Golden Island Thousand River Estuary.

A wide flat land at the mouth of the Thousand Rivers is full of busy scenes.

Tens of thousands of people are working day and night to build this Thousand Rivers City before the cold winter comes.

Tian Erniu looked at the sky with some concern, the sky was drowsy, and the cold wind from the north was constantly howling.

"It's October~"

Tian Erniu silently calculated the time in his heart.

In fact, at the beginning of September, the fleet led by Tian Erniu had already arrived at the Golden Continent and came to the mouth of the Qianhe.

Unlike the first time I came to the Golden Continent, this time, the road was full of difficulties and problems.

Originally, it stands to reason that the second time I came to the Golden Continent, this is familiar, and everything should be very easy.

However, this time, not only did it go wrong, but it also went terribly wrong.

The first time I came to Golden Continent, although the fleet size is not large, only ten ships, but each ship has been renovated by Tianjin Shipyard, which is very strong and durable, suitable for ocean voyages.

The crew members are all graduates of Tianjin Maritime College, all of whom have undergone rigorous training, and the materials on the ship have also been prepared for a long time in advance.

So there was no danger, and it was very smooth to arrive at the Golden Continent.

But this time, there were too many ships that followed the Golden Continent, thousands of large ships, as many as 100,000 people, such a huge fleet, the ships used in it can be described as varied.

Most of the ships were made in Tianjin Shipyard and were of excellent quality, and there have been no problems until now.

However, there are almost 400 ships among them, and they are not ships manufactured by Tianjin Shipyard, some of these ships are manufactured by Zhang's Shipyard, some are manufactured by Li's Shipyard, and come from more than a dozen shipyards in Tianjin, large and small.

The shipbuilding technology of these shipyards is far inferior to that of Tianjin Shipyard, and the management is not as standardized and strict as Tianjin Shipyard, so the quality of the ships built is uneven.

On the way to the Golden Continent, some of the ships had serious water seepage, and there was no way but to transfer the personnel and materials on these ships to other ships.

There are also ships of extremely poor quality, and after a long time at sea, there are all kinds of problems, and some even crack directly in the wind and waves.

There are also boats, the design is unreasonable, in the wind and waves were directly turned over, a turtle turned over, heavy losses, many people did not have time to rescue, drowned in the sea.

This way, from Yuxi to Jinzhou, it was already very close, and it should be very smooth, but there are endless problems along the way, and there are many kinds of things.

In addition to these ships of uneven quality, the major trading houses that followed the Golden Continent were far from well prepared.

Except for the captain of many ships, who graduated from Tianjin Maritime College, no one else on board has undergone formal training and learning, and many times they don't even understand the flag language, so that there are often mistakes in operation.

There are also insufficient preparation of tea, soybeans, and dehydrated vegetables on the ship, and some of them are not prepared at all, so that the crew has not eaten anything that can supplement vitamins for a long time, and the body's immunity has declined, and various diseases often appear.

There are many problems, and they are endless.

By the time they arrived at the Golden Continent, dozens of the original more than 1,000 large ships had been lost, and only more than 900 ships were left to arrive at the Golden Continent.

And what's worse is that the remaining 900 or so ships, except for those manufactured by the Tianjin shipyard, have all kinds of problems made by other shipyards, large and small.

Most of the more than 300 ships built by other shipyards are no longer able to continue their voyages to the sea, but only to walk along the coastline.

This means that if you want to return to Daming, you can only rely on the remaining 600-odd ships manufactured by the Tianjin shipyard.

However, it is impossible for more than 600 ships to bring all these 100,000 people back to Daming, at least, tens of thousands of people are going to stay here in the Golden Continent.

Originally, there was nothing to stay here in the Golden Continent.

Originally, it was planned to build several colonial strongholds here in the Golden Continent, and when the time comes, it will definitely send people to stay here.

But it's already October, and it's about to enter winter.

If you can't build enough houses and stock up on food and firewood for the winter before winter comes, then this winter will not be easy.

In addition, many people were unable to return to Daming, and their mood also changed.

Originally, I just came to the Golden Continent to dig gold, but now I want to stay in the Golden Continent, which is a difficult thing for many people to accept.

This is also the reason why Tian Erniu has a sad face.

There are a lot of questions, but thankfully we have arrived at the Golden Continent.

And there is indeed a lot of gold here in the Golden Continent, especially near the mouth of the Qianhe, in just one month, the major trading houses that came here to dig gold have discovered more than ten gold mines one after another.

As long as there is gold, many people's hearts can be stabilized.

