Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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Although New Spain and the merchants will have to fight to the death sooner or later, it is not the time for a decisive battle.Leopold I had just arrived and hadn't sat on the throne yet. He didn't know the situation in New Spain at all, and he didn't start to rectify the slack arms of New Spain.

But Archbishop de Sumaraga of Mexico City quit.He is a cardinal, and the cardinal of New Spain has real power!Before the arrival of Emperor Leopold, New Spain had the largest vice-king and the second-largest bishop.He is the No. [-] man in New Spain, and that is powerful!And in order to climb to this position, he did not know how many people he offended, and he did not know how many crimes only God can forgive.

Once a person like him loses power, it may be difficult to end well.

What worries the archbishop even more is that Shang Fangguo is likely to hold him accountable for the poisoning!

At that time, the Spanish emperor is likely to hand him over to the merchants, and he will die tragically!

Thinking of this, Archbishop De Sumaraga of Mexico City immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, they either sold their souls to the devil, or they are devils at all!

That's why they are not afraid of smallpox, and they can hit targets three or four hundred yards away with muskets! "

"What did you say?" The emperor's brother-in-law, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, who lost the territory of Lorraine (snatched by Louis XIV), was a military strategist. Hearing what the archbishop said, he immediately became nervous. "How can a musket hit a target three or four hundred yards away?"

"Unmistakable," said de Sumaraga, "according to reports from Mexico City, thirteen mercenaries who had their noses and ears cut off by evil merchants were returned to Acapulco... Arrived in Acapulco in a Dutch merchant ship, which, according to the report of the thirteen poor men, possessed a musket that could hit a target two or three hundred yards with precision, or that could be loaded and fired quickly. Rifled guns!

Therefore, when the two sides were fighting, the enemy took advantage of the range advantage of this musket to keep the distance between the two sides in the exchange of fire at more than 150 yards.At this distance our muskets could not hit the enemy at all, but the enemy could knock our men down row by row with their muskets.If it weren't for the dense forest at the battle site, and the enemy didn't form a dense horizontal line for the convenience of ambushes, the army of the Earl of St. Cristiano might have lost even more miserably and faster! "

There was silence in the meeting room of the Governor's Palace in Havana.After listening to Desumaraga's words, those who had been criticizing him just now fell silent.

A musket that can be reloaded quickly and hits a target two or three hundred yards away with relative ease... is more frightening than a human who is not afraid of smallpox!

I don't know how long it took, but Lorraine and Charles V, Duke of Barr, broke the silence: "Archbishop, could those people have made a mistake?"

"Grand Duke, I am just a priest, and you are an experienced general." Desumaraga asked back, "How difficult do you think it will be to determine the distance of the exchange of fire when the two sides are firing at each other? What do you think is the most likely reason for the one-sided results when the two sides shot at each other at a greater distance?

In addition, although the enemy was shooting condescendingly during the battle, due to terrain constraints, they could not form a dense formation at all, while our people had a relatively dense formation. "

Although the archbishop claimed to be just a priest, the military questions he raised were very professional, and even a professional like the Duke of Lorraine had to nod repeatedly.

For the fusiliers of this era, it is actually not a good idea to rely on the woods to set up an ambush.It may be advantageous for a small number of skirmishers with rifled rifles to do so, but a large group of riflemen should still form a dense firing formation and fire together.If the musket soldiers are ambushed into the woods, they will not be able to form a dense formation because of the cover of trees and bushes.This will inevitably lead to a disadvantage in the confrontation with the enemies forming a dense formation!

Therefore, in the confrontation between the two armies on the European battlefield in this era, few people would put large troops into the woods.The usual way is to form an array outside the woods. If you want to use the woods to block the enemy, you will form an array facing the woods, and at most you will scatter a few skirmishers in the woods.

However, the Yin and Shang army seems to have adopted a method of fighting with all skirmishers, dispersing all the troops in the woods and disrupting their guns... If they can't shoot accurately and far, the bullets fired by the Spaniards' muskets can Before finding them more accurately, knock down the Spaniards first, then they won't win at all!

