Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 691 Huge investment

How did the primitive tribes in the South American jungle form alliances, or how did they develop?

This problem, in fact, has not been solved in later generations.

If the European colonial bandits ruled the world, the Indian primitive tribes in the South American jungle would still be primitive tribes, and they would still be equally backward four or five hundred years later.

They will even disappear one by one inexplicably, and eventually change from more than 1000 million people to tens of 10 people!

As for the reason, it is actually very simple, because what the European colonial robbers need is the wealth here, as for the native Indians here, they have the right to live if they can create wealth for them, otherwise, they will die.

To put it bluntly, the European colonial bandit is still a word, grab!

They used various means to rob money, robbed your money, made you a pauper, and said that you are not good enough, you can only be a pauper.

This is their true face, trying every means to rob people all over the world, robbing money and resources, making Ou Lu rich, robbing people of their money, robbing them of their resources, making them too poor to eat, It is also necessary to reverse black and white, saying that people themselves are poor.

Is the family itself poor?
Just like the primitive tribes of Indians in South America, how much wood was robbed by Europe from here, including precious mahogany, which was thousands of tons and thousands of tons, without giving them a penny.

There are also silver, gold, diamonds, etc., which were snatched back one by one, without giving them a penny.

As for iron mines, copper mines, etc., let alone, they not only don't give money, but also capture the people here as slaves for them to dig!

Perhaps, some people will think that the Indians here are already poor and have no money.

If they follow the example of the European colonial robbers and rob them of all their valuables, not only do they not give money, but they also hold them as slaves, scaring them so much that they hide in the depths of the primeval jungle and dare not come out, they will naturally be poor and have no money .

The European colonial robbers did not know how many such shameless things they did.

Of course Daming would not learn from European colonial bandits.

Luo Sigong actually already had some thoughts.

How to help the Indian primitive tribes here develop?

The first step is naturally to make them listen to Da Ming and form a tribal alliance, otherwise, Da Ming can't help them.

This step is very simple, as long as you let them eat a few good meals and experience the benefits of following Da Ming, they will naturally want to follow Da Ming.

People in primitive tribes have such a simple idea. You don’t need to use any fancy tricks with them, just serve food to make people full. If you eat well, people will naturally want to follow you to continue to eat well.

It's that simple.

Then there is the question of how to develop.

This Luo Sigong actually had some ideas.

He then solemnly said: "After you form a tribal alliance, Daming will build cities for you. You must all gather in these cities, so that you can concentrate your strength, develop and live a good life."

The chief of this primitive tribe is a bit incomprehensible.

After they listened to Zhao Baiyun's explanation, they all started asking questions.

Zhao Baiyun listened carefully for a while, and then concluded: "My lord, they said that there are a lot of people from dozens of tribes gathered together, and when they hunt, they can only go half a day's journey to hunt at most, or a day It is dangerous to spend the night in the jungle.

What they mean is that there are only so many prey within half a day's journey, and at most one tribe can be fed, and dozens of other tribes can't find food at all. "

Uh, I'm still thinking about hunting, I'm sure I won't be able to develop through hunting!
Luo Sigong shook his head helplessly and said: "It is impossible for you to develop by hunting and live a good life."

When the tribal chiefs heard the words, they chattered a lot.

What they mean is, what is the purpose of forming a tribal alliance, and what do they eat when they gather together? Does Daming still give them food all the time?

Naturally, Luo Sigong also considered this.

He nodded slightly and said: "When you first gathered together, you definitely couldn't solve the food problem by yourself. Daming will provide you with food for free until you develop and can solve the food problem by yourself."

real or fake?

Is Daming so good?
These people are not stupid to become tribal chiefs, they really don't believe that Daming will provide them with food until they develop.

They are not one or two people, nor are they one or two hundred people. Even if only a dozen or so tribes gather together, there are thousands of people.

With so many people, they don't know how much they will eat in a day. Can Daming provide them with food all the time?

Naturally, Luo Sigong did not lie to these tribal chiefs.

He simply said to Zhao Baiyun: "You explain to them, did Daming provide you with free food for a long time at the beginning?"

