For the local order, Li Junwei paid a lot, not only to compromise with local white people, but also tolerate Indians and mixed races. Among them, Li Junwei, especially the mixed race Mestiso, was particularly tolerant of the Mestiso. The reason was that the Mestiso people were needed by the empire.

This group of people were excluded by white people and Indians, but they were indispensable helpers to the Spanish colonists. In terms of administration, they were equivalent to clerks in the feudal era of the empire. In terms of military, they were lower-level officers and non-commissioned officers and could use hot and cold weapons. You should know that Indians were not allowed to use firearms.

Economically, the Mestiso people were mostly small merchants and craftsmen, which were necessary in the ruling order. Li Junwei gave the Mestiso people high treatment. The empire almost completely recognized the status and property of this class, and only investigated some of the most serious crimes.

Military, the Empire especially needed the help of the Mestiso people. No one in the Empire could speak Mapuche, but many military policemen and officers learned Spanish and used Mestiso people as adjutants. Mestiso people were very suitable for the messengers and grassroots non-commissioned officers. Among the expanded local legions, the Mestiso people were also the main force of the Firearms regiment.

In Santiago, all the officials, lords and white people on the peninsula were confiscated, while the rest paid military taxes according to the level. The Spanish set sixteen levels for the Spanish colonies according to the level of peninsula, colonies and mixed races. The Imperial Occupy Army Headquarters collected taxes according to these levels, but only established four levels, with the minimum number of pesos per person per month, which was about 0.9 silver coins for the empire and the maximum number of five pesos per person per month.

Each Mestiso person has two pesos per month, but as long as they are recruited into the army, they can be exempted from military taxes from their three immediate relatives and also give them four pesos per month. If you join the army with your own musket, you can reach five pesos per month.

This treatment has exceeded the ordinary army soldiers in the empire and reached the level of non-commissioned officers. However, in colonies, especially in the Americas, the treatment is not very high. You should know that every Indian adult man has to provide the colonies with taxes of more than forty taels of silver every year. In the Potosi Coal Mine, miners earn one pesos a day, but they earn more and use more, and the food consumption is more than twenty-four pesos a month.

But the Mestiso people were highly encouraged to gain recognition in the new ruling order and gain the same political and legal status as whites, so in Santiago and throughout the Chilean Governor, a large number of Mestiso people joined the army with muskets.

The empire quickly controlled the place, and everything was under military control, but the order had been established. The first major thing Li Junwei did was to establish a transportation line from Santiago, cross the Andes, and arrive at the South Port area. Before winter came, bring the army troops to the place, so that military operations could be carried out as soon as possible. If it could not be done, we could only wait for the winter in the southern hemisphere to pass, that is, in July, to start the action. Although time was in a hurry, Li Junwei still had to try, otherwise he would choose to dispatch troops from the American provinces.

This passage has two ready-made valleys to use. The Aconcagua River originated from the Andes flows westward and enters the central valley, while the Mendoza River also originates from the nearby river flows westward and eventually flows into the Atlantic Ocean. This is the passageway that the Spaniards opened up Mendoza, Cordoba and other places back then, which proves that they can march.

However, when Zhao Wenting went to the Americas, he walked a herdsway. It was farther south. It was a passage for the transaction between the Gao Qiao herders in the Nangang area and the Mapuche people in the Central Valley. It was narrow and stretchy and was not completely suitable. However, Zhao Wenting did not conclude that. He asked Li Junwei to return to Nangang from the Aconcagua Valley, and personally reported the situation in Chile to the commander-in-chief of the South American sending army Gao Bicheng, and inspected the passage along the way.

Li Junwei prepared sufficient supplies, guides and horses for Zhao Wenting. As it turned out, this pack horse avenue was mature and there was no sign of freezing. The Spaniards did not carry out defense. The team completed the crossing in just eight days. Zhao Wenting went to Nangang without stopping, but met Gao Qiao's herders on the way and got news from them that the dispatching army command had captured Mendoza and carried out large-scale procurement in Cordoba.

Gao Qiao's herder said that the imperial dispatched troops of Córdoba purchased 10,000 bisons from herders for meat and did not limit the number of war horses. This made Zhao Wenting have an idea in a trance. Is General Gao Bicheng ready to cross the Andes and go to Chile to meet? This made Zhao Wenting decide to go to Córdoba to find out.

