If you want to get rich, you must first pick up a tree, but reality is not a game.

In the game, even if you are empty-handed, you can cut down a big tree by aiming at it with a few hits, which is impossible in reality. Even if you have a sharp axe, you have to cut it for half a day.

In particular, the trees on these islands are probably all 100 years old, and people with thick waists abound, and it is already the limit for two people to cut down two trees a day.

What to do?

For the first time, he was worried about the land in his hand, and Wang Bao was anxious.

"I didn't expect it to be so bad, I'd better go home. Tang Xiucai was shaken, if he didn't waver, he couldn't do it, he was started by the method at all.

After living in the port for two days, some people proposed to go back to Baodao to recruit people, but not to say whether they could recruit people, but to say that the salary of recruiting people is also a big expense.

Although they all got a starting fund for land reclamation, it was only a year's worth of food and drink, and if they recruited people, if they didn't see a harvest in a year, they would starve to death next year.

"Tang Xiucai, you are the most knowledgeable person we have here, don't you want to go back to your hometown all day long, can't you think of a way?"

"In fact, there is either no way, or it is not in accordance with the etiquette law. Tang Xiucai said embarrassedly.

"What etiquette does it matter to him in this situation? Tang Xiucai, just say it. ”

"It's been two days since you arrived, what do you think of the local area?"

"It's hot, there are a lot of mosquitoes at night, and the food is good for half a day. "There really aren't any pleasant memories.

"These are all these, but don't you notice that there are many wild people here besides us? When I got up last night, I noticed movement outside the fence, and the night watchman told me that these were wild people. ”

"I've seen it, and I've tried to talk to them, but they've run away as soon as they see me approaching, and they don't know how they live in the forest. ”

"I mean to take these savages and use them as laborers. Tang Xiucai finally said his plan, which is indeed not in harmony with etiquette, and even said that it is a regression of civilization.

You must know that slaves have disappeared in the Central Plains for thousands of years.

But when others heard it, they thought it was good, there was labor and it didn't cost money. These savages can't even speak official language anyway, so it's best to catch them and cut down trees.

"Xiucai deserves to be Xiucai. ”

Tang Xiucai knew that he had proposed this, and the wild people on the island would be unlucky.

Just do it, Wang Bao immediately organized people to catch the savages, as long as there is labor, other things are easy to say.

The wildlings on the islands were still only tribes, and they only used spears, not even bows and arrows. In the face of the immigrants of the Ming Dynasty, who had hot weapons, there was no resistance at all.

Aside from the threat of poisonous insects and snakes in the woods, there is nothing difficult about the encounter.

But the immigrants finally knew the dangers of the forest, and when they came out, they were covered in red bumps and barely had any intact skin. There were even people who fell ill and survived by returning to the port in time.

However, I caught a dozen wild men the first time, and the results were very good.

Nine male savages, six female savages.

Tang Xiucai proposed: "Now don't be in a hurry to divide the savages, gather the savages first, and everyone doesn't have to rush to open up their own land first." When we first arrived, we needed to be united, gather everything, and then distribute it according to everyone's achievements when the harvest came. ”

It's like a commune.

Everyone also said that they knew that they really could not disperse their forces now, and that they had to unite in order to open up the wasteland as soon as possible.

So someone was responsible for going out to catch the savages, and someone was responsible for taking care of the savages to clear the wasteland.

The savages already have tribes, and naturally they know how to work, and although they can't communicate, they can still understand the gestures.

The Ming immigrants told the savages to give them food if they worked, and they would be shot if they didn't work to make trouble or run away.

The wild people had no choice but to work, but it was the first time they had obtained such a sharp tool, and they were very curious, and even injured themselves.

There is nothing to do about these savages, and they can't communicate well, and there will always be errors in the comparison. But only a little bit came.

Tang Xiucai is responsible for the daily recording work, which is considered a clerical job, but there are a lot of work.

For savages, Tang Xiucai also adopts incentive policies, and the more he cooks, the more food he gets.

The wild people put on simple clothes, ate regularly, and seemed no worse than staying in the woods, except for work.

At first, the immigrants were worried that the savages would fight back when they got the axe, but they didn't expect the savages to be quite peaceful.

That's good, otherwise Wang Bao is still going to catch two typical chickens and monkeys.

There are more and more wild people being captured, and finally one day someone proposes that they can't be caught anymore, and there are more people arrested than immigrants, how will they manage it then?

Although Wang Bao has a gun and is not afraid of a wild rebellion, there will be losses in the event of an accident, but now how can they withstand the slightest bit of turmoil.

"But it's still slow. "Now there are fifty savages clearing the land, but on average twenty trees are cut down a day, and that's not counting the work of digging up the roots.

"I have a note. Xiucai has another way: "We can promote two savages to manage affairs, and use savages to manage savages." ”

"Can it work?" Although all of Xiucai's methods are not bad, this method sounds unreliable.

"Let the wildlings manage the wildlings, and they will really be able to take care of them, what if they sneak up and down?" Wang Bao worried.

Xiucai said: "According to my observations during this time, I found that there are several savages who work hard and like Ming objects, our food, clothing, and tools, everything. So I think these savages can be completely co-opted, and after promoting their positions, they can also increase some salaries, so that they can get more Ming artifacts. ”

This analysis seems to make some sense, but it is still very challenging to explain these problems to the savages who don't understand the language.

However, kung fu is not afraid of people with a heart, so promote two first.

The result is indeed very effective, these wild people do not know what freedom is, they prefer the things and clothes of the Ming Dynasty to freedom, and they envy everything that the immigrants have. After knowing that they could use it all if they worked, they worked harder.

Anyway, it is to work every day, and the immigrants are not around, and they will not let the savages only work without resting, and it is right to combine work and rest.

Although the food they are given is actually something that immigrants like Wowotou don't like to eat, and the immigrants eat rice and white steamed buns.

Of course, when they came to the desert island, the immigrants also learned that the savages ate a lot of local fruits, and of course they also hunted, in addition to the pigs, sheep and cattle transported from the mainland, hunting was also a source of meat.

Both sides are learning from each other.

Overseas, immigrants are still concerned about the mainland, and many people want to make money and glorify their ancestors, and they also want to take their families over. And Tang Xiucai didn't forget to read, although the weather here is very hot and not suitable for reading at all, but in the morning when the dusk is cool, he will still have his hands on the book.

And the only sustenance is the ship that comes once every half a month, which will send materials and new immigrants, as well as the new trends of the Ming Dynasty, and of course, you can also send family letters. A letter from home can bring tears to the eyes of all immigrants, because when you see a letter from home, you will know the situation at home, although it is just a few innocuous sentences, but it is the most moving.

The immigrants used their wisdom to overcome difficulties little by little to complete the mission of opening up the territory given by the Ming Emperor.