The Shanghe tribe attacked the Chu settlements, and then was counterattacked and even the tribe was destroyed. This kind of thing is not uncommon in western North America. In fact, it happens very frequently, basically several times every year.<

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Otherwise, how do you think the Xiayang, Jinshan and Luhe mansions that the Chu people now control and develop and cultivate on a large scale came from?

It is impossible for the local indigenous people to give it to the Chu people.

The three North American lands of the Great Chu Empire were all mined, without any adulteration.

The whole process also seemed very cruel. From time to time, a small settlement in Chu State, which was remote and deep in the hinterland, would be attacked by the indigenous people, causing heavy casualties and even massacre of the village.

It also often happens that some indigenous tribes were wiped out by the Chu army.

There is no hatred between the two parties, and there is no situation where you are worse or I am worse. Everyone is just competing for living space.

The Chu immigrants needed a large amount of developable farmland, so they continued to move deeper from the coastal areas to the inland, especially places suitable for farming and with convenient transportation.

It is mainly flat land on both sides of some rivers, such as the Golden Valley.

The governor's office of North America attaches great importance to this valley, which is tens of kilometers wide from east to west, five to six hundred kilometers long from north to south, has flat terrain, numerous rivers, and a mild climate, because this place is almost the most likely to be developed on the entire west coast of North America, and it is also the most

Plain farmland that is easy to develop on a large scale.

Therefore, immigrants were constantly organized to go deeper along the river. After a large amount of gold was discovered in Shuanghe County, the scale of immigration became even larger. There were not only a large number of official immigrants, but also a large number of self-funded immigrants.

The arrival of a large number of immigrants from Chu State has also continued to crowd out the living space of local indigenous tribes.

The survival mode of these indigenous tribes is still stuck in the very primitive fishing, hunting, herding and gathering mode. Such a survival mode requires a large amount of land to hunt, such as North American bison. In addition to eating the bison, they will also sell their hides to the Chu State.

The merchants exchanged matchlock guns and other cold weapons or other survival supplies.

At the same time, the existence of horses and matchlocks has also greatly improved the local indigenous people's ability to hunt large animals such as bison. They are no longer satisfied with hunting bison just for food, but also hunt them on a large scale for their fur.

bison.

At the same time, after the immigrants from the Chu State arrived, they would crowd out the local living space and hunt bison on a large scale.

The hide of bison is a very good leather-making material. Many immigrants from the Chu State, after settling in the fields, would bring guns and hunt large animals such as bison in the surrounding areas in groups. This was not only to hunt bison for their skins but also

Eating meat is also to prevent these large and ferocious animals from destroying crops and causing casualties to people.

This also led to large-scale hunting of large animals in the western Americas by the Chu people and local indigenous people, and their numbers decreased sharply.

After the number decreased, conflicts began to arise between the two sides. The indigenous people in many places began to be hostile and even expelled the Chu immigrants, thinking that they had robbed the bison.

Similarly, in the eyes of the Chu people, the barbaric and unreasonable indigenous people are also a huge threat, and these indigenous people also occupy a large amount of high-quality developable land.

When there are more conflicts between the two sides, mutual attacks and even wars will naturally occur.

Behind many contradictions, in the final analysis, it is still the struggle for living space.

This kind of competition for living space is very cruel.

Of course, this situation is not only true for the Chu people, but also for Spanish, Portuguese and other European colonists in the Americas.

Even the Spanish and Portuguese went too far. These people also played slavery. They would capture a large number of indigenous people as slaves for farming, and they did not care about property at all when using slaves, so that the indigenous Americans quickly...

A lot of them disappeared.

Even after the indigenous people in some areas such as South America were not played much by them, they were forced to introduce black slaves from Africa.

This gave rise to the infamous Atlantic Triangular Trade, also known as the slave trade.

And Chu State does not engage in slavery.

As for the large number of indigenous prisoners of war from various regions who worked on the estates of the Chu Western Trading Company and the Eastern Trading Company, they were military prisoners of war, not slaves, and the two are not the same.

It would be bad to massacre all the prisoners of war captured in this war, but we cannot let these indigenous people become potential rioters, and at the same time, we cannot let them eat and drink for free...

Therefore, prisoners of war also need to work.

This is not only true for prisoners of war, but actually the prisoners who committed crimes within the Chu State also need work.

In the Great Chu Empire, there is no such thing as being able to live in prison and eat and drink freely with taxpayers' tax money after committing a crime. Criminals all need to work to support themselves.

However, in the previous battle between Songxi Village and the Shanghe Tribe, the militiamen of Songxi Village did not capture many prisoners. They killed too hard and defeated the opponent in one fell swoop. When they wanted to capture the prisoners, the indigenous soldiers broke up.

We are almost done running.

And during the pursuit, many indigenous people fled into the mountains and forests in order to survive.

In order to avoid unnecessary losses, Wu Jintang did not order the militiamen to enter the mountains and continue the pursuit.

So there were some other seizures, but not many prisoners, and those few prisoners were also handed over to the military.

After this battle, Songxi Village regained its calm, but two families did not recover. Although this battle was a great victory, there are always casualties in wars.

