Yinwanov realized that something was serious.
The Ming people he met were not the same kind at all. They were not "explorers" like himself, but...
Yinwanov himself didn't know how to describe the kind of organization he encountered...
They are indeed flying the banner of Ming Dynasty, so they should indeed be the strength of Ming Dynasty.
But this immigrant is not like an immigrant, and the expedition team is not like an expedition team.
The Mo people who came from all over the mountains and plains surrounded Yinwanov's team.
A group of soldiers with guns approached, and Yinwanov decisively gave up resistance.
With this gap between the enemy and ourselves, any strategy is useless.
There is no need for conflict between the two parties. Since it is the power of Ming Dynasty, they should be able to talk.
Although the situation has gone a bit wrong, the nature of the matter will not change.
The two sides opened the central continental passage in Mozhou.
Hei Jizhong rode up to Yinwanov's team and asked in Daming elegant language with a slight accent:
"I am Black Baron Hei Jizhong of the Ming Dynasty. Which of you is the leader of this group of people?"
Yinvanov was born into a Lucian noble family, and most Lucian nobles knew some Ming Dynasty elegance.
Explorers who may encounter the Ming Dynasty people have specially strengthened their studies on the way eastward.
So I could completely understand what the other party said, but I was very surprised by the content of Hei Jizhong's words.
Miha Yin'er answered in Daming Yayan with a slight accent but quite fluently:
"I am the leader, Baron Lucia, Mikhail Ivanov.
"Are you... His Excellency the Baron of the Great Food Country? Are you a noble of the Great Food Country?"
Mikhail couldn't believe that Mo Ren could obtain the title of Dashi Kingdom, which was a status that he could not even imagine.
Hei Jizhong knew his identity, so he explained to Mihayiner at this time:
"I am not a noble, not a baron, but a 'Black Baron', and I am the slave of His Highness King Da Shi.
"I also own a hundred slaves, and among all the Mexican slaves, I enjoy a military noble status similar to that of a baron.
"Since you are a noble of Lucia, come with me to meet my father, Lord Black Duke."
Hei Jizhong felt that he had explained it very clearly.
Hei Jizhong didn't think there was any humiliation in saying he was a slave, and would even feel honored to be the slave of the king.
Because the ordinary Mo people below are just slaves of black nobles like themselves.
He is the slave of King Dashi.
But Yinwanov listened to Mihu.
You are a military noble for one moment, and a slave for another. You are a slave yourself. What is your status?
However, Yinvanov was wise enough not to dwell on this issue here.
Because there are more important things behind.
Go see that Black Duke.
Finalize this meeting.
The two sides then preliminarily discussed the boundary and land demarcation matters for development.
This is a very important task, and I should find a way to fight for Lucia's interests.
Yinwanov rode a horse and followed Hei Jizhong into the Mo people's team.
During this process, Yinwanov instinctively observed these Mo people carefully but carefully.
There were men, women, and children. About ten of them gathered into a small group, followed by a young and strong black man wearing black clothes.
These Mo people all ride horses, but among the other Mo people, only a few young and strong people have horses, and most of them walk.
More small groups will gather together in a larger area, also centered on a certain black man in black clothes.
The common center of all these Mo people are several large carriages.
The person sitting in the carriage must be the so-called Black Duke.
I just don’t know what the identity of this Black Duke is. Is he also a slave?
Yin Wannov followed Hei Jizhong all the way to the middle of the team, but did not see any Ming people.
Regardless of their apparent status, the people around them are all Mo people.
This surprised Yinwanov very much.
When Yinwanov came to the carriage, two black-skinned maids opened the curtain in front of the carriage.
A young man in his thirties, wearing a full set of Ming Dynasty clothes, squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Yinwanov.
Hei Jizhong introduced from the side:
“This is my father, Lord Black Duke Loyalty.
"He is the slave of His Highness King Dashi and the master of all the slaves here."
Yinwanov was stunned again.
The owner of all the slaves here is also an Mo man...
Yin Wannov didn't know what to call him, mainly because his identity was too weird.
He is a slave himself, the master of slaves, and the "Black Duke".
If the other party was not under the banner of Ming Dynasty, Yinwanov would have instinctively laughed loudly.
A group of the most stupid and barbaric Mo people, what the hell kind of identity do they use, then the Black Duke is just messing around, right?
But the other party claimed to be the slave of His Highness Prince Dashi of the Ming Dynasty, which made Yinwanov dare not mess around at all.
I had to show respect enough to copy Hei Jizhong's original introduction and add the most common title to say hello:
"Baron Lucia, Mikhail Ivanov, has met His Excellency the Black Duke of the Great Ming Dynasty.
"I am the explorer and pioneer of New Lucia, and you are the...pioneer of Prince Dashi of Ming Dynasty...
“We meet here respectively on behalf of Lucia and Daming, announcing that we have opened the grassland passage in the central part of Mozhou.