"Your Majesty," Lorraine and the Duke of Barr thought for a while, then turned to the Spanish emperor and said, "I think the merchants probably have a flintlock rifle that can fire repeatedly!"

"There will be such weapons?" The Spanish emperor was taken aback. "Grand Duke, do you really think that those barbarians will have more advanced muskets than us?"

"This..." Lorraine and the Duke of Barr said, "Your Majesty, they actually had tubular firearms more than 2000 years ago, and flintlock guns hundreds of years ago... It seems that it is not enough to have rifled rifles now No wonder. So we'd better treat these merchants cautiously, and don't rashly provoke them until we figure out the secret of the rifle, or even send envoys to bribe them in exchange for temporary peace."

The Grand Duke of Lorraine thought about it a little bit, thinking that Yin Shang had a bursting rifle.However, the actual situation is similar, except that Yin Shang has cork bullets that can be quickly loaded into rifled guns, so that the rate of fire of rifled guns can even exceed that of smoothbore guns!

"It's the devil! It must be the devil!" Bishop Desumaraga still insisted that "there are ghosts."

His small abacus is still very good!If there were devils behind Yin Shang, then the Spanish emperor would not have dared to deal with them.

Or it's a deal with the devil...it will cost the emperor his soul!

If the emperor lost his soul, would he still be able to rule the Catholic Spanish colonial empire?

As long as the Spanish emperor did not dare to trade with the merchants, at least the archbishop in red would not have to worry about being sold to Xinchaoge to be executed!

"My lord, what do you think?"

Regarding his own soul, the Spanish emperor did not dare to make a decision easily, so he asked his brother-in-law for advice.

"Your Majesty," the Duke of Lorraine couldn't make up his mind, "We haven't seen those thirteen poor survivors yet..."

"Your Majesty, I have sent them to Mexico City." The archbishop immediately took up the topic and bowed to the emperor, "The palace in Mexico City is also ready... the nobles and senior clergy loyal to you in New Spain They will all gather in Mexico, waiting for your visit."

The Spanish emperor nodded: "Okay, we will rest in Havana for two days before we hit the road... By the way, Joseph, come here!"

He waved to his 11-year-old son.

"Father, what do you want me to do?" The young Joseph stepped forward and bowed to the emperor, waiting for his order.

"Kneel down!" The Spanish emperor looked at his young son, stood up from the chair, and walked to his son.

Dad asked him to kneel, but of course little Joseph didn't dare not kneel.

Seeing his son kneeling down, Leopold I drew out his sword, and put the sword on his son's shoulder, "Now, in the name of the Spanish emperor, I canonize you as the island of Cuba, the island of Hispaolani (Haiti), San Juan Island (Puerto Rico) and Florida. And orders you to use Havana as your capital, with the assistance of New Spanish nobles, to govern Cuba, Hispaolani, San Juan and Florida. From now on Mexico Havana will be the first capital of the empire, and Havana will be the second capital of the empire's gateway to Europe!"

With this letter from Emperor Leopold, Cuba is about to rise!

Because he regards Cuba, Hispaolani, San Juan, and Florida as the private lands of the Habsburg dynasty in the Americas, and will definitely focus on construction in the future.And the German aristocrats and immigrants who came from Europe to follow the emperor will first obtain fiefs and land in these areas.

So the future Cuba, Hispaolani, San Juan and Florida will be the Prussia of America!

After consolidating a large piece of land for his son to suppress the shock, Emperor Leopold turned his thinking back to the issue of negotiating with the "devil".

He said to the ministers and bishops around him: "Although the merchants may have sold their souls to the devil, this does not prevent us from bribing them with money and deceiving them with clever diplomacy... We should tell them , the previous violations and poisoning were all the personal actions of the Earl of St. Chris, and were not authorized by the empire. The empire still hopes to maintain peace with the merchant country. If they are unwilling to contact us and want to close the country, we will Fully respect their choice. In addition, we can also pay compensation for the native Indians who died of illness!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Desumaraga again, "Archbishop, I'm afraid they won't trust white people anymore. We need to send envoys of other skin colors. Are there any Indian nobles who can act as envoys? Such as the Inca Dynasty or Az Descendants of the Turk Dynasty?"

