Chapter 1193 The First Great Geographical Discovery - Decision
However, these things were not allowed, and he couldn't explain them to Fang Mingqian, so he just said something vaguely. Although Fang Mingqian was puzzled, he would not ask again if Zhu Bai didn't explain. He paused and continued: "The weapons they used are still
Stone is not as good as the barbarians around the Central Plains. The Uzang and the barbarians in the southwest can smelt copper or even iron. Even the Mongols and Jurchens in the north who have extremely poor smelting standards will use pig iron or copper. Although it is much worse than the Central Plains weapons, after all
It's made of iron."
"However, I once led troops to patrol the East China Sea and visited Taiwan Town. There are also some Ban people in Taiwan Town who cannot smelt copper and iron and have no writing. Cao Che called them savages."
"Your Highness, such savages are easier to tame than the barbarians around the Ming Dynasty. Cao Consort and Princess Jiangdu invited Zhang Tianshi's disciples from Longhu Mountain to preach in Taiwan, gave them medicine, and severely suppressed the tribes who dared to resist.
, and at the same time cleverly exploited the conflicts between the tribes. He has tamed several tribes, used the savages to fight for Taiwan Town, and made great achievements in attacking other savages. Cao Che also told me that these savages will definitely be able to achieve greater success in the future.
Credit.”
"Your Highness, you can do the same. You don't need to regard these savages as enemies, but tame them and let them fight for Your Highness. We don't know if they have writing yet. If they don't have writing, it will be easier to tame them. Even if they have writing, they can
tame."
"Taming them?" Zhu Bai said with a smile: "It's interesting, but also a bit dangerous. After all, Cao Che has tens of thousands of people in Taiwan, including tens of thousands of young men, while Gu Xian only has more than a thousand people in his hands."
"But His Highness is also accompanied by a Taoist priest, and he is a disciple and disciple of Zhenren Zhang of the Wudang Sect, who is more profound in Taoism. He will definitely be able to teach these savages." Fang Mingqian said.
"This matter will be discussed later. We must surrender them first," Zhu Bai finally said.
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"..., Your Majesty, early the next morning, I ordered my soldiers to surround the Jinchuan barbarians kneeling outside the camp and take them prisoner. These people were very obedient and had their hands and feet tied up obediently. Later, they were held captive in Taiwan
He taught the local barbarians to learn Chinese, and several Taoist priests with Chinese characters taught them to learn Chinese. Only then did His Highness King Xiang know that because of the huge power of grenades, they believed that the Ming soldiers were messengers sent by the gods, so they were very obedient."
Here, Fang Mingqian couldn't help but laugh.
"Jinchuan Savages?" Yun's focus is this: "Why are they named Jinchuan Savages?"
"Your Majesty, this is because after interrogating them, they learned that there is a huge gold mine near the place where His Highness King Xiang decided to build the city, and according to them, there are many gold and silver mines nearby. So King Xiang
His Highness named the place Jinchuan, and therefore called them Jinchuan Savages."
Yun nodded and did not ask again. Fang Mingqian continued: "After His Highness King Xiang learned that they believed that the Ming soldiers would be the messengers of the gods, he immediately sent Taoist priests to the Eastern Continent, Zhang Sanfeng and Zhang Zhenren's favorite disciple Sun Li Yuanjun to preach to them and let them
Convert to Taoism.”
"After converting them all to Taoism, His Royal Highness the King of Xiang interrogated them personally. He learned that they indeed had no written language and relied on fishing and hunting for a living, just like the Jurchens of Yongfan. Their customs were also similar to the Jurchens, with face tattoos.
,…”
"These Jinchuan savages look very similar to the mountain savages in Taiwan Town. Their skin is darker and they look a little red from a distance. Their hair..."
"They were very curious about everything the soldiers brought, even if they saw porcelain bowls or bamboo tubes, they were surprised... What surprised them most was wine. The savages in Jinchuan seemed to have never had wine, and almost all the people in Jinchuan who had tasted wine were
Savages like the taste of wine very much..."
"Your Majesty, their customs are very barbaric and backward, but I have also heard that the barbarians around the Ming Dynasty have similar customs, which is not surprising. What is most surprising to Your Highness and me is that they never use copper and iron because there are no copper mines and copper mines in the area.
