There was another reason why Tang agreed to the foreign mission, and that was the Japanese girls. The Tang family caravan organized a women's labor export association, which specifically organized those good-looking girls from Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia to work in the brothels of the Ming Dynasty. These people were not sold to the brothels, but the Tang family caravan took a cut from their wages. This method came from later generations, and it was still more humane in that era. Generally, these girls would work in the brothels for three or four years, and then they could live a comfortable life with this income. Moreover, after working for three or four years, they could marry a man of their choice.
Such preferential treatment made the Japanese most willing to do what they wanted, in addition to serving as auxiliary soldiers, which was to export female labor. Not only could they earn a lot of money, but the work was not tiring. After working for three or four years, they could return home in glory. Therefore, young Japanese women rushed to Ming Dynasty to export labor. This not only led to the rapid development of Ming Dynasty's brothel industry, but also affected Korea's brothel industry. A large number of Korean women also joined this labor export trend.
After listening to the report from his subordinates, Tang Tong couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Unknowingly, he had gained considerable strength in his hands. If he continued to develop at this speed for a few more years, Nanyang would be completely in his hands. At this time, Europe was in the Forty Years' War, and it was the time for him to develop.
Tang Tong praised everyone's efforts, and then he planned to colonize India, mainly because there was a large population here, which could provide a large amount of labor for the development of Southeast Asia, Australia, and later the American continent.
Tang Tong's subordinates would not object to the decision made by Tang Tong. Everyone actively offered suggestions and advice based on Tang Tong's intentions. Although Tang Tong did not have any top talents under his command, when everyone worked together, they could still take many local situations into consideration.
Not to mention his men going off to make preparations for the attack on India, Tang Tong took Chen Yuxian and a group of other women, big and small, to Australia for a vacation trip. This time, except for Hongniangzi, Tang Tong brought all the women around him, big and small, so that he and Chen Yuxian and the others would always be separated.
There are some indigenous people in Australia itself, but their number is not large. In the past, those Westerners had some strongholds here, but most of the Westerners in these strongholds were criminals from Western countries. The largest forces in these strongholds used to be the Dutch and the Spanish. After the rise of Donald Trump, the Dutch's influence here was no longer there. The Spanish's power did develop a little, but compared with the tens of thousands of immigrants under Donald Trump, it was far behind.
Tang Tong changed Australia's current name to Dahanzhou, just like the place where Daming City is located is called Daming Peninsula, and there are also Daqin Islands, Datang Islands, Dasong Islands, etc. Anyway, Tang Tong didn't have any thoughts and just gave them names casually.
Two hundred thousand immigrants formed twenty small cities and more than one hundred towns, which relied on each other and occupied about ten centimeters of land in Australia. The local indigenous people were either killed or enslaved, and some moved away from this place. Although there was no army stationed here, Tang Tong's half-military staff organized the Constable Yamen and the Self-Defense Force among the immigrants, with a total number of about ten thousand people, one hundred breech-loading rifles and three thousand muzzle-loading matchlock rifles. With such strength, the indigenous people with cold weapons could not contend with it.
Tang Tong and his family came to Australia to play. Although they were accompanied by only a few hundred guards, they had four 900-ton warships equipped with the most advanced artillery. Their strength was very strong. After seeing Tang Tong's fleet, several Spanish ships patrolling the sea chose to stay away.
The first town Tang Tong and his companions arrived at was called Weiqing Town. Most of the twenty towns here were named after famous generals from ancient times. There was also a town called Zhao Yapeng Town. This was a way for Tang Tong's generals to use their power to flatter themselves.
The Lord of Weiqing City was Yang Zishu, a man in his twenties who had graduated from the school run by Tang Tong. Because Tang Tong's influence had expanded so rapidly, the young people who had graduated from that school had all risen to high positions in management.
When Yang Zishu learned of Tang Tong's arrival, he was filled with excitement. For those who had graduated from the Tang family school, Tang Tong was their idol. Most were deeply loyal to him, and the opportunity to see him up close was considered an honor. When Yang Zishu ordered Wei Qingcheng to go out of the city to welcome Tang Tong and his followers, the entire city erupted in excitement. Most of these immigrants had previously struggled to make ends meet, and naturally, they were filled with gratitude for Tang Tong's kindness. Even the Japanese, now enjoying a better life, rushed to greet their Lord Tang.
