It was already very cold in Northern California in January of the 27th year of Chongzhen, but compared to Tianjin, the temperature was still higher.
Xie Jin stood on the hilltop in a thin cotton-padded jacket, looking at the Indian tribe below by the river.
After landing in Northern California for three months, the danger that Xie Jin was worried about never appeared. A company of the Tiger Army was completely dominant in this wild and wild Northern California. Xie Jin and his company had already carried out an attack on the surrounding area within a hundred miles.
After preliminary exploration, small wooden bunkers were built in several dangerous areas around it.
For the Huben Army, building a bunker was a declaration of sovereignty. The star flags of one town and nine provinces were flying over the bunker, which represented that Li Zhi's rule had extended to the North American continent. The land of the United States in later generations has since been bitten by Li Zhi
Next bite.
But occupying such a territory with a radius of one hundred miles is not enough. Li Zhi's goal is to occupy the entire New World, and Xie Jin's conquest activities in Northern California are just a prelude.
However, Xie Jin is interested in making this prologue more exciting.
Before more senior officers arrived in the New World, Xie Jin was the highest-ranking Huben officer in the New World. Although he was only a company commander, he was the supreme commander of more than a hundred Huben troops.
In order to improve efficiency, one town and nine provinces implement a high degree of decentralization. Military commanders fighting in overseas territories are not only the commanders of the army, but also the military commanders of the territories where they are located.
In other words, wherever the army fights in overseas territories, the scope of officers' responsibilities will be in charge. Officers can not only manage the military's operations and logistics, but also have the highest management authority over all affairs in overseas territories, or colonies.
In fact, Xie Jin has absolute power of life and death over the nearby Indians. Now the fate of the Indians within a hundred miles is completely determined by Xie Jin.
Of course, this is because the Indian tribes who were still in the Stone Age had never formed a nation, so they were defenseless against a force of more than 120 people like Xie Jin.
Xie Jin looked at the Indian tribe at the foot of the mountain, took a breath, and felt a little restless. If he could properly handle the indigenous Indian issues and accumulate experience on indigenous issues for later North American senior managers, then his task as the advance team commander would be enough.
The finish is relatively beautiful.
Xie Jin waved his hand and shouted to his men: "Go down the mountain! Enter the indigenous tribe!"
More than a hundred soldiers entered the Indian tribe with rifles in hand.
The Indians looked at the conquerors coming here, and they came out one by one holding stone weapons. Their faces were very frightened, because although their civilization level was very low, their IQs were not defective. It was obvious from the situation that their stone weapons were not
Here are the heavily armed Tiger and Ben army opponents.
They just subconsciously hope to stop the conquerors with a hostile attitude.
Xie Jin took out a grenade from his waist, pulled out the fuse and threw it to the side.
"Boom!" There was a sound, and flames shot out.
The Indians were immediately frightened by the huge explosion. The hunters of this tribe had long seen the power of the Tiger Army rifles, and now they saw the power of grenades. How could they resist? All the men immediately abandoned their hands.
He knelt down on the ground with the stone weapon on his head.
Xie Jin looked outside the tribe for a while, then led the soldiers into the Indian tribe.
This tribe is not small, with more than a hundred tents, and probably four or five hundred people. Of course, most of them are women and children, and there are not many elderly people.
All the women and children also knelt on the ground, looking at the Han soldiers with fear.
Xie Jin walked around the tribe and saw one of the few middle-aged people in the tribe - the chief of the tribe.
The chief wore a crown full of eagle feathers and a cowhide coat also studded with feathers. He knelt on the ground and shivered.
Seeing Xie Jin approaching, the chief suddenly raised something high and held it in front of Xie Jin with both hands.
Xie Jin walked up and took a look.
That thing surprised Xie Jin.
It was a jade humanoid statue. Although the statue was very rough and crude, the material of the statue was undoubtedly jade.
Xie Jin grabbed the piece of jade and looked at it carefully. The jade was different from the jade of the Ming Dynasty. The quality was poor. It was obviously produced nearby or elsewhere in America.
But judging from the way the chief held up the jade article to offer it to Xie Jin, this jade article was the most precious thing in the tribe. Offering this thing to Xie Jin seemed to indicate that the Indian tribe had surrendered to Xie Jin.
Xie Jin did not expect that the Indians, like the Han people, also respected and worshiped jade.
Xie Jin played with the jade carving for a long time.
A platoon leader next to him waited for a while and asked: "Company commander, how should we deal with these Indians."
Another platoon leader said: "Company commander, are we going to capture Indians as slaves to build my bunker?"
Xie Jin touched the jade carving and returned it to the Indian chief.
The chief looked at Xie Jin in surprise, wondering why Xie Jin didn't take away their jade carvings.
Xie Jin looked around and said, "Indians are human beings too, we can't treat them as slaves!"
The platoon leaders looked at each other in surprise for a while, unable to react. Are these North American natives human beings? As the interim military commander, Xie Jin wants to grant these natives citizenship rights?
Xie Jin waved his hand and said, "You go and gather all the women in this tribe, and I'll take a look."
The platoon leaders looked at each other in surprise for a while, and finally led their troops down helplessly to gather the women of the tribe.
Soon, more than two hundred Indian women were gathered in the open space among the Indian tents.
Xie Jin glanced at the Indian women and found that these women also had yellow skin and black hair. Their cheekbones were higher than those of Han women, and their entire facial contours looked more barbaric, but overall they still met the standards of the yellow race.
Probably because the productivity level is too low and the tools are too crude, these women are very thin, but they are all young and healthy.
Xie Jin nodded and said, "Indian women are pretty good!"
When Xie Jin's soldiers heard this, they coughed one by one. The Huben Army has strict discipline and generally does not mess with women in the occupied areas, so the topic of women is rarely mentioned in the Huben Army. Xie Jin suddenly appeared
This sentence made the soldiers a little embarrassed.
Xie Jin said: "As the current highest military commander of the North American colonies, I announced that the Indians would be given second-class citizenship rights. Before my order was overturned by higher-ranking officials, I ordered that the Indians be given the rights as human beings. All driving and employment of Indians
All must be based on the consent of both parties. Unless it is an emergency during wartime, Indians must not be illegally enslaved or used as slaves."
After a pause, Xie Jin continued: "I declare! Indian women can marry Han people as wives and concubines, and the offspring they give birth to will be regarded as Han people. Indian men can marry Indian women and give birth to legal Indians. But Indian men are not allowed to
Even if you take a Han woman as your wife or concubine, you will not be able to reproduce with a Han woman."
When the platoon leaders next to Xie Jin heard this, they all saluted, making the atmosphere more solemn.
Xie Jin nodded and said: "Leave three soldiers in this tribe to teach the Indians Chinese. Once we can communicate basicly, we will ask these Indians if they are willing to help us build the bunker. We will feed them fresh bison meat every day!"
