"We arrived here in June of the thirteenth year of the Holy Way, and when we first entered the bay, we saw that our eyes were full of gold, and although we knew that they were the color of plants and trees, we were still rejoicing, which seemed to be a good sign, just like my father said, this is a good omen from heaven, and the future will be as bright as gold-1-"

"It's a pity that God never drops pies for nothing. Dad named this place Puzhou, but what is like Zhangpu here? You have to wear a jacket when it's hottest, you have to freeze without a thick quilt at night, and you still have to die on the beach, and your mouth peels off a layer a day. The strongest men are wilted here and are not as good as dogs, and of course not ...... me."

"In the first few months, a lot of people died, all of them were unadaptable, and there were many inexplicable epidemics, although there were many Langzhong in the team, but they still couldn't save everyone. Dad was crying at night, I understood his feelings, these people followed him across the ocean from Zhangpu, and when Dad greeted them, they didn't hesitate at all. But I don't understand why my father didn't go back with the ship of the Ocean Company, he had to persevere to the end, if he continued like this, everyone would die! ”

"Didn't Your Majesty say that coming to Dongzhou to cultivate cultivation is only voluntary, and if you can't do it, you can go back. But Dad said that he had no face to go back. Face, face, it's really the face of this Laoshzi that the older you get, the more you talk about it, can you live and eat it? ”

"I'm afraid that Your Majesty saw through Dad's problem, so he deliberately gave Dad's choice. The superior is like this, you are voluntary, not forced you, the people below are still grateful for the hardships, and they feel that they have received great favors. Isn't this an exile? In order to give an account to the scholars who are full of benevolence and morality in the country, His Majesty crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and kicked us, the heroes who opened the door of Korea, to Dongzhou, with ill intentions! That's what I wrote, what! If you are disrespectful, you will be disrespectful! ”

"Dad left me behind, saying that I could have gone back to the navy, I didn't have to follow him, I am your son, how could I leave you to suffer in the wilderness tens of thousands of miles away, what else do I want to beg for fame and fortune?"

"Okay, Dad, you told me to cry, let's have an iron heart and settle down in Puzhou. As for how many acres of land and how many cattle and sheep, the most valuable thing in this place is land, and the most precious thing is people, and it is completely reversed from Middle-earth, and I don't have much hope......

The beginning of the notes made by the fly pen is this kind of mental language, complaining, irritable, complaining, and resentful, so that the handwriting is very messy, and it takes a lot of effort to understand. Luo Wugui was very emotional, to be honest, a young man like Fan Liuxi, who had opened his eyes and was in the throes of his career, suddenly changed to Dongzhou, a place outside the world, and everything started from scratch, without these emotions, he was simply an agency person, fortunately, he had a father like Fan Sihai.

The further back he looked, the clearer the handwriting and the more peaceful his mentality became, and Fan Liuxi began to write in depth many details of the pioneering. This includes the establishment of camps and the reclamation of wasteland. Fan Liuxi was originally very opposed to wasting manpower on the Heavenly Temple, and used the bricks and tiles that came out first, and very valuable beams and woods were used to build the Heavenly Temple.

After the temple was built, two statues of Mazu Niangniang and Pan Niangniang were erected, and the mood of the immigrants was suddenly much calmer, and the sense of loss of leaving their hometown also dissipated a lot, which also made Fan Liuxi spend a lot of time talking about his feelings and thoughts in his notes. After several typhoons, the Heavenly Temple became a place of refuge, and Wang Xian turned the Heavenly Temple into a hospital and a place for learning, and Fan Liuxi also used the honorific phrase "God is above" more and more frequently in his notes, showing that he also sank his heart and began to take the Heavenly Temple as his spiritual home.

With the spread of the reclamation business, Fan Liuxi's attitude towards the emperor in his notes gradually changed, and he talked several times in a sarcastic tone that the emperor's previous reclamation in Dongzhou was simply blind, and the trust was not human, no wonder he always failed. Only my father and myself are here to take this place as their home, which is the right and bright path. Of course, the emperor's many previous failed efforts also left a lot of legacy and valuable experience for the new Puzhou. …,

For example, the climate change, soil conditions, river direction and epidemic situation in Puzhou, there is no experience of losers, they have to grope from scratch, just to find the grain suitable for planting in Puzhou, it will take several years of effort, but with the experience of their predecessors, they can directly use bud rice and wheat, and the next year the grain can be self-sufficient.

