Yazhou, the location and region of Peru in later generations, is, of course, now the area at the junction of the Ming Empire and the Inca Empire.
The Inca Empire is one of the three major civilizations indigenous to the Golden Continent. It is as famous as the Mayan Civilization and the Aztec Civilization. It is also one of the only two major civilizations left here.
The Mayan civilization has long since disappeared, leaving only ancient pyramids. Only the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire still continue under the protection of the Ming Empire.
Historically, these two empires were conquered by the Spanish, and the Spanish deliberately spread smallpox, plague and other diseases here, resulting in a sharp decline in the population of these two empires and eventually slowly disappeared in the long river of history.
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After the Ming Empire conquered Golden Continent, its strategy was different.
This is because the local aborigines embrace the sun god, and the Ming people also founded their country based on the virtue of fire. The Chinese character Ming itself means the sun. In addition, the local aborigines and the Ming people look very similar.
Therefore, from the first day the Ming people arrived here, they called the local indigenous people descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. They believed that they and the Ming people had a common ancestor. They were exiled to this land just because they blasphemed the gods.
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As long as they are pious to the gods and constantly wash away their sins, they can become people of the Ming Dynasty and become the people of God.
To be honest, no ghost would believe such low-level religious instigation in future generations. However, in this era, especially in the hearts of local descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, religion has a very strong influence.
They not only believed in this story compiled by the people of Ming Dynasty, but they also really worked hard to cleanse themselves of their sins, hoping to become the people of the Sun God again, return to the Ming Dynasty, and become people of the Ming Dynasty.
Such a set of propaganda and religious methods also allowed the Ming Dynasty to quickly stabilize its rule in Huangjin. Whether it was the Aztec Kingdom, the Inca Empire, or other tribes in the Northern Golden Continent, most of the tribes
They all agree with this and do not reject the people of Ming Dynasty, and even welcome them very much.
From the perspective of these local indigenous people, they are the same as the Ming people. They are all people of God and have common ancestors. This is something they are very proud of.
Because the Ming Dynasty is descended from the people and gods, the Ming Empire is the most powerful empire in the world, with the most extensive land and the most wealth.
Because they blasphemed the gods, they had to work hard to wash away their sins. They had to use slaves to dig out gold and silver to build pyramids. At the same time, they had to constantly learn the characters and languages of the Ming people and regain the language of their ancestors. In this way
Only then can he become a Ming Dynasty man again.
Under the influence of such propaganda and religion, the Inca Empire and the Aztec Kingdom became one of the most important vassal states of the Ming Empire, and their importance even exceeded that of Korea and the Japanese.
Because every year, these two empires would use gold bricks and silver bricks to build pyramids, and eventually all of them flowed into the hands of the Ming people and became the wealth of the Ming Empire.
Although Korea and Japan paid tribute every year, when converted into silver tael, the amount was actually very limited, far from being comparable to these two major civilizations.
It was on this basis that Yazhou came into being and continued to develop and grow, and now it has become a county with tens of thousands of people.
In Yazhou Port, Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin took three large ships and slowly moored in the port. Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin stood on the deck and looked at the port in front of them.
The port is relatively deserted, far from being compared with the mainland ports of the Ming Dynasty, and its scale is relatively small. The arrival of three large ships also attracted everyone's attention.
People looked at the three large ships in front of them one after another, and everyone was very curious.
There are usually few ships coming and going here in Yazhou. Only some treasure ships and cargo ships come here regularly to transport the gold and silver mined here to Penglai Xicheng, and then transfer them back to the Ming Empire through Penglai Xicheng.
As for cargo ships, they basically arrive only once every ten days and a half. Apart from gold and silver, there are very few specialties here and nothing that can be sold outside.
Another reason is that this place belongs to the South Golden Continent, and the communication between the East and West Golden Continent is achieved through the narrow Penglai City in the middle.
Penglai City is divided into Dong Penglai City and Xipeng Lai City. They are only 200 miles apart from each other, and a spacious cement road has been built to connect them. It is said that a railway will be built to connect the two places in the future. Some people have proposed to build a railway in Penglai City.
Come to the city to build a canal to connect the East and West Golden Continent.
This greatly facilitates travel between the east and west of Huanghuangzhou, but it is obviously not good news for Yazhou, which is located in Southern Huanghuang. It means that there are fewer ships coming to Yazhou.
