Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 677, the possibility of winning

"But can we win?"

As soon as Tian Erniu finished his words, someone asked with a guilty conscience.

There is no way, they are just the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company, not the Ming Dynasty, although everyone knows that these descendants of the Shang Dynasty have low combat effectiveness, and their weapons are still wooden sticks, stone axes and the like, and they can't even smelt iron.

But after all, it was an attack on a kingdom. The Aztec Kingdom was also a country with millions of people, and the population of the Inca Empire was more than [-] million. With this power in their hands.

Adding it up, it is estimated that ten thousand people can be gathered, and they are all people who have not undergone strict military training. They are expected to win these two countries?
"How do you know if you can't win if you don't try?"

Tian Erniu seemed quite confident about this.

The reason why he proposed to attack these two Yin and Shang kingdoms was not nonsense, but a conclusion drawn after careful consideration and careful research.

"Whether it is the Aztec Kingdom or the Inca Empire, although they have a large number of people, with a population of several million, they are distributed over a vast land."

"And they don't even have horses, and they can only travel by walking, which means that their strength is very scattered, and it takes a long time to gather together."

"For the Aztec Kingdom, we only need to take down their capital Tenochtitlan (the former site of Mexico City for later generations) at an extremely fast speed, and the population of this capital is just over 30. To 3, the army in charge of guarding is only less than [-]."

"We have Miyun cannons, muskets, horses, and armor weapons. I don't think it is difficult to attack these 3 people with [-] people."

"What's more, our purpose is not to destroy these two kingdoms, but to get them to agree with us to build colonial strongholds in the coastal areas."

"After letting them know how powerful we are, other things will be easy to handle."

Tian Erniu opened a map, pointed to the Aztec Kingdom on the map and said.

"Let's take a look, this Tenochtitlan is not too far from the sea. Let's transport our troops to the sea first, and then go straight to their capital."

"This Tenochtitlan is built on an artificial island in a large lake. It is surrounded by water on three sides, and only one side is connected to the land. At that time, we only need to block the connection and bombard them with cannons. Beat 'em."

When he came to Golden Island, Tian Erniu was not only building a colonial stronghold, but also had a clear understanding of the situation of descendants of Yin merchants in various places on the east coast of Golden Island.

"As long as we can win, we will not only get the right to build colonial strongholds in the coastal area, but also get the right to mine here. Similarly, we can let them dig gold and silver for us."

"I don't think it's a problem to ask them to hand us 1000 million taels of silver a year. Think about it, other commercial banks are working hard to find gold and smelt silver by themselves. We only need to fight one battle. Frighten them, and just wait for them to give us money every year from now on.”

"Whether it's the Aztec Kingdom or the Inca Empire to the south, they have the most gold and silver in the entire Golden Continent. Let them mine gold and silver for us in the future."

Hearing Tian Erniu's words, everyone's eyes couldn't help but light up.

"Done~ Isn't it the kingdom of the descendants of Yin and Shang? What's so scary? They don't even have swords. They just have sticks, stone axes and the like. They are afraid of a hammer. Fight a battle and win it. Year after year You can sit and collect the cash.”

Dahu gritted his teeth and said.

"Yes, I'm afraid of an egg~"

"What do you mean? People from other commercial companies come to Huangjinzhou to eat delicious food, but when they arrive at us, they are working hard to build a colonial stronghold. Our Tianjin Ocean Trading Company should eat large pieces of meat, ready-made meat, and let them be obedient. Lay out the silver and the gold for us."

Gao Shan also nodded.

Very exciting, very exciting.

After some analysis by Tian Erniu, everyone was immediately full of confidence.

Although the descendants of Yin and Shang are very smart and extremely tough in combat, their weapons and equipment are really poor. Most of the descendants of Yin and Shang are still in the tribal stage.

Even the productivity of the Aztec Kingdom is very backward, and they can't even smelt iron, so it is not difficult to defeat them.

"Done~"

Jiang Liang said with slightly red eyes: "When the time comes, we will extort tens of millions of taels of silver from them, and let them pay in installments, just like buying houses in Tianjin and Beijing, with interest on the principal, and dig gold and silver for us every year. .”

Everyone nodded one by one, gold and silver are touching.

You have heard about the wealth of the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire from other Shang tribes. It is said that the capital of the Aztec Kingdom has houses built of gold and a vast square paved with silver. The output is very large.

It was the first time that Du Mingen led the fleet to the Golden Isle, that is, the Aztec Kingdom exchanged some goods for gold and silver worth [-] million taels of silver. From here, it was known that the Aztec Kingdom was rich.

