New World 1620

After only resting at home for one day, Zhou Kemin impatiently left the Navy apartment dormitory in the industrial area of ​​Brooklyn.

He walked almost all over the industrial area, and asked around in a coy manner, until he got to the Indian school, and only then did he learn about the whereabouts of a certain Indian girl from Wang Tiechui's lover Xiang Wei.

Dharma is now an elementary school teacher in the natural village community of Delaware Indian hired laborers in the southeast of Brooklyn's industrial area.

Like her elder brother Fatima, Dama, who studied under Xiang Wei, was recognized with great perseverance and determination, and her Chinese learning and expression skills are outstanding among the local Delawares.Considering the particularity of Chinese education for Indian children, Xiang Wei persuaded the community committee to establish this special Indian primary school with Dama as the teacher.

Riding a tall Andalusian war horse imported from Europe, Zhou Kemin arrived at the Delaware Indian Natural Village community in the afternoon.

In front of them was a block of low wooden shacks, with only a few big houses of masonry and wood structure, which still looked like the Delaware family living in groups.From a distance, except for the Delaware Indians coming in and out, it seems more like a rural area in a suburb of a certain city in a certain historical time and space that is being requisitioned and demolished, or a turbulent African country once shown on TV. Refugee shelters in small countries.

The Delawares, who received help from the Manhattan community, even built small brick kilns and lumberyards in their new natural village community to provide bricks and tiles for the Chinese.Delaware youths who have learned the craft will use a flatbed truck to pull bricks and tiles to the Brooklyn industrial area for delivery every day. Although tens of thousands of bricks can often be exchanged for a few daily necessities, compared to the previous one full of risks and sights In terms of fishing, hunting and labor, such a life of guaranteed income in drought and flood is quite comfortable.

Now, no matter men or women, as long as they are willing, Delaware people can find a suitable job in the Brooklyn industry. Living next to the Chinese has become an inevitable choice for the emergence of natural village communities.Although the leader of the original village expressed concern, at least for now, the benefits obtained from it still cover up all dissatisfaction.

Several Delaware men and women who entered and exited the Indian natural community were frightened by the war horse that was taller than a draft horse in front of them. They all huddled under the eaves and looked carefully at the man in the costume of "Chinese Warrior" Chinese youths rode into the village community on war horses.

"Dama!" Zhou Kemin waved to a thin Indian boy not far away with a smile, and said the name he wanted to inquire about.

"Dama, at school."

Zhou Kemin was taken aback by the fact that the Indian boy could not speak Chinese fluently.Unexpectedly, I haven't seen each other for several months. The Chinese education of the Delaware Indians here has improved to this point.

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The pure-bred Andalusian horse trotted gracefully and at a constant speed on the trail beside the vast farm. Neither the young man nor the young girl on the horse spoke.The girl sat in the back, carefully hugging the waist of the young man in front, her head pressed tightly against the other's back, with a happy and anxious smile on her face.

Not long after, the two of them appeared on the edge of the coastal rocky cliff southwest of Brooklyn.The war horse gnawed boredly on the green grass between the stone gaps in the distance, and from time to time held its beautiful horse head up and let out a nasal sound.The young men and women sat side by side behind a big rock, facing the bay, whispering.

"What's on the other side of the sea?" Dama is now wearing a set of small sportswear eliminated by the Chinese, her hair has been combed into the shawl style of Chinese women, and a slightly faded colored plastic hairpin is worn on her head. Up, it looks unpretentious.

"It's land, a land as wide as here, and there are many white people, but they don't like cleanliness at all." There seemed to be European cities that stink of feces and streets full of garbage before him, and Zhou Kemin looked at them with a smile. joke.

Carefully looking at himself and then at the young man, Dama blushed slightly, and said like a mosquito for a long time, "Then you really came from the valley to the west?"

Zhou Kemin was taken aback, turned his head slightly, and looked in the direction of Staten Island, with an embarrassed expression on his face: "Well, it is far to the west, not only the valley, but also the sea. On the other side of the sea, there is my hometown."

"Teacher Xiang said that our Delaware tribe and your Chinese tribe belonged to the same tribe a long, long time ago." Dama seriously repeated what he had heard countless times, "Then why are we here? And you are only here now?" ?”

Why?Zhou Kemin had a bitter face, he was completely unable to fabricate these topics of historical research that might have some basis like those companions who were only thinking about how to assimilate the Delaware Indians.