This is indeed a fact. When the North American Indian tribes first gathered together, they couldn't solve the food problem by themselves. It was Daming who provided them with food for free until they developed.

Zhao Baiyun immediately explained to these chiefs with his own experience.

Is there really such a thing?

A group of tribal chiefs discussed and raised new questions.

Maybe Daming can really provide them with food for a period of time, but how long is this period of time?

Zhao Baiyun said without hesitation, at least one year.

How long is a year?
They don't have any alternation of cold and heat here, there is only summer and no cold here, and it is almost this hot all year round!
In this case, it is a bit difficult for them to understand how long a year is.

Zhao Baiyun thought for a while, then pointed to the sun and explained: "A year is the sun rising and setting more than 300 times."

This time is indeed a bit long.

The question is, how will they solve the food problem by themselves after one year?
A group of tribal chiefs couldn't help raising their own questions.

Naturally, Luo Sigong also considered this.

He explained in detail: "You can learn from the North American Indian tribes, farm your own land, raise your own cattle, and make money by cutting redwood. You may not know that the red wood in this jungle is actually very valuable. "

In fact, all the tribal chiefs have heard of it.

Because some tribes also listened to the Portuguese colonists, helping others to plant sugar cane and helping others to harvest mahogany.

However, the life of these tribes is not very good. Not to mention that they are exhausted every day, and people often die. Just like this, I don’t know how many years have passed, and I have not seen these tribes develop. They still often have enough to eat.

This is a fact.

The Portuguese colonists were just talking nicely, but they actually tricked them into being slaves. They didn't get a share of the money they made from planting sugar cane, let alone the money they made from cutting mahogany.

It is quite dangerous to use primitive methods to harvest mahogany these days. If you cut down a tree thicker than a person's waist, you will kill a lot of people if you are not careful.

Moreover, planting sugarcane is not without danger at all, and various diseases alone can kill people.

The Portuguese colonists were not so kind, and they gave them medical treatment for free. If they got sick, they basically had to carry it on their own.

After listening to Zhao Baiyun's report, Luo Sigong couldn't help frowning slightly.

It seemed that he was thinking a little too simply.

Mahogany is indeed valuable, but it is a bit too much for people to spend their lives cutting it.

The question is, how can we make money if we don’t make money by harvesting mahogany?

By the way, there are various mineral deposits.

The emperor said that the largest iron mine in the world is here.

Moreover, they have already found out that the iron mine mentioned by the emperor seems to be in the southwest of Bahia.

If you count the mineral deposits, it shouldn't be difficult for the Indian tribes here to make a fortune, right?

What else can I do now, even if it doesn't work, I have to do it!

Thinking of this, Luo Sigong said a little nervously: "Don't worry, as long as you really listen to our Da Ming, after you form a tribal alliance, our Da Ming will send people here to explore various mineral deposits. I can live comfortably.”

To be honest, he was a little apprehensive.

Because they didn't know how big the iron mine the emperor was talking about, and he didn't know how many Indians lived in the South American jungle.

If calculated on the scale here in Natal, it would be quite terrifying.

Because there is basically an Indian tribe every [-] to [-] miles in the jungle here, there are hundreds of Indian tribes within their roughly detected range, and their detected range is less than half of Natal area.

Calculated in this way, there are hundreds of thousands of Indians in Natal alone, which is less than a thousand miles away.

In other words, there may be tens of millions of Indians in the Viceroyalty of Brazil!

How much food is needed to feed so many people a year?

If we really provide them with free food for a year, that would be a huge investment.

Ten million people have to eat at least hundreds of millions of shi of grain a year. Even if calculated based on the lowest price offered by the Indian tribes in the north, that is 1000 million taels of silver!
He has no idea how many mineral deposits there are here, and how much profit they will make in one year of development.

If the mineral reserves are not enough, they will lose money, and they will lose money every year, not even a little bit.

Can he not feel uneasy?

The most important point is that this is still a Portuguese colony. Will the emperor agree to invest so much money and food?

He really doesn't know this.

(End of this chapter)