Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1844, The Power of Faith
Yazhou, the location and area of ​​Peru in later generations, of course, now belongs to the border area between the Ming Empire and the Inca Empire.

The Inca Empire is one of the three major civilizations of the natives of the Golden Continent. It is as famous as the Mayan civilization and the Aztec civilization, and it is also one of the only two remaining civilizations here.

The Mayan civilization has long since disappeared, leaving only the pyramids of Gula. Only the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire continued under the protection of the Ming Empire.

In history, these two empires were successively conquered by the Spaniards, and the Spaniards deliberately spread smallpox, plague and other diseases here, resulting in a sharp drop in the population of the two empires and finally slowly disappearing in the long river of history. middle.

After the Ming Empire conquered the Golden Continent, the strategy adopted was different.

Because the local aborigines enshrine the sun god, and the Ming people also established the country based on the virtue of fire, the Ming character itself means the sun, and the local aborigines and the Ming people are very similar in appearance.

So from the first day when the Ming people arrived here, they called the local aborigines the descendants of the Yin and Shang, thinking that they and the Ming people had a common ancestor, and they were exiled to this area just because they blasphemed the gods. land.

As long as they are devout to the gods and constantly wash away their sins, they can become Daming people and the people of God.

To be honest, no ghost would believe such low-level religious demagoguery in future generations, but in this era, especially in the hearts of local descendants of wealthy merchants, religion has a very large influence.

Not only did they believe in the story compiled by the people of Ming Dynasty, but they were also working hard to cleanse themselves of their sins, hoping to become the people of the Sun God again, return to Ming Dynasty, and become people of Ming Dynasty.

Such a set of propaganda methods and religious methods also allowed Daming to quickly stabilize the rule of Jinzai. Whether it was the Aztec Kingdom or the Inca Empire, or other tribes in the North Golden Continent, most tribes They all agree with this point, and they don't reject Daming people, and even welcome them very much.

In the eyes of these local aborigines, they are the same as the Daming people, they are all God's people, and they have a common ancestor. This is very proud and proud.

Because of the descendants of the Ming people and gods, the Ming Empire is the most powerful empire in the world, with the most vast land and the most wealth.

Because they blasphemed the gods, they had to work hard to wash away their sins. They had to dig gold and silver by slaves to build pyramids. At the same time, they had to keep learning the characters and language of the Ming people and regain the language of their ancestors. Only then can he become a Daming man again.

Under the influence of such propaganda and religion, the Inca Empire and the Aztec Kingdom were one of the most important vassal states of the Ming Empire, even surpassing Korea and Japan in importance.

Because every year, the two great empires would use gold bricks and silver bricks to build pyramids, and eventually all of these would flow into the hands of the Ming people and become the wealth in the hands of the Ming Empire.

Although North Korea and Japan pay tribute every year, if converted into silver taels, it is actually very limited, and it is far from being comparable to these two great civilizations.

Yazhou came into being on this basis, and continued to grow and develop, so it has become a county with tens of thousands of people.

In Yazhou Port, Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin took three large ships and slowly moored in the port. Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin stood on the deck and looked at the port in front of them.

The port was relatively deserted, far from being able to compare with the local port of Daming, and the scale was relatively small. The arrival of three large ships also attracted everyone's attention.

People looked at the three big ships in front of them one after another, all of them very curious.

Here in Yazhou, there are very few ships in normal times. Only some treasure ships and cargo ships will come here regularly, and the gold and silver mined here will be transferred to the West City of Penglai City, and then transferred back to the Ming Empire through the West City of Penglai City.

As for the cargo ship, there is basically only one ship every ten days and a half months. Except for gold and silver, there are very few special products here, and there is nothing to sell outside.

Another reason is that this place belongs to the South Golden Continent, and the communication between the East and West Golden Continent is realized through the small Penglai City in the middle.

Penglai City is divided into East Penglai City and West Penglai City, which are only 200 miles apart from each other, and a spacious cement road has been built to connect them. It is said that a railway will be built to connect the two places in the future. Build canals to run through the East and West Gold Islands.

This has greatly facilitated the travel between the east and the west of the Golden Continent, but it is obviously not good news for Yazhou, which is located in the south of the Golden Continent. This means that there are fewer ships coming to Yazhou.

