It was already very cold in Northern California in January of the twenty-seventh year of Chongzhen, but the temperature was still higher than that of Tianjin.

Xie Jin stood on a hill in a thin cotton jacket and looked at the Indian tribe by a river below.

Landing in Northern California for three months. The danger Xie Jin feared never appeared, and a company of the Tiger Ben Army was completely dominant in this wild Northern California. Xie Jin and his company had already made preliminary explorations of the surrounding area within a hundred miles, and had set up small wooden pillboxes in several dangerous areas around it.

For the Tiger Army, the establishment of a bunker is a declaration of sovereignty. The star flags of one town and nine provinces have fluttered over the bunkers, representing that Li Zhi's rule has extended to the North American continent. The land of the United States in later generations has been bitten by Li Zhi since then.

But it is not enough to occupy such a hundred miles of territory. Li Zhi's goal was to occupy the entire New World, and Xie Jin's conquest campaign in Northern California was only a prelude.

However, Xie Jin is interested in performing this prologue more excitingly.

Before the higher-ranking officers arrived in the New World, Xie Jin was the highest-ranking officer in the New World. Although he was only a company commander, he was the supreme commander of the more than 100 tiger army.

In order to improve efficiency, one town and nine provinces have implemented a high degree of decentralization. A military commander who fights in an overseas territory is not only the commander of the army, but also the head of the military administration of the territory.

In other words, wherever the army fights in overseas territory, the officer's area of responsibility is in charge. Officers were not only in charge of the army's operations and logistics, but also had supreme authority over all affairs in the overseas territories, or colonies.

In fact, Xie Jin had absolute power over the nearby Indians. Now the fate of the Indians within this hundred miles is completely decided in the hands of Xie Jin.

Of course, this was because the Indian tribes that were still in the Stone Age had never formed a state at all, so that they were powerless in the face of 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 in his heart. If he could properly deal with the problems of the Native Americans and accumulate experience in the problems of the Native American senior managers in North America, then his task as the commander of the advance team company would have been relatively well accomplished.

Xie Jin waved his hand and shouted at his subordinates: "Go down the mountain!" Enter the indigenous tribes! “

More than a hundred soldiers entered the Indian tribe with rifles.

The Indians looked at the conquerors who came from this side, and walked out one by one, grabbing stone tools. Their faces were terrified, because although they were not civilized, they had no defects in intelligence. The situation is clear, their stone weapons are no match for the heavily armed Tiger Ben army here.

They only subconsciously hoped to stop the conqueror with a hostile stance.

Xie Jin took out a grenade from his waist, pulled the fuse and threw it to the side.

"Boom!" With a bang, the flames shone brightly.

The Indians were immediately frightened by the huge explosion. The hunters of this tribe have long seen the power of the Tiger Army's rifles, and at this time, they have seen the power of grenades, where is the meaning of resisting? All the men immediately discarded the stone weapons in their hands and knelt on the ground.

Xie Jin took a look outside the tribe and walked into the tribe of the Indians with the soldiers.

This tribe is not small, there are more than 100 tents, I am afraid there are 4 or 500 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 and looked 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 chieftain of the tribe.

The chieftain, wearing a crown full of eagle feathers and a cowhide coat with the same feathers, shivered on his knees.

Seeing Xie Jin coming over, the chief suddenly lifted a piece of something high and held it up in front of Xie Jin with both hands.

Xie Jin walked up and took a look.

That thing surprised Xie Jin.

It was a humanoid statue of jade, and although the statue was very rough and rudimentary, 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 texture was relatively poor, and it was obviously produced nearby, or elsewhere in the Americas.

But judging from the posture of this chief holding up the jade artifact to offer to Xie Jin, this jade artifact is the most precious thing in this tribe. Offering this thing to Xie Jin seems to indicate that the Indian tribe has surrendered to Xie Jin.

Xie Jin could not imagine that the Indians, like the Han Chinese, also respected jade and worshiped jade.

Xie Jin played with the jade carving for a long time.

A platoon commander next to him waited for a while and asked, "Company commander, what do we do with these Indians?" “

Another platoon commander said, "Company commander, are we going to take the Indians as slaves and build bunkers for me?" “

Xie Jin touched the jade carving and returned it to the Indian chief.

The chief looked at Xie Jin in surprise, not understanding why Xie Jin didn't take away their jade carvings.

Xie Jin looked around and said, "Indians are also people, we can't drive them as slaves!" “

The platoon commanders looked at each other in surprise for a while, and some of them couldn't react. Are these North American natives also human? Xie Jin, as the interim head of the military administration, wants to give these indigenous citizenship rights?

Xie Jin waved his hand and said, "You go and gather all the women of this tribe, I'll take a look." “

The platoon commanders looked at each other in surprise for a while, and finally reluctantly led their troops down to gather the women of this tribe.

Soon, more than 200 Indian women were gathered in an open area in the middle of the Indian tents.

Xie Jin glanced at those Indian women and found that these women were also yellow-skinned and black-haired. Their cheekbones are higher than those of Han women, and the entire facial contour looks a little savage, but on the whole it still meets the standards of the yellow race.

Probably because the productivity levels are so poor and the tools are so rudimentary, these women are thin, but they are all young and healthy.

Xie Jin nodded and said, "Indian women are good!" “

When Xie Jin's soldiers heard this, they coughed one by one. The Tiger Army is highly disciplined and generally does not mess with women in the occupied areas, so the topic of women is rarely mentioned in the Tiger Army. Xie Jin suddenly came up with this sentence, which made the soldiers a little embarrassed.

Xie Jin said: "As the current supreme military governor of the North American colonies, I declare that I will grant first-class citizenship to the Indians. Before my orders were overturned by the higher authorities, I ordered that the Indians be given the authority to be people. All the drive and employment of Indians must be based on mutual consent. Except in times of war, Indians may not be used in unlawful bondage, and Indians may not be used as slaves. “

After a pause, Xie Jin said again: "I announce!" Indian women can marry Han Chinese as wives and concubines, and the offspring they give birth to are regarded as Han Chinese. An Indian man could marry an Indian woman and give birth to a legitimate Indian. However, Indian men were not allowed to marry Han women as wives and concubines, nor could they reproduce with Han women. “

When the platoon commanders next to Xie Jin heard this, they saluted in unison, making the atmosphere more solemn.

Xie Jin nodded and said, "Leave three soldiers in this tribe to teach the Indians Chinese." After being able to do basic communication, ask these Indians if they would like to help us build the bunker, and we will give them fresh bison meat every day!" 2510