In this battle, one of the militiamen in Songxi Village was shot in the chest by an indigenous matchlock gun. A big hole was punched in his chest on the spot, and he was killed without even a chance to rescue him.

Another person was seriously injured by an arrow. Although he received emergency treatment on the battlefield, he was unable to survive and died on the way back. This was still a young man of sixteen years old. He rushed too far ahead when chasing the enemy.

, unexpectedly, the natives fired an arrow back at him, piercing his chest and seriously injuring him.

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There were seven or eight other people with minor injuries. Even Zhao Gaantong himself suffered a minor injury due to carelessness, but it was not a big problem, just a small scratch on his arm.

After the battle, disinfect it with medical alcohol and then bandage it with medical gauze. No stitches are even needed.

In war, casualties are normal.

Since two members of the Songxi Village militia died in battle, the superiors and other villagers naturally would not sit idly by.

Soon, people from the county garrison came over, distributed pensions to the two families of those who died in the war, and explained to the families a series of preferential treatment conditions for the family members of the deceased soldiers, such as a limited time exemption from the unified agricultural tax, and discounts on children’s education, etc.

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At the same time, Songxi Village also organized internal donations to collect some money for these two families.

Although the families of the fallen militiamen were grieving, they also relaxed a lot after accepting pensions and donations, as well as subsequent preferential treatment policies from the government.

In fact, they also know that immigration and reclamation itself is risky... Needless to say, there are only more than 200 people in Songxi Village, and there are more than 70 militiamen. Even the old, young, women and children can use firearms to protect themselves.

You can see it.

It is because there are risks, and the risks are not small, that why so many militiamen and firearms are needed.

If there were no risks, there would be no need for so many guns!

The land in North America is good. Anyone who comes here can get dozens or even hundreds of acres of free land. If you give some symbolic money, you can get more land.

You can also get interest-free land reclamation loans. Even if you come to North America with nothing, you can directly transform into a small landowner with hundreds of acres of land.

Such a good thing naturally comes with a price!

Aboriginal attacks, acclimatization, disease attacks, etc. are all costs.

This is still a place under the control of the Chu people in Jinshan Prefecture. If it were in some wild places, the cost would be higher, and of course the profit would be greater.

Some brave Chu people have even left the actual control area of ​​the North American governor's office and moved further inland along the river to cultivate.

In those places, North American government agencies have no control over them. They are truly lawless places. You can do whatever you want, as long as you don't die.

Relatively speaking, Songxi Village is only close to the edge of the indigenous control area. Not only does it have the ability to protect itself, it is attacked by large-scale indigenous people, and it can also receive support from the regular army. The situation is much better.

What's more, the Shanghe tribe that poses the greatest threat to Songxi Village has been wiped out. There are no large-scale indigenous tribes within ten kilometers nearby, and the safety factor has been greatly improved.

Within a few days, Zhao Gantong received news that the superiors had decided to develop the Songxi Village area on a larger scale and were preparing to organize more immigrants to come and colonize.

Some old immigrants who are familiar with the situation in North America say that their Songxi Village will become Songxi Town in a few years.

This was also a common practice of the Chu State when it was colonizing overseas. It would first send an official immigration team to open settlements, and then gradually increase the number of immigrants at their own expense. After the number of immigrants increased to a certain level and the surrounding indigenous people were wiped out, the original

Based on the settlements, we began to organize large-scale immigrants to come for reclamation and development.

Village-level settlements will also gradually expand into towns and even counties, effectively controlling and developing the surrounding areas.

Many towns and counties in the Jinshan Prefecture area basically come from this way.

Shuanghe County is an exception. Under normal circumstances, Shuanghe County has developed to the size of a town at most. However, due to the emergence of gold, this place has experienced explosive growth. In the end, it has grown from a town in just a few years.

The village-level settlement developed into a county town, and even had a very large population.

After Zhao Gantong heard that his superiors would increase development of the Songxi Village area, he felt that this was an opportunity.

By then, the newly arrived immigrants, even if they have land and official-supported land reclamation loans, will still need food and other consumer goods.

You can increase the planting area, or you can raise some cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock, and then sell the grain, meat and livestock on the spot to make a profit.

Even if it cannot be digested locally, it can still be sold to purchasers.

In fact, crops such as grain and cotton are sold to merchants, and then these merchants organize transportation to coastal ports such as Jinshan Port, and then load them on returning ships and transport them back to the mainland for sale. This was originally the rule of North America and other overseas countries under the Chu State.

The important economic model of the territory.

Overseas territories have a lot of land and produce large crops, but the local area cannot consume so much.

The ships that come and go at the same time have to return home after transporting domestic goods to overseas territories. If the ship returns empty, it will definitely lose money, so even if the freight is cheap, it will return with the goods.

This formed a material transportation channel between the local and overseas regions.

If nothing else happens, the cotton grown by Zhao Gantong will eventually be transported back to the mainland through this channel, enter a spinning factory to be produced into cotton yarn, and eventually woven into cloth, becoming part of the huge textile industry of the Great Chu Empire.

One of countless raw material suppliers.
To be continued...