The infrastructure left over from the previous reclamation teams was also used by Puzhou. Of course, the emperor's Dayang Company, and even the imperial court's Dayang Navy, are regularly receiving assistance, which is the foundation that can support Puzhou. Fan Liuxi admitted that other overseas settlers could not enjoy such treatment, and these treatments also meant that the emperor and even the imperial court had a long-term plan for Dongzhou, and did not hesitate to invest in it.

"In November of the fourteenth year of the Holy Dao, we have been here for almost a year and a half, and Puzhou is basically on the right track, but everyone still has a big mystery in their hearts, that is, the birth of Dongzhou, we have not encountered ...... yet"

Seeing this, Luo Wugui's eyes jumped, and he finally mentioned Shengfan.

"The people of the Ocean Company said that the reclamation team had encountered it before, and a conflict broke out between the two sides, and the other party actually rode a horse, using a shuttle dart and a bow and arrow, which was extremely fierce, and more than half of the reclamation team was killed or wounded. The reclamation team did not hold out and had to board the ship and retreat later in the day. ”

"So we have been extra vigilant, hoarded a large number of guns and ammunition, and even found Dayang Company to transport a few four-pound small cannons, even if there are thousands of sieges, Tianmen can hold out for a whole year."

"Instead of waiting, it's better to take the initiative and find out what is going on. Puzhou already had a foundation, so I asked my father's consent to build beacons on the north, east and south sides of the bay, set up a cordon, and then organized a cavalry sentry to investigate in three directions. Besides, this is really a good place to raise horses, and the horses brought out of the country are much happier than people here, and they are all fat and strong. Dad asked the ocean company to find a way to transport some stallions from the big food land, and the Sichuan, Yunnan, and even Mongolian horses in the country were like donkeys in this vast land, and they were not at all troubled. ”

"The sentinel team first explored the south, and after walking for more than ten days, it was about a thousand miles away from the gate of heaven, and we finally met Shengfan. To be honest, I was also scared at first glance. Dressed in bright feathers, the horses are also tall horses, mostly holding shuttle darts and bows and arrows, but there are people holding muskets! ”

"The other party is probably only the pioneer of the road, only forty or fifty people, and there are about thirty people on our side. But we weren't too afraid, for each of us had a spear and two spears. Our guns are not cheap local military products, but new gadgets suitable for expeditions. Both the long and short guns are double-barreled, each of them can fire six shots in a row, plus the special long knives, even if the opponent is a Spaniard, don't want to eat us without hundreds of people. ”

"To be honest, Dongzhou's raw fans should be called familiar fans, they are not the kind of fools in Nanyang who only know how to croak, and throw themselves to the ground when they see something new, maybe it's the reason why they have dealt with the Spaniards and other Europeans. In short, when they saw us from afar, and they held their weapons high, the meaning was obvious, there was no hostility, or rather, they saluted first and then soldiers. ”

"We're not brainless reckless men, and it's best to talk, so I went up with my deputy, Seventeen. Seventeen is the son of our Fan family, but now the clan system is no longer in the way. In Puzhou, even women have to hold up half the sky, and men are even less likely to be looked at. Although the seventeenth elder still calls me the sixth young master, everyone treats each other as brothers, regardless of whether they are high or low. ”

"Now I regret it, I can't be trusted, we should do it as soon as possible! When I came face to face with Seventeen, even though they were covered in colorful ink, we could tell that they were both yellow-skinned and black-eyed, but darker than ours, and still had curly hair. "...," the other looked at for a moment, as if surprised, and then they began to scream, and the bows, arrows, pikes, darts, and muskets were aim. ”

"Seeing that the situation was not good, Seventeen stopped the horse's head and blocked me, and the gun went off, and I watched as Seventeen was hit by two shots and two arrows......"

