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Chapter 836: Armistice Agreement and Gold Rush Harvest

Zhu Hongyu turned his head and continued to look at the map.

"Then there's the matter of what you want in the Ganges Plain."

"Actually, as far as I'm concerned, Wu Zhou doesn't need to control too much land in the Ganges Plain now."

"Because, even if you win, you won't have enough population for development."

"On the contrary, if the Ganges Plain continues to be controlled by the Mughal Empire, then you can extract grain and war resources from the Ganges Plain without any burden."

"What you really need to do now is to pass through Lahore and turn Lahore into a nail for you to drive into the Ganges Plain, a bridgehead for your march to the Ganges Plain..."

"Can the Qing family understand what I mean?"

When Wu Yingxiong heard this, he also had a thoughtful expression on his face.

He had to admit that what Zhu Hongyu said was correct.

At present, the Han population in Wuzhou is only three to four hundred thousand, and more than half of them are women and children.

Although it is true that all the people of Wu Zhou were soldiers, these family members did not have very strong combat effectiveness.

In addition to the Han population, the total number of Mongolians, Qiang people, Uighurs and other small people that Wu Zhou coerced in the Western Regions was about three to four hundred thousand.

Added together, the population is only six to seven hundred thousand.

These 600,000 to 700,000 people are now the basic rule of the Wuzhou Group. Most of the other people under its rule are prisoners of war and laborers of the third brother.

Although these Third Brother's prisoners of war and workers were very obedient and did not dare to resist, Wu Zhou could not trust them either.

With such a small population, they really don't need to take over much land.

Even if it is taken down, it cannot be digested.

The reason why the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to swallow up the Central Plains was not only due to their own population, but also their mutual integration with the Han people and the Mongols.

And after entering the customs, he colluded with the Han landlords and gentry.

But even so, the early Manchu Qing rule was not stable.

Unless Wu Zhou also learned from the Manchu Qing and stationed troops in some important cities, other places would rely on collusion with local forces to rule.

Otherwise, Wu Zhou would not be able to control too much territory now.

Not to mention, Wu Zhou has not yet had time to complete his collusion with the local forces in Tianzhu.

Even if they did this, Wu Zhou's troops, which were not abundant to begin with, would be too scattered.

What you need to know is that Wu Zhou is still facing pressure from Persia on the northern front and cannot spread his troops.

Wu Zhou is now unable to continue to expand until those Third Brother prisoners of war are digested and the Third Brother soldiers in the military camp are trained and formed.

As for whether those third brothers can be trained into an army...

Then no one knows!

Wu Yingxiong now admires Zhu Hongyu's strategic vision.

The Emperor of Heaven's control over strategy is really impressive.

"I would like to learn from you!"

Wu Yingxiong clasped his fists and said.

Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly.

"As long as the Qing family understands!"

"Clearing what you need most is more important than anything else."

Wu Yingxiong resigned from the palace, and Zhu Hongyu ordered people to send him away.銊

Zhu Hongyu himself turned around and returned to the palace to have dinner with Wu Yin and Wu Tu.

After finishing the meal, Zhu Hongyu dragged Wu Tu into a fierce friendly match.

Wu Yin also wanted to join, but because she was still young, Zhu Hongyu sent her away to play.



It was mid-March, seven years after the Ming Dynasty was restored.

After half a month of preparations, peace talks between Wu Zhou and the Mughal Empire began.

The location of the peace talks between the two parties was in a pavilion on the bank of Xuanwu Lake!

In addition to the officials sent by the Ming Dynasty to preside over the peace talks, there were also envoys sent by Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries, as well as a number of Ming vassal countries, to watch.

At the peace talks table, the two sides exchanged negotiation demands with a cold face.

Wu Yingxiong looked at the negotiation requirements handed over to him and couldn't help but frown.

First of all, the Mughal Empire asked Wu Zhou to withdraw from the Ganges Plain and return the city of Lahore to them.

Secondly…

Secondly, what a fart!

