Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 349 Oh, the United States and the Soviet Union jointly resist the Ming Dynasty

For the first batch of Chinese immigrants who came to the New World.

The New World is not a place of peace.

Although no trace of European whites has been found for the time being.

But they have already had several skirmishes with the local natives.

The scale of the conflict is modest.

But the message of these conflicts is disturbing.

First of all, the local aborigines are not primitive people who don't understand anything. They hold muskets and fight on horseback.

The fighting power is not bad.

The ability of these New World natives to obtain muskets and war horses is enough to cause a headache for the Jinshan Governor's Mansion.

In addition, there are a large number of indigenous people.

At least it is much more than the two thousand Chinese immigrants who came to the New World.

Therefore, at this time, the four big villages of the Jinshan Governor's Mansion have maintained sufficient vigilance about their surroundings.

and.

Zeng Ada, the military commander of the Jinshan Governor's Mansion, also dispatched elite scouts to scout in various directions to collect intelligence,
"Governor, the current situation is a bit tricky."

Zeng Ada and Lin Minghe stood in the meeting room of the Governor's Mansion in the Salmon Village, and the air around them smelled of salted fish—this is to obtain enough food for the winter, the Chinese people used the salmon that migrated in the estuary as much as possible. Fish out, salted into salted fish, ready to eat.

They have to make sure they have enough food to last until the next wave of migrants arrives.

Fortunately.

This new continent is indeed rich in products.

Salmon, bison, elk, and all kinds of large wild animals are in groups. Even if they don’t farm, they can live for several years by hunting—of course, when the scale of the Jinshan Governor’s Mansion expands, hunting can help them survive. It will not work, we must reclaim the land and develop agriculture.

And this is also the main work of Lin Minghe in the next few years.

But to farm.

We're going to grab the land,
To grab the site.

You have to know who your opponent is.

"According to the collected information, we are now facing enemies from two directions. The first is the Athabasca tribal alliance in the northeast, which can be called the Arab League. They are the union of the aborigines in the north of the North American continent. The purpose of the alliance was originally to deal with the British. They had fought a war with the British for 17 years. However, the war has been affected by the independence of the United States in the past ten years. The relationship between the Arab League and the British has improved a little. At least the war did not continue, but now their soldiers and horses have begun to appear frequently around the Jinshan Governor's District, and it seems that they have discovered us. Although I don't know if they will launch a war in the near future, but at least. They treat us It's unfriendly."

"There is another direction, which is in the southeast of the Governor's District of Jinshan. The Sioux tribal alliance is composed of Coeur d'Alene, Modoc, Salish and other North American natives who call themselves Sioux. Their original opponent is Spain. People, but now many indigenous chiefs believe in Catholicism and choose to coexist peacefully with the Spaniards. Now the head of the Soviet Union is an indigenous chief who believes in Catholicism, named Seattle, and behind him is the support of the New Spain Governor's Office."

"Well, one is the Arab League, one is the Soviet Union, one has Britain behind it, and the other has Spain behind it. And they are all nomadic and hunting tribes. This is not easy to deal with."

Lin Minghe said.

"There is nothing difficult to deal with. The key is to find out where their main force is. If we deal with them in the old forests of the New World, our people will be dragged down to death by them!"

Zeng Ada said.

"So, Lao Zeng, what are you going to do?" Lin Minghe asked.

"It's better to be still than to move."

Zeng Ada spread out the map.

"Look, this is the mouth of the Jinsha River. On both sides of the mouth, along the mouth of the river and inland, there is a fertile estuary plain for a radius of one or two hundred miles! This is enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, so what we have to do now is not to Our people spread out, but shrink back, and set up a defense line in this area, as long as these indigenous people can't break through our defense line, they will not be able to threaten the Tuntian area of ​​​​the estuary plain." Zeng Ada's hand Click on the map.

"Just defending? Will it be too passive?" Lin Minghe frowned and asked, "What if the Britons and Spaniards send fleets from the sea?"

