My Daming New Empire

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This kind of almost certainly does not refer to the prototype of a city, but just a military camp, a port, and a water purification and filtration center.

There were not many houses built on the base, but a few rows of wooden houses were built on the river bank, and this house was not for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but for the natives.

Today, the contact between Daming and the natives is not enough to divide the forces. When they are treated differently, all the natives are treated equally, and they retain the equal treatment of contact.

Of course, here in Daming, according to the size of the tribe, there will also be a distinction of internal importance.

The Ming Dynasty will leave a fleet of 500 people in Nanzhou, with [-] first-class warships, [-] second-class warships, and a fleet of [-] messenger ships.

There are also [-] Confucian scholars. The soldiers are responsible for maintaining the order in Nanzhou. These scholars are responsible for teaching the representatives of various tribes to learn Daming dialect.

This fleet will not only stay here, but will be responsible for the communication and control of the entire South Continent.Therefore, the purpose of building a house on the shore is not to house the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but to build it for the natives, turning this place into a center of contact and transactions between the Ming Dynasty and the natives.

At least within a year, Da Ming will not participate too much in the struggle on shore, but try not to let them kill each other.

When Zhu Zhanji returned to Star City from Nanzhou, he would take a messenger ship back to Daming, and then organize a fleet stationed here for a long time to change defense.

At that time, a group of ordinary people will also be arranged to come. At that time, it will be the beginning of Daming's real control of Nanzhou.

In Zhu Zhanji's plan, four settlements will be built in Nanzhou, namely Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth in the southwest corner.

There are more than 5000 people in the entire Nanzhou control, almost 1000 people in each settlement, and there are always mobile troops.

He is not afraid that only more than 1000 people will suffer in front of the natives, because they will basically only stay in the port area, and there are large ships, which can retreat at any time.

What's more, these natives today regard them as gods. In front of the advanced technology of Ming Dynasty, everyone only has the heart of worship and has no heart of confrontation.

The Ming soldiers did not take the initiative to attack any tribe, and the few tribes who dared to fight against Daming suffered a big loss.When they heard Daming's gunshot, they all knelt on the ground in fright and fled in all directions.

In addition, Daming has always dealt with them very "fairly", and they don't want the people of Daming to leave. They will have no salt, no shoes, and no bowls to exchange for eating.

After arranging all of these, Deming's fleet left behind some representatives and set sail again.

It was already mid-August when we arrived in Sydney, the later generation.On the second day after landing, Zhu Zhanji and several concubines spent the Mid-Autumn Festival on the beach of Rose Bay in Sydney, later generations.

Today's Nanzhou is the season of warm spring and flowers. Compared with Brisbane, which has relatively gentle surrounding mountains, Sydney at this time is more like a place isolated from the world because it is surrounded by the Blue Mountains.

But the area surrounded by mountains, which is larger than Brisbane, can feed millions of people in this area alone.

In terms of mineral resources, the area where Sydney is located is relatively small, but there is water here, so it is very necessary to build a supply point here.

Because the mining period of later generations has passed, Zhu Zhanji does not remember any large gold or copper mines in this area of ​​Sydney.

As in Brisbane, 8000 people also conducted a preliminary exploration of the surrounding environment.This time, only through the local natives, a gold mine and a coal mine were found.

Although there are few minerals found, the environment near Sydney is still very satisfactory.The climate here is suitable, the rivers are vertical and horizontal, and there are hundreds of square kilometers of gentle land.

However, for these clans, without a gold mine, they cannot be satisfied. This time, there are many fewer clans who want to stay here.

But Zhu Zhanji doesn't care, because there are several gold mines in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth.

Depart from Sydney again, because there are few minerals found in this area surrounded by mountains, and there are fewer natives. The fleet did not even leave anyone behind, and the whole team sailed south together.

At this time, the fleet also experienced the strong winds in Nanzhou for the first time.

The strong wind near Melbourne is very famous in later generations, and there is more rain here than other places.

But it is precisely because of the abundant rain that thousands of miles of fertile fields near Melbourne have been created, making it the largest grain-producing area in South Africa.

When choosing Melbourne or Adelaide as the third base, Zhu Zhanji hesitated for a long time, and finally discussed the matter with his subordinates several times, but still failed to make up his mind.

In terms of early development, Adelaide is definitely more suitable than Melbourne.This is the largest mining area in Nanzhou. Whether it is gold mine, copper mine, or other non-ferrous metal mineral resources, it has a lot of resources. The Olympic Dam, one of the world's top ten gold mines, is in the southeast of the city.

Although the state where Melbourne is located has countless minerals, the distance from Melbourne is not too close, and they are all concentrated in the west, on the border with Adelaide.

But Melbourne has a lot of fertile farmland. For the agriculture-oriented Ming Dynasty, the land that can grow food is the most important.

Until the ship arrived in Melbourne, Zhu Zhanji finally overturned the plan before coming to Nanzhou, and established five important immigration points in Nanzhou, one more in Adelaide.

Also because of this decision, the fleet was delayed for more than half a month, but this extra half month also allowed the Ming Fleet to establish a close trade relationship with the local Nujia tribe.

The indigenous groups in the north and south of Nanzhou are completely different. There are many tribes in the north, but most of them are small tribes.

And this Nuga tribe, because it is located in a temperate zone, in order to resist the cold weather, it is necessary for the tribe to work together to fight against nature.

So in the southern part of Nanzhou, there are few tribes, but the tribes are very large.

This Nuga tribe is the largest tribe in southern Nanzhou, with a population of more than 5.

In the entire tribe, different people have a clear division of labor, and the primary model of the government has been formed, but the management is still relatively extensive.

The women here are also the most enthusiastic. The natives even specially organized hundreds of young girls and sent them to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty for the purpose of saving seeds for them.

Although these girls don't look very good, they are young and in good health.Although most Ming soldiers could not accept them, there were not a few who wanted to vent their fire on them.

Because of this relationship, the Nujia tribe has the closest contact with Daming.Daming's refined table salt, as well as celadon bowls, are their favorite products.

And iron knives and spears made them willing to exchange the same weight of gold.

They do not have the ability to smelt iron, and they still use sticks, stones, and traps for hunting.

The sharpness and hardness of iron were unimaginable to them before.And the southern part of Nanzhou is full of gold mines. They exchanged the gold they picked up for these iron tools, thinking that they had taken advantage of it.

There was no war, no disputes, and the natives here faced the soldiers of Ming Dynasty with an attitude of tolerance, even welcome.

Of course, this is just the beginning. When the competition for resources and land enters a new stage, conflicts will naturally arise.

But these are things for the future.

When the fleet arrived in Perth, South Africa also entered summer.

No one expected that the fleet had experienced a large-scale virus attack as soon as it arrived in Perth.

In the early summer season, even the doctors would not have thought of being attacked by typhoid fever, not to mention Zhu Zhanji.

In order to prevent the spread, the soldiers who had just landed were all separated, returned to their ships, and isolated.

Except for the doctors and orderlies, all the ships did not communicate with each other, and the doctors were busy treating the sick, but by the end of November, more than 200 people in the fleet had died.

This loss was more than the number of people who died in the battle with Bengkulu, and it also made the soldiers who were excited by gold become demoralized for the first time.

(The next chapter will end the exploration of Nanzhou, without the plot of the opponent, I will lose the spirit of my own writing)

Thank you for stepping on the void, bamboo sticks, and lights to see others, and I spit you for the reward, thank you for your support

Chapter 37 To the West

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