After Wu Yingxiong read the first item, he directly tore up the negotiation requirements handed over by the other party.

"If you are not sincere in negotiating, then let's continue fighting!"

Wu Yingxiong said angrily.

However, the face of the representative of the Mughal Empire opposite was also very ugly.

Because they are not the only ones asking for prices.

The first request made by Wu Yingxiong was that the Mughal Empire should give up the city of Delhi and compensate the Zhou for war losses.

"We will fight, but are we, the Mughal Empire, afraid of you?"

"Aren't you afraid? If you're not afraid, why do you hide in the fortified city and don't dare to go out to fight in the field?"

"Hmph, let's fight if we want. Where does this nonsense come from!"

"..."

The difference between the conditions of both parties is too great, and neither party is sincere.

The envoys started to quarrel when they disagreed. If it had not been suppressed by the Ming Dynasty's guards, the two parties on the first day of negotiations would have almost staged a full-scale martial arts show.

After a fierce quarrel, the first day of peace talks finally ended on bad terms.

The next day, the peace talks continued.

After experiencing the quarrel on the first day, both sides made a small concession today, but compared to each other's psychological bottom line, the gap is still huge.銊

Parting on bad terms again!

In this way, the two parties talked back and forth for more than half a month, constantly arguing and seeing each other, arguing one clause after another, and finally reached a preliminary consensus with great difficulty.

The first is the division of territory between the two sides.

The spheres of influence of both sides were divided by the town of Dura, 200 miles south of Lahore. To the north was the territory of the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, and to the south was the territory of the Mughal Empire.

The second issue is the issue of war reparations.

In order to allow Wu and Zhou to make concessions on land and stop being aggressive, the Mughal Empire insisted on reaching the Ganges Plain and even approaching Delhi, and had no choice but to make huge concessions on the issue of compensation.

The first demand for compensation is that the Mughal Empire should compensate Wu Zhou with 10 million silver dollars and 500,000 gold coins.

Pay it off in ten years!

In addition, the Mughal Empire also had to compensate Wu Zhou for a population of one million.

Among them, there are 500,000 men and women each, and all of them must be young and strong.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The third point of the peace talks is the issue of Wu Zhou’s access to the sea.

The Mughal Empire withdrew its troops from Karachi, and Wu Zhou took over the defense of Karachi.

What you need to know is that before this, the Mughal Empire had a large number of troops stationed in Karachi. Although Karachi had always been just an enclave for the Mughal Empire, Wu Zhou focused his main efforts on

On the battlefield of the Ganges Plain, Karachi could not be captured for this reason.

Now Wu Zhou finally got his dream port to the sea.銊

After that, there are some trivial matters.

For example, neither side is allowed to station heavy troops on the border, and the two sides treat each other as brotherly countries, etc...

Then, under the supervision of officials sent by Ming Dynasty, the two sides signed the armistice agreement.

That's right, it's just an armistice agreement, not a peace treaty.

It was obvious that both parties were just tired from fighting and needed to take a breath.

Rather than really wanting peace talks!

Maybe it won't be long before war breaks out again.



June of the seventh year after the Ming Dynasty was restored.

Midsummer fire!

It is the hot summer season again, and the summer in Nanjing is still very hot and unbearable.

Even the emperor Zhu Hongyu still gets hot when it's time to be hot.

In order to escape the heat, Zhu Hongyu minimized going out and spent most of his time in the imperial study room handling government affairs.

But what made him happier was that good news came from the New World.

The fleet heading to the New World returned again. This time the fleet returned, bringing back a large amount of gold for the Ming Dynasty.

The total amount is almost 300 tons, converted into taels, which is more than 9 million taels.

If converted into silver, it would be more than ninety million taels, which is almost equal to the fiscal revenue of Ming Dynasty for one year.

This is really a very exaggerated number!

Even if this number is the total amount of gold accumulated over several years of mining since the Ming Dynasty developed the New World, this number is exaggerated and shocking enough.

