Chongzhen Undergraduates

The camp grew in size, and the stone walls surrounding it took shape.It may be due to the stone wall, or it may be because of getting used to the present day, no Japanese escaped from the camp anymore.

But food became less and less, and everyone began to drink gruel, and the rice bowls of those Japanese people were filled with wild vegetables.Li Yan overestimated the ability of the fishing team. In this unfamiliar sea area, their fish catch was much lower than before.

The only thing to do now is to wait.

When the sun was about to set that day, Li Yan and a group of civil servants were having dinner on a spacious platform at the highest point of the castle.A bowl of black and green wild vegetables was piled high, and each of them held a palm-sized yellow-faced bun and chewed it silently.

"Bah! What kind of vegetable is this? It's so bitter." Deng Wenchang twisted his face and spit vigorously.

This guy has a lot of background, he is Wei Guogong's son-in-law, although the nobles are not as good as before, but people like him have never suffered this kind of hardship.

It's not easy for Li Yan to say anything, after all, it's not easy for everyone to come here to endure hardships, and it's considered an aspiring young man who can come here from thousands of miles.

"Dang, clang, clang!" A rapid alarm bell rang, which was an alarm issued by an outpost in the distance.

Immediately afterwards, the horns in the camp also blew one after another.For a moment, the platform was a little flustered, and these civil servants had never encountered such an urgent situation.

"What are you panicking about!" Li Yan lost his temper for the first time since coming to the North American continent.

Taking out the binoculars, I looked at the hilltop that gave off the alarm, and there was a moving shadow on the hilltop farther in between. Under the reflection of the setting sun, it was faintly khaki.

"Is there an enemy attacking us?" Deng Wenchang was a little excited, and he glanced at the seaside, where there were thousands of troops stationed there.Having an enemy attack actually means that there is food, and if you defeat the enemy, you will have food.

"It's Huang Wu and the others who are back." Li Yan's expression improved slightly, and he put down the binoculars in his hand, and he had a clear view of the situation on the other side.

When it was dark, Huang Wu and the others finally arrived at the camp. To everyone's surprise, it took half an hour just to drive the cattle into the castle.There is no way, this castle must be uninhabitable tonight, it can only be given to the cows, otherwise what will happen if the cows run away.

"Sir, no, move these Japanese out of the city, what if they run away overnight?" Deng Wenchang tried to block Li Yan's decision.

"Look at the people who came back, except for those ninjas, who has the ability to run?" Li Yan glanced at the group of tattered Japanese people who were following Huang Wu and Hattori Zhengchen's buttocks, and said with a smile .

"My lord, the little one fulfilled his mission and found food. In addition, he brought back all the Japanese who escaped; besides," Huang Wu smiled wrinkled his face, knowing that he had earned his first credit. In other words, he has a place in Li Yan's heart from then on.

"Well, I saw it. I brought back a lot of natives, and they were all women and children. I also saw several young women behind each of you. It seems that they have been served by them along the way. Why? You can't even see a man, have you killed all the men?" Li Yan said playfully.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Huang Wu was almost scared to death by Li Yan's words. He had no idea that Li Yan's eyes were so poisonous, and he could see everything clearly in the dark.But he can only guarantee that the few Ming people he brought didn't touch those aboriginal women, but those Japanese people didn't dislike them, and they had already rolled with those people.

"Tell me, go out this time, have you found a way to do things? Don't tell me that you are only credited with finding these bison. This will not wash away your crime." Even in the dark night, Li Yan's eyes are enough to frighten Huang Huang. enlightened.

"My lord, I don't know if the villain's thinking is right or not." Huang Wu was a little frightened and faltered.

"Fart your fart." Li Yan scolded.

"We can definitely learn from the Tatars and send people to take over their tribe," Huang Wu said in a low voice.

Chapter 7 and One: Tribal Confederation under Slavery

What is the way of the Tatars?

Li Yan thought Huang Wu was talking about the form of tribal alliances, so it's no wonder he thought so.

Because before departure, Li Yan and Zhu Youjian discussed how to govern the Americas, and of course Zhu Youjian would tell Li Yan the typical centralized system.And the two of them argued about tribal alliances and slavery, especially in the early days of their arrival in America, they definitely couldn't be governed by the Ming model.Don't think that a group of modern people go to the primitive society, and then they can directly adopt the modern system. Unless the proportion of the population is large enough, you will be the second Wang Mang.

Have Europeans assimilated Americans for hundreds of years?No.

Only after they killed the aborigines into a rare race, did they allow the aborigines to accept their rule smoothly.There is, of course, the question of the apparent distinction between Caucasians and Aboriginal people.But under the same conditions, how could black slaves accept being ruled with peace of mind?

When Li Yan heard this, he felt a little contemptuous. He didn't think Huang Wu could have better suggestions than Zhu Youjian.

"What the villain means is to adopt the hierarchy system of Dayuan back then. Make the people here the lowest." Huang Wu definitely doesn't understand tribal alliances, slavery, or feudalism.

But as a Ming person, he must know what was going on in the previous dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty divided people into three, six, and nine classes according to their occupations. Intellectuals were all stinky old nines, who were even higher than prostitutes, so they were called "stinky old nines." .The Ming Dynasty, which valued literati, naturally hated this kind of division, but in fact, the Ming Dynasty actually continued to use some grade divisions, such as craftsman status and military status, which were learned from Meng Yuan.

Li Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this, he didn't expect Huang Wu to have such a vision, and only such a person who is obsessed with research will often play cards unreasonably.

"You go down first, and I'll think about it later." Li Yan encouraged Huang Wu, and by the way, agreed to Huang Wu's promise to Hattori Masato.

