As of now, Brazil has nearly 50,000 troops (including reserves), which may seem like a small number, but with the addition of military dependents, the total population exceeds one million, with the latter being the bulk.
This was also specially arranged by Zhu Cixiang. Brazil did not need too many troops because the money was provided by the local court and there was plenty of land locally.
In addition to the settlement expenses, the rest is the monthly salary. If there is no war, try to control this expenditure within two million.
This does not mean that we should desperately squeeze out support for Brazil, but that the money saved will be used to transport and resettle migrants, as well as help local construction projects.
Brazil has two neighboring countries, one is the Inca Empire to the west, and the other is the Netherlands to the north, both of which are allies of the Ming Dynasty.
The Netherlands' national power was much weaker than that of the Ming Dynasty, and they did not dare to care about the Ming Dynasty's territory, let alone take action.
Even if others don't care about it, the Amazon region is still unmanaged.
Due to the characteristics of the rainforest area, Wang Division was unable to garrison troops there.
At most, planes are sent for daily patrols, which is just a show.
The local indigenous people still live a relatively primitive life, and use local specialties to exchange with the nearby Ming army for whatever they lack.
There were shops in the Ming army's garrison. While selling goods to the officers and soldiers, they could also purchase local specialties.
There are often many natives carrying crocodiles or even giant pythons who come to exchange things.
Large fish, as tall as a person, are very common in the Amazon basin.
Although this place is very far from the civilized world, the garrison here is quite a blessing.
A two-foot-long giant python can be obtained here with a set of cooking utensils.
After skinning and eating meat, and having a good meal and wine, the python skin can still be sold at a good price.
This means that not only can you eat and drink for free, but you can also make a small fortune...
Everyone also saw the legendary piranha, with extremely terrifying teeth.
However, this kind of fish was no match for the mouths of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, and all those caught were turned into delicious meals.
In order to prevent various infectious diseases, the use of raw water in the military is strictly prohibited, and even bathing water must be filtered through multiple channels before use.
Maybe new recruits would disapprove of this, but veterans all know that an infectious disease is equivalent to a serious injury.
Any wounds that occur must be disinfected with alcohol and then sent to military doctors for diagnosis and treatment.
If the patient cannot be treated at the hospital, he will be flown directly to Belem, Recife, Fortaleza and other cities for medical treatment. Thousands of words
In big cities such as Rio and Sao Paulo, the medical conditions are no different from those in second-tier local cities.
It is only slightly different from first-tier cities in terms of scale, but in terms of medical standards, it is not inferior to the latter at all.
Military doctors also have to obey orders from their superiors and follow the troops to take root in Brazil.
The corresponding benefits are also obvious for those good doctors who have encountered a ceiling in their home countries.
When you arrive in Brazil, you can be directly promoted to attending physician, department director, or even vice president or dean.
Medical equipment and various medicines are also the same as in the mainland. Apart from the hospital's own building, the hospital does not need to worry about hardware at all.
In fact, the architecture is also left by the Portuguese. It is nothing more than European style. The advantage of masonry houses is that they are fire-resistant.
Zhou Yuji's governor's palace is located in the city of Rio, where shipping is convenient, and merchant ships can reach La Plata in the Inca Empire in less than two days south.
Because of the high quality and low price, the Lianhe General Assembly had enough control, and the already established relationship with Jiexuan, Master Wang began to import large quantities of beef and mutton from there.
The compensation on the taste buds was a good appeasement to Master Wang who came to station. After all, looking at the whole world, only in the East can one eat beef as they wish.
The food standard given by Zhou Yuji is two taels of beef or mutton and half a catty of fish per soldier per day, plus vegetables and fruits. The staple food tube is full. If you want to eat more meat dishes, you can pay out of your own pocket.
It may not seem very high, but as long as you don't eat compressed biscuits every day, it will be fine.
I heard that many years ago, our colleagues who attacked Mexico ate cacti...
All land belonging to the military in Brazil is mechanized after tractors are put in place, and everyone helps during harvesting.
Although the harvester has been invented and is relatively effective, it is not yet fully automatic.
At most, it means cutting down the wheat piece by piece, that's all, and the rest has to be solved by hand.
Zhou Yuji's initial goal is to achieve an annual per capita grain harvest of two dan, at least to achieve self-reliance.
It will achieve self-sufficiency within five years and still have a surplus to support the large number of immigrants who are coming to Brazil.
