Chapter 379 Population
Compared to the rapid development in Australia, America’s development progress is much slower due to its more remote location.

When Australia had the assistance of Cochin, Srivijaya, Chola and Solangi, it had nearly 200,000 to 300,000 people, while America had just over 100,000 people.

Moreover, in terms of the intensity of resistance among the indigenous peoples, the resistance in America is obviously greater.

It perfectly illustrates what free America is, with gunfights every day.

of course!

The local aborigines and indigenous people are not stupid either.

After realizing that the Song army possessed weapons such as muskets and artillery that they could not defeat, most of their tribes decided to fight if they could, and move away if they couldn’t. Some even had to run to the enemy tribes and make peace with them.

The people of the Song Dynasty also continued to expand their territory through these tribal wars.

However, despite the constant wars, the Song Dynasty was not unreasonable.

In fact…

The Song Dynasty did try to persuade the other side to surrender, and hoped that the other side could become a part of itself.

But it’s a pity…

In the minds of the natives, there is no idea of ​​home and country, and they are unwilling to have any dealings with the Song Dynasty. They just want to get back the land occupied by the Song Dynasty.

This often makes the conflicts between the two sides irreconcilable.

However, even so, there are still some individual, very small tribes that have joined the ranks of the Song Dynasty after suffering repeated defeats in battles.

The Song Dynasty also sent people to teach them how to write and speak the Song language.

That was it. The natives used their gold to exchange for silk and other items from the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty, on the other hand, used its gold to buy slaves in Europe.

White and plump European girls are considered to be very good commodities.

Although these girls all had a certain smell that the Song people found difficult to accept.

But it is still much better than those African blacks.

Zhao Wen has passed away.

However, Zhao Wen’s son, Zhao Li, smelled a business opportunity.

Zhao Li often sent his soldiers to England and northern Europe to plunder the population.

But now people have learned their lesson.

Some villages, towns, etc. are located far away from the seaside.

So much so that Zhao Li had to go deeper and deeper again and again in order to better capture the slaves.

This also caused the price of slaves to continue to rise.

Of course!
Black people are almost worthless, it’s almost buy one get one free.

When they arrived in the Americas in their first decade, the people of the Song Dynasty also started to grow mulberry trees and raise silkworms in the central region of America.

can only say……

The climate here is pretty good, so there is really no problem using it to grow mulberry trees and raise silkworms.

Waited until the second decade.

at this time……

The mulberry planting and silkworm breeding industry in America is already booming.

Many black women were forced to work in silkworm rearing and silk reeling.

Of course!
Such profitable activities as growing mulberry trees and raising silkworms were naturally dominated by the imperial court.

After that, we will sell it back to Europe.

It cannot be said that there is absolutely no mulberry planting and silkworm breeding in Europe.

only……

The latitudes of most parts of Europe are still relatively high.

This means that even though mulberry trees and silkworms may be grown in some parts of Europe, they are definitely not as good as in America.

When the monarchs in Europe learned that America had such good natural conditions, they couldn’t help but envy it.

But in this way, you can happily interact with the locals.

Sometimes, it’s quite a headache.

even……

Sometimes, you crossbreed with another woman and produce a hybrid.

Areas like Srivijaya and Jiaozhi are still okay.

After all, they all have yellow skin, and after some sun exposure, there is basically no difference.

But in Europe, no matter how you look at it, it seems a little unsatisfactory.

Some people even think that if they are not of our kind, we should just ignore them.

Even if that person is your biological son.

therefore……

For example, some phenomena of exclusion against other races do exist.

Then unconsciously, people will form a group of people in the local area.

Pure Song people are of course first class, mixed-race ones can barely be considered second class, and Europeans are not even second class.

Although at present, such discrimination has not yet caused greater unrest.

But all monarchs had to worry about the increase and decrease of population.

Tianzu once said so.

If possible, we should increase the proportion of Han Chinese population as much as possible and reduce the proportion of other races.

But Tianzu didn’t say how to increase or decrease.

of course!

Some second-generation pure Han Chinese have found their own way.

They oppress others who are not Han Chinese.

Some of the people above also remained silent.

Anyway…

Just don’t overdo it.

But this is always a hidden danger, and no one knows when it will explode.

Someone came up with an idea.

It’s not easy to reduce their population!
Recruit their men and find a place to create wonders!

This undoubtedly awakened the European monarchs.

Then create a wonder!
Take the Central Plains for example, during the Sui Dynasty, when palaces were built and canals were dug, tens or even hundreds of thousands of people died.

Using this name to reduce population will not easily give people a reason to criticize.

then……

Various wonders emerged one after another.

This side of Egypt.

After discussion among European monarchs, they even planned to dig a canal.

For example, the Egyptian region, the section between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

The total length is over 300 miles.

If we can dig through it and connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, then the connection with Solange and the Song Dynasty will become closer.

There is no need to take land transportation, which is so tiring.

When this plan was proposed, it was quickly agreed upon by European monarchs.

Then let’s hurry up!

It’s just the right time to send the people in the country to their deaths.

soon……

Hundreds of thousands of young and strong men were sent to dig the canal.

then……

Because of various reasons, no food is provided and no fresh water is provided.

More than half of the workers digging the canal soon died of starvation and thirst.

And to be honest, this canal is quite difficult to dig.

Because there is a lot of sand, after you finish digging, the shore collapses and all your efforts are in vain.

Therefore, in some places, you have to reinforce the shore first.

This will naturally cause public outrage.

But the European monarchs had made up their minds.

This canal must be dug!

therefore……

To be honest, there is not much to say about the people under my command.

Anyway…

Just drive hundreds of thousands of people, or even millions of people, to die together.