Regarding Huang Wu's suggestion, Li Yan has actually taken it into his heart.Why does Li Yan care about this matter?That's because he was well aware of the proportion of the population in the early days of colonizing the Americas.To put it more clearly, not only Ming people immigrated, but also a large number of Japanese people.If the Japanese problem is not resolved, there will be sequelae.

Li Yan was waiting, waiting for the arrival of the follow-up fleet. During this period, the severe food problem was temporarily alleviated.

Because of the supplement of a large amount of prey, the food problem of the first batch of colonists was solved, and after a month, even simple vegetables could be supplied.On a batch of newly reclaimed land, vegetables, potatoes, radishes and other crops were grown.Now in everyone's bowls, there is nothing but rice and noodles, but meat, vegetables, and fish are plentiful.

But one thing is not enough, the population growth is too slow.Counting on catching natives in the west to increase the population?It is estimated that it will not develop in 100 years.The entire west is not only much less civilized than the east, but also has a much lower population density than the east. The east of North America is the Great Plains.

After more than 20 days, Li Yan and the others finally waited for the second batch of colonists.Unlike the first batch of fleets, this batch of fleets mainly transported supplies, including enough food for them to eat for a year, as well as [-] head of cattle and [-] horses (all stallions). seed.Rear Admiral Feng Xin was responsible for the escort, and he also brought a radio station, which was escorted by a battalion of marines.

"It's half a month later than expected." Li Yan asked Feng Xin.

"Temporary diversion, we occupied Hawaii Island, left half of the division there, and built a transfer station." Feng Xin looked a little excited. He has gained a lot of knowledge during this trip, and he never thought that the world is so big. There is such a big place at the end of the ocean.Although I had already studied geography when I came here, the feeling of seeing it with my own eyes is still different.When people's horizons are broadened, their thinking will also change.

In the words of later generations, the current Feng Xin has rushed out of Asia and into the world.

"Why do you want to occupy Hawaii this time?" Li Yan was a little surprised. According to the plan, they didn't need large-scale immigration for at least a year, and it would be a waste to build a transit in Hawaii.

"The emperor wants to establish contact with you directly, but the clairvoyance we brought is not enough." Feng Xin couldn't understand the radio thing, and Li Yan was confused when he talked about it during the day.

Finally, the person in charge of telecommunications was found, and it was only then that the technology of the radio station produced by Daming was not up to standard, and the power was not enough.Zhu Youjian was worried about accepting the problem, so he built a transit in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in advance.

"So, I can talk to the emperor now?" Li Yan was a little nervous, he hadn't used this thing yet.

"I invite you to write. We will use the signal to transmit to Hawaii, and from Hawaii to Nanjing." As a professional, the tone of the person in charge of the radio station is already very "professional" in front of Li Yan and others.

"Then let's start!" Li Yan couldn't wait.

"Ah! Here?" The other party was dumbfounded.

"Oh, find a boat. Notify me, and no one else is allowed to approach." Li Yan knew that the radio station was a secret, and it belonged to the Ming Dynasty's first-level strategic secret technology.

Li Yan hardly slept that night. The communication between him and Zhu Youjian was not smooth, mainly because the words were too long-winded.When Li Yan stayed up late to communicate, Zhu Youjian happily ate watermelon and drank sour plum soup in broad daylight.They finally appreciate the difference in time zones.

The result of this communication is: Zhu Youjian affirmed Li Yanxin's idea, but in fact, Huang Wu also contributed.Established tribal confederations for slavery in North America while classifying people.There are several main considerations.

One is that the western part of North America itself is suitable for nomadic herding. You must know that the western cowboys are not talking about it. California itself is a region with developed animal husbandry in later generations.It is sparsely populated, and the mountains are rugged, and it is not suitable for large-scale planting, but it is very suitable for pastures.

The second is to deal with the current aborigines. We can't expect them to accept the advanced culture of Ming Dynasty all at once. Instead, we should first rule them in a way that these people can understand.Since there are all tribes here, it is appropriate to use the way of tribal alliances to expand first.To be precise, it is to learn from the way of the Mongols and first establish a nomadic slavery society in the west.

The third is that with regard to the Japanese issue, we must pay attention to strategy, and we must be moderate. We can neither give them equal treatment than ordinary people, nor suppress them too hard all at once. Classification is both beating and giving hope.Let them temporarily be in the middle layer of the future society.Zhu Youjian believes that if the Japanese are turned into slaves, then they will inevitably resist, and if they are classified as Ming people, these people will be shameless.

"We are short of horses now!" Zhu Youjian sighed.Because not only Daming needs a lot of horses, but now North America also needs a lot of horses.Without a certain number, how can North America establish a nomadic tribal alliance?You must know that the Americas do not produce horses, and the Europeans have not yet made efforts to colonize the Americas.

Chapter 7 and Two: Li Dingguo's Controversy

There is also a reason for Daming's lack of horses.

Looking at the current Daming, regardless of the north, south, east, and west, a large number of horse-drawn carriages are galloping on the roads of the country day and night. While greatly developing transportation, it also greatly occupies horse resources.Some people say that the development of railways means that he underestimated the technical content of railways.There is also a time-traveling novel written in the late Ming Dynasty, the Shanhaiguan Railway was built in less than five years, and it is estimated that the high-speed rail can be built in 20 years.

This is of course a joke, unless it is a system stream, there will be aliens directly pulling onions on dry land, providing complete techniques and trainers.Think about the high-speed rail technology of later generations. On the basis of the original mature railway system, it took 20 years from the introduction to the full maturity of the technology by concentrating the power of the whole country. I dare not say that 100% of the parts are made in China.Can you repair the railway to the outside of the customs in five years at the end of Ming Dynasty?