Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 441 Hill District ([-])

"Baron Salvador Angel Bravo?" Long Xu, who was wearing a neat military uniform, squinted his eyes at the Spanish middle-aged man who was dressed like a big rooster, and asked slowly.

Not a trace of respect!There is no fear of the Kingdom of Spain at all!Baron Bravo felt his anger rising, but he restrained it well. He still had a lot to learn, and he didn't want to have nothing to say with these annoying East Coasters right now.

"Tartars, tell me, what do you want to do? Do you want to scatter these yellow-skinned pagans as many as ants all over the eastern prairie?" Baron Bravo looked at the dragon with the proud look of a rooster. Xu said arrogantly.

"Spanish, you'd better pay attention to your manners. In this place full of heretics, you have to learn to be cautious. It will be good for you." The young Long Xu shook the saber in his hand that "cracked" , and then said with a half-smile: "It's not up to you to control what we do, this is the legal territory of the East Coast Republic of China."

"But you have been persecuting Catholics!" Baron Bravo did not avoid Long Xu's dangerous eyes at all, but raised his chin higher, and then continued: "Tatars, this is inhumane and inhumane." The kingdom of Spain will respond to your folly if you don't change your filth, as is allowed by the Christian world. And I will assure you, you will be impressed."

"Is your head broken? Spaniard, I really doubt how the Governor of Peru would send a guy like you who looks stupid to talk to me. Although you look like you are in your 30s, but With all due respect, your mental age is still very immature. Even some young lads in my army who have just been promoted to officer candidates will be much more stable than you, you are too far behind, Your Excellency the Baron." Long Xu suddenly pulled his face down , Said in a cold voice: "So you are here to provoke, aren't you? Are you here to provoke us? Then you succeeded, Baron Bravo, because our cavalry troops are about to wipe out a Chaluya village. Just to the west in the hills, and you'd better hope Father Barbosa, the Jesuit, isn't there, or he's going to die a horrible death."

Hearing Long Xu's words, Baron Bravo suddenly became angry as if he had received a huge insult, and he said loudly: "Father Barbosa is a respectable elder, he is knowledgeable and personable. , his devotion to God is admirable, he..."

"That's enough, Mr. Baron." Long Xu interrupted Baron Bravo impatiently, and then said: "Father Barbosa secretly tricked the Charuya barbarians to kill one of our peaceful residents. They must pay The price! Including this dishonorable priest! Look, our troops have already set off. They will use the sharp sabers in their hands to cut the heads of those barbarians as easily as beef, and let them know what kind of enemy they can't provoke of."

Baron Bravo calmed down instead at this time. He looked at Long Xu with gloomy and angry eyes, and then said: "I shouldn't waste time in front of you. I am now the special envoy of the Governor of Peru in the Kingdom of Spain , I need to go to the capital of your country to deliver important letters and diplomatic messages, I hope you will cooperate."

Long Xu choked when he heard the words, and then shouted behind him with a stinky face: "Liu Zhigang, take a platoon of cavalry to escort this special envoy and his entourage to Dongfang Port. Come back immediately after the mission is completed. We will continue to clear up the next investigation. Ruya Village." After speaking, he glanced at Baron Bravo provocatively.

Baron Bravo remained expressionless and did not reply.After a while, the cavalry led by Sergeant Liu Zhigang finished packing their equipment, and then escorted Baron Bravo and his entourage to the south along the flat prairie.They will first arrive at Xiayihebao in the south, where they will cross the river and go southeast all the way to Meilin Port, and then go south along the railway to Dongfang Port via Zhenyuan Township and Ranch Township.Along the way, they walked in the "hinterland" controlled by the people on the east bank for a long time. There is no need to worry too much about safety. The Spaniards noticed this new type of boat from the East Coasters.

Although there are some "strange stories" about the East Coast Republic in the vicinity of La Plata and Brazil, there are some "automatic sailing" about "black smoke" and "no sails". Ordinary people may regard it as magic and witchcraft or simply as a joke, but some educated nobles and businessmen don't see it that way.They think that the people on the east coast must have mastered some kind of amazing method, and this method must have subversive innovations for ship navigation.