"So, we have to ask the imperial court to send a few iron-clad ships to guard the outer waters. Now the Britons and the Spaniards have no strength to attack us. When they have a fleet to sink the iron-clad ships, we have already There are tens of thousands of young and strong here!"

Zeng A grinned.

"At that time, why should we be afraid of the Arab League and the Soviet Union?"

Lin Minghe also nodded.

"Since this is the case, then the military affairs will be handed over to you. I will promote the farming of the whole people, and open up wasteland this winter! Use fire to burn the soil to thaw it out, plow the ground deeply, and wait until next year. We will be able to sow the seeds. .”

Lin Minghe looked out the window at the sun and moon flag flying high above the salmon village.

"As long as there are a dozen of these villages, we will be invincible!"

"This is the territory of Seattle, the chief of the Soviet Union."

Not far from a settlement with a very rough primitive tribe.

A group of people moved forward along the river, and the leader, a white man, reined in his horse and stood there, pointing to the seemingly huge tribe in front of him.

That tribe has no fixed buildings, but some tents, cattle and horses.

At the same time, there are aboriginal warriors riding horses, with feathers on their heads and red faces, patrolling back and forth, with muskets in their hands.

The crowd even saw cannons next to some tents.

Indians are not fools.

After they come into contact with white people.

Soon he learned to ride a horse and use a musket.

In some later American western literary works.

They all tend to portray the Indians as savage, primitive, and tyrannical cannibal tribes.

But actually.

The Indians in North America took the initiative to learn and integrate cultures from Europe.

Many Indians abandoned their original religious beliefs and chose to believe in Catholicism or Protestantism.

Among them, many capable people with lofty ideals who tried to save the destiny of the nation emerged, trying to save the nation and survive.

But unfortunately.

Their social development pattern is too different from that of Europeans.

The efforts of these indigenous heroes.

finally.

It can only become a military exploit boasted by some colonists who occupied this continent in later generations.

"Mr. John, is this chief of Seattle really worth visiting with envoys from our three countries?"

Another white man frowned and said.

This group of people.

It is a tripartite joint mission sent by the Governor-General of Britain, Canada, the United States of America, and the Governor-General of New Spain.

The British envoy was named John Gago, the American envoy was named Oliver Hazard Perry, and the envoy of the New Spain Governor's Palace was named Sacagas Gutierrez.

And it is the only reason why the three main white forces who attacked each other on the North American continent jointly sent a mission to worship the Soviet chief Seattle.

It is a direct threat from the Ming Empire.

News of the establishment of a colonial foothold by the Ming Empire on the west coast of the New World reached the United States.

Those Americans who had just gotten rid of the rule of the British king were suddenly anxious.

They are different from Britons and Spaniards.

If these two were defeated, at most they would lose the colony.

And the Americans are now all established in North America.

The Ming Empire came to the New World to compete with them for territory.

Originally, because the relationship between Ming and Britain was not harmonious, the relationship between the United States and Ming was not bad.

but now.
Core interests are at stake.

Of course, the Americans also began to take the initiative to contact the Britons and Spaniards.

Britain and Spain are extremely afraid of the Ming Empire.

Although it is only a colonial stronghold now.

But everyone knows.

In the future, there will definitely be millions of Chinese people flocking to the New World.

therefore.

The three parties hit it off—put aside their quarrels for the time being, and deal with the Chinese first.

To deal with the Chinese, one must first find out where the Chinese are, and secondly, it is best to use the power of the natives, because the power of the Europeans in the New World is concentrated on the east coast.

The Chinese are on the west coast.

Spanning thousands of miles, and it's all land, and you have to climb towering mountains, the cost of sending troops directly is too high.

But here's the problem.

Do the natives have the strength to deal with the stronghold of the Ming Empire in North America?
"Is the Soviet Union strong?"

British envoy John Gago said with a frown.

"Strong is not strong, but the Soviet Union is a union of many large tribes, and it is also headed by the chief of Seattle. They are able to assemble a large number of troops." Gutierrez said.