It is not an exaggeration to describe them as being full of gold and silver. Even the people in the Aztec Kingdom did not mine gold and silver very much, because this thing did not have much practicality for them.

But even so, the Aztec Kingdom still possessed an extremely large amount of gold and silver.

"Since everyone has no opinion, then this matter is settled like this."

Tian Erniu laughed when he saw that everyone was expressing their support.

Then he thought for a while and said, "Actually, I didn't come up with this matter. Before coming to Huangjinzhou, Mr. Liu explained it to me like this."

"Young Master Liu told you?"

When everyone heard this, they were slightly taken aback.

"Yes, Mr. Liu has already told me before coming here, let other commercial firms mine gold and silver mines and let them mine. Our Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. only needs to eat large pieces of meat. , Silver mines are occupied, and the colonial strongholds are built first, and they can be mined slowly in the future."

"But the brothers finally went to the Golden Continent, so naturally they couldn't return empty-handed, so Mr. Liu explained that they can attack these kingdoms when necessary, and let these descendants of Yin and Shang give us gold and silver on their own initiative. It not only saves time and effort, but more importantly, it will also come to collect money every year in the future.”

Tian Erniu nodded solemnly and said.

This matter was really explained by Liu Jin. In history, European colonists relied on this method to easily plunder a steady stream of gold and silver from Huangjinzhou.

But in the past, a small number of people can easily plunder a huge wealth beyond imagination.

Taking this Aztec kingdom as an example, in February 1519, that is, after the eighteenth year, the Spanish colonist Hernán Cortes gathered more than 2 Spaniards and took 600 ships to Mexico.

Excluding more than a hundred sailors and first mates, he had a total of 508 soldiers, 16 horses, 32 crossbowmen, 13 musketeers, and 14 cannons.

Moreover, these people are unemployed vagrants, drunkards, bankrupts, and some even local hooligans who can't get any land, and they are not regular troops.

With just a few people, they conquered this huge Aztec kingdom, and finally destroyed this huge kingdom in the long river of history.

Liu Jin felt that the people under his command were many times better than the Spanish colonists in terms of weapons and equipment, and the number of them was much larger.

There is no reason why the kingdoms of these descendants of Yin and Shang cannot be conquered.

What the Spaniards can do, they can also do. This is the case in the colonial era. Even if you don’t go today, in a few years, the Spaniards will flock to the Golden Island on a large scale, and they will do the same .

At that time, the Spaniards who have tasted the sweetness will quickly occupy the entire Golden Continent, and gold and silver are the strongest driving force.

Other commercial firms followed to make a fortune here in Huangjinzhou, and I had no reason to just drooling at them, even if I didn't care, the brothers under my hands would not think so.

So no matter what the reason is, it is necessary to conquer the kingdoms of these Yin Shang descendants, make them submit to Daming, and pay enough gold and silver to Daming every year.

Only in this way can more people be stimulated to go to Gold Island and promote the development of the colonial era.

As for the death or tragic fate of the descendants of Yin and Shang, Liu Jin felt that even if he didn't do this, their fate would also be very tragic.

The Spaniards are more greedy and cruel than the Ming people.

The Ming people at least regarded them as descendants of the Yin and Shang dynasties, preaching that they all had a common ancestor, so in the expansion of the Golden Continent, they generally seldom massacred them.

As long as the Yin and Shang tribes are willing to submit and submit, they will basically not kill indiscriminately, and many times they are friendly and cooperative.

At least Liu Jin would not think of deliberately spreading smallpox, plague and other diseases to exterminate these descendants of Yin and Shang, but Europeans can do it, and there is nothing they can't do.

Therefore, it is better for these countries descended from Yin and Shang to surrender to Ming than to destroy the Spaniards. At least in a few years, when the Europeans arrive at the Golden Continent, these places will already belong to Ming’s colonies, and they can also be controlled by them. Daming's protection.

"Since Mr. Liu explained it, there is nothing to say. Even if you can't win, you still have to fight and try."

"These Aztecs, like the Incas, don't know the heights of the sky and the earth. You must teach them a lesson, and they will be obedient in the future."

"Yes, yes, we must teach them a lesson. If we win against them, we can go to the east coast of Golden Continent."

When the others heard this, they immediately nodded their heads one by one. Liu Jin's words must be right.

　Looking at the colonial history of Europeans, sometimes it is really hard to believe that they can conquer a huge king with a few hundred people~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)