Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 796
Prince Condé left with the army of the anti-Habsburg alliance. Although the mess they left behind was not too bad, it was quite troublesome to fix it.

This guy was crazy about cutting down the primitive forest and opened up millions of acres of land, but he also left behind nearly a million slaves.

In the past, they didn't care about the life and death of these slaves, they just fed them some garbage-like things, and it didn't cost any food at all.

The Ming Empire can't ignore the lives of these people!

One million mu of land sounds scary, and with the current production capacity, it can produce about 200 million shi of grain, which is enough to feed these slaves for two months.

What's more, these lands are not all the food planted, and sugar cane, cocoa beans, and coffee beans also account for nearly half.

That is to say, the grain produced by these millions of acres of land is enough to feed nearly a million slaves for more than a month.

There are twelve months in a year, what to do with the remaining ten months?
Therefore, all the black slaves here must be transferred to Xin'anyang City, and even the slaves of the primitive tribes here must find a way to resettle them.

Also, this Bahia was originally the capital of the Viceroyalty of Brazil, and nearly 1 Portuguese gathered here. Although the Duke of Braganza took away nearly 9 people, there are still nearly [-] people left here.

If you count all these people, Bahia's population exceeds 120 million.

There are so many people, and they are divided into three groups, which is really a bit of a headache.

Taichang sat in the Governor's Mansion, looking at the latest map of Bahia, his brows were wrinkled.

It seems that Prince Condé really wanted to leave a way out for himself, so he didn't take away any maps about Bahia.

Question, you bastard left me with such a large number of people, where can I get so much food to feed me.

The food purchased by the Indian tribes in North America must not be moved, because the food has to maintain the livelihood of all primitive tribes in the Amazon River Basin for half a year.

It seems that you can only buy it from the Spaniards.

The food problem cannot be delayed.

There are more than 150 million people in addition to the people they brought, and the food they brought and the food left by Prince Condé can last for a month at most.

Once these more than 150 million people have no food, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Thinking of this, he immediately said to the door: "Tell Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen."

After a while, the two boys ran over in a hurry.

After paying respects to the monarchs and ministers, he directly said: "Hurry up and bring the silver, one hundred armed merchant ships, one hundred spiked warships, and ten thousand soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion, and go to the governorship of New Spain to buy food."

Uh, they are very familiar with the Governor of New Spain.

Question, how much food to buy?
Zhang Zhiji thought for a while, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, how much grain do we buy from others, and how much money do we bring?"

Without hesitation, Taichang said: "Of course, buy as much as you have."

Zhang Zhiji thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, it shouldn't be a big problem to buy 1000 million shi of grain from them, because last time we bought 1000 million shi from them.

However, Weichen estimated that they could dig out 2000 million shi of grain at most.

And 100 armed merchant ships can hold 50 million shi of grain when fully loaded, so Weichen thinks that it is enough for us to bring [-] taels of silver at a time."

50 million taels?

By the way, it seems to be a stone or two to buy food from the Spaniards.

Damn it, these guys are even darker than black people!
There is no way, food is for life-saving, no matter how expensive it is, you have to buy it.

Money is a bastard, if you don't have it, you can make it again.

All right, just one or two stones, one or two stones, and when the time comes, take all the Spanish colonies in America and earn them all back.

The problem is that it is too little to pull 100 million stones in one trip.

It's tens of thousands of miles away from the Spanish Viceroyalty, and it's not bad if you can make a round trip in January.

In other words, these one hundred armed merchant ships had to be transported back and forth for twenty months!
Alas, there are still not enough boats!

Armed merchant ships are now needed everywhere to transfer personnel and supplies, and they estimate that even a thousand armed merchant ships are not enough.

The problem is that there are only five or six hundred armed merchant ships on the American side at the moment.

Taichang thought for a while, and then said decisively: "Okay, you go and buy 100 million stones first, and I will find a way to move the people here to the Western Yindu Islands as soon as possible, so that you don't have to run back and forth too much." Far."

The West Yindu Islands are less than 2000 miles from the nearest place of the governorship of New Spain. If most of the people here can be moved there, it will not be too convenient to transfer grain. It is estimated that [-] million shi of grain can be transported in two months. Finished the transfer.

The question is, all the armed merchant ships they brought have gone to transfer food, so what do they use to transfer people?
It seems that the Aegis ship can only be used for transshipment.

Taichang watched the backs of Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen disappear at the door, and then said loudly: "Tell Zhang Mingshi, Zuma and Atlanta."

After the establishment of the monarch and ministers, he asked directly: "How is it, Ming Dynasty, how is the selection of the Black God Army? How many are there in total?"

Zhang Mingshi couldn't help but face the shocked expression and said: "Your Majesty, the Black God Army has finished selecting, adding up the original tens of thousands who have been trained, there are more than 50."

