After the end of the war, the mobilized soldiers began to be demobilized and returned home. At this time, families are naturally ecstatic to see their loved ones returning, but there are more than 400 families on the East Coast who are in deep grief because of the loss of their loved ones.

Anda Fifteen sat quietly under the pine tree in front of his house, drinking tea and looking into the distance. A man had died in a family in the village of Coal River, and Anda Fifteen remembered that he was a tall and majestic rifleman who had died in the fire of the British muskets, and his body had been buried on the spot in the lush woods on the banks of the Gambia River.

The Chenghuang Temple in the township sent two Taoist priests to perform the ceremony, telling the family that the names of the deceased had been entered into the ancestral hall of the local martyrs' shrine, and also distributing some condolences to the family. At this time, the ritual has come to an end, and the master's family burned the tablet of the deceased along with the underwear under the guidance of two Taoist priests, and the ritual was completed.

Looking at the grief-stricken expressions of the deceased's families, Anda Fifteen sighed secretly. This is a brutal war, and every time I go to the battlefield, I don't know if I can survive or not. But as an honorable East Coast soldier, death is not such a terrible thing. Soldiers who died in battle received generous pensions, and at the same time, their families were exempt from taxes for 10 years, the villages arranged for them to cultivate their fields for three years, and their children or relatives could also arrange jobs.

"Bang!" A muffled sound interrupted Anda Fifteen's reverie. His Tatartan wife went out and picked up the two playful children one by one, and then slammed the door shut.

Anda Fifteen smiled self-deprecatingly, the wat from the prairie. The temper is quite big. If a Japanese woman dares to get angry at her husband and lose her temper?

However, it was not for nothing that Anda Fifteen's wife lost her temper with him. It all started in May. Since returning to Dongfang Port from South Africa on a ship from the South China Sea Transport Company in May, Anda 15 has taken time to go to Henan Fort to visit Liu Dayou's family.

Before the battle began, he had promised Liu Dayou that he would visit and take care of his family, and as an honorable and proud sergeant of the East Coast Army (promoted by one rank for combat bravery), Anda 15 was a man of his word. What's more, Liu Dayou also saved Anda 15 on the battlefield, so he can't break his word and get fat, otherwise his conscience will not be calmed.

After coming to Liu Dayou's house accompanied by the village chief, Anda Fifteen found that it was indeed as the young man said. His family is in a difficult situation. Liu Dayou's sister and brother-in-law grow 30 acres of soybeans, and his mother tanned some hides at home to earn a small fee. Other than that, there is no longer any source of income.

Anda 15 passed just in time for the May soybean harvest. Wearing a full military uniform, he rolled up his sleeves and went down to the field with a sickle, and finished harvesting the soybeans in the field with Liu Dayou's sister and brother-in-law, and after harvesting, he threshed, dried and stored the soybeans with them. In the next few days, buyers from the Henan Fort Local Reserve Grain Depot will come to collect their due, and they can also choose to sell the excess soybeans to the National Grain Reserve, which is one of the few ways they can get cash.

In addition, Anda 15 also took out his own battle bonus and went to Ranch Township to buy a cow and a horse pulling a cart for Liu Dayou's family. to facilitate his sister and brother-in-law to do farm work. Hearing that Liu Dayou's mother was in poor health, Anda 15 even begged his old superior, Lieutenant Xie Hansan. Through Xie Hansan's connections, a senior doctor from the county people's hospital was invited to Henan Fort to make a special trip to Henan Fort to check Liu Dayou's mother's health, and bought many expensive supplements for her to nourish her body according to the doctor's instructions.

After doing this, Anda XV found that he had not only spent all the battle bonuses and demobilization fees for veterans, but also owed fifty yuan in debt to his comrades. However, he did not regret it, on the contrary, his heart was much more peaceful than before.

Of course, his Tatartan wife was not so open-minded. After hearing that Anda Fifteen not only spent all the bonuses, but also owed dozens of yuan in debt, he never gave him a good look. However, Anda 15 didn't care, as a high-income class with an annual income of more than 300 yuan, he didn't care about this money, what he pursued was peace of mind, that is, to fulfill the obligations of his comrades-in-arms and fulfill his promises.

In late May, Anda 15 returned to Ping'an Town on a return coal ship, and then took a supply boat again to Coal River Township in the upper reaches of the Yazi River. Nowadays, the supply ships that travel between Coal River Township and Ping'an Town have been reduced to two flights a day, because Coal River Township has achieved food self-sufficiency, and all that is needed to supplement it from the outside world is some means of production or building materials.

Anda 15 heard that the people at the ship design institute were trying to find a way to replace all the small inland river shallow water transport ships that are now sailing on the inland rivers with steam-powered ones. It's just that in the opinion of Anda 15, it is almost impossible to realize this plan in the near future. The steam engine for civilian production has not yet been profitable, and who dares to install it on the ship again? Let's first put those steam engines in the factory into stable operation for a year and a half.

After thinking for a while, Anda Fifteen finished his tea in one gulp, and then walked towards the coal river with his hands behind his back. With the increasing prosperity of Coal River Township, its location on the north-western frontier of the Republic, and its presence in the vicinity of the ill-intentioned Brazilian Mameluco and the large number of Guarani indigenous peoples, the Executive Committee decided to station a force there. The establishment was initially set up as two platoons, all of which were full-time professional soldiers, and the personnel were recruited from Coal River Township and Ping'an Township, and the commander was Bai Shui, the chief of Ping'an Coal Mine, and his daily training and patrol tasks were presided over by his adjutant Sergeant Anda 15.