"What a big boat!"

"Bigger than any ship we've seen before."

"I heard that this ship is the latest large ship manufactured by our Ming Empire. It doesn't need sails and is propelled by turbines."

"You said this time it's from that firm?"

"I don't know. Looking at the flag hanging on the ship, it seems to be a ship of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company. I don't know what they brought us here?"

"Right now, water pumps and excavators are most needed for mining gold. I heard that there is also a large truck in Penglai City, which is also new. It has strong power and can transport a lot of things at once."

Everyone looked at the three large ships moored in the harbor and discussed non-stop.

Immigrants from the Ming Dynasty on the Golden Continent lived in concentrated settlements, and these settlements gradually formed small towns, counties, and cities.

There are many benefits of concentrating immigrants, the most important of which is that it can protect the safety of immigrants, and immigrants can unite to resist any matter.

The downside is that Da Ming's development and exploration of the Golden Continent is still in its infancy. There are still many, many places in the entire Golden Continent that the people of Daming have not yet explored.

Large, large tracts of land have not yet been developed. In the Great Plains in the middle of the North Golden Continent alone, there are very few, very few lands that have been developed.

Of course, this is also related to the personalities of the people on the Golden Continent. The people here are all adventurers. They come here to find gold and silver, and to get rich overnight. Who will work hard to farm the land?
Here in Huangjinzhou, farming is a woman's business, and men are all wandering outside, looking for gold and silver. Countless stories of getting rich overnight have inspired people here to keep looking for gold and silver.

Those who stay in the city are all idle and have nothing to do, either they add rest, or they have already retired and no longer toss about.

Generally speaking, people who have time and leisure, seeing the arrival of the three large ships, naturally have endless discussions.

The adults talked a lot, and the children also gathered to watch the excitement. In a short period of time, hundreds of children gathered in the port, looking at the big ship curiously.

"There are a lot of children here."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled all over his face, looking at the children in the port, he felt very strange.

The number of children in this Golden Isle seems to be much more than that in other places. If you look closely at these children, you can clearly see that there are still some differences between them and the people of Daming.

Many of them are even clearly seen to be of mixed blood, and even completely deceive the appearance of Europeans and Middle Easterners.

"Your Majesty~ Golden Continent is the place with the highest proportion of children among all the places in Ming Dynasty."

"Here, almost every household has a dozen, twenty, or even dozens of children. The population of the entire Golden Continent is growing very fast."

Liu Jin also said hastily.

"Why?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately asked in confusion.

"Because almost every Daming person here has a large number of concubines."

"We Daming people have the highest status here, we are the heirs of the gods, so these local descendants of Yin and Shang are very happy to marry us Daming people, even as concubines."

"And the Daming people who immigrated here are often adventurous and adventurous. They run around and find women from local tribes wherever they go. Slowly, there are more and more of them."

"In addition, the slave trade is prevalent here on the Golden Continent. A large number of slaves from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa were transported here. Many of them were women, and they naturally became concubines of the Ming people."

"Often a Ming person has several concubines, even a dozen or dozens of concubines."

"There will be many children born naturally, and the number will also increase."

"Anyway, there is a lot of land here, and there is not enough food to grow. Men go out to explore and find the Golden Island, and women plant land at home and take care of their children."

Liu Jin quickly explained in detail that although Huang Jinzhou is far away from the people of Ming Dynasty, it is the most comfortable place for people of Ming Dynasty to live.

Because of religion and belief, the descendants of the local Shang Dynasty were happy to marry the Ming people. Of course, it was also because the Ming people were stronger, richer, and had a higher standard of living.

Marrying a Daming person can wear beautiful clothes, eat good food, have horses and carriages to ride in, and live in a cleaner and more comfortable place.

But belief is still a very important reason. Intermarriage between Ming people and Yin Shang descendants is too common and too much, and it has become a norm.

"Haha, that's how it is~"

"How good the child is, how good the child is, and my future will be even brighter."

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help laughing happily.

Thinking about his son Zhu Houzhao, this guy is also a planter, with many women and many children. He probably knows how many children he has, and many children have never seen their faces.

Looking at these children in front of him, Emperor Hongzhi could imagine that after they grow up, the Ming Empire will rule here more firmly.

(End of this chapter)