Iron ore! Moreover, there are many gold and silver mines in the local area!"
Fang Mingqian said this since he has known this fact for two years, but he was still very excited when he thought of the scene at that time; he was the same, let alone others. Lu Yi, the only eunuch serving Yun at this time, heard this.
She looked at him with her mouth wide open.
However, Yun himself was not excited. He could no longer remember the details about the American Indians in his previous life, but he knew that they were very backward. The Indians in Central and South America were easily conquered by the people of the Iberian Peninsula and maintained a status of about three years.
The rule lasted for hundreds of years, and it also had a close relationship with the mother country after independence. It was considered a relatively successful colonial rule in the world. The Indians in North America persisted for a longer time, but were eventually wiped out and driven into desolate reservations.
district.
And I also remember that people from the Iberian Peninsula also discovered a lot of gold and silver in America. So I understand what Fang Mingqian said, but I'm not too excited.
Seeing that Yun was still looking at him with a warm smile on his face, Fang Mingqian calmed down his excitement and continued to introduce: "The captured Jinchuan savages quickly converted to Taoism and were extremely pious. Not only that, they also went around to persuade others
The Jinchuan barbarians. Under their persuasion, countless Jinchuan barbarians defected to the Ming Dynasty; Li Zhenren led the Taoist priests to persuade them to convert to Taoism, and many Jinchuan barbarians also converted to Taoism."
“For more than half a year from July of the fourth year of Jianye to February of the fifth year of Jianye, nearly ten thousand people from more than ten tribes near Jinchuan defected to the Ming Dynasty.”
"His Royal Highness the King of Xiang ordered them to collect gold while using local clay to bake bricks and build a city with bricks and stones. By April of the fifth year of Jianye, a city with a capacity of 30,000 to 40,000 people was built. The city wall was about two feet high. According to
Qilika, the former chief who became a Taoist priest, said that no tribe within hundreds of miles around Jinchuan could conquer such a city."
"After that, His Highness King Xiang decided to leave Xia Houyuan to lead 300 troops to garrison Jinchuan City. With Qilika as a guide, he went south to continue exploring. I refused to listen to my advice, so I had no choice but to continue southward with His Highness."
"After sailing south for about 1,100 miles, we came to the coastline at about 34 degrees north latitude. We found a gold mine here, which also contained countless gold. And there was a big river passing by that place, so Hunan
His Highness the King decided to build a city here. His Highness named this place Luojin, which means everything you see when you land is gold."
"There are also many Jinchuan savages here who make a living by fishing and hunting. Your Highness sent Qilika to persuade them to surrender. After defeating the savage tribe who were half-convinced by Qilika's words, other savages also surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and converted to Taoism."
"His Royal Highness the King of Xiang wanted to continue exploring south, but he only had more than a thousand people at his disposal. He had to personally lead 500 troops to garrison Luojin. He ordered the Jinchuan barbarians to collect gold and silver, burn bricks and build the city with stones, and sent ministers to lead the remaining two troops.
More than a hundred people continued to explore south."
"The minister continued to lead part of the fleet southward, collecting local plants and observing animals and people along the way. Since the locals found in the north were just savages and could be defeated easily, the soldiers were very relaxed and sent out
From time to time, the exploration team would go a little deeper inland. Once, they left the ship in the morning and did not return until the afternoon. Chen led more than ten people to search, and they saw an incredible scene." Fang Mingqian said.
"At that time, I was following the footsteps of those people walking inland. When I saw them outside a wasteland, I immediately scolded them loudly! But they did not pay attention to me. I was very angry and walked over to scold them again. Unintentionally
When I looked sideways, I saw a large number of tall buildings in the valley not far away!"
"At that time, I didn't use my clairvoyance, but even if I didn't use my clairvoyance and just observed it with my naked eyes from a distance, I suddenly felt a sense of shock in my heart."
"Those buildings seem to be made of piles of stones. Even if I am twenty miles away, I can feel their majestic momentum. Every building is so tall and majestic, especially the one in the middle.
It is like a hill, I have never seen such a tall and magnificent building."
"I have traveled to many places, from Manlajia to Jinning, but I can't figure out how this building made of big stones was built? How were these stones mined and how were they transported here?
