Shao Shude rushed back to Dongfang Port by boat. Today is November 10th, and 4,000 acres of soybeans are being sown in spring outside Dongfang Port. The planting season in autumn and winter last year was delayed due to the war, so spring planting at the beginning of spring was extremely important. In order to make up for the possible shortage of manpower, some factories also temporarily suspended work for a day or two, and organized people to work in the fields.

Shao Shude found the Minister of Agriculture Jin Kela, who had just returned from work, in the field: "Old Jin, what did you do?" I heard that you intercepted this batch of new immigrants who were going to be sent to Duck Lake for me? ”

"Hey, hey. It's not a shortage of manpower for spring sowing, so I borrowed it for a few days temporarily. Jincola smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay, I'll give it back to you now." Well, just sit over there, and Wei Aiwen will take care of it. Go and negotiate with him. ”

Shao Shude was a little speechless. This batch of immigrants is Tang monk meat, and now any department wants to take a bite when they see it. No, all the 605 people in the original plan were allocated to the Yazi Lake area, but before they set off, more than 100 people have quietly "floated", and most of these people have been assigned to the newly expanded hydrotextile factory.

Shao Shude has a deep sense of crisis, this group of people has to be pulled away now, and if they stay here for one more day, there will be fewer people. At present, Zhenhai Fort in the Yazi Lake area is in a construction boom, and a new castle is also being planned near the coal mine, and there is a big shortage of manpower. No, without further ado, go through the formalities now to pull people away.

Shao Shude walked to Wei Aiwen's side in three steps and two steps, handed over the receiving documents briefly, and the immigrants lined up and walked towards the dock under the command of the instructors. And on the dock, the transport ship "Galician Exocet" is waiting there.

At this time, two Portuguese ships on the dock were also hoisting their sails and preparing to sail for Brazil. The Executive Committee finally decided to pay Captain Assunção a total of 4,840 kruzados (about 240,000 yuan) in immigration fees, but also questioned the dishonest behavior of the Portuguese, and said that if there were any Japanese or Korean immigrants next time, the Executive Committee would only pay them 4 kruzados per person. In addition to the immigrants, Captain Assunsan also brought some East Asian goods, seeds, and saplings as agreed, and Captain Assunsan generously offered to give them to the East Coast Republic free of charge to compensate for his mistakes.

After leaving Port Oriente, the two ships will head to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and then leave Brazil in the summer for Portuguese East Africa and then back to Macau. Before leaving, they said that in October or November next year, two or more migrant boats from Macao will call at the port, and the agreement between the two sides is still valid.

After paying a huge sum of 240,000 yuan at once (of which 200,000 yuan was an interest-free loan provided by the East Coast Company), there were only about 40,000 yuan left in the treasury to maintain the government's operation, and only about 150,000 yuan left in the treasury of the East Coast Company. Faced with the huge deficit of immigration costs that is likely to occur every year in the future, the government officials of the East Coast Republic of China are really going crazy.

However, these are not what Shao Shude is concerned about at present. Of course, the government affairs department has a headache for the people in the government council, and he is now the leader of the coal working group, and it is his job to build Yazi Lake well and strive for coal to be produced as soon as possible.

More than 400 migrants squeezed into the fat cabin of the "Galician Exocet", and after two days of rough seas, the Galician Exocet crossed the waterway and safely anchored at the trestle outside Zhenhai Fort. There was some wind and rain outside today, and the temperature was about 112 degrees. At the urging of Navy sailors, more than 400 migrants, dressed in uniformly issued linen clothes, climbed from the bilge to the deck, and then lined up to begin disembarking. After half a month of basic military training, these new immigrants have a preliminary concept of order every year.

Zhenhai Fort has also undergone significant changes today. About 100 red-brick and blue-tiled houses have been built in the city, and a large number of reed houses have been demolished to make fuel for fires. The foundations of the walls have also been renovated, and the next step is to start building the walls. However, this is a big project, and it may not be able to handle it with the current population of two or three hundred residents in Zhenhai Fort. Fortunately, there is no external threat here, and this matter is not very urgent. It's been more than two months since I've been here, and the natives haven't seen a single one. Cougars and jaguars have visited a few times, but they have been scared away by the muskets of the residents.

Today, there are more than 200 official residents in Zhenhaibao, who have cultivated some wasteland outside the city, mainly to grow vegetables and potatoes, in an effort to become self-sufficient as soon as possible. In addition, there are nearly 200 naval crews living in the city. As for Xu Yu's expedition and the Chaluya construction labor team of about 100 people, they had already gone to the northern end of Yazi Lake ten days ago to establish a new base.