At present, the local area is completely self-sufficient, but it is still a bit difficult to use the surplus to feed hundreds of thousands of immigrants every year.
Brazil is different from the west coast of North America. Most of it belongs to Zhang Tianen's Dadong Empire.
Only southern California and the areas south of it belonged to the Ming Empire.
Zhu Cixi also looked down upon the area north of California, which was not as good as the environment in Latin America.
The situation here in Brazil is just the opposite of that in the north, with people living all along the coast.
The inland is also suitable for large-scale reclamation. It is no problem to harvest twice a year. It is definitely a good place to move to Min.
Zhou Yuji led his troops to greet the Holy Emperor at the port of Rio. Zhu Cixiang sent someone to notify him in advance, so there was no need to spend a lot of time and everything was kept simple.
I’m not here to travel at all, I just want to see
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Look at the living conditions of the local people and the combat readiness of the local garrison.
As long as the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the garrison can protect the health of the country, my trip will be considered worthwhile.
Only the inland areas of Brazil are dry. There is no shortage of rainfall along the coast, and the north is covered by rainforests and rivers.
The coastal areas alone can accommodate tens of millions of people, and the inland areas can be slowly developed.
What should people who don’t want to farm the land do if they don’t have much money in their pockets?
It's very simple, participate in the development of the "Iron Four Corners" project!
The "Iron Quadrangle" is one of the largest iron ore mines in Brazil and even in the world, with reserves of up to 30 billion tons and a taste ranging from 35 to 70.
The mine is located in the Minas Gerais region north of Rio. The railway has been built and the smelted iron ingots can be transported to the port of Rio and shipped to all parts of the world.
Farming and mining is an established formula for making a fortune. In any overseas territory, poor people and the local government can become rich at the same time.
The development of the "Iron Four Corners" project alone can create at least 100,000 jobs, not to mention other large-scale iron mines in Brazil.
For example, the Carajas iron ore in northern Brazil has reserves of nearly 20 billion tons and a grade as high as 65%.
However, the location is in a rainforest area, transportation is inconvenient, and development costs are high, so we have to give up for the time being.
Vale, the company responsible for developing the "Iron Four Corners", has tens of thousands of employees, 2,000 mine trucks, 200 loaders, and 100 bulldozers.
This is far from enough. Zhu Cixiang plans to transport a thousand mining trucks, a hundred loaders, and a hundred bulldozers to the mine every year. The mining capacity of the mine must be quickly increased.
Since it is an open-pit mine, the number of mechanical vehicles determines the amount of mining.
In other words, the faster you mine, the faster you build the area.
Zhu Cixiang has formulated a century-old plan to build up the local area.
If time is not enough, it can be extended for hundreds of years...
Anyway, the local indigenous people were insignificant, and the European colonists were driven to other places.
This is the new home of the people of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cixiang has plenty of time and patience to supervise the growth of the new home.
After inspecting the relevant local conditions, Zhu Cixiang was also satisfied with Zhou Yuji's work.
After receiving the elixir, I boarded a ship and left Brazil, heading north to the Caribbean.
The two large, two small and four islands here have all been turned into fiefs of meritorious officials. Zhu Cixiang can also use this method to prevent non-important areas from being overturned by the indigenous people.
Cigar Island is the largest island in the Caribbean and is now home to families such as Zu Kuan, Ni Chong, Chen Guowei, Jin Guoqi, and Liu Bangyu.
These generals made great contributions to Zhu Cihong back then, and now they can also enjoy the treatment of heroes.
It is impossible to become a king and break the earth, but to obtain a fiefdom like a vassal king is definitely the best result that military commanders can obtain.
Every general has servants who can serve as personal soldiers, ranging from dozens to hundreds, who can be organized into a company.
Naturally, these servants also have relatives, and if you count them, there are thousands of them.
Coupled with the villages and towns where it is located, it is impossible not to have 18,000 people.
So, Zhu Cihong did a favor and served these people in one pot...
Living in the Caribbean is a small dream that many people in later generations have dreamed of, and now it has been easily achieved.
Especially in coastal areas with beaches, mansions can be seen everywhere when viewed from an airplane, almost all in the form of manors.
Blue sea, blue sky, beach, beautiful women, any element that can please the body and mind can be found here.
Only after arriving on the ground did the generals fully understand that the clips in the movie were indeed derived from real life...
You can farm on the island, with three crops a year, and anything you plant can grow well, if there are no storms.