"What a big boat!"
"Bigger than any ship we've seen before."
"I heard that this ship is the latest large ship built by our Ming Empire. It does not need sails and is propelled by turbines."
"You said it was from that trading company this time?"
"I don't know. Looking at the flag hanging on the ship, it seems to be a ship of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company. I don't know what they brought us here?"
"What is most needed for gold mining now is a pump and an excavator. I heard that there is a large truck here in Penglai City, which is also new. It has strong power and can transport a lot of things at once."
Everyone looked at the three large ships anchored in the harbor and kept discussing.
Immigrants from the Ming Dynasty in Huangjinzhou were concentrated in immigration settlements, and these immigration settlements gradually formed small towns, counties, and cities.
There are many benefits of centralized immigration, the most important of which is that it can protect the safety of immigrants, and immigrants can unite to resist if anything happens.
The disadvantage is that the Ming Dynasty's development and exploration of the Golden Continent is still very rudimentary. There are still many places in the entire Golden Continent that the Ming people have not yet explored.
Large tracts of land have not yet been developed. Just in the great plains in the central part of the Northern Golden Continent, there is still very little developed land.
Of course, this is also related to the character of the people here in Golden Continent. People here are all adventurers. They come here to find gold and silver. Who will work hard to farm in order to get rich overnight?
Here in Huanghuangzhou, farming is a woman's business, while men are outside looking for gold and silver. Countless stories of getting rich overnight have inspired people here to keep looking for gold and silver.
Those who stayed in the city had nothing to do, either those who wanted to rest, or those who had retired and no longer bothered.
Generally speaking, people who have time and leisure naturally start discussing non-stop when they see the arrival of three large ships.
The adults were talking a lot, and the children also gathered to watch the excitement. In a short period of time, hundreds of children gathered in the port, looking at the big ship curiously.
"There are a lot of children here."
Emperor Hongzhi was smiling and looked at the children in the port, feeling very strange.
The number of children in this Golden Continent seems to be much larger than the number of children in other places. If you look closely at these children, you can clearly see that they are somewhat different from the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Many of them can even be clearly seen as being of mixed race, and even look like Europeans or Middle Easterners.
"Your Majesty, Golden Continent has the highest proportion of children among all the places in Ming Dynasty."
"Here, almost every household has more than a dozen, twenty, or even dozens of children. The population of the entire Golden Continent is growing very fast."
Liu Jin also said quickly.
"Why?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately asked in confusion.
"Because almost every Ming Dynasty person here has a large number of concubines."
"We Ming people have the highest status here. We are the children of God, so these local descendants of the Yin Shang are happy to marry us Ming people, even if they are to be concubines."
"And the Ming people who immigrated here are often adventurous and adventurous. They run around and look for women from local tribes wherever they go. Gradually, more and more of them come."
"In addition, the slave trade is prevalent here in Golden Continent. A large number of slaves from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa were transported here. Many of them were women, and naturally they became concubines of the Ming Dynasty."
"Often a Ming Dynasty man had several concubines, even a dozen or dozens of concubines."
"Naturally, many children will be born, and the number will be greater."
"Anyway, there is so much land here that you can grow more food than you can eat. Men go out to explore and look for the Golden Continent, while women farm at home and raise their children."
Liu Jin quickly explained in detail that although Huangjinzhou was far away from the people of the Ming Dynasty, it was the most comfortable place for the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Because of religion and belief, local descendants of the Yin Shang were happy to marry people from the Ming Dynasty. Of course, it was also because the people of the Ming Dynasty were stronger, richer and had a higher standard of living.
If you marry a Ming Dynasty person, you can wear beautiful clothes, eat good food, ride on horses and carriages, and live in a cleaner and more comfortable place.
But faith is still a very important reason. Intermarriage between the Ming Dynasty and the descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties is too common, too many, and it has become a norm.
"Haha, that's it~"
"How wonderful the child is, how wonderful the child is. This way, my Ming Dynasty's future will be even more brilliant."
After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help laughing happily.
Think about his son Zhu Houzhao. He is also a seeder. He has many women and has many children. He probably knows how many children he has. Many of them have never been seen before.
Looking at these children in front of him, Emperor Hongzhi could imagine that when they grew up, the Ming Empire would rule here more firmly.