"how many?"

"At least .9000 people."

"Only nine thousand?" John frowned.

"9000 people is already quite a lot. This is the force that the chief of Seattle can directly summon. In addition, the Soviet Union also has many peripheral tribes. Given certain benefits, they can also send troops to help in the war. It is estimated that they can dispatch up to 5000 people. Many people." Oliver took over the conversation.

"Fifteen thousand. It's really a lot." John nodded and said.

"At least, it is enough to deal with the stronghold of the Chinese!" Gutierrez said.

John looked at this Spaniard who was born in the Governorate of New Spain and had a quarter of Indian blood, and a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth.

These dumb Spaniard mongrels who rule over New Spain.

How can we know how terrible the Chinese are on land?
2000 native Indians want to uproot a stronghold of perhaps [-] Chinese.

too naive.

These Spaniards are really not taboo.

There are many Hispanic-Indians like Gutierrez in New Spain.

But in North America.

This kind of white and indigenous mixed blood is much less.

Because the Britons are much more ruthless than the Spaniards.

Spaniards can accept Indians as long as the other party converts to Catholicism.

but.
The methods of the Britons were really killing and burning and looting.

When John despises the Spaniards.

American envoy Oliver said: "The question now is, is this Soviet Union usable?"

Gutierrez hurriedly said: "It should be possible. The chief of Seattle took the initiative to convert to God, and he also put on a gesture of willingness to live in peace with us. He is a smart man. Of course he knows that the Chinese have come to this land. , the first to bear the brunt is not us, but these natives."

The other two also nodded.

"So, we can ally with the Soviet Union," Gutierrez said.

"Alliance?"

Both John and Oliver frowned and looked at each other.

"A ally with such an inferior race? Are they entitled to be equal allies with noble whites?"

"It's just a temporary alliance. If they don't form an alliance, how can they feel at ease to fight the Chinese?" Gutierrez said.

"The covenant can be torn up at any time. They are just barbarians, and the rules of the civilized world do not apply."

The two nodded after hearing the words.

These Indians are not qualified to ally with them.

The so-called covenant.

Just cheating.

This is the exploitation of natives.

The method most often used by Western colonists when dealing with natives.

It's not that you directly engage in massacres.

It is to sow dissension and instigate cannibalism among the natives.

From Alaska to Argentina.

All the natives of the American continent that spanned the entire earth are called Indians-the name itself is a term full of colonizers.

In fact.

Such a huge continent.

There are as many tribes as a cow's hair.

How can it be summed up by using an "Indian"?

Just when the envoys of the Three Kingdoms were about to contact the chief of Seattle.

In Chief Seattle's big tent.

He has also received news that the white forces are going to cooperate with them.

"Great Elder, the white people want to cooperate with us, they want to deal with the legendary Ming people together with us."

Seattle sat cross-legged, squinting, and shrewdness shone on his red face.

Known as the Great Elder is an old man.

He is the wise man and priest of the tribe.

Holds the power to connect with the sun.

And Seattle actually has a cross hanging on his chest.

I don't know if the two will break up because of religious beliefs.

But now, at least it seems that Chief Seattle still respects the elder of the tribe very much.

No one knows the name of the Great Elder.

Because he always has that mysterious look.

"The sun god told me that Ming people are dangerous enemies."

"So, we should deal with them?"

"Yes."

"But now the white people obviously want to use us to fight the Ming people." The chief of Seattle said.

"The Ming people came from the west. Even without the instigation of the white people, we have to deal with them, because their purpose of coming here is the same as that of the white people, but the white people are far away, and the Ming people are close. When will the fight start, but before then we will definitely be targeted by Ming people." said the Great Elder.

The Seattle chief was thoughtful.

"Then, how will the Sun God guide us?" Chief Seattle asked reverently while holding the cross.

"The Sun God told us that the white people use us, and we can use them too!" the Great Elder said while rubbing his forehead.

(End of this chapter)