“I think that’s something to celebrate and go down in history.”
Hei Zhongcheng nodded slightly and seemed quite satisfied with Yinwanov's statement:
“That makes sense, it can indeed be considered a big thing, but the more important thing is the land and the slaves.
“Since you are Lucia’s pioneer, don’t continue eastward from now on.
"The land and slaves here will belong to our Ming Dynasty from now on."
Black Loyalty is interested in Yi, but cares more about land and slaves.
Although the Black Duke is the pinnacle of the black nobility, this pinnacle is also hierarchical.
The lower-level black nobles are only at the third level, and when they reach the third level, they are promoted to higher-level black nobles.
The Black Duke is the pinnacle, so there is no clear upper limit for registration.
If you own ten thousand slaves, you are a first-class black duke.
With one hundred thousand slaves, one should be able to become a level 10 black duke.
Yin Wannov also didn't want to deal with this Mo man with a strange identity.
Hearing that the other party directly changed the topic to business, he immediately picked it up:
"Does His Majesty the Black Duke mean to use our current location as the exploratory boundary between the two countries?
"This way we, Lucia, will no longer go eastward, and Ming Dynasty will no longer explore and develop westward."
Black Loyalty immediately waved his hand and said:
"Of course not. This place, including the place where we stand, belongs to our Ming Dynasty and has nothing to do with you Lucia."
Yinwanov did not expect the other party to be so tough:
"Your Excellency, the Black Duke, cannot be so arrogant. When both of us explore here at the same time, we should use this as the boundary.
“Da Ming and Lucia are now partners and both are members of the International Alliance.
"The issues between us should be negotiated and resolved in a fair manner."
Hei Zhongcheng shook his head and said:
“You came here to explore, we didn’t explore here, we migrated here.
“According to the provisions of the League of Nations, a piece of land can only be truly owned by actual colonial use and actual garrison control.
“We Ming slaves have arrived here, and you Lucia only have an exploration team.
"So of course this place belongs to our Ming Dynasty."
Yinwanov was obviously stunned for a moment.
I found that there seems to be nothing wrong with Hei Zhongcheng’s logic.
There are tens of thousands of Mo people all over the mountains and plains around him, and they are all male, female, old and young.
This can't be an exploration team. This can indeed be regarded as an immigration team, and there are a lot of soldiers carrying guns in it.
These more than 10,000 people can indeed completely control an area.
Even if you go to St. Petersburg to mobilize reinforcements, it will be difficult to mobilize enough troops to defeat them.
There are no roads at all in the interior of Mozhou...
The key is that His Majesty the Emperor is unlikely to conflict with the Ming Dynasty over this wasteland.
So Yinvanov gave in:
"So, if His Excellency the Black Duke's immigration group wants to settle here, how about using the western boundary of your settlement as the land border between us?"
Black Loyalty shook his head again:
"We are not settling here, we will continue to move west until we find your settlement."
Yinwanov couldn't accept it.
After all, the opponent was a Mo man, not a Ming man, so Yin Wannov was a little bolder:
“You can’t be so unreasonable.
“Although you people are immigrants, you are still just immigrants after all, not settled residents yet.
“It stands to reason that a midway point between our nearest settlement and your nearest settlement should be chosen as the temporary boundary between us.
“It is impossible to say that your immigrants migrated directly to our settlements and used the edges of our settlements to delineate them.
“If occupation and control are used as territorial standards, even though you are a large number, it is impossible to completely control the land from here to our settlement.
“If you migrate and settle next to our settlements, a lot of land will be vacant behind you.
"Can we continue to take a detour and open up behind you?
"After all, you don't occupy all the land!"
Yinwanov felt that what he said was neither humble nor arrogant, and was logical.
However, Hei Zhongcheng said calmly:
“We are nomadic now, herders like the Mongols.
“We are not settled urban residents or farmers, so why should we settle next to your settlement?
"The scope of our activities is very large and cannot be limited to a certain place."
Yinwanov was stunned again:
"Nomads? It's not like we haven't seen nomads before. They have more cattle and sheep than horses, and more horses than people.
“You don’t have many horses here, and there aren’t many cattle and sheep, but there are quite a few people.
"Your cattle and sheep cannot provide food for people of your tribe."
Hei Zhongcheng said calmly:
“Although we are nomadic, what we herd are not cattle and sheep, but slaves.
"All the Mo people around you are my slaves, they will fight for me and hunt for me.
"They were able to supply my food and they were able to supply their own food."
Black Loyalty once again gave Yinwanov a big shock.
Yinwanov was immediately stunned.
Nomadic? Nomadic herding of slaves?
Are there such nomadic groups in the world?
But it actually makes a lot of sense.
I was originally wondering what they would eat on the way with such a large population.
Rear transport is difficult to provide.
After all, this is a prairie and there are no existing roads or railways at all.
Now it seems that they just rely on hunting!