What you need to know is that this is only the gold income that belongs to the court. If you add in the personal income of those gold diggers, as well as the corruption of the official system and other factors.

It is conservatively estimated that the amount of gold can double.

This gold-carrying ship from the New World could bring at least 20 million taels of gold reserves to the Ming Dynasty in one round trip.

Simply appalling!

For Zhu Hongyu, he actually doesn't care whether there is corruption in the gold mining process in the New World.

Because it doesn't matter if you are greedy.

If you are greedy, you will always spend it, right?

But now it is not the future, it can also be spread abroad.

In this day and age, looking around the world, where can you spend your money?

Isn’t it also the Ming Dynasty?

Even if the gold is corrupted, sooner or later it will return to the Ming Dynasty and become the Ming Dynasty's gold reserves. At most, it will stay in the hands of some corrupt officials and gold diggers for a period of time.

And, more importantly, without the gold income hanging in front of him, Zhu Hongyu had no chance of stimulating Ming people to immigrate to the New World.

Only if everyone in the world can see the huge benefits of gold mining in the New World can immigration be stimulated.

However, the moment he saw this exaggerated number, Zhu Hongyu temporarily forgot about immigration.

He was also somewhat fascinated by gold.

Even if he were the emperor, he couldn't withstand hundreds of tons of gold being thrown at him all at once.

This is just the New World. If you include the imperial court’s exploration and mining of gold mines in Australia...

Zhu Hongyu suddenly felt that the Ming Dynasty's court finances suddenly became looser.

Preparations can begin for the Northern Expedition.

The scale of local infrastructure projects should also be expanded.

Compulsory education can also continue to be expanded and promoted.

Sure enough, it is true that a man will not be rich without windfall, and a horse will not be fat without night grass.

Zhu Hongyu quickly ordered his people to refine the gold brought back from the New World, and then prepare it to be used to mint coins to supplement the finances.

What was shipped back from the New World were large pieces of gold bricks, with varying degrees of purity.

If it is to be used to mint coins, it must be purified.

Then he came down to convene all the officials from the cabinet and the Fifth Army Governor's Office to discuss how to spend the money.

Zhu Hongyu has always understood that money is only money when it is spent, otherwise it is just a more beautiful stone.

Zhu Hongyu didn't have to wait long, and officials from the Ming Dynasty Cabinet and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion were quickly in place.

"Everyone must already know that the gold-carrying ship from the New World has returned."

"With so much gold, the imperial court's finances suddenly became much richer."

When Zhu Hongyu was speaking, Bai Wanxi, the Minister of Finance of the Ming Dynasty, was smiling all over his face, and the wrinkles on his forehead were rising slightly.

Seeing so much gold coming into his account, he, the Minister of Finance, suddenly felt much relieved, and the pressure on his shoulders was no longer so great.

Since he took up the position of Minister of Finance, he has been under a lot of pressure watching the emperor spend money lavishly.

He was afraid that the Ming Dynasty's finances would run into a large deficit, and that he, the Minister of Finance, would be dragged out and executed to quell public dissatisfaction.

With so much gold in his account at once, Bai Wanxi instantly felt that his waist and legs no longer hurt, and his whole body felt upright.

He didn't believe it. With so much money coming into the imperial government's finances all at once, could the emperor still spend it all in one go?

However, before the smile on Bai Wanxi's face could last long, he heard Zhu Hongyu continue to speak.

"With such a large financial surplus, the court cannot just hold it in its hands."

“You have to find a way to spend it!”

Hearing this, the smile on Bai Wanxi's face suddenly stiffened.

He is really tired. My Majesty, please think of me when you spend money!

Zhu Hongyu continued.

"The first thing is the Northern Expedition!"

"I have been planning the Northern Expedition to the Grassland for a long time, but due to financial problems, I have not launched it."

"Now that we are well and have money, it's time to prepare for the Northern Expedition!"

"It is up to me to complete the unfinished achievements of Taizu when he became an ancestor."

