Can you live forever

Chapter 158 Thousands of Mountains and Rivers, Shangzhou Mission

This martial arts conference in Zhoushan will become the key to the future direction of the world, and it is also the key to the situation in North Shangzhou.

On the east coast of Beishangzhou, the North and South Carona regions of later generations, the Keli Kingdom recorded in the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu Map is the living area of ​​the Cherokee people.

On the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, it is written: He is kind and kind, and those who come to his country from other places can be treated kindly.

This is also the reason why the Zheng He fleet presented the Beidou flag to the Cherokee after the Xuande gold medal was awarded. As for the Ge Li Kingdom, it was the largest tribe of the Cherokee at that time.

It can also be said to be national.

But the Cherokee were united, for the first time, with Dafangfeng as king, and established the Kingdom of Date.

Although the route was cut off by the Xu family, the Kingdom of Date could not get support from Ming, but after all, they were fighting locally. Whether the Xiluo made their own firecrackers or bought them from Daming, there was no systematic fire coverage like the Ming army. However, the power of the firecracker is actually not that great.

Even in many cases, it is not as easy to use as bows and arrows.

It was not until the appearance of bird guns that the effect of fire guns was generally better than that of bows and arrows.But this most advanced firearm, even in Zhoushan, would not be sold to foreigners. The Xiluo people could only find a way to steal from Zhoushan.

But apparently no imitation has been produced yet. In fact, the technology is fine, and the problem lies in iron smelting.

It took until the [-]th century for Xi Luozhou to catch up with the current iron smelting level of Ming Dynasty, and that was only achieved after the demise of Ming Dynasty and a large amount of technology was transferred to Xi Luozhou.

So now Xi Luozhou's self-produced firecrackers are very hip, and most of the firecrackers that can be used are purchased from Zhoushan.

From the time when the Ming Dynasty stopped voyages to the West, until now, the Xiluo people have colonized the east coast with about 5 people and [-] cities in total.

The four ports on the east coast are all controlled by the Xu family.

The Xu family's fleet on the east coast consisted of more than 300 large and small warships, with nearly 2 personnel. Of course, the composition of the personnel was mixed, with less than half of the Han Chinese, and the population of all ethnic groups was filled.

Their influence is very strong, but after all, it is an expedition of labor teachers.

After Dafangfeng established the Date Kingdom, the millions of Cherokee people immediately gathered [-] warriors. They were originally a mix of fishing, hunting and farming, so men can basically be warriors.

Even at the cost of a lot of blood, the Cherokee still uprooted all the cities of the Xiluo people, and even took back the port from the Xu family.

But because there is no control over the sea, the port can only be abandoned.

The Xu family and the remnants of the Xiluo people retreated to the island in the south. They occupied the island on the right of Jamaica and renamed it "Little Sibania".

But such a stalemate is not the answer.

Because of the Cherokee's victory, the Maya and Aztecs also began to move around, unwilling to allow foreigners to settle in their own territory, and planned to drive them out of North Shangzhou completely.

If it weren't for the fact that the fleet gap was too great, the Xiluo people would not be able to stand.

But this is not the case. For several years in a row, it has not been able to earn wealth from Beishangzhou. Sibania's finances are faintly showing a tendency to collapse. Even the inflow of silver from Ming Dynasty has also been affected.

However, because of Jiajing's currency reform and the credit construction of Baochao, silver is not so scarce.

The silver-based monetary system has kept Daming in a state of deflation for these years. If there is no silver inflow for a long time, the economy is likely to collapse. However, after changing to treasure banknotes, Daming, which has sufficient currency, has flourished in the past ten years. , There are faint signs of entering the world.

Even if this continues, silver will be completely abandoned, and the sovereign currency of Daming Banknotes will be simply used.

Daming's monetary policy has greatly affected the situation in Xiluozhou.

Especially in Sibania, the Habsburgs were extremely fearful. If Daming stopped accepting silver, they would lose their ability to export, and could only exchange cheap crops and minerals for Daming treasures.

Thus, the crisis of these years gave the Habsburgs a sense of life and death.

Can't sit still.

At least, before Daming did not reject the silver, it was necessary to break through North Shangzhou. Whether it was the Kingdom of Date, the Maya, or the Aztecs, it was necessary to plunder all the wealth stored by the Yindi'an people for thousands of years, and to destroy these metals in advance. Cashed in as Daming Banknotes.

