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"This is a weapon made in the Spanish Netherlands," said Zhou Peigong. "The Spanish Netherlands is a territory of Spain, and the Kingdom of New Spain is also a territory of Spain... Danzin Anda, your people will not go nomadic to New Spain Is the kingdom on the verge?"

Danjin Emu spread his hands, "I don't know either!"

"What about the people from the indigenous tribe?" Zhou Peigong asked.

"No more..." Danjin Omu said, "No more!"

"What?" Zhou Peigong was taken aback, "Killed them all? You also..."

Danjin Emu hurriedly waved his hands to deny, "Not all of them were killed, and there were still a lot of people left... But for some reason, when they were brought here, they all died of illness, it seems that they died of smallpox!"

Sure enough, they are Mongolian villains... even more vicious than Zhou Peigong's Han villains!

"Smallpox?" Zhou Peigong frowned.

He knew that Danjin Omu's men had been vaccinated when they left Daming, but vaccination is not a 100% guarantee, and it is inevitable that some people still have pox seedlings... and the aborigines on the New World side because no one got it I have had smallpox, have never had acne, and have no resistance at all. Once smallpox spreads, I don't know how many people will die!

Thinking of this, Zhou Peigong asked again: "Is everything cleaned up?"

"No..." Danjin Emu shook his head, "I ran away a little!"

"Run away?" Zhou Peigong frowned even tighter, and he took a look at the cross again. The inscriptions on it are all in Latin letters, and the craftsmanship is also very rough. It should be given to those natives by Spanish missionaries. .

It goes without saying that there must be a team of Spanish missionaries operating in the deserts and grasslands in the south!

If they found out that Ming's pioneering group had arrived in the New World, the Spaniards would probably take advantage of the unstable foothold of the pioneering group and attack the door.

"Brother Peigong," Li Guangdi leaned forward and said, "I'm afraid that those Spaniards will find us now!"

Chen Tingjing also came up, "Brother Pei Gong, why don't we call back the people from Qianhu in Danjin...then it won't be easy for the Spaniards to find us."

Zhou Peigong thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "If the Spaniards have already discovered the people from Qianhu in Danjin, we will show our cowardice if we try to hide again! Moreover...we don't have enough supplies and animals on hand."

"Brother Peigong, do you want to..." Li Guangde looked at Zhou Peigong and asked.

Zhou Peigong thought for a while, and said, "We don't need to hide from the Spaniards...we should take the initiative to go south to find the Spaniards!"

"Looking for a Spaniard?" Chen Tingjing was taken aback by Zhou Peigong's words, "We don't have many people!"

Zhou Peigong smiled: "The Spaniards don't know!"

Li Guangdi shook his head: "Even if the Spaniards don't know how many of us there are, they can still guess... After all, we just came here!"

Zhou Peigong smiled, "Just here? How do they know we're just here? And do they know who we are? The northwest corner of the New World is also unknown to Westerners like them!"

Chapter 782 Dabang Yin, Tianyi Merchant

The City of God, next to the Pacific Ocean, is a place full of hills, woods, rivers, and grasslands, with beautiful scenery and a pleasant climate all year round.It's just that there is neither God nor city, only a small number of Indians of the Chumash tribe live here for generations, living a primitive life uncontested with the world.

And the place name of the City of God was not given by the Chumash people, but by the Spanish colonists who arrived here in 1542 to explore.However, those colonists did not stay in the City of God for a long time, but left in disappointment after some exploration—they did not come to find God, but to find mountains of gold and silver and a legend that is everywhere. The treasures of the lost Indian cities came here.It's a pity that they didn't get any information about the lost Indian treasure city from the local Chumash population... They didn't even find any artifacts that could be linked to civilization among the Chumash.

Obviously, the gold mountain, the silver mountain and the lost city are all baseless rumors.In the first few decades when the Spaniards first arrived in America, they often explored because of some strange legends.For example, Florida has the Spring of Immortality, South Carolina has a Diamond Mountain, Texas has the Kingdom of Gran Quevilla, Arizona has seven cities full of wealth, and so on.

The exploration of the City of God organized by the Spaniards was also due to some rumors.

After these European explorers left, the City of God once again fell into isolation and tranquility until more than 140 years later, in 1685, Bishop Raul from the New Andalusian colony of the Kingdom of New Spain ·Torres did not know where he heard the legend of the Golden Mountain, the Silver Mountain and the Lost City.This [-]-year-old priest from Spain had spent a lot of money to get his current position, so of course he wanted to find an opportunity to make up for it.So he was naturally particularly interested in the legends about the mountains of gold, mountains of silver, and lost cities.

