4339 (AD 1642), January 13th.
The huge fleet followed the ocean currents and headed south along the west coast of North America.
King Su Hu of Wei used a telescope to look at the scene on the shore.
From now on, this rich continent will belong to them.
The west coast of America is a towering mountain range with hilly areas on both sides, with some trees and arbors growing on them.
The telescope in the hand of Wei Wang Su Hu could see extremely clearly.
There are indigenous tribes in the mountains who use bone weapons.
Their faces were dyed with colorful dyes and they wore feathers on their heads. When they saw the huge fleet passing by the sea, they immediately fled into the mountains and forests in fear.
King Su Hu of Wei asked Qu Xiaolong, who knew how to read charts, and said, "Xiaolong, look at the chart. How long do we have until we can reach Zhao Guo Pier?"
Qu Xiaolong has memorized all the information about the sea chart.
He asked the navigation staff to learn about the fleet's position and speed.
He used these data to calculate the arrival time of the fleet.
After Qu Xiaolong calculated the result, he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, we are not far from Zhao Guo Pier. The fleet should be able to arrive before tonight."
When Wei Wang Su Hu heard the news, a smile appeared on his face.
The day after tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, a festival for family reunions.
My wife and children are all in Dahua Capital, and I can only look at the photos and miss them.
But it is also a good situation for him to be reunited with his eldest brother Su Xiong.
King Su Hu of Wei is looking forward to meeting his elder brother Su Xiong. He also wants to learn some experience in founding the country from his elder brother Su Xiong's experience in establishing the Kingdom of Zhao.
Others may hide secrets from him, but his eldest brother Su Xiong will never do so.
King Su Hu of Wei learned some experiences and could avoid many detours when establishing his country.
He was a little envious that there were no large indigenous tribes around the place where his eldest brother Su Xiong founded his country.
With the ability of King Zhao Su Xiong, it is easy to gain a foothold here.
The fleet continued to sail south, and noisy sounds came from the originally peaceful team from time to time.
Most people got the news that they were not far from their destination.
King Su Hu of Wei was holding a telescope to observe the situation in the surrounding sea areas.
He suddenly saw a towering black smoke column to the south.
He was very familiar with this scene. Any major city in Dahua with a population of more than 100,000 would have this smoke column.
This is the concentrated use of a large number of steam engines and the smoke emitted by burning coal.
The only place in North America with a large number of steam engines is undoubtedly the State of Zhao.
Their fleet was not far from Zhao State.
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People here in Golden City, the capital of Zhao State, are very busy.
Some people are in a hurry and want to reach their destination quickly.
There were people driving horse-drawn carriages, pulling coal and ore to the smelting plant.
King Zhao Su Xiong led people to the place where Zhang Maizi discovered gold.
They disembarked and landed, building shelter here.
The army is responsible for clearing out the indigenous tribes around the camp and ensuring their absolute safety.
Su Xiong discussed with Zhang Maizi, Prime Minister of Zhao State, and began to improve Zhao State's structure bit by bit and establish various industries according to the domestic situation in Dahua.
The tens of thousands of immigrants brought by King Zhao Su Xiong are mainly distributed in the three major industries.
The largest industry is agriculture. North America is a mountainous and hilly area, but it has relatively abundant water resources.
Agricultural experts say potatoes and corn are crops grown here in the Americas and are more suitable for growing here.
Zhao State experimented with planting a variety of crops here, mainly potatoes and corn.
The crop growth is pretty much what agricultural experts expected.
It is difficult to grow rice and wheat, but potatoes and corn grow well here.
Potatoes and corn, two crops native to North America, were originally spread from the Americas to all parts of the world by Europeans.
For Zhao State, agriculture is extremely important.
It is too far from Dahua, and the cost of transporting food from Dahua to Zhao is too high.
The population that Zhao State can bear is the food produced by agriculture and the people it can feed.
The second largest industry in Zhao State is the metallurgical industry.
The highly developed gold mining industry chain is also the origin of the name Golden City.
The large gold mine outside the Golden City will become Zhao's largest source of wealth.
Even if Su He, the Emperor of Great China, occupies a majority of the shares in this gold mine, the share left by the Zhao State will make Zhao State very comfortable.
Zhao Guo's blast furnace ironmaking technology is also relatively developed, and the technologies used are all relatively mature technologies of Dahua.
Whether making firearms or other tools, a lot of steel is needed.
In addition to smelting gold, the most important task of the metallurgical industry is the production of steel.
