"A lot of these things?" Yuan Hua suddenly became energetic after hearing this.
The unknown tribe that Zhao Jun belonged to was very small, with only a thousand people. Even so, they were able to produce two ivory tusks and a small bag of pearls.
Aren’t those large tribes with tens of thousands of people...
Thinking of this, Yuan Hua subconsciously clenched the hilt of the sword, with a fierce look in his eyes.
He has never regarded himself as a good person. This world is dominated by the jungle. The winner takes all, and the loser loses everything. There will be no psychological burden for plundering the indigenous Yuan Hua.
"General, why don't we just do nothing and never stop..." Deputy General Zhao Zhong made a gesture of wiping his neck, and the surrounding Zhao Jun also looked at Yuan Hua excitedly.
Each of these people is a killer.
"Don't act recklessly. We are not familiar with the surroundings yet." Yuan Hua shook his head. Others can be hot-headed and impulsive, but as the coach, he must remain calm even if gold and silver are placed in front of him.
There are many famous generals in the Zhao Kingdom, and Yuan Hua knows that his abilities are far from comparable to those famous generals. The reason why he can surpass so many famous generals and become the commander of the navy is not because of how strong he is, but because others do not understand water warfare.
Yuan Hua has only one request for himself, which is to think twice before acting. He would rather give up some fleeting opportunities, but first stabilize the rear and then plan for it slowly.
When Zhao Jun arrived here for the first time, he didn't even know whether he was on the mainland or an island. He didn't even know what tribes were around, what the population was, what the terrain was like, and what the climate was like. He knew nothing about it. He absolutely couldn't start a war at this time.
But what is certain is that this place is very wealthy, with jewelry, ivory, and tortoise shells all available. Even if winter is approaching, the climate is still warm and humid, and the vegetation has not withered.
This means that crops can be grown here in winter.
I don’t know if it’s because the conditions are so good that any seed can grow if you throw it casually. The natives here don’t know how to cultivate intensively. They sow the seeds and forget about it. Half of the ground is grass and half of crops. The harvest depends entirely on God’s will.
Even so, the yield per mu is half that of the Central Plains. If the work is done carefully, it will definitely be no less than that of the Central Plains, and they guarantee two crops a year.
All Zhao Jun were excited. Except for the unknown size of the land under their feet, it was definitely no less than the Central Plains in other aspects.
If this land is captured and reported to the court, each of them will receive a large reward.
Over the years, the Navy has been watching other legions earn meritorious service on the battlefield and receive a large number of rewards, but they can only do it. It is impossible to say that they have no ideas.
Now it's finally their turn to expand their territory.
All the Zhao troops were full of energy.
But soon, bad news came.
While exploring the surrounding mountains and forests, Zhao Jun was bitten by an unknown poisonous insect. Two soldiers were killed on the spot, and three soldiers died after being rescued back to the camp.
The next day, several soldiers felt dizzy again. The doctors tried all methods, but five soldiers still lost their breath.
Yuan Hua quickly ordered all troops to withdraw, but by this time many soldiers had been attacked.
"Doctors, have you made any progress?" Yuan Hua asked anxiously.
"According to our observations, the miasma among the soldiers is somewhat similar to malaria, but it is not exactly the same." Song Wenyao said. He is the son of the imperial physician Song Zhong. His medical skills are among the best in the entire Zhao Kingdom.
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"Can it be treated?" Yuan Hua said.
"Difficult." Song Wenyao shook his head, "Although traditional medicines are effective, they are not very obvious. However, we have found that soldiers with internal qi have a certain immunity to miasma. After supplementing with medicine, they can basically heal in a few days.
You can recover, but the soldiers who don’t have internal energy... it depends on luck. Fortunately, most of the soldiers in our army have internal energy."
As the saying goes, those who rely on mountains and rivers will eat water. The navy relies on the sea, so there will naturally be no shortage of fish to eat. If you eat well, your physical fitness will naturally improve. As long as you are not particularly talented, you can basically produce internal energy.
More than 80% of the soldiers in the navy have internal qi, but the remaining nearly 20% have not produced internal qi. If nothing else, it will be difficult to generate internal qi again.
"How do the local indigenous people deal with these miasmas?" Yuan Hua asked after thinking for a moment. The fact that these indigenous people can live here means that the miasma is not invincible.
"...They have no solution. When they are sick, they will only pray to God. Whether they can survive depends on God's will... In addition, there are many poisonous insects and beasts here, and various tribes are constantly fighting, so the population has not been able to develop. In fact, it is not just here...