There are many animals on the prairie. Once humans become large enough, any animal will only be a meal.
If such a strange nomadic group were running around on the prairie, it would be a big trouble.
In addition to the residential areas that I have built, are these nomadic lands considered?
The land that nomadic groups can occupy and control is much larger than that of settled farmers.
Yinwanov made a decision quickly:
"This cannot be the case. Even nomadic groups should have their own borders at the level of a modern country.
“It cannot be said that all the land we have not developed yet belongs to you naturally.
“According to League of Nations norms, the key to controlling the colonies was immigration and control.
“It’s no use just marking a property on a map and erecting an unattended boundary marker.
“As a nomadic group, you are always moving, which means you are not fixed in one place.
“You are here now and you will leave here later.
"Here's the key, you will leave -
“After you leave, this is not land that you have complete control over, and we may establish settlements here.
“You remain nomadic and unsettled, and will eventually leave all places.
“We will build settlements everywhere, and eventually you won’t have any land.
"Unless you also leave people to settle here, and the number is also sufficient."
Hei Zhongcheng smiled after hearing this:
“Although we won’t settle here immediately, our companions will.
“The other slaves of His Highness the Food King will follow our progress and come to settle here.
"They will settle on our nomadic lands and take root here..."
Yinwanov almost cursed after hearing this.
Nomads occupy the territory in the front, and immigrants come to settle in the back. Who is this?
Could it be His Highness Prince Dashi?
But now is not the time to dwell on this issue. The key now is how to fight for Lucia's interests.
Yinwanov's mind was spinning rapidly, and he quickly found a possible breakthrough point:
"If you are nomadic and do not settle down, and you will let other companions settle down after you leave, then you are actually an exploration group.
“The nature of your team and mine are the same. We are both teams that came out to explore and develop before immigrating.
"In this case, you have explored here, and we have also explored here.
“The place we both explore together, the place where we meet, should be the boundary of our exploration.
“As for the specific details, and the final boundaries, it should be decided by our respective courts.
"Instead of us both bickering here."
Hei Zhongcheng shook his head again after hearing this, then waved his hands to the left and right and said:
"Tie up this Xiyi!"
Hei Jizhong immediately led a group of Mo slave guards and swarmed forward, directly holding Yin Wannov down and tying his hands.
Yinvanov was shocked:
"What are you going to do? We are just discussing the scope of temporary exploration? Why are you doing it?
"We, Lucia and Daming, are partners. Your behavior will affect our relationship!"
Heizhongzhong said to Yinwanov with a faint smile:
"Mr. Baron Lucia, don't be nervous, we won't do anything to you.
"We are just starting to look for a temporary exploratory border between us based on your suggestion."
Yinvanov breathed a sigh of relief, but was still puzzled:
"Then why do you want to arrest me? What do you want?"
Black Loyalty seemed very proud:
“Your suggestion is that where we explore together is our border.
“Then what if we take your team and continue exploring westward?
"Then when do we put you down, where will be our border?
Invanov almost went crazy.
What is this ink man's brain made of?
Why is this fallacy so common?
Do all the Mo people trained by Daming have this kind of brain?
I heard that all the Mo people in the Ming Dynasty were castrated. This Mo man has no beard at all, so he may have been castrated.
Could it be that after the Mo people were castrated, their wisdom would increase so horribly?
Or should someone who can become the Black Duke, who can control so many Black Ink slaves, have such wisdom?
After Hei Zhongcheng told him his plan, he saw that Yinwanov didn't seem very lucky, so he continued to rush and said:
"If you have any objections to this, you can find enough people to tie us all up and drag us eastward.
“But if you could organize so much fighting force here, you wouldn’t be here discussing with me where the border is.
“So, in the final analysis, even exploration depends on strength.
“Although we are nomads, we are also residents.
“We will leave, but we will also arrive.
“As long as we arrive and never leave, then these places are our land.
“So, we will arrive next to your settlement.
“Following the principles of immigration and physical control, we will explore your settlements.
“We will not take your settlements, once there you will be free.
"For the sake of your freedom, I think you should tell me where your nearest settlement is."
Yinwanov was now completely desperate.
The principles this Mo man talks about seem to be fallacious, but they are all very realistic.
On this inland prairie, Lucia really couldn't organize herself against the power of Black Loyalty's exploration team.
This Mo man is certainly wise, but his greatest guard of honor is the strength of the Ming Dynasty.
It allows him to make these operations that are on the edge of the rules, which should be said to be open and exploiting loopholes, become a reality, and the weaker Lucia has to accept it.
Two exploration teams faced off, and Lucia was completely defeated.
In order to gain freedom as soon as possible, Yinwanov directly followed Heizhongzhong's reminder and told Heizhongzhong where the nearest Lucia settlement was, and even said that he could take them there on his own initiative.
Black Loyalty immediately gave the order and escorted Yinwanov, his companions and slaves towards this goal.