While not as prosperous as the Ming Dynasty, this place possessed abundant land. Furthermore, the local government was very kind to immigrants like them. Taxes were low, and there was no exploitation from other landlords. Most of the administrators were dedicated to the people. For the common people, life here was like a paradise.
Yang Zishu had seen Tang Tong from a distance before. So when Tang Tong appeared in person, he recognized him instantly. He quickly stepped forward and saluted. He was so excited he didn't know what to say. As the administrator of a small town, Yang Zishu had seen a bit of the world. But he was still just a young man in his early twenties. Meeting his idol, the excitement he felt was indescribable.
Tang Tong, along with his family and guards, entered Weiqing City to rest. Yang Zishu was quite good at flattering people. He got a few kangaroos and small tree t<>
In addition to his family, Tang Tong also had nearly a hundred maids and servants, all of whom were rare beauties. Tang Tong had reached his current status, and his subordinates who had fought and plundered everywhere would usually give some of their beautiful women to Tang Tong as a gift, so that the maids and servants in the Tang family were almost like the United Nations. The first-class status was Han women, the second-class status was women from Korea and Japan. Although Chinese people in later generations hated these two countries, it must be said that the women from these two countries were still very satisfying to men. The third-class status was those from Westerners, Nanyang, and Southeast Asian India.
Normally, Tang Tong would pass these beauties on to his trusted subordinates, but his soldiers plundered too much land, not to mention the two colonies of Korea and Japan, the Southeast alone
Over the years, they captured more than 300,000 people from the Ocean, Australia, and Africa, so that some regular soldiers had two or three women in their families. People like Hei Pi and Zhao Yapeng had more women in their families than Tang Tong, so that Tang Tong was unwilling to give her away later.
The next day, Tang Tong and the women visited the farms and ranches. Although everything was just beginning, there was a thriving atmosphere. Except for the slaves, everyone had a happy expression on their face. The Han people who immigrated here not only did not have to worry about food, but the young people did not have to worry about being single. As long as they had a little money, they could buy a woman to take home. For these ordinary people who depended on food for their survival, this kind of place was the paradise on earth in their minds. How could they not be happy here?
Every small town here has a large ranch belonging to the Tang family, but the number of cattle, sheep and horses is not large. After Tang Tong and his female relatives played here for half a month, they went to Daming City again. Hei Pi, Zhao Yapeng and others had made preparations and established an East India Trading Company. With one hundred warships, one hundred merchant ships, one thousand regular troops, ten thousand Japanese auxiliary troops, ten thousand auxiliary troops from other countries, and nearly ten thousand sea merchants, they set off for India in a mighty manner.
No one dared to attack such a large fleet at sea. After seeing Tang Tong's fleet at sea, the British, Dutch and Spanish fleets all retreated and went to the areas they occupied to prepare for battle, because everyone could see that such a murderous fleet was not here to show off.
In order to find out the purpose of Tang Tong and his group, those Western countries sent envoys one by one to negotiate with Tang Tong and his group. The fastest one was Sir Thomas Roy from Britain. In recent years, the two sides had a lot of dealings with Hei Pi and Zhao Yapeng because of trade, so the two sides were considered acquaintances.
For the British Empire, hundreds of giant ships are nothing, but for overseas colonial fleets, hundreds of warships armed to the teeth are a very large force. The biggest advantage of the Ming Dynasty is its large population. Unlike those European countries, in this era, a country with a population of 10 million is considered a big country.
Therefore, European countries couldn't send many troops when colonizing overseas, let alone Tang Tong, who could easily deploy 10,000 or 20,000 troops. Tang Tong, a Ming Dynasty warlord, commanded a force nearly equal to that of a small European nation. With a foothold in Southeast Asia, Ming's vast population could easily expand outwards using the South China Sea as a springboard. After Sir Thomas Roy boarded Tang Tong's flagship, his keen eyes were surprised to discover that the artillery on board was different from previous ones.
Although Thomas always claimed to be a businessman, he was actually a vanguard of the British colonial armed forces and had a high level of military knowledge. He saw at a glance that the barrels of the cannons on Tang Tong's ship were much thinner than those of their British cannons. Since such thin barrels could be equipped in large quantities by the army, it was obvious that they were made of high-quality steel.
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