“Native Americans have never seen a wheel?”

"Um."

"I've never seen a wheel?"

"yes."

"Is this...is this true?"

Yuwen Wen, who was a little impatient when asked, put down the newspaper and looked at Xiao Jiuniang: "Seriously, there are mountains everywhere in that place, with ravines and decent roads. Where can the cars come from? Without the need for cars, where can the wheels come from?"

Xiao Jiuniang was still a little unbelievable: "But, but... a wheelbarrow can always be used, right?"

Yuwen Wen hummed: "Everyone said that there is no decent road, and people don't even have bronze tools to popularize them. What should I use to build roads? Since there is no decent road, how can I use a wheelbarrow?"

"Then...then, aren't they descendants of the Shang Dynasty? They always know wheels and cars, right?"

"It's hard to say, let me give you an example." Yuwen Wen, "Our family suddenly fled to take refuge in deserted islands overseas. There are many mountains there and there is no room for cars. We can't make cars and wheels. When we wait for our great-grandson, they still remember what the cars look like? What the wheels look like?"

"The technological period can become a reality in one or two generations, let alone the area where Native Americans lived was either hills or dense forests, without iron tools, and naturally there was no need to invent wheels and cars."

"The Beishi's expedition team has roughly figured out that there are indeed many tribes in Central America, and their settlements formed by the city gates. If they are super-large tribes, they will form cities, but each city is an independent force, also known as the "city-state".

"There are inconvenient transportation between these city-states, and the circulation of personnel and materials depends entirely on the two legs of people. Even if the expedition team builds wheels, two-wheelers or unicycles for them on the spot, these cars have no use except wandering around the city."

"Don't tell me that you can use cows and horses, there are no cows and horses in that place!"

Hearing this, Xiao Jiuniang was really stunned: "Not even... there are cattle and horses? So how do they cultivate the land and transport it?"

"It depends on people, so the productivity is backward and the grain output is insufficient. No city-state can unify the world. Everyone just makes do with it, just like a vassal state without the Zhou emperor."

Yuwen Wen took the tea handed over by Xiao Jiuniang, and while drinking it, he pointed to the contents of the newspaper and said, "Hey, the newspaper now has a 'America' column, which specializes in some situations in the Americas. If you are interested, take a look at the newspapers in the past few days."

Nearly three years since Zhangyu's fleet "discovered" America, the expedition team has initially figured out the situation in America (mainly the west coast of Central America). Therefore, Yu Wen Wen believes that it is time to publicize it so that everyone can know what America looks like.

Some people will regard these news as strange stories, and then talk about it during casual conversation after dinner.

But some people will notice some details, such as "Native Americans wear gold and silver but no iron tools", "There are no powerful countries in the Americas, only city-states", and "Native American troops do not have iron weapons, not even horses."

Yuwen Wen felt that a three-year-old child who held gold and passed the market would inevitably attract people to covet people, and those "unstable elements" would sooner or later have a thought for America.

As long as they are guided appropriately, teams in the name of "exploration team" will go to the Americas with all kinds of thoughts.

The pioneers of overseas colonization must be composed of all kinds of explorers, adventurers, maritime merchants, outlaws, fanatical religious figures, and exiles. Only these people will not fear hardships, endure 50% of the nautical mortality rate, cross the ocean, and settle down in the "wild land" thousands of miles away.

Such people are not "patents" from the West, but there are also people in the Central Plains. Of course, there may be relatively few "fan religious people", but there is never a shortage of all kinds of outlaws. Instead of letting these people "lurk" in various parts of the Central Plains, it is better to guide them and leave the Central Plains and go overseas to open up wastelands.

The development of Liaodong, Nanzhong, Hetao, Jiaozhou and Australia has attracted many outlaws. Now, Yuwen Wen thinks adding another America is a good choice.

As for the place of resignation, it must not be located in America, otherwise the reputation will become bad.

The question is, should we go back to the "old path" when dealing with America?

Faced with the Native Americans whose civilized development level was even worse than that of the Shang Dynasty (except for the astronomical calendar), the Zhou army, who had been equipped with muskets, cannons, explosives, and steam engines, could completely "replicate" the "feat" of the Spanish colonists conquering hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land with hundreds of people.

Because of the barriers between the Rocky Mountains and the West Coast Mountains, it is very difficult for the pioneering teams from the Central Plains to enter the North American Plains. Therefore, the best breakthrough points are Central America and South America (north).

At that time, the expedition team from the Central Plains tore off the warm mask and launch a massacre against the Native Americans. They even need to deliberately release the smallpox virus to expose American bones in the wild and there will be no fire in the crowing of chickens.

All the natives died, and the unparalleled land left behind was the immigrants in the Central Plains?

Yuwen Wen was a little distracted as he thought about it. Seeing him like this, Xiao Jiuniang didn't disturb him, but just sat aside and sorted out the books on the desk for him.

She knew that Yuwen Wen was very energetic and paid a lot of attention to things, so even if she didn't read the memorial, she could find things to do every day. This kind of life lasted for more than 30 years.

Xiao Jiuniang didn't know how many thoughts her husband still had in his mind, and how many wishes he had not realized.

Over the past 30 years, she has witnessed miracles happening one after another, watching steam engines, steamships, telegraphs, and trains appear. So, in the next few years, will there be any new things that will appear? Xiao Jiuniang is quite looking forward to it.

As for America, even if there are any changes in such a distance, it will probably take many generations to happen, so Xiao Jiuniang doesn't care much. She just wants to accompany Yuwen Wen and accompany the other person for the rest of her life.

"Say..." Yuwen Wen suddenly spoke, and Xiao Jiuniang listened with her ears.

Yuwen Wen continued: "There are customs for American chiefs to sacrifice. Whenever they encounter any problems, they will kill people and gods. They will kill hundreds of people at any time. When encountering major events, they will kill people for several consecutive days, and they can kill tens of thousands of people..."

Xiao Jiuniang felt that this custom was very bloody and dared not talk about it. Just listened to Yuwen Wen continued to say to himself: "So many slaves and prisoners are good laborers. It's a pity to kill them like this. It's better to do a big project."

"Big Project?" Xiao Jiuniang said it and thought about it, and asked, "I said before, where are you going to open a canal in the isthmus of Central America?"

"No, that's impossible and unrealistic." Yuwen waved his hand, took out a map, pointed to the narrow Central American region and said:

"It is impossible to dig a canal, but cutting off all the dense forests, filling the swamps, and creating a corridor on the road that is several miles wide and more than a hundred miles long is a good idea."
Chapter completed!