My God, just over 50!
I have to say that the physical fitness of these black slaves is really scary.

Fortunately, the 50 black gods only need to provide food and do not need to pay money, otherwise, tens of millions of taels a year would not be able to come down.

Taichang was stunned for a moment and then said decisively: "Okay, you gather the remaining [-] old and weak women and children to the port, and then bring a month's worth of food and fresh water, and let them squeeze in the Aegis ship." , First pull back to Xin'anyang City.

As for the remaining [-] Black Gods, Zuma and Atlante will cooperate with the generals of the Shenji Battalion you brought to practice, and when the Aegis ship returns, they will be pulled back in two groups. "

Uh, this.

Hearing this, Zhang Mingshi couldn't help being surprised and said, "Your Majesty, are all sixty Aegis ships going away?"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, it's no problem to accommodate 30 old and weak women and children in sixty Aegis ships?"

This is not the problem.

Zhang Mingshi hurriedly advised: "Your majesty, you are here, and you will not be able to take all the Aegis ships away!"

Cut, what are you afraid of.

Taichang calmly said: "Don't worry, there are still two dreadnoughts and nearly a thousand Spike warships here, as well as the ten buildings and gunboats led by Luo Sigong.

The combat power of the Emperor is not generally strong, unless the main Dutch fleet rushes over, otherwise, it will not be able to shake the two dreadnoughts and my Emperor. "

Uh, this, okay.

The combat power of the dreadnought is really terrifying, and the ordinary building boat gunboat is basically unable to shake it.

Not to mention the Emperor, even if it is directly hit, it is estimated that it can knock over a bunch of buildings, gunboats, not to mention, the number of artillery on it is terrifying.

Zhang Mingshi thought for a while, but still cupped his hands and bowed: "The general will obey the order, and the general will retire."

After speaking, he took Zuma and Atlante out respectfully.

Then there is the question of more than [-] primitive tribe slaves.

Taichang thought for a while, then said loudly: "Tell Luo Sigong."

After a while, Luo Sigong walked in quickly.

After paying respects to the monarchs and ministers, Taichang asked, "Sigong, is there any food surplus in Xinzhang, Xinyi, and Xinluo?"

Luo Sigong nodded quickly and said: "Yes, there are more Weichen villages in the Xinzhang Kingdom, almost 200 million shi, and they are also planting herbs and looking for suitable mahogany to make money.

Moreover, there are some farms there, which can produce hundreds of thousands of shi of grain a year, which is enough for the people in Xinzhang.

There are quite a lot of farms in Xinyi and Silla, and the food they produce is probably enough for the Indian tribes there to be self-sufficient.

However, not long after we took over Xinyi and Silla, there was no food produced there, and the original colonists had a grain stock of nearly 30 shi. "

Calculated in this way, if all the food is exhausted, it will last for about half a year.

enough!
Taichang thought for a while, and then said decisively: "You take two hundred Spike warships and move all the people from the primitive tribes here to Xinzhang, Xinyi and Xinluo. People, all moved here.

In terms of food, give them food first to make them full. I estimate that I will be able to replenish food for you in three months. "

Luo Sigong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

The rest is a matter for the Portuguese.

Taichang said loudly to the outside again: "Broadcast to Desheila."

After a while, Deshaira came running over.

This guy is still full of joy.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help asking curiously: "What's the matter, you're so happy?"

De Sierra quickly explained: "Your Majesty, I have already asked the Portuguese here. Many of them are willing to join the team of my ministers and take back what belongs to them from those nobles."

Uh, this guy, he was busy with this.

Taichang asked again: "How many people are there?"

De Sierra said a little excitedly: "Your Majesty, adding up all this, it shouldn't be a problem to pull out a team of 2 people."

2 people, not a lot.

Then why the Duke of Braganza has less than 2 people at the moment.

very good!

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then said decisively: "That's all right, you form a Portuguese army, practice it well, and I will order people to prepare weapons for you."

OK!

Desierra almost jumped up excitedly.

However, he quickly calmed down again, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, I don't have this salary yet!"

This is a small problem. There are only 2 horses, how much food and wages can they need.

Taichang said indifferently: "How much food do you pay them?"

De Xie La quickly explained: "The minister gave them three taels of silver and four shi grains a month, which is equivalent to five taels of silver a month."

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Okay, food may be a little tight in these three months, you go with Ziru to get 30 taels of silver and distribute it to them.

As for the food, I can only ensure that they are full for the past three months, and I will distribute the money and food together after three months. "

Oops, it's just too good to be true.

After all, these people all want to make money, food or something, just enough to feed them.

This is three months of food and salary, and everyone must be very happy.

De Xie La hastily cupped his hands and bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

In this way, another foreign legion in Ming Dynasty was born.

If you count the troops of the Black God Army and the North American Indian tribes, the Ming Foreign Legion has millions of troops!

(End of this chapter)