"Your Highness, ahead is the future of the east side of Lake Ontario. Now that our journey has been completed, we can start construction here next."

After almost ten days of journey, Zhao Hongyu and his group finally arrived at the reservation location, which is the east side of Lake Ontario.

Wow~~!!

Under Wang Shan's gesture, the guards tied the reins and controlled the mounts under their crotch and stopped neatly.

The landform on Lake Ontario is not the landform of the great plains. The mountains here are undulating and surrounded by undulating peaks. It looks very mysterious and magnificent under the cover of white snow.

Zhao Hongyu and Emma also walked off the carriage and turned over and sat on the back of the war horse led by Wang Shan.

"We did not meet Iroquois people all the way, so it is clear that it is still right to choose to avoid them. I don't want to contact them so early, it will not do us well."

It turned out that Zhao Hongyu and the others had deliberately avoided the Iroquois in this area. So when they arrived at Lake Ontario, they did not meet the Iroquois.

Zhao Hongyu made such a decision mainly considering the purpose of their trip, in order to occupy the Great Lakes area.

And when they have no foundation, they are exposed to the Iroquois and know their plans. This is a very bad thing.

It is absolutely impossible for the Iroquois to make it so easy for them to achieve this goal.

You know, this is the territory of the Iroquois, and the French are blocked by them. What are the exceptions of Zhao Hongyu?

To the Iroquois, Zhao Hongyu is also an outsider.

Although Zhao Hongyu could fool them into saying that he was also an Indian, the Iroquois didn't care about this.

They are different from the Mohicans.

Zhao Hongyu was lucky. After he made this decision, he did not meet the Iroquois.

But the spies sent out had already told him that behind their ranks, the spies of the Iroquois had appeared.

It’s just that Zhao Hongyu’s side’s men did not contact the other party.

But from this point, we can see that as long as they set up camp, Iroquois will appear soon.

"Go ahead! There is a small plain near the lake, and there is an entrance to two peaks in that place. We can set up camp there. It is definitely a good place to defend and attack."

The terrain ahead has been investigated for a long time.

Therefore, Zhao Hongyu had already thought about where to set up camp.

The place he mentioned happened to be the front location on the easternmost side of Lake Ontario. There is a small plain area on the lake shore. At the same time, there are two peaks on the east side of the plain, leaving a passage in the center for entry and exit.

Where is definitely a natural camping place.

At the same time, if a city is established in the future, there will be a natural mountain barrier there.

No matter what enemy wants to attack Zhao Hongyu and the others, they must pass through the mountain passage or from Lake Ontario.

How could Zhao Hongyu not occupy such a natural place where a city can be built?

And the most important thing is that it connects the entrance to the St. Lawrence River, which leads directly to Lake Ontario and also connects to the northern sea estuary.

It can be said that if you occupy that place, you can also build a shipyard in Lake Ontario. At that time, the imperial warships can easily attack French towns in Montreal and Quebec along the way from the St. Lawrence River.

Because all the French towns were built along the St. Lawrence River.

Therefore, as long as you have warships occupy the river, it will be easy to defeat the French.

The estuary in the north, go out and continue to go north to Newfoundland Island.

It can be said that this place has a complete composition of a strategic location, which is also the reason why Zhao Hongyu chose this place.

The team moved forward quickly, and everyone knew that they had reached their goal now, and now they could have a good rest as long as they arrived there.

"Your Highness, how much balance does it have in your virtual account?"

Wang Shan rode his horse closer and saw Emma still looking left and right curiously, he asked in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hongyu replied quickly and said, "There are still 300 million yuan. These are the money I owned after I left Manhattan and sold the wood and gold that I had accumulated for a long time."

Three hundred million yuan seems to be quite large, but Wang Shan knows that as long as the construction starts, this amount of money will not be enough.

"Your Highness, we can try to trade with the Iroquois. Or trade with the French in Montreal, and wait until we become stronger and force them to force them."

Wang Shan continued to lower his voice and said to Zhao Hongyu.

Wang Shan’s meaning is very obvious, that is, to tell Zhao Hongyu that he could lower his attitude when he was developing in the early stage. When the military power was developed enough, he could tear off his disguise and engage in a war of force seizure.

Strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong with Wang Shan’s proposal.

Taking into account Zhao Hongyu's current situation, it is the most correct way to do this.

It’s not that there is no military force in Manhattan, but it has just experienced war, so it’s unwise to start a war again.

At the same time, the trade between Manhattan and Europe is underway, so Europeans are constantly coming to Manhattan, so Manhattan needs to have enough military power to ensure stability.

You should know that Zhao Hongyu in Manhattan has cultivated more than 9,000 genetic people, but more than 3,000 of them are female genetic people.

In other words, except for female genetic people, only more than 5,000 people can fight.

But among the more than 5,000 people, there are still one thousand of them in the navy, driving only four sea ships to defend the waters of Manhattan. In this way, Zhao Hongyu had only four thousand elite troops.

This is equivalent to the military power that controls the Virginia region in the first place.

After the addition of the Mohicans and the outbreak of the Indian tribe epidemic in the winter, Indian tribes of all sizes in Manhattan have basically joined the empire.

The addition of these tribes gave the empire a group of Indian warriors.

But there is another problem here, that is, the Indians are not used to Zhao Hongyu and their military system, and the concept of full-time soldiers.

The Mohicans are examples.

Therefore, all these Indians, like the Mohicans, lived their own lives as imperial soldiers.

Only when war breaks out will these Indians enlist in the army.

Usually they would find a job near Manhattan City, or go hunting or farming for Mohicans to earn salaries to support their families.

Like the British, when the war began, these Indians needed to be mobilized before they could become soldiers.

Such "citizen" fighters have a population of 15,000 in Manhattan City.

Due to the epidemic, the population of Indian tribes around Manhattan has been greatly reduced, so the population is much smaller than before.

With a small population, there will be even fewer potential warriors.

This is also impossible.

In addition to the Indians, many British people who came from Virginia also hoped to join Zhao Hongyu's troops and fight for Zhao Hongyu.

In fact, it was for the twelve dragons fighting that month, but Zhao Hongyu had no objection to this.

The problem is that for these Virginia soldiers, Song Hu said that he would be screened, trained and brainwashed before using them.

Therefore, these people cannot be considered as regular soldiers for the time being.

The team quickly entered the mountain passage, and the team moved quickly without any delay.

The elk pulled the sled, and the white mist kept spraying out of their nostrils. They worked very hard to eat less whips.

There are vast and lush forest resources near Lake Ontario. It can be said that Zhao Hongyu doesn’t have to worry about the wood problem at all.

The logs needed for construction can fully meet his needs.

At the same time, Lake Ontario is a freshwater lake, which is rich in freshwater fish, as well as a large number of shellfish and crustacean aquatic organisms.

By obtaining protein, the lakes here can also satisfy people living here.

It can be said that this is a completely gifted place.

The waters of Lake Ontario are 7250 square kilometers, the lake shoreline is 1,380 kilometers long, and the deepest lake water is 244 meters.

At this time, Lake Ontario was not the Lake Ontario that was seriously polluted in later generations. Therefore, the fishery properties in Lake Ontario in this era were completely fished and eaten.

Salmon, sunfish, salmon, and even some lobsters.

And because Lake Ontario is a freshwater lake, the lake water here can be consumed directly without worrying about anything.

Because the lake water of Lake Ontario in this era has not been polluted at all, you can drink it with confidence.

This is absolutely impossible to put into future generations.

This saves a lot of things.

At least it saves a lot of trouble in the early stage, because if you build a city, you must have a few holes in the well.

Otherwise, how could people live in cities?

Many wells were dug in Manhattan.

Outside the valley is a dense primeval forest, with various pheasants and turkeys, and small animals showing their tracks from time to time. Some brave animals even follow behind the team.

At this time, there were not many humans on the American continent, and they were far from the point where wild animals could not even live in such a way that later generations had no place to live. Therefore, wild animals at this time were more courageous.

After passing through the passage, everyone's eyes suddenly became clear.

A large plain with a flat terrain appeared before them.

After a rough estimate, this plain must have an area of ​​at least ten square kilometers. Such an area can be used to build a city and is more than enough.

There are also some flat terrain on the cliffs on both sides of the valley, which can be used to build fortress control channels.
To be continued...