The dependence of the settlements on the rear is obvious, not to mention that the current organization of the settlements is also under the banner of the Ministry of Trade and Colonies, and receives additional guidance from the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Economy, which can be regarded as a hot undertaking.

Organizationally, it is the leadership, and in life, they can't do without the medicines and industrial products that only the imperial capital can produce, for the time being, compared to 200 years later, you can not have to pay for talent training, from the age of 5 to receive education, until adulthood, directly use European talents, at this time the immigrants at this time everything depends on the imperial capital, within a hundred years, do not worry about independent tendencies, not a hundred years, the presbytery will definitely have complete execution, directly control the territory of the world.

By the time the first batch of potatoes first ripened, the population of the town had exceeded 4,000 people, and the standard population ratio also made the progress more and more rapid, Shi Aimin registered the oil refinery, carpenter shop and various shops, and the people who knew how to craft turned their heads and began to go back to work to make money after reclaiming a part of their land, of course, the circulation was not smooth, and the money was gradually concentrated on a few craftsmen who just needed it, and the most popular was actually the barefoot doctor.

After all, they are all young people, in fact, they have been pregnant halfway through, but most young couples are actually married under the auspices of officials before they get on the boat.

Due to the long distance, there is not enough livestock to be transported, and the reason why the American continent has not been developed, and the lack of animals that are easy to domesticate is also one of the reasons, no matter who looks at it, the habits of the American bison are too irritable, and where there are no horses, it means that there is no suitable animal power.

At present, the imperial capital's support for immigrants is almost a blood loss, and there is no other way to live than to bully the common people in the British except to run away to the New World, and it doesn't cost much, and the amount of money spent in the imperial capital is incredible. ，

Of course, under such a policy, the situation of new immigrants was much better than the staggering mortality rate of the early British.

Although the Pacific Ocean was much farther than the Atlantic, the ships used in the imperial capital were also more advanced, and before boarding the ships, these new immigrants could be replenished for a month's operation period, for fear that they would not be able to eat well, and all kinds of medicine and food were prepared, not to mention the agricultural tools that were divided equally among the families.

Of course, the first casualties came from far away.

As the first immigrant to die in the settlement, when Zhang Dafu's body was found, it was one night, when he didn't go home for a day, her newly pregnant daughter-in-law went to the farm next door for help, Zhang Dafu said that he saw some prey and wanted to give the woman more nutrition, but he never came back.

Shi Aimin gathered all the immigrants overnight, holding torches and looking for them overnight, and Zhang Dafu's body was actually not far from the farm, lying there, obviously he wanted to go home before he died.

Zhang Dafu was shot with a bow and arrow, Shi Aimin looked at it, and his shoulder was actually made of animal bones, which was not powerful enough, but it could cause great pain to the deceased before he died.

Shi Aimin let his woman soothe the crying woman, according to the system, if the man dies, the woman is alive, and there is a widow or heir, the public must find a way to entrust the planting, and the woman will go back to the town to live, this is a budget prepared in advance, but now it is obvious that Zhang Dafu has met the natives.

Overnight, everyone was notified first, all the settlements in the northeast were evacuated first, and the men gathered to search for the enemy.

From Zhang Dafu, it can be learned that the enemy's technical level is not strong, and the small town of Wenhua gathered immigrants and strong men, more than 100 people, all with their own muskets, and twenty horses were also gathered, and the women returned to the town, protected by a leader, first sorted out their homes, and then trained for a few days, before finally receiving the news from the small reconnaissance detachment.

As soon as Shi Aimin entered the town, he immediately gathered everyone and said, "Everyone, pay attention!" Probably twenty miles away from Zhang Dafu Zhuangzi, I found someone lighting a cooking fire, and there were also people's voices, there should be a lot, and they are still active in the same place, and it is estimated that they will not leave in the short term! But they are walking very slowly, and at this speed, I am afraid that they will not be able to leave the Zhang family's territory until tomorrow! Set off early tomorrow morning, and give me a hard beating when the time comes, otherwise no one will have the heart to farm, and everyone will bring more bullets! ”

Shi Aimin's daughter-in-law didn't know why, but she breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's finally here!" In charge, you have to be careful, this native is old and ruthless, Zhang family's daughter-in-law. ”

Seeing Shi Aimin's relaxed face, the others also breathed a sigh of relief, in the past few days, the whole town has been very nervous, and they have been practicing hard every day, and at the same time they have to make preparations for various battles, even if it is a woman, they also carry a shovel to dig out the isolation belt.

Before leaving, Shi Aimin also took time to make a confrontation exercise between the soldiers and the left-behind immigrants, and more than 200 people put their hands in a good position, and there should not be many loopholes for the natives to drill.

Each person carries a rifle and a cold weapon of their choice, usually a knife or a spear, and the intense drill attacks and defends each other, and several combat exercises have been conducted, or how to defend and counterattack when encountering the enemy, the result is still good, people who have been trained in the military, because of the long training time, and the guys who have seen dead people in the past war moments, cooperate with each other more moderately, and perform well.

However, at the same time, other immigrants were also tested, after stepping up the training during this time, the battle was still quite combative, after all, it had the characteristics of high morale, and the desire to surround the fruits of their victory was enough, and they all persisted for a while, and the people who gave the attack caused a lot of "casualties", and the queue marched quite a little, and the warring team often had to pay a lot of "price" to defeat them when attacking them, and it could be regarded as a defeat of Yourong.

They behave well, and those who attack are relieved to leave their homes to others.

Before leaving, the women tried their best to make food to carry, meat marinated, and flatbread, pushed by several carts, and tried to make sure that everyone got a large piece of meat for each meal, so that they could maintain their combat effectiveness and have a lot of confidence in the future battle.

Shi Aimin also became more and more confident.

