I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 489 Preparations
Even though they had seen it several times, everyone was shocked when they saw the neat formation of the Guards.
The Imperial Guards had been in existence for seven years, and had fought in battles of all sizes, winning victory after victory. They had a kind of aura of looking down on the world, coupled with their confidence, perseverance, and pride, as well as a strong murderous aura, which made everyone know at a glance that this was the most powerful army in the world.
Especially in sharp contrast with the vassal army in front, the vassal army in front had its own characteristics, to put it nicely, but to put it bluntly, they were a bunch of crooked people, and compared with the Guards, there was a world of difference.
As soon as the Guards appeared, the atmosphere on the viewing platform reached a climax, with countless cheers and applause.
Fei Xinliang's hands were clapping until they were red, and his voice was hoarse. Seeing the Imperial Guards' formations made his blood boil, and he shouted loudly, "Brother Chengxun, now I understand you. The Imperial Guards are indeed extremely elite. With such a strong army in hand, who in the world dares to be the enemy of our Ming Dynasty!"

Yu Chengxun nodded vigorously. He opened his mouth to say something, but the sound was quickly drowned out by the cheers around him.
The infantry column soon finished marching, the rumbling sound of horse hooves could be heard, and cavalry columns passed by Chengtian Gate one after another.
When Waku saw the cavalry, he immediately shrank back in fear. There were no horses in America. Even though he had seen many horses in Ming Dynasty, he was still very afraid of these large animals, and he was even more afraid of the cavalry who could ride horses to fight.
The naturalized army also appeared among the troops on parade. They formed two square formations and shouted "Long live the Heavenly Khan!" as they passed through Chengtian Gate.

They were the only troops who shouted "Long live the Heavenly Khan", while the other troops on parade shouted "Long live His Majesty!"

The military parade ended quickly, but the shock it left on people will not fade away for a long time and is destined to become a topic of conversation for a long time to come.
Zhu Houzhao also won the hearts of the people through this event, and at the same time demonstrated the power of the Ming Dynasty to the four barbarians.
After the envoys who attended the meeting return, the four barbarians will be more submissive to the Ming Dynasty.
Life soon returned to normal. Zhu Houxuan had already begun to prepare the Royal Group for a long voyage next spring. This time he prepared more than 60 ships to go to America, and also planned to bring a group of people to North America for colonization.
There is gold in the far east, and drinking water will yield gold sand. This news quickly spread throughout the capital.
However, the gentry and common people only regarded it as a topic of conversation and made up all kinds of bizarre stories. No one really went to America to pan for gold, after all, the mortality rate was too high, and it would be a risk to go out to sea.

However, merchants doing business in the capital spread the news everywhere. The hard-working people along the coast, the desperate criminals who were greedy for money, and the bold and daring sea merchants immediately had other ideas.

The sea merchants and desperadoes were the first to connect with each other. They took a boat to Jinshanwei to gather information, and some simply went directly to the Royal Group, hoping to team up to cross the ocean together.

Zhu Houxuan had an open attitude towards this. Although he believed that these people were not qualified to partner with the Royal Group, he allowed them to follow the Royal Group's fleet to America.
The path that Zhu Houxuan was now taking was called state capitalism by later generations, which was to control and manage the means of production, distribute resources and wealth through nationalization, monopoly and planned economy.

But he also knew that the state capitalism he was promoting still needed to be supplemented by private capital, and he was also happy to see the private sector invest their wealth and resources in the great voyages. As for the gold in America, he did not care.
Or it could be said that it's not that they don't care, but that the Royal Group is a black-hearted boss who provides services to the gold diggers. These gold diggers who go to America cannot beat the Royal Group.

Moreover, the gold mined by the gold diggers is only meaningful if it is brought back to the Ming Dynasty. Only when they return to the Ming Dynasty can they spend the gold as much as they want. If they cannot bring it back to the Ming Dynasty, the gold will only be a more dazzling metal. The entire Pacific route will be under the control of the Royal Group.
Even if the gold diggers brought the gold back to Ming Dynasty, they would still be exploited by the Royal Bank.
In short, gold diggers who go to America can win many times, but the Royal Group will never lose!

As for the Inca envoy Huaku, he stayed in Beijing to learn Chinese. He was already able to communicate in simple daily ways and was very interested in Ming Dynasty mathematics and astronomy. He even went to the academy under the Royal Group to learn about these knowledge. The Inca Empire had a high level of astronomy and its own mathematical symbols.
Zhu Houxuan naturally opened the door to convenience. In his opinion, the more people like Waku, the better. The more people like Waku, the more powerful and advanced the Ming Dynasty, will be able to better invade the more backward Inca civilization, and eventually slowly achieve the goal of assimilating and controlling the Inca civilization.
You should know that the Inca civilization had no written language.
In human history, the Incas are the only large-scale civilization without a written language. To form a large-scale society, there must be a means of recording and disseminating information. The Incas’ method was “quipu”, a very complex system of knotted cords to record events.

Most ethnic groups went through the "knotting" stage in their development towards civilization, which was very crude and limited in meaning. The ethnic groups that successfully crossed this stage gradually evolved writing and eventually promoted the formation of a country.

Only the Incas developed the "quipu" to be extremely complex: thousands of colorful ropes, each with many knots tied in different positions. Through the length, color, knot position, and different knot types of the ropes, a complex expression system was formed, which could not only record objects and numbers, but also express time, place, people and other information, roughly possessing the simple communication function of basic material information in a large society. The fatal flaw of this super-complex "quipu" system is that it only has a simple recording function and cannot develop the complex abstract thinking carried by the writing system.

This meant that the upper limit of Inca civilization would not be too high.

Zhu Houxuan's plan was to gradually replace the Inca language and khipu with Chinese characters, but this was destined to be a very long process.
The plan to attack the Western Regions had already entered the preparation stage. Although the war in the north had continued in the past two years, Zhu Houxuan still had enough energy to prepare for the attack on the Western Regions.
He has sent people to collect all kinds of intelligence in the Western Regions, sent caravans to explore the terrain and landforms in the Western Regions, and also stockpiled a lot of supplies in Xi'an. At the same time, in the past two years, resources for building railways have been continuously tilted towards Shaanxi. The railway to Xi'an has been completed and opened to traffic. Under the current technical conditions, the railway is relatively easy to build. After all, the train speed is not fast, and it can only be regarded as a light rail by the standards of later generations.
Zhu Houzhao was immersed in the deduction of the battle in the Western Regions, but before starting to attack the Western Regions, there was one thing that needed to be dealt with.
Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. I was too busy at work during the day and couldn't slack off to write. I could only write after I got home. Yes, I didn't work overtime today, and I have two days off this week. The hard days are finally coming to an end. I am so touched.
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