"I don't want to say much about the next battle, losing Seventeen is my defeat, although I killed most of them and captured more than a dozen horses, but Seventeen can't survive anymore, Dongzhou's life...... Sure enough, it is impossible to deal with the extremely vicious people, and it is best to kill them all! ”

"But I'm still very puzzled, why did I treat each other politely before, but when I saw our faces, I immediately turned my face? We don't understand Shengfan's words, and the Shengfan who grabbed it still didn't understand after a long time, so we had to shoot him down and send him to see his people. As for this question, I later felt that Shengfan was cunning, and when I saw our reality clearly, I thought that I would strike first. After that, I vowed to kill all the people I could see, so that we could have a peaceful day in Puzhou. ”

Seeing this, Luo Wugui faintly felt in his heart, could it be that Fan Sihai's father and son had a disagreement in their attitude towards Shengfan?

As far as the position is concerned, Luo Wugui agrees with Fan Liuxi, if he can't communicate, then kill him, anyway, in Nanyang, Yinghua treats the local aborigines like this. Those who can communicate will be lured out of the jungle, and those who cannot communicate will be exterminated. Don't look at Wu Ya's killing of the Khmer people in Funan, Jia Hao's ruthless hands against the natives in Boni will be exhausted one by one, and it will be known to the public in the country, which will completely subvert Jia Hao's name of "Buddha Governor".

Thinking of this, Luo Wugui began to slander, Fan Sihai is mostly a Confucian and Mo person in the country, and he always talks about the virtue of a good life in God, and people are all spirits created by God regardless of race. Heaven has a way of heaven, and people also have humanity, not only in the same language, but also in all kinds of skin colors, in their view, Shengfan is also a human being, and it needs to be treated with compassion and kindness......

Continuing to watch, Luo Wugui realized that things didn't seem to be so simple.

"When we returned to Tianmen and reported this encounter, my father was very nervous and organized defenses, fearing a large-scale invasion."

"But after waiting for three or four months, there was no situation, and I missed the burning of bricks in winter. In the spring of the fifteenth year, I felt that this was probably not the place where the activities were lived, so everyone lowered their precautions and continued to bury their heads in their own work. ”

"I didn't let my guard down, and continued to organize sentinel horse exploration, and besides, the tall horses of Shengfan are very good, grab more of these horses, and everyone in Puzhou can be proficient in riding."

"God pays off, in late March, I met Shengfan four or five hundred miles away to the north, although they didn't ride horses, although some people said that these people seem to be different from the Shengfan they met before, shorter in stature, and their faces are more similar to us, but I didn't hesitate at all, Shengfan is Shengfan, don't expect them to understand the reason, so I ......"

"Killed more than 100 people, and arrested more than a dozen, and there were single brothers who couldn't hold back, so they used the raw woman, and brought them back to Puzhou to prepare for long-term use. I think it's a good thing, but I can't do it to harm my own woman. Speaking of God's mercy, the raw woman in Dongzhou is much more pleasing to the eye than the raw woman in Nanyang, in addition to the dark spots on the skin, the eyebrows are always a little different from us, and at first glance I really don't think it's an outsider. ”

"After I came back, Puzhou blew up the nest, Mr. Sang and Wang Xian were very angry, thinking that we were all evil thugs, I quarreled with them, but my father actually vented with them in one nostril, and wanted to punish those brothers who were stained with raw women. I find it unbelievable that the king sacrificed to heal the injured and sick Shengfan, shelter those Shengfan women, and prevent us from continuing to 'violate'. This is a raw fan.,It's the same as an animal.,How can you treat it like a compatriot? "...,"Dad may not want our own family to break up because of the incident, and wants me to suffer a loss with my brothers, admit the disposition of Mr. Sang and Wang Xian, and whip my brothers a lot." The brothers were persuaded by some big reason, but I am not convinced! ”

"Dad also persuaded me that there are many people in Dongzhou, some are violent and some are kind, and they can't be generalized. Let's gain a foothold in Dongzhou, we can't just think about the future of Tianmen and even Puzhou, but also think about the situation when the territory is bigger, there are more people, and we have more contact with Shengfan in the future. ”

