I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

Not only did the saber in his hand fall to the ground long ago, but he couldn't even speak loudly enough.

Zhu Fugui was stunned. This little man was the intermediary entrusted by Morishita.

Zhu Fugui had reason to believe that if he hadn't acted himself, Morishita would have died in an unsafe manner.

The saber is stuck in the neck, and the intestines are dragging around on the ground...

It's scary to think about.

But when he heard the full name of Corporal Ito, Zhu Fugui was shocked again.

Ito Hirobumi...

Isn't this the same as Li Hongzhang who is the prime minister of Bismarck in the Far East?

There are at least a dozen of the eighth wonders of the world, and there are also four or five in the Far East Bismarck.

But there is no doubt that Ito Hirobumi is a more worthy of the name, at least more reliable than our Li Zhongtang.

It's not that his abilities are comparable to Li Zhongtang's, it's just fate.

Now that the population of Ming Dynasty has increased, and the number of troops has reached 2, it is naturally impossible for Zhu Fugui to remember everyone.

After being reminded by Zhang Changgui, Zhu Fugui remembered that there seemed to be a Japanese in the naturalization application submitted by the household department a while ago.

It's just that at that time, it was mainly for the Yin people who had done meritorious service to apply for naturalization, and Zhu Fugui didn't pay special attention to this Japanese.

Zhu Fugui asked the soldiers to put him down, and then asked: "What do you, Ito Hirobumi do? What's the relationship with Changzhou feudal lord Morisan?"

Ito Hirobumi's Chinese is still not barrier-free, even if Zhu Fugui used Japanese Chinese thoughtfully, he still can't understand.

Helpless, Zhu Fugui had no choice but to order someone to bring a pen and paper to ask and answer with him.

"My minister Ito Hirobumi is a disciple of Yangming, the great sage king of the Ming Kingdom, and he is definitely not Fusang and Yi who don't know the power of heaven..."

Ito Hirobumi's Chinese characters are excellent, and he wrote a lot of them.

The main meaning is that, like my boss, I am not Japanese, but a student of Daming, half of Ming!

Ito Hirobumi, who was inspired by Morishita and witnessed the military power of the Ming Dynasty with his own eyes, found himself a very good follower, and it was somewhat reliable.

That was his teacher, Yoshida Shoin, who was dissatisfied with the unequal treaties signed between the shogunate and the United States, Britain and other Western powers five years ago, and planned to assassinate senior shogunate officials.

And Yoshida Shoin, whose name is Jufang, whose style name is Yiqing, and whose nickname is Shoin, is a representative of Yangming's philosophy of mind in Japan.

This person has practiced the psychological theory of "unity of knowledge and action" all his life, and he is also an out-and-out worshiper of Han. Even his posthumous work before he was killed by a captive is called "He Wen Tianxiang Zhengqi Song".

As a disciple of Yoshida Shoin, Ito Hirobumi took the risk of confiscating his body and burying his teacher after he was beheaded. Justified by his works, he is also regarded as a moral model.

A few years later, Ito Hirobumi contacted several classmates and other colleagues with lofty ideals, rushed into the British Legation and set fire to it, which in a sense was to practice the teacher's behest.

In a word, although I, Ito, have a Japanese short stature, I have a sincere heart towards Daming, and my roots are red and the veins are clear.

Facing Ito Hirobumi's perfect resume so far, Zhu Fugui couldn't find any faults.

After all, Ito at this time is not the oriental Bismarck who was broken by modern industry after going to the UK, and then came up with the idea of ​​"leaving Asia and entering Europe", but the lost Muhua dog who came to Daming and was choked by the ecstasy soup of the Ming combination.

Another thing is that Hirobumi Ito is indeed a young talent respected and valued by Maori, the lord of the Changzhou feudal clan, as in history, and he is treated very politely.

Through Ito Hirobumi, it is easy to get on the line of Changzhou Fan.

Japan is sandwiched between the homeland of China and the American continent, and it is the unavoidable interest of Ming Dynasty no matter what.

Zhu Fugui had considered cooperating with the shogunate before, but there was still no channel.

Now that there is Ito Hirobumi, you can try to get in touch with the Mori family.

In terms of policy philosophy, the Maori family, who are obsessed with expelling barbarians after being beaten countless times, never change their original intentions, and even kidnapped the emperor, can be said to coincide with Daming, and there may be some opportunities for cooperation.

The most important thing is that Daming is really short of women now, and Changzhou Fan, who looks for foreigners every day and fights with the shogunate, is sure that there are more women in the territory than men, so it is very suitable for socializing.

"Ito-kun, I think you are thin and short, and you really don't look like you can become an admiral of the navy. Why don't you give up martial arts and follow literature and serve the court? I have an errand here. If you can do it well, the benefits will be great. !"