Unfortunately, storms come very frequently and are very annoying, although they can bring rain.
On the bright side, there is no need to worry about drought anymore.
And even if there is a drought on the island, you can still go fishing. m2.xqqxδeight.
Normally, you can dig some corals and sell them for money, have barbecue on the beach and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Especially after the introduction of a large number of slaves, the lives of all the hero families were quite good.
Although I have lost the prosperity and hustle and bustle of the northern capital, I am lucky enough to be able to live as I like here.
In addition to the need to abide by Ming regulations, everything in the fiefdom is decided by oneself, and there is no need to pay taxes.
After completing the task, Zhu Cihong asked Zu Kuan to choose between living with Zu Dashou's descendants or finding a place by himself.
Although the two parties were originally a family, Zu Kuan did not want to take advantage of the younger generation, let alone be used by the other party.
Zhu Cixiang found a place that could be called a paradise for Zu Kuan, his family and even his fellow villagers.
Then many of the meritorious officials who attacked Britain and Spain were arranged to live on the islands in the Caribbean.
This is good for both sides. If the descendants of heroes cause trouble in the local area, or even kill people and set fires, they must be severely punished.
After moving to the Caribbean, as long as it was not a rebellion, Zhu Cixiang pretended not to know about the rest...
The benefits given to them are land and tax exemption. In addition, they have to support themselves and be responsible for their own profits and losses. The court does not care about them at all.
This is reasonable and reasonable. The court will only give you money if it cares about you.
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On the other hand, if you can be free, then you won't be given a single silver coin.
The heroes all have wealth. Before leaving, Zhu Cihong sold them a bunch of daily necessities at a low price, so they didn't need to worry about living here.
Coming to the Caribbean, after escaping from the storm, the blue sea and blue sky combined with the formation of battleships seemed perfect for a photo shoot.
In mid-August, Zhu Cixiang's fleet arrived in Calais and began a goodwill visit to France.
This is Zhu Cixi's first visit to France in his life, and he is accompanied by Fang Yizhi, the former special envoy to France.
After landing, the group took a train to the Palace of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris.
When Zhu Cixi arrived, the European Emperor Louis XIV had been waiting at the door with his ministers and generals for a long time.
Three days ago, what the European Emperor heard was...
"Your Majesty, do you want to take advantage of the Ming Emperor's visit to..."
"Yes, Your Majesty, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
"Once he dies, the Ming Empire will inevitably collapse quickly!"
"As long as the Ming Empire collapses, it will be the moment for France to rise!"
This was not the first time Louis XIV had heard similar content, but he had never encountered a similar opportunity.
Because the emperor of the Ming Empire had never visited France, even if some people wanted to take action, there was no possibility.
To assassinate the emperor of the Ming Empire in the northern capital would be even more impossible.
Especially after Turenne and other generals who were friendly to the Ming Empire retired, most of the generals who replaced them did not have similar views and attitudes as Turenne.
Most people regard the Ming Empire as the biggest obstacle to the rise of France. Only by waiting for an opportunity to eliminate this obstacle can the French Empire stand on top of the world.
"As far as I know, the emperor of the Ming Empire had two most valued sons. The eldest son was sealed to Australia, the second son was sent to North America, and the emperor's younger brother supervised the country in the mainland, that is, the one who once came to Europe to study. , I believe many of you have also seen this prince. Assuming that the emperor died on our land now, do we need to admit that we did it? If we admit it, we will definitely be criticized by the Ming Empire. Military retaliation, can our army withstand the other party's attack? If we don't admit it, and the other party wants us to hand over the murderer, what should we do? Just find a few people to deal with the problem, can the Ming Empire just let it go? Will it still launch attacks on us? Attack, don't we get the same result as admitting this matter? You must have been very clear about the other party's military strength. They can mobilize five million people to participate in the war, they can dispatch dozens of 10,000-ton iron-clad ships, and they can take off Thousands of fighter planes come for air strikes, how should we respond then? Will you be satisfied if France is reduced to ruins?"
Louis XIV has always recognized Turenne's strategy and Colbert's suggestions, which caused dissatisfaction among many upper-level French officials.
The Ming Empire must be tougher, otherwise the other side will harm France's interests by supporting Sweden and the Ottomans.
As for how to be tough, that is to let the other party taste your power through assassination and other means!
In Louis XIV's view, this move was almost like committing suicide with France...
Dear, this chapter is finished, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^
