Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 632 War and Peace ([-])

Gao Jinzhong stuffed a piece of land reclamation permit in his hand into his underwear pocket, then closed his eyes, and gently knelt down on the land full of weeds.He was so excited that in the end he simply lay down on the still wet ground, grabbed a handful of soil with two weeds in his right hand, put it on the tip of his nose, and gently sniffed the intoxicating soil fishy smell.

This is my land!Gao Jinzhong was lying on the ground, grinning with a corner of his mouth. I went to fight as hard as I could, wasn't it just for such a day?Now I also have [-] mu of land, and soon I will marry a wife and have a bunch of children, and I should almost have no regrets in this life.

"Corporal Gao, the Soldiers Committee entrusted me to ask you: Has the local government of Hekou Township ever made things difficult for you in the matter of land allocation? If so, please cooperate with me to register, and the Soldiers Committee will report to the Veterans Affairs Office of the Joint Staff Headquarters , the office will send a military representative to uphold justice for you." A young staff officer in a dark blue military uniform stood aside with a small notebook and said solemnly.

"Of course not." Gao Jinzhong wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, stood up, and said with some embarrassment: "They charged me 125 yuan in cash, and then issued me this land reclamation permit, saying that the land here is Mine. Then they reminded me that after buying the land, I have to pay taxes, even if the land does not produce any output, I have to pay a basic tax of five cents per mu, I understand all of this.”

"Well, it's good for you to understand." The staff officer nodded, and then reminded: "The land bought back must be planted with grain within two years, otherwise the county agricultural bureau will take it back for free. You should also pay attention to this point. Yes. In short, after retiring from the army and returning to the local area, you will be a local person in the future, but don’t forget that you were once a glorious soldier on the east coast. If you have any difficulties, just go to the soldiers’ committee in the county for help, or you can go to your old army The 101st Company of the Army can ask for help. This is okay. The local officials have a lot of problems, and many things are not as simple as in the army. You will not be exploited by those officials and gentlemen. As long as you have joined the army, the Soldiers Committee and the Joint Staff Headquarters will take care of you for the rest of your life. Don’t worry. Finally, if the nearby elementary school asks you to do a report, please try not to refuse, and expand the army among the people Influence is the duty of every veteran."

"I understand." Gao Jinzhong nodded heavily and said.The military staff officer patted him on the shoulder, then rode away on his horse.

After the staff officer left, Gao Jinzhong stood there for a while.This is a newly planned piece of wasteland in Hekou Township. It used to be full of low bushes and reeds. After being cleaned up with great effort, it has now become another piece of basic farmland in Hekou Township, Zhenhai County.This piece of farmland has an excellent geographical location, located on the south side of Highway No. 2 (Hekou Township-Zhongshanbao), and there are some small streams flowing through it nearby, which is very convenient for irrigation and drinking water, so it attracts some landless people with spare money Residents came to settle and cultivate.

Some of these landless residents are Britons who entered illegally (including England, Scotland, and Ireland, who entered from Brazil), and the other part are Italian black workers who have been cleared out in the past two years. Of course, the largest number are those who participated in construction. The immigrants from the Ming Dynasty in the construction team were arranged to settle in these newly opened lands after the construction team's work period expired.

For example, the village where Gao Jinzhong lived at this time was newly built, and its name was "Gongnan New Village No. 1 Production Team", commonly known as "Rabbit Hole Village". Simply dig a hole in the ground and cover it with a roof made of reeds.

The production team has already planned everything from the residence to the farmland. The house is a standard east bank dwelling (three brick houses on the left, middle and right, with a span of 12 meters, and a firewood house, a kitchen, a pigsty, and a well in the front yard. There is a livestock pen and latrine in the backyard), a total of [-] sets, which means that the capacity of this village is [-] households.

Today's new immigrants no longer have the good things of free land, house or even wife distribution at the beginning. Now they only have five acres of farmland that is guaranteed to be distributed for free-in fact, it can't be said to be completely free, because the five acres of land were previously free. The tax for three years is very heavy-in addition, the house and daughter-in-law need mortgage loans to buy.For farmers, the most important helper in farming is undoubtedly livestock, and this obviously requires money to buy.In general, conditions for newcomers today are worse than they were in the first few years because they were initially in debt.

For example, there are a hundred households in Rabbit Hole Village. These people have more or less debts according to their own economic conditions, but except for Gao Jinzhong, no one else has no debts.Gao Jinzhong paid the purchase price of 125 yuan (25 mu of land) and the cost price of the house purchase price of 50 yuan in one go. In addition, he has three Andalusian black cattle on hand, which can be purchased for only 24 yuan. It was his reward for joining the army and being wounded for his country.Only Gao Jinzhong, a wounded and retired soldier who had just returned from the front line in La Plata, could come up with nearly [-] yuan in cash in one breath.

