Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 31 Human Heart

It was sunny on March 5.

Autumn in Uruguay has always been Kinkola's favorite weather because it often means harvest.

The 3000 mu of soybeans has come to the harvest time. At this time in the past, Jin Kela had already begged his grandpa and grandma to go to the executive committee to ask for staffing, and then endured the ugly faces of the heads of various departments and all kinds of gossip. with food harvest.

This year, Jin Kela's luck was relatively good, and he found the harvester easily. The 400 immigrants who had just completed the construction of the port breakwater and had not had time to be allocated were stopped by Jin Kela immediately.In fact, this also shows in disguise that the human resources of Dong'an Company are already small and large.Even the construction team can easily organize hundreds of people without affecting the normal operation of other departments, which is already very self-explanatory.

In fact, the current population is really a very contradictory topic for the executive committee.

On the one hand, it is the extreme thirst for manpower of the people who travel through, and on the other hand, it is like the sword of Damocles that hangs forever on the heads of the people who travel through and cannot get rid of the food crisis.The food reserves of the crossing crowd are always hovering at a low level. Every time some food is harvested as a base, it is quickly offset by the rapidly growing population.

According to the latest round of statistics, as of May 1632, 5, the total population of the Chuanzhong has reached a record 5 people.Among them, there were 3169 cross-border people and free citizens, 928 prisoners of war slaves, and 317 indentured slave immigrants.With such a large population, the daily consumption of grain and fish is close to 1924 jin.

而目前东岸公司仓库里的粮食储备有多少呢？在4月份开拓大队第2和第3生产队各500亩土豆、第4生产队500亩小麦播种完毕后，仓库内存量粮食约为：土豆24万斤、各类鱼制品9万斤和小麦0.6万斤，算起来也就是35天左右的粮食储备，刚刚够撑到6月上旬第1生产队的1000亩土豆收获。

Fortunately, there are still more than 3000 catties of stable catches every day during this period, so that everyone's food reserves do not have to be so tight and overhanging.Now it can be said that the executive committee is extremely vulnerable, and a few hundred more immigrants will completely destroy the fragile food chain of the East Coast Company.Knowing how empty the grain depot is today, you can fully understand the significance of the 3000 acres of soybeans that are about to be harvested to Dongan Company.

400 Finns and Czechs who had not yet been assigned were organized to grab the harvest. In three days, these diligent farmers harvested and threshed the soybeans.According to statistics at the time of storage, a total of 3000 jin of soybeans were harvested from 16.5 mu of soybeans, which slightly exceeded Jinkela's expectations.

When harvesting soybeans, more than 100 students from the Nautical School and the newly established Dingyuan Military Academy were pulled over to help as part of their ideological and moral education.The youngest of these 140 student soldiers is 10 years old, and the oldest is no more than 15 years old, which is the time when they are extremely malleable.The executive committee has placed high hopes on them, because this is an important attempt to pass on and maintain the core values ​​and lifestyles of the people.

In addition to the Dingyuan Military Academy and the Nautical School, the Executive Committee also expanded three ordinary primary schools on the original basis, and made it compulsory for all school-age children to attend school.Parents who send their children to school will not only enjoy three meals a day for free, but will also receive a subsidy of two yuan per year; while parents who violate the regulations will be punished with heavy labor.

The school promotes Chinese language teaching, and encourages students to speak Chinese as much as possible at home.The school's courses are all approved and issued by the education committee member Du Wen. Currently, there are courses in Chinese, mathematics, nature, society, and art.Fortunately, there are many teachers here in the time-traveling crowd, and this time they can finally return to their old profession.

In addition to carrying out assimilation education for the next generation, the Traversing Congregation has also used various methods to strive for cohesion with the adult immigrants who currently account for the majority of the population.

According to the regulations of the Executive Committee in 1631, every immigrant must regularly attend evening classes to learn Chinese and various rules and regulations.Of course, the learning content of the night school is not all the same, and occasionally there will be some changes, such as teaching some values ​​​​and ways of thinking about problems.However, only God knows how effective these methods are for adults who have already formed their minds. To deal with them, economic methods and reminiscing about bitterness are more effective.

