open sea

Chapter 716 Nobles
On the west coast, the fleet of the Eastern Military Government sailed southward, and the aborigines who followed the Ming army's expedition to fight for freedom returned to the north.

Shao Tingda sent eight big blessing boats to transport them back and forth along the coast in batches. Although Zhuangyuan Bridge is only [-] to [-] miles away from the boundary marker, the aborigines will have to travel for a long time with their two legs.

In fact, the aborigines were not slow to march, and the most experienced hunters from various tribes led the way, not because they knew the way, but because they could run.

The most common hunting method in North Asia is chasing, which is very stupid and very scientific. Whether it is a pronghorn with a speed of [-] kilometers per hour or a bison that weighs one ton and travels at [-] kilometers per hour like a tank, hunters can always rely on chasing to fill their stomachs. abdomen.

They sprint fast, while humans sprint very slowly, but humans can canter faster than most animals. To avoid humans, wild beasts must sprint. Because of their thick hair, they keep sprinting and running to get heat stroke. To cool down, they must stop adjourn.

People are different. As long as people have water in their bodies and sweat while running, they can always catch up with their prey in the end.

Such a hunt sometimes lasts for thirty to seventy miles. Therefore, when marching, these good hunters run at the head of the queue to scout the way, and if they make a mistake, they run back and out again, at a very fast speed.

It is precisely the rich natural environment in Asia that makes their marching slow. The aboriginal army does not have a train team. More than a dozen or even dozens of tribes gather thousands of troops, and the war leaders elected by each tribe lead the troops to march through the forest. However, wherever you go and where you eat, it is strange that the march can get up quickly.

When Zheng Tu led his men to dock with Shao Tingda's lucky boat, the scene was amazing. Eight red-headed fish-eye lucky boats put down more than 600 small paddle boats. The aboriginal troops with Spanish-style armor and muskets landed and rested, looking majestic.

On the boat, Chen Mu watched the two Ming army troops converging on the shore to salute to the sea, patted the side of the boat with satisfaction, and ordered his subordinates to send an order to set sail.

"This man, it's different with the iron guy."

What would happen if the aborigines of this land met the Chinese first?

Zhu Xiaoen shook his python robe, and said: "Your Majesty will issue the king's seal, confer titles and officials, but if it is not a general, no one may be interested in this land itself."

"In Beiyang and Beijing, I also know some officials. They are not ignorant of overseas, but they are not interested. It is farther from Beijing to Yangzhou than from Dublin to Paris, but from other people's words, it seems that Paris is not as prosperous as Yangzhou. .”

As he said that, Zhu Xiaoen shook his head and said: "You claim to be the kingdom of heaven, and the people call themselves the people of the heaven, just like the kingdom of heaven described in the scriptures. I have never seen God manifest, just like I rarely see Chinese people's feelings towards overseas. Same interest."

Chen Mu turned his head and smiled, "You have never been to Yangzhou, how do you know it is more prosperous than Paris?"

Chen Mu couldn't help but pursed his lips and continued: "It's a pity, I haven't been to Yangzhou either."

"In Beijing, Tianjin, Wei and even Beiyang, people have a common understanding that Yangzhou is more prosperous than Beijing. Some people say that Yangzhou has 40 people, while others say that Yangzhou has 80 people. It is hard to imagine that a city can support so many people. What a scene."

"Is it difficult? Yangzhou City is not only populated by Yangzhou people. It is the place where commerce and trade are the most prosperous. Where trade is prosperous, the population is mobile. Most people make a living by serving the few. As long as you have money, it is a good place to enjoy yourself."

"Chinese businessmen are very happy, and all of you are very happy." Zhu Xiaoen said with envy: "European businessmen are also very powerful. Big families can lend millions of gold coins to the king, finance wars, support The pope may be engaged in exploration, like the Fuggers of Spain, who hold Spanish copper, silver, mercury, textiles and customs, and put power in every Spanish overseas territory."

"The general may meet people from their family in South Asia. Every town in Europe will have such a family of merchants. Their tall houses stand in the market place, supported by beams, covered with plaster, mortar, and wire mesh. Heaps of expensive Chinese silks and satins, Turkish rugs and containers of Nanyang spices."

Chen Mu grinned, holding his fingers lightly between his lips, it sounds like European businessmen are not pitiful at all, on the contrary, they are very rich.

"They were all peasants, but their wealth made them wear gold and silver, and also made them suffer what they shouldn't have to bear-the poor knights hated them, hid in the woods outside the town and ambushed them, robbed their merchants and cut theirs. right hand."

This is a bit bloody, and Chen Mu can see that this kind of behavior is not only for money, but also for venting anger and deterring.

Zhu Xiaoen was very satisfied with General Chen's expression. He nodded slowly in distress and said, "The world is developing in the wrong direction. Merchants can hire more farmers when they have wealth, and use gold and silver to buy armor to arm them."

"In the eyes of the nobles, it shouldn't be like this. An English peasant can shoot a knight through the throat with a broken fir bow or a cheap bird gun. Even if the knight stabs the spear into the peasant's chest, it will not help. They see Two lives are not equal."

Speaking of which, Zhu Xiaoen turned his head to Chen Mu with pride and said, "We are not like this, just like Daming, 500 years ago, there was no difference between killing a Roman commander with an ax and stabbing a young soldier to death with a spear."

Hearing the rare and glorious story of the Celts, Chen Mu almost wanted to applaud. He rolled his hands in front of his chest and explained, "Da Ming's military law is different. When you kill an enemy commander on the battlefield, you must be beheaded." Merit, usually promoted two ranks."

"Nobles will be eliminated. As you said, the world is developing. Even at this time, knights have an advantage in obtaining wealth compared to farmers before merchants. It's just that they didn't do it. We were born before. Those who belong to the nobility disappeared in the Han Dynasty.”

"The emperor of the Han family is a farmer, and the two founding emperors of the Han Dynasty were both farmers, and so is the country." Chen Mu said with a weird smile, "But you may not be like this."

"You said just now that you will meet the family you mentioned in South Asia. Do you think they will rebel? The new nobles that the Spaniards refer to are they?"

Zhu Xiaoen shook his head like a rattle, and said: "They won't rebel. The wealth and power of the Fugger family are all over every corner of Spain. Those new nobles are nothing compared to them. Those who will rebel are adventurers. Man has nothing but everything he took in the New World, which is now taken by the General."

"It's like the down-and-out knight who ambushed the merchant, but I don't think they just want to take the general's right hand."

The sea breeze hit Chen Mu's cheeks with a salty taste. As the weather gradually warmed up, Chen Mu shrugged his shoulders.

"Coincidentally, I will send their right hands to Mexico."

(End of this chapter)