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And when the Spaniards met the scattered Indians of the Great Plains who were hunting and could no longer carry out targeted poisoning, their conquest became very difficult... In fact, after the Spaniards went deep into New Mexico and Arizona, in the face of those erratic The uncertain Indian safari tribes, and the Spaniards with gunpowder weapons and steel weapons could only adopt the method of building a city and defending it.

After the new vice-king, Count San Cristina, and Archbishop de Sumaraga arrived in Mexico City, these two devout Christians, who were familiar with the history of Spain's conquest of the New World, immediately proposed the idea of ​​using smallpox to conquer the merchants.

And the mission of Alfonso Garcia and Raul Torres actually carried the mission of poisoning... Among the gifts they carried to King Shang Fang and Yin Jiahan, there were smallpox patients The pus and scab stained the blanket!The accompanying Spanish knights were all carrying the same contaminated blankets, ready to exchange them with merchants from the Shangfang Kingdom!

In addition, Alfonso Garcia and Raul Torres will also ask the merchant country for trade... As long as the other party agrees, the Spaniards can continue to release drugs through port trade.

Once the smallpox pandemic breaks out in Shangfang Country, the Spaniards' opportunity will come!

Of course, before poisoning, Alfonso Garcia and Raul Torres still need to confirm that there is really no smallpox in the country.

Thinking of this, Raul Torres drove to Zhou Peigong, and then began to test: "Xibohou, I learned from an ancient book introducing the history of Shang Fang that your Shang Fang has many panaceas that can cure all diseases. ?”

He has practiced Chinese hard for the past two years, and he can already speak it very fluently.So there is no need for translation, Zhou Peigong can understand.

"Introduce Shang Fangguo's ancient books?" Zhou Peigong was stunned, and said in his heart: "This foreign devil will not read "Shangshu", he probably read "Fengshen Yanyi"? The medicine in "Fengshen Yanyi" , but there is nowhere to look for it. But why does this foreign devil ask this? Is he suffering from some incurable disease?"

Thinking of this, he put on a look of concern and asked, "Father, are you sick?"

"No, it's not me." Torres shook his head, "Smallpox is popular in Mexico City recently... Also called acne, people with the disease will grow scary bean-like things on their faces, arms, and thighs, and then they will appear Scabs and festering, some people will die of illness, and those who don’t die will leave scars on their faces after recovery. Do you have any medicine to cure this disease?”

Smallpox!

Zhou Peigong was overjoyed, this is good news!You gang of foreign devils should die from smallpox!Even if we can't die that many, if we die a batch, we won't send troops to attack us for the time being.However, the good thing that the Spaniards have smallpox can be used again.

Zhou Peigong said: "Father Torres, we businessmen have always respected ghosts and gods, and we have been blessed by the heavens. We have never had such a bad disease, so there is no good medicine for healing."

What he said was convincing, not like nonsense, and Alfonso Garcia and Raul Torres did not see any businessmen with pockmarked faces on the way - pockmarked faces were very common in Western Europe in the early years, even King Louis of France Fourteen and King James II of England are pockmarked!

So Zhou Peigong's words, coupled with the fact that the merchants he saw along the way were all pockmarked, made Father Raul Torres believe that these merchants had never seen smallpox...God bless!

……

Song of the New Dynasty, early winter of 1688 in the Western calendar.

The sound of the gong is loud, and the horseshoe wins.With the solemn and evasive voices of "Shangyu", Zhou Peigong, the great merchant Xibohou, led the Spanish mission team, passing through Chaoge, the commercial city of Shangfang Kingdom.On both sides are "squares" surrounded by high walls. On both sides of the seemingly deserted streets, at this time, there are people from Shangfang country wearing cross-collared cloth clothes, holding swords and buns.

Alfonso Garcia and Raul Torres looked curiously at this ancient city with a history of 2000 years-although the city looks new, it can reflect its antiquity everywhere.

For example, when they entered the city, a large stone tablet was erected inside the gate of the south gate of Xinchaoge. On the front of the stone tablet were engraved the words "Simu Daji Tomb", and there was an inscription on the back of the stone tablet.Xibohou Zhou Peigong told the two foreign devils that the so-called "Si Mu" was the title of the king's official wife.Simu Daji is the wife of Lu's father, Di Xin. She has the Su family, her own surname, and Zi Da.