"In 1626, Wallenstein imposed a war tax in Upper Hungary, and more than 25000 people went bankrupt; in 1627, 2000 farmers in Silesia were robbed and murdered by Wallenstein's army; Looted by Wallenstein's troops, more than 1628 murdered."

"In 1627, King Christian IV of Denmark was defeated in Lut, and the Danes who retreated in a hurry looted the surrounding area; in 1629, Denmark signed a contract with Austria. Taxes in the region were raised sharply, many farmers went bankrupt, and many died of disease and starvation."

"In 1631, Earl Tilly captured Magdeburg, and the population of Magdeburg was reduced by a quarter after some looting and killing."

"In 1631, King Gustav II of Sweden conscripted a large number of males into the army in Pomerania."

"In 1631, Prague was captured by the Saxons. Mercenaries looted the city and the number of deaths is unknown."

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These black materials of the warring parties in the 30-year war were compiled and sorted out by Foreign Affairs Commissioner Gao Mo, and then distributed to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd production teams where immigrants concentrated in the North German region. widely publicized.Since these materials are based on facts, and most of these things happened around these immigrants, they can resonate with these German immigrants.

The Propaganda Section then added fire, comparing their lives before and after their immigration.And several immigrants who were secretly bought came to the stage to speak, telling their life of being displaced and struggling to survive because of the war between the states in the North German region, and their stable and peaceful life after immigrating to Uruguay.Since it's all about the immigrants in their true colors, it looks pretty good.

In addition, Civil Affairs Commissioner Xiao Mingli has newly established a Religious Affairs Office within his jurisdiction.The current establishment is 5 people: Assistant Pastor Ye Yongxing, Pastor Francis, Father Pedro (the guy who was captured in the Chaluya village), registered Taoist priest Wang Bao, and Yu Ci. Ye Yongxing is also the director.

These religious people are either passing through the congregation, or they are European gods who have taken refuge in it. To them, morality and so on are completely floating clouds.

Director Ye Da of the Religious Affairs Office assigned these people to different regions to develop believers, and at the same time, through the entry point of religion, he preached to immigrants on various occasions the speech of entraining private goods from passing through.Transform their thinking bit by bit in a subtle way.

Since most of the European immigrants already had a solid faith, Wang Bao and Yu Ci simply took the Charuyas, whose number had reached nearly 300 due to the recent continuous capture, as the missionary targets.These Charuyas were all sentenced to five years of hard labor, and they are now concentrated on the banks of the Dayu River. The men are in charge of logging, the women are planting vegetables under the guidance of the agricultural department, and the children are sent to schools for compulsory Sinicization education.

Since the two of them are cross-travelers, it is very easy to run funds and policies to the Religious Affairs Office and Civil Affairs Department.No, in order to increase the success rate of missionary work, Wang Bao and his wife not only got 50 yuan of funds and the right to allocate some materials from Ye Yongxing of the Religious Affairs Office, but also obtained a promise from the Ministry of Internal Affairs that they could get a reduced sentence for believing in Taoism.

This heaven-defying policy made their missionary career skyrocket as if they were equipped with a rocket engine. Not only did many Charuyas become Christians, but even the European prisoners of war who were working hard in the limestone mines Many expressed their willingness to believe in the true God of Taishang Laojun.

Father Pedro saw this with envy.Since most of the immigrants were Protestants, Father Pedro couldn't bear it at all, and the Religious Affairs Office procrastinated and perfunctory about his application for missionary funds, this unscrupulous guy simply went to Wang Bao secretly to express his willingness to convert Shanglaojun is a true god.

Dumbfounded, Wang Bao reported the situation to Ye Yongxing, and Ye Yongxing was also speechless to this cheeky but greedy priest.In the end, he gave some comfort and promised that he would be given additional missionary funds in the future, so that he could be the signboard of the executive committee with peace of mind.

On May 1632, 5, the first Taoist temple was built on the south bank of the Dayu River, and more than a hundred believers attended the inauguration ceremony of the Taoist temple.

(End of this chapter)