To a certain extent, war will promote technological and even institutional changes.The military breakthrough of the West has a great deal to do with the fact that there are many countries and disputes on the land of Europe, especially the war that lasted for 30 years.This is like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which gave birth to hundreds of schools of thought, as well as countries like Qin that brought their national strength to the extreme.During the Warring States Period, a population of four or five million could dispatch hundreds of thousands of troops, and the mobilization ability was so strong that no subsequent dynasties had ever existed.In addition, in terms of weapons, the Qin crossbow and the Han crossbow, as well as the bronze weapon, have also been made to the extreme, and gradually transition to iron weapons, forming a number of powerful countries.The 30-year war in the West has also given rise to changes in the West's military culture and system, among which the military has undergone the greatest change, and the military has begun to gradually move towards modernization.During this period, the traditional armor of the West was manufactured to the extreme, and new firearms began to exert their power.It can be said that they have the best defense, and at the same time they have the sharpest firearms, spears and shields are the best, so they can dominate the world.Under these circumstances, it took a few hundred Spaniards to defeat more than 100,000 Aztec soldiers and easily rule Central America.Today, the Ming Dynasty has also experienced decades of war, and its weapons have also evolved rapidly.Especially under Zhao Ming's intervention, the weapons that Westerners have, the soldiers of Donghai Town basically have, and the weapons that Westerners do not have, the soldiers of Donghai Town will also have.Now, in addition to navigation and warships, this kind of aspect that needs to be accumulated over many years, Donghai Town is not as good as the West, and the equipment of the infantry army is actually not lost to the Dutch.With 300 Ming soldiers, raiding more than 2,000 natives, and more than 50 Dutch camps, the battle was almost one-sided.The Dutch and the aborigines fled to the foot of the mountain in horror under the power of the rocks rolling down and the Ming soldiers rushing down with their guns, but they ran into the Ming soldiers who had been prepared for a long time.The indigenous camp was on fire, with smoke billowing and explosions pouring in.The Dutch and natives were terrified, screaming and screaming, fleeing for their lives, countless people were killed, and the camp was covered with blood and fear.For a time, Zhang Yida went down the mountain like a tiger, while rushing down, while throwing grenades, igniting the thatched hut, the fire spread rapidly, the Ming soldiers raised their bayonets and stabbed, mercilessly washed the aboriginal camp, everywhere were killed natives, the camp corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, becoming a bloody and cruel page in the colonial history of Donghai Town.The fire in the camp burned in the middle of the night before it was gradually extinguished, and the indigenous camp was completely destroyed, and the natives and the Dutch were either annihilated or captured, and only a very few of them fled into the woods and disappeared without a trace.At this time, Gu Youchang stood at the foot of the mountain, looking at his subordinate soldiers, holding thousands of indigenous prisoners, and more than a dozen Dutch, with a smug look on his face.I knew that the natives couldn't help fighting, but I didn't expect that the combat power was so low that the Ming soldiers destroyed a camp of more than 2,000 people with almost no casualties.A flag officer ran over at a hurry and whispered, "General, the Dutch merchant ships anchored in the harbor have run away. ”The general flag led fifty soldiers to attack the Dutch merchant ships, but in the process of approaching the merchant ships, the Dutch on board were alarmed, and the Dutch merchant ships were as tall as a city, and the Ming army lost seven or eight brothers, but they could not climb up, so the Dutch raised the anchor and fled the harbor.Gu Youchang frowned when he heard this, but he ran away, so there was no way.At this time, Zhang Yida walked over excitedly, "General Gu, I found this!"
”Gu Youchang took it, it was a parchment roll wrapped in cloth, so he opened it and looked at it, there were several newly drawn maps, and some materials in Dutch.Gu Youchang didn't know him, but in the Liu camp, there were interpreters who knew Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish, so he waved his hand and said, "Let's go, take the prisoners back." ”In the evening, Gu Youchang and Zhang Yida, with the Ming soldiers, escorted groups of prisoners and some captured food back to the camp, which immediately aroused the cheers of the people left behind in the camp.The Dutch on Xinmingzhou were annihilated by the Ming army, and the indigenous tribes were vulnerable in front of the Ming army, and the Ming army numbered less than 1,000 people, but they could dominate Xinmingzhou.The Dutch could occupy a large island with a few hundred people, and the Spaniards could colonize Central America with less than a thousand people, defeating civilizations like the Aztecs that had evolved countries and city-states, and the Ming army would naturally have no problem dealing with the scattered indigenous tribes on the island.Gu Youchang handed over the seized information to Ji Mengchen, and said to Cheng Bi: "This raid on the indigenous camp has captured thousands of prisoners, what are you going to do with it." ”After the fleet landed in Liusu, nearly 1,000 people lived an almost primitive life of hunting, gathering, and fishing, barely maintaining food and clothing, and nearly 1,000 more prisoners gave nearly 1,000 more mouths, which was equivalent to one more problem.However, for a long time, Donghai Town has colonized Taiwan and urgently needs the population, and Zhao Ming has always told his subordinates that people are the most important resource, so the people under him have also been affected.Therefore, Cheng Bi didn't intend to kill something, and after a little groaning, he spoke: "Lock them up first, and then organize the prisoners, open the pit wasteland, cast the castle, and store supplies for the return." ”Xinmingzhou is extremely vast, much larger than Taiwan, and if you want to develop and build it, you need a lot of cheap labor.Moreover, the ship sailed to Liusu, the food was exhausted, and if he wanted to set sail again, he had to stock up on enough food, and Cheng Bi needed these people to participate in the labor.At this time, Ji Mengchen opened the drawings and hurriedly glanced at them, but suddenly said in surprise: "Sir, General Gu, this is the map of Xinmingzhou drawn by Hongmaoyi, as well as the information on the detection of minerals, it says that there seems to be a gold mine here!"
”Ji Mengchen is a scholar, with a strong ability to learn, in the process of sailing, not only as a pilot, but also in more than two years, learned many languages."
Gold mines?"
Zhang Yida's eyes widened, and he first let out an exclamation.Ji Mengchen nodded, picked up a letter, and showed it to everyone, "This is a letter written by Hongmaoyi to the Governor of Hongmaoyi in Java, it says that they have discovered a gold mine. ”Cheng Bi, Gu Youchang and the others all showed joy on their faces, and Cheng Bi asked anxiously: "Do you know the location of the gold mine?"
”Ji Mengchen hurriedly put away the letter, flipped through the remaining materials, found a drawing, observed it carefully for a while, and pointed it out to everyone: "It seems to be near our camp." ”Cheng Bi immediately waved his hand and shouted loudly, "Send someone to find it immediately, and you must find out the gold mine." ”()