"Instruct the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army to immediately prepare plans for the Northern Expedition. After the spring of next year, we will send troops to the Northern Expedition to defeat the Northern Barbarians!"

Since ancient times, whether it was the nomadic people going south to clear grass valleys or the Central Plains dynasties going north to the grasslands, most of the troops were deployed after the autumn.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! For the Central Plains Dynasty, because of the abundant grain harvest after autumn, it was also the slack season.

There is no shortage of military rations, and it is easier to recruit civilians needed for the army, so that the farming season will not be missed.

Best for sending troops.銊

The reason why the nomads mobilized their troops in the autumn was entirely because the Central Plains Dynasty had just harvested the harvest at that time and the grain was in the warehouse, so that they could grab money and grain after they went south.

In addition, the autumn is high and the horse is fat, so it is easy to mobilize troops!

The reason why Zhu Hongyu did not follow the old practice and decided to set the departure time of the army after the beginning of spring was because the weather would be warm after the beginning of spring, which could reduce his own non-combat attrition.

And after spring, it is also the time when the nomadic tribes on the grassland are at their weakest.

After a winter of losing weight, the war horses of the nomadic people suffered a serious loss of combat effectiveness.

However, the war horses of the Central Plains Dynasty were mostly raised in captivity instead of free-range like the nomads. Even after a winter, they would not lose too much weight.

The combat effectiveness can still be maintained above the level.銊

It can be said that after the beginning of spring, it is the time when the strength gap between the two sides is the largest.

If we don’t fight at this time, when will we fight?

As for going to war in the spring, it will miss the farming season, recruit civilian laborers, and lead to a large area of ​​land being abandoned...

This kind of thing is for the traditional Central Plains dynasty.

Today's Ming army is not the former garrison soldiers who lived in the countryside, but they are all recruited soldiers, that is, retired soldiers.

If you want to fight, you can send troops at any time. You don't need to worry about whether the army's expedition will miss the farming season.

As for the rations needed by the army?

Spend money on it!

Now for the Ming Dynasty, there are granaries of the Ming Dynasty everywhere in Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, so there is no need to worry about the problem of food shortage.

As for the civilian husband, the imperial court did not plan to impose corvee labor anyway, but planned to spend money to hire laborers to accompany the army.

Naturally, there is no need to worry about missing the farming season and causing any trouble.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Hongyu is rich.

If he has money, he can build a retired army.

He has money and can spend money to solve the problem of military rations.銊

He has money and can spend money to hire peasants.

Naturally, troops can be sent at any time, and there is no need to worry about the battle delaying the farming season.

Since there is no need to worry about the farming season, it will be most beneficial to the court to send troops in the spring.

After Zhu Hongyu finished speaking, the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army hurriedly responded.

Then, Zhu Hongyu turned around and said.

"Except for the Northern Expedition, the imperial court's finances should still have a large surplus."

"I am ready to continue to increase investment in infrastructure construction, vigorously repair official roads, and replace the original dirt roads with cement roads."

“Then we will carry out extensive repairs to local water conservancy facilities!”

"Let each province below produce a statistical report, and then the Ministry of Construction will do a good job of overall planning."

"Summary a report and submit it to me. After reviewing it, I will allocate funds as appropriate."

After saying this, Zhu Hongyu surrendered his eyes to Liu Tongwen, Minister of Education.

Zhu Hongyu said.

"In the past few years, the compulsory education pilot project carried out by the imperial court in Nanjing has achieved remarkable results."

"We have trained a large number of industrial workers with basic reading and writing skills and professional qualities for the Ming Dynasty. The emergence of these industrial workers has greatly stimulated the industrial and commercial development of the Ming Dynasty."

"In addition, it also trained enough researchers for the imperial court's Ming Dynasty Royal Research Institute."

"Providing sufficient talent reserves for the imperial examination selection."

"The reason why the scale of compulsory education has never been expanded is simply that the financial pressure on the court was too great and it could not continue to invest."

