"Time flies so fast, it's been almost two years since I came here!" Zheng Jing walked out of the palace located in Zheng Jinshan, which took more than a year to complete, mobilized tens of thousands of indigenous Indians, mined tens of thousands of stones from the mountain, fired tens of millions of bricks on the spot, and cut down hundreds of thousands of acres of forests to build this palace. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The palace was designed in the style of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, but it was much smaller.

For more than two years, Han Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Annamite, Rakshasa and Shengjurchen immigrated to the New World, and most of the Rakshasas were captives, but in fact there were not only Russians, but also Cossacks. After Zheng Xi gained a foothold in the Outer Xing'an Mountains, many Jurchens who lived by fishing and hunting came to take refuge, some of them were incorporated into the Ming army, and the other part heard that the New World was full of gold, and they couldn't stand the temptation, so they boarded a sea ship and immigrated to the New World.

Compared with the local aborigines, the vitality of the immigrants is much stronger, and every time the smallpox plague strikes, the local indigenous people die in the thousands, but the impact among the immigrants is not significant.

"Locals, still too vulnerable! To Zheng Zheng to ask for more immigrants, not to mention the Japanese and Koreans, even if it is a Rakshasa and a Jurchen, but Zheng Zheng is still unwilling to give more. Zheng Jing complained to Hong Xu.

Hong Xu said: "After all, Zheng Xi has an enmity with us, and it is very good to be willing to provide us with this population." ”

Zheng Jing nodded: "That section in my heart, there is still no way to untie it." ”

In fact, it is not that the Indians are too vulnerable, but that there is no smallpox on the American continent in the first place, and the local people have no resistance to smallpox. Although Zheng Jing already has the technology to grow cowpox, it can only ensure the safety of immigrants first, and then ensure that some local natives who have submitted to Zheng Jing. As for the rest of the natives, who cares so much?

At present, Zheng Jing's power is growing and more slaves are needed. However, cowpox was not enough, and a large number of local indigenous slaves died every day.

To build roads, to develop gold mines, to build new cities, to build plantations, more slaves are needed.

It is said that the Nanyang Company was ready to buy Kunlun slaves, but in order to buy Kunlun slaves, they had to find a port on the other side of the continent so that the slave ships could cross the Atlantic from Kunlun to the New World.

"I don't know what happened to Sun Zhimi's expeditionary force now." Zheng Jing muttered to himself.

At this time, the expeditionary force of the American continent led by Sun Zhimi and Feng Xifan was advancing to the southeast of the continent. Based on a rudimentary sketch, Sun knew that as long as he continued to advance in the southeast direction, he would definitely encounter white colonists. But now they are not here to fight with the whites, they are here to trade.

This expeditionary force consisted of more than 800 Han Chinese, more than 200 Rakshasas, 300 Japanese, 100 Koreans, 200 Annam, and 500 Jurchens.

In addition, there were more than 10,000 local indigenous troops, armed with spears, wooden plaques and earthen bows and arrows, and a few officers were equipped with sophisticated weapons such as armor, horses, muskets and sabers. These natives were educated and given cowpox, so that they would not be infected with smallpox.

According to what Sun Zhimi told the natives, he was a messenger of the gods and brought a kind of divine water from heaven, and as long as he let the divine water into his body, he would not be punished by the gods.

Grizzly Bear and Mad Wolf had become officers of the local indigenous soldiers, each riding a tall horse, with sturdy armor, a sharp steel knife at his waist, a strong bow on his back, and two short guns stuck in his belt. Compared to these sophisticated weapons and equipment, what touched the grizzly bear and the mad wolf the most was that they were treated favorably by the messenger of the gods, and their bodies were infused with divine water from the heavens!

The so-called integration of divine water into the body is to use a knife heated by the holy fire to cut a cross on the arm, and then the god makes the great heavenly master Sun Zhimi pick up a small bottle filled with holy water, dip a little holy water with something like a brush, and point it into the cross on the arm, so that the holy water from the heavens can enter the body and become one with himself.

No one doubted the holy water provided by the messenger of God, and the holy water did work, when the plague broke out, the tribes who did not believe in God died one after another, the mad wolf and the grizzly bear, who were integrated into the holy water, were protected by God, and others died, but they did nothing!

The God of Heaven is omnipotent, and the Messenger of God brings everything, and it is their honor to fight for the Messenger of God!