…There is also miasma in the Central Plains, and the miasma becomes more abundant as you go south. The south of the Yangtze River in Chu State has always been known as a place where miasma is rampant." Song Wenyao looked at Yuan Hua. Yuan Hua was a Yue before and grew up in Ouyue.
, is also a place full of miasma.
It's just that Yuan Hua doesn't know medical skills and can't tell what miasma is.
"Is there any way to prevent it?" Yuan Hua asked.
"Don't go to the deep mountains and forests where there are many mosquitoes, flies and poisonous insects. Be sure to boil the water before drinking it. Fume the place where you live with mugwort to drive away all the mosquitoes and flies. Don't urinate anywhere..." Song Wenyao said.
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"I will ask all soldiers to do this." Yuan Hua nodded.
While Zhao Jun was looking for other indigenous tribes, those indigenous tribes also discovered Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun was dressed in armor, holding a spear, and carrying a bow and arrow, which immediately attracted the attention of these natives. Their intuition told them that if they could obtain Zhao Jun's equipment, their strength would make a qualitative leap.
Not all indigenous people are peace-loving. Soon, a tribe sent two thousand soldiers to attack Zhao Jun.
Then he was defeated by the Zhao army without any accident, and the Zhao army did not lose anyone.
This time Zhao Jun was not merciful and killed all 2,000 natives and built a temple on the seaside to intimidate all tribes.
On the third day, Yuan Hua led the Zhao army, and under the leadership of the tribal leaders, found the tribe that attacked the Zhao army, and what followed was a one-sided massacre.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This tribe is even richer. There are four ivory tusks over one meter long, as well as countless jewelry, tortoiseshells, and even Yuan Hua is still in the mountains not far away.
Open-pit iron mines were discovered.
Except for the open-pit iron mines, all the remaining treasures were brought back to the ship by Zhao Jun. As for the population, they belonged to the tribes that had good relations with Zhao Jun.
"General, how about we attack each tribe one by one, rob them all, and fill up all the warships. We will definitely be rich and powerful." Zhao Zhong said excitedly.
Seeing so much wealth, he was completely red-eyed. Just a bag of pearls would be enough for him to eat and drink for the rest of his life.
But he never thought that if so much jewelry flooded the market, it might not be worth so much.
"What happens after you rob it? Do you want us Zhao people to come here to pick pearls, obtain ivory, and mine iron ore? It's not like you don't know how dangerous this place is. We still have no way to solve the miasma." Bu Guo objected.
Zhao Jun did not lose a single person in the battle with the natives, but he lost more than 20 soldiers due to poisonous insects and miasma. They would rather die fighting against powerful enemies on the battlefield than die on these invisible and intangible things.
"What do you think?" Yuan Hua looked at Bu Guo.
"These indigenous people like our weapons and armor very much. We can exchange some damaged or obsolete weapons with them for jewelry and ivory. At the same time, we can support some tribes, teach them to speak Zhao Guo dialect and Zhao Guo script, and teach them
Plant crops and mine iron ore, and then exchange with them. In this way, we don't need to station a single soldier here. As long as we come over and trade with them every once in a while, we can obtain a steady stream of wealth." Bu Guo said.
"What if they disobey?" Yuan Hua asked.
"We support multiple tribes at the same time. If any tribe is disobedient, we will stop supporting that tribe. Without the support of our Zhao State, they will perish soon," Bu Guo said.
For these natives, Zhao's army was a dimension-reducing blow. If there were no non-human factors such as poisonous insects, miasma, and acclimatization, a thousand Zhao's army would be enough to sweep across the entire peninsula.
"Okay, let's start with the Nymphoides tribe." Yuan Hua said.
Yuancai was the name given to the girl by Yuan Hua. The entire tribe was called the Yuancai tribe.
These natives should thank the girl, otherwise according to the Zhao people's habits, they would definitely call them Chi, Min, Man, Di and other names.
Being a teacher is a hard job, especially for these bosses. When the two parties do not understand the language, every communication is an extreme challenge to their patience.
Fortunately, these natives admired the Zhao people very much and thought that the Zhao people were teaching them immortal skills. They were not impatient and they all learned very seriously.
Yuan Hua also used this time to trade with surrounding tribes. He exchanged a spear for an ivory, a large knife for half a bag of pearls, and exchanged dozens of ivory and dozens of bags of pearls.
Both parties are very satisfied with this transaction.
What Yuan Hua didn't know was that this transaction had brought the struggle between these tribes into a fierce stage.
