Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 88 New Immigrants ([-])

It was evening.The residents who were working on the construction site of Ping'an Fort all stopped to rest. It was time for dinner soon, and smoke rose from the canteen not far away.The menu board in front of the cafeteria reads in charcoal: Today we serve beef with radish, vegetable tofu soup, salted fish, and steamed potatoes.

After the resumption of trade with La Plata, the price of beef, which was originally a luxury, plummeted. At present, the FOB price of Colonia cattle has dropped to 10 yuan per head, only a quarter of the European price. to a fifth.With such a cheap price, the trade department began to purchase in large quantities. At present, it is conservatively estimated that the monthly purchase exceeds 500 heads.Some of the purchased cattle are used for grazing, and some are used for slaughtering and eating meat.Therefore, these residents can eat a lot of beef every meal, and their living standards are actually much higher than before.

Xu Wenxuan squatted on a stool made of tree stumps, staring at the lake in front of him that looked blood-stained under the setting sun, fell into a daze, and didn't know what he was thinking.

"A setting sun spreads across the water, half of the river is rustling and half of the river is red. Poor on the third night of September, it looks like... er... like something dew." Looking at the beautiful lake view in front of him, Shao Shude felt poetic for a while, but unexpectedly at the critical moment I got stuck and couldn't remember the last sentence.

"Pfft." Xu Wenxuan couldn't help laughing, "The dew is like a pearl and the moon is like a bow...Bai Letian's "Twilight River Song" is appropriate at this time. Mr. Shao...Have you read the book?"

"I have read it." Shao Shude nodded, "It's a pity that I haven't read much, and I haven't read it very well. Of course, most of the books we read are different from Mr. Xu's."

"Oh? What did Mr. Shao read? Isn't it poetry, poetry and sage's unique knowledge?" Xu Wenxuan asked with interest.

"Well, poetry and poetry and sage's unique knowledge are naturally read a little bit, but they are not the main ones. What I read most is this... um... arithmetic and construction techniques, and occasionally some Thai and Western languages." Shao Shude considered the words, Said.

"The art of construction? It's like building walls, houses and bridges. Is this also learned?" Xu Wenxuan asked, "What Mr. Shao learned is really interesting..."

"Interesting?" Shao Shude was a little surprised, "In the eyes of the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, aren't these all tricks and tricks? How can they compare to the saint's modest words and great righteousness?"

"Hahaha." Xu Wenxuan couldn't help laughing, "It's not surprising for ordinary scholars to think so. It's a pity that Xu has spent many years in the world of mortals, and he already knew that the scholarly literature of this sage is not economical. In the country, martial arts cannot secure the country, otherwise, with the billions of people living in the Ming Dynasty, how can we not be able to defeat the tens of thousands of Jianzhou barbarians?"

Shao Shude clicked his tongue in amazement, it seems that not all scholars these days are rote, and many of them seem to be sensible people. "Mr. Xu is also a strange person. Dare I ask how old you are? What do you do for a living?" Shao Shude asked again.

"At the age of thirty, I am mediocre. I usually copy and write letters for others to make ends meet."

"Mr. is a scholar, but his livelihood is so difficult. Why is it so?"

"Affiliated to the eunuch party, poor conduct..." Xu Wenxuan said lightly in a self-deprecating tone.

Shao Shude was stunned, thinking to himself that this Xu Wenxuan was also a bachelor, he was utilitarian, free-minded, educated, and had a certain prestige among the villagers.No wonder the people from the Immigration Bureau recommended that they use him to buy him from the very beginning. Well, it seems that it is necessary to spend some money on him.

"How does sir rate our country?"

"The atmosphere of the new dynasty is like the rising sun." Xu Wenxuan frowned and said after thinking for a while, "I heard that a few months ago, your army defeated Spartia, the most powerful country in the West, and your martial arts are also impressive. It's just... From Xu's point of view, there is also a hidden worry in all this prosperity."

"I would like to hear the details." Shao Shude said awkwardly. He felt that this kind of literary dialogue was like the dialogue in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which made people feel so silly.

"Firstly, there are not enough populations. Mr. Xu dared to ask Mr., how many cities are there in our country, but have the populations ever exceeded [-]? Then the close rival Spartia... well, Spain... how many populations are there? How many cities are there?" Xu Wenxuan looked at Shao Shude and said.

"Even Ping'an Fort has a big city and three small forts. There are eight thousand people here." Shao Shude is not good at lying. There are also 400 million people in the national peninsula, covering territories in the old and new continents, and countless cities, which is not inferior to that of Ming Dynasty."

"Mr. Shao is really an honest man." Xu Wenxuan smiled and said, "Such a big country with such a grandeur, I'm afraid it will attract people's attention in Taixi, and they will attack it. Otherwise, our country may not be able to sleep peacefully on the side of the couch. It's just two Since the country has turned hostile, I am afraid that it will be difficult to live in peace in the future, Mr. Shao thinks how to deal with it?"