"When I was young, my father told me that a long time ago, there was a country called Yin Shang in our country. The leader of this country often did some things that did not satisfy the people, but one day he was given by a village in the west. Defeated...then part of the people of Yin Shang came here across the sea."

Zhou Kemin frowned, and slowly organized the familiar history into as simple sentences as possible. It took almost an hour to finish telling the story of King Wu of Zhou's defeat of Yin and Shang.

Listening to this story that even Xiang Wei has never told, Dama has a surprised expression from the beginning to the end.

"What is a country? Why did the leader do so many bad things, and everyone still let him be the leader? Your village defeated him? If a good leader was re-elected at that time, then our ancestors would not have to flee. "Dharma asked a few questions at the end, and his mood suddenly fell a lot.

"Well, a country is made up of villages of many tribes. Everyone usually speaks the same words and eats the same things... Our village beat off the leaders of the Yin merchants and formed a new country. After a long, long time, Later, an alien tribe from the north defeated this country, and our ancestors could only cross the sea to get here." Zhou Kemin became more and more uneasy.

"If our two villages hadn't fought at the time, wouldn't we have been able to resist that alien tribe in the north together? Then would you still fight us in the future?" Dharma refused to let go, and his mood became more and more depressed.

Looking in amazement at the Indian girl who had been thinking about it for several months after parting, Zhou Kemin realized that not only was he clumsy when facing modern women, but he would also be so ignorant when facing a 17th-century Indian girl that he would never have imagined in his dreams. Overwhelmed.

"No, we were bullied by outsiders because we were not united in the past. We will not bully our own people in the future. We will protect this place together." Zhou Kemin sighed and hugged Dama gently.

"Well, you are a warrior of the Chinese race!" Dama finally smiled as he tugged at the button of the beautiful military uniform on his sweetheart's chest.

"Dama, we..." Zhou Kemin suddenly felt an impulse in his heart, hugged Dama's body, and couldn't help exerting force in his hands.

"Ah?" Dama was taken aback and didn't dare to move.

"We, I mean, no matter what happens in the future, will we still watch the sea here together?" Zhou Kemin blushed, and kept using his tongue more and more.

"Hmm..." A mosquito-like voice sounded, Dama was already blushing.

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Just when the two of them were in love with each other like "on the willow branches on the moon, after the dusk", on the valley plain northwest of the remote West Point Town, about three rows of officers and soldiers of the Ground Guard, in the form of actual combat training, fought in a few hundred With the cooperation of the Pequots, they crossed the creek and launched an active strike towards the Mohawk camp on the other side of the river.

Taking advantage of their familiarity with the terrain, the Mohe people sneaked across the river several times, launching sneak attacks and destroying Pequot villages. Even a routine patrolling land guard was ambushed, causing one death and several injuries.

After receiving these reports, Zheng Quan, who became angry from embarrassment, took advantage of the opportunity of inspecting military affairs, personally issued the order for this battle, and decided to give the Mohawk people a rare lesson.

Under the command of the officer, more than 90 modern infantrymen with guns and live ammunition lined up neatly in three rows and pushed towards the Mohawk camp amidst the fine and rhythmic drum beats.

On a clear and windless day, the maximum range of salvos caused great casualties and panic among the Mohawks. A large number of Mohawks who tried to charge the line were either knocked down by volleys or fired by the only 6-pounder gun The grape shells were torn into pieces, and the few Mohawk fighters who avoided the frontal fire and rushed up from both sides were made dumplings by the Pequots who were in charge of covering.

Stopping at the periphery of the Mohawk camp, out of the range of the opponent's bow and arrow, the infantry fired three rounds of rifle volleys, and before launching a bayonet charge, the Mohawks, who were trying to confront each other for a long time along the river, collapsed.

In less than an hour of fighting, the Moheks were killed at least 100 people, more people were captured, and less than half of them continued to flee to the northwest.Only a dozen or so Pequots were wounded on the victorious side, and the main force retreated eastward with prisoners and spoils.

Although the results of the direct battle were not outstanding compared with the previous few battles, Zheng Quan, who watched the whole process of the battle, was very satisfied.Because the troops participating in the battle this time were all foreign infantry companies composed of non-travelers, including one European infantry platoon and two Indian infantry platoons.

According to Zheng Quan's plan, in another year and a half, he will be able to organize a large-scale army to completely wipe out the threat of the Mohawk people in the nearby area to West Point Town, so that the Mohawk people will retreat northward. hundred kilometers.