Later, when Father Lu moved eastward and arrived in America, he named the area on the inner seaside of Fugui Bay Xinchaoge. However, no city was built at that time, but a tomb was built here for Simu Daji, who died in battle in Old Chaoge.

And every workshop in Xinchaoge City has a story.At the gate of almost every workshop, there is a dilapidated stone tablet full of history. The ancient characters engraved on the stone tablet record the important events that happened in this "square" in the 2000-year history.

However, Alfonso Garcia and Raul Torres were not very interested in these things that happened a long time ago, and their attention quickly shifted from the city to the people, more precisely to the "face".One after another is very "clean", obviously free from smallpox.

As for the number of "businessmen" on both sides of the street, there are of course a lot of them. There are men and women, probably no less than [-], and they are all young and strong Yin Shang people-the descendants of the merchants who immigrated from China.Zhou Peigong told the two foreign masters that in today's Shang country, there is a "divided country and country". "Savage".

Most of the Chinese live in the city, while the savages live in the countryside.Although the country and the country have lived in harmony for more than 2000 years, there is still a clear divide... But when the smallpox arrives, the city and the city will be hell.I don't know how many people there are in the entire Shangfang country?According to Zhou Peigong, this Xinchaoge is only the third largest city in Shangfang Kingdom, and there are two cities above it, Yindu and Shangdu, which are twice as large.

There are only 20 to 25 young and old in this commercial city, and if you count the old and young, it is estimated to have 50 residents.The populations of Yindu and Shangdu doubled, adding up to [-].Adding Xinchaoge is [-]... and counting other small towns, there are at most [-] million people.The white population is similar to that of New Spain... and they have muskets that are no less than those of Westerners, and they may also get the support of Ming Dynasty. If they want to fight openly, New Spain really may not win.

Well now, none of them had smallpox!

Just as he was thinking of this, Zhou Peigong had already led the Spanish mission to a stop outside a square in the north of the city.The gate of this workshop was open, and it was deserted inside, as if there were no residents.Outside the open door, there was a group of people who looked like musicians who saw them coming and started playing and playing. There were also people holding a "three-eyed bomb" and firing cannons there, which seemed very lively.

The two were dressed in the same style as Zhou Peigong, and also wore "bird feather" hats. Looking at the very young merchant officials leading a group of merchant warriors, they were standing at the gate in a grand manner. When they saw the foreign devils coming, they all said in Chinese Shouted: "The minister of Yin and Shang welcomes the emissary of Spain!"

Zhou Peigong turned his head and said to the two foreign devils: "It is said that Gui Fangguo came from the west. He has white skin, tall nose, red hair and blue eyes, and he is very similar to you. So the Marquis of Jizhou and Marquis of Celing Qianhu called you Gui Fang."

As he spoke, he pointed to the gate of the square city in front of him, and said to the two foreign envoys: "Please... This is the square square of Xinchaoge, which is also the square of the embassy. There used to be Aztec Kingdom, The embassy of the Inca country is permanently stationed in Chaoge, but unfortunately the two countries were destroyed by the kingdom of evil spirits more than 100 years ago, so the embassy square has been vacant for more than 100 years."

"What?" Raul Torres was taken aback, "You still have diplomatic relations with the Aztecs and Incas?"

This thing is new, and it can almost change the history of the New World!

According to previous records, the influence of the so-called Aztec and Inca empires was limited to their surrounding area, and there was never any official diplomacy between the two Native American powers.Moreover, the Inca Empire didn't even have written words. How should this diplomacy be carried out?

"Of course! Although our Shangfang country is a closed country, it is not completely without diplomacy. We have diplomatic relations with the Aztecs and the Incas for hundreds of years!" , the truth that warlikeness will lead to death. That's why the father of the king passed down the survivors, let us close the country, and don't annex other people's lands if we are strong... But I didn't expect that some countries were greedy and did not know how to restrain themselves. It is not enough to subjugate the country and destroy the species, and now you come to map my Shang Fang, and you are not afraid that my Shang King will be angry and destroy your family and country!"

