Chapter 33 Nobles
On the west coast, the Eastern Military Mansion fleet drove southwards, and the indigenous people who followed the Ming army to fight for freedom returned to the north.
Shao Tingda sent eight Dafu ships to transport them back and forth along the coast in batches. Although the Zhuangyuan Bridge is only 1,700 miles away from the boundary marker, it depends on the legs of the indigenous people and they will walk for a long time.
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In fact, the marching speed of the indigenous people was not slow. The most experienced hunters in various tribes led the way, not because they recognized the way, but because they could run.
The most common hunting method in North Asia is chasing, which is very stupid and scientific. Whether it is a pronghorn with a speed of 80 kilometers per hour or a bison weighing a ton of 60 kilometers per hour, hunters can always fill their stomachs by chasing.
They sprint fast, and people sprint very slowly, but humans jog faster than most animals. In order to avoid humans, wild animals must sprint. Because their thick hairs keep sprinting, they will cause heatstroke, and to stop and rest for heat dissipation.
People are different. As long as they are hydrated and sweat while running, they will always catch up with their prey in the end.
Such a hunt sometimes continues to run thirty to seventy miles, so when marching, these rushing hunters run at the front of the queue to explore the way, and if they go wrong, they run back and run out, at a very fast speed.
What made them marching slow was the rich natural environment in Asia. The indigenous army had no baggage team. More than a dozen or even dozens of tribes gathered thousands of troops. The war leaders selected by each tribe led the troops to pass through the forest. They would eat wherever they walked. It would be strange if the marching could get up quickly.
Zheng Tu led his subordinates to dock from Shao Tingda's lucky ship. The eight red-headed fish-eyed lucky ships put down more than 30 small oars. Under the leadership of several subordinate officers of the Ming army, more than 600 neatly-clad Spanish-style armor were all neatly decorated and Spanish-style armored. The muskets landed on and rested, and looked majestic.
Chen Mu watched the two Ming troops on the shore joining together to salute the sea, patted the ship with satisfaction, and ordered his subordinates to send orders to set sail.
"This guy, it's different to take the iron guy."
What would have happened if the indigenous people of this land met the Chinese first?
Zhu Xiaoen shook his python robe and said, "Your Majesty will issue a royal seal and grant titles and officials, but if it weren't for a general, no one would be interested in this land itself."
"In Beiyang and Beijing, I also know some officials. They are not ignorant of overseas knowledge, but they are not interested. From Beijing to Yangzhou is farther from Dublin to Paris, but from other people's words, it seems that Paris is not as prosperous as Yangzhou."
As he said that, Zhu Xiaoen shook his head and said, "You call yourself the supreme kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom, and the people claim to be the people of the Celestial Kingdom. Just like the kingdom of heaven described in the scriptures, I have never seen God appear saints, just as if I rarely see Chinese people interested in overseas."
Chen Mu turned his head and smiled, "You have never been to Yangzhou, how do you know it is more prosperous than Paris?"
As he said that, Chen Mu couldn't help but pursed his lips and said, "What a pity, I have never been to Yangzhou."
"In Beijing, Tianjin Wei and even Beiyang, people have a common understanding that Yangzhou is more prosperous than Beijing. Some people say that Yangzhou has 400,000 people, and some people say that Yangzhou has 800,000 people. A city feeds so many people. It is hard to imagine what that situation is."
"Is it difficult? Yangzhou City is not only Yangzhou people, it is the most prosperous place for commerce. The population is mobile in the place where trade is prosperous. Most people make a living by serving a few people. As long as they have money, it is a good place to enjoy."
"Chinese merchants are very happy, and all of you are happy." Zhu Xiaoen said with envy: "European merchants are also very powerful. The large family can lend millions of gold coins to the king, fund wars, support the pope or engage in adventures, just like the Fuger family in Spain, which holds Spanish copper, silver, mercury, textiles and customs, and puts power to every overseas territory in Spain."
"The general may meet their family members in South Asia, and every town in Europe will have such a family of merchants. Their tall houses are lined with markets, supported by beams, covered with plaster, mortar, wire mesh, and the house is filled with expensive Chinese silk, Turkish carpets and Nanyang spices in containers."
Chen Mu grinned and gently supported his fingers between his lips. It sounded like European businessmen were not pitiful at all. On the contrary, they were very rich.
"They were all from peasants, but wealth made them wear gold and silver, and they also made them bear things they shouldn't have to bear. The down-and-out knights hate them, hid in the forest outside the town, snatched the merchant goods and cut off their right hands."
This is a bit bloody. Chen Mu could see that this behavior is not only for money, but also for the purpose of venting anger and intimidation.
Zhu Xiaoen was very satisfied with General Chen's expression. He nodded slowly with distress and said, "The world is developing in the wrong direction. Merchants have wealth to hire more farmers and use gold and silver to buy armor to arm them."
"It should not be like this in the eyes of the nobles. An English farmer can shoot a knight's throat with a broken fir bow or a cheap bird gun at once. Even if the knight stabs the spear into the farmers' chest, it will be useless. Their lives are not equal in their eyes."
As he said that, Zhu Xiaoen turned his head with pride and said to Chen Mu, "We are not like this. Like the Ming Dynasty, a thousand five hundred years ago, there was no difference between killing a Roman commander with an axe and killing a young soldier with a spear."
Listening to the rare glorious story of the Celtics, Chen Mu almost wanted to applaud. He turned his hands on his chest and explained: "The military laws of the Ming Dynasty are different. If you kill the enemy commander on the battlefield, you must remember the merit of killing generals, and you will usually be promoted to two levels."
"The nobles will be eliminated. As you said, the world is developing. Even at this time, knights have more advantages in obtaining wealth than farmers before merchants started their own business. But they did not do it. In the past, we also had people who were born aristocrats, and they disappeared in the Han Dynasty."
"The emperor of the Han family is a peasant. The two founding emperors of the Han Dynasty were both peasants, and the same was true for the national dynasty." Chen Mu said with a strange smile that revealed the secrets of heaven: "But you may not be like this."
"You just said that in South Asia, you will meet the family you mentioned. Do you think they will rebel? The new nobles mentioned by the Spanish are them?"
Zhu Xiaoen's head shook like a rattle and said, "They will not rebel. The wealth and power of the Fuger family are everywhere in every corner of Spain. Those new nobles count nothing compared to them. Those who will rebel are adventurers. Those who have nothing but everything they have snatched in the New World. Now these things have been snatched away by the general."
"It's like the down-and-out knights who ambushed the merchants, but I think they won't just want to take away the general's right hand."
The sea breeze hit Chen Mu's cheeks with a salty smell, and the weather gradually warmed up, and Chen Mu's shoulders shook.
"By chance, I'll send their right hand to Mexico."
Chapter completed!