When he arrived in Cordoba, Zhao Wenting revealed his identity, he soon met Gao Bicheng.

"I received news from Valdivia two days ago. General Zhao Longcheng's subordinates told me that His Highness Yu's army had begun to fight in Chile. I only sent an infantry regiment to Mendoza yesterday..." Gao Bicheng introduced, and he saw that army with his own eyes on the way when Zhao Wenting came.

Before Gao Bicheng could finish his words, Zhao Wenting immediately asked: "General Gao, now I need to confirm one thing, is there any possibility that you will deploy your army to Chile before the snow falls."

"Of course, I'm already deploying it." Gao Bicheng said.

"No, General!" Zhao Wenting saw that Gao Bicheng's attitude was firm and confident, and immediately said: "I need you to give a rational plan, not to be too emotional."

Gao Bicheng is the son of the elder, but he is relatively old. Among the students of He Wenrui and He Wenxi, he is a junior, but he is a veteran in the servant room. When Gao Bicheng left the servant room and was sent to exercise, Li Junwei was still a baby, but this did not affect Gao Bicheng's love for Li Junwei. When Zhao Wenting worked with him, he had already noticed that Zhao Wenting was very worried that Gao Bicheng would make a plan to enter because of this feeling.

Gao Bicheng also understood Zhao Wenting's suspicion. He laughed for a while, patted Zhao Wenting's shoulder and said, "Mr. Zhao, don't worry, I won't joke with my brothers' lives."

After Gao Bicheng explained in detail, Zhao Wenting fully understood that Gao Bicheng had already prepared an expeditionary army, but this mixed brigade with five infantry battalions, a mixed artillery battalion and a cavalry regiment was not used for Chile, but for the expedition for Potosi.

Like Zhao Wenting, Gao Bicheng also knew the imperial strategy. If the initial strategy was followed, Gao Bicheng's dispatched troops to attack Potosi in the north. King Yu Li Junwei sent troops from Jinzhou and went south to Panama, seizing two strategic locations in the American strategy in one fell swoop, and continuing the American plan.

Gao Bicheng really loved Li Junwei, but he just gave the capital he had used to make achievements to King Yu for use.

Gao Bicheng has taken countless efforts to become this mixed brigade. First of all, this mixed brigade is called the Honor Brigade. This is a long history and has a glorious war history.

Before the full liberation of the local area, the imperial overseas territories had to support troops and horses to participate in the war. Among them, the Luzon province provided three divisions, namely the Zhongzheng Division adapted from the Zhongzheng Camp of the Shun Army, and the Manila Division named by the provincial government. The last one was the Honor Division. Whether it was the Battle of the Three Emperors in the Decisive Battle or the later wars such as the Liberation of the Central Plains, the Honor Division played an important role. However, during the great disarmament of the empire in the ten years, the Honor Division was demoted to a brigade-level unit and fought in the Sulu area.

A few years ago, with the reform of the army and the implementation of the dispatched army system, the Honor Brigade was once again valued. At that time, the naturalization was that the locals sent overseas and overseas to the front line. Army such as the Honor Brigade had combat experience naturally had to be sent to places where combat effectiveness was most needed. Therefore, the Honor Brigade arrived in South Africa and South America.

The soldiers of this army came from all directions, including veteran non-commissioned officers from Luzon, recruited from South Africa, and a group of local supplementary soldiers from the country.

The Honor Brigade reduced the number of cavalry, and the remaining cavalry all used local cavalry, and the logistics troops in the organization were also cancelled. The reason was that there were no decent roads to Potosi on the north to use army-style logistics vehicles, and a large number of mules and horses were also organized to carry supplies. In the special supply regiment, there was a special team of llamas. This kind of livestock that could withstand cold and dry like camels is most suitable for carrying supplies in the Andes.

Potosi has to wait to go up to the Bolivian Plateau in a four-kilometer mountain range. This kind of livestock is especially needed, but because it is ready, it is not difficult to cross the Andes.

Not only logistics, but all the equipment of the Honor Brigade was also adapted to war, especially infantry weapons. The standard flintlock rifle used by the Imperial Army still has advantages over the firearms of the Spanish colonists, but the ammunition was not advantageous. The Imperial Army soldiers were accustomed to using paper-carved ammunition. At present, only the South Port area in South America has production capacity, and the output is very low. The dispatched troops could not establish a stable supply line from South Port to Potosi, and they would not be able to go to Chile.

