Bai Youwu woke up from his deep sleep, and it was pitch black in front of him, and he didn't know whether it was day or night. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Listening to the sound of the waves crashing on the planks of the ship, feeling the slow rhythmic shaking of the boat, Shiraiya knew that he was still floating on the sea. Ever since he had boarded the ship at Matsue Mansion, he and some others had been sent into the dark cabin. Then they stayed on the ship for days.

In fact, the bilge is still a little bright, and some light can still shine in from the ventilation opening. It's just that the long-term nutritional deficiency has caused Bai Youwu to have severe night blindness, and when the light is a little dim, he can't see anything. Among the immigrants, there are not many people like him.

"Ergou, Ergou, are you next to you?" The long darkness of not being able to see anything made his spirit very tense.

"There is a house, here I am." Sun Ergou's voice came from his ears. Sun Ergou is also a little night blind, but the situation is still better than Bai Youwu, his main symptom is only a very narrow field of vision, and he can only see a very narrow range of things on the front.

"Ah, Ergou, what time is it?" Bai Youya asked.

Because in fact, the bilge is still a little bright, so Kong Ergou can still judge the time.

"It's almost time to eat." Kong Ergou replied.

At that moment the boat shook slightly, and then from above them came the sound of hurried footsteps, as if someone was shouting something. After a while, the hatch cover was lifted, and the bright sunlight shone down. Then a ladder was lowered, and then they heard the shout: "It's here, it's ready to come up!" ”

Although the sun was brought in, it took a while for Bai Youwu to see the surroundings clearly. At this time, the other people next to him had already begun to pack their baggage or something. Bai Youwu hurriedly lifted his burden and lined up with others, some time ago in the camp, Zheng Cai directly gave them a military training according to Zheng Sen's instructions, although it didn't have much effect, but under the teaching of wooden sticks and leather whips, queuing almost became a habit.

On the deck, Bai Youya saw that the ship had been parked at a pier, and there was a small and simple walled city not far from the pier. The four taller mounds of rammed earth are the four corners of the stockade, and in the middle are buried in the ground with some large logs sharpened on the top, blocking a wall. However, on top of each of the four rammed earth platforms there was a small Furlong cannon, and in addition to this, there were two arrow towers at the main entrance of the stockade, on which several soldiers with muskets were standing lazily.

Bai Youwu followed everyone off the boat and arrived at an open space by the dock. I saw a big man like a black iron tower standing there, saying something to them, and Mr. Chen Guangchen stood aside to help translate:

"You've arrived at the place, and now you're all here to draw lots. Bai Youwu, Sun Ergou, a few of you who can understand the official language come over and smoke first. After a while, I will go to whichever village I draw. When you get there, they will arrange land and seeds and temporary shelter for you. When you get there, everything is arranged by the village chiefs, be honest and obedient, and don't mess around. The land on the island of Taiwan is fertile, as long as you farm honestly, you will have something to eat. Don't run, especially into the woods. There are many headhunters on the island of Taiwan, and they like to cut off other people's heads and take them back as a souvenir. The others waited for Bai Youwu to finish their drawing, and then smoked, and when they arrived in the village, what the village chief ordered, Bai Youwu would tell you. In short, be honest and obedient, everyone has something to eat! Got it? ”

Bai Youwu came up and drew a lot, and a short Fujian guy looked at the lottery in his hand and took him to a man with a big scar on his face and said, "Lao Zhao, this person is from your village." Bai Youwu hurriedly said hello to the village chief, and when he turned around, he saw Sun Ergou being taken to a person on the other side. Bai Youwu asked the village chief Zhao, "Village Chief Zhao, which village is over there, not far from our village?" I have a friend who went over there. ”

"That's the No. 3 village of Jiazi, not far from us, through a small forest. If you are not afraid of meeting headhunters, you can often go to the door. Village Chief Zhao replied coldly, "See, the scar on Lao Tzu's face was made by the headhunter with a javelin." ”

Bai Youwu was taken aback, his eyes widened and said, "Is it true that there are headhunters everywhere?" ”

"Of course, but it's not a big deal, as long as you are not only woods, usually be careful, those headhunters are brutal, they don't even have an iron spearhead, they fight openly, who is afraid of whom! Lao Tzu went in and turned over several of them! But it's true that one should not go into the woods. Also, although you have lost a little weight, your bone frame is quite large, so you should have been strong back then, right? Follow me, first raise your body back, practice a few knife techniques, and you don't have to be afraid of anything. The village chief replied nonchalantly.