June 1 is the official reporting date, so Chubb 15 is still on holiday for the next few days. He walked to an island in the middle of the coal river, where his vineyards and vegetable gardens were located. When he was in the police station, Anda Fifteen and several colleagues set up a joint venture to build the plantation, growing grapes and vegetables and selling them to nearby residents or businesses. Meantime. They also make their own wine from grapes. The wine tastes good or bad. However, it is also a rare delicacy in a rural place like Coal River Township, so the sales are so-so.

Several Guarani hired men bowed their heads respectfully. They had lived in the society of the Eastern Republic for a long time, and they knew that now that their proprietors had been promoted again, and they were in the position of managing and monitoring them, the foreign Guaranis, so they were all cautious.

There was originally a small Guarani tribe near Coal River Township, and it was also the first Guarani tribe to come into contact with the people on the east bank - the Ayacho tribe. In recent years, with the gradual tightening of the central indigenous policy, this tribe has gradually disappeared from history in the midst of repeated repressions, splits, and forced relocations. A small number of those who opposed the central policy were either repressed or exiled. Most of the population was forcibly dispersed to various towns and cities in the country, while a small number were quietly integrated into local life.

The Guarani people in front of us are all "foreigners" who have come from the north and west through the mountains and forests to live on the east coast, and they are of the same nature as the Italians who crossed the west ridge and rushed into the east coast to find work. Because of the country's thirst for manpower and the low cost of labor for these people, many official residents of the Eastern Republic who have surplus money like to hire these people to farm, work, janitor, and do chores.

Moreover, in order to achieve the goal of squeezing their labor force for a long time, many East Coasters who employ them will also prevent these outsiders from applying for citizenship in the towns. For this reason, the central and local governments have dealt several severe blows before they can barely put a stop to this unhealthy trend. Anda Fifteen treated these people well, giving them the best wages and food in the neighborhood, and applying for a hukou for one of the Guarani boys, who had worked for three years. This makes these Guarani people extremely grateful to him.

"What is the effect of struvite shipped from Peru?" Anda Fifteen asked casually. At this stage, the proportion of the agricultural population in the East Coast Republic of China is relatively low, and the total amount of land reclaimed in the country has just reached 25,000 mu. Potatoes, wheat, corn, soybeans, rice and other crops are grown, of which potatoes and soybeans are the main crops. If it weren't for the high-yield potatoes, such a small amount of farmland would have been enough to feed the country's population of more than 20,000, let alone have the spare energy to export to Europe.

Considering the likely influx of new immigrants into the country in the next few years, and the will of the Government Council to reduce the proportion of potatoes from domestic food production, the only way to increase the yield of arable land is to increase the yield of arable land in the absence of a large-scale increase in the existing arable land, and the means of rapidly increasing the yield is nothing more than the use of chemical fertilizers.

At this stage, the three acids and two alkalis in the East Coast Republic can only be prepared under laboratory conditions, and the industrial production of chemical fertilizers is really impossible, so we can only find some alternatives. For example, human and animal manure (nitrogen fertilizer), plant ash (potassium fertilizer), struvite (phosphate fertilizer), etc. The first two types can be obtained locally, but struvite can only be imported from Peru and Chile.

There are many coastal islands in Chile and Peru, and a thick layer of crystallized bird and animal droppings has accumulated on their surface over the years. The locals did not know the value of this substance at this time, and when the people of the east coast entrusted La Plata to go to the local merchants who sold cotton cloth to buy struvite stones, they bought several tons of them for nothing almost instantly. The struvite was shipped back to the mainland and distributed to various towns to see how effective it was.

"The effect is limited." An Dahai (Chinese name) of Guarani said, "A sorcerer came up and said that this stone is not ...... It is insoluble in water, and it takes a long time to be effective after being applied to the ground, so it can only be used as a base ...... Base fertilizer. ”

"Well, so be it." Anda Fifteen nodded and said, "It must make sense for us to do this, you just do it, this strouncer stone is also very cheap anyway." ”

"Hmm." An Dahai nodded, and then suddenly said to Anda Fifteen with some embarrassment: "Boss, I'm ...... I'm sorry I might not be doing it after this month. My ID card was issued, and I signed up to recruit the garrison troops to go to Fort River, and I had already ...... I've been chosen. ”

"Oh? You actually joined the army? Anda Fifteen smiled a little in surprise and asked, "You don't have to be embarrassed. You are only in your twenties this year, and you are physically strong, and you have been learning to read and write in night school for the past two years, and I have seen your efforts. Now that you have a good future, I naturally can't delay you any longer. Take it, this is ten yuan, you have worked with me for three years, and it is also a kind of affection, this money will be sent to you by me. No matter where you are, don't forget us. ”

An Dahai silently took the money, and his eyes were a little red. "I won't forget everyone, I have to get ahead in South Africa, and then I ...... Clothes and return home. ”

"It's a homecoming." Anda fifteen patted An Dahai's shoulder with a smile and said, "Don't worry." South Africa has a mild climate, a good environment, and no epidemics, so there are no major problems when I go there. However, if you want to get ahead, you still have to work your own, and in summary, you must be loyal to the country, obey the command, and fight bravely. Life should be frugal and firm in faith, come on, everyone at Anda Farm will cheer you on. ”

"Thank you, thank you." An Dahai's tears flowed uncontrollably. (To be continued......)