Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 109 Westward Expansion and Iron Ore ([-])

The battle is still going on.

The Charuya who rushed the fastest finally rushed to the barbed wire at this time, but they soon found embarrassingly that they could do nothing with the thin layer of barbed wire in front of them.Some people climbed up and found that their hands and feet were scratched by those sharp barbs. What's more unfortunate, their clothes were also hooked, and their bodies were blocked by the barbed wire and it was difficult to move.

Meng Hu stood in the queue quietly waiting to go forward and shoot.And the young blond boy next to him has already stepped forward with a spear at this time, stabbing the unlucky Charuya who were trying to climb over the barbed wire but got caught.He yelled meaningless syllables in his mouth, and almost exhausted all his strength to repeatedly stab at a Charuya who was already dead, until a veteran musketeer next to him couldn't stand it anymore. He woke up after a slap in the face.

"One chick." Meng Hu smiled with his mouth curled up. He admired himself a little at this moment, and he was able to laugh when the battle was in full swing. "I'm really a weirdo..." He thought to himself, and then took a step forward, taking over from a row of musketeers who had finished shooting, through the gap in the barbed wire, fired a shot forward without looking, and then backed away .The dense crowd of Charuyas in front of the barbed wire makes any rookie become a sharpshooter at this moment. As long as your musket can be fired smoothly, you can probably kill a Charuya.

This is really a bloody fact, but it is so cruel to the Charuya people.The three or four hundred charging Charuyas had already suffered one-third of their casualties at this time, but the rest were still crowded in front of the seemingly insurmountable barbed wire, being slaughtered in a crushing manner.

Meng Hu couldn't even bear to look at it. Are these Charuya people stupid?Kicked in the head by a donkey?Isn't it good to obediently be an obedient citizen of the East Coast Republic of China? Why did you come here to die?It is estimated that no one can answer this question. After he finished another round of shooting, the front of the barbed wire suddenly lit up, and the last Charuya also fell down.

The musketeers fired several salvos again, killing most of the Charuya musketeers not far away.At this time, only more than 100 Charuyas left completely collapsed and started to turn around and run away.Their fighting spirit has been completely extinguished by the barbed wire and muskets passing through the crowd, and all that remains is endless fear.They lost their fighting spirit and organization. They only knew how to run away, and they couldn't think of any resistance at all, as if the desperate charge just now didn't exist at all.

Under Xu Yu's order, the cavalry musketeers withdrew from the queue, and then went straight to the horses tied to the wooden posts behind, and then it was time for them to perform their best tricks.

At this time, the battle has actually ended. Except for the cavalry battalion who went out to chase the enemy, these musketeers and spearmen were temporarily disbanded under the order of the officer, and some new immigrants walked outside the barbed wire and began to clean under the command of the crossing crowd. Battlefield, clean up corpses.

Meng Hu sighed silently, and muttered involuntarily: "What's wrong with it? I have to be a bandit. Now it's all right, it's all dead. Wouldn't it be nice to be our obedient citizens? It's really a crime." Ah! Self-inflicted!"

The blond young man next to him held the spear shaft in his hand tightly, pursed his lips and looked at the ground without saying a word. If you look carefully, his body is still trembling slightly.

Meng Hu sighed again, he knew how many times he sighed today.He patted the tense young man on the back, passed a pack of tobacco leaves from his pocket, and said, "Chew a few bites when you are nervous, and it will feel good. First time on the battlefield?"

The young man subconsciously turned around and stood at attention: "Report sir, yes."

"Chinese is good, young man." Meng Hu stuffed a few tobacco leaves into his mouth and chewed, and then said: "Don't be so formal, I'm not an active soldier. What's my name?"

"My name is Marcus. Marcus Salminen." The young man said while still standing at attention, the freckles on his nose were flushed with tension.

"Finnish?" Menghu asked seemingly casually, "Finland is a nice place."

"Yes, I'm from Aobo, it's a beautiful city." Marcus was a little elated when he heard someone talking about his hometown, and his nervousness disappeared a lot.

"Maybe, anyway, I haven't been there, I heard there is a famine there?" Meng Hu chewed the tobacco leaves, turned his head and shouted to his assistant: "Tommy, come here."

Tommy is a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old. I saw him rushing towards Meng Hu with vigorous strides, and asked loudly, "Teacher, what's the matter?" ridiculous.

