At the mouth of the La Plata River in South America, where Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, would later become the capital of Argentina, a massive enclosure has risen at the eastern end of the Pampas, where the team that conquered the Pampas has settled.

The colonial contingent that colonized the Pampas steppe was very large, with 500 Cossack fighters alone. Including the families of the Cossacks, there must be more than two thousand people. And that's not all, because, in addition, there were 500 infantrymen, as well as the families of the infantrymen, and a group of pure peasants...... All told, the total number of immigrants reached 5,000, which was the next large-scale migration under Marin.

The reason for this large-scale project is that Marin knows that there are not many difficult trees in the Pampas grassland (mainly because it is difficult to dig up the roots), which is very suitable for reclamation.

In addition to these 5,000 migrants, the fleet also brought a large number of livestock. For example, 500 horses of the Cossacks, and 3,000 lactating mares bought from Jama Khan as rations. These mares are expected to have a long milk production period to go, at least until the early part of the year. What's more, the food brought by the fleet this time can also last for a long time.

In addition to 3,500 horses, Marin brought in 1,000 cattle and 2,000 sheep. The 1,000 head of cattle is obviously used for cultivating land, and the sheep are naturally used for grazing. In order to transport these 3,500 horses, 1,000 cattle and 2,000 sheep, Marin specially sent people to Spain and Portugal to buy a lot of Clark sailboats, and then converted them into special transport ships suitable for carrying cattle and horses.

However, when the colonists first landed, they attracted serious hostility from the local natives. Because, the colonization team is too large. Even if the local natives are stupid, they can see that these colonists are here to grab land......

So, the local Indians did not hesitate to attack. It's a pity that there are too few local natives, and the tribes that attacked the colonial team were only more than 300 warriors. The colonists sent infantry to meet them, because the Cossacks were not very accustomed to boats, and they had just landed, and they were still a little weak-footed. What's more, their war horses are also virtuous, and they can't be repaired for a few days. Therefore, only the infantry can fight.

500 infantry went into battle, and 100 musketeers became the main attack. The natives had never seen the world, and they were quickly routed in a confrontation with the musketeers......

Of course, it's not that they really can't beat the musketeers, but ...... The natives were frightened by the loud sound of the musketeers' muskets......

The musket was loud and smoked after the shot. And the effect of lead bullet hitting the natives is terrifying...... Under the combined force of these three factors, more than 300 indigenous warriors were frightened and turned around and ran away......

After the war, after counting, only two musketeers were armed with indigenous arrows. But because the indigenous stone arrows are too powerful, they are not lethal at all. Coupled with the fact that the colonists had brought enough medical alcohol, the two injured were nothing serious.

However, in the evening, the natives came again......

After the defeat during the day, the indigenous chieftains returned to gather their troops and held a meeting to discuss them. As a result, they came to the conclusion that the kind that breathes fire and smoke, may only work during the day. So, the natives decided to attack at night......

That night, the colonists' makeshift camp was attacked by the natives, leaving the camp in disarray. Fortunately, at this critical juncture, the musketeers stepped forward again and repelled with a platoon of guns...... Or rather, it scared the natives away......

This night attack brought more than a dozen casualties to the colonial team. But what is embarrassing is that most of the more than a dozen injured people, including the three deceased, were trampled to death and injured by their own people in the middle of the night......

Early the next morning, the military leader of the colony, John . Mackenson ordered that a wall be built to protect the colony from Native Americans.

The wall wasn't built in a day, though. So, Mackensen ordered to land and build a wall during the day, and graze horses, cattle and sheep. However, in the evening, they return to the boat to rest, including horses, cattle and sheep. Unless, when the wall is built......

In this way, after arriving in Buenos Aires in mid-April, the colonists lived a life of repairing the walls during the day and returning to the ship at night.

But because the Cossacks recovered after a few days, John . Markenson gave the order - Cossacks, strike!

500 Cossacks stepped onto their horses, wore chain mail, drew their high-carbon steel sabres at their waists, and began an assault on the local indigenous tribes......

In the face of the Cossack cavalry, the local natives were clearly frightened. Like their indigent cousins, the local natives, who had never seen cavalry, misunderstood these Cossack cavalry as monsters like centaurs of "man and horse". How is it possible for a man to defeat a monster? Then the same tribe that initially attacked the colonists was easily slaughtered by the Cossacks. The men of that tribe were all killed, including the old man. The women and children were taken captive back to the camp.

As Marin had expected, the 400 authentic Cossacks had no sense of this battle, and they were not merciless in killing people. And the 100 German Cossack boys led by Mackensen and his deputy Agamande, because they went to the battlefield for the first time, many of them vomited. Then they felt very uncomfortable with the massacre of indigenous men who had already surrendered by the genuine Cossacks.

After this battle, it took a week for 100 German Cossacks to recover and set out again to attack another tribe second farthest from the colonial camp. After the two tribes were cleared, the security of the colony was truly guaranteed.

At this time, the great wall was also repaired, and people began to build houses in the big wall......

After that, it's a matter of naming the "city......

In this regard, Marin has long planned - this city will definitely not be called Buenos Aires. Because, the name is too long, and it is very Spanish.

In addition, the names Argentine and La Plata are not going to be used. Because, both words mean "silver" in Spanish. If you still use these two names, don't you tell people that "there is silver here"? This is contrary to Marin's guiding ideology of "making a fortune out of silence".

Therefore, the name of the city of Buenos Aires was changed to "Hoffmannburg" by Marin. Such a name, although not surprising, is simple and straightforward, and it also promotes the prestige of the Marin family.

As for the Río de la Plata, Marín has also been changed to the second half of the Río de la Plata-Paraná – the Paraná River. As for the Pampas, the name has not changed.

By the beginning of May, the humble church had been repaired within the Great Walls of Hofmannburg, and the foolish students sent by Bishop Taylor had begun to propagate the church.

Seeing that the church was repaired, and the residence was not in such a hurry. After all, a tent can also be topped. Anyway, the climate of the Pampas is not cold. Moreover, the important task of the colony - planting winter wheat - has not been done yet......

As a result, the civilian governor Claude, who was in charge of reclamation, ordered the construction of Hofmannburg to be suspended and the winter wheat planting to be completed first. If he had missed the planting of winter wheat, he would not have been a governor for long......

As a result, the settlers came out of the walls of Hoffmannburg and began to cultivate the fertile soil on the south bank of the Río de la Plata (now called the Paraná River), using cattle to cultivate the land and grow winter wheat. As for fertilizer, the ship also transported a batch of processed compound fertilizer......

Reclamation on the grassland is smooth, of course, the premise is that the grassland should also have abundant water resources. If it is an arid area like the inland grasslands of Asia, there is no water to irrigate it. The Pampas grassland, especially the grassland part by the Río de la Plata, is a good place to reclaim the wilderness. There is no need to cut down trees and dig up tree roots, just lead the ox and plow to the river to turn over the soil, not too simple. In any case, Claude estimates that the task of planting winter wheat will be completed within May......