The stronghold at the northern end of the lake was built near the later port of Alegre, at the confluence of the Gravatay and Yakuy rivers. Coal mined from the upper reaches of the Kayi River will first be transported here, where it will be loaded on ships before being transported to Zhenhaibao. The town, newly named "Ping'an Fort" by Shao Shude, has only been cleared out of a vacant lot, and everything is still only on the design drawings.

The climate around Ping'an Fort is suitable, the water is abundant, the land is fertile, and the resources are abundant, which is not a little stronger than the east coast area, and in addition, there are not too many concerns about safety in the deep Yahu Lake basin. In the future, after the coal mining is stabilized, the executive committee plans to directly launch the open-hearth steelmaking project here. At that time, relying on this steelmaking plant and the abundant water and coal resources nearby, a series of supporting factories such as coal chemical industry, machinery, and military manufacturing can be built, and the heavy industry and energy base of the East Coast Republic of China will also have a prototype.

Under the arrangement of the Executive Committee, more than 400 new immigrants from the East will become the first official residents there. This land is suitable for both agriculture and industry, and the executive committee arranged the Ming Dynasty immigrants here without a trace, and the implicit content of this is very interesting.

The newcomers will have a short night's rest at Zhenhai Fort, and then they will take a group of six river flats to Ping'an Fort, where they will personally participate in the construction of their new home.

On 18 November, the first group of 150 new migrants arrived at the Fort of Ping'an, on the eastern side of the Yakuyi River, with a shipment of supplies along the way. The Charuya construction team, which had been fighting for more than ten days in advance, had cleared and leveled more than 500 acres of land through cutting and burning wasteland, and had set up public bathhouses, canteens, simple toilets, warehouses and other facilities here, creating extremely convenient conditions for the new immigrants.

The arrival of new immigrants has greatly alleviated the shortage of labor in Ping'an Fort. These poor and hard-working Zhejiang villagers have continuously ingested a lot of fat, protein and other nutrients during this time, and their physical condition has been much better than when they first came, and their hesitation and fear have also dissipated a lot. They have their own simple judgment, and the standard of living in this "barbarian land" is obviously much better than they imagined, as can be seen from the large number of livestock in the livestock farm and the potatoes in the warehouse. And the officials here are obviously not bad to the common people, I heard that those newcomers who have not been here for a few months can eat big fish and meat, and they can divide the land if they do a good job.

The new immigrants, who were mostly tenants and bankrupt peasants, were shocked by such favorable conditions, and according to the words of Mr. Xu, a god-like scholar in the eyes of the villagers, they were lucky to catch up with the "new dynasty and Zhaojian". Nowadays, the Chinese Dynasty is "gentlemen, wise and virtuous", and here "there is more land and less land", so as long as everyone is willing to endure hardships, work hard, and listen to the old man, then they can share the land, cattle and sheep, and earn a family business that can be passed on from generation to generation for future generations.

What kind of person is Mr. Xu, that is a talented man, a star-like figure in the sky. If he said so, then he must not be wrong. Basically, they have never left the village too far in their lives, and their ancestors have been farming in the village for generations. Although it was taken captive and sold to foreign countries this time, the government here is not bad, and he can also get land, which is definitely much better than the original life of starvation and fullness. In addition, they are the captives of the whole village, and some familiar people are still around. As a result, these villagers were no longer so hesitant and resistant, and they began to try to accept this new home.

If you really want to talk about this new place under your feet, although it is desolate and desolate, the soil is very fertile, and it definitely doesn't have to be worse than your hometown. If you serve it well, you may be able to get a lot more grain per acre than your hometown. And the surrounding river water is also abundant, a little picking up is good water to water the fields. In the river and lake next to it, there are schools of fish and shrimp everywhere, and you may catch a few fish when you go to a bucket of water, and there are countless wild ducks in the reeds next to it. I can't imagine that there is such a good place outside the barbarians.

After the villagers turned their mentality, they burst out with unparalleled enthusiasm for construction. After these beautiful newly built brick houses were all for themselves, they were in charge of the construction of Ping'an Fort under the command of Qian Hao, who was in charge of the construction of Ping'an Fort, day and night, building their new homes brick by brick and non-stop. The Chalua construction laborers and navy sailors were stunned, these people were already working hard and hard in normal times, and in the 21st century, they were already livestock-level laborers. Unexpectedly, these newcomers to the East worked harder and crazier than them.

Looking at the enthusiasm of these Ming Dynasty immigrants, Qian Hao grinned. At the speed at which they are working now, the construction progress of Ping'an Fort will be greatly advanced.

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