Zhou Peigong's words were very harsh, full of warning, but the two envoys, Alfonso Garcia and Raul Torres, were not angry at all (Garcia could understand some Chinese), on the contrary, they were satisfied. With a smile on his face, he made a promise to Zhou Peigong.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! We, the Kingdom of New Spain, have no ill intentions towards Shangfang Kingdom."

"Yes, we are only here for friendship and trade... To prove our sincerity in pursuing friendship, we have prepared a generous gift for the king of Shang! I hope you will not refuse our kindness."

"Marquis, we know that you have established a special friendship with the Ming Empire... Our Kingdom of New Spain is not willing to be an enemy of Ming. We also hope to resume trade with Daming through your merchant country. We need silk and porcelain from Daming , garlic medicine and perfume, and Japanese lacquerware..."

Chapter 822 Without a Soul, You Can't Be Counted as a Human

Zhou Peigong is still too kind, he never thought that the enemy would be so despicable, and would first give the king of Shangfang and his Mexican blanket and mink "poison" with smallpox!

So when the open box full of furs and fabrics was placed in the hall of his Xibohou Mansion, he pretended to check it himself...it looked a little dirty!

But the leather is still good, the blanket is also finely woven, and the color is carmine red, which is very eye-catching, and it should be quite good if it is washed later.

Thinking of this, Zhou Peigong put down a carmine blanket made of alpaca that was stained with smallpox virus, nodded with a smile, and turned his attention to Alfonso Garcia and Raul Torres, but saw There was a weird smile—why did he look like he had succeeded in a trick?

He frowned slightly, and said slowly: "Since you only hope to conduct trade with Daming through Shang Fangguo, then... let's build a market on the seagrass beach. There is already a port in the seagrass beach, which can let Daming's ships and your ships stay there. But our merchants can't provide the place for nothing, we must collect taxes!"

"Yes, there is no problem, we can pay taxes in silver." Alfonso Garcia is the adjutant of the Count of San Cristino, the vice-king of New Spain, and is now the representative of the vice-king.Although his main task in coming to Xinchaoge is to release poison and spy on the merchant's details, he still has the right to discuss trade issues with the merchant - what if Shangfang's country is full of pockmarks?So the deputy king still gave the authorization.

"The tax law of our merchant country is based on the length and breadth of the sailboat," Zhou Peigong said again, "Even if there is no empty ship loaded with goods, the tax must be paid."

The tax laws of the Shangfang Kingdom are very simple. One is the gold mine commission, the other is the vehicle and boat tax, the other is the shop tax of Chaoge Commercial Port and the East and West Cities, and the other is the household tax—paying grain, salted meat, and livestock. all will do.

What he is talking about with Alfonso Garcia now is the car and boat tax.

"No problem," Alfonso Garcia said without hesitation, "We Spaniards are the most disciplined and willing to pay taxes according to the requirements of the merchant country."

Zhou Peigong nodded, and said again: "In addition, we will build a special market for you and the Ming people. Outside the market, trees will be erected as fences and earth will be dug into moats... You and the Ming people are not allowed to leave the area delimited by the wooden fence and the moat. .”

"Okay!" Alfonso Garcia agreed again, with a joyful expression on his face, "I hope you can build the market as soon as possible, because we have not conducted direct trade with Ming for three years. And we The silk factory in Mexico City urgently needs Daming’s white silk, because there is no way to buy white silk through direct trade, we have to let Dutch profiteers buy white silk... This is [-]% more expensive than buying it directly from Daming!”

Unlike the Spanish colonies in the Americas that later generations imagined had no industry (handicraft industry), it was only different from the source of raw materials and dumping places of Europeans. In fact, the handicraft industry in New Spain was quite developed, even surpassing that of Spain.New Spain produced a dye called carmine, the finest red dye of the age.Relying on carmine and white silk transported by the galleon trade, Mexico developed a sizeable silk weaving industry, and its products were also very popular in the European market.

In addition, New Spain's sugar, wine, shipbuilding and other industries have developed very well, and it is a proper candidate country!

Hearing what Alfonso Garcia said, Zhou Peigong felt relieved. He smiled and said, "It's just a market...it will definitely be completed before the end of January next year!"

……

Late 1688 AD, Mexico City, New Spain.

This first city in the Americas seems to be ushering in a new era now!Just came news from Europe that surprised and excited most of the sensible citizens. Their city will soon become the residence of the Spanish emperor!