When these soldiers fought on the front line, their wages and allowances were very high. In addition, when they invaded Spanish towns, they took away some property and hid it privately. Don't overdo it, and they can also get a lot of cash when they share the loot, which all adds up to a lot.

As a soldier of the 101st Company of the Army, Gao Jinzhong fought in Buenos Aires, entered Santa Fe, killed Corrientes, and finally visited Asunción. He was injured twice in Santa Fe a while ago and was discharged When I got home, I had already saved more than 250 yuan in cash.When he retired from the army and returned to his hometown this time, he received 25 brand new one-year acceptance drafts of the Northwest Reclamation Bank with a denomination of ten yuan from the logistics staff office. In addition, there were seven or eight jingling silver dollars in his pocket. bag, and limped back home.

Gao Jinzhong himself has no relatives in China, to be precise, he has no family on the east coast.He came to the East Bank at the beginning of last year and was penniless. Before that, he had been working as a helper in the Dayuhe Brick Kiln Factory, and his income was just that. After working for a whole year, he only saved eight yuan.At the beginning of this year, the 101st Company of the Army was hit by the epidemic in La Plata and suffered a serious loss of personnel. Therefore, it recruited supplementary soldiers in the country.On the night before boarding the ship to La Plata, the staff officer sent by the military announced to the entire ship of hundreds of supplementary soldiers that each of them could get the quota of female slaves who arrived in early 48.In other words, they obtained the right of first refusal for female slaves, and if they had no money to buy them, the military department even helped to solve the loan problem.

Gao Jinzhong is from Henan. He was the army that King Chuang rose up in Henan. He traveled south and north with King Chuang, defeated Kaifeng, entered Xi'an, and later fought against the Qing army in Henan. After being defeated by the Qing army, he was defeated. He came to the east bank by accident and became a "glorious" construction worker.It's just that a man who is used to being a soldier obviously can't adapt to the boring life of a worker, so he seized the opportunity to come to the battlefield of La Plata, where the gunfire was raging, and fought several battles with the Spaniards, killing a Spanish soldier, hacking He had the heads of three Guaraní believers, and his military career came to an abrupt end after he was injured in a battle.

It doesn't matter if the military career is over, from now on, I will stay at home honestly, marry a wife, take care of dozens of acres of land, and then have a bunch of children.Well, he still wants his boy to be healthy from a young age, and then join the army when he grows up. The land, house, and even women in his hands are all given by the army, just like King Chuang gave himself food so that he would not It's like starving to death, you can't lose your conscience as a human being, since you can't repay this kindness, let your son repay it.

After staying in the field for a while, Gao Jinzhong carefully dusted off the mud from the old military uniform on his body, then straightened the military cap on his head, and limped towards the village.This village is now full of men, from all over the world, but there are no traces of women, which makes people feel a little tired.

Fortunately, the small cadre of the Bingtuanbao who placed everyone here said that a group of female slaves from the Ottoman Empire will arrive in a few months. pick.Of course, since there are also many Europeans from Italy and Britain in the village, some Ming immigrants with daughters will be arranged to settle in the "Gongbei New Village No. 50 Production Team" on the north side of Highway 50 to solve the problem family problems.

"A group of barbarian beggars!" Gao Jinzhong glanced at the bearded and tattered Italian immigrants, his inner contempt was fully revealed, "I chased the barbarian ass in La Plata and beat them to pieces. I didn't expect It is really unlucky to see so many opportunistic foreign devils coming in and masquerading as citizens!"

After complaining for a while, Gao Jinzhong didn't say anything more.Now the country is also in a difficult situation. With so many men fighting on the front lines, the labor gap in the country is getting bigger and bigger. If there is no one, women will not be able to manage the farmland alone, and the food production will inevitably decline in the coming year.Besides, I heard that the next four villages and towns in Zhenhai County will send a group of people to Zhongshanbao to build Highway No. 2 in turn, which is even more worrying.

From this point of view, it is no wonder that so many Brazilian foreign devils have been allowed to enter the country. This cheap labor is not for nothing.It's just that I don't know when the battle will end. I really hope that all the brothers can come back with their feet intact. Everyone will go to the soldiers' committee to chat and drink in the future. How pleasant it would be!But without this battle, my boss would not be able to make this money, and the money for buying a house and land for a daughter-in-law is not known to be earned in the year of the monkey. Thinking about it this way, then this battle should really be fought, and it must be ruthless Hit hard!Fight till you get the Spaniard's last pair of pants!

(End of this chapter)