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But who knew that the Spanish mission would actually poison the smallpox in peacetime when the two sides hadn't broken their faces!
As a result, smallpox became popular among Yin and Shang savages!
Moreover, this pandemic came very suddenly. When the pandemic happened, Zhou Peigong happened to be inspecting gold mines in the flood valley.As a result, when he heard the news and returned to Xinchaoge, smallpox broke out in all the savage villages outside the city.
Because of the good relationship between the savages outside Xinchaoge City and Zhou Peigong and other first-generation immigrants, many leaders of the savage villages in Xinchaoge have become officials in charge of savage affairs.
They would often walk around the various savage tribes in the area controlled by the Shang Dynasty, taking the cloth, wine and salt given to them by the Grand Commander's Mansion to exchange food and recruit labor.
As a result, smallpox was brought to all the savage villages under the jurisdiction of the Yin Shang Grand Commander's Mansion!
It is impossible to die 10,000+ people - there are not so many Yin and Shang savages, but there are ten to twenty thousand!
But for Shang Fangguo, which has a small total population, a loss of [-] to [-] is also very large!
Thinking of this, and... the plague is more than just smallpox!
If the Spaniards continue to vote for the plague or something, the people of the Shang Dynasty will not be able to bear it!
No, you have to use a bluff to fool the Spaniards!
Thinking of this, Zhou Peigong said calmly: "Tell that dog Earl, this Marquis will take him and other Spanish captives back to Xinchaoge for torture!
By the way, let them see that my Yin Shang protoss are not afraid of smallpox and other diseases! "
The officer quickly translated his words into Latin, and now the Earl of St. Chris was even more confused.
There are still barbarians who are not afraid of smallpox in this world... If this is true, isn't it too barbaric?
Seeing the astonished expression on Count San Crist's face, Zhou Peigong calmly said: "Tell him again, the Marquis will keep the ten youngest captives alive, but will cut off their ears and noses and send them back to Mexico City Go report!
Go and tell the Spanish emperor who deserves to die, and let him wait for my Shangfang Tianbing to attack and question him! "
Chapter 827 Heaven is here, the devil is here!
On July 1689, 7, Xinchaoge City.
A triumphant offering of captives is underway!
It has been more than two months since the battle of Xinmalingdao, and the victorious merchant army finally returned to Xinchaoge City, which was still angry with less than [-] Spanish prisoners of war.
It turns out that after the Battle of Xinmaling Road, Zhou Peigong did not immediately lead the captured Spaniards back to Xinchaoge, but escorted them to build a Haiyuan City facing the Pacific Ocean on the sea grassland side according to the mountain, as a merchant The country's big stronghold in the sea grassland area.
At the same time, Zhou Peigong also sent knights of the Yin family to search for the Indian tribes hit by the smallpox epidemic in the area north of the Hongshui River, and gathered those who survived to resettle in the valleys around Haiyuan City, and smoothly disposed of those who might be affected by the smallpox epidemic. Smallpox-stained clothing and utensils.
When everything was dealt with, it was already the end of June in the Western calendar. Zhou Peigong left the thousand households led by Danjin Omu to stay in Haiyuan City. Or the Spaniards who had not been executed returned to Xinchaoge City.
At this time, the smallpox epidemic around Xinchaoge City has basically ended... Although the smallpox epidemic came very suddenly and rapidly, the epidemic prevention capabilities of the "Yin Shang God Clan" far exceeded the imagination of the Spaniards.
Because the Yin and Shang nations on Xinchaoge's side were all vaccinated and almost completely immune, the smallpox pandemic did not hurt the foundation of Xinchaoge, and the entire system can still operate efficiently.
Moreover, there is a branch of the Daming Medical Hall in Xinchaoge City, and the doctors in it all know how to deal with infectious diseases—because Zhu and Qi were experiencing a "big epidemic" before crossing, and various diseases were also caused by the recovery of the population of the Ming Dynasty. The biggest obstacle, so Zhu Heqi attached great importance to public health after taking power.In the public medical school he opened, there is a special epidemic prevention course, which is still a compulsory course.
Therefore, Xinchaoge's Grand Commander's Mansion can immediately make epidemic prevention decisions such as blocking traffic, isolating patients, burning clothes and utensils involved in the epidemic, and setting up temporary shelters to accommodate wild people who are confirmed to be free of the disease.Subsequently, Xinchaoge's public hospital also urgently vaccinated the savage leaders who were not infected with human pox to prevent them from dying of illness and causing the savages to lose control.
At the same time, the Confucian branch of Xinchaoge City immediately sent Confucianists to tell the rescued savages the truth about the Spanish poisoning!