This is a double benefit!

The first is that Spain will have an emperor!The so-called New Spanish Empire has actually been called for many years, even earlier than the Kingdom of Spain-in Spain, there has always been a saying that the empire created Spain.It means that the Spanish colonial empire fed back and created the Kingdom of Spain.

And the concept of empire is used in Europe to describe a country with a strong national power, not limited to a monarchy, so this empire does not necessarily have an emperor, or even a sovereign country in the true sense... This thing is quite Brainstorming.

In short, after the discovery of the New World, some monarchs who were not qualified to be emperors in Europe came up with the concept of colonial empires—probably meaning that my country is not particularly powerful in Europe, and there is no emperor Righteous name.But my country has a large number of colonies outside of Europe, it is powerful and brilliant, and it is a bit too modest to call it an empire.

So Spain, France, England, and even Portugal, a country that is not even qualified to be a kingdom in Europe (Strictly speaking, Portugal is just an earl country), because it has a large number of colonies overseas, can still be called the Portuguese colonial empire.

But these colonial empires are just bragging titles, and no king has yet claimed to be the emperor of a colonial empire.Even the monarch of the Spanish colonial empire, known as the empire on which the sun never sets, can only be called the king of Spain, not the emperor of Spain.

And the original Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I is likely to become the first colonial emperor... According to news from Europe, the electoral house of the Holy Roman Empire Parliament has elected a new emperor, and It was King Louis XIV of France.Louis XIV is now also known as Louis V (calculated according to Shenluo Law), and announced that the Holy Roman Empire of the Germans will be changed to the Holy Roman Empire of all Franks!

At the same time, Louis V issued a decree allowing the abdicated Leopold I to continue to retain the title of "Emperor".And this became the legal basis for Leo Peter to jump to Spain as emperor.

And the Queen Mother Maria Anna who is in power in Spain is the sister and mother-in-law of Leopold I (this relationship is really irrelevant), and when her son is destined to have no heir, she naturally hopes that her son-in-law and younger brother can Succession to the Spanish throne.Therefore, she also very much supported Leopold I as the emperor of the Spanish colonial empire, went to Mexico to ascend the throne, and then took charge of ruling the Spanish colonies in the New World.When Carlos II dies in the future, Leopold or Leopold's son will inherit the Spanish throne.

And Leopold I will go to Mexico City to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, which is of course good news... At least for the Mexican people, it is very good news.Although everyone knew that Leopold I was a stupid emperor, no matter how bad his brain was, he was better than Carlos II!Moreover, Leopold will also bring a group of highly capable German nobles and civilians.Although these people are all outsiders, having them is better than not having them, and they will really integrate the Governorate of New Spain and the Governorate of Peru into a real country!

For the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Viceroyalty of Peru, becoming a real country... Even if a large amount of gold and silver is sent to Spain every year, it is better than continuing to be two poorly managed colonies!

The situation of the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Viceroyalty of Peru in the past 100 years is that no one cares, no one loves, no one cares!

The King of Spain was out of his reach, and the governor he sent was just going to grab it... No one really cared about the development of the colony.So much so that the smuggled trade in the colonies was ten times more than the legal trade!

This not only caused a large loss of tax revenue from the colonies, but also caused the smuggled European goods to hit the market in the New World-New Spain and Peru have at least more than 1000 million people, and because of the existence of gold mountains, silver mountains, tobacco, sugar, dyes, etc. Goods that make a lot of money, so the purchasing power of New Spain and Peru is very strong, even France and the Ottoman Empire can't compare.

If these two colonies can have a real government, adopt some policies of tariff protection, encourage industrial and commercial development, and attract European immigrants to join, there will really be nothing wrong with the United States in the future.

And the citizens of Mexico City in this era don't know what is too close to the United States, so they can sneak over to work or something, and they don't expect the American soldiers to annex their country... They only know that their city belongs to the New World The center, once it becomes the capital of the emperor, it will always be the darling of the New World, and the wealth of the entire continent will be gathered in Mexico City. As long as time passes, this city will become a real city on a hill!

At that time, no European city will be able to compete with Mexico City. Perhaps only Lahore in the Indian Empire and Nanjing City in the Ming Empire can keep pace with Mexico City...

