Chapter 144: A Journey to the West (10)
Because of the experience of helping Namkaicheng lay the foundation, it was much easier for them to build their own homes.
The Imperial Navy was responsible for hydrographic surveys, territorial clarification, population censuses, port site selection, and ...... It's a pity that no pirates were found.
At this time, this place is far from being a pearl of transportation arteries, and even pirates may disdain this place.
But no matter what, they have to send out a sea patrol every day...... Others don't value it, they themselves take the safety issue very seriously.
The Viceroy of the Second Rank personally led his men around to find a suitable settlement, where he was to build the Governor's Palace and determine the basic areas for urban construction.
The entire Liberty Island archipelago is divided into two groups: the West Island Group has five larger islands, and with the exception of the named Liberty Island, the others are waiting for the Governor of the Minor Two to give them appropriate names.
The East Island Group is made up of six larger islands, the name to be given.
Judging by the charts given to them by the imperial kings, the islands are more than a hundred kilometers east of the coast of West Africa and about a thousand kilometers from the Iberian Peninsula......
In the first census, the Imperial Navy temporarily found more than 2,300 Berbers on eleven islands, belonging to nine tribes, both men and women, young and old.
Liberty Island has the largest indigenous population, numbering just over 400 people.
All of them basically ignore their existence and take their work seriously, and now is not the time to govern them...... Lacking iron tools, they grew a ridiculously tuber plant and scarce wheat, and they actually cultivated it with hardwood tools, and they had no animal power at all.
However, they have a large dog that is quite scary, but luckily they are all tethered on a leash, and although they bark at the warriors all the time, they are harmless and do not lose their lives!
The big dog has a large, slightly rectangular head that looks sturdy and covered with loose skin.
Its overall shape also resembles a slightly cuboid...... The neck skin is thick and muscular, the chest is broad and deep, the strength is great, the buttocks are slightly upturned, medium in size, widely spaced, and covered with a short-cut and slender coat.
Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding had warned his soldiers on the ships not to provoke them, but if they were attacking you in the field, shoot resolutely, and their rifles must be loaded with bayonets first!
No dog will be an opponent for a bayonet......
Of course, Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding firmly remembered the information sent to them by the imperial king, and he could firmly remember the relevant warnings.
That kind of dog is not suitable for domestic pets, but the army needs them too much, and they will be bred to be excellent military dogs...... Patrol officers can use it too!
It seems that those people have already trained the dogs, and they may have asked the dogs to help them hunt.
The warriors also saw goats in their tribes, albeit thinner than dogs, at least indicating that they could graze.
They all lived in houses made of stones, with sheaves of straw and branches as roofs...... It seems that there have been no storms here, and a force 6 gale can blow them away.
The Governor said, "Wait, let's take care of them after we build for a while, don't let their land go to waste...... These people don't even know how to use struvite stones. ”
This really can't be blamed on them, in this world, even the most experienced farmers in the Great Song Dynasty will not use it.
After several days of surveying and argumentation, the Governor of the Second Minor identified the basic settlements; Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding also identified his own barracks.
The second governor planned his city according to the vision of 500,000 people, and Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding planned his military camp according to two divisions...... Of course, they also have enough land for construction and dreams for the future.
When taking risks becomes an act of achieving a dream, it is more motivated than just staying alive.
Human beings have a curious nature, and their landing began to really frighten those natives, and their calmness should actually be a dazed person who doesn't know how to deal with it.
Even when they received gifts and heard a lot of words they didn't understand, they hid far away and turned and fled at the moment.
However, they waited for many days and didn't find out what happened to them, they were busy all day and no one cared about them.
On the contrary, they became curious, and often watched from afar, and got closer and closer.
They saw, I don't know when, the wooden house, still two-storey, seemed to grow out of the ground!
They saw that at some point, an iron pillar appeared on the ground, and someone pressed it up and down, and there was a spring of water!
They saw that they didn't know when, the big trees would be cut into pieces by something that made a roaring sound......
The Governor of the Second Kid hurriedly asked people to drive them away, and if they didn't drive them away, their little ones would have to reach for the circular saw!
Hurry up and find something to do for them, or they'll have to make a mess.
It just so happened that the labor of fishing began, and sorting out the catch was a cumbersome and unskilled task.
Go, go and help clean up the fish, gut the fish, dry the fish, and dry them for a while, and you can get some fish at home as a reward."
The man who commanded them to clean up their catch was the man who had been in charge of the senior staff's warehouse, and he was adamant that the indigenous women would not be allowed to use the clay pots to bring them to their homes!
He said, "You are not stupid at all, you have been working for two or three hours, and you are bringing fish to your house in such a big basin!"
No, no, each person can only have two big fish, and they can only be carried by hand! ”
They couldn't actually communicate with each other at all, but the man used his actions to make the natives understand what he meant.
The native woman made an "you are such a stingy" expression, and the man immediately understood, and said aloud:
"Who's stingy? We're fair, you know?!
Don't be stupid!! ”
As a result, when the indigenous women brought fish to their homes, they brought the children who had just left...... Watching the hobbling child walk home with a big fish about their size, the man was speechless for a moment.
No matter what nationality it is, whether it is civilized or not...... Everyone has a natural tendency to take advantage of others.
The Freeport port was in full swing, and when they ran out of concrete elements, they had to cut down hardwood to build a temporary dock.
Lieutenant Colonel Wang Ding took off his military uniform and was commanding on the spot there, he felt sorry for his warships always drifting in the open sea, and wanted to let them have their own homes as soon as possible.
At this time, he heard two cannon shots...... This is a signal for the battleship that went out on patrol to return to port, and there seems to be some situation.
They all stopped their work and looked into the distance, and they saw their own battleship, and they saw a small boat in the distance beside it...... It's like a galleys.
Haha, for the first time since leaving Port Marbury, they saw someone else's sea boat.
If it was a pirate ship, it would be so interesting.
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