Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 372 Daming Discovers Hawaii (Please Subscribe!)

Back in May 1686, a fleet was sailing on the rough ocean.

They encountered a storm, although the process was thrilling, but fortunately their ship was heavy enough to survive the storm.

Xiao Wu, formerly an officer of the small imperial court in Dongning, is the commander of this fleet and holds the rank of lieutenant colonel.

As early as two months ago, he was ordered to explore the west coast of the New World.

A total of three warships and twenty transport ships were dispatched for this exploration activity.

In order to ensure the safety of this exploration operation, the sailing ships dispatched are all over [-] tons.

When the sea storm dissipated, only the blue sky, white clouds and blue sea waves remained.

On the vast sea, a series of islands are inlaid in the blue sea like pearls.

The scenery is beautiful, the seabirds are flying, the fields are magnificent and turbulent, just like a paradise.

The fleet, which had been sailing on the ocean for more than two months, suddenly found land ahead.

With the shout of the watchman, the soldiers of the entire fleet cheered up.

During this expedition, the ships they took were soft-sailed sailing ships. There was no comfortable building on the ship, and they could only live in the cabin with dark light and turbid air. The living environment was very bad. They wanted to land on land even in their dreams. Re-experience the feeling of being grounded.

Xiao Wu quickly picked up the binoculars and looked at the land in the distance. The land in the distance is some islands, not a huge continent.

Immediately Xiao Wu quickly turned over the map awarded by Zhu Kezang, on which there was an archipelago labeled "Honolulu".

In fact, it is Hawaii, but Zhu Kezang did not adopt this Western-style translation of the name, so it is marked on the map as the Honolulu Islands.

"This should be Honolulu."

Xiao Wu was overjoyed, the emperor's map was really reliable, and there really was an island here, and Zhu Kezang specifically explained that this island was the first target they explored.

In addition, Zhu Kezang also told him that there are relatively backward indigenous people on the island and let them handle it by themselves.

Daming's exploration fleet began to slowly approach the archipelago, and soon the fleet came to an island not far away.

"Come on, send two small boats to investigate immediately." Xiao Wu ordered immediately.

"Yes, sir." The soldiers of the Royal Navy of Ming Dynasty replied.

Immediately, the two small boats were lowered, and the exploration of the archipelago in front of them had already begun.

As the exploration unfolded, they discovered that this was a natural harbor, and they also discovered that there were indeed indigenous peoples on the island.

When the fleet sailed into the port, Xiao Wu ordered to fire the cannons. In order to prevent possible conflicts, Xiao Wu absolutely frightened them first.

The sudden explosion of the cannon quickly scared the natives of the island into a coma.

Soon, they saw a huge fleet of ships coming to the port. The people on it were wearing pure white Ming navy uniforms and roaring like thunder gods. They immediately thought that the gods had descended.

Some of them knelt down and kept praying to the fleet, and some even jumped up, as if they were performing some special ceremony.

The aboriginal life here is relatively isolated. Since they lived in this archipelago, they have never seen people from the outside world.

So this reaction is very normal.

Xiao Wu and the others were confused, they surrendered so easily?
A group of natives wearing grass skirts thought that the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty was a god, which saved a lot of unnecessary trouble and bloody conflicts.

Afterwards, the Ming army landed on the island and received a pious welcome from the natives.

The natives of Honolulu are Polynesians. Strictly speaking, their ancestors lived in South China.

The languages ​​spoken in Polynesia, and the languages ​​spoken in regions closer to Ming Dynasty, such as Luzon, Malaysia and Indonesia, all belong to the Austronesian language family.

Why does the Austronesian language family have such a large area?

It all started with the expansion of the Austronesians.

Austronesians first originated in the South China region of China. For a long period of time in the history of China, the South China region was far away from the cultural circle of the Central Plains. In other words, South China was a barren land.

Due to the development of agriculture in the Central Plains, a large population was generated, and these populations expanded to the south. Due to the mastery of advanced technology and culture, the South China people who originally lived here had to migrate to more remote areas.

Some South Chinese who spoke Austronesian languages ​​entered tropical Southeast Asia, that is, the Indochina Peninsula, while others who spoke Austronesian languages ​​entered Yizhou Island.

Since then, a chain reaction has been formed in the continuous expansion of the Central Plains people, and the living space of the South Island people has been further squeezed, and they have to enter the sea to find a new place to live.

And some Austronesians came to Honolulu and formed Polynesian culture.

From the above inferences, it can be seen that the Honolulu Islands have been an inalienable territory of our Ming Dynasty since ancient times!
Xiao Wu immediately announced to the natives that this group of people had been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and from then on this place was the paradise of kingship, and all residents on the island could be called the people of the Ming Empire.

Of course, this wave of operations is like a chicken talking to a duck because of the language barrier.

Xiao Wu thought for a while, and simply invited the indigenous leaders to visit the boat, and hosted a banquet with the ingredients provided by the indigenous people.

After the aboriginal leader and a few aboriginal nobles on the left and right boarded the warship, they were simply dazzled.

There are exquisite porcelain, gorgeous brocade and silk, as well as tea, sugar, honey, and various exquisite gold, silver, and bronze wares on board.

At the same time, the chef of the fleet made a sumptuous meal, which these natives had never enjoyed. They also ate delicious food, but they were all natural fruits.

But they have never tasted the delicacies of Daming, they almost swallowed their tongues, eating them is relatively indecent, and they need to be trained by Daming.

After some hospitality, Xiao Wu began to show off his force, showing various weapons to these natives.

Under the surprised eyes of the natives, the sharp sword chopped off the trees.

Then he dragged up a captured seal and shot it to death with a trigger rifle from a distance.

The final highlight, of course, was the shelling.

The sailing battleship drove to a remote place. After finding a few large reefs as targets, the heavy artillery on the battleship fired together, and the precise shells flew out. The huge power smashed the huge reef to pieces.

A group of natives turned pale with fright, and their expressions became more respectful.

After some courtesy and intimidation, Xiao Wu remembered that the emperor loves to sign unequal treaties with other countries, so he learned a trick.

They directly drafted a Ming Tan submission agreement, the content of the agreement was that the Honolulu natives were willing to submit their families to the Ming Dynasty, and the Honolulu Islands were included in the Ming territory from now on. A number of bronze wares, brocades, silk, and porcelain wares were used to guard Honolulu for the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)