Under a series of operations, [-] savages in the Yin Shang Kingdom's jurisdiction still died of illness.But the epidemic was finally completely extinguished, and the remaining savages were even more convinced by the Yin and Shang people.There are also some Indian tribes that live in relatively remote areas and are not under the control of the Xinchaoge Commander's Mansion. They were also included in the Yin-Shang national system after being rescued by the Yin-Shang nation.
Due to the joining of this group of people, the population under the jurisdiction of the New Chaoge Commander's Mansion not only did not decrease significantly compared to before the smallpox epidemic, but even increased slightly.
It's just that the added savages are all new additions, they haven't mastered farming techniques, and they don't know how to fish in Fugui Bay... From a production point of view, Shang Fangguo suffered a lot in this battle!
In addition, since Xinchaoge's food supply is more dependent on the fishing industry in Fugui Bay and the hunting of passenger pigeons and bison, the Indians who have been "educated" into savages in Fugui Bay are responsible for these fishing and hunting tasks.Therefore, after the smallpox epidemic, the supply of Xinchaoge also had some problems.From the original opening of eating and drinking, it was changed to a rationing system.
And the strong men of Yin Shang who were busy panning for gold and grazing before were conscripted into the army in large numbers.Before the smallpox epidemic, the women and children of the nationalities who basically did not participate in childbirth had to participate in childbirth.In short, everyone's life has become difficult.
Therefore, when the tortured and bruised Earl of St. Chris was loaded into a prison car, and less than [-] Spanish captives who were also tortured came to Xinchaoge City together, they were greeted by streets full of people. Angry countrymen and savages.
"It's too hateful, to actually let the acne hurt people!"
"They should all be killed!"
"Burning with a cannon, killing with the punishment of Ling Chi!"
"I still have to disembowel and dig out my heart!"
"Yes, dig out their black hearts!"
"After killing them, go to capture the chief of Spain, and also capture Xinchaoge, burn them, dig out their hearts..."
"Yes, go to Spain and capture their chieftain!"
When Yin merchants all over the street saw the captives who were tied up in strings with ropes or pretended to be tortured, and dragged in prison carts, they burst out with the greatest anger.
it is necessary!
They are very cruel and barbaric, and they are Yin merchants who like to kill prisoners and perform human sacrifices!When they left the land of China and crossed the sea to America, there was no Sakyamuni, so they didn't know about Buddhism with the heart of a bodhisattva.And they also know what smallpox is?If they hadn't all been vaccinated, wouldn't this wave of smallpox pandemic take away half of the people?
What's even more hateful is that after the poisoning, these Spanish foreigners sent more than [-] soldiers to attack Shangfang by boat... This is the rhythm of taking advantage of your illness to kill you, which means to drive and kill all the people in Shangfang!
How could such an enemy be spared?You have to burn everything to relieve your hatred!
The Earl of St. Chris, who had lost an arm, two thighs and a "calf", was sitting in a prison car, looking at the people on the street, and at the faces of the Yin merchants who had never had smallpox. Earl Rhys was completely in despair.
Now he has completely believed in the words "Yin Shang protoss, not afraid of the plague".Because in the past two months, he has been detained in Zhou Peigong's army. In addition to being tortured every day, he just watched a group of healthy, almost blasphemous businessmen busy helping and resettling the Indians from the epidemic area... As far as he knew, among the Spanish prisoners who were forced to participate in the rescue, many of them who had never had smallpox were infected!
But none of those Yin businessmen were caught in the trick!
This shows that the Yin and Shang nations were indeed immune to smallpox!And this kind of immunity is not obtained through some mysterious medicine, otherwise they would definitely give medicine to those Indian savages... The people of the Yin and Shang countries did their best to help the savages, and those Indians also respected the people of the Yin and Shang countries , the relationship between the two parties is much more harmonious than that between the Spaniards and the Indians.
If the Yin and Shang people had medicine in their hands, they would definitely give it to the Indians.
If there is no medicine, then the Yin and Shang people must have obtained the magic power to fight against smallpox by making a deal with the devil... These Yin merchants are the servants of the devil!
Thinking of this, the Count of St. Chris suddenly raised his head, and saw a large square in front of him, and a high platform like an altar was built in the center of the square!Is this about killing people and offering sacrifices to the devil?The person they are going to kill is...
Just as he thought of this, the officer from the Ming Dynasty who was walking by the side of the prison car suddenly said to the Earl of St. Chris, "Bazin... your death has arrived! Have you seen the high platform? It is called the execution platform. If you If you refuse to drink poison to commit suicide, then you will be cut and burned on it, and you will be in pain for three days! If you drink poison, you will die in a short time without pain, how wonderful it is!"
good?It's okay if they're all dead?