Therefore, they began to secretly collect information on such ships through various means, and they have already obtained some information.For example, they know that this kind of ship will burn coal, and they also know that this kind of ship will generate some water vapor, and they also know that this kind of ship is driven by some "paddle wheels" or "propellers".It's a pity that they haven't been able to get in touch with the crew of those steamships, especially the steam engine repairmen, otherwise they will definitely get more useful information.But this is only a matter of time. As long as any practical technology shows its unparalleled charm in front of people, it will spread sooner or later.Unlike commodities such as textiles or dyes, steam engines can be manufactured behind closed doors in a heavily guarded place. This stuff has to run around, which makes supervision more difficult.

If the time travelers know that the result of their vigorous promotion of steam engines is the diffusion of technology, I don't know if they will stick to their original approach.Although the promotion of the steam engine has provided a huge boost to the country's industrial and agricultural development, it is really difficult to keep any technology secret, especially when many people's eyes are staring at this place.

The only thing they need to be thankful for now is that the society on the east coast is not an open society, but a high-pressure police society with relatively strict control and rampant military and police constitutions. The spy system and strict household registration system make many people from Brazil or Latin America It is difficult for the strange faces infiltrated by Prata to walk openly in the interior, which creates great difficulties for them to steal information.They can only enter the East Coast society through immigration, steal information through a long period of time, and then find a way to pass it on. The efficiency is outrageously low, and the success rate will not be very high.Moreover, as early as a few years ago, the east coast had stopped obtaining immigrants from powerful countries such as Britain, France, Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain. At present, the main source of European immigrants is female slaves from the Ottoman Empire and a small number of Livonians. The stealing of intelligence by Western European powers once again created considerable obstacles.

However, the above are not safe after all. People will always find loopholes to steal information over a long period of time, especially steam engines, which are difficult to supervise.Therefore, what the East Coast people need to do is to strengthen supervision and review, try to delay the leakage of steam engine technology as much as possible, and buy more time for their own development.

After the annoying Spaniard was sent away, Long Xu, who had just been appointed as the commander-in-chief of the suppression of the Yihe area, immediately walked out of the castle site currently under construction. After leaving half a company (120 people) of soldiers to guard the place, He took the other half of the company and headed south in a few freight rail wagons that had just been assembled.The cavalry troops had just marched to the low mountains and hills to the west to wipe out the two Chaluya villages that had been detected by the people on the east coast.Taking this half company of troops to patrol along the railway line can somewhat deter the enemy, and it can also give some confidence to the local immigrants and South African laborers who are building roads.

The task of exterminating the Charuyas must be urgent.Recently, we will intensify our investigation efforts, and immediately carry out forced relocation once it is verified. If there is resistance, we will destroy it on the spot to ensure that there will be no future troubles.If these Charuya villages that have taken root in the local area are wiped out, then those gaucho horse bandits who have been raging nearby for a long time will become rootless water and will definitely not be able to persist.Now that this Spaniard who is as proud as a big rooster has come to his door, the executive committee will adjust the policy out of various considerations and suspend some radical cleaning actions against the Charuyas and Guaranis. It would be troublesome if you want to kill yourself.

Therefore, it is better to raise the butcher's knife now to clean up all the aborigines in the Xiling area, so as to create a good living environment for the arrival of immigrants from Shandong in the future.Fortunately, there were not many Charuya people living on the Uruguayan prairie, about 8000 people. Over the years, more than 3000 people were killed, exiled, and merged by people from the east coast. There are not many left. If we work harder, this vast and fertile plain will belong to the people on the east coast from now on.

The collective action of nearly 180 cavalry was as fast as lightning. In just one afternoon, they used sabers and muskets to destroy the two Chaluya villages that had been raided.A total of 20 bloody heads were piled on the open space outside the Canyon Fort, which made a group of Shandong immigrants very frightened and jealous at the same time. A head is 3600 yuan, which is a full [-] yuan!

In addition to these killed adult Charuya men, they also captured more than 200 Charuya women and children, but their own casualties were only a mere [-] people, and most of them were slightly injured, which can be described as a complete victory.After this battle, they did not take much rest and reorganization, but continued to carry out large-scale patrols and investigations in the vicinity, constantly expelling and eliminating the local Charuya aborigines.With their efforts, the railway line is also continuously extending forward smoothly.

(End of this chapter)