Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 570
Quebec means the place where the river narrows in the Indian language, and this place name was taken by the Iroquois tribe.

However, the city of Quebec was built by the French.

This is the capital of the New French colony and the earliest city built by the French on the North American continent.

Around the 36th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty, the French began to build the city here, and they have been operating here for more than [-] years.

Quebec City alone has three double-decker bastions, and there is a complete city wall. The urban area is not small, and it is not a problem to station tens of thousands of people inside.

Fortunately, the French did not hold back stubbornly. If there are tens of thousands of French troops stationed inside and want to fight down, it will really take some effort.

Standing on the watchtower of the tallest bastion, Taichang scanned it slowly with binoculars, and couldn't help feeling secretly in his heart.

How did he know that Champlain was tricked by Prince Condé, and he was frightened away without any preparations.

In short, at this moment, the New French colonies have all been taken by them, and all the colonies of the North American Indian tribes have also been recovered.

Originally, he thought that regardless of whether the French were completely driven out of the North American continent this year, he would spend the New Year in Ming Dynasty.

Fortunately, the French were more stretched than he had imagined, and they took the entire New French colony without much effort.

At this moment, the weather has just started to get cold, and winter has not yet entered. He still has two or three months to plan everything on the North American continent.

The next most important thing is to help the Algonquin, Cherokee, and Iroquois tribes establish a tribal alliance-style country.

Only when the country is established can we concentrate our efforts to realize the plan he set.

If the Indian tribes are still divided into hundreds or thousands of tribes, there is no way to help him contain the European colonists.

Thinking of this, he said decisively: "Decree, order Jiandou, Wenzhao and Hushan to discuss matters."

At this time, more than 50 Ming troops and [-] Indian tribal coalition forces are really scattered throughout the New French colony within a radius of more than [-] miles, and the furthest team from Quebec City may be [-] miles away.

In other words, even if the horses were galloping wildly and changing horses on the road, it might take Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao, and Huang Degong to rush back after receiving the order, and it would take seven or eight days.

What can I do during this time?
Looking at the river in the distance, Taichang couldn't help but have an idea.

It seems that it is not far from the Great Lakes here. If you have nothing to do, maybe you can explore the largest freshwater lakes in the world.

Because the Great Lakes are located in the center of the North American continent, if they can be connected to other river systems through canals, then the entire North American continent can be connected into one body through waterways.

This is very important to the planning of the entire North American continent, so he wants to explore it in advance.

Of course, this exploration is not a blind exploration like a blind man touching an elephant. The French have colonized this area for decades, and they should have explored almost everything here. He only needs to look at the map of the French, and he should be able to roughly Learn about the Great Lakes.

At that time, he will go and see for himself based on the situation explored by the French, and it is basically the same.

So, how did the French explore?
At this moment, Chen Siming was worrying in the meeting room of the Governor's Mansion with a group of translators.

Because the French left in a hurry, they didn't take many things with them, including some books, official documents and maps.

The problem is that there is no general translator who understands French among them!
Taichang walked into the meeting room to have a look, and couldn't help but wondered: "Siming, what's wrong with you, you're frowning."

Chen Siming said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I am ashamed, we can't translate this French."

Well, at this moment, the influence of the French and the British has not yet extended to the Far East, and Daming has never had contact with them, so it is normal that no one understands French.

In fact, Taichang just habitually ordered the translator to collect other people's information, and it was like this every time after they laid down an important stronghold.

It was the same this time, he didn't even think about the language barrier.

There is no way to translate because of the language barrier.

Taichang thought for a while, then raised his hand and said, "Okay, if you don't understand, just collect and sort it out first, and I'll talk about it later, Siming, do you have a map of the New French colonies?"

Of course, Chen Siming quickly found a map about one foot square.

Taichang took it over for a closer look, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

The French have explored the Great Lakes area, but the map is just a few simple frames without any detailed markings.

There are many places marked with red crosses on this map.

The meaning of the red cross is roughly the danger zone or the war zone.

This was originally the territory of the Iroquois tribe, and the place where the red cross is drawn represents the tribe of the Iroquois tribe.

The Iroquois tribe has lived and thrived on this land for thousands of years at least. They are naturally familiar with this place. To learn about it through the information of the French, it is better to find out directly from the tribe of the Iroquois tribe. Woolen cloth.

It is a pity that the Iroquois tribe has not yet formed any written records, let alone any maps handed down, otherwise, they would not need to explore at all.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, and then said to Chen Siming: "You send someone to inform the nearby tribes, and ask them to send some older elders over. I want to know about the conditions of these lakes."

This is simple.

After the joint forces of the Ming Dynasty and the Indian tribes conquered here, many tribes began to move back, and there are many tribes of the Iroquois tribe nearby.

Chen Siming sent Kuaiqi a notice, and in less than two hours, more than a dozen old men and women followed Kuaiqi and hit horses.

At this time, Taichang was discussing with Concubine Su in front of the map in the meeting hall on the top floor of the flagship.

Concubine Su probably stayed on the flagship for too long, and when she heard that Taichang was going to take her to explore the Great Lakes region, she was overjoyed.

Possibly, this is considered a trip for her, which is a rare opportunity.

As soon as more than a dozen old men and women from the Iroquois tribe came in, she danced and communicated with them.

These old men and old ladies respect her very much, because she is the imperial concubine of Ming Dynasty, and her status is so noble that no one in all the Indian tribes can compare with her. She is like the queen of the entire Indian tribe!
Concubine Su usually has nothing to do. Apart from learning the culture of Ming Dynasty, she spends most of her time in the languages ​​of various Indian tribes.

Although the languages ​​of the various Indian tribes have many similarities, there are also many differences between the languages ​​of the various tribes. Even general translators such as Chen Siming cannot be proficient in the languages ​​​​of all the Indian tribes.

However, Concubine Su did it by virtue of her native language advantage.

It can be said that she is also the only one who is proficient in the languages ​​of various Indian tribes.

The Iroquois tribe originally lived in this area, and they knew a lot about the Great Lakes. Concubine Su made gestures with a group of old men and women, and then explained to Taichang with the map.

There seem to be natural rivers connecting the five great lakes, but many rivers are not yet accessible to boats.

As for the reason, judging from the descriptions of these old men and women, it is probably because the drop is too big and the water flow is too fast.

After Taichang got to know it carefully, he still decided to take someone to see it himself.

It's a pity that his idea was not realized after all, because although the big river next to Quebec is connected to the Great Lakes, there are too many places with fast flowing water in the middle, and even a wolf-fanged warship cannot sail through it.

He explored for several days with hundreds of Spike warships, but finally gave up.

There is no way, without building canals or transforming natural rivers, it seems impossible to pass between the Great Lakes.

As for connecting the Great Lakes with the North American continent and river systems through canals, that is a huge project.

It seems that this can only be implemented by Peng Bin, an expert in building canals.

(End of this chapter)