Chapter six hundred and fiftieth: do what you like
And that's why when these previous troops communicated with local residents, the other parties were very hostile to them.
In fact, they thought they had violated local customs.
Local residents celebrate many festivals and have their own taboos.
These advance troops did not understand this, and the two sides did not understand each other's language, so they aroused hostility from the other side.
The two sides did not fight, which was considered to be the result of their considerable restraint.
However, after knowing their taboos in advance, Li Min felt that it was not very difficult to get along with them peacefully.
Of course, trying to tame them and make them willingly become your own people would probably be a troublesome thing.
However, Li Min was not too worried about this.
Because even if they don't have themselves, when the Western powers arrive, their end will be quite miserable.
Faced with the fate of almost being exterminated.
In fact, the pure indigenous people were basically exterminated.
The offspring left today are all inherited through their mother.
The paternal line has basically disappeared.
No matter how bad it is, how bad can it get?
After the advance team came back, they spent another month preparing.
This time, the pioneers of the Chinese Commercial Bank and Shangguan Yi will follow this group of people to the Golden State.
Yan Liben is also on the list this time.
Yizhou New Town is Yan Liben’s most proud design.
However, the construction of Yizhou New City will still be limited due to the constraints of the terrain.
But this time, Li Min told him that there was vast and boundless land in the Golden State.
It allows him to build a huge city and give full play to his imagination.
This kind of temptation was something Yan Liben couldn't refuse.
Li Min told him about this idea about five years ago.
Yan Liben has been designing the blueprint for this super city.
Of course, there were many design ideas provided to him by Li Min.
The final blueprint can be regarded as a fusion of the two people’s design concepts.
This time, Yan Liben had to personally supervise the work and realize his design concept.
In addition to Yan Liben, Wu Meiniang was also there this time.
When Wu Meiniang asked to go to the Golden State, Li Min actually hesitated.
Because women like Wu Meiniang are born with a strong desire to control.
Li Min was afraid that Wu Meiniang would seize power in the Golden State.
Although Li Min is confident that he can completely control the overall situation.
But Li Min was not willing to eventually develop to that point.
The human heart is the most susceptible to temptation and the least able to withstand the test.
The best way is not to give her the chance to expand her ambitions.
But if only Shangguan Yi was there, Li Min was afraid that the same thing would happen to him.
If both of them go to the Golden State, it will be a perfect balance.
Therefore, after a short weighing, Li Min agreed to Wu Meiniang's request.
A month later, a vanguard of as many as 30,000 people rushed directly to the Golden State.
This time, Li Min personally led the team.
The advance planning of the city must be controlled by him.
The preliminary framework must also be built by him, and he must leave.
This time, Shangguan Wan'er brought the panda Panpan, as well as the magical dogs Doudou and Xiaocai, and they all got on the boat.
In this way, three of the four major spiritual beings in Yizhou have disappeared.
I'm afraid the people of Yizhou may not be able to adapt for a while.
In his heart, Li Min wanted to take these three pets with him, but also wanted them to stay in Yizhou.
However, these three pets have already become spiritual. When Shangguan Wan'er came out with Panpan, Doudou and Xiaocai followed, so Li Min had no choice but to take them with him.
Because they used the latest warships this time, the journey only took about twenty days.
However, after twenty days sailing on the sea, all you can see is the boundless ocean, and people will still feel very tired.
Along the way, Shangguan Wan'er wanted to find a chance to chat with Li Min.
But this time, because Wu Meiniang also came with her, Shangguan Wan'er could not find a suitable opportunity.
For some reason, Shangguan Wan'er was very afraid of Wu Meiniang.
When she sees Wu Meiniang, she will feel chilled from the bottom of her heart.
This period of time was the longest period that Li Min had accompanied Wu Meiniang.
After all, Li Min has been out frequently in the past few years.
Once out, it will take several months.
Even when there are so many ladies at home, he cannot always be by Wu Meiniang's side if he wants to catch the rain and dew.
But now, Li Min only has one wife with her, who can accompany her every day.
What Wu Meiniang likes to do the most is lying on the bed, hugging Li Min, and letting him talk about the Legend of the Condor Heroes.
Although she has the manuscript of this book written by Li Min herself, she has read it countless times.
Even movies and TV shows have been watched many times.
But she just wanted to hear Li Min tell her.
This long-cherished wish was made before she and Li Min got married.
Unexpectedly, it has finally come true now.
"Huang Rong said, Brother Jing, don't you believe me?"
"Guo Jing turned his back to Huang Rong and did not look at Huang Rong. He just said dullly: Witch, go away!"
"Huang Rong bit her lip, pulled out the dagger, poof! She stabbed Guo Jing directly..."
Hearing Li Min's nonsense, Wu Meiniang was angry and stretched out a hand to stop Li Min's mouth.
With the other hand, he made a fist and hit Li Min on the chest with a small fist.
"I'm asking you to talk nonsense, I'm asking you to talk nonsense, why can't you explain it to others properly?"
Li Min said helplessly: "But, I've told you this story eight hundred times, okay? If you're tired of listening, I'm tired of telling it."
Wu Meiniang hugged Li Min and said, "But I can't get enough! I just want to hold my husband like this and listen to him tell stories!"
Li Min chuckled, and suddenly hugged Wu Meiniang and said, "Meiniang, telling stories like this is meaningless! Otherwise, let's do something more meaningful, okay?"
Wu Meiniang asked in surprise: "Husband, what are you doing that is more meaningful? How come you can't think of this?"
Li Min chuckled and said, "The more meaningful thing is this."
After saying that, Li Min turned over and fell directly on top of Wu Meiniang.
…
There is a shadow on the sand and a bird pond, and the clouds break through and the moon makes the flowers make shadows.
I don't know how long it took before the charming voices in the room gradually became quiet.
Wu Meiniang was covered in sweat and lay lazily in Li Min's arms, barely wanting to move a little finger.
Wu Meiniang said lazily: "Husband, why are you so powerful again? I can't stand it!"
"Otherwise, you should take in that little goblin Wan'er! We both don't know if we can satisfy you!"
Snapped!
Li Min slapped Wu Meiniang directly and couldn't help but said: "Meiniang, what are you talking nonsense about? How old is Wan'er, a little girl? You can't talk nonsense."
Wu Meiniang chuckled and said: "Small? Why is she so small? I'm afraid she's not much smaller than others!"
"Many girls her age are already married and have children!"
Shangguan Wan'er is obviously much younger than Wu Meiniang, how could she say she is not much younger than her?
Li Min was puzzled at first, but soon realized that Mei Niang was probably not talking about age, but breasts.
Oh, this female gangster.
But don't tell me, this girl Wan'er is really quite precocious.
Although it's not as big as Mei Niang's, it's pretty big!
Pooh!
Bah! Bah!
What are you thinking about here?
Wan'er is a junior, how can she be so wildly thinking?
They were all led astray by Mei Niang!
Wu Meiniang chuckled and said, "Where are you talking nonsense?"
"People can see the way she looks at her husband! She obviously likes her husband!"
Li Min said with a headache: "Mei Niang, please don't talk about this kind of thing again in the future. She is a young lady who is not yet married. It may not sound good if you spread the word."
Wu Meiniang said quietly: "But in the past few years, she has rejected all the marriage proposals that have been proposed to her! Who can't see her thoughts?"
These days, it is said that parents order matchmakers.
But Shangguan Yi loved this granddaughter very much and wanted her to make her own decision on marriage matters.
In the past few years, I don't know how many young and talented people have proposed marriage, but none of them can catch Shangguan Wan'er's discernment.
In fact, Shangguan Wan'er has a secret crush on the prince.
As long as you are not blind, you can probably see it.
Only Shangguan Wan'er herself felt that she was hiding so deeply that no one else knew about it.
But this kind of thing is probably fruitless.
If the prince doesn't say anything, they can't take the initiative to send their granddaughter there, right?
This generation is still split!
Of course, if it is the prince who speaks, seniority will not matter at all.
In fact, Shangguan Yi was secretly hoping that this marriage would come true.
If it works out, Shangguan Wan'er may become the princess in the future, and their Shangguan family will be more consolidated.
But there is no way to force this kind of thing for the time being.
This is why Shangguan Wan'er was determined to follow her to the Golden State, but Shangguan Yi did not object, but acquiesced.
Of course, this idea is not something that outsiders can appreciate.
As for Li Min, there are quite a few ladies around him now.
No matter how talented he is, he is still a little overwhelmed.
Furthermore, he watched Shangguan Wan'er grow up.
It is impossible for her to say this without any personal feelings towards her daughter.
Therefore, Li Min couldn't help but said to Wu Meiniang: "Meiniang, you know this is impossible. Don't mention this matter again in the future."
