Bringing the Railway to Daming

Seeing the surprised expressions on Xu Da, Tang He and others' faces, Liu Kuan explained, "Didn't the video just say that around 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, Homo sapiens was just one of many human species that evolved from Australopithecus?"

"Although Homo sapiens was more intelligent than earlier Homo habilis and Homo erectus, it did not have any advantage over Neanderthals, and was even at a disadvantage on an individual level."

"But around 70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens made a qualitative leap in cognition and communication, which is why they were able to surpass Neanderthals and other species and become the dominant species on Earth."

"Because that evolution had such a great impact on humans, a small number of people believe that it was because Homo sapiens were 'enlightened' or influenced by extraterrestrials."

Upon hearing this, even Xu Da, who was usually not talkative, couldn't help but ask, "Marquis of Jiangning, are there really aliens?"

“I don’t know either.” Liu Kuan shook his head. “In later generations, although humans discovered that life might exist on some planets, it has not been confirmed.”

"As for evidence of intelligent life outside of Earth, it has never been found—but the universe is so vast that many people feel there is no reason why intelligent life could have arisen only on Earth."

"But some people believe that time is incredibly long, and perhaps intelligent life has existed in the universe before, but in this current period of time, it is possible that only Earth has given rise to intelligent civilization."

At this point, Liu Kuan stopped, because continuing would turn into a philosophical discussion.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of listening to any more of this useless talk, and said, "Alright, regardless of whether it's Neanderthals, Homo sapiens, Nuwa creating humans, or aliens, they are all too far removed from us, and there's no point in discussing them further."

"Liu Kuan, let's play the second video."

"Yes."

Liu Kuan pulled up the second video he had prepared and started playing it on the touchscreen.

At the beginning of the video, Zhu Yuanzhang and others noticed that its title was very simple: "The real Native Americans actually look like Chinese people."

The Zhu family, an Indian, basically all knew that this was actually the name used by later generations to refer to the natives of the Americas.

They were already aware that Native Americans looked like Chinese, or rather, East Asians. After all, in the early years, Native American chiefs had come to pay homage to Zhu Yuanzhang, and in recent years, Native American chiefs who had submitted to the Ming Dynasty had also come to pay homage from time to time.

Therefore, many people were disappointed after seeing the title, and suspected that the video content might not be interesting.

Among the princes and grandsons, only a few, such as Prince Xiang Zhu Bai, perked up and began to look at the text intently.

Take Zhu Bai as an example. He has already established his own government and this year he will lead his team and recruited Han immigrants to the Americas to establish his own vassal state and realize his ideas for governing the country. Naturally, he hopes to learn more about the Americas through Liu Kuan.

The video begins with clips of modern life taken from various films and documentaries from the Bald Eagle Kingdom.

At the same time, a male voice narrating:

"An 11-year-old elementary school student in the United States discovered a problem after taking a natural science course."

According to the theory of natural evolution, which emphasizes survival of the fittest, tropical regions are most suitable for Black people, temperate regions are most suitable for Yellow people, and cold regions are most suitable for White people.

"Both the United States and China have temperate climates and are at similar latitudes. Why are the people living in China mostly yellow, while the people living in the United States are mostly white, with some black people, and only a small number of yellow people?"

"He therefore concluded that the United States had undergone a large-scale racial reassignment!"

"This clever child unintentionally deciphered the secret of history: the people on the land of the Bald Eagle have indeed changed, and it was done through particularly bloody means."

Just hearing the beginning of the video piqued the interest of many who initially thought it might be boring.

They all realized that the video was about events in the Americas in later times. Based on their previous experience watching films, they knew that videos related to later times were always interesting, or at least educational.

"Indians liked to paint their faces with red pigment, so when Europeans first entered the Americas, they called them red people, but in reality, Native Americans were thoroughly yellow people."

"After anthropological research, it has been found that, based on both genetic tracing and archaeological evidence, Native Americans belong to the Mongoloid race, and can be considered an American branch of the Mongoloid race."

Upon seeing this, Tang He, Xu Da, and the others were a little confused, thinking: How did the natives of the Americas become the Mongoloid race?

Just as they were wondering, the video continued, "The result is that real Native Americans look very similar to people from northern China, especially Mongolians."

"This is an early photograph of an Indigenous woman. Take a closer look, doesn't she look remarkably similar to people from northern China?"

"Look at the little girl in this photo. She is a pure Mayan and currently lives in Guatemala in Central America. She has black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin. If you look at her appearance alone, she looks a lot like people in southwestern China."

The video showed two photos, and as the narrator said, the person in the photos did indeed look very much like a Chinese person.

"In addition, archaeological excavations of Native American sites have also uncovered a large number of elements from Chinese civilization."