It doesn't matter if you can't go back now, it's the same if you go back in two years, anyway, you come out to dig for gold, and if you don't dig up gold, there's no point in going back.

Arrived, Golden Continent, and only lost a few dozen ships along the way, although some people died, but the number was very small, and the material damage was also limited.

Most of the people arrived here safely.

It is easy to do things with people and materials, as long as you stabilize your foothold here in the Golden Continent, where the land is fertile and the resources are abundant, you can quickly adapt to it here.

It is also a good thing that tens of thousands of people cannot go back, and these people can be left here to see the colonial strongholds, cultivate the fields, and explore the Golden Continent.

Originally, the number of people who planned to stay in the Golden Continent was only a few thousand, and they were going to build five strongholds from north to south, all the way south, and each stronghold would leave about 1,000 people.

Well, now, tens of thousands of people stay here, at least, there is no way for them to return to Daming in the next two years.

With these tens of thousands of people in the Golden Continent, the situation is completely different.

Colonial strongholds can be built several, the scale can also become larger, and more fields can be reclaimed at that time, laying the foundation for the Ming Dynasty colonial Golden Continent.

Tian Erniu looked at Qianhe City in front of him.

After tens of thousands of people for a month of construction, coupled with a large amount of cement brought from Daming, Qianhe City has also become quite large-scale.

The outer city walls are not tall, most of them are still built with fences, and only a few places have built turrets with concrete and Miyun cannons on them.

The inside of Qianhe City is a large number of houses built with wood, and the trees here in the Golden Continent are very tall, and the wood resources are extremely abundant.

However, this is far from enough, tens of thousands of people have to stay in the Golden Continent, and more than a dozen strongholds have to be built along the way, and each stronghold has to live with thousands of people.

Moreover, the total number of people in the fleet is as high as 100,000 people, and these 100,000 people do not mean that they are about to leave, but also need to settle down to rest.

What's even more headache is that the cold winter is coming, and when the time comes, the weather will be extremely cold, and the days will be even more sad.

"The construction of Thousand Rivers City must be accelerated, although it will be completed here~"

"Then most of the people take a boat to the south, if it really can't be done, they can only go to the Central Golden Continent area first, where it belongs to the tropics, even in winter, it will not be cold."

Du Mingen looked at the gloomy sky, and he had a hunch that it would soon snow here.

Looking at the big ships moored outside the mouth of the Thousand River, most of the ships have already gone south.

With a fleet of 100,000 people, it is impossible to say that all of them will stay here at the mouth of the Thousand Rivers, and many strongholds can be built here in the Golden Continent at the same time.

"It seems that we can't save cement, and we still need to use it."

"In the future, it would be better to be able to build a few cement factories here in Golden Island, without cement, it is very slow to build houses and so on."

Tian Erniu thought silently in his heart.

This time, Liu Jin's task was heavier, and he didn't need Tian Erniu to bring back much gold and silver, but asked him to establish a lot of strongholds on the Golden Continent.

Not only the North Golden Continent here, but also the South Golden Continent here is also to explore, but also to establish a stronghold, and then to meet with Australia, maybe then to explore the route from the South Golden Continent to Australia.

Building a stronghold and exploring the Golden Continent are the main tasks this time.

As for gold and silver, these are not the most important.

The gold and silver of the Golden Continent will not be dug up at all for a while, and Liu Jin has built a stronghold and reclaimed fertile land for a long-term plan.

With a stronghold that can survive here for a long time, it is very convenient to dig the Golden Continent or colonize the Golden Continent in the future.

You can slowly explore and dig here for a long time, and then establish a stable route, and you can have a steady stream of gold and silver to be transported back to Daming in the future.

Liu Jin's business is a long-term sustainable business, not just looking at the present.

"Erniu, your two little lovers are coming to you~"

Just as Tian Erniu was pondering, Zhao Monkey came over with a group of Yin Shang descendants.

These people were all members of the Angu tribe near the mouth of the Qianhe, and the Angu tribe was the first tribe of Yin Shang descendants that he encountered when he came to Jinzhou last time.

At that time, Du Mingen, Tian Erniu and others still got along very happily with the people of this Angu tribe.

Hearing Zhao Monkey's words, Tian Erniu's eyes lit up slightly, and he hurriedly looked over.

I saw that the leader of the Angu tribe came over with some people with a smile on his face, and at the same time, there were two women of Yin Shang descendants who were holding a child and looking at Tian Erniu.

"Headache~"

Looking at these two women, Tian Erniu couldn't help but touch his head.