Daming 1805

Chapter 332 The Wisdom of the Black Duke
Ivanov realized that something was wrong.

The Daming people I met were not of the same kind at all, not "explorers" like myself, but...

Ivanov himself didn't know how to describe the organization he encountered...

They are indeed carrying the flag of Ming Dynasty, so they should indeed be the strength of Ming Dynasty.

But the immigrants were not like immigrants, and the expedition was not like an expedition.

The Mo men who rushed over from all over the mountains surrounded Ivanov's team in the middle.

A group of soldiers with guns approached, and Ivanov decisively gave up resistance.

Under such a gap between the enemy and ourselves, any strategy is useless.

There is no need for conflict between the two parties. Since it is the power of Da Ming, they should be able to talk.

Although the situation has deviated a bit, the nature of the matter will not change.

Hei Jizhong introduced:

There are tens of thousands of Mo people in the mountains and plains around him, and there are men, women, old and young.

"So, if His Excellency the Black Duke's immigration group wants to settle here, how about taking the western border of your settlement as the land border between us?"

"As long as we arrive and never leave, these places are our land.

"Of course not. This place, including the place where we stand, belongs to our Daming, and has nothing to do with you, Lucia."

"If you migrate to settle next to our settlements, there will be a lot of land behind you.

"After all, you don't occupy all the land!"

So Ivanov backed down:

"It can't be like this, even nomadic groups should have their own borders at the level of a modern country.

After hearing this, Hei Zhongzhong shook his head again, then waved to the left and right and said:
"Tie this Xiyi!"

But it makes some fucking sense.

Hei Zhongzhong shook his head and said:

Ivanov was almost insane.

"It cannot be said that all the land we have not developed yet belongs to you naturally.

"Our Ming's slaves have already arrived here, and you Lucia only have an exploration team.

Hei Jizhong felt that he explained it very clearly.

"Then when will we let you go, where is our border?

"Then what if we continue to explore west with your team?

"Da Ming and Lucia are now partners, and both are members of the League of Nations.

"Your cattle and sheep can't provide food for people of your ethnic group."

Hei Zhongzhong immediately waved his hands and said:

"We will leave, but we will also arrive.

There seems to be nothing wrong with the logic of finding black loyalty

Because the ordinary Mo people below are just slaves of black nobles like themselves.

Now it seems that they rely on hunting!

Ivanov felt that what he said was neither humble nor overbearing, and was orderly.

The people around them are all Mo people, no matter how high or low they appear to be.

Could it be His Royal Highness Prince Dashi?
But now is not the time to be entangled in such issues, the key now is how to fight for Lucia's interests.

The Black Duke is the apex, so there is no clear upper limit for registration.

If such a weird nomadic group roamed around on the prairie, it would be too much trouble.

"The place we both explored together, the place where we met, should be the boundary of our exploration.

"It's no use just putting a title on the map and setting up a boundary marker that's left unattended.

Then, the two sides initially discussed the development of the border and land division matters.

After all, the other party was from the Mo people, not from the Ming Dynasty, so Ivanov was a little bolder:
"You can't be so unreasonable.

"They were able to supply my food and they could supply their own food."

Ivanov was taken aback again.

Could it be that after the Mo people were castrated, there would be such a terrifying increase in wisdom?
Or, the person who can become the Black Duke, who can control so many Mexican slaves, should have such wisdom in the first place?

Are there such nomadic groups in this world?

The explorers who may encounter the Ming people have specially strengthened their studies on the way to the east.

Ivanov was stunned again:
"Nomadic? We have never seen nomads. They have more cattle and sheep than horses, and more horses than people.

There are no roads in the interior of Mozhou...

Ivanov did not expect the opponent to be so tough:
"Your Excellency the Black Duke can't be so arrogant, we both explored here at the same time, we should use this place as the boundary.

There were men, women, old and young, about every ten people gathered into a small group, followed by a young and strong Mo man in black clothes.

"You are always nomadic and not settled, and you will eventually leave all places.

"Since you are a nobleman of Lucia, come with me to meet my father, Lord Black Duke."

I was wondering what they would eat on the way with such a large population.

"Baron Lucia, Mikhail Ivanov, has met His Excellency the Black Duke Loyalty of the Great Food Kingdom of Ming Dynasty.

Hei Zhongzhong nodded slightly, and seemed to be quite satisfied with Ivanov's statement:

"We, Lucia and Daming, are partners, and your actions will affect our relationship!"

"The other slaves of His Highness the Food King will follow our footsteps and come here to settle down.

Ivanov also didn't want to deal with this strange Mexican.

However, Hei Zhongzhong said lightly:
"We are now nomadic peoples, herders like the Mongols.

Hei Zhongcheng said to Ivanov with a half-smile:

A group of the most stupid and savage Mo people, what the hell is this identity, so the black duke is messing around, right?
But the other party claimed to be a slave of His Royal Highness Prince Dashi of Ming Dynasty, which made Ivanov dare not mess around at all.

