The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 843 Hanwei City

None of the medical scientists wanted to lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Everyone wanted to develop a magic medicine to cure malaria, and the name would go down in history, but in the end they could only leave it to Huang Han to decide.

Huang Han also had no good solution. In order not to hurt the enthusiasm of many medical scientists, he could only decide whether to stay or stay with Xi Ni according to the order of registration. Because Wu Youxing ranked first among the doctors, he got what he wanted.

The most difficult thing to solve was not those medical scientists competing for the quota, but Xu Guangqi, the teacher who learned the news, personally went to Huang Han's residence in Seoul and strongly demanded to follow the fleet.

How dare Huang Han let Xu Guangqi cross the ocean, because Huang Han is a prophet. In the original history, Xu Guangqi should have passed away for more than four years, but now it is completely a departure from history.

Xu Guangqi, who practiced Taijiquan every day and had a regular diet and routine, looked hale and hearty, but Huang Han refused to keep him away from his sight no matter what.

No matter what good words his mentor said, Huang Han was determined not to let go. In the end, both parties took a step back, and Huang Han agreed that Xu Erjue, the eldest grandson who had received Xu Guangqi's true biography, would come to replace his grandfather.

"Hanjiang University" organized a group to participate in the voyage. Academician Wang Zheng, who is nine years younger than Xu Guangqi, put down his old face and asked to lead the "Hanjiang University" team to participate in scientific research.

Wang Zheng, a scientist, was in very good health. Historically, he died of a hunger strike after the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

He is good at using water power and wind power, and has created too many inventions, such as self-grinding, bicycles, wheel pots, substituting farming, wind wheel turning weights, windmills traveling far, ladders going straight up, ladders flying obliquely, gas and arrows, etc. .

Now the steam engine project that Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing, Shen Cunli and others are focusing on is the research focus of the scientists of "Hanjiang University". Of course, this is also due to Huang Han's golden finger, and now there are laboratory products.

Even though it is limited by the inability to weld, it is difficult to make the forged and riveted boilers withstand high pressure, the boilers in several experiments in the laboratory can still withstand ten standard atmospheres, and it is possible to drive the wheels to this level.

It is believed that within two years the first ship powered by a steam engine will be launched in the "Tiger Cave City" military dock for sea trials.

Seeing that Academician Wang Zheng was so eager to explore America, Huang Han took the opportunity to ask him to agree to bring his concubine, Shen family, so that he could take care of his food and daily life, and tactfully advised Wang Zheng to keep his faith in his heart.

Wang Zheng was very surprised, he really didn't know how General Zhenglu knew his family affairs like the palm of his hand, so he blushed and promised Huang Han to accept Shen's concubine and go to sea together in the future.

The kings of South Xu and North were great scientists in the late Ming Dynasty. Huang Han, who loved to read Ming history, had read records about Wang Zheng.

Wang Zheng has a wife and a concubine, and his concubine, Shen, is quite virtuous. However, because Wang Zheng believes that taking concubines violates Catholic regulations, he intends to marry a concubine to redeem his sins, but his wife, Shang, tries to persuade him to keep him, and his concubine, Shen, vows to die and refuses to remarry.

From then on, the concubine Shen still stayed in the Wang family, but the reality of husband and wife was no longer there.

What is commendable is that after the whole festival of Wang Zheng's hunger strike, Shen, who also went on a hunger strike, accepted the plea of ​​Wang Zhengzheng's wife, Shang, and temporarily gave up suicide to support the declining Wang family.

Shen resolutely cut off her hair and disfigured her face and spun and sewed it for her family. She was prepared for hardships. A few years later, Wang Zheng's wife Shang passed away and her son passed away.

Both of Wang Zheng's grandsons were brought up by the Shen family. On the [-]th birthday of the Shen family, the grown-up grandson Wang Zhen invited famous eunuchs from the village to congratulate him with a text, and offered cups and soup to the family.

Seeing this, Shen felt sad. She claimed that the reason why she endured the humiliation before was because the mistress left her alone. Now that the responsibility is over, she died without food.

Such a virtuous woman should be happy, Huang Han deliberately put forward the conditions when Wang Zheng wanted something.

Wang Zheng is a firm man, and his words are like a mountain. Since he promised to treat the Shen family well, of course he will not break his promise. He thinks that after coming to the Shen family, he can get a good life for decades.

Shi Daxuan has been in the sea for more than [-] years, so he has rich sailing experience.

His eldest son, Shi Lang, is now the commander-in-chief of the cavalry, and his second son, Shi Xian, has become the deputy commander-in-chief. His loyalty is beyond doubt.

After Shi Daxuan got the task of voyage tens of thousands of miles, he saw the list of people who participated in the voyage, and felt honored but also felt that the responsibility was heavier than Mount Tai.

Lin Minghai once went to South America as an interpreter for the Dutch East India Company. He led dozens of educated young people learning foreign languages ​​to follow him. Language is not a barrier.

Wang Yuqi is a technical authority from Daming Longjiang Shipyard. In the past seven or eight years, she has mastered more new technologies and knowledge, and is familiar with the structure of various ships.

With him leading more than [-] craftsmen on a long voyage, even a battered warship can be repaired like new.

The fleet numbered as high as [-], including a battalion of marines under the command of Yu Fei, and [-] young and middle-aged pioneers with their families.

The instruction given by Huang Han was to occupy the Spanish colony of New Granada, which is later known as Panama, after completing the tasks of finding cinchona trees, rubber trees, sunflowers, and peanuts to grow seedlings and breed.

Drive out all the natives and build a city first so that you can occupy that place forever. Of course the city will not be called Panama, Huang Han named it "Hanwei City".

This is the benefit of the Han colonization, because with the demographic dividend, it is possible to keep no indigenous people in important places, and it can avoid the outbreak of indigenous rebellion in the future.

The first move to colonize the Americas is to occupy and manage the Panama region for later generations. Everyone on the earth knows the benefits of the Panama Canal, and it will be easy to flow gold and silver in the future.

When the long-distance fleet returns, one-third of the warships and half of the marines will stick to the territory they have obtained. In the second year, a large number of immigrants will arrive, and warships and soldiers will replace the remaining troops.

The next step is to expand until it completely occupies the entire long and narrow continent of Central America, making it a land where the Han people live and multiply.

After gaining a foothold in Central America, the next step is of course to expand to North America. The riding and shooting of the Indians may be far inferior to the Jiannu and Mongols.

There will be many Jiannu and Tartars who surrendered to the "Red Banner Army" in the future, and organizing tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry to conquer the Indians should be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

Huang Han did not need to slaughter Indians on a large scale like the Americans in history. The United States implemented a series of cultural and genocide policies against Indians, killing tens of millions or possibly tens of millions.

From the day the First Regiment of the U.S. Army was established, conquering Indians has become its basic mission, and it has lasted for a century.

Slightly different from the Ming Dynasty’s decapitation of the enemy’s head, the Americans implement the scalp policy, and the scalp of a young Indian over the age of 12 can receive a bounty of one hundred dollars from the US government.

That's why there are bounty killers who get rich by slaughtering Indians in the United States, and there are Western films that are all the rage in later generations.

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