Fortunately, small coal mines and iron mines were found around Golden City, and there was no shortage of raw materials for steel smelting.
The third largest industry is mechanical processing. After several months of development in Zhao State, the craftsmen who immigrated here have been able to imitate relatively primitive steam engines.
The existence of steam engines allowed Zhao to build a large number of factories.
The cap guns and gunpowder produced by the Zhao arsenal have been gradually equipped with the Zhao army.
In the palace in the center of the Golden City.
Su Xiong, the leader of the State of Zhao, was listening to the important ministers of the State of Zhao reporting on the situation of the State of Zhao.
Jiang Manyu, the Grand Governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, reported with a smile: "The Kazan tribe, a tribe of ten thousand people that poses the greatest threat to the gold mine, has been eliminated by our army.
With extremely low casualties, we eliminated more than 300 indigenous troops and captured nearly 10,000 indigenous people.
Among them, there are more than 6,500 young indigenous people and more than 2,000 women suitable for childbearing. "
Jiang Manyu was very proud that by destroying this indigenous tribe in one fell swoop, Zhao would be able to establish a strong deterrent force.
The natives around Golden City have learned about the strength of Zhao State, and they no longer dare to provoke disputes with Zhao State. They can annex these indigenous tribes through more gentle methods.
King Zhao Su Xiong was also very happy when he heard the news, which solved a big problem in his heart.
This indigenous tribe often harassed gold mine workers.
The tribe's location is also close to a small coal mine they discovered.
Unless this tribe is wiped out, the miners will not feel safe at work.
It is this tribe that is more threatening and difficult to communicate with.
King Zhao Su Xiong decided to send out troops to completely eliminate this dangerous tribe.
As the discussion continued, a shrill air horn sounded outside the room.
When King Zhao Su Xiong heard this voice, he stood up immediately.
This is a signal for the army to prepare for war. Once this air whistle sounds, it proves that Zhao may be attacked by an enemy.
When King Zhao Su Xiong heard this voice, he said with a livid face: "Could it be that we wiped out an indigenous tribe?
The indigenous tribes around Golden City chose to avenge this tribe and united to attack Golden City.
They are simply wishful thinking. There are heavy artillery on the top of the Golden City. It is simply wishful thinking to capture the Golden City with just these natives. "
Prime Minister Zhang Maizi stood up and suggested: "Your Majesty, I heard the sound of an air whistle, which seemed to be coming from near the dock.
This should not be an attack by the local indigenous tribes. Even if they could connect with each other, they would not progress so fast.
Wei Chen heard the sound coming from near the dock and suspected that pirates were targeting us. "
King Zhao Su Xiong slapped the table hard and ordered: "Inform the army and bring all the big guys they have hidden up to the city wall.
No matter which force attacks the Golden City, I will make sure they never come back. "
King Zhao Su Xiong was not in the mood to continue the meeting. He walked out of the palace in a python robe and went to the city wall to learn about the situation.
As they were walking towards the city wall, Governor Jiang Manyu received the news and immediately reported: "Your Majesty, I have inquired clearly.
The sentry in the direction of the lighthouse saw a large number of shadows of ships to the northwest.
It is estimated that the number of ships will not be less than five hundred.
As a new recruit, he was afraid that it was pirates attacking the dock, so he chose to blow the whistle. "
When King Zhao Su Xiong heard this, he almost laughed.
It is impossible for pirates with 500 ships to appear on the west coast of America.
There really was a navy in Europe disguised as pirates, and the first place they attacked was Li Dazhuang's Cao Kingdom.
He knew that the sentry had made an own mistake.
But this situation is very common. Most people in the army are new recruits and their training time is very short.
They can only follow the script and carry out the orders of their superiors according to the manual.
These new recruits have not been tempered on the battlefield, and they do not know how to deal with various things flexibly.
When Prime Minister Zhang Maizi heard Jiang Manyu's words, a relaxed smile immediately appeared on his frowning face.
Zhang Maizi said in surprise: "Your Majesty, this must be the supply fleet from Dahua.
None of us expected that Dahua would supply us with more than 500 ships at a time.
I wish there were more immigrants so we could build more armies.
Our country is in dire straits, and everything is in short supply.
No matter how much goods can be replenished, it is good news for us. "
King Zhao Su Xiong led people to the city wall. He used a telescope to look at the fleet not far from the sea.
During this time, the fleet was approaching the seaside.
With a telescope, you can see the large Chinese dragon flag hanging on the fleet.