Chapter 829 Emperor, you wait, the devil is coming!

"Yes, yes," Bishop Dezumagala nodded repeatedly, "There is currently a Count Montezuma de Turtengo in Mexico City, he is the descendant of Montezuma II, the last emperor of the Aztec Empire. , and the lord of Tula, the holy city of the Aztecs in the northwest of Mexico City."

Really!

Although the Spaniards wiped out most of the Aztecs, they didn't kill them all.Although the Spanish colonists were evil, they still had a little bottom line.Their bottom line is to worship God.Those who do not worship God are devils, soulless, and must be exterminated.But as long as he worshiped God, drank the "blood wine", ate the communion, and was baptized, he was his brother or... a serf.

So one son and two daughters of Montezuma II became Spanish nobles in this way, and the grandson of that son was named Count of Montezuma by King Philip IV of Spain in 1627.In the original history, the Count of Montezuma was promoted and became the Duke of Montezuma, and it has been passed down to the 21st century...Of course, the Duke of Montezuma is no longer Lao Mo, but a Spaniard .

In addition, descendants of the Inca dynasty were also passed down, but they were not as good as the descendants of Montezuma. They did not become counts of Spain, but only inherited a few villages passed down from their ancestors.Later, they also relied on this ancestral foundation to accumulate strength to launch an armed uprising, which was finally suppressed by the Spaniards, and they were killed and wiped out.

"Your Majesty," the Marquis of Mendoza also thought of the Count Montezuma at this time, and he said to the Spanish emperor: "Although the Count Montezuma is a descendant of the Aztec emperor, his family moved to Spain 100 years ago. And intermarried with the Spanish nobles, he has long been a member of the Spanish nobles. Both appearance and soul belong to Spain."

"Then how did he live in Mexico City?" Leopold I asked.

"Your Majesty," Bishop de Zumagala replied, "he has come to Mexico City to serve as Vice-Chancellor of the Viceroyalty of New Spain . . . You appointed him!"

The Duke of Lorraine approached Leopold I at this time, "Your Majesty, after the Cologne meeting at the end of last year, the Count of Montezuma was the first Spanish nobleman to visit Cologne...so you record him in on the trusted list."

He is really his own!

Although Leopold I, who had a bad memory, had long forgotten that there was such a person, but the Duke of Lorraine had a good brain. Since he said so, he probably couldn't be wrong.

"Alright then...send him." Leopold I paused, then glanced at the imperial nobles who followed him to America, and finally settled on the youngest young man among them, "Eugen!"

"Your Majesty." The small young man quickly squeezed out from the crowd, bowed to the Spanish emperor, and then stood upright again.

When Leopold saw this little man, his face looked better, because this little man was the number one fierce man under him. His full name was Eugen von Savoy. Although he was only 26 years old this year, he was already Became a lieutenant general.Since the Battle of Vienna in 1684, he has been active in the Imperial Army and has achieved outstanding results. He is a young general whom Leopold is very optimistic about.

"Eugen," said Leopold, "you and Count Montezuma will travel to the Merchant Kingdom, nominally serving as the count's adjutant."

"I obey, Your Majesty." Eugen von Savoy once again bent down and saluted, taking over the important task entrusted to him by the Spanish emperor.

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Although the Shangfang Kingdom and New Spain are in a state of hostility, and the Shangfang Kingdom is still strictly closed to the outside world, the communication channel between the Shangfang Kingdom and New Spain has been established.

This channel is the merchant ship sent to the New World through the Dutch East India Company. After the Philippine colony was captured by Ming, the trade between New Spain and Ming was interrupted for some time.But when the Dutch East India Company was subdued by Zhu Hechi, the originally interrupted Pacific galleon trade began to resume.Of course, the Dutch East India Company could not violate the Spanish Kingdom's trade ban and sell the white silk and porcelain produced in Ming Dynasty to the New Spanish Kingdom.So the white silk and porcelain shipped to New Spain via the Pacific Ocean are authentic Mongolian goods!

Do not believe it?The outer packaging of the product and the bottom of the porcelain are clearly printed. The white silk is the nomadic silk of the Mongolian Kingdom—the silkworms that spit out this silk do not eat mulberry leaves, but grass. silkworm.

