From time to time, white waves appear on the blue sea. Seagulls fly from the mast and fly over the sea with their wings from time to time. The blue sky above is filled with white clouds, blown by the sea breeze.

It changes into various shapes, sometimes like a bison, sometimes like a fish, and sometimes even turning into a boat.

Thea, who has pigtails on her head, is sitting on the bow of the boat, with her hands lying on the side of the boat, looking up at the ever-changing clouds in the sky, her big eyes full of pure happiness, and she only occasionally thinks of her little friends in the tribe.

, a look of distress flashed across his face.

Thea is only twelve years old this year. She is an ordinary little girl living in a North American aboriginal tribe. But for some reasons, she and her parents, as well as many people from the same tribe, boarded the Han people's ship and began to

A whole new life.

"Thea, what are you thinking about?" At this moment, a Han man wearing a navy uniform came over and sat next to Thea with a smile and asked.

Hearing this familiar voice, Thea knew who was talking to her without looking back, so she answered in somewhat stiff Chinese: "Uncle Li Yong, Thea misses her friends in the tribe, Xiong, Jushi and the others.

They all stayed in the tribe, I wonder what they are doing now?"

This man whom Thea calls Li Yong is naturally Li Min's best friend, Li Yong, the youngest son of King Li Xiaogong of Hejian. Speaking of which, he is also an old man from Prince Qi's Mansion, but later, like Cheng Huailiang and others, he went to Chang'an Military Academy.

Study, but because of some things, he is better than Cheng Huailiang

They arrived in Taiwan later, and later entered the military academy to study naval warfare. After graduating some time ago, Li Min originally wanted to place him in the relatively stable Nanyang Fleet, but Li Yong chose the farthest American Fleet. He is usually stationed in Hawaii.

, and occasionally go to America.

The reason why Li Yong entered the American Fleet was actually because he wanted to visit America and gain some understanding of the world he lived in. He remembered that when Li Min sat with them drinking and bragging, he often boasted to them about how rich America was.

At that time, Li Yong had the idea of ​​going to see it with his own eyes. Now that he had this opportunity, he naturally didn't want to let it go.

Now Li Yong is the captain of a main battleship, and can be regarded as the upper-middle class of the army. After joining the American Fleet, they are stationed in Hawaii, which is a very beautiful place with rich products and warm people on the island.

Hawaiian girls. Many young officers like to have some super-friendly relationships with local girls. Li Yong is no exception. He even officially took her as a concubine and built a house in Hawaii, waiting for the opportunity.

.He took his family to live there for a while.

In addition, Li Yong often goes to the Americas to perform missions. He has visited several strongholds and ports in North and Central America and has a better understanding of the situation in the Americas.

Speaking of which, America is indeed as Li Min introduced it. It is extremely beautiful and rich. Not only does it have high-yielding crops such as corn and sweet potatoes, but it is also rich in gold and silver. I heard that many gold mines have been discovered in South America, and every month

I saw boatloads of gold diggers coming here adventuring, dreaming of getting rich overnight.

It's just that in the process of opening up the Americas, it was inevitable to have to deal with the American natives. For example, the Mayans in Central America were the first Americans to come into contact with them. However, smallpox broke out among the Mayans, and I heard that the casualties were very serious.

Most of the Han people were able to get along well with the Americans. For example, the Mayans in Chola City, which Luwan first came into contact with, were very friendly to them and even helped Luwan build the Luwan Port.

Similarly, in some strongholds and ports in North and South America, the Han people are also willing to maintain good relations with the Americans. This not only makes it easier for them to understand the Americas, but also allows them to get a lot of useful information from the other party, such as where gold is produced.

Of course, not all Americans are friendly. There are also some more xenophobic Americans who do not welcome their arrival, so the war inevitably breaks out. It’s just that the Americans don’t even have metal weapons. Facing the already equipped

The Daqi army with muskets naturally collapsed at the first touch. At least in the few battles Li Yong encountered, he won very easily.

In the beginning, wars with the Americans were actually very rare. After all, the hospitality of the Indians in later generations was recognized. As long as their safety was not threatened, the Americans still welcomed the Han people who brought all kinds of novel items.

However, with the influx of Han people, some conflicts of interest will inevitably arise, such as competition for land, gold and other resources. So as time goes by, the relationship between the Americans and the Han people begins to become somewhat antagonistic.

Sensing this change, Li Min's officials stationed in the Americas reported it to the court while thinking hard about a solution. However, before they could think of a solution, Li Min sent a solution.

In fact, what Li Min sent was not exactly a solution, but a specious legend. Legend has it that King Zhou sent a hundred thousand troops to attack Dongyi, which is now the Shandong Peninsula. However, at this time, King Wu of Zhou took advantage of the emptiness in the Shang Dynasty.

