Freshwater is first developed in agriculture, where the climate grows three crops a year, and with good seeds and agricultural technology, it is expected that by next summer, grain production will not only meet its own needs, but also be able to export to the outside world.

It was not possible for the large number of immigrants to invest entirely in agriculture, and infrastructure construction and initial industry were also launched.

In order to get rich first, the construction of various roads in Tamsui was already underway, and the Spanish prisoners were also sent here to work as coolies.

Wells have also been drilled in various settlements to solve the problem of water for migrants. It is planned to build a water purification plant next to the Tamsui River, mainly by means of post-sedimentation disinfection, to provide tap water for the freshwater area, and the pipeline is PVC pipe.

There are coal mines in Keelung, not far from Tamsui, which, although not very good quality, can provide the necessary fuel for the initial industry. Therefore, the mining of coal mines is also on the agenda, and with coal mines, brick kilns, cement plants, wood distilleries and so on can be built one after another. Coal also provides daily fuel for hundreds of thousands of residents, and cinders can be used to build roads.

Hundreds of thousands of migrants have arrived in Tamsui to start a new life, and they are all assisted by the security forces to guide the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

With an abundant food supply and hope for the future, the mood of the migrants is stable. But since Wang Yue came, he wanted to bring benefits to the majority of immigrants, so he launched the activity of "one pound of fish per person per day", which lasted for a year.

The real purpose is to supplement the nutrition and improve the physical fitness of these hungry immigrants, so that they can better devote themselves to production.

Such an activity could be achieved by adding eight 500-ton trawlers. More than 300,000 immigrants need more than 300,000 catties of fish and meat every day, more than 150 tons. In fact, there is a surplus of fish, and the surplus fish will be salted, and in the future, fish canneries will be established, mainly to provide logistics for the army.

The scene of the first fish distribution was unprecedentedly lively, and these original hungry people who had not been able to eat were able to live a life of rice and fish every day, which was unimaginable before.

There are large and small fish in the sea, and it is too troublesome to weigh them, and they are all estimated to be weighted, and the big fish will be chopped into pieces and distributed. According to Wang Yue's instructions, there can only be more and not less, and the whole fish below two catties does not have to be decomposed and is distributed according to one catty.

"Grandpa, grandpa!" A little girl of eleven or twelve years old came running with a big fish in her hand.

"Girl, run slowly, don't fall!" Liu Ronggen, a hungry man who was captured by the first batch of southbound detachments in Chaling, Anqing, was smiling so much that he couldn't see his teeth at this time, and he was also carrying a fish with a straw rope in his hand.

Granddaughter Liu Ling giggled and ran over, brought the fish to Liu Ronggen and said, "Grandpa, my fish is bigger than yours!" ”

Liu Ronggen looked at it for a moment, nodded with a smile, and said, "Girl, this fish is indeed bigger than grandpa!" Let's go back and cook the fish. ”

Liu Ling helped Liu Ronggen to walk back, because she was in a good mood, so she kept chattering: "Grandpa, the last time I ate fish was a year ago, it was only a small piece, and it was gone in a few bites." I've never had so many fish before, will we really have fish to eat every day in the future? ”

As she spoke, she lifted the fish up again, and although it was not yet cooked, she felt greedy when she looked at it now.

"Well, we've met good people." Liu Ronggen nodded as he walked: "This Lord Wang Yue and Wang Sihua did what he said, not only did not pursue our crime of being a thief, but also let us be fed and clothed, not only to send rice and clothes, but also to send fish every day." I thought about it, Lord Wang's words should be true. ”

"Lord Wang is indeed a good person!" Liu Ling nodded, then touched the clothes on her body and said, "It's the weird style of this clothes." ”

Each of these immigrants received two sets of clothes, both of which were products of modern garment factories, among which work clothes were the mainstay, and other styles were varied, and the emphasis was on durability. Therefore, the hungry people have bid farewell to the rags they once had, but the clothing style of the entire Tamsui region has changed, and it is already very unusual.

"You stupid girl!" Liu Ronggen showed a kind smile and said: "It's good for people like us to have clothes to wear, where is there so much exquisiteness?" What's more, this dress is new, so it gave us these bitter haha, Lord Wang must have spent a lot of silver, and this heart is rare. ”

"I'm just talking about it." Liu Ling said a little embarrassedly: "I will not forget Lord Wang's kindness." ”

"Hey, that's right, Zhi'en wants to repay!" Liu Ronggen nodded and said: "Now this freshwater is everywhere asking people to do things, although you are young, but your father has also taught you to read and write since you were a child, writing and arithmetic should not be a problem, grandpa will find you something to do when you are free." ”

It is true that all those who are literate among these immigrants have become treasures and are rushing to ask for them everywhere.

Liu Ling said: "I heard that a school is going to be built here, and girls can also go to school." ”

Liu Ronggen laughed and said: "I've lived so old, and I haven't heard of a private school where women can enter, but since I met this Lord Wang, there are indeed many strange things." ”

Liu Ling shook her grandfather's arm and said, "Grandpa, I want to go to school!" ”

"Good, good!" Liu Ronggen couldn't help nodding.

"Grandpa!" Liu Ling suddenly asked, "Do you think we can find our father and mother?" ”

Liu Ronggen was stunned when he heard this, and then sighed and said: "It should be possible, this soldier is in chaos, I don't know when I will find it." ”

In fact, he knew in his heart that it might be too slim to find them, not to mention that they were now stranded on an overseas desert island thousands of miles away, but he couldn't say that in front of his granddaughter.

The grandfather and grandson talked all the way back to their quarters, a two-room house made of wood and mud, and a small courtyard surrounded by tree branches. Such houses are built in rows with strong laborers, and the people who build the houses are paid a certain amount of silver by the civil affairs department, so they are highly motivated.

Silver already has a use in the Tamsui region, as the points store has followed.

"The old man is back!" A woman in the courtyard greeted warmly.

Liu Ronggen said politely: "Did Aunt Zhang get the fish?" ”

"Just got it back!" Aunt Zhang said with a worried expression: "I'm afraid I won't be able to finish it, my stinky boy is only six years old, and he also shared a fish." ”

Liu Ronggen smiled and said, "It's okay, didn't you also send salt?" I can't finish the pickle, keep it and eat it slowly, but if I can't do it, I can exchange it for something else with those pot-bellied men. ”

Most of these immigrants have incomplete families, so they have to help each other to live together, as is the case with Liu Ronggen's family and Aunt Zhang's family.