And the bottom of the porcelain has the words "Made in Shangjing Kiln in the Tongzhi Year of the Qing Dynasty"... This is not porcelain produced in Jingdezhen, Guangdong, and Fujian, but Shangjing porcelain produced in Shangjing City of the Qing Dynasty!

And these Dutch ships transporting nomadic silk and going to Kyocera will not go straight to the port of Acapul in New Spain after leaving Nagoya Tenno Castle in Japan, but will stop at the port of Xinchao in the Shangfang Kingdom-Xinchao Songge is not completely open to the outside world. All ships not under the command of the Ming Navy’s Eastern Fleet can only dock at the commercial port outside Xinchaoge City. A walled commercial port.

After accepting the diplomatic mission assigned by the emperor, Eugen immediately took a fast boat to the port of La Antigua on the Gulf of Mexico, and then went straight to Mexico City, where he found Monty, who didn't look like an Indian at all. Count Zuma, to whom the emperor's orders were issued.Then the two went to the city of Tula first, took a group of followers who looked more like Indians, and went to the port of Acapur together.There, I rented a Dutch merchant ship named "Flying Netherlander", and then went all the way north along the west coast of North America, and finally arrived at the increasingly prosperous new dynasty in Fugui Bay in November 1689. song city.

The population of this new city of Chaoge is much larger than before the smallpox epidemic.It wasn't that many Indian "savage" tribes came to join the Yin Shang Kingdom, but in August 1689, as many as 8 new continent-type armed merchant ships brought 1 immigrants from the Shenzhou mainland.Along with these immigrants, there are many businessmen who came across the ocean smelling the smell of gold. Xinchaoge City, which originally had a population of more than 2 nationalities, now has a population of almost [-]. Thousands away.

And among these 6000 people, at least 1 people have put on military armor, or carried rifles or rode horses, and practiced in the large school field outside Xinchaoge City every day. A posture that is about to go south to crusade against the Spanish emperor.

But Eugen von Savoy and Count Montezuma couldn't get closer to observe, because they were confined in a small building in the Xinchaoge Commercial Port.Because of the previous record of poisoning the mission last time, the Yin merchants certainly had reason to treat them as thieves.As soon as a group of people landed, they were immediately "quarantined"... This quarantine was not a matter of 21 days or [-] days, but was quarantined until Xin Chaoge left.

During this period, they were not allowed to leave a small three-story brick and wood building surrounded by wooden fences and earthen walls at the corner of the commercial port. Outside the small building, not only were heavily armed merchant infantry watching, but Very slender, guarded by a vicious Shang dog named Xiaotiangou.

If anyone dares to take half a step without permission, it will be bitten by a vicious dog and shot by a musket.

So Eugen von Savoy and Count Montezuma could only watch the dust flying on the colonel field two or three thousand yards away, and listen to the roar of musket salvo and artillery test firing. ——It sounds like it’s no different from ordinary muskets and cannons!

How about hitting that far?Is there really a devil?

In addition, when the two arrived at the commercial port, they saw many Yin Shang people and savages on the pier and on the streets of the commercial port. Among them, the Chinese, male or female, had no pockmarks... none of them!The savage did have some pockmarks, which should have been caused by the last pandemic.

Just when Eugen von Savoy and Count Montezuma were a little uncertain about the devil, a group of Yin family cavalry escorted the great merchant Xibo Hou Zhou Peigong, Jizhou Hou Su Zhanyang, and Wu Chengbo Huang Feiyu to negotiate with them up.

Zhou Peigong, Su Zhanyang, Huang Feiyu and all the Yin family cavalry were wearing masks. Before they entered the courtyard where Eugen von Savoy and Montezuma were confined, there were two other Yins with their heads and faces wrapped in white cloth. The domestic cavalry came in first to throw lime powder and sprinkle high-concentration cachaça... Even Eugen von Savoy and Montezuma had a lot of lime powder and cacao wine on their bodies!

But the two of them didn't dare to protest, who let the mission that visited Xinchaoge before poison them?