, wiped out the Shang Dynasty in one fell swoop, leaving one hundred thousand troops without a country to return to, and later mysteriously disappeared. Legend has it that they built ships on the Shandong Peninsula and went to sea, and it is very likely that they crossed the Japanese country eastward and entered the Kuroshio, thereby reaching America.

Officials stationed in the Americas immediately understood Li Min's intention in sending this legend. They began to publicize the legend and believed that the native Americans were the descendants of the Yin Shang army that disappeared that year. They even found a lot of 'evidence'

, for example, Americans are also yellow people, and their appearance is very similar to that of East Asians. According to the legends of some tribes, it is indeed said that their ancestors came to America by boat. This further confirms that Americans are actually the same people as Central Plains people.

family.

Regardless of whether this legend is true or false, it actually doesn't matter to Li Min. All he needs is a status. This status means that Americans and Central Plains people are all one family, so things will be much easier to handle.

In the name of helping Americans to "find their ancestors", Daqi officials began to vigorously promote the friendship between the two ethnic groups.

Similarly, Americans are not fools. They have always treated these foreign Han people with a mentality of envy and awe. Now these Han people take the initiative to express their friendship and regard them as people of the same race, so there is a lot of confusion.

The Shao American tribes also responded quickly. For example, like Thea on Li Yong's ship, their tribe was originally very friendly to the Han people. Now they seized this opportunity and admitted that their ancestors were immigrants from the Yin and Shang Dynasties. As a result, they got a huge

opportunity.

As we all know, both the Tang Dynasty and Qi Dynasty are relatively short of people. The fertility encouragement program has never been stopped, and the birth rate of babies is also very high every year. Some newspapers have even made statistics. Among the adult men in the two countries

, have an average of three to four sons. As for daughters, there is no statistics for the time being, and I believe the number will definitely be no less than this.

However, even with such a high birth rate, it still cannot fill the population needs of various places. After all, babies do not grow up in a day. This situation has almost become a common concern of Daqi and Datang.

It was under this situation that Li Min suddenly turned his attention to the distant Americans. Since these Americans admitted that their ancestors came from the Central Plains, it would be better to give them a chance to recognize their ancestors and select some Americans to enter Nanyang.

In places such as Australia that are in urgent need of population, this can not only solve the population needs of these places, but also reduce the density of local people in the Americas, which will facilitate future immigration and management of the Americas.

Regarding Li Min's bold idea, Wang An, as the Prime Minister, discussed it with the ministers and felt that it was very feasible. However, they had differences on the status of these immigrants from the Americas.

There are now hundreds of ethnic groups in Daqi, but these ethnic groups can be simply divided into Han people and non-Han people. Needless to say, the Han people have the highest status in the country.

As for the non-Han people, it is very complicated. However, Li Min, with an open-minded attitude, implemented Chinese education for all non-Han people. According to the degree of Chineseization and the amount of tax, they were divided into four levels, which are the very famous four levels in the history of Daqi.

Super alien.

In fact, legally speaking, the status of the highest-level first-class foreign race is not much different from that of the Han people. However, after all, Daqi is a country dominated by the Han people, and all aspects are controlled by the Han people, so even those who have obtained the first-class foreign race have the same status as the Han people.

People, they still desperately want to get rid of their alien identity and truly become Han people.

So in this case, relevant provisions that allow foreigners to truly become Han people appeared. Of course, it is impossible for foreigners to become Han people in the sense of blood, but Daqi can give them an official Han people

Identity, but obtaining this identity is not easy.

The first is that the alien race needs to become a first-level alien race. This is already difficult. There are tens of millions of alien races in Daqi, but the first-level alien race is less than one thousandth. The second requirement is that this first-level alien race must pay an annual fee.

The tax amount exceeds a certain standard for ten consecutive years

Without interruption, a considerable number of people were blocked out again. It is said that in the first ceremony for the promotion of foreign races to Han nationality, only less than a hundred foreigners were eligible to become Han people, most of whom were ruled by Li Min earlier.

Three Koreans, Ezo barbarians and Japanese.

It is precisely this situation in Daqi that makes Wang An and the others do not know how to define the identities of these Americans who have migrated to Daqi. Previously, Daqi officials in the Americas have always advocated that the two ethnic groups are one family, so if they are now

If Americans are considered a foreign race, wouldn't that be a slap in the face?

However, it would be very inappropriate to directly give Americans the status of Han people. Originally, the status of Han people in Daqi is high. If these Americans who are still in a tribal state are defined as Han people, this will not only make some ethnic groups among the Han people

The dissatisfaction of the activists will even cause psychological imbalance among some foreign races. Moreover, Americans

The number of people is not small. Although not many people admit that they are descendants of the Yin and Shang dynasties now, if all Americans admit that they are the descendants of the Yin and Shang dynasties in the future, their population problem will exceed that of the real Han people, and it will probably be even more serious.
Chapter completed!