On the shores of Jinshan Bay in June, the sun is scorching.
On the Kanayama Peninsula, in front of the U.S.
Mansion, a decoration is underway.
"It's been a year, and I can't imagine that time flies so quickly."
Li Shimin stood on the upper floor of the Guogong Mansion, looking out of the window at the square in front of him, watching everyone prepare for the bonfire at night.
"yes, it's been a year in the blink of an eye, and when I first came here, it was just a desert island.
But now, it's so lively, it's our home.
Empress Wu Meiniang held her one-year-old son and looked at the busy and happy crowd.
I couldn't help but fly to the far west, where I was home.
It was not an easy year, they set out from Hanjing last year, first to Liuqiu and then to Luzon, then south to Java, and finally to the east, and it took half a year to reach Central America.
They had good luck there, traded with the local Maya city-states, and exchanged many small and exquisite goods brought by the Central Plains for many small Maya grain and slaves, and then went all the way north along the coast.
During this period, while sailing, they traded with the natives along the coast, but they arrived in North America smoothly and came to the Jinshan arranged for them by Zhang Chao.
It's a nice place in every way, except for the desolation it's actually all good, the weather is good, the island is nice and there is a nice bay.
Along the bay, there is indeed a lot of less suitable land for farming, and further afield, there is a larger plain of river valley.
Li Shimin landed at the northern tip of the Jinshan Peninsula and erected the first wooden stake there.
They built a simple camp, and then relied on the boats and fishing nets given to them by Zhang Chao to build an American public fort while fishing and hunting.
By the time he arrived in Central America, Li Shimin had 30,000 men, including many prisoners captured on the islands of the sea.
Traveling north from the coast of Central America, Li Shimin also exchanged many young slaves for continuous trade.
The slaves here are very cheap, and a fine Tang silk can be exchanged for twenty slaves.
By the time he arrived at Jinshan, Li Shimin already had nearly 40,000 slaves, and if it weren't for the fact that his ship couldn't fit people, Li Shimin would have exchanged 10,000 more people.
Castles were built, fishing and hunting, and planting was also started on the surrounding land.
Li Shimin was very ambitious, and when the food was still sufficient, he kept the fleet and continued to return to the original voyage to continue trading with various city-states and tribes.
The silk, porcelain, etc. brought by the Central Plains were exchanged for their grain and slaves.
Because of the change of too much, the price of grain, dried fish, dried meat and slaves along the coast has risen a lot, but it is still a lot after a trip.
Trips to the south.
By this time, the silk and porcelain brought by Li Shimin were almost sold out, and in exchange for the large granaries full of the camp on the Jinshan Peninsula, as well as the camp of more than 30,000 slaves.
This landing site at the northern tip of the Jinshan Peninsula also has a population of more than 50,000 in half a year.
They built a fairly beautiful wooden gate, as well as a stone-walled American mansion and the palace of the emperor.
Li Shimin also found three gold mines on the island and organized many young slaves to dig for gold.
Tens of thousands of acres of fields were opened up, and a salt farm was built.
Timber processing plants, shipbuilding and ship repair yards, slaughterhouses, tanneries.
There are even farms on the wharves with all kinds of cattle, sheep, horses, chickens and ducks brought from the Central Plains, as well as many livestock purchased from the Americas.
In half a year, it has developed rapidly from scratch.
During this period, a Yin tribe came to attack, was defeated by Xu Ji and Wei Chigong, and defeated the other tribe along the road with a backhand, seizing a batch of tents, dried meat and a pile of skins, and hundreds of Yin prisoners.
Since then, no one has dared to attack and harass.
But slowly, some Yin people knew about this place and came to trade.
Buy things from Li Shimin with fur, herbs, jerky, etc., any thing of the Tang people, those Yin people like it very much.
There is even a bazaar now, a little next to the Golden Hill Castle.
The Yin people loved their silk, their cloth, their boots, their leather coats, and even their leather armor, and their weapons, and they loved their salt, their tea, and their wine.
Li Shimin does not despise these poor compatriots, and those who come to trade and drink are welcome, as long as they can exchange things for them.
It doesn't matter if you are a slave, or if you are a slave, or if you are a gold, silver, or a precious stone, or if you are a herb, or if you are a jerky, or if you are a freshly hunted beast or a fish, you will receive it all here.
With a population of more than 50,000, the daily consumption is actually huge.
Li Shimin also organized his subordinates into several groups, including a mining group, a construction group, a farming group, a hunting group, a fishing group, a craftsman group, and a special trade group.
However, it has not yet been able to achieve complete food self-sufficiency, and it mainly relies on the grain and dried meat obtained from the previous trade, plus the income from fishing and hunting, but there is no problem.
Li Shimin planned to reclaim along the shoreline of the bay all the way to the southeast and establish one Tunzhuang after another.
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Cultivate more fields and grow more food.
