As soon as Tian Erniu finished speaking, someone asked with a guilty conscience.
There is no way, they are just the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company, not the Ming Dynasty. Although everyone knows that these descendants of the Yin Shang have low combat effectiveness, their weapons are still wooden sticks, stone axes and the like, and they cannot even smelt iron.
But after all, they were attacking a kingdom. The Aztec Kingdom was also a country with millions of people, and the Inca Empire had a population of more than 8 million. They only had this little power in their hands.
It is estimated that they can gather 10,000 people in total, and they are all people who have not undergone strict military training. Do you expect them to be able to defeat these two countries?
“How do you know you can’t win if you don’t try?”
Tian Erniu seemed quite confident about this.
The reason why he proposed to attack the two Yin and Shang kingdoms was not a random statement, but a conclusion reached after careful consideration and careful research.
"Whether it is the Aztec Kingdom or the Inca Empire, although they are large in number, with a population of several million, they are spread over a vast territory."
"And they don't even have horses, so they can only travel by walking. This means that their power is very scattered and it takes a long time to gather together."
"In the case of the Aztec Kingdom, we only need to capture their royal capital Tenochtitlan (later the site of Mexico City) at an extremely fast speed, and the population of this royal capital is only a few
When the number reaches 300,000, the number of troops responsible for guarding is only less than 30,000."
"We have Miyun cannons, muskets, war horses, and armor weapons. I don't think it is difficult to attack these 30,000 people with 10,000 people."
"What's more, our purpose is not to destroy these two kingdoms, but to get them to agree to our building colonial strongholds in the coastal areas."
"After we let them know how powerful we are, other things will be easier to handle."
Tian Erniu opened a map, pointed at the Aztec Kingdom on the map and said.
"Look, everyone, Tenochtitlan is not too far from the seaside. We will transport our troops to the seaside first, and then go straight to their royal capital."
"This Tenochtitlan is built on an artificial island in a large lake. It is surrounded by water on three sides and only one side is connected to the land. When the time comes, we only need to block the connection and continue to bombard them with cannons, which will be enough to easily defeat them.
Defeat them."
When he came to Huangjin Continent, Tian Erniu was not only building a colonial stronghold, but also had a clear understanding of the situation of the descendants of the Yin Shang in various places on the east coast of Huangjin Continent.
"As long as we can win, we will not only gain the right to build colonial strongholds in coastal areas, but also the mining rights here. We can also let them dig gold and silver for us."
"I don't think there is any problem at all in asking them to hand over 10 million taels of silver to us a year. Think about it, other merchants are working hard everywhere to dig for gold and refine silver. We only need to fight one battle.
We'll scare them, and then we'll just have to wait for them to send us money every year."
"Whether it is the Aztec Kingdom or the Inca Empire to the south, they have the most gold and silver in the entire Golden Continent. From now on, let them mine gold and silver for us."
After hearing Tian Erniu's words, everyone's eyes couldn't help but light up.
"It's done~ Isn't it the kingdom of the descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties? What's so scary? They don't even have swords, just some sticks, stone axes and the like. They're afraid of a hammer. If they fight a battle and win, they will win every year in the future.
You can just sit and collect cash."
Dahu gritted his teeth and said.
"Yes, I'm afraid of eggs~"
"Why do people from other trading companies come to Huanghuangzhou to eat well and drink hot food, but when they come to us, they are working hard to build a colonial stronghold. Our Tianjin Ocean Trading Company should eat large pieces of meat, eat ready-made meat, and let them behave.
You have laid out your silver and gold for us.”
Gao Shan also nodded.
Very heart-warming, very heart-pounding.
After Tian Erniu’s analysis, everyone was immediately confident.
Although the descendants of the Yin Shang are very smart and extremely tough in battle, their weapons and equipment are really poor, and most of the descendants of the Yin Shang are still in the tribal stage.
Even the productivity of the Aztec Kingdom is very backward. They can't even smelt iron. It is not difficult to defeat them.
"Done~"
Jiang Liang's eyes were slightly red and he said: "Then we will extort tens of millions of taels of silver from them, and let them pay in installments, just like buying a house in Tianjin or Beijing, with interest, and dig gold and silver for us every year.
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Everyone nodded one after another, the gold and silver touched people's hearts.
Everyone has heard about the wealth of the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire from other Yin Shang tribes. It is said that the royal capital of the Aztec Kingdom has houses built with gold and vast squares paved with silver. Gold and silver
The output is very large.
