Australia.
The southeast coast of Australia, Dingnan Port.
It has an excellent deep-water harbour with a pleasant climate and flat, open plains near the harbour.
I don't know how much better it is than the northern part of Australia that Li Zhi chose to see, which is simply a red and hot desert, a terrible place where even water is rare.
Fortunately, the navigator told him that it was not the place for him to stay, and that they had sailed along the coast, occasionally stopping for supplies, and after a long voyage, they reached the east coast.
The east coast was cooler than the north, and the land was getting better along the coast, but they sailed all the way to the southeast coast and landed at a place called Sydney Bay.
According to the navigator, when the place was first discovered, the lookout on the mast was eating a pear.
He excitedly pointed to the harbor and shouted, look.
The people below laughed and said, what to see, look at Sydney Later, everyone found that this place was very beautiful, so they laughed and called this place Sydney Bay.
They also planted Sydney seeds here, and they've been here a few more times since.
After Li Zhi landed, he found a Sydney tree on the shore of the harbor.
It is said that the adventurous fleet planted some pears here every time they came, and they also built a fence to protect these pears, and the first Sydney pear tree has now borne fruit.
Compared with his father Li Shimin, who brought nearly 30,000 people when he set out from Luzon, Li Zhi's team was relatively small, with only more than 5,000 people.
After landing, Li Zhi gave this place the name Dingnan Bay and Dingnan City, and he also regarded Sydney as the national tree of his country.
Landed in Dingnan and then began to set up camp.
It's just that on this fertile harbor plain, there are more than 30 tribes of all sizes, with nearly 10,000 natives.
They were not welcomed, and on the first day they arrived, several hunters were taken captive.
At first, Li Zhi thought he was lost.
But the next day, the heads of those men were thrown at the gate of the camp, which could not have been the behavior of wild beasts.
Li Zhi resolutely counterattacked, he organized a thousand soldiers and horses, equipped with armor and weapons, and then counterattacked.
The natives were fierce, but far from being their opponents, and Cheng Qian broke through several tribes in a row, killing more than 100 natives and capturing hundreds of people.
But things didn't go well, and the natives began to fight a guerrilla war with him.
These indigenous peoples are not uniform, they themselves are scattered, but they have always had fixed territories and boundaries that do not cross each other's borders.
Li Zhi's arrival invaded their territory, and they came to attack one after another.
The natives can't beat Li Zhi head-on, but like wild beasts, they often come to sneak attack.
In particular, the people sent out by Li Zhi to hunt and cut wood and collect wild fruits were often sneak attacked, which made people panic.
Li Zhi must not stipulate that every time he goes hunting, at least 100 people must be dispatched.
And to go to logging, you have to go with at least hundreds of people.
Before the stockade was built, he had to build a camp during the day, leaving a group of men to guard it at night, and then the rest of the men went back to sleep on the boat.
Such an endless toss made Li Zhi very angry, but he couldn't find any good way.
Early in the morning, Li Zhi rode a horse to inspect the camp he was building.
Confucian Temple, Wu Temple, Dragon King Temple, City God Temple and other temples were the first to be built, and then the Guogong Mansion, the Council and Government Hall, warehouses, barracks, etc., the city wall is made of double-layer logs and then filled with soil, the city is not big, but with the city wall can be safer, there is a comfortable house to live in, and even with the yamen, there can be order, there are shops, you can exchange the needs.
They had already carved out a piece of cultivated land outside the city, cultivated it simply, and planted the seeds of various crops brought from the Central Plains.
For more than 5,000 people, Li Zhi divided the fields among them, but this year for the time being, the system of collective cultivation and then distribution according to demand was adopted.
We will have to wait until we get through this year, and then we will let everyone farm next year.
However, due to the limited number of cattle and horses transported, Li Zhi's secretary of state still suggested that he first implement the model of the commune.
Let dozens of households form a cooperative, and they work collectively to cultivate the wasteland, so that they can make full use of cattle and horses, farming tools and labor, and have better results in the process of reclamation in the early stage.
When the land is cleared, or more cattle and horses are brought from the Central Plains, it will not be too late for everyone to divide the fields and households.
As a result, there are now dozens of cooperatives in Australia, generally with a population of 20 or 30 households as one cooperative, jointly cultivating wasteland and farming, and young and strong people also have to take time for training and rotating defense patrols.
The indigenous captives captured became Li Zhi's personal property, and they cultivated the fields of his Guogong Mansion for Li Zhi.
Li Zhi also used some slaves to reward those who had meritorious service in battle and meritorious advice.
"Aogong, the people who went out on patrol this morning discovered a strange thing."
The simple logs were built in the Australian National Council Hall, and the Minister of War reported to Li Zhi.
"What a strange thing" "The patrol found a temporary camp of indigenous people, who seemed to have been preparing to attack us, only to find that our patrol found them all dead."