In a valley?”
"Your Majesty, I was even frightened at that time! After waking up, I immediately woke up all the soldiers and brought them back."
"Have you had any contact with the local people?" Yun asked.
"No," Fang Mingqian said: "I think that the people who can build such magnificent buildings are definitely not barbarians, let alone savages. Their population must be large and their power must be very strong. I dare not contact them.
, and returned to the boat.”
"I immediately led part of the fleet back to Luojin City and informed His Highness King Xiang of the matter. His Highness King Xiang was dubious at first, but after hearing what every returning soldier said, he began to believe it and gave up his plan to continue going south for the time being.
Decided to concentrate on the management of Luojincheng City and Jinchuan City."
"Before returning to the north, I sent Cao Guangxiao to lead part of the fleet to continue south. Cao Guangxiao went to many places, but he did not dare to go deep into the inland because of previous lessons. However, he also brought back many plants he had never seen before and captured a few
Savages by the sea."
"The most amazing thing for me is that when he sailed to a place, the measured latitude was zero degrees, and as he continued south, the measured latitude turned into numbers again. According to my guess, he entered the southern hemisphere."
"Although I have been to the Southern Hemisphere before going to places like Majapahit and Srivijaya, it is amazing that there is also a Southern Hemisphere in the far east." Fang Mingqian couldn't help but sigh.
He then introduced some of the human geography and various crops of the Eastern Continent, and finally said: "Your Majesty, after His Royal Highness King Xiang ordered the construction of a city in Jinchuan, he sent a fleet of five ships to return to the Ming Dynasty. But who knows how many days passed.
A few months later, two ships came back. It was said that they encountered a storm and the other three capsized. Only these two ships escaped."
"His Royal Highness the King of Xiang was a little panicked, so I took the initiative to ask Ying to lead a few ships back to Daming along the way they came. They rushed to Fusang in early October this year and rushed back to Liujiagang in early November."
"Your Majesty, some soldiers once wanted to ask His Royal Highness the King of Xiang to name the Eastern Continent, but His Highness the King of Xiang said: It was His Majesty's great talent in Qi that enabled the soldiers to discover the Eastern Continent. How could I dare to name it without authorization? I would not accept it. I also thought that,
The continent in the east should be named by Your Majesty. I ask Your Majesty to name the continent." After saying this, Fang Mingqian knelt on the ground and remained motionless.
"I also think it's better for the officials to choose the name." Lu Yi also whispered, kneeling next to Fang Mingqian.
Yun lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said with a smile: "Since you all think that I should be the one to name the name, I would be disrespectful. I thought that it was the only one who discovered this continent, which only has savages, but has countless gold and silver."
For the good fortune of the people of the Ming Dynasty, I decided to name it Hanzhou, which means Han people."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name." Fang Mingqian said quickly. Lu Yi hesitated for a moment, but kowtowed and did not speak.
"Haha, what can you thank me for?" Yun said with a smile: "It should be the savages in that land who thank me."
"Those savages used to make a living by fishing and hunting, and their lives must have been very difficult, just like the Jurchens before; but now those Jurchens who have taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty have moved out of the mountains and forests, and make a living by farming or fighting for the King of England and King Yong, and their lives are worse than
It was a lot better before. So those savages should be grateful that I sent people to discover them, so that they can live a stable and prosperous life."
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true!" Fang Mingqian said again.
‘It’s just people who survived the plague.’ Yun himself added in his heart.
After that, Yun said a few more words to him and said seriously: "This time you and His Highness King Xiang have made great contributions to the discovery of the Hanzhou continent. I will definitely reward you."
"I have decided to formally entrust Jinchuan City, Luojin City and the land between the two cities to King Xiang. All the barbarians he surrendered and all the soldiers who stayed there are his subjects."
"And he is different from other vassal kings that I canonized. It is a long way from Hanzhou, even from Jinchuan City back to the capital. It is impossible to get the news back and forth in less than a year. If it is something, even a small part of it
If I make the decision, it will definitely be delayed. Therefore, I have decided that the left and right kings and ministers appointed locally can serve for a long time, with a term of ten years. And when encountering major events, if the feudal king and the king have a disagreement, the feudal king will take the lead.