And the soul has to go to hell!
Of course, the Earl of St. Chris refused to agree. Seeing that he was silent, the Ming Dynasty official next to him just smiled, and continued: "Bazin, you can't keep your religious status... Now the Yin and Shang are outraged by the whole country. Fang Wang and Yin Jiahan have led the army to the south, and they will arrive at Xinchaoge in a few days, and then they will crusade against your New Spain. The heavenly soldiers have the skill of shooting, and they can kill the enemy with a single shot from three or four hundred yards away. How could the Spanish soldiers survive? When the Yin and Shang army came to Mexico, do you think your emperor will take the responsibility of poisoning? If he blames you for this crime, you will have to be kicked out... It's time to go to hell!"
The Count of St. Chris cried when he heard this. He did not ask the emperor and the Pope for instructions on the smallpox poisoning.How can I ask for instructions across the Atlantic Ocean?
And he never asked God for instructions!
Since he never asked anyone for instructions, according to the official rules prevailing at home and abroad, he has to bear the responsibility alone if he messes up the errand!
This hell... must go!
……
The anchor chain of the sailing battleship San Juan in the Kingdom of Spain was crashing towards the bottom of the sea.
The Emperor Leopold I of the Spanish Empire was taking his son Joseph, his brother-in-law the Grand Duke Charles V of Lorraine, the Chief Minister, the Marquis of Mendoza, and some other entourage, looking at the new world in front of him with great anticipation.
Havana in this era was the second city in the Americas after Mexico City. It was also the industrial and commercial center of the Caribbean, the shipbuilding center of the Americas, the production center of sugar and rum, the tobacco production center, and the gold and silver produced in the New World. A transit point for shipping to Spain... In short, Havana is such a desirable and prosperous city.
In contrast, the twelve states in North America that are being sanctioned by Ming Dynasty for inexplicable reasons are barren lands.
The Spanish emperor, who had been bumping in the North Atlantic for more than a month, finally showed joy when he looked at the completely European-style building in front of him, whose luxury level was even comparable to Havana in Vienna.
Although he lost Austria, the Czech Republic, and some scattered lands in Germany and Hungary, he got two huge, fertile and exciting lands in New Spain and Peru.
The Havana in front of me and Cuba ruled by the Havana Governor's Mansion alone are bigger... and richer than the territory of the Austrian Grand Duke!
Cuban brown sugar, tobacco and rum are sold well in Europe, and brown sugar is also an important raw material for the production of sugar gunpowder!
"Joseph!" Leopold I suddenly called his son's name.
"Father, you called me."
"Joseph, what do you think of Havana? How about here in Cuba? Can it compare to Vienna and Austria?"
"Here...is there also the Hofburg Palace here?"
Joseph misses his big house...
Leopold could not answer, so he turned to look at the Marquis of Mendoza.
"It can be built, and another one can be built like the Hofburg Palace," Mendoza said. "You can invite the best architects and craftsmen in Europe to build it."
"Will it cost a lot? Is there so much money?"
The Marquis of Mendoza laughed: "Your Majesty, the specialty of New Spain and Peru is money!"
There is plenty of money!
New Spain and Peru produce money!
Gold, silver, brass...the New World has it all!
Money, for New Spain and Peru, is just a matter of digging.
What's even more exaggerated is that, as the "money digger" of the world, the trade between New Spain and Peru has always had a large surplus!Tobacco, carmine, brown sugar, and rum are produced here, and Ming white silk is also imported for weaving and dyeing, and then sold to Europe at a high price.
If it weren't for the Kingdom of Spain and the nobles of the Kingdom and the Holy See have been sucking the blood of New Spain and Peru...what's the matter with the United States in history?
Now, such a good place belongs to Leopold. Although he still has to give blood to the Kingdom of Spain, he can give the New World a little more after all, and he will use the money for construction, education, etc. Some German immigrants will be brought in for development... This new Spain (including Peru), it is difficult not to think about it!
Just as he was thinking about something good, he heard a rush of footsteps, and then he saw a cardinal approaching him in a daze, and one of them didn't pay attention, and almost bumped into Leopold I.
What's the matter with this cardinal?The emperor was still wondering, why is it so undignified?
"Bishop de Sumaraga, what's wrong with you?"
The surprised voice of Marquis Mendoza sounded immediately.