Wu Meiniang chuckled and said, "Husband, Wan'er is the granddaughter of Shangguan Changshi! Moreover, it can be seen that Shangguan Changshi seems to be happy to see this situation."
"After my husband takes in Wan'er, it will make Shangguan Changshi return to his heart even more! If my husband wants to achieve great things, he doesn't need to care about feelings. I think it's better to take her in!"
Li Min made a serious face and said, "I told you not to talk about this matter again."
"Yes, people know it!"
Wu Meiniang had a look of disappointment on her face, but she also breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
Twenty days passed by in a flash.
They finally reached land, and Li Min left three thousand men to guard the ship.
Then he led the rest of the people and brought all the supplies they had transported ashore. They set up tents on the shore first and prepared to adjust for two days before setting off.
This time, Li Min brought a total of five trucks.
This truck is just a drop in the bucket for so many people and so many supplies.
There is nothing we can do about this, after all, the ship is so big.
If too many trucks arrive, a lot of other supplies will have to be shipped.
And the place where they want to build the city is thousands of miles away from the coastline.
With these five trucks alone, it may take more than half a year just to transport the goods.
And Li Min didn't want to waste such a long time.
Therefore, Li Min decided to find nearby tribes to help them carry the items.
Fortunately, the current Golden State actually has a large number of indigenous people.
Li Min estimated that the number of people was in the tens of millions.
Of course, the Golden State is huge, with tens of millions of people scattered here, but it's still quite sparse.
And they all exist in the form of tribes and have no national institutions.
Therefore, as long as the safety of their tribe is not threatened, the two sides will not conflict.
As for the place where Li Min planned to build the city, there were no tribes within a hundred miles of it.
In this way, at least in the early stages of building the city, there will be absolutely no conflicts.
In later generations, the aboriginal people here were massacred on a large scale and were almost wiped out.
It's because those invaders wanted to enslave and enslave the indigenous people here.
The indigenous people here were very stubborn and refused to be enslaved, which led to their tragic end.
Li Min's purpose was not to enslave them, but to lead them to eliminate poverty and establish a country with great ethnic integration.
There is a fundamental difference here.
Li Min believes that where there is sincerity, gold and stone will be opened.
Use my love to exchange for your sincere smile.
When it really cannot be exchanged, then the gold and stone can actually be opened with brute force.
Of course, this is the last choice. Li Min would not make this choice easily.
Next, Li Min will go to the nearby area to find manpower.
At the same time, Li Min also wanted to buy food from these aborigines.
If they want to settle down, they need to cultivate their own land.
However, even if we clear the land and plant good crops, we will definitely not be able to harvest much this year.
Self-sufficiency won't be possible until at least next year.
For more than one year and nearly two years, if we relied entirely on transporting grain from Datang, the cost of transportation would be too high.
As for the Golden State, the land is fertile and the population is sparse.
The food they grow will definitely be endless.
It would be really great if we could purchase grain from them.
Thinking of this, Li Min couldn't help but lead a team of people, took some goods, and prepared to hire people from the tribe ahead.
Li Min's actions surprised Qin Huaiyu and others.
Qin Huaiyu quickly tried to dissuade him: "Your Majesty, you can't do that!"
"The local residents hate us very much and are absolutely unwilling to trade with us."
"Maybe they will snatch our goods and cause conflicts with us."
Li Min laughed and said, "Don't worry, this kind of thing won't happen."
"Of course, just in case, we'd better bring a thousand soldiers."
Qin Huaiyu was not at ease and personally led a thousand soldiers to follow Li Min closely.
At the same time, Wu Meiniang and Shangguan Wan'er were also very curious and followed them one after another.
Li Min didn't stop them either.
Not long after, they came to a tribe in front.
The group of people soon discovered that a group of aborigines in front of them, wearing strange masks on their faces, holding things in their hands, and dancing towards them, rushed toward them.
Qin Huaiyu was startled and shouted loudly: "Everyone listens to the order! Take out the sword and prepare to protect the prince!"
"yes!"
A thousand soldiers immediately unsheathed their swords and quickly stood in front of Li Min.
Seeing this scene, Li Min couldn't help but curl his lips slightly.
He now understood why the conflict arose in the first place.
Li Min waved his hand and said to Qin Huaiyu: "Quickly, order them to put away their swords. They are celebrating a festival. Why are you so nervous?"
Celebrating a holiday?
