At dusk, more than 7,500 immigrants finally entered the comfortable and clean camp, and the second batch of immigrants, who arrived half a month earlier than them, all went out to cook for the villagers who came from afar, deliver tea and water, and for a time were full of surprise sounds from southern Henan and Huaibei, and exclamations and laughter continued to sound.

Zhu Daolin, accompanied by more than 10 civil and military officials, completed his inspection and praised the increasingly skilled and thoughtful reception affairs, and the officials who received the praise were very happy and proud, and the head of the civil affairs department, Yuhan Daoist, was especially grateful to his junior brother Zhu Daolin for bringing 50 boxes of urgently needed medicines yesterday.

Li Changrun, the 39-year-old head of Tuntian from Ziyangguan Farm, was a little troubled, he walked up to Zhu Daolin with a worried face, arched his hand and said loudly:

"Late autumn is approaching, the temperature is slowly getting colder in the morning and evening, most of the nearly 20,000 soldiers and civilians are wearing single clothes, and the cloth shoes issued before departure have been tattered, fortunately, most of the immigrants will play straw shoes, and I hope that the general will send winter clothes and quilts from Hushan Manor as soon as possible."

Zhu Daolin immediately comforted: "It will be soon, and we have ordered enough clothes, quilts, blankets, and rubber-soled canvas shoes for 50,000 people, as well as tens of thousands of water bottles, hammers, shovels, steel picks and other tools. ”

"But after these supplies arrive, the army needs to select 10,000 sets first, there will be no opinion, right?"

"No, 40,000 is enough."

Li Changrun's sad face stretched and turned into a satisfied smile.

Fan Sanmin, the director of construction, said with a smile: "I also want to save 20,000 sets, I have to pick the tools first, in addition to building docks and forts, we are also in charge of 5 large and small fishing boats and a fishing team of 300 people, clothes and tools are absolutely indispensable." ”

Everyone talked and laughed and went to the temporary headquarters converted from a military camp to discuss the distribution plan for more than 7,000 immigrants while eating, and finally more than 4,000 people from 1,200 households were separated by Fan Sanmin, the head of the construction department. Tomorrow, he will be transferred to the seaside to build a camp, and the rest will be handed over to Li Changrun, the governor of Tuntian, and after resting for five days, all of them will be transferred to a resettlement site in the depths of Taipei County.

At the end of dinner, Jiang Zhaohuan suddenly put forward a proposal to build a city in Taipei County, and as soon as his words came out, he immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the nine captains and six instructors and captains including Simeno who were chatting next door also came to listen.

Who knew that Zhu Daolin rejected the proposal to build the city. Instructed Yang Dading to take out a large map of Taiwan and hang it at the door, and look at the map in the evening glow to speak:

"Everybody, look at where we are now...... Although the south is a mangyuan that is 80 kilometers long from north to south and about 20 kilometers wide from east to west, this mangyuan with waterways, overgrown with wild grasses and thorns, and hiding poisonous insects, snakes and scorpions has not yet been cultivated, and even the local natives do not dare to live in it. ”

"Taking a step back, even if an army could cross this plain and go north, it would have to pass through a mountain pass 20 kilometers south of the Taipei settlement. It was the territory of the local natives, and so far we got along fairly well with the natives here, trading swords and tools for their poultry, game, furs, and camphor, and the business grew bigger and bigger. ”

"It's very good to do that, as long as we maintain the principle of fairness and justice, don't discriminate against them, and try to help them as much as possible, they can become our allies. Over time, they will take the initiative to integrate into our big family. ”

Zhu Daolin then pointed the thin bamboo pole to Keelung in the north: "This is Keelung where more than 130 Spanish officers and soldiers are stationed. It is also about 20 kilometers away from the mountain pass in the northern suburbs of Taipei County, and occasionally local people go to the sulfur pit five kilometers west of Keelung Port to take some sulfur back to the mountain. ”

"The Spanish garrison, which had been stationed for more than five years, was no longer afraid to take this forested valley trail after being bitten by a few people with poisonous snakes, so we were safe on the north and south sides, and we did not have to worry about a large army attacking for a few years. To the east, with the vast mountains stretching for hundreds of miles from north to south, this natural barrier is also not to be worried, as long as you have a good relationship with the natives of the mountain. ”

Finally, Zhu Daolin used the end of a thin bamboo pole to gently tap twice on the big red dot marking the freshwater port. Everyone knew what he meant: just build the fortresses on both sides of the mouth of the Tamsui River, and there is no need to build the city without spending money and money!

Seeing Zhu Daolin put down the bamboo pole and returned to his seat, everyone was quite embarrassed.

Although many people are deeply influenced by traditional habits and feel that building a strong city is the only way to feel at ease, under the current conditions, instead of spending a lot of manpower and material resources to build a city, it is better to concentrate on building a fortress at the mouth of the river, and reclaim as much land as possible to grow food, even if they want to build a city in the future, it is only after they can be self-sufficient.

According to Zhu Daolin's plan, after five years, the total population of Taipei and the five nearby towns will increase to 300,000, with 300,000 people, at least 30,000 troops, but after 30,000 troops, is there still a need to build cities?

At this point, no one mentioned the construction of the city, and Jiang Zhaohuan, the general manager who conveyed the opinions of most of the officials and immigrants to Zhu Daolin, smiled, and finally unloaded the big burden on his heart.

The piles of bonfires on both sides of the river were lit again, and the temperature dropped to about 15 degrees, and at this time the mosquitoes and reptiles had entered the hibernation period one after another, and only the surrounding nightingales and wild wolves on the Moon Mountain came from time to time to cry and howl.

Zhu Daolin, together with the officially appointed acting chief of staff of the Navy, Simeno, and others inspected the temporary camp where the officers and men of the fleet were resting.

The camp, where 80 military tents are arranged, is located on the river bank to the west of the pier, with a flat ground and a wide view.

At this time, a large wooden bed had already been erected in the tent, which was very popular among the officers and men of the navy.

Sleeping in a wide tent without the harassment of mosquitoes and poisonous insects was a hundred times more comfortable than sleeping in a cramped and dirty cabin, and most of the officers and men of the fleet fell asleep after bathing.

According to the regulations, each long-distance berthing was required to rest for two days to overhaul the battleship and check for hidden dangers, so that the officers and men could eat delicious meals and replenish their nutrition as much as possible to restore their strength.

After the summing up meeting of the fleet the next morning, Zhu Daolin took the patrol boat of the garrison battalion to the north shore to inspect the garrison camp under construction.

In order to avoid being attacked by sea snakes, Zhu Daolin stopped the established plan to eradicate more than 50 acres of mangrove forests at the mouth of the river, and waited for the sea snakes to move south in the deep winter before starting to concentrate manpower in the deep area to the west of the camp to eradicate wild grass and thorns and widen the camp area.

After Zhu Daolin's investigation, he specially ordered that all trees with a diameter of more than 30 centimeters should be retained, and that camphor saplings should be transplanted in front of the barracks where the foundation was being dug.

Midnight was approaching, Zhu Daolin ended his secret conversation with his junior brother and confidant Yang Dading, and left the barracks alone again.

This time, Zhu Daolin didn't dare to go to the dangerous beach, but walked to the foot of the mountain to the north, turned a corner and disappeared behind a dense bamboo forest.

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