Chapter 499: The Captives

Needless to say, sweet potatoes do not occupy an area, find a place to plant in the field, the yield can be described by the word scary, the yield per mu is 10,000 catties, it is all less to say, the most conservative estimate, at least there are thousands of catties of yield, and the existing sweet potatoes can also be quickly multiplied, it is definitely a kind of disaster relief food with unlimited prospects.

What's more, this thing is full of treasures, there is almost no place that cannot be eaten, the leaves can be eaten, the stalks can also be eaten as vegetables, even if the stems and leaves are dry, they are still good feed, so to a certain extent, these sweet potatoes are even more valuable than the same weight of silver in Shi Aimin's eyes.

Especially potatoes, who hasn't eaten fish and chips, potatoes are a good thing.

After chatting with the immigrants for a while, Shi Aimin found that these late immigrants are indeed not blowing, because the system is gradually complete, the training is more experienced, and the new immigrants are very experienced in farming, including farming, manure, fertilization, and irrigation, so they are even more happy in their hearts, no wonder they say that there must be a teacher in the threesome, everyone in this world has his strengths, as long as they make good use of it, they are all talents, at least the settlement of the immigration point is more certain.

Of course, the biggest problem was the Indian captives.

They cooperated in learning Chinese, but they refused to do anything to drive them to work, and even repaired their own houses, which was normal.

The Indians' desire for freedom made it difficult for them to conquer.

After many days of entanglement, another boat of new immigrants came, and after a long time, the time spent on each migrant boat trip began to be shortened, and the efficiency became higher and higher.

Ten barefoot doctors, after a year of training, are competent for simple diseases and midwifery, trauma dressing.

There is even a Sinicized Mongolian family, driving a few ponies and a few fat sheep to develop their own western cowboy business.

Of course, the best thing in this is the person who wears glasses and is dressed very long and aging, Han Liuping nodded with a cadre, Wenhua Town is already a thriving place, a place completely dominated by young people under the age of 30, and it is naturally vibrant.

He remembered the elder earnestly teaching him at the time of parting, that the most powerful weapon in the world was definitely not the sword, but Wen Hua, and he, Han Liuping, the leader of the new colonial projection team, was standing in the harbor, quietly swearing to the vast land in front of him that he would use his own strength to incorporate this blessed land into the land of China.

"How's the little square going?"

It turns out that before coming, how to plan, has been in the mind, although not completely in accordance with the construction drawings, but what buildings are generally what standards, what buildings should be built, are all in the mind.

According to the regulations, each town must have a small square, the purpose of which is to gather, issue government announcements, cultural activities and other affairs, which is naturally very important.

"It's in the center of town, it's very convenient, it's a big place, so it's not as uncomfortable as before."

Han Liuping didn't talk nonsense, although he was also dizzy on the boat, but when he got off the boat, he didn't even take a break, or see what land could be allocated to him, and immediately set up a movie table with his hands and feet, although it looked average, the angle and location were good.

At night, all the immigrants who can come come, except for a small number of people who go to the sentry, others almost come to watch the movie, and those who can enter the immigration sequence basically watch the movie, and now they are naturally very interested in it.

Two movies a night, with Presbyterian inventory, is no problem for ten years, basically an action movie with a comedy, and tonight there is a special audience.

Those captives.

The captives were all very unconvinced, but the meals these days were porridge without salt and tied with ropes, and they were guarded one by one in a place in the side corner to watch a movie.

In order to boost morale, these two movies are very majestic, a heavenly general and a lion, and a current war film, after a long time of modernization, if the imperial capital at first glance, it is almost no different from the 21st century, if you have not been to see those men and women on the street.

Of course, the majestic villains and voices in those movies did calm the captives and make them restless.

and so on, it takes a lot of people to maintain order, but fortunately, the rope is still tight.

However, when they saw half of it, they all found that it was not a sacrifice of gods and ghosts, but a kind of shadow play, in fact, they didn't understand it, but these strange outsiders didn't react, and even the younger captives were still watching.

After the movie, it seems to be a shock to the captives, and the opportunity is naturally to buy a pass, first of all, the change of clothing, each captive gets their own T-shirt and shorts, and the woman has another set of underwear, of course, this is also a toss until late.

After the start of the second day, Han Liuping worked these prisoners.

The language barrier is a problem, but with the help of food, a few simple words began, such as "steamed buns" and "fried chicken", which people of all ethnic groups learned quickly, and soon, under the exchange of this vocabulary, there were already people who could communicate with immigrants.

In later generations, the kindness and ignorance of the Indians made people sigh, after countless battles with the Europeans, you came and went without letting people take advantage of much, but credulously believing in the so-called reconciliation gift of the white people, carrying the blanket of the plague, and finally leading to genocide.

And in the records of the Americans themselves, the absorption and interest of the Indians in Western science and technology, tactics is quite amazing!

Often, Indians rushed into the homes of whites, killing men, not women, and were not at all interested in gold, silver, grain, cattle and horses, but in muskets.

If the Indians were given some more time to form a large empire, the colonists might not have a chance.

And now, elders with higher discipline and more resources will appear.

"We&...... You guys...... Friend. ”

Han Liuping knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, and after a few days of communication, he was finally able to communicate, and he really understood what he meant.

Shi Aimin's daughter-in-law looked at him and said, "Do you really want to go over?" It's very dangerous, the people of these tribes are all Ru Mao drinking blood, and they are ......"

Shi Aimin said: "If you don't go into the tiger's den, you can get a tiger, manpower is limited, people are landlords, even if we have guns, we can't live with guns every day." ”

"But we just killed their people."