Of course, he is not a fool, and he also knows that such rumors are mostly unreliable.But he decided to do it anyway... in the name of going to the City of God to evangelize, so that he could pay for it out of the diocese's public purse.If he can find mountains of gold, mountains of silver, and the lost city, then he will be rewarded.If he couldn't find it, then he could always attract some believers who were willing to convert to Catholicism in the City of God—for this reason, he used the funds of the diocese to go to the port of Acapulco (an important port on the Pacific Ocean) to buy a batch from the Pacific Ocean. The western swords brought from above are given to tribal leaders who are willing to believe in religion.

And his exploration of the City of God actually took place in the first half of 1685, when the Mongols in Danjin Omu had not yet entered the City of God area.Therefore, he did not encounter those murderous Mongols... That's why he and his group returned to the south of the Sonoran Desert to rest without any danger.

Although no clues related to the lost city were found in this exploration, some pure natural gold fragments were obtained from several tribal leaders who agreed to convert!

And those people also told Raul Torres that these little yellow stones came from the Oron people in the north!

Raul Torres, who is particularly sensitive to gold, immediately realized that there must be a gold mine that can be mined in the open pit somewhere in the north of the City of God, and the reserves are amazing!

But of course the supplies of the missionary team led by Raul Torres are almost exhausted, and the team members are very tired, so they can only temporarily return to the south of the Sonoran Desert to rest, and at the same time hired a hundred or so armed mestizos ( Indo-European mixed blood), and equipped them with advanced weapons capable of crushing hundreds of Indian warriors.

After completing the rest and equipment, in January of 1686 in the Western calendar, Raul Torres led an expedition team with a total number of more than 1 people, crossing the Sonora Desert and heading north.

But when they arrived around the City of God, they found that most of the local Indian villages were deserted, and no one knew where they had gone.Some also appear to have been looted and burned!

Now Raul Torres immediately became vigilant.He realized that there were probably some powerful Indian tribes that had entered the City of God—there were still some Indians who were more capable of fighting. The cities of San Juan and Santa Fe in the northeastern part of New Spain had all been attacked Attack of the plains safari tribes!

However, Raul Torres, who had participated in several wars on the European continent, was unwilling to give up. He just asked the heavily hired mercenary captain, a mestizo named Perez, to be careful of Indian sneak attacks.He also asked Perez to form a circular caravan with his caravan when the expedition camped... In his view, the Indians are backward after all. , steel swords and spears to rival the mestizo mercenaries of the Kingdom of New Spain.

Under the protection of these mestizo mercenaries, Raul Torres was safe and sound all the way, and soon went deep into the hinterland of the City of God.This area is quite fertile grassland, there are a large number of lush forests, and there are rolling mountains and the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean in the distance.On the green grass, there are small white tents dotted here and there, and there are white cloud-like flocks of sheep flowing on the grass... It seems a bit wrong!Raul Torres had just thought of this, and Perez had already shouted.

"Tents? Flocks? God... where did they come from?"

Yes, where did it come from?

Nomadic Indians?

Never heard of such an Indian tribe!

Before Raul Torres and Perez could react, there was a harsh sound of beards in the nearby woodland, and then they saw thousands of people wearing white robes and white snow caps, riding horses The son of the son rushed out.

These white knights looked quite capable, as if they were carrying muskets, bows and arrows, and some of them were holding charging spears.Thousands of knights adjusted their formation while galloping on their horses. When they approached Raul Torres's team of horses, they had already formed a crescent-shaped semi-circle, forming a semi-encirclement of Raul Torres' team of horses. .

In addition, these people also carried two flags with white and low black characters. Raul Torres did not recognize the characters on the flags, but he knew that they were square characters used by Orientals!

If he knew Chinese characters, he would be even more surprised.

Because the two flags are embroidered with "Da Bang Yin" and "Da Yi Shang" respectively!

Raul Torres took a closer look and found that those people were all with oriental faces...could they be the legendary Mongols?Aren't Mongols nomads?How did you swim across the Pacific Ocean to the New World?

Thinking of this, Raul Torres asked loudly in blunt Chinese: "You... who are you? Here, the land of the Kingdom of Spain!"

He had even learned Chinese before!He was a Jesuit monk and was planning to go to China as a missionary, so he learned a little Chinese in a Jesuit school.But later Zhu Heqi banned the spread of Catholicism, so he did not go to China.

At this time, a white-robed knight in his fifties with a long beard and a fair complexion rode out, and he replied in Chinese that was difficult to understand: "I, Grand Master Shang Fang, is ordered by the king to make an inspection tour." Haijiang!"

Chapter 783 Since ancient times, it has been owned by merchants!

