Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 1016 The Glory of Great Wu
King Wu You of Australia made his third expedition (to the east) to the American continent, and the scale was unprecedentedly large.

Wu You brought 3 elite soldiers from the empire, [-] cavalry from Australia, [-] sailors (auxiliary soldiers), and thousands of ships of all sizes. just arrived in the American continent.

The basic route has been developed by Wu You, and there is no major problem with the compass to identify the direction.

During this period, Wu You also discovered many islands in the Pacific Ocean, either uninhabited islands, or islands settled by indigenous people, such as the Hawaiian Islands of later generations...

All the islands discovered, as well as the route of Wu You's fleet, were also clearly recorded on the chart.

The main content of the chart includes: shore shape, islands, reefs, water depth, navigation marks and so on.

With the nautical chart, the ship is not easy to run aground, so it is an indispensable reference data for navigation.

In order to develop this Pacific Ocean Chart, Da Wu also paid a relatively heavy price.

Not only the soldiers who died in the battle with the natives, the weather on the sea is changeable, and occasionally there will be storms and vortex currents. Once a shipwreck occurs, it will be a fatal blow to the fleet.

A considerable part of Wu's fleet was destroyed in the sea, and the bodies were not preserved.

Thanks to Qingji's hand-painted world map, Wu You led his army into the American continent this time, conquering most of the North American aborigines of Indian origin.

However, Wu You has opened up very few places now, only limited to the later Lighthouse Country, Canada, and parts of Mexico...

From Qingji's point of view, this was already very remarkable.

"Father, this time, my son brought back a lot of local products from the New World, such as broad beans, pumpkins, cocoa, sweet potatoes, peppers, etc. Some things we don't have in Great Wu."

"Erchen has one more good thing here."

As he said that, Wu You took out a pack of shredded tobacco from his arms with a smile, rolled it with special paper, and rolled it into the shape of a cigarette.

"cigarette?"

"Father, how do you know?"

"That's good stuff."

Qingji didn't tell Wu You why he knew it was "smoke", but directly confiscated the pack of shredded tobacco in Wu You's hand.

"Father, you are..."

"Wu You, the water in this shredded tobacco is too deep, you can't handle it, let me come."

"Father, do you know how to use this thing?"

"You won't get addicted to smoking, will you?"

"Occasionally. Father, my son only smokes once in a while."

"Be sure to restrain yourself, this stuff is addictive."

Qingji said something meaningful, but still hid the pack of shredded tobacco in his sleeve.

Seeing this, Wu You couldn't help laughing and said: "Father, my son brought back a lot of tobacco from the American continent this time. After some cultivation, it can be widely planted in Dawu."

"Very good."

For this, Qingji is very appreciative.

He himself is not addicted to cigarettes, but he just can't stand the high profit and promotion of this thing.

In fact, Qingji knew that this kind of tobacco would be harmful to health if made into cigarettes, so he was unwilling to promote it, at least not in Dawu.

"Father, my son returned from the American continent this time, and specially selected 3000 young natives, both male and female. I don't know how you plan to deal with them, Father?"

"Demoted to Kunlun slaves, sent to the Western Regions."

"promise."

Qingji didn't care too much about the 3000 Kunlun slaves.

After all, the huge Wu Empire now has millions of Kunlun slaves.

Qingji thought for a while, then asked again: "Wu You, how many Native Americans are there under your rule now?"

"Probably close to 200 million."

"so much?"

Qingji was a little surprised.

What you need to know is that no civilization in the Americas has entered the Bronze Age. Only the late Neolithic countries such as the Xia Dynasty used stone as soldiers, and their productivity was extremely backward.

Historically, when Columbus discovered the New World, that is, in 1492, the largest population in the Americas was 3000 million...

Of course, the aborigines in the American continent are still living a life of ruthlessness and drinking blood, which has lasted for thousands of years and has not changed!
The only thing that can be obtained is probably the legendary Mayan civilization.

"Father, my son left [-] soldiers to sit in the New World, and there are [-] horses trained from the indigenous people. There shouldn't be any great changes there in a while."

"good."

Qing Ji nodded slightly, but at this moment, an idea appeared in his mind.

"Wu You, in your opinion, how to govern the New World is more appropriate?"

Wu You immediately sensed a sense of danger.

He is not a fool, how could he fail to guess what his father was thinking?
"Father, in the opinion of my sons and ministers, it is better to entrust the princes in the New Continent and establish a feudal kingdom for governance. The New Continent is far away from the mainland of the empire, separated by the vast ocean, which is very inconvenient."

"I want to put the New World under the rule of Australia, what do you think?"

"inappropriate."

Wu You smiled wryly and said, "Father, you must not offend your ministers."

"My son's country of Australia is already the largest of the vassal kingdoms among the brothers. If my father puts the New World under the rule of Australia, my son will be powerless..."

The country of Australia was built on the continent of Australia, but the land was vast and sparsely populated, and it was too barren, so Wu You didn't like it.

……

The six imperial carriages where Qing Ji and Wu You were in led a team of tens of thousands of people through the clean and spacious streets of Jinling City, and after "praising" the subjects, they entered the Qinhuai River camp.

Qingji also personally met these weather-beaten and dusty soldiers of the Eastern Expedition and gave condolences.

Looking at these wounded soldiers, Qingji also had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

They exchanged their own injuries and sacrifices for glory, not only their own glory, but also the glory of Da Wu.

How would Qingji repay them?

"Type of language."

"Chen is here!"

"I want to build a majestic triumphal arch on the banks of the Qinhuai River. From now on, it is stipulated that all victorious teachers must pass through this gate. All the kings and ministers of the great Wu in my court must go to the triumphal arch to welcome my great Wu friends." Sons! The Arc de Triomphe is under your supervision."

"promise!"

Wen Zhong agreed immediately.

Qingji's move was also to improve the honor of the soldiers.

Boost morale!
"Zeng Shen."

"Chen is here!"

Hubu Shangshu Zeng Shen immediately stood up.

"It is my decree that all soldiers who participated in the American War, regardless of life or death, will be rewarded with ten acres of land, ten thousand dollars, and ten bolts of cloth on the basis of meritorious deeds."

Qing Ji said earnestly: "The soldiers who are not in the empire, or who have died in battle, will be led by their families."

"promise!"

No wonder Qingji was so generous.

Now Da Wu is not short of money, it can be said that he is really rich.

(End of this chapter)