Several of the Tatar militiamen guarding the camp raised their hands to salute Sergeant Kyle, who returned a military salute and strode into the camp. Under the canopy in the camp, a large number of preliminarily treated logs were piled up, and these logs were very large in diameter, and it could be seen that they had grown for a long time.

The tall boots stepped on the hardened brick pavement, and Sergeant Kyle felt a little better. This dirt road is really terrible, and when the materials and manpower are abundant, we must build a hardened road on both sides of the Coconut Tree Creek and plant street trees. The logging camp is filled with the sound of sawing and sawing, and many workers are working on freshly harvested trees under large stretches of canopy. Some of the particularly large trees also need to be treated with a hydraulic sawing machine, and although it is raining heavily, the work inside the logging camp does not seem to be affected much, and the work is still going on in an orderly manner.

At this stage, the domestic industry is developing, and the construction is also developing rapidly, and the demand for timber has begun to grow geometrically, and the new Chinese colony has obviously become the most important raw material supply base in China. It is estimated that since the establishment of the new Chinese colony, it has created no less than 500,000 yuan of wealth for the country, not to mention the Tacheng coal mine, which is now the only high-quality coal field found in the country, which will be put on the development agenda next. If at the beginning, the Executive Committee still regarded the New China Colony as a simple transit port for immigrants, then now, the domestic industry is somewhat inseparable from this high-quality and stable raw material supply base, and the local government can no longer give up this newly developed hen that lays golden eggs for a few years.

Like the brick kilns, the logging camp was filled with the exception of Eight Banners and Malay slaves. There are also nearly 300 Ming immigrants. Most of these people are in the camp and are responsible for handling the trees that have been brought down from the front. Only a very small number of them follow the logging team into the mountains to cut wood. Among those who stayed. There are about 20 Ming immigrants who were born as carpenters or have worked as carpenters, and they are "talents" selected from all the immigrants. These craftsmen are now entrusted with the task of passing on the skills in the logging camps and trying to bring out a group of apprentices who know how to handle logs. There is no way, there is too little talent in all aspects of the New China Colony, and the efficiency is too slow just to rely on the dozen or so serious carpenters in the wood processing factory to lead apprentices.

"Do a good job of mosquito prevention and don't drink raw water." Sergeant Kyle stands under the eaves of the only row of brick houses inside the logging camp. said to the head of the Eight Banners Supervisor who was in charge of this place, "If someone is sick, they should be isolated immediately, and there should be no delay!" Remember, this is tropical! Forget it, you don't understand any of this! Anyway, do as I say! Okay, I see it's almost time, let's beat the gong and let everyone stop working, it's time to eat. ”

The Eight Banners supervisor soon struck a gong at the door of the canteen, and with the crisp sound of the gong, the workers first formed a team near the place of work. Then they lined up and walked into the cafeteria one by one. The cafeteria is a few brick houses with huge long tables. The long table was for the freedmen to eat. The slave workers of the Eight Banners could only sit on the stump of the house with their rice bowls in their hands to eat, while the conquered Malay slaves could only squat at the foot of the wall and eat some of the leftovers eaten by the freemen and the slaves of the Eight Banners. A small logging camp, with a strict hierarchy, also made these newly arrived immigrants who were fortunate enough to be classified as freedmen secretly stunned and happy.

Sergeant Kyle sat at a table of eight immortals near the window, and several Irish cooks brought him a meal: beef stew with potatoes, grilled fish steak, a few fragrant meatloaf, and a large bowl of offal soup. In addition, there was a glass of beer and a fresh coconut for him to enjoy. As for the freemen and slaves, it was not so extravagant. The freedmen and the slaves of the Eight Banners were fine, their staple food was steamed sweet potatoes, a small amount of potato beef stew, and a small bowl of beef offal soup; The newly conquered Malay slaves were treated much worse, with a large bowl of soup with only a little oil star floating on it, and some sweet potatoes or corn cobs to satisfy their hunger, which not everyone had to eat, but only when the freedmen and the slaves of the Eight Banners had finished eating.