"Shang Fang?" Raul Torres was confused, and asked again: "Is your... a Mongolian?"

He also knows the Mongols, although he has never seen them, but he has heard of them, and looking at those white knights, he always feels that they look alike.

But the white-faced and long-bearded knight asked loudly: "What Mongols? I am from the Shang! Where did the ghosts come from? How dare you invade our Shang land? Did the Zhou people send you here? of?"

The land of merchants?Ghost Fang?Zhou people?

Raul Torres became more and more confused. The other party seemed to be speaking Chinese, and he could barely understand each word, but what did they mean together?He really didn't understand.

It seems that only the common language in the world can be used - force!Go reason with these savages.

Thinking of this, he looked back at his mercenary leader Perez, and asked in Spanish: "Can your people deal with these barbarians?"

Before Perez could answer, the white-faced and long-bearded knight yelled, "The blunderbuss...put it down!"

Then thousands of people shouted in unison: "The great merchant is mighty!"

After the roar, thousands of flintlock guns were removed from the shoulders of those "merchant cavalry", and then the muzzles were flattened to the front!

"Flint, flintlock?" Perez recognized at a glance that the opponent was using a flintlock.His subordinates only have arquebus guns, while others are all flintlock guns... and looking at the way they aim their guns, you can tell that they are well-trained!

"My lord bishop, we can't beat them... They don't look like barbarians, they look very civilized and reasonable!"

Raul Torres also saw the black muzzles of thousands of flintlock guns pointed at him... These merchants with flintlock guns are indeed reasonable and civilized people!

They are speaking the common language of the world, reasoning with Raul Torres!

"Don't shoot... We don't have any malicious intentions, just a misunderstanding!" Raul Torres raised his hands high as he shouted.

Seeing him raise his hands, Perez also quickly raised his hands, posing a peace-loving gesture. The mercenaries below saw that they all loved peace... All of them raised their hands high, and some even threw muskets and long guns. on the ground.

I have to say, this attitude is still very good.

And the knight with the white face and long beard...of course it is Zhou Peigong, and he is also proud at this time.

Ever since he arrived in the New World, he seemed like a fish in water, and he was able to use any tricks.Now the impostor seems to be working again.

Thinking of this, he loudly said to the foreign priest: "You listen to the ghosts, the north of the desert has been owned by the merchants since ancient times. It has been more than [-] years since the merchants crossed the sea to come here. Wait for the ghosts to come here." , you can leave quickly, Rao Er will not kill!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand again, and a group of Mongols immediately shouted: "Leave quickly, please don't kill me! Tiger..."

So fierce!

And the murderers' guns are still leveled!

Although Raul Torres still didn't quite understand what business and ghosts were about, but with the help of the flintlock, he still understood a little bit. "Business side" should be the name of the country.These Musketeers should be from the Shangfang Kingdom... They crossed the sea to the New World 600 years ago!This is much earlier than Spain came to the New World.

In addition, these Shangfang people said that "the north of the desert belongs to the Shangfang", and their consciousness probably means that the land north of the Sonora Desert has belonged to the Shangfang since ancient times.

And Ghost Fang... Raul Torres thought he was talking about himself and his subordinates!The meaning of the white knight is to tell them to get out of here quickly!Get out to survive, or you will be shot.

Raul Torres didn't dare to ask any more questions, his life was at stake!

He's a diocesan bishop, not the governor of New Spain...who owns the north of the Sonoran desert?

Thinking of this, he quickly said to Perez: "They told us to leave, or they would shoot... They have more people than us, and their firepower is much stronger, so let's leave temporarily to preserve our strength !"

"Okay!" Perez raised his hands and said, "Bishop, let's go!"

"Go, go!" Raul Torres glanced at those "merchant people" again, he still felt that these people looked like Mongolians.But he felt that what was not important anymore, what was important was what did the governor of New Spain and the cardinal in New Spain think?

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Seeing that the Spaniard was finally coaxed away, Zhou Peigong heaved a sigh of relief.

His purpose of doing this is to prevent the Spaniards from figuring out the reality of his side.Before Zhou Peigong left Daming, the Yousi of the military division of the Ming Dynasty had already given him a detailed intelligence report on the Kingdom of New Spain.So he knows that the strength of the Kingdom of New Spain is still very strong!

At least the strength on the books is very strong!Needless to say, the land is more than 50 miles from south to north!And the population is also quite large, among which there are more than 1000 whites and native whites, and more than [-] million people of mixed races such as Indo-European, European-black, Indian, etc.!

This population base is placed there, and 5 to [-] people can be pulled out to fight Fugui Bay with just a simple mobilization.