Even his pasture has expanded considerably, and many livestock and poultry have died on board, but now they are slowly multiplying.
Everything was fine.
This Tang tribe, which came from across the sea, attracted many people.
Some people came to trade, and some people came to inquire about the news, but when they saw the strong camp city of the Tang tribe, as well as their elite soldiers, especially when they actually ran away on four-legged monsters in iron armor, they were even more amazed and awe-inspired.
I've never seen a warrior riding such a beast before.
Li Shimin held several trading conferences, attracting people from all walks of life to trade, and also taking the opportunity to let his soldiers compete with the warriors of other tribes.
Archery, horseback riding, military formations.
Tang Jun's performance deeply shocked the people of those large and small tribes, and after that, there were more people who came to trade, but there were no more people who dared to make up their minds.
Because of the lack of food self-sufficiency, the silk and other silk that could be traded were almost sold, and Li Shimin did not dare to buy slaves everywhere.
In fact, he bought almost all the slaves he could buy.
If you want to expand the population again, you can only send troops to conquer the Yin tribe.
Li Shimin was not in a hurry to expand, he waited to reclaim more land and grow more grain, so that he could accommodate a larger population.
He actively sent scouts, disguised as trading vendors, to go deep into the valley plains to find out the news and information of various tribes.
He also used his salt shop to produce better salt, and then transported it by ship to various places to sell it to the Yin tribe, trading grain and furs.
There was a lot of fur piled up in the warehouse, and even some gold that had been dug up.
Some of the furs were processed into clothes, but all the gold was stored there, and Li Shimin waited for the merchant ships from the Central Plains to come over, so that he could get more silk cloth, even swords and armor, as well as various agricultural tools and iron.
If the Central Plains merchant ships do not come, it is almost impossible for them to develop rapidly.
Now we have reached a bottleneck period, and more cattle, horses and farming tools are needed to open up more arable land.
Training more soldiers and building a bigger army also requires more weapons and armor.
The blacksmith he brought with him was at most a refurbishment of the damaged farm tools and swords.
Without iron, without more toolmakers, he couldn't make more farm tools and weapons on his own, and it was difficult to even make a few kitchen knives.
Wei Chigong and Xu Ji studied the battle plan every day, discussing where to conquer and where.
But Li Shimin knew that without more arable land, he would not be able to provide more food, and he would not be able to support his war plan.
Or, he used gold and fur to exchange silk, tea, porcelain and other goods with the Central Plains merchant ships, and then he sent people to exchange with the Yin tribes in the interior.
"Calculating the time, the merchant fleet of the Central Plains should have already set off, if they take the northern route directly, they can sail directly to us, and they will be there in half a year."
Li Shimin muttered to himself, "If we hold on for another half a year, we will be able to get a large number of supplies, and then we will be able to expand the population by at least 40,000 or 50,000."
Then we would have a population of 100,000. ” It is difficult to buy 40,000 or 50,000 slaves, and there are not so many slaves to buy along the coast, Li Shimin plans to expand the army first after he has supplies, and then directly send troops to conquer the surrounding tribes and conquer and annex them by force.
Kidnap their population as slaves, cultivate more arable land, grow more food, train more troops, and so on, sweeping across the periphery.
"Mei Niang, did you say that Zhang Chao would send a supply fleet over as agreed?"
asked Li Shimin.
"Since the Taishi has agreed, he will definitely do it."
Li Shimin shook his head, "Zhang Chao is not credible, I have always been worried recently.
Tens of thousands of miles away from the ocean, I don't know what happened to the Central Plains.
I was very worried about Cheng Qian, he was not Zhang Chao's opponent at all. ” "Whether the emperor is a student of Taishi or his son-in-law, he should be able to assist the emperor well."
Wu Mei defended her father-in-law.
"Zhang Chao can never be trusted, that is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
This damn guy, let the navigators all go, otherwise, I will definitely send someone back to the Central Plains to find out the news. ” Without a navigator, Li Shimin had a fleet that could cross the ocean, but he could not accurately know the route of the return trip, and without a navigator, the fleet could not return to the Central Plains alone.
After leaving the Central Plains for a year, he no longer knew the news over there, and Li Shimin was very uneasy.
Xu Maogong and Wei Chigong came.
"Your Majesty."
Li Shimin nodded to the two, "Erqing has worked hard, sit." ” "Your Majesty, we feel that from now on we can first select a group of reliable and loyal people from among the slaves and begin their reorganization and training."
Now Jinshan has organized the personnel into multiple groups, each with its own task, and then Li Shimin takes turns to draw people from these people for training, and these people are equivalent to militia.
He also has a more elite guard, but there are not many of them.
Xu Maogong and both thought that the weapons would arrive in another half a year, so it was also very necessary to start selecting and transferring a group of people to train and expand the standing guards.
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As soon as the supply ships arrived with weapons and armor, they would even be able to launch a war of conquest first. t1706231537: