Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 521

There were not many people in the West Indies.

Because when European countries came to the Americas to colonize, most of the Indians were still in a tribal civilization.

They basically don't know how to build boats, even if they build boats, they are canoes.

There is no big problem for the canoe to paddle in the river, but if it is to paddle out to sea, it is estimated that a wave will overturn it.

Therefore, there were very few people in the West Indies before the European countries came to America to colonize.

The reason why there are so many people on these islands in later generations is basically slaves brought over by the colonists from Africa and North and South America.

In short, there are really not many Indians in the West Indies at this moment, and there are not even traces of Indians in the south of Cuba Island.

At this moment, there are quite a few Spaniards on the island of Cuba, and they have built many forts and ports here.

For example, South Santa Cruz in the south, Santa Clara and Santo Domingo in the middle, San Luis, North Santa Cruz, La Havana, Santa Lucia in the north, and so on.

They built more than ten forts and small ports on the island, which saved the time for the Daming Navy fleet to build temporary ports.

La Havana was built around the tenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty.

This was originally Spain's largest colonial stronghold, and it has been the center of Spain's rule of the West Indies for more than a hundred years.

However, at this moment, the Spanish colonists had already fled to Veracruz as if fleeing for their lives, and the ports and forts here had changed owners.

On the pier, Taichang looked at Su Yi who had changed back into a bright feather outfit, his face was full of surprise.

He really didn't expect that the little girl's language talent was so good. The chief of the Indian tribe who couldn't communicate with Chen Siming, she just went up to make gestures with him for a while, and then began to communicate without any obstacles.

I've been talking about this for half an hour, why are there so many words?
Taichang waved his hand slightly, and a Wu eunuch hurried forward and bowed his hands respectfully, and then pulled the reluctant tribal chief away.

Seeing the old lady walking away, he stepped forward and asked with a smile: "How about it, did you ask me clearly, how many tribes are there on this island, and how many people are there?"

Su Yi sighed slightly: "She said that there were a few tribes with less than a thousand people within a ten-day journey, and many people in these tribes were killed by the invaders. At this moment, I am afraid that people from a few tribes It’s less than a thousand in total.”

The journey in ten days is about three or four hundred miles.

It seems that there are less than a thousand Indians on this island, because there are no traces of Indian tribes in other places.

Hearing this, Taichang nodded slightly, then patted her on the back lightly and said, "Let's go, let's get on the boat first."

Su Yi looked at the north, and said with some hope: "Your Majesty, when will we go to South Lakota City? Didn't you say that the canal has been repaired, and we will be able to reach South Lakota City soon by boat?"

This little girl misses her family.

Taichang was quite embarrassed and said: "We must bring some gifts for your parents when we go to South Lakota City, right? Wait a minute, when the merchant ship that goes back to fetch things comes, we will go to South Lakota City."

He didn't lie, because there were not many building materials left here, and it was not enough to build a large port.

What's the point of him going to South Lakota in this situation?

If he didn't bring some materials, the city of South Lakota might not even be able to be built.

Moreover, this place is more important than the North American continent. He must arrange everything here before he can safely go to land to help the Indian tribe drive away the colonists.

In the meeting hall, a group of civil servants and military generals gathered again.

Taichang pointed to La Havana on the map and said: "We are in a very good place now. Not only does it have a good natural harbor, but it is not too far from the territory of the Apache tribe. The large city and port in the north should be built here. "

Sun Chuanting looked at a pile of weird foreign characters on the map, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, should we also change the place names here?"

Taichang has also considered this issue, and he even specifically looked through the history books he brought with him back then.

The territory of Ming Dynasty is getting wider and wider, and it seems that adding new characters to the existing place names is not enough.

So, you have to think of something else.

He nodded slightly and said: "Well, I have already considered this, from now on this place will be called the Western Yindu Islands, and this city will be called the Western Yindu City.

We also changed the capital of New Yin in the north to the capital of Eastern Yin.

And the place where a large city is built in the south, we don’t want to call it South Santa Cruz, we change it to Xinchaoge.

And this west side, we don't want to call it St. Louis anymore, just change it to New Muye.

And the northeast side, we don't want to call it St. Lucia anymore, just change it to Xinxiang Capital.

In short, all the place names here are changed to the ancient place names of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. The names of these four large cities and ports are based on this, as for the others.

Boya, you are here to be in charge of coordinating the overall situation, and I will leave the other place names to you.

Just go and read the history books yourself, and then just change it. "

The place names extracted in this way sound much more normal.

Sun Chuanting hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang asked Chen Zilong again: "Maozhong, you have been around the island for a few days, have you gained anything?"

Chen Zilong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I found that the rice transplanted by the Spaniards grows quite well here, and there is plenty of water here, and the weather is relatively hot. It is estimated that there will be no problem with the rice planting for two or three seasons."

It is good that it is suitable for growing rice. After all, the people in the south of Daming depend on rice as their staple food.

Taichang thought for a while, and then said to Ni Yuanlu: "Ruyu, think about it carefully, and pick twenty guards from Nanzhili and Zhejiang guards. They should be very familiar with rice planting."

Ni Yuanlu hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang then said to Zheng Zhilong: "Feihong, you are in charge, first mobilize 20 Dongyang young and strong laborers."

Alas, Dongyang's young and strong laborers have almost been mobilized, and most of their own land is planted by the old and weak women and children who stayed behind.

Zheng Zhilong thought for a while, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, most of the labor from Dongyang has been transferred to Dongfan, Nanyang and the newly-built southern provinces. I'm afraid they won't be able to make up all of them if they transfer 20 at a time. Look, can old and weak women and children do it?"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said, "Sure, anyone who can farm the land will do."

Then it will be fine.

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

At this time, Xu Erjue carefully cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I saw that the Spaniards planted some sugar cane, tobacco leaves, and coffee beans here, and the growth is very good. Can we also plant some of these? ?”

Well, here is relatively close to Europe, so we can make a lot of money by planting more cash crops and selling them to Europe.

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Okay, you can figure it out, in short, it is best to be self-sufficient in food here, and for the rest, you can go to Europe to see for yourself, and plant whatever is lacking there. "

Xu Erjue hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang thought for a while, and then said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Jiandou, you arrange people to quickly build the port here, and burn more bricks for later use."

Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

(End of this chapter)