"What are you going to do? We're just discussing the temporary scope of exploration? Why do you want to do it?

"It makes sense, it can indeed be regarded as a big event, but the land and slaves are more important.

"So, in the final analysis, even if it is exploration, it also depends on strength.

The common center of all these Mo people are several large carriages.

The person sitting in the carriage should be the so-called Black Duke.

"As a nomadic group, you are always on the move, which means you are not fixed in one place.

Are all the Mo people trained by Daming with this kind of mind?
I heard that all Mo people in Ming Dynasty were castrated, and this Mo person has no beard at all, so he might be castrated.

"You are... Your Excellency the Baron of the Great Food Kingdom? Are you a nobleman of the Great Food Kingdom?"

Nomads occupy the land in the front, and immigrants come to settle in the back. Who is thinking of this routine?

"This is my father, Lord Black Duke.

"According to the provisions of the League of Nations, a piece of land can only be truly owned if it is actually used by the colonists and controlled by the actual garrison.

I am the slave of King Dashi.

So I can fully understand the other party's words, but I am very surprised by the content of Hei Jizhong's words.

Hei Jizhong came to Ivanov's team on horseback, and asked in Daming's elegant language with a slight accent:
"I am Hei Jizhong, the black baron of the Great Food Kingdom of Ming Dynasty. Who is the leader of this group of people?"

Even if you go to St. Petersburg to move reinforcements by yourself, it will be difficult to transfer enough troops to defeat them here.

During this process, Ivanov instinctively observed these ink people carefully but carefully.

This surprised Ivanov very much.

Ivanov was directly stunned.

But Ivanov was confused.

"We will not take your settlements, where you will be free.

"We just started looking for a temporary exploration boundary between us based on your suggestion."

"I am the explorer of New Lucia, and you are the... pioneer of Da Ming's Dashi Prince...

"According to the norms of the League of Nations, the key to controlling the colonies is immigration and control.

In addition to the settlements that I have built, are these nomadic lands?
The land that nomadic groups can occupy and control is much larger than that of settled farmers.

"It is impossible to say that your migrants migrate directly to our settlements and use our settlement borders to demarcate them.

Hei Zhongzhong said unhurriedly:

With [-] slaves, one should be able to become a tenth-level black duke.

Hei Zhongzhong smiled when he heard this:
"We won't settle here anytime soon, but our companions will.

"If you have any objections to this, you can also find enough people to tie us all up and drag us eastward.

"So of course this place belongs to our Daming."

Of course this Mo man is wise, but his greatest honor is Daming's strength.

Ivanov's mind quickly turned in circles, and soon he caught a possible breakthrough point:
"If you are nomadic and do not settle down, and you will let other companions settle down after you leave, then you are actually an exploration group.

"Can we continue to detour to open up behind you?

This can't be an exploration team, it can indeed be regarded as an immigration team, and there are a lot of soldiers with guns among them.

The reasoning of this Mo man seems to be fallacious, but it is very realistic.

"I am the chief, I am Baron Lucia, Mikhail Ivanov.

"In accordance with the principles of immigration and physical control, we will explore your settlements.

You are a military aristocrat for a while, and a slave for a while, and you yourself are a slave. What is your status?
But Ivanov wisely didn't dwell on this issue here.

"Instead of us both arguing here."

Ivanov was slightly relieved, but still puzzled:
"Then why did you arrest me? What are you going to do?"

Mikhail replied with a bit of an accent, but quite fluent Daming Yayan:

The master of all the slaves here is also a Mo people...

I just don't know, what is the identity of this black duke, is he also a slave?
Ivanov followed Hei Jizhong all the way to the middle of the team without seeing a Ming person.

If the other party wasn't acting in the name of Ming Dynasty, Ivanov would have instinctively laughed out loud.

nomadic?Nomads herding slaves?

When Ivanov came to the carriage, two black-skinned maids opened the curtain in front of the carriage.

"After you leave, this place cannot be regarded as the land under your complete control, and we may build settlements here.

On this inland prairie, Lucia really couldn't organize against the power of Hei Zhongcheng's exploration team.

"As for the specific details, and the final boundary, it should be decided by our courts.

"However, if you can organize so many combat forces here, you won't be here to discuss with me where the border is.

Hei Jizhong didn't feel any humiliation in saying that he was a slave, and he even felt honored to be the slave of King Dashi.

"Come here now, and leave here later.

"Problems between us should be negotiated and resolved in a fair manner."

Because there are more important things behind.

"The land and slaves here will belong to our Daming from now on."

Hei Jizhong immediately led a group of Mo Nu guards to swarm up, and directly held down Ivanov and tied his hands.

Hearing that the other party turned the topic directly to the business, he immediately took over:
"Your Excellency the Black Duke, do you mean to use our current location as the exploration boundary of the two countries?
"In this way, our Lucia will no longer go east, and Daming will no longer explore west."

