My Daming New Empire

Although they have nothing to do with the Chibcha, the main ethnic group in Colombia, culturally, their skin color is the same as that of the Ming people, and they are all pure yellow races.

As for the color variation of Indians in later generations, it is mainly because most of the Indians have their blood mixed with black and white blood. Pure Indians account for less than [-]% of the population.

So in later generations, most of the Indians we saw were not the same as the yellow race, just because they were no longer a pure race.

But in this era, there is no obvious difference between the aborigines here and the Daming people, it is nothing more than the dress is different, and because of the hot weather, they have been tanned a lot because they don't wear clothes.

Such different nationalities, because of their similar appearance, blend together without any difficulty.

"The natives here call themselves the Tayrona people, and they build stone houses, stone tombs, stone bridges and stepped stone platforms; they also make pottery, stone tools, animal bones and shell ornaments, beads, buttons, jewelry, etc.

In terms of agriculture, they don't grow much food, mainly corn, and they mainly live by hunting and picking.There are all kinds of fruits and countless animals here. People can get endless food without hard work.

And their stone mill is almost exactly the same as that of Daming, which can crush corn and cook porridge in clay pots.

It's just that their iron and steel smelting is very backward. They only throw iron ore into the fire and burn it, and then forge it to obtain iron tools with low purity.

People here still mainly use bronze and gold weapons, and only these two metals can be melted with fire. "

"March [-]th, sunny. A small team in charge of patrolling the mine today discovered two giant pythons. This time, the soldiers who had prepared themselves were not afraid of the giant pythons. Although there were only ten of them, they Shoot in turn to kill the two pythons.

One of the pythons is nearly 13 meters long, and the other is nearly ten meters long. In Daming, I have never seen such a huge python.

Although the local natives respect the snake god, they prefer this kind of snake meat. The meat of the two giant pythons is nearly two thousand catties, and they eat them directly. "

"March 21, sunny. Now more and more natives have arrived here. They all carry gold on their bodies. They don't need to trade. As long as we say we want gold, they are willing to donate it.

When many tribal leaders saw us, they prostrated themselves on the ground and saluted us.In their hearts, we are gods from heaven.Especially after seeing our big ship, countless natives are even willing to sacrifice their lives. "

"March 25th, overcast. Today, a huge snake bone was dug out from the peat mine. The length of this snake bone is even more than 15 meters, and the bone has become like a stone.

I thought of the fossil His Highness once said, so this should be it.So I asked the natives to collect these fossils, number them, and transport them to the ship.Transport these back to Daming, His Highness should like it. "

"March 28, sunny. I received news from Hanjin today that there is enough peat.

The trade between Jia Chuan and the natives has already been completed.There is only a small half of the cloth we carry, and some glazed beads.This is to prepare for the next trip, and then meet the natives to trade with them.

Knowing that we are leaving, these native people are extremely disappointed, and they hope that we can stay here for a long time.

We proposed to have [-] young people come on board with us, and they fought for this place. In the end, there were [-] big tribes, and each tribe sent a strong young man to go on board with us.

We will teach them Da Ming dialect, and when we come here in the future, we will not be afraid of not being able to communicate with them. "

"On April [-], it was fine. The fleet set off. The new natives on board were the same as the original natives. They were hardworking and able to endure hardships. No matter what they were assigned to do, they never complained.

Jia Chuan arranged for a scholar to teach them Ming dialect, and they were all willing to learn it.From their eyes, it can be seen that they are full of longing for Daming.

Jia Changsui has been very happy recently. He exchanged goods that cost less than ten catties of gold for four thousand catties of gold.This is really huge profits! "

Yang Dao and the others sailed north along the west side of the Caribbean Sea, and when they came to the border of Panama, the location of the test surprised everyone.

Whether looking at the map or based on the actual measurement results, it proved that the difference between this place and the port where they were stationed half a year ago was less than 150 miles.

If a canal can be dug here to connect the two oceans, tens of thousands of miles of travel can be saved in the future.

But he also knew that it was an almost impossible task to rely on the natives here to dig a canal.

This matter still needs a long-term plan.

Just when Yang Dao and Jia Chuan were secretly happy because of their harvest, Hou Xian, who was far away in Cusco, felt panic because of the huge harvest.

The Kingdom of Cusco, located on the Peruvian plateau, has dominated the area for more than 100 years.

For more than 100 years, the Kingdom of Cusco fought north and south and became the overlord of one side.And the area they occupy is also one of the areas with the largest gold reserves in the world.

From Peru to Chile to Bolivia, this is the world's largest and most dense metal mineral belt.

It can be said that if any mountain here is dug up, there is either gold, silver, or brass in it, it is nothing more than a question of the amount of reserves.

Occupying here, the Kingdom of Cusco was punished by Hou Xian because it wanted to fight against Ming at the beginning.

He didn't want to kill Viracocha, the arrogant king who sat in the sky, and when faced with Ming's musket, he simply didn't have the will to resist.

The humility he showed was even more extreme than those of Puggio and Ventilla.

There is no need to use force at all for the Ming Dynasty to conquer here.

With the same skin color, the same appearance, and a more advanced civilization.When the closed South American Indians saw the Ming people, they had no sense of resistance at all.

In order to show punishment, Hou Xian said casually that they would contribute all their gold and silver.Then, millions of Cusco tribes from all over the world contributed their gold.

They traveled through mountains and rivers to the city of Cusco, and then placed the gold on the square in the center of the city.

And whenever Hou Xian acts kindly to them and rewards them with soft silk, they will be thrilled.

When three months passed, the gold in the middle of the square had piled up like a hill.

Wu Xun, the young inner prisoner who was in charge of guarding the square and counting the gold, had gradually become numb from the shock at the beginning, and finally became panicked.

Because there are too many of these gold and silver, far more than they expected.

Just preliminary statistics, the gold here has exceeded 30 catties, and the silver has [-] catties.The total exceeded ten million taels of silver.

The people here are very poor. Apart from the basic living security, they don't have any luxurious enjoyment. Even the monarch only wears coarse linen clothes.

But they are so rich, sitting on countless mines.It's just that they lack the channels to turn these gold and silver into material wealth.

During this period of time, Hou Xian not only met with the leaders of various tribes, but also signed various agreements with them to turn these areas into the territory of Ming Dynasty.At other times, I was thinking about how to establish a trade channel.

As an internal supervisor, he knows that Zhu Zhanji's current goal is to establish trade channels between Daming and other countries in the world, with North Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the West.

If this trade route is established, it will far surpass the Silk Road to the northwest.

In the past, this might have been a dream, but when Daming already had steam sailing ships, it became much easier to establish such a trade route.

Now, the busiest ones belong to the craftsmen of the fleet.

While instructing the local people to make wooden boxes, they also instructed them to make carts.Just to transport the gold and silver to the seaside requires hundreds of vehicles, as well as the army's supplies and food, at least a thousand carts are needed.

And a large number of soldiers were also sent out. They surveyed the terrain, explored minerals, and instructed local farmers to plant land and build roads.

All the soldiers are full of motivation. This place is full of gold, so people don't want to leave after coming!

(Today is Valentine's Day, I wish everyone a happy Valentine's Day.)

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It's mid-spring, before the rainy season, Yingtianfu, located in the south of the Yangtze River, has entered the most beautiful season of the year.