"But isn't the imperial court rich now? Let's make preparations to expand the scale of compulsory education."

"The first step is to implement policies in provincial governments and important cities. The Ministry of Education must make corresponding preparations."

"Well, we must also be prepared to accept donations from all walks of life!"

"If someone has donated a certain amount for education, then set up an archway for him locally and publicize it publicly to encourage him."

The gentry of the Ming Dynasty are indeed very generous, but when it comes to building bridges and paving roads in their hometown and enthusiastically helping students, they are still willing to spend money.

As for Zhu Hongyu, since they have paid, he doesn't mind giving them the honor and fame they want.

Zhu Hongyu didn't mind doing something as simple as setting up a memorial arch.

Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while, and then continued his instructions.

"In addition, I am planning to build a number of libraries throughout the Ming Dynasty."

"The library contains various books from ancient and modern times, Chinese and foreign, which can be borrowed by the people of our country at will, thereby improving the cultural rate of our country."

For a country to develop, it is not enough to have literate ordinary workers.銊

We still need more talents with advanced knowledge!

Before the imperial court was temporarily unable to extend compulsory education nationwide, it might be a good idea to open libraries throughout the Ming Dynasty to provide books and opportunities for self-study to the people of the Ming Dynasty who wanted to study on their own.

Compared with running education, the cost of opening a library is much less.

It's nothing more than building a house and putting some books in it.

For today's Ming Dynasty, this is not a big investment.

Now that movable type printing has become mainstream, papermaking is booming, and things are changing with each passing day, the price of books has long been driven down and is no longer as high as before.

Especially after the combination of steam engines and printing, the cost of printing decreased, the speed increased greatly, and the price of books became even lower.銊

Although Ming knowledge is still priceless today, the price of books has reached a reasonable range.

After hearing what Zhu Hongyu said, Minister of Education Liu Tongwen said.

"I obey the order!"

"We will start preparing and arranging relevant matters immediately."

Liu Tongwen couldn't help feeling a little emotional. Although the emperor looked very bellicose all day long, he was also very concerned about civil affairs.

Throughout the ages, no emperor has ever been able to do what Zhu Hongyu did.

Zhu Hongyu has made it clear that he wants to make people all over the world read and write, but he can't do it fake.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! If Zhu Hongyu can really accomplish this, then Emperor Qin and Han Wu will probably be far behind him in terms of achievements.

Zhu Hongyu arranged the three things he had been thinking about, and then prepared to order the retreat.

The ministers also clasped their fists and resigned.

After Zhu Hongyu retired from the court, he arranged for the Propaganda Department to continue to promote the gold mines of the New World to all walks of life through the mouthpiece of "Da Ming Daily".

They even deliberately announced the imperial court's gold mining income in the New World.

And boldly created several examples of gold diggers to stimulate the nerves of the people of Ming Dynasty.

Actively prepare to promote private power and participate in the process of developing the New World.

As time went by, when the Ming Dynasty's excitement and excitement over the gold mines in the New World calmed down a little.

The fleet heading south to the Australian mainland has also returned.

And what they brought back was also shiploads of gold.

And high quality iron ore!

Most of the world's attention is focused on the gold mines in Australia, while Zhu Hongyu is interested in Australia's iron ore.

He knows how high the reserves of iron ore in Australia are and how good their quality is.

Moreover, most of the ores there are shallow deposits, so it is not difficult to develop them.

The only problem is that most of the ships in this era were sailboats, and their sailing speeds were not very fast.

If you use a sailboat to haul ore, you will probably lose money.

And if you directly invest in iron and steelmaking in Australia and transport the produced steel directly back to the Ming Dynasty, you will not lose money.

But Zhu Hongyu is a little worried about technology leakage...

The steel-making and iron-making technology currently used by the Ming Dynasty far exceeds that in the world.

Of course, the more important reason is that there is no shortage of iron ore in the Ming Dynasty.