Du Mingen led the fleet to the Golden Continent for the first time, and it was here in the Aztec Kingdom that he exchanged some goods for gold and silver worth 30 million taels of silver. From here, we knew how rich the Aztec Kingdom was.
It is not an exaggeration to describe them as having gold and silver all over the place. Even the people of the Aztec Kingdom did not mine gold and silver very much because these things did not have much practicality for them.
But even so, the Aztec Kingdom still had an extremely large amount of gold and silver.
"Since everyone has no objection, then this matter has been settled."
Tian Erniu immediately laughed when he saw everyone speaking out to express their support.
Then he thought for a while and said: "Actually, I didn't think of this matter. Mr. Liu told me this before coming to Huangjin Continent."
"Master Liu told me?"
When everyone heard this, they were slightly stunned.
"Yes, Mr. Liu told me before I came here that other trading companies mine gold mines and let them mine silver mines. Our Tianjin Ocean Trading Company only needs to eat large pieces of meat. We will use large gold mines
, occupy the silver mine, and build the colonial stronghold first, and then you can slowly mine it."
"But brothers finally went to the Golden Continent, so naturally they couldn't return empty-handed, so Mr. Liu told us that we can attack these kingdoms when necessary and let these descendants of the Yin Shang take the initiative to send gold and silver to us. In this way
Not only does it save time and effort, but more importantly, it allows you to collect money every year in the future.”
Tian Erniu nodded solemnly and said.
This matter was really explained by Liu Jin. Historically, European colonists relied on this method to easily plunder a steady stream of gold and silver from the Golden Continent.
And with only a small number of people, they can easily plunder an unimaginable amount of wealth.
Taking the Aztec Kingdom as an example, in February 1519, that is, after the eighteenth year, the Spanish colonist Hernan Cortez gathered more than 600 Spaniards and took 11 ships to Mexico.
In addition to more than a hundred sailors and first mates, he had a total of 508 soldiers, 16 horses, 32 crossbowmen, 13 musketeers, and 14 artillery pieces.
Moreover, these people are all jobless vagrants, drunkards, bankrupts, and some are even hooligans who cannot be assigned land, and they are not regular troops.
With just a few people, they conquered this huge Aztec kingdom and eventually destroyed this huge kingdom in the long river of history.
Liu Jin felt that the weapons and equipment of the people under his command were countless times better than those of the Spanish colonists, and they were also much larger in number.
There is no reason why these countries of descendants of the Yin Shang cannot be conquered.
Whatever the Spaniards can do, they can also do it. This was the case in the colonial era. Even if you don't go today, in a few years soon, the Spaniards will flock to the Golden Continent in large numbers, and they will also do the same.
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When the time comes, the Spanish, who have tasted the sweetness, will quickly occupy the entire Golden Continent, and gold and silver are the most powerful driving force.
Other merchants came to Golden Continent to make a fortune, and there was no reason for me to just drool and watch them enjoy themselves. Even if I didn't care, the brothers under my command wouldn't think so.
Therefore, no matter what the reason is, we must conquer the countries of these descendants of the Yin Shang, make them submit to the Ming Dynasty, and pay enough gold and silver to the Ming Dynasty every year.
Only in this way can more people be stimulated to go to the Golden Continent and promote the development of the colonial era.
As for the death or tragic fate of the descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, Liu Jin felt that even if he did not do this, their fate would still be very tragic.
The Spanish were even more greedy and cruel than the Ming people.
The people of the Ming Dynasty at least regarded them as descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, claiming that they all had a common ancestor, so they generally rarely engaged in large-scale killings during the expansion of Golden Continent.
As long as each Yin Shang tribe is willing to surrender and join, they will basically not kill indiscriminately, and in many cases they will have friendly cooperation.
At least Liu Jin would not think of deliberately spreading smallpox, plague and other local diseases to exterminate these descendants of the Yin Shang, but the Europeans could do it, and there was nothing they could not do.
Therefore, it is better for these countries descended from the Yin Shang to surrender to the Ming Dynasty than the Spanish being destroyed. At least in a few years, when the Europeans arrive in Golden Continent, these places will already belong to the Ming Dynasty's colonies, and they can also be affected by it.
Ming's protection.
"Since Mr. Liu told me, there is nothing to say. Even if we can't win, we still have to give it a try."
"These Aztecs, like the Incas, don't know the heights of the sky. We must teach them a lesson so that they will be obedient in the future."
"Yes, yes, we must teach them a lesson. If we defeat them, we can still go to the east coast of the Golden Continent."
When the others heard this, they all nodded their heads. Liu Jin's words were definitely not wrong.