"Chinese people worship dragon totems, and in some Native American relics, there are also totems that resemble both dragons and snakes."

"In addition, some ancient myths circulating among Native American tribes are quite similar to the story of the celestial dog eating the moon and Yu the Great controlling the floods."

"And on the bird-shaped crown carved into the wall of the Cofan site in the Americas in 1953, a Tai Chi symbol was discovered!" "In addition, archaeologists have also discovered similar writing symbols to those found in the oracle bone script of the Shang Dynasty on the rock walls of numerous archaeological sites in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada..."

Upon seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, Zhu Xiong Ying, Xu Da, Tang He, and others all showed expressions of astonishment.

He wondered: Could these Native Americans really be descendants of the Chinese people, the remnants of the Shang Dynasty?
How did they cross the ocean to the Americas more than two thousand years ago?
Could it be that the Shang Dynasty already possessed navigation technology comparable to that of today?

For a moment, everyone was filled with questions.

The video then begins to recount the bloody history of how the land of North America replaced Asians with whites.

"In 1602, the English Mayflower carried 102 Puritans to North America. Due to a lack of supplies, these people almost all froze and starved to death."

"At this time, the kind-hearted local Native Americans promptly provided them with a batch of supplies, allowing them to survive their first winter in America."

"The following spring, the Native Americans also taught them how to farm, fish, and hunt in the area, helping them settle down."

"When the autumn harvest came, to give thanks to God for His blessings and the help of the Native Americans, these white men hosted a feast for the Native Americans and designated that day as 'Thanksgiving'."

"Later, this day became a legally recognized 'Thanksgiving Day' every year."

"Judging from this story, the white people of the Bald Eagle country should have had a good relationship with the Native Americans at first, so why did they later exterminate the Native Americans?"

"The reason is simple: the conflict between people and land, and endless greed..."

The video then goes on to describe how white people clashed with Native Americans in North America, and how they carried out genocidal policies against Native Americans in order to acquire land and wealth.

"In 1776, the United States of America was officially founded. In order to expand its national power, the four founding fathers who served as presidents all made shocking statements on the issue of Native Americans."

“Washington once said that Native American skin could be made into high-quality boots.”

"Jason said that the Bald Eagle must exterminate the Native Americans!"

"Rosford once said that only dead Indians are good Indians."

"Lingken even said that an Indian should be killed every ten minutes."

"In addition, Washington has publicly stated that both are predatory beasts, differing only in appearance. Do not listen to any ceasefire suggestions until the Indian reservations are effectively destroyed."

"Even while cleaning up the battlefield, Washington instructed his soldiers: 'Skin from the buttocks down, so that we can make tall, long, knee-high leather boots...'"

Upon seeing this, everyone, including Old Zhu's family, as well as Xu Da, Tang He, Li Wenzhong, and others, stared in shock.

They never imagined that the Westerners who came to the Americas in history would be so ruthless and insane in dealing with the natives of the Americas!

They actually fabricated such absurd rumors as that the skin of Native Americans is suitable for making tall boots, which is simply a complete disregard for Native Americans!
Next, the video showed even more shocking content that raised their blood pressure.

"In 1818, the Bald Eagle government officially promulgated a law, which was approved by Congress."

"Any citizen of Bald Eagle who submits a scalp of an Indian male aged 12 or older will receive a reward of $100. For each scalp of an Indian woman or child submitted, a reward of $50 will be given!"

"This is the infamous 'Peeling Edict'!"

"Two hundred years ago, Native American women and children probably looked like this—black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin..."

Upon seeing this, Li Wenzhong couldn't help but slap his thigh and exclaim, "How can the Bald Eagle act so brutally?"

While the hunting of Native American men might be somewhat understandable to Zhu Yuanzhang and others—in some brutal tribal conflicts, there was indeed a tradition of exterminating adult males of the opposing side.

For example, in the past, after battles between grassland tribes, sometimes all men taller than a cartwheel would be killed.

However, issuing such cruel orders to women and children was something that Zhu Yuanzhang, Tang He, and others found difficult to understand and accept.

No one answered Li Wenzhong's question because the video was still playing, and the story of the bloody extermination of Native Americans in North America was continuing.

"By 1900, the North American Indians, who once numbered over ten million, had dwindled to a paltry 25."

"Many people say that white North Americans did not kill many Native Americans; most of them died from smallpox and other infectious diseases."

"But in fact, Native Americans were originally scattered throughout the Americas, and there are still many Native Americans in places from Mexico to Brazil in South America today."

"So what kind of virus or bacteria is so intelligent that it only wiped out the Indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States, while Indigenous peoples in other southern countries were largely spared?" (End of Chapter)