The Ming army went southwest in search of Western colonists, mainly for an outlet to the sea in the Atlantic. At this time, the Spanish colonizers had not yet expanded their territory to the size of the eighteenth century, and the territory they could really control was Central America, as well as the islands of the Caribbean, and later California and New Mexico in the United States, which were not under the control of the Spaniards.

Drake, a famous British pirate, once traveled to California and New Mexico to make it a British colony. However, due to the lack of manpower and the outbreak of the Anglo-Spanish War, Drake returned to England, and the colony here was soon abandoned. Later, the Spaniards also visited here, but it was abandoned by the Spaniards soon after because it was too far from the Atlantic.

The real rise of the California region was in the 19th century.

In the 17th century, California and New Mexico were sparsely populated and wildlife farms with trade forests and vast grasslands.

As the expeditionary force passed along the way, the Indian tribes it encountered were conquered one by one, and the power of the Ming army expanded rapidly, advancing in the direction of the Atlantic. At this pace, it won't take a few years for Zheng Jing's forces to truly reach the Atlantic.

The current strength is not enough to control the Atlantic coast, because the road is too long. The domestic method of building railways had already reached here, and Zheng Jing had already begun to build this simplest railway with wooden tracks and iron plates on the prairie, using mules and horses to pull carts. But to really reach the Atlantic, it would take the birth of steam locomotives, and more slaves to build railroads.

In Mexico City, the seat of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, someone came to report: "An army has broken into our precinct!" We're getting closer! Quite a few people! In front were about 10,000 indigenous soldiers, and in the back were their main force, estimated at more than 2,000 people! Our scouts have observed that the natives are dominated by spears; Their main force was muskets, artillery, and cavalry! ”

Governor Monrosa was taken aback: "Whose army is coming?" Is it the English, or the Dutch? ”

In short, the English and the Dutch had bad intentions, and if there really was an army of natives with 2,000 elites and more than 10,000 men, I am afraid that the army of the governor of New Spain might not be able to deal with it. That army was armed with artillery and cavalry, and it was certainly not an indigenous army.

The man replied, "It was too far away, and our scouts couldn't see whose army it was." However, their main forces are quite well-equipped. The natives in front of them were poorly armed, but they were clearly trained by them. ”

"Don't rush into action! Defend our castle! They won't be able to take our castle! Also, send someone to find out who is intruding on our territory! Monrosa Road.

The Ming expeditionary force of the American continent had entered the Spanish sphere of influence, which was still on the periphery of the jurisdiction of the viceroyalty of New Spain, where the Spanish collected taxes from the local Indians and sold their goods to them, in turn for huge profits.

Now there is an uninvited guest breaking in, which terrifies the Spaniards.

The current King of Spain, Carlos II, was an incompetent man, and under his rule, Spain's economy was in decline, the country's power was rapidly weakening, and the Spanish Habsburg dynasty was crumbling. In fact, this is all due to the marriage of close relatives between European royal families, Carlos II suffered from a variety of genetic diseases, as well as mental retardation and epilepsy, and with such a person as king, Spain has weakened faster than in previous years, and can no longer defend itself against the enemies who have come to rob them of their colonies.

Fortunately, in Central America, the Spanish castles were still impregnable, and the enemy would have to pay a heavy price if they attacked them.

However, Monrosa thought about it for a while, and felt that it was unlikely that it was the English or the Dutch, because there was a war between England and the Netherlands, could it be the French or the Portuguese?

Damn Portuguese, always wanted to secede from Spain! Are they here to provoke?

A few days later, new news came: the army that came turned out to be not from Europe, but from the East!

"An army from the East?" Monrosa was taken aback, "How did they end up here?" Aren't the Easterners at war with the Tatars? ”

The person who came reported: "Your Excellency, they are not here to fight with us, but to talk about trade. ”

"Trade?" Monrosa shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "The Orientals actually have such strength on the American continent, how did they come here?" Did they already take control of California? That's our Spanish territory! We can't control it for the time being, but we won't allow anyone else to set foot in it! ”

A few years ago, Drake declared that California was British territory, but in the end? Didn't Drake honestly go back to England?

The person who came said: "What shall we do if the Orientals have already taken possession of California? ”

Spain was unable to wage war to fight for the return of the occupied colonies, and if Drake had not given up on his own initiative, the Spaniards would not have had the strength to take it back.

"If they want to trade with us, you can still talk to them." Monrosa said. (To be continued.) )