Hebei, Shanxi, and Liaodong are full of large-scale coal and iron mines, and development is not difficult.

Still in the Ming Dynasty itself.

Not to mention the grasslands to the north and Siberia further away.

There is no shortage of coal and iron resources there. Is it necessary for Ming Dynasty to risk technology leaks to develop Australia's resources?

After pondering for a while, Zhu Hongyu gave up the idea.

"That's all, that's all, let's develop the gold mine first!"

Compared with iron ore, gold mine is obviously more attractive.

When the gold mine resources are exhausted in the future, it will not be too late to discuss the development of coal and iron mines.

By then, the Ming Dynasty should have enough people to immigrate to Australia for actual control.

By then, you won’t have to worry about technical leaks!



As news of the gold mine continued to spread, when the Ming Dynasty's fleet set off again to the New World, the size of the fleet expanded a lot.

It was not only the official fleet established by the imperial court, but also many private fleets also set out together.

Many restless masters choose to leave their hometown and follow the fleet to the New World to strive for wealth!

During this process, the imperial court also changed the troops stationed in the New World and along the routes to the New World.

The first is to allow the soldiers to go home to visit relatives, and the second is to prevent an army from being stationed in a place for a long time and forming a situation where the tail cannot be lost.



September, the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty's restoration, 1673 AD.

Mexico, New Spain Governor's Palace.

Governor Pizarro is looking at this year's financial report and worrying.

Since the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, Spain's global routes have been cut in half.

I dare not say that the entire Pacific Ocean, at least within the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty, is considered a dead end for the Spaniards.

Without the income from East-West trade, the Spaniards relied solely on the New World, and their fiscal revenue continued to decrease sharply every year.

Falling down with a splash!

When they could still fly around the world, the Spaniards collected gold and silver from the New World, transported the gold and silver to the East, purchased luxury goods such as silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, and then transported the Eastern luxury goods back to Europe for sale.

It can be said that you make a lot of money!

The profit will be at least ten times the profit if you flip it!

However, the Spaniards' global trade is now missing the most important link, which is the purchase of luxury goods from the Ming Dynasty.

Their income from East-West trade was cut off by nine-tenths.

The shares they vacated were divided among Britain, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries.

Pizarro, the governor, was under great pressure for this.

The king's accountability every year gave him a huge headache.

Damn Fuck!

Just damn.

But can you really blame him?

Why did the Ming Dynasty refuse to trade with the Spanish?

Why would a Spanish galleon be sunk as soon as it appeared in the waters of the Ming Dynasty? There is no room for negotiation.

The only one to blame is Tu Hua, the previous Governor of Manila.

If they hadn't massacred China, Ming Dynasty would not have stared at the Spaniards.

Spain’s fiscal revenue will not drop sharply every year!

Due to the loss of East-West trade, the current Viceroyalty of New Spain basically relied on the meager income from the New World to survive.

The lucrative job of governor of New Spain also turned into a hard job.

Although you can still make money, you have to accept accountability from the king from time to time, which is really a headache.

He picked up a thick cigar and took a puff. Pizarro's entire face was looming in the smoke.

The look of sadness is very obvious.

Just then, there was a knock on his office.

A major officer from the garrison of the Viceroyalty of New Spain stood outside the door, waiting to be received.

In his hands, he held several fine iron spearheads, long knives with steel mouths, and a musket.

Pizarro put down the financial report in his hand, straightened his collar, and said.

"Come in!"

With a creak, the door was opened.

A puff of smoke spread across the floor. Rosen held his breath subconsciously, then strode into the room, came to Pizarro and spoke.

Pizarro looked up, saw Rosen coming, and asked.

"Major Rosen, why are you here?"

After hearing this, Rosen put the things in his hands on the table in front of Pizarro and said.

"Mr. Pizarro, look at these!"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Hearing this, Pizarro put the cigar in his hand on the edge of the ashtray, then reached out and picked up the spearhead, long knife and musket brought by Rosen.