"Who killed the dead" "It's a plague" As soon as he heard the name of the plague, Li Zhi's face turned a little pale, this kind of ghost place, if the plague broke out, there was no way to prevent it.
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"I'm sure it's the plague, where are those patrols now, are they quarantined?"
"It is indeed a plague, but fortunately, it is now certain that those people have smallpox."
Smallpox, one of the most terrible plagues, is highly contagious and has a high fatality rate.
In the past, the Central Plains also smelled smallpox and changed color.
However, later Zhang Chao invented the method of receiving cowpox, and most of the Tang people took cowpox.
And if you take cowpox, you will not be infected with smallpox again.
"We reckon that smallpox was transmitted by our people."
The Minister of War told Lee about his inference.
Most of the Tang people have been vaccinated with cowpox and are not afraid of smallpox.
But among the more than 5,000 people brought by Li Zhi, there were many slaves from all over the country, some of whom had been vaccinated with cowpox, and some of whom had not.
Now, undoubtedly, among those who have not been vaccinated, it is not known who contracted smallpox and was then infected by indigenous contact.
"Check and register right now to see if any of our people haven't been vaccinated with cowpox.
Isolate those who have not been vaccinated in batches, and let our doctors find a way to see if we can get pox pulp from the cows now and inoculate them. ” Li Zhi and most other Tang people had taken the pox, so when they heard that it was smallpox, they were relieved.
However, he had many slaves that he had not taken, and he was also worried that his new subjects would be infected.
Investigations soon began, with the new freedmen coming to Australia being questioned, registered, and quarantined.
Next, the patrol found more indigenous bodies nearby, all of whom had died of smallpox.
Even in Li Zhi's camp, someone finally contracted smallpox.
Fortunately, more than 100 people were infected with smallpox in the end, and less than 20 survived and became pockmarked faces, and the rest died quickly.
The doctor managed to get the cowpox and began to vaccinate the rest of the people.
Through the pox caused by cowpox, the more than 3,000 people in Dingnan City who have not received pox have also been planted with pox, and they are no longer worried about smallpox infection.
"Ao Gong, the minister has a plan to deal with the natives."
The Minister of War came up with a trick of spreading smallpox to the aborigines by throwing the corpses of the natives who had died of smallpox into the areas where the natives lived.
The use of the plague is indeed ruthless, but it is not uncommon in history, and even in many wars, this practice has been practiced.
For example, in the great war between the Western Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, the method of plague was also used.
The attack of the natives also annoyed Li Zhi, and after hesitating repeatedly, he still agreed to the proposal of the Minister of War.
"Throw the corpses of the natives who died of smallpox around us, so that the natives will not be able to gain a foothold within us a hundred miles."
The power of smallpox is powerful, and the indigenous people who do not understand the prevention of pox epidemics.
Although they are fierce and fierce, and they are more accustomed to the geography and climate here, they can't prevent the smallpox that they can't see or touch.
Under the deliberate spread of the Australian army, the tribes of the nearby hundreds of miles began to be rapidly infected by smallpox.
People are dying every day.
Or even the death of an entire tribe of the entire tribe.
Fewer than 1 in 10 people can survive smallpox.
The natives finally realized that the plague had come from outsiders, and they no longer defended their territory and began to flee inland in a panic.
In a month's time, there was not a single native within 300 miles.
The natives left behind at least 10,000 corpses.
After hearing the summary of this number, the young Li Zhi couldn't help but be amazed.
"Send someone to bury these bodies" The nearby natives followed far away, and no one came to harass them, and the construction of Dingnan City ushered in a climax.
Several ships were about to leave with some Australian products.
Li Zhi was reluctant to send it to the dock.
"This is my recital to the imperial brother, and I hope to forward it on my behalf."
"Please rest assured, we will definitely pass it on to Your Majesty."
"I hope you can come next year and send us some cattle, horses and farming tools, it is best to help us send some pigs and sheep, breeding pigs, sows, sheep, ewes, cows, cows, cows, etc., the climate here is good, very suitable for grazing and breeding."
It's good to farm here, but with such a big place, you can't grow the land.
If you graze, it can be easier, and you can also provide milk and meat, and wool cowhide and pig skin can be woven and leather, and can be used to make clothes and shoes.
After all, when you get here, you will mainly rely on self-sufficiency in the future.
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It can't be that after ten years, everyone can only live in a straw skirt.
The navigator took only three pilot boats, and the remaining dozens of boats were left for them.
Put away the anchor and hoist the sails.
As the ships left the port, they looked at the boats in the harbor and the small town on the shore getting farther and farther away, and the people on board were all sighing.
I don't know if these thousands of people can take root here.
Hopefully the next time I come, they'll still be there t1706231537: