have to think twice, and he is not necessarily willing to take it now.

Especially the Mughal Empire and the Ottoman Empire with a population of tens of millions, Chu Yun did not want to accept their territory and population.If Chu Yun remembers correctly, at the beginning of the 18th century, the Mughal Empire had a population of 1.5 million. A land with such a terrifying population would definitely be a ticking time bomb after occupation, and even shatter its own civilization.

limit their rights?It is basically impossible. A series of uprisings will break out later, and finally counterattack the Central Plains, and it will be over.In history, I don’t know how many things the advanced side was pushed back. It’s not that they can’t fight, but it’s often because the people in the country don’t want to continue to fight and compromise with the insurgents and let them be independent.In addition, with economic development, the rise of humanitarianism put pressure on the country, allowing Western countries to basically abolish the slave trade in the 19th century.

These conquest actions also depend on the attitude of the local people. It is not that Chu Yun can do whatever he wants. Their dissatisfaction is equivalent to a fire in the backyard. The independence of the United States from Britain is actually a fight between its own people and its own people. separate for their own interests.If there is an American split from the Chinese in the future, Chu Yun will cry.

Conquering civilization is far from simple.

(End of this chapter)