"Ah, it's nothing serious." Menghu said, "Your fellow, Marcus Salminen from Opo. I think you have a lot to talk about."

"I don't want to chat with a kid." Tommy grumbled reluctantly, then glanced at the tall Marcus, and said, "Obo people, my name is Tommy Pessonin. What's the trouble in the future?" You can find me, but don't always make trouble for me, I'm very busy."

Marcus looked at Tommy in astonishment, not knowing what he did wrong, the fellow didn't seem very enthusiastic about him.

"Well, it's not your fault. Tommy is such a person." Meng Hu said awkwardly, "Go and rest, oh, what a coincidence, your superior seems to be calling you."

Marcus glanced back, and sure enough, the village captain among the new immigrants was calling the new immigrants to clean the battlefield.Marcus held the pack of tobacco leaves tightly in his hand, and smiled shyly at Menghu: "Sir, you are a good man, thank you for your care, I am very grateful." Then he turned and left.

After Marcus left, Meng Hu patted Tommy's neck lightly with a "snap", and said with a smile: "You bastard, just treat the fellow like this, as if he owes you a lot of money."

"That old continent kid from Obo?" Tommy curled his lips and said, "Who is from his hometown. He is from Obo, and I am from Helsinki. And, I am from the East Coast now! That The silly boy can't take a bath once a year, and he smells like a wild boar. He can't solve equations, calculate functions, distinguish between animals and plants, estimate soil fertility, and plan agricultural production. What else would he have besides being stupid? They still live under the fool of the church all day long, don’t understand the true meaning of science, and don’t know that in this world, only truth is our true and only belief…”

Meng Hu looked at Tommy a little bit tongue-tiedly, and then said angrily and funnyly: "I just asked you to take care of the new boy, and you just gave me such a big reason. Boy, I suddenly found out that , your eloquence is good. Alright, brat, now go back and sort out the specimens of giant otters and ostriches."

"Understood, teacher. This is the job I like to do." Tommy agreed happily, then turned and walked quickly towards his tent.

Meng Hu stared at Tommy's back in a daze, wondering what he was thinking.

"Is it strange?" At some point, Shao Shude had already walked behind Meng Hu, and he also looked at Tommy's back, and said, "Tommy is a good guy. He is talented, hardworking, and eager to learn. , and are more able to accept our values ​​and way of life, which are exactly the talents we need. After getting in touch with the new world, we will naturally look down on the small circle in the past. Isn’t this what we want to see? We need more Tommy, old Meng."

Meng Hu nodded and said: "Yes, we really need people who agree with our culture and values, at least they have a high sense of identity with us. I didn't even dare to think about it when I first crossed. I think we will have such a big situation today, with a population of nearly [-], [-] mu of fertile land, several castles, more than ten factories, dozens of ships, and even defeated the mighty Spaniards. Sometimes I am a little scared, afraid One day our rule was suddenly overthrown by the people under these rule. Then they built countless Catholic churches here, used the technology we left behind to carry out the industrial revolution, and then immigrated, assimilated the aborigines, expanded the territory, Everything is just like the United States in the previous life."

"Hehe." Shao Shude smiled and said, "Old Meng, it's right to have a sense of crisis, but don't worry too much. It's the 17th century, not to mention these South American natives, even those European immigrants, they don't have any country. Consciousness or national consciousness, it is common for them to change countries or work for bosses. Moreover, our current population composition is very healthy, and people of all races, nationalities, and religions are well balanced, and no one can occupy a greater advantage .To put it bluntly, if someone overthrows our rule, then they must face civil war next: between Old World people and New World people, Old World people and Old World people, and even New World people and New World people The war between people. Everyone is not stupid. Under our rule, everyone eats and drinks well, and lives happily. We can still sit back and relax. Then, we can educate them, change them, and assimilate them through long-term education and various subtle influences. Although this road is difficult, it is not without chance of success."

"It's true." Meng Hu said, "It depends on everyone's efforts. Of course, there is still a long way to go, and this process will not be smooth and tender. Just like the Charuya people in front of us, after all, it is us invaded their living space."

"There's nothing you can do about it." Shao Shude waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'm off to work, we'll talk next time. Ah, that's right! I saw what you were writing just now, so I warn you, Stop smearing me on that shitty "National Geographic" trash, or I'll never end with you."

(End of this chapter)