open sea

Chapter 825
After more than half a month of trekking, Ding Hai was finally able to stand on the top of the mountain with folded arms overlooking his own land.

The entire plantation has about [-] mu of land, with a Western-style manor covering an area of ​​nearly [-] mu in the middle, surrounded by low hills [-] to [-] feet high. Now this lowland plain has been divided into two immigrant villages, Beicun The east and west are more vertical and horizontal, and the south and north are more, just covering the manor.

The two villages were finally named Sanchakou South and North Villages after negotiation by six deputy lieutenants, each with a thousand acres to build a village, and they were joined together for a coordinated defense.

Sanchakou is the name of the place where these pier troops were stationed in the past.

After all, the three deputy lieutenants of Nancun had more say than the three lieutenants of Beicun in all matters of the village. In this relatively dangerous area, people had to rely on them, former frontier soldiers.

The first thing Ding Hai did was to count the number of people. The two villages have a total of 78 households with 280 people. Their occupations cover almost all kinds of people in ordinary towns and villages.

There are more than [-] homeless people in the four provinces, and there are very few single women who go to sea to seek a living. Most of them are men with their wives and children, and some relatives like Ding Hai go to sea together. Most of them are high-quality immigrants with both fighting and production capabilities. This decision So they can quickly establish a foothold in this land.

The situation in the North and South Second Village in Sanchakou where Ding Hai is located is better than most of the immigrants. This plantation has a history of nearly 50 years and has changed owners for three generations. The land does not need to be reclaimed, and the house does not need to be built, which makes them much more comfortable than others.

Luxurious manor, move in with bags, even the roads are ready-made, what else is there to be satisfied with?

Not to mention that the former owner of the manor still left four gray donkeys in the sugar mill.

Ding Hai did not choose to move directly into the manor. In fact, no one planned to live in the manor. Most of the people decided to temporarily live in the middle and build new courtyards on the edge of the allocated farmland. Just like Ding Hai, his land is in To the west of the village, close to the hill behind, he planned to build a house there in the future.

That location can overlook the entire planting circle, and can also look out to the low hills that are the border of Mingxi to the east. In the future, a sentry post will be built here and one on the top of the mountain opposite, so that you can fully grasp the situation of the village.

"You don't plan to live in it, so what's the use of keeping this village?"

Xu Jin, a hundred households who patrolled the ten villages under his command, went around and came back here. There is no village around that has better conditions than Sanchakou. Other immigrants who came four or five days earlier than them are still cutting wood and digging stones, striving for an early date. Once they have established a foothold, they have allocated fields and prepared to put them into production as soon as they come.

"To tell you the truth, I plan to combine the efforts of six to seven hundred people from the North and South Villages and the local people to build this village in the middle of the valley into a fortress. It has low walls and stone foundations. The low walls are raised and trenches are dug outside. It is a fortress. Dabai, our two villages have nearly 700 shotguns and more than 24 young men. Even if we have to retreat in case of war, we can hold on for a few days relying on strong fortifications."

Xu Jin said with a smile: "How can there be any need to stick to it? There is no western army in the plantation opposite, at most they are peasants, and not many can fight. The western army is currently building fortresses in the north. The nearest team is more than 50 miles away from here. Road, there are only more than 30 people."

"However, it is a good thing to set up a fortress. If you have spare capacity, I guess you have spare capacity. There is a sugar mill here, but the sugar cane you grow can be sent to make sugar from the sugar cane in the surrounding villages. If you need help Just send someone to look for me in Wangcun in the north, there should be sugarsmiths in the ten surrounding villages, I'll call you."

"Thank you Captain, there is a sugar craftsman surnamed Liang in Beicun. It would be great if he could be transferred to make sugar."

As a member of a hundred households, Xu Jin was awarded the rank of Lieutenant Zhaoxin some time ago. He patted his breastplate and smiled and said, "Leave it on me. The more sugar you make, the more taxes you will pay to the military government. This is also my merit, and I will call it for you when I leave later."

"The lieutenant is stationed in Wang Village? Why don't we go to Sanchakou? We won't be able to build a fort if this village is empty for a while, but we will always be stationed in the fort in the future."

Xu Jin was amused: "Which branch is stationed? I have eleven bannermen for each of your ten villages, and there is only one horse-bian left beside me. How can there be any stationing?"

"Wang Village is located in the middle of the ten villages. You are on the right wing. I want to be here, but if the village on the left is in a hurry to find me, it will delay the military plane."

"By the way, when it comes to manpower, I will look for you native people here. They are tall, strong, strong, and clever. I will recruit them as servants later."

Ding Hai responded with all his mouth, remembering what the hundred households ordered in his heart, and then asked with a bit of gossip: "Then Wang Village, is everyone in the village surnamed Wang?"

"That's not true. It's the same as yours. The two villages are combined, and they are all young people with strong backgrounds. The elders in the clan split the five clothes and counted. All of the more than 100 households have relatives who are in Qingyuan. There is Zhangjiabao in the village, Wangjiagou in the other, and the place in Qingyuan, all of which are the old commanders."

This made Xu Jin speak as if Chen Mu used to be the commander of the Qingyuan Guards, so I heard him say: "Deputy Lieutenant Zhang Jiabao is a distant relative of Zhang Yongshou, the commander of Guangdong; the father of Lieutenant Wang Jiagou He used to be a general banner in Qingyuan, but passed away a few years ago, I heard that he borrowed Chen Shuai's gun while he was still alive, and both sides came here because they wanted to follow General Fu's footsteps and make a good living here."

Ding Hai swallowed his saliva, his eyes paused for a moment, and then he asked with difficulty: "Is it good to make a living by getting it to the border?"

How do you feel that they are running away, it is better not to run away?
Ordinary people with ordinary heads can stay behind, so they can farm with peace of mind.

"Do you think this is bad? The west is all wasteland. Only near Mexico City are there plantations and various workshops. The original owners were run away by the guerrillas stationed here before. They can make money when they come here. You can easily get the strategy of three generations of people, what else do you want?"

Xu Jin said with both emotion and joy: "Do you think that they found General Fu or took the route of the Marshal, and they can have the wind and the rain here?"

"You can make a fortune by going to sea. The Nanyang Military Government has protected the Ming maritime merchants from the risk of being robbed, but they still have to take the risk of being drowned. Here, you can get the land that you can plant and reap at your fingertips, but you still have to take the risk of war."

"The commander-in-chief has been creating good conditions for the people of Ming Dynasty. The way has been pointed out. As long as you follow the wind, you will be rich and prosperous. But there is only one reason for the north and south—self-reliance."

"They look for General Fu and Shao Shuai in the same way. In today's world, as long as you are hardworking and enterprising, as long as you follow the direction specified by the military government and survive, you will get what you ask for."

Xu Jin folded his arms around his chest and pointed to Ding Hai, with a look of pride and encouragement, and said emphatically: "This is the best year, don't let it down!"

(End of this chapter)