Qin Huaiyu looked up blankly, and only then realized that not all the weapons they were holding were weapons.
Well, in other words, they are not weapons. Some people are holding mine manuscripts and other strange things.
It really doesn't look like he's looking for trouble.
The actions of the Tang army here also alarmed the reveling aboriginal residents in front.
They immediately became nervous when they saw the Tang army's swords unsheathed and ready for battle.
"Who are you? What do you want to do?"
Of course, they were spoken in the local dialect, and no one at the scene could understand them except Li Min.
Li Min actually didn't understand either.
But he had a system, and through system translation, he quickly understood what they meant.
Li Min walked out and said slowly: "Oh, dear friends, don't get me wrong! We are guests from afar."
"These friends of mine, they didn't know you were celebrating the festival, and they thought you were going to do us harm, so they drew their weapons."
"I think there is a misunderstanding between us! We came with good intentions!"
Qin Huaiyu, Wu Meiniang and Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but stare when they heard Li Min saying something they couldn't understand at all.
Your Highness, what did he say? Why can’t we understand?
Could it be that he was speaking the local dialect?
Apparently, it is.
Because after Li Min spoke, the face of the person opposite began to soften.
But, the prince has never been here before?
How did he speak the local dialect?
This really surprised them!
In response to Li Min's request, a thousand guards were dispatched, all with their swords sheathed.
When the original residents saw this scene, their expressions softened.
Moreover, they were full of curiosity about Li Min who could speak their language.
"Haha, we are the most hospitable tribe. We seem to have met your people last time."
"Ah ha, there was a little unpleasantness between us! But soon, you disappeared."
"Where are you from? What are you doing here?"
These native people speak very directly and do not mince words.
Li Min also likes their cheerfulness.
"Aha, we came from the west side of the sea, far, far away!"
"We encountered some difficulties. Our tribe could no longer survive in our hometown, so we had no choice but to come here."
"We found that there is a lot of free land here. We hope to take root here. I wonder if you will reject us?"
The aborigine opposite smiled and said: "Oh, my dear friends, if you can live in peace with us, of course we will not exclude you!"
"Did you know? We are the most peace-loving tribe! We welcome you! By the way, to show our hospitality, I hope to invite you to our tribe."
Li Min spread his hands and said, "But we still have some tribesmen who haven't come over. Well, there are still about 40,000 to 50,000 people."
Hearing Li Min's words, the aborigines opposite looked a little embarrassed.
According to their hospitable habits, when friends come, they must entertain them.
But now, a new ethnic group has arrived.
If they want to entertain 40,000 to 50,000 people, it will cost too much.
They really can't afford it.
But if they don't treat guests, it will appear that they are stingy, and then they will feel very embarrassed.
Li Min quickly smiled and said: "By the way, I want to ask you for a favor. Is it possible?"
The aborigine opposite quickly said: "My dear friend, just say it, as long as we can do it, we will definitely not refuse."
He was still feeling sad that he couldn't invite their entire clan as guests, but now that he heard that Li Min wanted to ask him for help, he agreed without any hesitation.
Li Min smiled and said, "It's like this. When we came, we didn't bring much food."
"We will reclaim wasteland and it will take until next year before we can harvest food."
"And we brought some goods, and we want to use our goods to exchange for some of your food."
"Of course, we will naturally make concessions on price."
The aborigines opposite agreed almost without thinking.
"This is definitely no problem, but as for how much they can exchange for, it depends on whether the goods you bring can attract them."
Li Min nodded, and then ordered his men to place all the goods they brought on the ground for the Anxi natives to watch.
When she arrived, Wu Meiniang specially ordered someone to bring a lot of porcelain.
Li Min asked her to take less, but Wu Meiniang was still confused.
After the goods were placed on the ground, Wu Meiniang was surprised to find out.
These aborigines are not keen on the exquisite porcelain that has been selling well overseas.
Almost no one picked it up to watch.
But I really like their glass products, almost to the point where I can't put them down.
Wu Meiniang glanced at Li Min and felt even more surprised.
My husband is so far away that he even knows the preferences of these natives.
In fact, of course Li Min searched for knowledge from the system.
These aborigines, even in later generations, still like to use pottery and are not keen on those exquisite porcelain.
Let alone now.
However, they worship nature and admire its beauty.
Those glass products looked natural, without any trace of artificial synthesis, and were beautiful. Li Min guessed that they must like them.