Chapter 148: Have Han people already arrived in America?
“But Young Master Yang can’t go there all at once, so he will definitely send a ship. There won’t be many people on the ship at first, so how will they get their supplies?”

Yang Siyi, with a white beard, started to ask from the side.

Yang Chen responded straightforwardly:

“The material problem is also easy to solve, not as difficult as you imagine.

As I said before, immigration cannot be accomplished overnight. It requires the spirit of Yugong moving mountains. It will take decades at the latest and possibly two generations at the longest.

The first group of people to arrive were pioneer warriors who were going to a strange place to open up new land. It would take at least two or three years to build a city that could resist the enemy and leave enough space for development.

The outposts they set up will become the eyes of the new territory, and the ports, docks, etc. will be gradually completed in preparation for the arrival of large numbers of immigrants.

In the meantime, people with various skills were constantly sent there, such as doctors who could cure illnesses and save lives, experienced farmers, soldiers who could resist enemies and hunt, and more importantly, the leader had to be someone trusted by the court.

They will not betray the court, will always be loyal to the court, and will never forget the court’s instructions.

Then there will be an opportunity to explore more places. America is very large, much larger than the Central Plains territory currently controlled by the Han people.

In addition to our immigrants, we may encounter many other different indigenous peoples.”

“What? Indigenous people? Brother Yang, you said there are still many indigenous people in America?”

Zhu Biao was slightly stunned. He didn’t expect Yang Chen to tell him such surprising news.

Yang Chen looked at him and then realized that he had said before that there were Indians in America, but he did not say that in addition to the Indians, there were many other civilizations, such as the famous Mayan civilization. These people once predicted the end of the world, which made many people anxious.

“I’m sorry, Abia, in addition to the Indians, there are also Mayans, Aztecs, Olmecs, Nazca and other local races in America.

But don’t worry, although civilizations exist, they will definitely not pose any threat to the Ming Dynasty.

If my guess is correct, they should still be wearing animal skins as clothes and shouting at their prey all day long.”

‘America? Is that the New World he was talking about?’

It was the first time that Zhu Gang heard so many things he had never heard of before, and he was naturally shocked.

“May I ask where this America is? How come I have never heard of it? Is this America the rich land that Young Friend Yang mentioned?”

Yang Siyi felt more and more confused, he even felt that he should not be here today.

Yang Chen glanced at him and then explained how rich the resources in the American world were.

This is the American continent!

The fifty states in North America are a place that many people dream of.
Yang Chen vaguely remembered that he had seen this sentence on the Internet.

“Why don’t men take Wu Gou and take over the fifty states of Guanshan!” This sentence actually refers to the fifty states of North America.

Of course he also knew that this was just a joke that was tampered with by others.

But in fact, the North American continent is a territory that any country that wants to evolve into a modern civilization must take over.

The abundance of resources and the beautiful environment are among the best in the world. It does not have the desert of the Arabian Peninsula, nor the remoteness of Western Europe, nor the complex mountain obstacles.

Whoever obtains this Feng Shui treasure land in America will be able to enter the next industrial age by relying on the fertile natural resources such as oil, coal, gold, etc.

Not to mention how good the geography of this place is. Docks can be built on both sides of the continent, which is conducive to the development of ocean transportation. There are also tributaries of the water system that run through the north and south inland, which reduces the development on land.

Yang Chen remembered very clearly that the North American continent accounted for nearly 20% of the world’s fresh water storage and had five Great Lakes. Relying on such a geographical environment, the precipitation decreased from the southeast to the northwest, so there was no need to worry about the rainfall.

From west to east, the famous west coast is covered by a long mountain range. The Great Wall that the Han people spent so much manpower, material resources and time to build is completely naturally formed in this place. This mountain range not only plays a defensive role in military, but also can keep out the cold and resist the invasion of cold currents from the sea. Not to mention the central plains, relying on less than 5% of the world’s land, it has one-tenth of the world’s cultivated area. As long as the industry develops, it can quickly become the world’s granary, let alone feed tens of millions of people, even feeding one billion or two billion people is not a problem.

The only drawback is that the east has a temperate continental climate, which is theoretically suitable for farming, but it depends on the winter climate on the east coast of North America. Once severe cold air invades, frost will occur, causing crops to freeze to death.

Sometimes when looking at the North American continent on the globe, Yang Chen felt that this land was like a cursed land. It had unique external conditions, but lacked the internal wisdom to make use of these external conditions.