After the disinfection, Zhou Peigong, Su Zhanyang, and Huang Feiyu... are the native Feiyu of Fuguiwan. Their tribe gave the surname "Huang" because of their meritorious service in donating gold, and gave it to the leader of the tribe. It was that big shark who named Wu Chengbo knighthood.The big shark was renamed Yellow Flying Shark!However, this "one" flying shark did not survive the smallpox pandemic and is no longer alive.Somehow, it was Feiyu's turn to inherit his title, that is, Huang Feiyu.

And because more than half of the people in the village were killed by the Spaniards, Huang Feiyu himself became a big bastard, so he became a resolute anti-imperialist patriotic (love the big business country) person.During this period of time, I worked very hard among the various Indian tribes in the Shangfang Kingdom, and pulled up a "savage army" for the Shangfang people!

Because he had raised an army for the Great Merchant Kingdom, his status would naturally rise.Although the title is still on the Bangbo, but the official position has been promoted to the division commander...that is, the leader of the first division!The army of the Shang Dynasty was composed of divisions, and the division commander was in charge of a division and was a very high-ranking military officer.Today, there are only three divisions in Shang Fangguo, one is Shang Fang Division, and the current division commander is Su Zhanyang;

After the disinfection was completed, they followed Zhou Peigong and the others to the Yin family. The cavalry moved a long table and a few chairs and placed them in the yard. Then the negotiators from both sides took their seats.

Eugen von Savoy and Count Montezuma also brought a Chinese-speaking interpreter, a Jesuit priest.Zhou Peigong and the others hired a businessman who could speak Latin to act as an interpreter.

There is nothing to exchange pleasantries on both sides—they are all sprayed with lime powder and high-strength white wine to disinfect, so why exchange pleasantries?Let’s get straight to the point!

"Which of you is the heir to the Aztec king?" Zhou Peigong looked at the two people in front of him and asked.

"I, I am the Count of Montezuma, a direct descendant of the Aztec royal family, and the lord of Tula, the holy city of the Aztecs." The Count of Montezuma, who is more "European" than Eugene, heard the translator say that Zhou Peigong question, and immediately answered it in Latin with a smile.

"You?" Zhou Peigong looked skeptical, "Did you come to our Shangfang to ask for soldiers to restore the country? More than 100 years ago, when your ancestors sent people to our Shangfang to ask for help, our Shangfang was experiencing civil strife, so it was powerless. To send troops, we had to close the country to protect ourselves. But now our merchants have been recuperating for decades, and the population has long since recovered to more than 300 million. We can send [-] elite soldiers to attack Spain at any time to help you regain your foundation... as long as you are willing to do so According to the agreement of our ancestors, it is enough to share half of the gold and silver mines in Mexico with us."

When these words were translated into Latin, Count Montezuma was dumbfounded... Is this true or false?Why have you never heard of grandpa and dad talking about it?

Eugen von Savoy was also stunned, and quickly turned his head to look at Count Montezuma, afraid that he would agree to become the king of the Aztecs.

"This, this thing is impossible to realize now." Count Montezuma shook his head quickly, "My family has long converted to Catholicism and swore allegiance to the king and emperor of Spain, and most of the Indians have also converted converted to Catholicism, and pledged allegiance to Spain under the direction of God... Now no one can take the land of New Spain from Spain!"

His words were translated into "Shang Dynasty Dialect" again, and after Zhou Peigong was still doing well, Huang Feiyu next to him was already angry, with a murderous look on his pockmarked face, and he slammed the table, and then used "Shang Dynasty Dialect" "Rebuked: "Count Montezuma, you betrayed the ancestors and the people of Aztec... You are a shameful traitor, you should be executed and sacrificed! Unless you are willing to repent your crimes, and then have a relationship with Dashang and Aztec The people of the Ztecs stand together! Are you willing to be a sacrifice, or are you willing to repent?"

These words were translated into Spanish again, but before Count Montezuma could refuse, Zhou Peigong rushed to speak: "Okay, I understand... Montezuma, since you are willing to repent and fight for Aztec , then my Dashang will fulfill the promise made more than 100 years ago and send [-] reinforcements to the Aztecs!"