"Marquis," Bishop de Sumaraga said with tears in his eyes, "we defeated... the 300 troops led by the Earl of St. Chris met the devil in California! Except for less than [-] people who fled back, the others It's gone, the whole army is wiped out, and the Count of St. Chris is dead!"
"What? What did you say? You guys, who defeated you?" The Spanish emperor was taken aback. He just came, and the Taiping emperor hadn't officially started to be the emperor. How did he encounter the annihilation of the entire army and the death of the vice-king of New Spain? baby?And the [-] army is quite a lot in Europe, why is it completely wiped out in the New World?
Bishop Desumaraga trembled and said: "We were defeated by the devil, the army led by the Count of Saint Chris was defeated by the devil... The news of Mexico City has just been sent, and they were defeated by the devil's country in the northwest of North America with despicable methods. The means defeated! Except for a dozen people whose ears and noses were cut off and brought back, everyone else was dead and killed! It was really terrible!"
Leopold I was stunned, what's going on?When I didn't come to the New World, the New World was full of singing and dancing, and everything was fine. Why did the New World have demons when I came here?Are these devils following the emperor?
In addition, how to eliminate this devil?
Chapter 828 Don't worry, devil, let's have a good talk!
"What? You actually want to use smallpox to kill the people of the Shang Kingdom... This is hundreds of thousands of people! How can you do such a thing? And you sent people to poison, sent troops to attack, and called the other party a devil... …Bishop de Sumaraga, this is how you spread the truth of Christ? Your actions have disappointed me and disgraced the Catholic Church. If I were you, I would offer my resignation and return to Europe to find A remote monastery retreats."
"Your Majesty is right, you are a shameless person, you are not worthy to be a bishop!"
"Bishop Desumaraga, do you have God in your heart? You are too evil..."
"Archbishop, I am ashamed of your actions! You will go to hell!"
"If the Pope knows what you have done, he will definitely kick you out of the church..."
In the Havana Governor's Palace, the Spanish Emperor Leopold I was angrily reprimanding the Archbishop of Mexico City, Desumaraga, with a lot of people around him cheering!
It's not that people like Leopold I, the Grand Duke of Lorraine, and the Marquis of Mendoza have a sense of justice.It was the Count of St. Chris and the Bishop of Sumaraga who made an unforgivable mistake!
Of course, this unforgivable mistake was not using smallpox to deal with the merchant country that did not show much hostility towards Spain, nor was it using smallpox while launching a large army to launch a sneak attack, and of course it was not an attempt to exterminate the Yin-Shang race...these It's not a big mistake, and the Spaniards and the English have already done similar things in the New World.No one blamed Spain or England for it, and no one has condemned it until now, let alone stood up for the Indians.
However, the mistakes of the Earl of St. Chris and the Bishop of Desumaraga are unforgivable. The mistakes they made were...failure!
They failed!
The smallpox they released could not harm the Yin and Shang nations at all, although many Indians who were doing coolies were killed.But as long as the people of Yin and Shang who fought in the war were not damaged, poisoning would have completely failed.
Then the Earl of St. Chris's army suffered even greater failures. The army of more than 7000 people was ambushed by a similar number of enemies while marching on the mountain road, and then the entire army was wiped out...Even the Earl of St. Chris himself was captured and killed. Time for torture!
What a big mistake!
If they succeed, poisoning, sneak attacks, and extermination are all wrong.The faults are all from the Shangfang Kingdom. They are backward, ignorant, evil, and cruel. They should be extinct. Their demise is the progress of mankind.
Maybe a few nerds will feel sorry for the extinction of Yin Shang civilization, and will moan a few times for those barbarians who have long ceased to exist, but that is of no importance at all.
But the problem is that now the Spaniards have suffered a disastrous defeat, while Shang Fangguo has won a complete victory!
If you win, you have a reason!
Winners can also accuse losers of all kinds of crimes...even if they are really innocent.If the loser's side really did something bad, it would be infamous forever.
What's even more frightening is that Shang Fangguo won a complete victory this time!Therefore, most of them will regard the mighty Spanish colonial empire as a paper tiger, and then send troops to attack the door to seek revenge.
If New Spain loses again, even if it does not perish, it will have to cede land, pay compensation, and apologize... At that time, those merchants will be able to write history!They could make Emperor Leopold stupider than a pig, stinkier than shit, and more evil than the devil!
So now Leopold I can only cut off with the Archbishop of Mexico City Desumaraga and the Count of San Cristina, the Vice King of New Spain, not to make himself look smarter, but to create a space for compromise with Shang Fangguo —The bad things are the work of the Count of St. Chris and the Bishop of Sumaraga.The Spanish emperor is still fine, so everyone can sit down and have a good talk.