There were also smoking ships in the fleet.
Steam-driven ships, unique in the world, alone prove their identity.
When King Zhao Su Xiong saw this situation, he was completely relieved.
"Let the army cancel preparations for war, send people to contact the fleet, confirm their identities, and guide them into the dock."
Zhang Maizi looked at the huge fleet. It was not the more than 500 ships they expected, but more than 800 ships, most of which were cargo ships with extremely heavy loads.
He frowned and said: "If I had known that so many ships would need to be docked, I would have asked people to expand the pier.
The current terminal throughput is not enough, and it will take at least ten days to load and unload all these ships. "
Zhang Maizi expressed his concerns in advance.
Otherwise, the dock would be unloading too slowly, and King Zhao and Su Xiong would be too hasty. If he explained later, he would be shirking responsibility.
King Zhao Su Xiong used a telescope to observe the fleet from Dahua approaching the shore.
After confirming the identity of the visitor, the dock immediately guided the ship to let them dock.
Most of the ships dropped their anchors outside the pier and anchored on the beach.
King Zhao Su Xiong suddenly saw a familiar flag in the telescope.
This is the flag of his younger brother, King Su Hu of Wei.
His voice was trembling, and he said excitedly: "Su Hu has also come to North America. This is really good news."
King Zhao Su Xiong was extremely excited. When he was in Dahua, he and his younger brother Su Hu rarely met.
After going overseas to found a country, he thought that the number of times he would meet his brother Su Hu would be extremely limited in his life.
He didn't expect happiness to come so quickly. He would be able to see his brother Su Hu again today.
King Zhao Su Xiong couldn't hide his surprise. He didn't want to wait on the city wall anymore, so he immediately took people to the dock to greet him in person.
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King Su Hu of Wei, King Su Shan of Qi, King Su Li of Xiang and others were extremely excited when they saw the lighthouse erected next to the dock.
The fleet accelerated and approached the lighthouse.
At this time, they could already see the popularity of the big city in front of them.
The large fort erected next to the pier also reminded everyone that this place was extremely dangerous.
They had not yet approached the pier. Several small boats quickly walked out of the pier and approached the fleet to verify their identities.
After the identity verification was completed, Zhao's officials arranged for the ships of the fleet to approach the dock in an orderly manner.
The fleets of the three princes were ranked first.
Wei Wang Su Hu's team took the first place without hesitation.
He stepped off the boat onto solid concrete.
His body was in a daze. After drifting at sea for several months, he finally no longer had to adapt to the rocking of the ship.
When Zhang Maizi saw Su Hu, he said in surprise: "Your Majesty, King Wei, it's really you.
The King is waiting for you at the docks. "
King Su Hu of Wei knew Zhang Maizi, a relative of his eldest brother's wife.
He followed Zhang Maizi to the mobile room next to the dock.
When King Su Hu of Wei saw King Su Xiong of Zhao, his eyes filled with tears and he said excitedly: "Brother, you have lost weight."
King Su Xiong of Zhao gave King Su Hu of Wei a bear hug.
"Brother, you have lost weight too.
I have personal experience of the hardship of traveling across the ocean.
The eldest brother has prepared a banquet to welcome you, brother. "
King Su Hu of Wei bowed his hands and said, "Brother, I'm not the only one coming this time. Please wait here."
King Su Hu of Wei used short words to explain clearly their experiences during this period.
He said at the end: "Brother, the three of us have decided to form an alliance and completely conquer America.
After that, everyone will compete for territory according to their own abilities, and we have no complaints.
There will never be internal fighting before foreign enemies are driven out.
Does the eldest brother want to join the alliance? "
Zhao Wang Su Xiong listened to Wei Wang Su Hu's story.
He smiled and said: "This alliance is a very good agreement.
It is best not to fight among ourselves until we have won a decisive victory.
I very much agree with this proposal. "
Soon King Su Shan of Qi and King Su Li of Xiang were also brought to this house by the officials of Zhao State.
Su Hu said happily to them: "My eldest brother has agreed to join our alliance."
King Qi Sushan and King Xiang Su Li were very happy after hearing the news.
If King Zhao Su Xiong confirms joining the alliance, they don't have to worry about being attacked by King Zhao Su Xiong before the country develops.
They only need to face enemies around the country, and they will develop faster.
King Zhao Su Xiong invited them to the restaurant to welcome them.
The three princes readily agreed that after eating and drinking, they would visit the Kingdom of Zhao to gain experience in building their own country.