As so many people died, a plague naturally broke out.

But even so!
This project cannot be stopped just like that.

Let the Christians do the repairs and the Muslims supervise.

Even if the conflict gets bigger, it will be the Muslims who will not give Christians food and drink.

What does it have to do with us Song people?

that’s it……

This huge project took five years of construction and excavation, and the number of workers who died alone is conservatively estimated to be two to three hundred thousand.

The key point is that when these people go to the local area to do construction work, it will be difficult for them to have children and reproduce.

This can be regarded as a disguised way of reducing Europe’s fertility rate.

On the contrary…in the Song Dynasty, the average person has at least five children.

This was just the excavation of the canal, as well as the construction of large mausoleums and Song Dynasty-style palaces.

These could kill thousands or tens of thousands of people.

In addition…

Also, in the middle of winter, if a place is hit by a disaster, some people may deliberately not provide disaster relief.

Heavy taxes were imposed on the local people and all the arrangements were made for them.

Just do it in the direction of fearing that the other party will not rebel.

Since the two sides were relatively peaceful at the beginning, many people were a little slow to react at first.

I feel that this situation may have occurred just because a foolish ruler came to power.

however……

How could they have expected that this was aimed at reducing their population?

After the first five years.

It is estimated that less than one-fifth of the canal has been excavated.

Then continue to increase the number of people digging!

So that the second five years.

In Europe, if anyone heard that they were asked to dig a canal, they would quickly find a place to hide.

As for the European monarchs, they could only send people to capture coolies.

The second five years.

The canal is finally showing some signs of improvement.

Finally, we dug out two-fifths of it.

of course!

At this speed, it’s still too slow.

It will take a long time to complete the digging of the canal.

It’s the third five-year period.

All we can say is that Muslims whip people even harder.

As a result, rebellions of varying degrees broke out.

only……

After all, they were just civilians and posed no great threat to the Muslim soldiers and the Seljuk Turk soldiers.

even……

Because the man rebelled, the entire family, including the elderly, children and women, had their home searched and confiscated.

After that, they sold all the people to America.

Some of them were also given to meritorious soldiers.

Europe at this time was in chaos.

If Europe’s territory had not been large enough, some remote areas would not have been oppressed at this time, and the rebellion might have developed into a Europe-wide rebellion.

above the hall.

After learning about the construction of the canal, mausoleums, and palaces, some people also suggested that the emperor should be sympathetic to the people.

But this was of no use at all. On the contrary, the person who made this suggestion got drunk the next day and accidentally fell into the river and drowned.

By this moment, some smarter Europeans seemed to have reacted.

But to rebel now would be tantamount to seeking death.

Because since the Song Dynasty occupied Europe, many castles had been forcibly demolished by the Song Dynasty in the previous ten years.

There are many towns that don’t even have city walls.

Even if there are still some castles left in various places now, they are all garrisoned by soldiers.

Therefore, even if you want to rebel now, you will most likely end up dead.

of course!

It’s not to say there is no solution at all.

You can talk to the monarch’s confidants, then support them to take the throne and see if you can take over the baton.

Or you can marry off your beautiful daughter and try to establish a relationship with the other party.

however……

The other party’s actions soon leaked the news.

What followed was beheading for treason.

can only say……

There is really no way out now.

unless……

Find a very secluded place, hide yourself there, and then slowly accumulate your strength.

however……

This place is very secluded, which means that the local population cannot be large.

Although it is possible to gather all the civilians and slowly develop it into a town.

But before they can even develop, they might have been discovered and hunted down.

Not to mention, if they didn’t attack the armory, they would never be able to get any armor or weapons.

soon……

Some people who couldn’t stand it had to take action even though the conditions were so harsh.

On the European side, some lackey nobles were naturally sent out to lead people to quell the rebellion.

This also caused more people to die at the hands of their own people.

In addition…

Some smart ones fled directly to England by boat.

Or escape to Northern Europe.

The Nordic region has hardly been affected due to its relatively harsh climate.

However, this also gave the Song Dynasty a reason to attack the other side.

It is better to send local European nobles.

Winning the war is certainly cause for celebration.

If we lose, that’s even better!
The European nobles also realized that they were expected to deliver the gift.

But his wife and children were in the hands of the other party, so there was nothing he could do.

They can only hold on to a fluke mentality, hoping that after they win, the other side will look up to them.

The result is…

When a group of people landed in England, the army was quickly defeated by England.

And quite a few people surrendered directly to England.

In this case, let the war begin again.

Just kill all the Western European nobles in the city.

Anyway…

Now, there seems to be no point in keeping it.

Then…

They also massacred civilians.

Europe, which originally had a small population, was hit even harder for a time.

Although Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and others had already passed away at this time.

however……

The remaining people are enough.

And now many castles have been destroyed.

It would be too easy for soldiers in armor to massacre civilians on an open plain.

of course!

You can’t just say that it’s for the purpose of exterminating these alien races.

What they said must be that these people had evil ambitions and wanted to rebel.

The downside of doing this is that it will definitely greatly damage the local economy.

only……

There is no way around it.

Then they took some of the captured men and took them all to dig the canal.

After digging, they buried the other party’s body directly.

The third five-year period.

Seven-tenths of the canal has been excavated.

Waited until the fourth five-year period.

A canal less than 20 meters wide and 2 meters deep was dug.

Although the excavation was not very wide or very deep.

but……

Considering the freight transportation situation in ancient times, it should be enough.

With the opening of the canal, it now only takes two days at most to travel directly from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, which greatly improves the efficiency of transportation.

Once the canal was opened, even the merchants of the Song Dynasty were excited.

(End of this chapter)