Yes.

Knowing that the Daming banknotes are just a piece of paper, Habsburg still needs to urgently exchange gold and silver for treasure banknotes. As long as the treasure banknotes can still buy goods in Daming, then they are coins, and gold and silver cannot be bought. Now, that gold and silver are stones!

Out of crisis, Habsburg thought hard about countermeasures.

Finally, they found a cure, the Black Death, a plague that had ravaged Siluo since the eleventh century.

According to later historical records, the Black Death originated in China, was spread to Xiluozhou by caravans, and was also transported to the city through the Mongolian conquest, causing the outbreak of the plague.

Actually not so.

There was no record of large-scale plague in the Song Dynasty, and the Mongols did not get sick. The territory of the Mongol Empire was more in Central Asia. If it spread from China and Central Asia to Xiluozhou, they should be more seriously ill. right.

In fact, this thing is only rampant in Xi Luozhou.

The epidemic of plague is related to sanitation. Until the [-]th century in Xiluozhou, the Louvre in Fulangcha was still full of feces and urine. People defecated freely, and the smell was unpleasant. Residents in the city would directly pour their feces on the streets. The whole city is full of filth, for which the Siro specially invented perfume, but the combination of the two smells...

High-heeled shoes were invented according to this environment. At that time, nobles, both men and women, wore high-heeled shoes.

Because only in this way, will you not step on a foot of feces...

The Xiluo people don't even take a bath. The more devout people who believe in God, the less they can take a bath, otherwise they will be attacked by the devil. Bathing = sickness, this is their concept.

Under such circumstances, it is no wonder that the plague did not rage.

That is to say, when they go to Daming to do business, they will take a shower specially, otherwise they will be refused to trade because of body odor.

and so.

When the Habsburgs aimed at the plague as a solution to the problem, they naturally spread the Black Death to Northern Shangzhou, but the effect was not good.

Beishangzhou is sparsely populated, and the sanitation is too clean.

Lack of rats that spread the disease, the Black Death was not too rampant in Northern Shangzhou.

Now the Habsburgs are in a hurry.

They spread all kinds of diseases they could find to the Yindi'an people, and finally, they discovered the weapon of smallpox. The long-term isolation of Shangzhou from the main mainland made them have no immunity to smallpox.

It started in the summer of the 14th year of Jiajing.

In the autumn of the 15th year of Jiajing, more than 10 people died of smallpox in the Kingdom of Date alone. Even though Dafangfeng returned to Beishangzhou with vaccinia technology, smallpox spread too fast, and vaccinia can only be prevented, not cured. sick.

Moreover, American cattle are different from Daming cattle, and it took time to vaccinate and remove pox, which caused 10 deaths.

If the Kingdom of Date was prepared, it could barely resist.

The Mayan Kingdom was different. The plague destroyed the country almost instantly. The Xiluo people and the Xu family plundered wantonly, robbing the wealth accumulated by the Maya people for thousands of years almost like crazy.

Massive amounts of silver and gold were snapped up.

At this time, on the island chain in the middle of Shangzhou, no one could stop the Xiluo people. Only a remnant of Maya fled to the Kingdom of Date, and the Xiluo people did not confront the Kingdom of Date, which had been vaccinated. Turned the spearhead at the Aztecs.

It can be predicted that if the Aztecs are also destroyed, the situation in Northern Shangzhou will be completely corrupted, and the Kingdom of Date alone will be absolutely unable to support it, and the entire Shangzhou will become the back garden of the Xiluo people.

to this end.

Da Fangfeng had to discuss with Yiqiong, and finally decided that Yiqiong would lead the team to Daming, and asked Daming for help. Since the route was cut off by Xu's family, they should go by land.

Go northwest until you reach the Yanian Gorge (Bering Strait), cross the strait, and go south from Nurgandus to meet the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

They started in the autumn of the 15th year of Jiajing.

It was not until February of the 16th year of Jiajing that it took more than five months. There were 1000 people when they set off, and now there are only less than 200 people left, and finally arrived at the border of Daming.

Soon, they were entertained by Yu Dayou, and Yiqiong also led the clansmen, followed Babaili to rush into Beijing.

(End of this chapter)