Qiming 1158

Chapter 1665 God Bless Daming

Chen Zhen first told Su Yonglin everything he knew.

Su Yonglin was convinced that he had arrived on the west coast of North America, and followed the local aborigines a little deeper, visiting some tribes and primary towns built by the aborigines.

According to Chen Zhenxian, the aborigines in the New World, including the Inuit who lived on the Great Icefield before, have very primitive civilizations.

The clothes they wear are very simple. They are mainly made of animal skins and leaves. I have never seen them develop the textile industry.

Agriculture is also very primitive and primitive, similar to the state of slash-and-burn cultivation, and the level of intensive farming cannot be seen.

You can't even see a lot of livestock. The only ones you see are dogs. You can hardly see other large livestock, especially horses. Chen Zhenxian was surprised to find that no horses appeared in the tribes in the New World.

So much so that the aborigines were very curious when they saw the war horse that Chen Zhenxian was riding, and did not dare to approach. First, the super strong warrior.

Aboriginal people are very troubled by large animals, especially bison in herds, they hunt bison and are also injured by bison.

As for handicrafts, it is even simpler.

They have metallurgical abilities, but they are very rough and primitive. They can smelt copper very rough, and the copper produced is very soft, even the copper of the Chinese in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is not comparable to that of the Chinese. It is difficult to make weapons, so they still use wood. Sticks and stone tools are used as weapons to fight.

They will sharpen stone tools and use them as weapons to hunt with long-range weapons such as bows and arrows. In addition, they can also burn pottery to store some food and items.

They don't have vehicles, and all transportation relies on manpower. They strangely have the concept of wheels, but they never seem to think about using wheels to save manpower.

To say that they are primitive, they are really primitive, but to say that they are not civilized, it is not necessarily true.

They have religious beliefs, have a certain social order, have certain diplomatic skills, and have the most basic material production capacity. They can do business and have currency awareness.

And they also have good astronomical ability. Through simple body language communication, Chen Zhen first realized that they have certain astronomical knowledge and arithmetic ability, can calculate the date, and have their own calendar and time awareness.

This is not the ability that simple slash-and-burn barbarian tribes can have.

It's weird in every way.

"It feels like the kind of state where no progress has been made after practicing martial arts for a long time, or an old student in the old society who only knows how to study hard and doesn't understand by analogy. In general, it is about 1000 years away from Daming difference."

Chen Zhenxian's overall evaluation of the aborigines in the New World is like this.

However, Su Yonglin knew why the aborigines on the American continent had been in such an awkward and strange state of civilization for a long time and could not make a breakthrough.

A very important reason is that they lack animals that can be domesticated, especially horses, donkeys, etc. that can be used for transportation.

There were horses in the early days of the North American continent, but they became extinct later. The aborigines did not have horses to domesticate, and did not usher in a wave of revolutionary changes in the field of transportation.

In the era of no trains, animal power was an important channel for improving transportation efficiency. Without large livestock to ride, the efficiency of transportation could not be improved, and there was no way to bring a series of important inventions along with the use of animal power.

They only have human transportation. The noble people ride in sedan chairs, and ordinary people can only walk. Therefore, they are greatly inferior in terms of material exchange.

Since the extinction of wild horses on the North American continent, only wild and unruly bison have remained, and bison have not been completely domesticated from beginning to end.

There is no animal power revolution in the field of transportation, one step at a time, one step at a time.

The development of civilization is a very interesting topic. The differences between human races are not that big, and the natural environment obviously affects the early and late, fast and slow development of civilization to a great extent.

They continued to exchange some topics about the New World.

When it comes to the issue of gold and copper, Chen Zhenxian said that he believes that there should also be a large amount of silver in the New World, but silver smelting requires certain technologies, and these aborigines in the New World have not mastered it.

As for gold, people from the New World took him to visit some mining farms. He found that there are a large number of high-quality deposits in the area, and the gold mines are quite good. The aborigines obviously realized that he likes gold very much, so it is used as a way to show that they are very good. Symbol of wealth.

Besides, Chen Zhenxian suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, Chairman, although I don't think it's a very important matter, but I think crops and the like are still meaningful, so I brought back some crops grown in the New World that we haven't seen before."

"crop?"

Su Yonglin was a little curious: "Are there any crops we haven't seen before?"

"There are indeed some, but not many. I have people introduced and brought some back. I don't know if it makes any sense to us."

Chen Zhenxian said with a smile: "You always say that agriculture is the foundation of a country, so no matter where I go, I focus on crops, but I always want to bring back some new things.

And I still admire Zhang Qian. How much did he bring back from the Western Regions?Grapes, walnuts, pomegranates, broad beans and alfalfa are all brought back by Zhang Qian. I think he is great and I want to learn from him. "

"That's true."

Su Yonglin smiled and said, "If you see something you haven't seen, try to bring it back. It's not a pity if it's useless. If it's useful, it's the best thing to do. Keep it up."

Su Yonglin instructed Chen Zhen to recuperate first, and then he took his entourage to watch the things that Chen Zhen first brought back.

A large amount of gold and copper is enough to stop the mouths of all those who are dissatisfied with the Beiyang Expedition Fleet. The Nanyang Expedition Fleet did bring back a lot of gold, silver and copper, but the Beiyang Expedition Fleet brought back more. Nothing less than.

Su Yonglin was very happy to see boxes of gold and copper being transported to Zhongdu for further statistics and refinement.

He felt that this business, which took a long time and spent countless money on three voyages, finally saw the light of day, could finally continue to advance.

But when he saw a box of corn, he was stunned for a moment, and in a trance, he felt that time and space were confused.

corn?

Isn't this stuff only found in South and Central America?
Chen Zhenxian and the others just arrived on the west coast of North America. From a geographical point of view, it shouldn't be enough, right?
Su Yonglin couldn't help but hurried forward, stopped the person who was carrying the box of corn, picked up a corn cobs and peeled off the husk, looked at the corn kernels inside, and immediately confirmed that it was really corn, he didn't look at it eye.

He broke off a few corn kernels, shoved them into his mouth regardless of the guards around him, and chewed them, hey, it really tasted like that.

It seems that this is not the most primitive corn, or corn that has been cultivated and improved. The appearance is not very different from modern corn, and it is completely worthy of large-scale cultivation and consumption.

This……

Su Yonglin pondered for a while and felt that there was only one suitable explanation.

The Native Americans are not completely without communication, North America, Central America and South America are not completely separated, even if there is a lack of transportation, there is not necessarily no communication between people.

They also have exchanges, and there may be some commercial exchanges between the indigenous people living in Mexico and Central America and the indigenous people living in North America, and in the long years, I do not know when to introduce corn to North America.

From the perspective of distance, although it is not long, it is not short. As for the thousands of years of corn planting history, no matter when it spreads to the North American continent, it is not completely impossible.

It's just that Su Yonglin really didn't expect that it was only his third voyage, and he had already achieved such a great harvest. He, who didn't believe in God, had to sigh with emotion—

God bless Daming.

After a brief thought, Su Yonglin felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart.

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PS: I worked full time for the seven days of National Day.

PPS: continue to ask for a ticket

PPPS: For the update, I didn't even explore the desert, I didn't find the grass god pupil or treasure chest, and I didn't even push the main quest. I really worked hard.

(End of this chapter)