While talking, he suddenly said to Eugene von Savoy in Latin: "Go back and tell the Spanish emperor that Montezuma has asked us to fulfill the promise we made more than 100 years ago... We will help Ah The return of Ztek! If he doesn’t want to get out of Mexico, just wait for a decisive battle with the merchant’s [-] heavenly soldiers!”

Chapter 830 King of the Aztecs, betray God!

What?Count Montezuma has betrayed God and Spain?When did this happen?

Eugen von Savoy didn't react for a moment, he thought he had missed something, and quickly looked back at Count Montezuma, who was as confused as he was, "Count, the Marquis of Merchant said that you have betrayed God With the emperor?"

"No!" Count Montezuma was inexplicably surprised, "How could I betray God and the emperor? I am a Spaniard! How could I want to restore the Aztec country? I can't even speak a word of the Aztec language." I don't understand, I don't know..."

"Shut up!" Zhou Peigong couldn't take it anymore, he shouted angrily, and interrupted: "Montezuma, as the heir to the Aztec throne, you dare to call yourself a Spaniard. , is to betray all the Aztecs... Come on, take it down for me!"

"Yes!"

Several Yin family cavalrymen in the yard shouted.Then he took out the ropes that had been prepared and rushed forward, tied up the astonished Montezuma, and then pulled him away.Now Count Montezuma was in a hurry, and shouted for help: "Help! Help... Lieutenant General, save me quickly, for God's sake, save me!"

Eugen von Savoy also knew that the Earl was in danger... But he had to do nothing, so he had to be embarrassed, so he shouted: "What do you barbarians want? You know What is diplomatic etiquette? How can you kidnap the diplomats of the Spanish Empire? This is a serious violation of international law! If you want to be a responsible member of the international community, please release Count Montezuma immediately and apologize to him !"

Strictly speaking, it seems that those who took the opportunity to poison Xinchaoge were not envoys sent by Spain but someone else...

Zhou Peigong was expressionless and not angry at all. He just said in Latin: "We are devils!"

Eugen von Savoy froze for a moment, "You, what are you talking about?"

And the Count Montezuma, who was still calling for help just now, was even more stunned—he really encountered a devil!

In fact, when he was a deputy justice in Mexico City, he heard people say that merchants are all devils. They like to torture and kill prisoners of war. Seeking relief—tormenting people to the end and forcing them to commit suicide in order to send this person's soul to hell, this is completely the behavior of the devil!

But at that time, Montezuma naively thought that those merchant barbarians were angered by the smallpox poisoning of the Count of St. Chris, so it was safe for him to go to Xinchaoge, after all, he was an Aztec. The royal descendants!

Unexpectedly, Montezuma, a descendant of the Aztec royal family who has successfully integrated into the Spanish aristocratic elite group, encountered in Xinchaoge City not a barbaric merchant at all, but... a devil!

This is the end.

Because savages are equivalent to stupid, civilized Spaniards can use all kinds of tricks to deceive, divide, and disintegrate...or temporarily pretend to be their friends, and then wait for the opportunity to strike.

But the devil...how could he be so easy to deceive?

Zhou Peigong said to Eugen von Savoy in a solemn and mysterious tone: "We are devils, so we are not afraid of smallpox, we can hit targets four hundred yards away with muskets, and we can also shoot several The souls of thousands of Spaniards are sent to hell! Now, you go back and tell the Spanish Emperor that Montezuma has betrayed Spain and God, and he will soon become the king of the Aztecs, and with the help of the Merchant Kingdom, he will recover Zudimo Sika!"

"No, no, no...I don't, I am loyal to Spain and God!" Count Montezuma was dying of anxiety. How could he, a good Spanish nobleman, have to rebel and become the king of Aztec?Even if you are a devil, you cannot force people to rebel!

"Marquis, the Count of Montezuma said he..." Eugen von Savoy reminded the "devil" in a low voice.

Big Devil Zhou snorted: "You don't need to worry about this matter, we have plenty of ways to make him betray!"

As he spoke, he cast a cold look at Montezuma.

Montezuma wanted to argue with the "devil" at first, but now that he was glared at by the devil, he became dumb immediately, and did not dare to struggle anymore, but cast a pleading look at Eugen von Savoy.