"The first thing to do is to attract refugees from Thailand, the West, and China, to develop industries, and to strengthen the foundation. The second is to unite vertically and horizontally. Huang Taiji once said that when a small country is defeated by a big country, its branches and leaves should be removed, and the backbone should be weakened. Over time, the country will decline. " Shao Shude replied fluently, this is a joint decision of the executive committee, and it is also the basic national policy of the East Coast Republic of China, which has been discussed many times, and he has long been familiar with it.

"Huang Taiji really said that? He is a rare and sensible person among the slave chieftains." Xu Wenxuan sighed, "This is one of them just now. Second, when Xu looks at the people of our country today, he has a high nose and deep eyes. There are red-skinned people, mixed and mixed. It’s okay when nothing happens, but I’m afraid they can’t be of one mind when something happens.”

"One can give this generation the land to reap their hearts, and the other can understand the righteousness through education."

"It's not a matter of decades. Our country is small and weak, but we can have a hundred victories, but we can't have a defeat. If we lose, the hearts of the people will disperse, and the country will fall apart. Xu dares to ask again, Mr. and others claim The survivors of the former Song Dynasty, why don’t you recruit more Chinese refugees. Now that the Ming Dynasty has thousands of miles of barren land, and the people are starving and dying everywhere, if all of them are transported here by large ships, why worry about the lack of food?”

"If you don't want to, you really can't hear it." Shao Shude said with a wry smile, "I won't hide it from you, sir, the Portuguese demanded a huge sum of 24 yuan from our country for transporting you here, six out of ten of the treasury's gold and silver. Calculated, you, Mr. Xu, cost more than 400 taels of silver per person, and no one can afford it if you come a few more times."

Xu Wenxuan was silent, sighed after a while, and shook his head.

Shao Shude saw that the time was almost up, so he said to Xu Wenxuan: "Mr. Xu has read books and understands the principles of human relationships. He is a first-class talent. Now that our country has just been established, there is an urgent need for learned people like Mr. Xu to join us. Xiang Shengju, I don't know what Mr. Xu wants."

Xu Wenxuan looked at Shao Shude with a smile, and then said: "Mr. Shao is a sincere gentleman, Xu is inconvenient to deceive each other. To tell the truth, Mr. Xu has already cut off his advancement in Daming because of certain things. Now Dong Anguo has a new dynasty, and although the country is small and the people are few, its future is limitless. Mr. Shao invited Xu to become an official, and Xu Zheng has also thought about this official addiction, and he can't ask for it, he can't ask for it!"

"Okay! Just agree." Shao Shude breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he was a little puzzled, as if he was begging someone to become an official.Just now it seems that the other party has been leading the topic. Damn, this ancient man can't be underestimated.

"I don't know Shao... er, what position will the leader arrange for me?" Xu Wenxuan looked at Shao Shude with a smile and asked slowly.

"Administrative Assistant of the Ping'an Fort Pioneering Team, assisting Captain Qian Hao to solve all problems. Well, the scope of work of this position is mainly about reporting, communication, material statistics, etc. For details, you can go to Qian Hao to find out."

"May I ask what is the grade of this position and what is the salary?"

Shao Shude almost choked, Nima, who said that the ancients were reserved.This bastard is talking about rank and salary with you before he even took office, I'm sorry. "Temporary workers have no grades, and they can be transferred to official officials if they are good enough. The monthly salary is two yuan, the monthly travel allowance is fifty cents, and the dangerous area subsidy is one yuan per month. You can actually receive three yuan and fifty cents per month. Be content, this salary is not low. " Shao Shude also looked at Xu Wenxuan with a smile and said.

"Thank you, leader." Xu Wenxuan bowed and said.

A few Irish chefs at the entrance of the cafeteria not far away rang the big gong, which meant that it was time for dinner.The residents stood up one after another, took out their own wooden bowls and chopsticks, and lined up in a long line at the entrance of the cafeteria in order to get ready to eat.Some members of the security team walked around with sabers in their hands. When they saw someone pushing and jumping into the queue, they smashed their heads and faces with scabbard sabers, and then carried these people to the back of the line and let them eat in the last batch.

The Vigilante is also a newly formed organization.After all, it is impossible for the two army platoons of the expedition to protect their safety here for a long time, and the safety of the coal mine is more important to them.Therefore, under Shao Shude's order, Ping'an Fort gathered some strong people or people with martial arts background to set up a security team to be responsible for the safety of the entire Ping'an Fort.

The security team has 20 members in total, all of whom are new immigrants. There are 1 captain and 18 vice captain, and [-] team members, each with a saber.The captain of the security team is a Taoist priest named Shou Canyue, who is known as Taoist Master Canyue. He is also very skilled, and he and several down-and-out samurai who also came from Japan have become the elite force of the security team.

After dinner, all residents will continue to work.In order to build their new homes as soon as possible, the enthusiasm of these immigrants is endless.

(End of this chapter)