Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 616 Difficult South America

In a sense, Bai Mingxiu's trip this time was a declaration that Daming had the American colonies.As an emperor, he can easily come to these places to inspect his people and the society here, which in itself is a good display of Ming's control.Naturally, in fact, no one can protest now. Europe is now full of war clouds, and they can't care about the colonial affairs.

There are forces in the Americas such as British North America, French North America, Spanish Mexico (including Central America), Portuguese Brazil, and Guinea divided by the three countries of Britain, France and the Netherlands. The influence of the colonies is no longer as great as that of their neighbors in the Ming Dynasty.

Relying on its own strength, Ming Dynasty acquired most of the Americas, and established standard demarcation lines with other countries through means of signing treaties and exchanges.The Americas have actually been divided up. Ming did not completely annex the Americas, but it also made other countries lose the space and ability to further develop.It can only be included in part of its own expansion in name but not yet entered.For example, the English immigrants went further west into the inland areas of New England and the southern colonies, and the land east of the Appalachian Mountains was recognized as British ownership.

Although Ming Dynasty did not put as much effort in South America as it did in North America, the power of the empire is here.

Several major policies established by Bai Mingxiu to rule South America back then are still in effect today.First of all, he expelled more than one million Spaniards and native whites, and New Granada, Peru and Chile were almost a big change.Second, liberate the local Indians and reorganize the social unit structure.The third is to completely demarcate borders with neighboring countries.

The Ming Dynasty finally determined its borders through escort expeditions, mapping, and unspeakable armed forces.For example, the areas actually controlled by Portugal in Brazil are concentrated in the coastal areas and the mouth of the Amazon River.The Portuguese did not know that they controlled the Brazilian plateau and the entire Amazon plain in another dimension.Therefore, Bai Mingxiu released thousands of heavily armed escorts across South America, and finally the Portuguese discovered that there were not only primitive tribes in their inland jungles, but also Ming Dynasty escorts.

So Daming cut away about two-thirds of the land that originally belonged to Brazil, including the middle and upper reaches of the Amazon plain, half of the Brazilian plateau, and the original Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul at the southern tip of Brazil.In another plane, Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, is even part of Ming Dynasty.

In the same way, Ming also compressed Guinea controlled by Britain, France and the Netherlands to the coastal line, and the inland areas were all surrounded by themselves.

The Europeans are of course dissatisfied with this kind of behavior, but it is useless to be dissatisfied, because these lands are not under their actual control. Daming controlled this area through the escort expedition, and they were dissatisfied that they could fight against Ming.However, this option must be crossed out.

The United South American Consolation Territory is not as popular as the North American United Overseas Province Territory, and the main development is also concentrated in the investment of some resource-based enterprises, but the local area has undergone relatively large changes in appearance.

Bai Mingxiu came to Lima by plane and immediately felt the atmosphere.

Because a large number of whites and even mixed-race naturalized Catholics, Indians were expelled to New Spain, that is, Mexico and the Central American Isthmus. The local population structure has undergone drastic changes, and the Incas have become the absolute majority of the local population.

The Incas who are better at accepting Chinese quickly became the officials of the Department of Propaganda and Consolation, but the local Chinese were more concentrated in the industry, so when Bai Mingxiu came to South America, he felt like going abroad for the first time.

Xu Zengqi, the governor of South America, is a relatively traditional literati bureaucrat. When he entered the customs in the Qing Dynasty, he did not become an official. After Bai Mingxiu counterattacked, he became a civil servant. Very good, as a result, every evaluation has been promoted. Last year, he was directly selected as a first-rank official, a feudal official, and became the governor of South America.

This is different from the previous big officials in frontiers. The land he governs is comparable to the entire land of the Ming Dynasty in the past, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a small monarch.However, the level of development in South America is much behind. In North America, a series of new industrial cities have emerged. With the railway running through the continent, the industry is thriving.South America is basically a resource export place, and there is no fist manufacturing industry.

But Xu Zengqi thought that South America was very good. After the Ming Dynasty liberated the Incas, the village system was restructured. The old tribes collapsed and new villages centered on agricultural cooperatives were formed.Coupled with Ming's agricultural technology and the input of chemical fertilizers, South America has become a self-sufficient small-scale farming society that not only exports ore for more than ten years.

Bai Mingxiu was also very curious about the changes in South America, so he wanted to take a look.

Xu Zengqi is a very honest person. The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has a hard-working atmosphere, which was brought up by Bai Mingxiu. After all, those officials who boasted, even exaggerated and covered up, were dismissed after being investigated by the Overwatch Council, and everyone knew what to do in the future.Catering to the above is an eternal truth.

"The overall situation of the five propaganda and comfort divisions in South America is very similar. We have relatively large regional development imbalances. On the side of the cities near the coast, the naturalization degree of the people is relatively good, and they have basically accepted the agricultural cooperatives. We are also Gradually promote Chinese education and bilingual education in the local Inca language, but in the inland areas that are difficult for us to reach, many tribes still exist and live in primitive clan communes.”

Bai Mingxiu asked: "Repair the road and slowly affect it. It should have an effect, but I found out that there are industrial and mining railways here, and no large-scale railway lines have been built. Moreover, the mileage of roads is very small. .”

Xu Zengqi smiled wryly, and said: "Reporting to the Holy Majesty, it's not that the ministers and the ministers of the Xuanwei Department are lazy in governing, but that we have certain difficulties in South America. The former colonists have squeezed this land too much. But the Incas still resist the construction work of large organizations. Today, our mines can only attract a small number of Incas to work with high salaries. We have to recruit labor from the local or other consolation companies to open mines, build bridges and roads It is the same. The Incas are acceptable to engage in their agriculture, even with a meager income. They are satisfied with our relatively loose management of them, and are willing to pay agricultural taxes. But most of them do not want to enter the city, especially their The harvest of agricultural products is enough to feed them, so they don't want to do anything else. For them, the greatest pleasure is their own wine and entertainment."

(End of this chapter)