The southbound fleet, after a brief pause in Macao, replenished with fresh water and food, continued its journey to East Timor.

After a long two-month sea voyage, hopeful refugees are finally back on land.

When I got off the boat and saw the dense forest not far away, many people shed tears of excitement.

Although he kept telling himself in his heart that the Zheng family fleet risked his life to smuggle himself out of that purgatory in Shandong, it was definitely not to fool himself. The benevolent and righteous country will not lie to himself,

But if you don't achieve your goal for a day, you always have no bottom in your heart.

Now that I see the forest, I finally understand that the surname of the country is not lying to himself.

Years of farming experience have made these people, when they look at the appearance of the forest, know that the land is absolutely fertile.

A fire burns those trees, and the next year is a good harvest.

The surname of the country said that each household can get 20 acres of land, and no taxes will be charged for the first three years.

God, with this kind of land, as long as there are three acres of land, the whole family can live a very moist life.

Seeing that the people had come down, Xu Long stepped ashore and walked towards Zheng Tai, who had been waiting for a long time.

As soon as he saw Xu Long, Zheng Tai hurriedly said, "General Xu, it's hard work." I have already asked my servants to prepare food and drink, and the general will come to the feast after bathing!" ”

Xu Long heard it, he didn't feel it before, but now he found that he was uncomfortable up and down, at sea, fresh water is precious, and it can't be used for bathing at all, bathing with seawater, there will be a layer of pale yellow salt on the body after washing, which makes people very uncomfortable.

Now that he heard that he could take a comfortable bath, Xu Long couldn't wait to go right away.

But thinking of the military discipline formulated by Zheng Chenggong, Xu Long could only say: "Lord Zheng." Let's hand over these people first! ”

When Zheng Tai heard it, he hurriedly said, "Then let's hand over first!" ”

Xu Long turned his head to look at the people. said: "Lord Zheng, two thousand one hundred and forty people went south. There were 2,090 people, and more than 60 people did not survive because of the disease on the road. You take inventory, and then you get in trouble, you draw and sign! ”

In this era, sea navigation is a very dangerous thing, and if you feel a little unwell, you may die because you can't get treatment in time and lack of medicine.

Zheng Tai nodded and said, "Hmm! “

A group of officials hurriedly ran up. Count the heads.

It took more than an hour to count all the counts and come back to report to Zheng Tai.

When Zheng Tai heard that the number of survivors was the same as what Xu Long said, he happily took his hand and said, "The business has been handed over, now let's go back to the house and have a few drinks!" “

Xu Long also said happily: "Okay, just disturb the adults!" “

……

Xu Long, Zheng Tai is gone, and those Xiao Shi have to continue to stay in the port to arrange those people.

Xiao Shi held a horn rolled up in iron sheet and shouted loudly: "Listen, everyone. Zheng Ming, the country's surname, is strict and benevolent, and he doesn't want to see you suffer, so he will do everything possible to escort you here. Blessed are you here. The surname of the country said that each household can get 20 acres of land, and no taxes will be charged for three years. ”

The little history paused. continued: "But that doesn't mean you come and have..."

Some anxious people hurriedly said, "My lord, how can we get the land?" ”

Xiao Shi was interrupted. He said with some displeasure: "There is a truth in the world that you don't get for nothing, and you want the land." It's up to you to do it yourself! ”

I heard that it was not that the fields were not divided, but that they had to be carved out by themselves.

The people breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there were fields.

It's just farming, and I'm doing it.

Xiao Shi continued: "However, in clearing the wasteland, you can't burn it all out with a fire. ”

When the people heard this, they were immediately surprised, "My lord, if you don't use fire, then there is no way to open up this land!" ”

Xiao Shi stared at the people who interrupted him, "Who said that if you don't need fire, you can't open up the wasteland!" The man surnamed Guo has already deployed axes and iron saws, and you will come and collect them tomorrow, and from tomorrow, we will organize you to cut down trees in the planned place, and that person will first cut down the trees in the specified place, and then you can get the land first. Did you hear that? ”

When the people heard that they had to cut down the trees before they could get the land, they hurriedly said, "I hear you, my lord." I have the strength to cut it all down soon, so I must remember to leave the land for me! ”

"Yes, my lord, you must remember to leave the land for me!"

……

"Okay, don't be noisy. During this time, we will provide all your food. Here, as long as you are willing to work, you can eat enough! “

When they heard that they could eat enough, many people hurriedly drank: "Okay, my lord, we must all work hard!" ”

……

Stimulated by the fields and food and clothing, the people's enthusiasm for logging was very high, and in less than two months, some people cut down more than 20 acres of forests and opened up fields.

Spring sowing has long passed, but summer sowing is not too late.

Tian Han, who first came to Timor-Leste from Shandong, looked at the fields he had worked so hard to open up, and his face was full of relief.

When I was tired, I wiped my sweat with the coarse cloth on my shoulder, sat on the ridge, and chatted with the new refugees.

"At the beginning, I saw the opportunity quickly, and I came here one step earlier, although I was tired, now I have land and land. Everyone should also work hard to sort out their fields as soon as possible, and there is no need to worry about being afraid! ”

A refugee heard the round and said: "Yes, Shandong is simply not a place for people to stay, today the horse will come to rob, tomorrow the Tartar will come to rob, there is no stable day." ”

"Who said no, I am a person of the same clan, and my family is a little better than mine, and I am reluctant to leave for the sake of that half of the field. Now I heard that in a military disaster, the family was destroyed. Another refugee said.

"In the final analysis, it is still the country's surname Ye Renyi, and he still thinks about us Ming people."

"Who said no, no matter how powerful this Tartar is, it is not that the surname of the country has been defeated three or four times, I heard that last year there was a big victory and annihilated more than 100,000 Qing soldiers!" Tian Han said proudly, "With Zheng Chenggong here, with the Zheng family fleet, it's very stable here." You guys, just come early! ”

"No, the Zheng family's fleet has been crisscrossing the East China Sea for more than twenty years, and there has never been an opponent. If the Tartars want to come in, it will be very difficult. One of the refugees also stopped the axe in his hand and said.

Tian Han said proudly, "That is, our Zheng family army has never avoided the battle since it encountered the Tartars, if other local armies are like our Zheng family army." I have long beaten the Tartars back to Liaodong. ”

There are people who come first as an example, and when they see that they are really allocated 20 acres of land, they immediately become a benchmark.

Later, the refugees learned about the benefits of this policy, which stimulated them to work hard, and even many people kept cutting trees day and night in order to get the land as soon as possible, and it was useless to persuade Xiao Shi. (To be continued.) )