"Thank you to the village chief for taking care of you. Thank you to the village chief for taking care of you. Bai Youwu hurriedly said this.

At this time, those immigrants who could not speak official also began to draw lots, and every time someone drew lots, Chen Guang would help him stand in a certain position, so that after a while, the people on these boats were divided into several teams.

Then the short man took the teams to the chiefs of the villages.

"Yes, they're all brothers with bigger bones." Village Chief Zhao was very satisfied, "If you go back to raise, you can both open up wasteland and cut people!" ”

Bai Youwu was startled by these words, and he hurriedly asked, "Village chief, who are you chopping?" Could it be that those headhunters often come to our village to kill people? ”

"They've been here, we've cut down a lot, and now I don't think we're going to dare to come." Village Chief Zhao said, "But that's not what I mean when I say cutting people, but we take the initiative to cut them." ”

"We took the initiative to cut them? Why? Bai Youwu was startled again.

"Look at your boat, are there any women?" Village Chief Zhao asked.

"Nope." Bai Youya replied.

"Are there any women on the boats that came this batch?" Village Chief Zhao asked again.

Bai Youwu shook his head blankly. "Women......" His thoughts floated, yes, to take root in one place and spread out the branches, how can it be done without women?

"I didn't have it when I came." Village Chief Zhao said, "In this village, how can you not even have a woman?" Sometimes the proprietor will sell some women to come back, but you have also been a homeless person, and you know that the first people to die among the homeless people are old men, women, and children. How many women can survive and be sent to us? It's not enough at all. If you don't cut down those headhunters and rob them, how can you pass on the lineage? How to keep the incense of your ancestors? You can't make it like some villages that are far away from headhunters, a few people share a girl, make a child, and decide what the surname is by casting the dice son, right? So, it's not all bad that there are people near our village. When you get to the village and practice with Lao Tzu, we will set out to rob their women. Don't worry, as long as you honestly follow Lao Tzu to cut people, I promise that sooner or later I will be able to rob you of a woman back! ”

"Woman......" Bai Youwu was still thinking, and the headhunter suddenly seemed to be less scary.

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In a blink of an eye, it was already the beginning of February, and in order to better prepare for the exam, Zheng Zhilong asked people to buy a quiet courtyard in Nan'an County, and let Zheng Sen and his classmates come here in advance to prepare for the exam.

This time, four classmates from the Hong family's clan school came to participate in the county exam with Zheng Sen. Originally, according to the old habits, these four students should have rented a house in an inn in Nan'an County so that they could take the exam. It's just that profiteers are always very hateful, and at this time of year, the inns in Nan'an County are all about to rise in price, and they often rise several times as much as usual. Although the economic situation of the Hong family has improved greatly after Hong Chengchou, because the time is still short, the whole family is not particularly wealthy. There are not many rich people in the clan. So in the past, they chartered rooms with relatively poor environments.

However, this time, Zheng Sen said that he hoped that in the final preparation for the exam, he could continue to learn from each other with his classmates, and those inns were too noisy, and the courtyard bought by the Zheng family was too far away, which was very inconvenient, so if everyone was willing to help him, they would simply live together in the courtyard that the Zheng family bought.

The four classmates and their parents were humbled when they found out, but in the end they all accepted Zheng Sen's kindness with satisfaction. So several classmates lived in this courtyard with Zheng Sen.

"Asen, your family is really rich!" It was Zheng Sen's classmate Hong Shiying who spoke. Now he is having dinner with his younger brother Hong Shijie, his brothers Hong Shicai, Hong Shijian and Zheng Sen. The dining table was filled with delicious food that these students had rarely seen. During the preparation for the exam, the Zheng family specially hired a cook to take care of the food of Zheng Sen and his classmates.

"We have a lot of mountains and little land, so we are poorer than other provinces." Zheng Sen replied, "So by farming, although I can barely fill my stomach when the year is good, it is difficult to get rich." If you really want to get rich, in our Fujian, we can only rely on sea trade. My family has some sea vessels and some business with Japan, so I can make a little bit of money. In fact, if your Hong family is interested, we can also cooperate, do some business with the Japanese, and make money together. ”

"It's not up to us to decide, it's an adult business. Haimao is really so profitable! ”

"It's a little riskier than farming to make money." Zheng Sen smiled and said, "We will grow up in the future, and when we grow up, I will make money with you!" ”