In order to snatch more jewelry and trade weapons with Zhao, the powerful tribes began to attack the surrounding tribes crazily, and the weak tribes could only unite to resist.
The war quickly spread from the coast to the entire Indo-China Peninsula.
However, these had nothing to do with Yuan Hua. After the transaction was completed, he took Zhao Jun back to the Kingdom of Zhao.
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"Your Majesty, this is the experience of the last general during this period." In the main hall, Yuan Hua was reporting to Zhao Kuo.
"Is this the water chestnut you are talking about?" Zhao Kuo looked at the woman behind Yuan Hua. She was not very old, and there was still a bit of youth between her eyebrows. He tightly grasped the corner of Yuan Hua's clothes with his right hand, his eyes filled with excitement.
Fear and curiosity.
"Your Majesty, that's right." Yuan Hua looked at Yucai, "Why don't you salute your Majesty quickly?"
"Slave... my maid pays homage to your Majesty." Yucai knelt on the ground, speaking Zhao Guo dialect, which was not fluent, and bowed respectfully.
In her understanding, Yuan Hua was a heavenly general, and Zhao Kuo, as Yuan Hua's king, was like a heavenly emperor.
Thinking of this, Yucai became more respectful.
"Get up." Zhao Kuo said, "Since I brought you back, don't let me down."
"The general will know." Yuan Hua said.
"You did a good job this time. Continuous transactions are indeed more in line with the interests of our country, Zhao, than short-term plunder." Zhao Kuo nodded approvingly.
It was impossible for Zhao to immigrate across such a long distance. Even if the land was able to produce two crops a year without chemical fertilizers, Zhao Kuo was very greedy, but he still had no way to occupy it.
Just like Yingzhou, if Zhao State wants to develop and utilize it, it can only rely on the local indigenous people and support a small number of indigenous people to manage more indigenous people to mine mines for them.
As for whether they would unite together to fight against the Zhao State, Zhao Kuo said that these indigenous people were much more cruel to his own people than the Zhao people were to them.
Zhao people rarely kill in order to have more people to work with. But in order to maintain their status and power, this group of indigenous people massacred their own people inhumanely.
In addition, half of Yingzhou's food needs to be supported by the State of Zhao. Without the support of the State of Zhao, most of the miners will starve to death.
The environment of Indochina is much better than that of Yingzhou. Not only can food be self-sufficient, but after intensive cultivation, it can also feed back the Zhao State. Therefore, the Zhao State needs to support multiple tribes to check and balance each other.
"These are all plans made by the staff, and the general will not dare to take the credit," Yuan Hua said.
"Don't worry, no one's contribution will be less. You and Bu Guo have each been promoted to two levels. As for money, I guess you won't be short of money, so I won't give it to you. I'll give you a house in Handan each.
We can also have a place to stay in Handan," Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yuan Hua said excitedly.
"You go back and rest for a while first, and then go to sea next spring to see if you can find a maritime trade route to the Maurya Dynasty." Zhao Kuo said.
Zhao Kuo was not surprised that Yuan Hua did not find the Maurya Dynasty this time. Although he told Yuan Hua a rough map of the nearby sea area, theory and practice are two different things. There is not even a location on the vast sea. Just a map can tell you.
What's the use, and his memory can't be accurate.
Yuan Hua's ability to reach the vicinity of Malacca this time is already impressive. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be able to find the Maurya Dynasty in the next two trips to sea.
"I will retire at the end of the day," Yuan Hua said, cupping his fists.
When Yuan Cai saw this, she hurriedly saluted and ran out with Yuan Hua.
"Is that the Emperor of Heaven just now?" Yuncai pulled the corner of Yuan Hua's clothes and whispered.
"What Emperor? That's our king." Yuan Hua said.
"Who is more powerful, the King or the Emperor of Heaven?" asked Yucai.
"I have never seen any Heavenly Emperor, but I have heard that the Kunlun God was hacked to death by a general from our Zhao Kingdom. If there really is any Heavenly Emperor, he probably will not be a match for our Zhao Kingdom." Yuan Hua said confidently.
"You can even kill gods..." Yucai opened her mouth wide and said in disbelief.
Isn’t God the most powerful existence? Why was he killed?
"They are just false gods. Our gods in the Xia Dynasty are the orthodox gods." Yuan Hua said disdainfully, "Okay, let's not talk about this. I will take you around the city to see if there is anything you want to buy. I
Handan, the capital of Zhao State, is the most prosperous city in the world, and everything from all over the world can be bought here."