On the side of Fugui Bay, there are less than 1000 people who can really fight. Even if you add two thousand Mongolian households, the total force is three thousand.

The disadvantage in numbers is too great, and there is no chance of winning in a fight.

However, Zhou Peigong also discovered that this seemingly powerful New Spain Kingdom also has a big flaw...it is a colony governed by noble bureaucrats from Spain.Not only the governor of New Spain is a great nobleman and bureaucrat sent from Spain, but the governors of the following governorships and colonies are also noble bureaucrats from Spain.

As for the bureaucratic style of work, Zhou Peigong couldn't be more clear.They all seek stability first, and do things in a stable manner. It is best that there is nothing to decide except for making money, and the most fearful thing is that there will be a big mess.

Therefore, if the governor of New Spain sent by Spain learns that Ming has come to the New World, he will probably make a decision immediately and immediately send troops to Fuguiwan—this is a must!Needless to say, Daming is too much of a threat to Spain, and there is a process for Daming to transport people to the New World. A batch of several thousand will be enough.Taking advantage of your small number of people, the Spaniards still don't beat you?

And if the Spanish governor gets news that there is a country that migrated from mainland China 600 years ago in the northwest corner of the New World, and there are awesome weapons like flintlock guns, then he has to think about whether to go to war blindly up?

In case of defeat, how to explain?

People have been there for more than 2000 years, and the population will never decrease!Even if there were only a few thousand people when they came here, after more than 600 years of reproduction, they will always reach several million, right?

Even with a further discount, with a population of 100 million and advanced weapons such as flintlock guns, it is not something that the Kingdom of New Spain can easily win.

Of course, the Spaniards may not necessarily believe Zhou Peigong's nonsense.But a big bureaucrat like the governor of New Spain must be in a stable manner, and he will not easily provoke a long-term war that requires tens of thousands or even 10,000+ people to participate... He must first investigate, then study, and then negotiate, and wait until he finds out The situation and the position of the other party, and then ask the King of Spain to ask him if he wants to fight?

This is a two-and-three dawdling, maybe a few years will pass.By the time the Spaniards figured out the situation and made up their minds to go to war, most of the American Kingdom and the American Khanate in the New World had already froze!

So in Zhou Peigong's heart, he was extremely proud... he even admired himself a little bit!Why is it so powerful?

In addition, I am so powerful, how can I "defeat when I meet Zhu"?Is this what destiny is all about?

Thinking of this, Zhou Peigong said to Danjin Emu beside him: "Danjin Anda, you stay here...don't let the foreign devils go north to Fugui Bay. If they come, you block them. In addition, you must insist This place has been owned by merchants since ancient times!"

Chapter 784 They Are Really Not Barbarians!Because they have flintlocks!

March 1686, Kingdom of New Spain, Mexico City.

Today's Mexico City is the brightest pearl on the continent of North and South America, the window of European civilization in the New World, and the political, military, and economic center of the vast Kingdom of New Spain.

Of course, this is also the central city of the entire New World.Compared with Mexico City, the colonies established by the English and French on the land of the New World are not worth mentioning at all.

In the view of the current vice-king (governor) of New Spain, Marquis Sercio Mendoza, he is the ruler of almost the entire North American continent—South America established the Governor-General of Peru in 1542 (but there are still many People see the Viceroyalty of Peru as part of New Spain), ruled by another vice-king on behalf of the King of Spain.But in North America, the Vice King of New Spain is still the most powerful person!

The Marquis of Mendoza sometimes even felt that he was more powerful than the king of Spain, because the territory directly governed by the king was far less than the area governed by his deputy king.The population directly governed by the king is also incomparable to the people governed by his deputy king.The financial revenue owned by the king is not worth mentioning if the contribution of the two viceroyal districts of New Spain and Peru is excluded.

In many cases, the Marquis of Mendoza would have such an idea-Spain is a New World country!Because there is an empire (colonial empire) first, and then there is the Kingdom of Spain... and the future of Spain also lies in its colonial country, in the vast new continent.If Spain was only a European country, it would not be a first-class power now.Because Spain's local economy is very depressed, and its population is smaller than that of France, Shinra, Rakshasa, the United Kingdom, and Poland.

But if Spain can transform into a New World country... then it will be the most expansive and richest country in the world, enough to be compared with the Ming Empire on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean.

It's just a pity that his idea is simply absurd to those Spanish princes and nobles who have never been to the New World.

Nor, in fact, could he comprehend its majesty until he himself arrived in New Spain.

Standing in front of the window of his office in the Governor's Mansion, looking at the bustling and affluent Mexico City, the Marquis of Mendoza could only let out a long sigh.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Marquis!"