Pizarro picked up the spearhead to observe, then picked up the long knife to mark, and finally the musket.

He checked the barrel and bolt and found no problems.

Not only were no problems found, the quality of these weapons was also very good, especially this musket, which was actually made of flintlock.

What you need to know is that most of the muskets used by the Spaniards today are just matchlocks.

They can indeed produce flintlock muskets, but the efficiency is not high, the quality is not very good, and they cannot be installed on a large scale.

Countries such as Britain and France could also purchase arms from the Ming Dynasty to install flintlock muskets, but Spain was kicked out of the East-West trade circle and had no place to buy them.

Looking at the weapons in his hands, Pizarro raised his head and said with some confusion.

"These weapons are of very good quality, no problem!"

He thought Rosen came to him with the weapon because there was something wrong with the quality of the weapon and he wanted his help in replacing it or holding him accountable.

However, after observing, Pizarro was confused.

The quality of these weapons is not only good, but also very good.

So why did Rosen come to see him?

When Rosen heard this, the expression on his face became more solemn.

"The quality of these weapons is indeed no problem, but the problem is that these are not our weapons."

"These weapons were seized by our boys from a group of Indians who attacked our estate."

"Several brave young men died fighting to capture these weapons."

When Pizarro heard this, his expression condensed.

He knows it's trouble!

The Spanish were able to conquer the Indians in Central and South America because, in addition to smallpox, they relied on advanced weapons.

If the Indians could also obtain the same weapons as them, the Spanish might not necessarily be able to take advantage based on the bravery of the Indian soldiers.

Pizarro couldn't help but fell into deep thought, where did the Indians get these weapons?

Is it because some of the Spaniards themselves cheated and sold weapons to the Indians, or something happened in the New World...

Pizarro thought about all these, and his mood was quite complicated.

In front of him, Rosen also looked thoughtful.

The atmosphere in the room was stagnant and a bit scary.

After a long time, Pizarro finally spoke.

"Send someone to find out what is going on!"

"Find out the source of these weapons. I don't want there to be a situation in New Spain that I can't control..."

Rosen nodded and said.

"Don't worry, I will handle things beautifully!"



There is no doubt that the source of these Indian weapons is indeed the Ming Dynasty.

The Indians used the livestock they raised, or precious metals such as gold and silver, and even sold labor or women to the Ming Dynasty's camp in San Francisco, in exchange for a large number of weapons.

There are cold weapons such as swords, spears, armor, bows and arrows, and naturally there are also some firearms.

There were even several Indian tribes that spent a lot of money to purchase several small-caliber field artillery pieces from Daming's camp that could be pulled around by horses.

Facts have proved that Zhu Hongyu made some miscalculations.

After those Indians obtained the Ming Dynasty's arms and the imbalance of force among the Indian tribes, some people did attack each other immediately.

But more people took the advanced weapons obtained from the Ming Dynasty and went south to find trouble with the Spaniards.

how to say.

The current conflict between the Spaniards and the Indians is not just a conflict between the invaders and the invaded.

In addition, there are conflicts between nomadic people and agricultural people.

After the demise of the Aztec Kingdom, most of the Indians' living conditions became nomadic, fishing and hunting.

They lost their stable source of food supply.

In order to maintain their lives, they could only attack the manors established by the Spanish.

And although they also have grudges against each other internally, they are at best the involution of their own people.

In the state of nomadism, fishing and hunting, their survival resources are limited. In order to survive, they can only rob each other of limited survival resources, and they can only attack each other.

Who said they couldn't defeat the Spaniards?

When rolling outside cannot beat the Spaniards, rolling inside is the choice they have to make.

However, now that they have arms from the Ming Dynasty and the certainty of revenge against the Spaniards, these people once again think of the blood feud between themselves and the Spaniards.

Involution?

Roll up your ass!

Brothers, copycats, go south side by side to kill Hongmao!

And that’s it!

A large number of Indians moved southward and began to harass and attack the Spanish estates.


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