In fact, let alone these two locations, this problem has been discovered in the early battles of the dispatched troops. Soldiers who have been fighting abroad for a long time often do not receive stable supplies. After all ammunition is consumed, they can only use their rifles as short spears, or use seized weapons, or even use seized gunpowder, so that lead can create unqualified ammunition on its own.

Obviously, this is unacceptable. Because of this, the Honor Brigade has carried out weapons innovations. In addition to the fixed ammunition in the paper case, it added clamping clamps and twelve tin bottles to form an ammunition belt. In this way, after the standard ammunition is used up, it can also use the seized ammunition to create suitable ammunition for use.

Of course, there was still a battalion of infantry in the Honor Brigade fully equipped with flint-locked rifled rifled using Minerg bullets. This was to maintain the weapon advantage of the Imperial Army. This unit would not be allowed to act alone, just to avoid the ammunition being exhausted. The rifled rifled rifled turned into a fire stick. After all, Minerg bullets are not made by hand. As for the latest fire cap gun, they were even rejected by the dispatched troops.

"The key to the problem now is the guide and the climate. Mendoza was not actually captured, but the Spaniards there ran away. We just collected it. We couldn't find the guide to Santiago." Gao Bicheng said to Zhao Wenting.

Zhao Wenting said: "I will solve these two points. The weather is getting colder and there may be heavy snow on the mountain. So we have to arrive in Mendoza within fifteen days, and the guide is ready-made. However, the soldiers and baggage troops of the Honor Brigade have a total of nearly 10,000, and there are so many war horses and livestock, and the roads in the valley are not easy to walk..."

"Just let the soldiers carry the necessary weapons over." Gao Bicheng did not let Zhao Wenting finish his words, but proposed his own solution: "If you didn't come here, this is indeed a problem, but it is not now. I think it's enough for the soldiers to bring the necessary weapons over, such as artillery, ammunition and all kinds of heavy supplies, I'm determined to transport the ships."

"Where do you go to find so many captains who have the courage to cross the Strait of Magellan?" Zhao Wenting asked.

"This is very common in Nangang. In fact, the British have already prepared. They received news at the same time as my headquarters in Nangang. They said that it was because there was an important figure of the British East India Company by King Yu. I wonder if it was true or false?" Gao Bicheng said.

"Really, Sir Thomas came from Shin Kyung with King Yu," said Zhao Wenting.

"That's it, I thought about it, contracting the transportation mission to merchant ships, you know, Southport was once a smuggling port, and Cape Town has a lot of guys who have been to Chile and even Peru."

Zhao Wenting immediately said: "I suggest contracting these tasks to two East India companies in the UK and the Netherlands. If others want to do it, they will subcontract them again."

Gao Bicheng nodded slightly, feeling that this was more reasonable. Although this would make this part of the money profitable by foreigners, it would reduce the risk. After all, the guys who dared to challenge the Strait of Magellan are all bold and jealous of money. There is no order at the sea, but these people have weapons. The weapons and ammunition transported are all high-value items, and they are likely to rob money and kill the escort officers on the ship.

But the two East India companies are completely different. They have reached a deal with the Ministry of Overseas Affairs. These two East India companies dare not betray the Empire. Moreover, these two East India companies have a large number of assets, warehouses, goods, and shops in Cape Town. These can all be used as collateral, and they can only help with it honestly.

The transport fleet was faster than the ones from the Honor Brigade. Four ships arrived three, one of which was stranded in the Strait of Magellan. People were fine, and the goods were up to God's will. However, the three merchant ships transported the urgently needed artillery and ammunition, which made Li Su very happy and said, "General Gao really has a prince in his heart, otherwise he would not have been so attentive."

Li Junwei said: "Actually, when he was in the attendant's room, I was still very young and didn't have much impression of him, but I had a good relationship with his wife."

"This...how could this happen?" Li Su was surprised.

When Li Junwei saw his appearance, he knew that the bastard had been thinking wrongly and said, "Don't think about it. It's just that his wife was a nurse for me for a while. Later, the empress dowager found out. She said that she was confused and she didn't let her feed again. Later, his wife often followed the old lady of the Gao family into the palace. I also liked to play with her. I had a deep impression on me. When I was a child, I didn't have much contact with her when I went to school."

"How could I be impressed?"
Chapter completed!