The Han people possessed this inherent wisdom, but were hampered by the Central Plains, a land that was actually full of shortcomings.

It’s not that Yang Chen doesn’t like his own nation, but it’s a fact. The Central Plains is really difficult to evaluate. The land use types are not entirely reasonable. Since the establishment of centralized power in the Qin Dynasty, manpower has been used to change the direction of these mountains.

If you are a wise ruler, one way to make yourself have a good reputation is to pay attention to water conservancy projects for people’s livelihood!
Some canals can be preserved for future generations to use and only require minimal maintenance.

In contrast, North America is flat and does not require a large amount of mountain digging and tunnel construction. This alone makes it completely inferior to the Central Plains.

The problems that cannot be solved in North America can be solved one by one by the Ming Dynasty. The sum of the two can achieve the effect of 1+1>2.

First of all, North America has vast arable land, but there are no native crops that can serve as a long-term staple food.

At this historical point, most tribes in North America live a life of eating raw meat and blood, and the vegetarians rely on pumpkin, sunflower, chrysanthemum, and a wild vegetable similar to spinach, which seems to be called quinoa.

As for corn, before it was domesticated by the Indians, its scientific name was teosinte. It was not a grain but a grass.

After about 10,000 years of elimination and selection, it finally evolved into the corn that modern people can eat.

If ordinary grains want to become better, they either rely on hybridization or mutation, while corn relies on hybridization and mutation. Mountain teosinte and lowland teosinte merged by accident and became the original appearance of modern corn.

Over the next thousand years, corn evolved at a rapid pace into what it is today.

Moreover, before corn could become widely spread in South America, its peaceful life was disrupted by European navigators.

The lack of food crops that can be stored for a long time means that their population cannot reproduce. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, there were rice, wheat, millet, sorghum and other main foods.

There is not enough land in the Central Plains to grow food, and there are no seeds suitable for growing food in the Americas. The collision between the two is like dry wood encountering fire, instantly igniting a raging flame.

According to the existing conditions in North America, as long as the seeds are planted, fertilizers are used, and the farming techniques of the Han people are used, the harvest will definitely break the record of the previous harvest in the Central Plains. The first problem is solved, and the next problem is the second one.

Why did Yang Chen say that North America is like a cursed land with many shortcomings and disadvantages?
The reason is that the second question is too coincidental to the first question.

Such a large area, but there are no animals suitable for farming!
There are cattle in Asia, with many species, and in Europe as well, but in America there is only the American bison, which is ferocious by nature and cannot be tamed as livestock for farming and transportation.

There are no domesticated animals such as cattle, poplars, horses, and camels in North America.

Horses and camels, two of the few remaining species, eventually became extinct in North America for unknown reasons!
Without the assistance of livestock, American civilization would naturally not have developed to the stage of civilization with ox-drawn plows. You know, the development of things is a spiral upward, but it doesn’t mean that they can jump directly.

They couldn’t even develop a civilization that used livestock to plow the fields, let alone later stages of civilization.

You can’t rely on North American turkeys and spitting alpacas to pull the plow, can you?

After Yang Chen’s explanation, not only Yang Siyi was shocked, but even Zhu Yuanzhang could not sit still. He stood up from the chair as if his butt was equipped with a spring.

“What! There is actually a place in this world that is better than Japan!”

Yang Siyi’s eyes widened as he stared at the map of America that Yang Chen had drawn out of thin air. He was salivating and eagerly looking forward to it.

“Hiss! If the Ming Dynasty could obtain such a piece of land, wouldn’t the people have a lot more land to cultivate?”

Zhu Gang, who was standing aside in a daze, felt as if his heart was set on fire, and he tried hard to suppress the ambition that was about to come out of his mouth.

“Fifty states! They have vast lands, plenty of food, not too many mountains and hills, and their local civilization is still very backward. This is absolutely great news for the Ming Dynasty!
The entire territory is about the same size as the Central Plains, but it has unique conditions. If I can occupy this land, I may be able to create a dynasty that is comparable to the Ming Dynasty!

Even if this takes up all my time for the rest of my life, it’s better than being a prince guarding his own little piece of land.”

His Adam’s apple kept rolling and saliva kept being sent to the lower part of his throat. Zhu Gang seemed to be almost out of control. This news made his brain in an extremely excited state.