"Let's tell you about the equipment and personnel of the natives this time!" Shi Aimin took every opportunity to give lessons to everyone and exchange ideas on how to fight.

A hunter, a man with good military training scores, immediately replied: "I don't know how many natives there are, but with more and more people, they will definitely move inland in the future, we must organize more crusade teams, and slowly clear them, they don't have horses, so it is difficult to organize large-scale troops to attack us, and there are no cities, according to the content of the previous elders' military training, it is true that these natives are very backward, they don't need to be equipped with iron armor, that is, a cloth armor is enough to protect, a small number of people wear one, prepare shields, If the natives come over, resist it first, and when the others shoot, they notice that they are likely to hide in the jungle and suddenly come out, just don't panic. We have enough bullets, and we are not afraid of anything, but we are afraid that there is not enough water, and no one knows if there is a water source in the northeast, and no one dares to drink it if the water is not boiled. ”

When Shi Aimin and the others under him heard this, they all laughed, the number of natives will not be small, but the equipment determines that they are a whole group of rabble, and they are very easy to fight.

So Shi Aimin immediately waved his hand and ordered: "In this case, after leaving tomorrow, you don't have to stop more, don't let the natives run away, teach them a good lesson, don't embarrass us tomorrow!" The key is the horse! When they are defeated, chase me on horseback and see where they come from. ”

Everyone responded to the order, returned home one after another, ate and drank to rest, and some even came directly to soothe their spirits, and soon began to rest.

When it was dawn the next day, Shi Aimin turned over and jumped on a war horse specially selected for him, led a large group of people and horses, and opened the gate and rushed out under the eyes of the whole town.

Now after a period of practice, Shi Aimin has been inseparable from the horse to travel, now he can control the horse, the riding skills are not good, but at least it is not as nervous as riding on horseback at the beginning, after the initial discomfort, these Mongolian horses have adapted to the life of the American continent at an astonishing speed, in the future, according to the arrangement of the presbyterian church, each family must raise at least dozens of horses for transportation and transportation.

Although the captain has accumulated some experience, but after all, he is a big-headed soldier, and his vision is not wide enough, fortunately, among the people who have immigrated together, there are many who have served as soldiers, and there is no problem in marching forward, but there are many details that cannot be explained clearly, especially this is a search operation for a large battle, how to control drinking water and physical fitness, many things have not been seen at all, so Shi Aimin is cautious, and he will see what he does in person, and what will be missing from the province, which is also the caution he was trained in the army.

After the group left the town, they rushed forward in front of them, and for their group, it would only take a day to complete, so at night, no one had to report, looking at the smoke in the sky, everyone knew that there were human beings ahead, native!

"What a bunch of idiots! With so many people and so much smoke, they can't even dig a smokeless stove, so that we can get close to their range of less than two miles, this person who leads the army really doesn't seem to be ordinary stupid! Someone immediately scoffed.

Shi Aimin also laughed, but he was also vigilant against the mentality of his subordinates, and he couldn't be too big! Of course, the natives really didn't have their own war vigilance at all, as the elders said, which showed that the other party was indeed a rabble, so this heart was even more relaxed.

"Dismount! Leave a few people to keep an eye on these horses, hide them in the ravine on the side, and wait for us to come back! Shi Aimin turned over and jumped off the war horse, twisted his waist and commanded, although he has been learning riding for a while, but he is still not used to riding a horse, these two thighs are grinding by the saddle, and both legs are a little looped after getting off the horse.

War horses are not used for riding, most of them walk, or use horses to pull small carts, and Shi Aimin immediately took a few capable men to climb a slope quickly, hiding in a bush, looking down the slope from a distance.

I saw that on the riverside less than 500 meters away from them, it was bustling with people of different costumes, because it was too late, the most striking thing was the eagle feather crest, most of them had no clothes on their bodies, showing strong and blackened skin, they didn't look easy to mess with, they roared around the fire, and their equipment looked very messy, because the distance was relatively far, but they couldn't see it very really, even if it was the telescope in their hands, on this night, it would not be of great help to such a reconnaissance operation!

But even so, after a preliminary look, Shi Aimin and the others can also conclude that the equipment level of these natives is actually not much better, it is definitely not as simple as the equipment of immigrants, in short, they have everything, and the biggest threat is the longbow that some people carry behind their backs, the number is about twenty or thirty people, if they are allowed to shoot a salvo, it will cause great damage to their side, so Shi Aimin specially paid attention to these indigenous archers.

There should be no metal weapons in this group, but the thick sticks are also threatening, and the spears are not simple.

In addition, there are more than thirty bouncing women, presumably these indigenous women, who deserve special attention when they look at the greedy gaze in the eyes of these men.

And what really made Shi Aimin look for it was the musket that the dead Zhang Dafu disappeared before he died, and after careful observation, he could be sure that he didn't seem to have seen it, so he whispered to the person lying next to him: "See, the musket we lost is the most important thing." ”

The Presbyterian Church constantly warned the settlers that the natives of North America were not stupid, but had the same level of intelligence as them, and that it was possible to learn how to shoot them with just one glance at a musket.

Historically, although the Americans tried their best to cover up and slander the Indians as ignorant natives, the Indians were very interested in the colonists' muskets, and there were even cases of brave Indians directly robbing the colonies on the east coast and robbing the muskets.

If you are killed by an aboriginal with a musket in battle, it is a joke.

Of course, the Council of Elders has always been very vocal about being too harsh on these natives, so everyone tends to be more aggressive.

Shi Aimin counted, there are about two or three hundred people in this group of natives, but this is only what can be seen now, I don't know how many people are in the night, according to the presbyterian church, these people have no carriages and power animals, and they are not very proficient in long-distance combat, but the willpower to fight on the hard land is by no means simple.

(End of chapter)