While the citizens of Mexico City waited with excitement for the arrival of their emperor, the city's rulers, the New Spanish Vice-Prince Count San Cristina and Archbishop de Sumaraga, also waited for the good news that made them excited. News——The poisoning is successful, and the business is about to end!

"Thank God! We are about to win again, glory to God!"

In the living room of the Governor's Palace in Mexico City, Archbishop Desumaraga could not restrain his excitement after listening to the reports of Alfonso Garcia and Raul Torres, and crossed himself on his chest.

On the side, the New Spanish vice-king, the Count of St. Chris, seemed a little worried about going to hell. He also crossed himself, and then asked the elderly cardinal whose eyes were still full of determination: "Your Highness, I will die this time." A lot of people...we're not going to hell, are we?"

The cardinal glanced at the Earl of St. Chris, and said in a positive tone: "People have souls. After death, the soul may ascend to heaven or fall into hell. However, the merchants do not believe in God, so they have no soul and cannot Count people...kill them, you won't go to hell!"

The process of colonizing the Americas resulted in the deaths of at least tens of millions of Indians!And what took away those lives was not only invisible viruses and bacteria... There were also swords, guns, and deliberately created famines!

This is no longer genocide, but the extinction of one civilization after another!

And those who commit such evil deeds still think that they are doing the right thing... extermination is right!Extinction is good!And it will continue to be extinct!Because the civilizations and races exterminated by them have no soul, they deserve to be exterminated!

Before it was Indians who had no souls, but now it is merchants who have no souls.

"They really haven't had smallpox?" The cardinal seemed a little worried, so he asked again.

"No, absolutely not!"

"We lived in Xinchaoge for ten days, during which time we left the embassy area and went to the merchant's commercial area to sell blankets... not only to the merchants, but also to the Indians. And everyone there has no smallpox on their faces Heal the scars left behind!"

"Yeah, the people there hadn't even heard of smallpox...so they weren't taking any precautions!"

These two were right!

Rao even a traitor like Zhou Peigong didn't expect that someone would weaponize smallpox... This kind of thing is simply wicked to the extreme in the eyes of the Han people.Even when the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing fought fiercely to the hardest point, they never thought of weaponizing smallpox.Considering that the Han people have long mastered the method of vaccinating human pox, they should have the ability to release poison.Historically, Europeans did not believe in the effectiveness of human pox until the 18th century, and they did not know about human pox in the 16th century, but this did not prevent them from poisoning their opponents.

"We have also obtained the right to trade with the merchants at the port of the City of Angels," Raul Torres said, "so that we can continue to release smallpox, and at the same time get information on whether smallpox is prevalent in the merchant country."

The Earl of St. Chris, who had already determined that he could not go to hell, was already motivated, and analyzed with a smile: "When we Spaniards just arrived in America, those Indians who didn't believe in God and had smallpox were infected and became adults. Tens of thousands of people died. Many densely populated cities often lose half to seventy to eighty percent of their population in a very short period of time...Combined with other infectious diseases and secondary outbreaks of smallpox, it can even be eliminated within a few years More than [-]% of the population. If we can kill that many merchants, we will win."

"His Royal Highness," Garcia suggested, "in fact, our army can directly enter the commercial port of the City of Angels by sea in a galleon...Those stupid merchants will build fences and dig trenches there to isolate We also have merchants from the Ming Dynasty to communicate with their people. The fences and trenches they built themselves are fortifications that we can use, and the commercial ports they built are just for us to garrison troops!"

"When will their commercial port be built?" asked the Earl of St. Chris.

"Next January," Garcia replied.

Chapter 823 They're all dead, they're all dead!

"Garcia, Torres, let me ask you again...Are you sure that this country of Shangfang really moved to the New World 600 years ago?"

After all, the Earl of San Cristina is one of the few long-lost generals in Spain. The Earl, who is over 60 years old this year, has served the Spanish army for almost 50 years!Participated in almost all the defeats that the Spanish Army suffered in Europe in the past 50 years. It has heroically lost to the Dutch, French, Swedish, Portuguese and Turkish armies. ... Now that the battle has not even started, he already has a very familiar feeling!

So he needs to confirm the authenticity of this Shang Fangguo again.

