"How great it is that I am the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Turns out this is it!"
With the information he asked, General Wu breathed a sigh of relief.
As the march south continued, conflicts with the Spanish increased. The Viceroyalty of New Spain, which had only been heard about but not personally contacted, became a thorn in everyone's mind.
According to intelligence, the Viceroyalty of New Spain plays a decisive role in Spain and is an important cornerstone of Spain's dominance in Europe.
One can imagine how difficult it is to fight such a behemoth.
After all, they are far away from their homeland and it is not easy to get support.
However, after receiving conclusive information this time, everyone suddenly discovered that there seemed to be something wrong with the behemoth that the Europeans thought of.
Although the entire Viceroyalty of New Spain has the king's cronies as governor and a prince as deputy governor, and governs an area almost as large as the Middle East, there are only about 5,000 regular troops, and they are distributed over a vast area.
Although the Spanish colonists also had fighting capabilities, what was the difference between them and the immigrants from the empire?
There are many immigrants in the empire, and all of them have mastered the skills of fighting.
How many troops does the empire currently have in the New World?
Not much.
Just two security guards, more than 20,000 yuan!
Based on the experience gained from fighting the Spanish army in Luzon, one security division was enough to deal with five times the Spanish army.
As a result, the Viceroyalty of New Spain only had 5,000 troops.
"Hmph, if we didn't have too few battleships, I would have just fought over them."
Fu Xinyuan also has the same attitude.
The Viceroyalty of New Spain, which they had worried about for many years, was actually not worthy of its name, and one can imagine the anger in his belly.
Fortunately, Wu dismissed his complaints as complaints, but remained relatively calm.
"The Viceroyalty of New Spain is not scary, but we are afraid that if we attack here, we will attract Spanish troops from other areas. We can't handle it."
Fu Xinyuan also woke up from his anger and nodded in agreement.
Spain has four major viceroyalties in the New World, and it can also mobilize troops from the mainland. If the whole country comes together, they really can't defeat it.
There is a unification war going on in the country, and even the Northern Military Region is involved, so there is really no way to reinforce this side.
"Then just fight with the Spaniards. When the number of our warships comes up, it will be useless no matter how many troops the Spaniards have."
Today's imperial people already understand the essence of overseas colonization and development.
Everything is fake, only the boat is real.
Whoever has more ships is the king.
Because more ships can control the ocean, making it difficult for opponents to move forward.
There are currently only seven third-class battleships in San Francisco. Although they are powerful, they are insufficient in number and can easily be endlessly harassed by the Spanish with their numerous ships.
But when the number of third-level battleships increases to twenty, and the size of the entire fleet exceeds one hundred, then the offensive and defensive changes will occur.
After the construction of the city was confirmed, Xinhua City began to immigrate and transport supplies.
Lu Xinze from the Lu family rushed over in person.
Lu Xinze is Lu Hao's nephew.
Ever since Zuo Mengeng got the recipe for making cement, the Lu family has begun to expand rapidly, and their wealth has increased rapidly.
Nowadays, the Lu family's industries are spread all over the country, and they are expanding with the expansion of the empire.
As the results continued to develop, Lu Hao suddenly discovered that it had reached a point where he could no longer control it.
This era is different from later generations in that there are no advanced means of communication and transportation. The remote control becomes extremely difficult when the distance is slightly further.
In addition, the wealth accumulated by the Lu family is also enviable.
So Lu Hao gritted his teeth, called a few brothers, and simply separated the family.
Separation in the true sense of the word.
In addition to the fact that we are all still relatives, the industries of each family are no longer integrated.
They operate their own businesses and each is responsible for profits and losses.
Lu Xinze is also a ruthless person.
After the separation, we didn't want to start a business, we just wanted money and technology.
Then he started looking for investment everywhere.
After successively receiving capital injections from Huang Huang, Wang Shizhong, Zhang Haogu, the Pan family and Qu family of Songjiang Prefecture, and Chen Ding of Fujian Province, Lu Xinze ran to the New World.
Alaska was really happy for his arrival.
Now Lu Xinze has named his company Dongdayang Construction Group.
The group has three branches under its jurisdiction: Dongdayang Cement Factory, Dongdayang Brick and Tile Factory, and Dongdayang Construction Group, which specialize in providing assistance for project construction.
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Xinhua City can be said to be the result of Dongdayang Group.
Now that San Francisco is being built, Lu Xinze has come personally.
"Xinhua City is still too far away, and it is not cost-effective to transport building materials. I plan to build a branch factory here, and the provincial government will have to find a good place."
Fu Xinyuan laughed, pointed at the deserted land and said, "You know all the relevant requirements for building a factory. There are plenty of places, you can take your pick."
That's not what Lu Xinze cares about.
"Building a factory is easy, but I need workers. Can you give me the new batch of immigrants?"
Speaking of this, Fu Xinyuan also has a headache.
"Nowadays, there are really not enough immigrants coming out of the country. We here in Alaska can get even less. There are less than 100,000 people in this group. If they are all given to you, what is the use of building this city? ? Let’s do this, I’ll give you half. For the missing part, you recruit from the local indigenous people.”
"The natives don't know anything, so they have to teach them from scratch. It delays things too much."
Lu Xinze was very dissatisfied with this arrangement, but he also knew that this was the only way at the moment.
There is really a shortage of people everywhere, and every place is green in order to grab people's attention.
The New World has the longest distance and the highest cost of immigration, so we can only be ranked last and cannot compete with other places.
For the indigenous people in the New World, this approach is undoubtedly a great thing.
This can help them integrate into a more advanced society as soon as possible, master more advanced technologies, and greatly improve their living standards.
This was one of the reasons why the empire was unwilling to follow the path of Western colonizers.
Western colonists only regarded these places as fat sheep for plundering wealth. As for the development of these places that had been included in their rule, they did not care.
At the beginning of the colonial movement, this indeed helped Western countries earn huge amounts of wealth and greatly enhanced national strength.
However, when each colony developed for a period of time and the colonists gradually integrated with the locals, they became dissatisfied with the plunder of the mother country.
This also provided conditions for the independent movement to flourish in the future.
Eventually, these places broke away from Western colonial rule and established independent countries one after another. It also caused the decline of these old colonial empires at the beginning and withdrew from the world's powerful countries.
Zuo Mengeng learned a lesson from it.
Every time a land is occupied, a land is developed. By using a softer approach to enhance the sense of belonging in the new territory, only then can we ensure long-term peace and stability.