This is the way of the world, as a conquered person, if you can have such living conditions, you can steal happiness. In addition, the people on the east coast did not cut off their way of "progressing", and some time ago, the executive committee brought Shi Qinjie a document through a transport ship, in which he was ordered to try to establish a new organization in the New China Colony as appropriate, the "Island Eight Banners". Once the Eight Banners of the Islands were formed, they would reduce the number of Malay slaves sent to South Africa and focus on the establishment of vassal tribes and states that would control the New China Colony itself. After Shi Qinjie's investigation, he felt that it was still necessary to set up the Eight Banners of the island, but at present, these conquered Malays were not very reliable, and they still needed to be observed. Wait for some Malay traitors who are willing to cooperate with the East Coasters, and then promote them to rule these Malay slaves to better serve the East Coasters.

"Why did you have an extra grilled fish steak today? How did it not before? Sergeant Kyle skillfully picked up a piece of fish steak with wooden chopsticks and ate it. The fish steak is sprinkled with spices and grilled to the right temperature, and it smells mouthwatering.

"I know this, sir." When one of Sergeant Kyle's entourage heard this, he immediately said, "Yesterday's group of craftsmen at the ship repair station finally built those fishing boats, and after they were equipped with the nets brought from the mainland, they organized their men to start fishing in the bay this morning. Their luck was not bad, they caught about 3,000 catties of fish and shrimp in the morning, most of which were barracudas. The fish caught were sent everywhere to eat, and some were also distributed to the logging camp, about more than 200 catties. Most of the more than 200 catties of fish have been stacked into salted fish, and a small part of them have been used to make soup for the new women and children, and some fresh fish have been eaten directly. ”

Sergeant Kyle was well aware of the abundance of fishery resources in New China Bay, and he had already seen it when he first landed, and he was deeply impressed by the clear waters and schools of fish swimming around. The bay is full of dense schools of fish and shrimp, and seafood such as barracuda, swordfish, tuna, prawns, crabs, lobsters, and sea cucumbers have been fishing inshore for a long time, and have achieved certain results. This time, the large-scale fishing nets requested from the mainland were in place, and several hundred-ton fishing boats were built, so how to develop the abundant local fishery resources to better support the arrival of more immigrants in the future was put on the agenda. A small number of unprofessional fishermen operated the boat to go around in the new Huaxia Bay, and fished in the net in the dense places where some fish schools were usually observed and recorded, and worked all morning, catching a total of more than 3,000 catties of various fish and shrimp, most of which are local barracudas.

"This morning, Captain Shi also went to the dock to see the fish caught by the gang at the ship repair station." "He was very happy and announced in public that a fishing meeting would be held in the afternoon, and that a fishing team would be set up to vigorously carry out fishing activities in the vicinity to fully tap the potential of fishery resources in the New China area," continued while eating. Well, that's what my fellow told me, he was on one of the fishing boats. He also said that in a while, a seafood processing plant may be set up here to process the catch caught by the fishing team, and the recruitment has already begun. A considerable number of the new Ming immigrants used to live by the sea, and these people have more or less some fishing skills and experience, so the members of the fishing team that will be formed will be mainly composed of these people. After the establishment of the fishing team, the fishing team will first fish in the new Huaxia Bay, and in the future, the fishing team may also go out of the new Huaxia Bay to catch deep-water fish such as swordfish and tuna in the western and eastern waters. Well, that's all I know for the time being. ”

Sergeant Kyle nodded slightly, not saying anything more. However, he was still very happy in his heart, with the influx of immigrants from the Ming Kingdom, there was finally no shortage of manpower in Xinhuabao, so many things and many projects could be handled. Although these people may start to be picked up by local transport ships in a month or two, they haven't left yet, have they? Then we have to make good use of this time to complete several projects that have been delayed for a long time due to lack of manpower, such as the construction of houses in the city, such as the construction of city walls, and so on.

Sergeant Kyle's love for the New China Colony is undeniable, and he has even brought his wife and children to live here, and has spent money on thirty acres of farmland here. Therefore, he would be happy about anything that would be beneficial to the construction and development of the colony of New China, after all, his roots had been moved here. The better the New China Colony is built, the more important it will be, and all the military and political officials and ordinary people here will also benefit.

After lunch, Sergeant Kyle stopped here for a moment to inspect whether the drainage facilities were in good condition, and then he stepped on the muddy ground again, and walked deep and shallow to the city of Fort Xinhua. There is also an hour of noon meeting every day, which is presided over by Shi Qinjie, and the main content is to summarize the progress of the morning's work and bring some problems encountered to the meeting to discuss and solve. All the middle-level and above cadres of Xinhuabao should participate in this meeting, and he did not want to be late. (To be continued......)