If this merchant country is real, then the Earl of St. Chris is fully confident.

According to the information spread by the smallpox in the hands of the Earl of St. Chris, if a civilization that has never been exposed to smallpox is intentionally poisoned, it will lose 50.00% of its population within three to six months.If the time is extended to five years, coupled with the common attack of old continent infectious diseases such as measles and diphtheria, this civilization will eventually lose more than 90.00% of its population.

The loss of [-]% of the population, of course, means that the civilization has completely lost its ability to resist external invasion.Usually they also lose their own beliefs, and the collective falls into confusion and fear.In this case, the Spanish knights and priests who carry advanced weapons and have certain resistance to diseases are simply god-like existences, who can easily conquer them from both mental and physical aspects, oh, or completely destroy them. This civilization!

So now there is only one possibility that the Earl of St. Chris will taste the bitter fruit of failure that he is most familiar with... that is, those so-called merchants are counterfeit from the colonists of the Ming Empire on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

The Ming Empire was part of the Old Continent, and had advanced medical treatment, garlic medicine that could cure all diseases, and rich experience in fighting infectious diseases.If smallpox is used to deal with them, some people may be killed, but not the majority, and the remaining people may also discover the conspiracy of the Spaniards, thus arousing fighting spirit beyond ordinary people...

"That's right," Torres nodded, and said with certainty, "I think they moved to the New World 600 years ago... The Xinchaoge City we arrived at is an ancient city with a history of 2000 years!"

"How can you be so sure?" asked the Count of St. Chris.

"Because there are many historical sites there, such as ancient tombs built 2000 years ago, altars built 2000 years ago, former residences of celebrities 800 years ago, and many ancient stone tablets... In addition, there are many ancient stone monuments there. The ancient buildings made of granite look similar to many ancient buildings in Rome, with a sense of age."

"Really?" asked the Earl of St. Chris, frowning. "What's the difference between the granite 2000 years ago and the newly quarried granite? Could those buildings be built recently?"

"This..." Torres thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "Impossible, absolutely impossible, there are many granite buildings in Xinchaoge. Although most of them look rough, they can't be built in a few years."

Garcia, who has a lot of research on architectural technology, also echoed: "Yes, even in Europe, it will take at least several decades for so many granite buildings... After all, it is very difficult to mine those stones, and they have to be removed. It is even more difficult to splice the pieces together tightly, and it is definitely not something that can be built in a few years."

The Earl of St. Chris was finally relieved.

After all, the re-emergence of the Ming Empire took place in the past ten years. If Xinchaoge City is a stone city that takes decades to build, then it cannot be built by Xin Daming.And the old Ming Dynasty had always been closed to the outside world, so it was impossible to build such a castle on the New World.As for the earlier Mongol Empire... They were not so kind. They were coming to the New World. Columbus would definitely meet some kind of Khan on the east coast of America. That was not something that a thousand or two thousand Spaniards could conquer.

"Then there is no problem," Archbishop Desumaraga breathed out, and then made a sign of the cross on his chest, "Thank God, it seems that the heretics in Xinchaoge City are indeed evil, soulless merchants people!"

He turned his head and looked at the Count of St. Chris: "Count, I think we should conquer these barbaric merchants before His Majesty arrives in Mexico City who is loyal to him... so that the vast land in the northwest of the New World can be turned into His Majesty the Emperor. and territories under the banner of God."

The Earl of St. Chris laughed and said: "Archbishop, I will gather 23 elite infantry and [-] cavalry in three months, take [-] galleons disguised as merchant ships to the City of God (Sea Grassland), and then launch an attack. If all goes well, when we arrive at the destination, half of the population in the Merchant Kingdom will have died due to smallpox. The remaining half of the population will not be able to resist the sudden attack of our powerful New Spanish mercenaries!"

The Earl of St. Chris is indeed a long-lost general!He knows very well that he must do his best to fight a war, and the 500 mercenaries are all he can mobilize now.

Don't look at the vice king who rules a population of nearly 1000 million, of which there are 40 to 1000 white skins, but because these people live too scattered, and the rule of the New Spanish colony without the direct rule of the king has always been loose, it is impossible to be like Like Europe, a country with [-] million people can pull out [-] to [-] elite soldiers at any time.