“Your Majesty, it is natural that this land is fertile and has many civilizations. However, at present, these civilizations have not yet come into contact with the Asian culture of the Ming Dynasty and the Western European world, so they are all uncivilized savages.

In a sense, they are the original inhabitants of the Americas.”

After the news was confirmed, Lao Zhu said in a domineering and arrogant manner;

“Humph! No matter what civilization they belong to, if the Ming Dynasty has set its eyes on this piece of land, then it must belong to the people of the Ming Dynasty! Having such fertile land but not using it to produce food is simply a waste of resources!

Rather than being discovered by others first, it is better for Ming to take it for itself! This will be the beginning of Ming’s domination of the world and becoming the most powerful country on earth!”

“Your Majesty, Holy Might!”

“Long live the Emperor!”

Although Yang Siyi and Zhu Gang did not know what the Earth was, they knew that their Majesty (father) was right to want to make the Ming Dynasty stronger, so it was right for them to agree with him at this moment.

“Indians, Mayans, Aztecs, Olmecs, Nazca, just the people you mentioned, there are six types. The American continent is so big, I’m afraid there are definitely more than that.

When our colonial fleet encounters these people, won’t we have to wipe them out completely?”

Zhu Biao felt very bad when he thought that the people he sent out had just been drifting on the sea for a few days and had to engage in conflict with the locals as soon as they settled down.

“No matter how many ethnic groups they are, as long as they don’t obey our teachings, we will wipe them all out! We won’t allow anyone to share this precious land with us, and we won’t allow anyone to rebel against the Ming Dynasty within our jurisdiction!”

Lao Zhu’s idea is very simple. If someone doesn’t obey, kill him. If he doesn’t want to listen to nice words, then go talk to Daozi.

“Abia, Your Majesty, calm down first. Since this is a colony, there is no need for us to kill them all.”

Zhu Biao looked at him suspiciously and asked:
“Why? Those who are not of our race must have different hearts. If we don’t extinguish them, what if they have the same wolfish ambitions as Japan, and fear power instead of virtue?”

Zhu Biao felt very disgusted when he thought that in the future this territory of Central Plains would be occupied by a group of people like Japan who are short in stature and have bad genes.

Although he had not experienced the suffering of that kind of massacre, he could still feel the grief of the nation being slaughtered.

Wasn’t this what happened when the Han people were subjected to constant oppression by the Mongols?
Yang Chen pondered and then spoke.

“First of all, there may be cannibals among the tribes in North America. These tribes are all local people, and if they refuse to be civilized, they can be killed.

The remaining races are all native Americans. Whether we ask them to lead the way or help us build our new home, they are a force that cannot be ignored.

After thousands of years of baptism, the Chinese nation has long since accommodated its former enemies around it, and has absorbed both the people and the culture and assimilated them all into the Han Chinese.

For example, among the Five Barbarians who invaded China, there are almost no remaining ethnic groups such as the Xiongnu, Qiang, Jie, Xianbei, etc. They have all been assimilated into the Han culture and also highly recognize their Han identity.

The process may be unbearable to watch and difficult to accept, but this is the final result. “

As an old minister, Yang Siyi has also experienced a lot, so he naturally knows how strong the Han people’s assimilation ability is.

Just like the Li Tang dynasty, Li Shimin was looked down upon by the local gentry because his grandmother Dugu had Xianbei ancestry.

As a result, after Huang Chao’s incident, no aristocratic family dared to look down on others openly. After all, whose ancestors had not been wealthy?
Whether it was the Five Barbarians’ Invasion of China, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, or the Jingkang Shame, these ethnic minorities were eventually assimilated by the Han people through various means.

If they are defeated, they will surrender and learn. If they defeat the Central Plains dynasty, they will find that Han culture is simply the representative of civilization.

Unless you are a fool, no one would be so stupid as to stick to this useless theory of bloodline.

“In addition to the Han people’s strong assimilation ability, some of the indigenous peoples of the North American continent may be ‘kin’ brothers who migrated from the Central Plains. After the development of time, there may be changes, but generally speaking, there are still similarities, and it is also a simple matter to integrate them.”

“Fellow tribesmen? Has anyone from the Central Plains ever arrived in North America long before?”

When Zhu Biao heard that Indians were actually related to the Chinese nation, he couldn’t help but perk up.

(End of this chapter)