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By the time the first brigade's armored agricultural vehicles crossed the river, it was already dark.

At this moment, the direction of Portland suddenly burst into flames.

This time, it wasn't Ming's secret work that set the fire, but the white colonists themselves.

Just like the Armenians evacuated from the Naka region, the white colonists evacuated Portland overnight and set it on fire.

Zhu Fugui didn't have any heartache. This wooden, unplanned western town was meant to be demolished and rebuilt.

But even though he doesn't covet those houses, it doesn't mean he has no interest in the gold and silver of those white refugees.

Since the opposite party wanted to run away without even paying for the road, Zhu Fugui would naturally not be polite.

He immediately sent cavalry troops to catch slaves and collect taxes, while armored troops penetrated south, cutting off the road going south.

Before the war, Zhu Fugui analyzed with a group of military officers that once the city of Portland was destroyed, these white people would have only two ways to escape, one is to go south into the San Francisco Bay Area, and the other is to go east into Idaho rolling mountains.

There is no doubt that most people will choose to go south, which is what Daming does not want to see.

In Zhu Fugui's eyes, the land west of the Rocky Mountains is already surnamed Zhu, and they are absolutely not allowed to get their hands on it.

If it wasn't too troublesome for the armored troops to cross the river, Zhu Fugui had planned to camp south of Portland early in the morning.

I didn't expect the other party to be so decisive, to burn the city and evacuate overnight, without procrastinating at all.

Zhu Fugui had a premonition that all of this was likely to be the work of that one-eyed man named Hoffman again.

Fortunately, although agricultural vehicles with a speed of more than 40 kilometers per hour are not very fast, they are definitely much faster than the colonists who dragged their families and even drove mules, horses and donkey carts.

For a whole night, the red necks who went south paid their orders, and the red necks who went east paid their money, and Daming's two big nets were spread out.

Although it is not very strict, it is enough to cover a large number of people.

On the contrary, those who choose to go west and go south along the coastline, the Ming Dynasty has insufficient troops and cannot control them.

In short, after a somewhat chaotic night, the situation became clearer the next day.

Zhu Fugui and the main infantry unit entered the ruins of Portland to review the results of last night's battle.

Mo Bai's slave hunting team captured a total of 3500 white slaves, and collected a transit tax equivalent to 38 Dewu Baotong.

Qi Wenchang's armored brigade wiped out more than 5000 well-trained militants who went south, ignored warnings, and insisted on rushing into the isolation zone. More than 1900 ordinary unarmed militants also confiscated more than [-] guns, and all kinds of livestock were useless.

In addition, more than 2000 white school-age women who were oppressed by Western male boxing will be liberated. After labor reform in Huanyifang, they will choose the best to become Daming military wives who can hold up half the sky.

After a short rest, Zhu Fugui ordered the second and third regiments of the first brigade to go up the river and clean up the scattered white settlements in the upper reaches of the New Yellow River.

So far, in Oregon State, there is basically no military force that can threaten Ming Dynasty, and Xinlu Province of Ming Dynasty has declared its recovery.

……

Although it cannot be said that it was burned to nothing, there is no doubt that the city of Portland, or New Jinan, needs to be rebuilt.

But to be honest, Zhu Fugui's main purpose of sending troops to occupy New Jinan was not to immigrate here and build a prosperous new economy.

This is unrealistic. Fengdu itself is short of people, so how can it be time to immigrate to Xinji?

Blood transfusion for Xinji?

Wrong, wrong, the reason why Daming wanted to conquer this place was to suck blood!

Of course, without construction at all, it is impossible to suck blood. Build first, then suck blood, Minute Maid.

Chapter 193 Development, Deployment, Exchange Plan

After conquering Xinji, Zhu Fugui ordered the [-]rd Mixed Brigade to stay where he was and stand by after resting for a day, and returned to the court with the [-]st Brigade.

The navy "Yangzhou" towed the damaged "Jiading" back to Xinjin Dock for repairs, and then transported more than 500 Jinyiwei Gold Troops to Xinji City.

The Jinyiwei Gold Troop belongs to Nanzhen Fusi. It is a paramilitary exploration troop. It is most suitable for prospecting in mountainous areas where the white bandits have not been completely eliminated.

To be honest, compared with the golden troops of later generations, the Jinyiwei Golden Troops of the Ming Dynasty are actually not professional.

Although I have received some simple training, I lack experience and the theoretical knowledge is not solid.

Fortunately, the technology is not enough, and plug-ins are used to make up.

What they carry with them, besides all kinds of exploration equipment, is a [Simplified Map of Mineral Distribution in Xinlu].

San Francisco, that is, San Francisco, did not actually have the name "San Francisco" in this era, but is generally called "San Francisco" or "Golden Mountain" by Chinese people.