More small groups will gather together in a larger area, also centered on a black man in black.

After all, this is a prairie, and there are no ready-made roads and railways at all.

Black Loyalty seems very proud:

Make sure of this meeting.

"Although you people are immigrants, you are only immigrants after all, not settled residents.

"Although we are nomads, what we graze are not cattle and sheep, but slaves.

The lower-level black nobles only have three levels, and after reaching the third level, they will be promoted to higher-level black nobles.

"If you take occupation and control as the territorial standard, although there are a lot of you people, it is impossible to completely control the land from here to our settlement.

"You don't have many horses here at all, and the number of cattle and sheep is not too many, but there are a lot of people.

Go see that black duke.

Ivanov was visibly taken aback.

The point is that it is impossible for His Majesty the Emperor to conflict with Daming over this wasteland.

"Since you are the pioneer of Lucia, don't continue eastward from now on.

He is a slave himself, a master of slaves, and a "black duke".

There are so many animals on the prairie. Once the human scale is large enough, any animal can only be a meal.

"In this case, you have explored here, and we have also explored here.

"For your freedom, I think you should tell me where your nearest settlement is."

Ivanov quickly made a decision:

Ivanov is completely desperate now.

"It stands to reason that between our nearest settlement and your nearest settlement, an intermediate point should be taken as the temporary boundary between us.

"So, we will arrive next to your settlement.

Ivanov rode a horse and followed Hei Jizhong into the ranks of the Mo people.

What on earth is this ink man's brain made of?
Why is this nonsense set in one set?

"I also own a hundred slaves, and among all the Mexican slaves, I enjoy a baron-like military aristocratic status.

The two sides opened up the mainland passage in the central part of Mozhou.

Hei Zhongzhong shook his head again:
"We are not settling here, we will continue to move westward until we find your settlement."

"We'll build settlements all over the place, and in the end you won't have any land left.

Hei Jizhong knew his identity, so he explained to Mikhail at this time:
"I am not a nobleman, not a baron, but a 'Black Baron', and I am a slave of His Royal Highness King Dashi.

"We are nomads, but we are also residents.

Ivanov almost swears when he heard this.

"We are not settled city dwellers or farmers, why should we settle next to your settlements?
"The scope of our activities is very large, and it is impossible to be limited to a certain place."

After Hei Zhongzhong talked about his plan, he saw that Ivanov didn't seem very lucky, so he continued to run and said:

These 1 people can indeed completely control an area.

"You explored here, we didn't explore here, we migrated here.

"We met here on behalf of Lucia and Daming respectively, announcing that we have opened up the grassland passage in the middle of Mozhou.

These Mo people all rode horses, while among the other Mo people, only a few young and strong had horses, and most of them walked.

"Your team and mine are of the same nature, we are both a team that explored and pioneered before immigration.

Mikhail couldn't believe it, the Mo people could get the title of Dashi Kingdom, which was an identity that he didn't even dare to think about.

A middle-aged Mo man in his 30s, wearing a full set of Ming Dynasty costumes, squinting his eyes slightly, and looking at Ivanov.

Black Loyalty gave Ivanov a big shock again.

"Unless you also leave people to settle here, and the number is also large enough."

Shipping to the rear is hard to come by.

Ivanov didn't know how to address the other party, mainly because the identity of the other party was too weird.

Ivanov was shocked:

"Here's the point, you'll leave—

"They will settle on our nomadic lands and take root here..."

"Don't be nervous, this Baron of Lucia, we won't do anything to you.

Although the Black Duke is the apex of the black nobility, this apex is also graded.

I have to put on a respectful enough attitude, copy Hei Jizhong’s original introduction, and add the most common name to say hello:

"Your suggestion is that the places we have explored together are our boundaries.

"All the Mo people around you are my slaves, they will fight for me and hunt for me.

"I think it's something to celebrate and to go down in history."

Black Loyalty is interested in Yi, but he cares more about land and slaves.

This is a very important task, and I should find a way to fight for Lucia's interests.

Ivanov couldn't accept it.

Ivanov was born in the Lucia nobles, and the Lucia nobles basically understand some Ming dialects.

With 1 slaves, it is a first-class black duke.

"It is the slave of His Royal Highness King Dashi, and the master of all the slaves here."

It should be said that the operations that allow him to walk on the edge of the rules can be said to be open and aboveboard operations that take advantage of loopholes, and Lucia, who is weaker, has to accept it.

The two exploration teams confronted each other, and Lucia suffered a crushing defeat.

In order to gain freedom as soon as possible, Ivanov directly followed Hei Zhongzhong's reminder and told Hei Zhongcheng where the nearest Lucia settlement was, and even offered to take them there.

Hei Zhongzhong immediately ordered to escort Ivanov, his companions and slaves, and march towards this goal together.

(End of this chapter)