"No matter what, I'm going to take this trip, and if I don't go, most of the people will come over, and it will be too late."

Shi Aimin finished working for a few days and served the family's fields, and the captives at least cooperated very well on the surface, and began to learn more esoteric words, and at the same time, after a period of sowing, whether it was potatoes or sweet potatoes, they had already entered the time when the harvest was about to be harvested, and the farm work was relatively unbusy, and the men who gathered were ready to deal with the possible attacks of those Indians.

As we have said before, the problem of the Indians is that there is a lack of strong and easily tamable power animals on the continent, and even the invention of wheels, and the natural nature of roads and interconnectedness between different places.

Isn't this the governance of the Indians, isn't it, from their pursuit and love of firearms, as well as the Indians armed with British equipment, the Americans are crying and howling, you know, the people who broke into Washington and burned the White House were not only the British army, but the British army and the Indians, and the exploits of burning the White House, but there were Indians in it!

They just don't have that idea.

Shi Aimin also felt the quality of these Yindians, and followed them for a few miles, but they were all strong and healthy, and they didn't care, in terms of physical strength, these were much harder than the Chinese farmers, and they were much stronger, of course, compared to the new warriors forged by the elders with nutrition, they were overdrawn on their own vitality, at least Shi Aimin observed, these Indians were not too old.

At least less than Daming's.

There was no road, but it was not difficult to recognize the way, and after a day of walking in the general direction, the earth gradually went deeper into the jungle, then the hills and trees, and after another two days of walking, I finally reached my destination.

Along the way, Shi Aimin only brought two people, carrying firearms, and carrying a bag of stored biscuits and jerky, which can be regarded as replenishing the consumption along the way.

When the captives saw their home, they had already run back, followed by the shouting, and many people rushed out, but they approached Shi Aimin in a hurry, did not dare to move, and hid a few meters away without knowing what they were shouting.

Fortunately, these people seem to be more curious about them than malevolent.

Shi Aimin was brought to an old man, he should be the chief, as a chief who manages a tribe of tens of thousands of people, this Indian is about forty or fifty years old, with half-white hair, looking at the visitor, and saying something.

Shi Aimin lowered his head and delivered the small package he had been carrying.

The chieftain did not have the habit of the emperor who was afraid of death to even open a package, so he opened it directly, and inside were several porcelain bottles and jars, and then shouted to an Indian who had already colluded: "Drink, drink." ”

It has to be said that the Americans still accepted the plague-stained blankets they sent after the war, and the Indians' understanding of gifts was actually closer to that of the Chinese.

Then there was a contest of gestures and shouts, and he took great pains to make the Indians realize the greatness of his country, and wine and cans were secondary, and he took the musket off his shoulder and let the captive help catch a goat.

At a distance of 100 meters away, the goat was suddenly released, still in a daze, after being aimed at by Shi Aimin, he put down with a shot, and the specially made shotgun definitely has an advantage in hunting animals.

This scared a lot of people.

Shi Aimin knew that this was the key to winning people's trust, so he directly handed over the shotgun and shouted, "Gift, gift." ”

The reaction of the Indians was as much as they had historically been with a penchant for shotguns, and with as much effort as possible to communicate, a fairly peaceful agreement was reached, and of course, it was necessary to strengthen the contact.

Although the Indians did not have to ask how to grow corn, but as very good hunters, the Indians were still good trading partners, and their fur nitration technology was not good, but the resources were indeed abundant, of course, limited by technology, it was difficult to develop.

Business needs to develop slowly from mutual trust, perhaps at first it was just the trade of furs and liquor, and then it was followed by the exchange of all kinds of new gadgets, followed by snacks and desserts shipped from the imperial capital, and then the prosperity of cultural products.

After late autumn, it was the time of farming, Shi Aimin was elected as the first mayor of the town, and water conservancy projects for each household were also planned, and the winter on the west coast was not very cold, so many activities could be carried out.

Of course, the most important thing is that the school is finally open.

Under the continuous communication, Shi Aimin has already released the captives back to the Yin tribe, and some people who eat and drink well here are also happy to stay and work, and receive their own remuneration according to good standards, and under the communication, it is a good choice to let many children in the tribe go to the town to study.

Due to the early choice, the immigrants are basically young and middle-aged, and few bring children here, considering the fatigue of crossing the hemisphere and the difficulty of focusing on production, this choice is still very wise.

Of course, in the next year, most couples will have children, and the construction of future schools is also necessary, but when it comes to educating Indian children, everyone is willing to put effort into it.

These children put on sweaters and coats from the imperial capital, no longer tattooed and long hair, but standard short hair, and their diet tended to be sinicized, and the content of daily reading began to move from pinyin to ideological education such as "I am a Chinese, my motherland is China".

By the spring of the following year, the children had become more and more willing to stay in town, and when they came home occasionally, they gradually became unable to adjust to the life of the tribe.

Of course, the tribe itself was changing itself, giving surplus soap to the tribe's leading figures, barbed wire to help them manage their livestock, and soon the Indian community was formed to do business with immigrants, and this trend continued.

As the immigrant population gradually expanded, from the first 10,000 people, the rate of immigrant growth was exponentialized, not to mention the reproduction of the population, and the strong Indian girls were also tricked into the house, and the number of mixed births gradually increased.

The development of Wenhua Town is only a point in the development of the American continent by the Chinese nation.

With the price of control and the deepening of ability, the development along the west coast is no longer limited to Wenhua Town.