With the gradual depletion of gold mine resources in San Francisco and the rise of gold mines in other places, Jinshan naturally became San Francisco.

As for exactly where is Xinjinshan, there are two theories. One is that Xinjinshan refers to Melbourne, Australia.

This is the most mainstream view, because the gold mines in Melbourne are large enough and have been mined for a long time, but the distance between one south and one north, one east and one west is too far away.

But in fact, there is another theory, that is, the Portland gold mine, more than 800 kilometers north of San Francisco, is the so-called New Gold Mountain.

Which statement is correct, Zhu Fugui has no way to verify it, and there is no need to verify it at all. The important thing is that there are gold mines near Portland!

Gold is a good thing!

Different from hyped diamonds.

Diamonds are nothing more than the product of a special arrangement of carbon elements, and their essence is still a group of carbon atoms that is rotten throughout the universe.

And gold, even in the entire universe, is scarce, and only major events at the level of supernova explosions can produce gold elements.

In other words, if it develops to a cosmic civilization, then the most likely physical currency that passes through the universe is still gold.

Not to mention, gold plays an unparalleled role in various high-tech industries in later generations.

And for Zhu Fugui, gold, as a resource with extremely low cultural value punishment, is one of the few things that can be obtained in large quantities from this era and then cashed out from later generations. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a strategic resource of the Ming Empire.

This is also the main reason why Zhu Fugui did not hesitate to go south to conquer Xinlu.

In addition, in addition to gold, Xinlu also has the only nickel mine in the United States, as well as abundant reserves of mercury, coal, and a small amount of oil.

There is oil, which is also a key point.

The coal resources near Xinfeng are not bad, but there is no oil at all. Even if there is, it is shale oil that needs to be unlocked to extract shale oil technology. It is not obtainable by Da Ming's current technology.

With the improvement of the degree of mechanization of the Ming army, having its own crude oil exploration and refining plants must also be put on the agenda.

Zhu Fugui remembered that Rockefeller, the future oil king, was mining oil in the middle of the United States. If he could find a way to introduce the mining line of this era, and then purchase some core technology components, or combine them with the technology of later generations, he might be able to unlock his own. [Oil Tycoon] badge of honor to play.

Of course, Xinlu's oil reserves are not very high.

The large oil fields that are easy to exploit in the United States are basically in the central region, and Zhu Fugui is still beyond his reach.

But it doesn't matter, just like New China, which is an oil-poor country, has been a net oil exporter before 93. As long as the consumption is small, it is not afraid of low production.

Xinlu's oil is more than enough to at least support Zhu Fugui to complete the first five-year plan.

Of course, after the Great Ming Pacific Rim Empire is formed in the future, the oil issue will depend on Comrade Sangui's efforts.

After all, in later generations, although the United States and Siberia are rich in oil, the cost of exploitation is much higher than that in the Middle East.

In addition to mining, the gold army has another task.

It is to check and map the topography of the Fengji Railway.

From Xinji to Xinjin, you can go by water, and it only takes 12 hours.

But the railway is still necessary. The railway traffic line can connect the two regions more effectively and has very important military value.

These are only industrial issues. Whether the Portland area should develop its own agriculture, or whether it will mainly provide agricultural products from the Xinjin Agricultural Reclamation Area like Fengdu, all these need to be considered.

In short, Xinlu's work is very fragmented, and it is obvious that a local administrator is required to carry out overall management.

Originally, many people thought that His Majesty the Emperor would appoint a household doctor, Ma Er, to take office.

But no one expected that on the second day after His Majesty returned to Xinfeng, instead of waiting for the imperial decree for promotion, Ma Er waited for the official of the Ministry of Justice and Jin Yiwei Tiqi to visit.

Because of embezzling imperial property during His Majesty's expedition and trying to seduce the spouses of soldiers of the Royal Army, Ma Er was arrested and thrown into prison, becoming the No.

It is said that some people saw a variety of terrifying instruments of torture, such as "inverted hair washing machine" and "destroyed boat treadmill", being transported into the imperial prison.

All of a sudden, the courtiers of Daming recalled the fear of being dominated by the factory guards again.

However, the Ministry of Criminal Justice soon announced that Ma Er's case would be tried in a fair and transparent manner, and there would be no secret executions, which made everyone feel relieved.

Just to put it bluntly, how could it be possible for the Holy Son of Heaven to do something unwarranted?

This Ma Er must have drifted away, but he did such a treasonous thing after receiving the favor of the emperor, he really deserves his death!

At the same time, this thunderous blow more or less awakened some people who started to think carefully after keeping warm.

In the end, Shen Wanjin, the former director of the Daming Royal Watch Factory and member of the household department, stood out as the chief envoy of Xinlu Province. He was in charge of mining and related dispatching matters, and had a certain degree of judicial disciplinary power.