"I admit it, I just want to cut and kill, my mind is too simple, but I don't agree with the view of Sang Zhu Bo and Wang Xi, they always feel that Shengfan is an object that can be edified, and we Chinese people should treat them more kindly. Civilize? Friendly? They have never been in the army, and they don't know what the Japanese and Koreans say about us Chinese behind their backs. The Japanese and Koreans are also yellow-skinned and black-eyed, and they are full of admiration for our Huaxia, but as long as they are given a chance, I dare to pat my chest and swear that they will definitely be ungrateful and stab us in the waist and eyes of Huaxia! When I was in the Beiyang Fleet, I couldn't have been more clear about what they thought in their hearts! If it is not of my race, its heart will be different! ”

"I don't know if it's God's curse, or if my father secretly used some means. It didn't take long for the captured Shengfan to die of illness. I also breathed a sigh of relief, I finally didn't make a fuss about these and make my family turn their faces into enemies. ”

But the king priest told everyone that he had been with Shengfan for a long time, and he barely understood some words, and he heard a lot of news from the sacrifice of Shengfan. Speaking of the west of this eastern continent, there are countless Shengfan tribes, especially the steppes in the east, as well as the big lakes in the northeast, and other big tribes such as the Iroquois, Apache and Sioux, who have close relations with the Europas, alliances, and wars, and are by no means the forces that can be easily dealt with by Nanyang Shengfan. ”

"Later, the Ocean Company also brought the information of the Spaniards about Shengfan, and I also learned that the original Shengfan of Dongzhou is not all Shengfan, and the Mayans have built an empire in the south."

"But in the end, it was not conquered by the Spaniards with a few hundred men? The story of the Spaniards has strengthened my determination that in Dongzhou, if we want to gain a foothold in China, we must open the way with blood and fire! Let the people of Dongzhou fear us, and then we can talk about the next things. ”

"Dad and Sang Lord Bo, Wang sacrifice, and even many people are opposed, saying that we are coming to Dongzhou to establish a business, not to conquer, the kindness of women!"

"Women are always their own relatives, they can be merciful, they can be merciful, but someone has to guard them with a sword and a spear. That's why I insisted on strengthening our armaments and building a strong volunteer army. ”

"My father has a lot of scruples about this matter, and he is worried that others will say that he is a father and son who are in charge of the military and politics and want to be self-reliant overseas, so he opposes me being a village lieutenant. Okay, I'm not a village lieutenant, I'll take a volunteer person to sweep around and see what God judges in the end! ”

Luo Wugui's brows gradually wrinkled, about the matter of Shengfan, within Puzhou, Fan Sihai's father and son, there was such a big disagreement?

Fan Liuxi's last account, in July of this year, said that the signs of activity in the east were becoming more frequent, and he led a group of people to use the east beacon tower as a base and put down roots there. More than 100 cavalrymen drilled every day, and they were ready to carry out a long-range attack to completely solve the threat of the surrounding life.

"It's too risky......"

Luo Wugui broke out in a cold sweat, and read that the Shengfan tribe in the east often had thousands of people, as well as foreigner muskets, and they wanted to do great things with hundreds of people, and Fan Liuxi inevitably thought too highly of himself.

Fan Sihai saw that he had finished reading his notes, and said with a wry smile: "That kid is not stupid, he expects to pull the people of the Ocean Company or the Ocean Fleet into the water, but fortunately, I stopped him and didn't let him break into a big disaster." I guess in a few days, he will talk to you about it. If you still recognize me as an old leader, you will have to reject him. ..., Luo Wugui frowned: "Xiao Liu's idea is also a martial artist's mind, so it's not a big mistake." ”

To be honest, he himself thinks this way, so naturally he doesn't think there is anything wrong with Fan Liuxi's principles.

Fan Sihai said: "But this is not wartime, the affairs of Dongzhou, the future of Puzhou, should not be handed over to the martial arts for adjudication." Wugui, don't get excited, what we did in North Korea before, how did Your Majesty judge, think about it. ”

Luo Wugui calmed down and spread his hands: "Then what should I do?" Xiao Liu's words are the wise sayings, if they are not of my race, their hearts will be different. ”

Fan Sihai shook his head: "This is not a big mistake in Middle Earth, but in Dongzhou, there are not only Spaniards, French, British, but also people from different tribes. How to get along with others, apart from vigilance, is there no way to coexist and be compatible? ”

He said leisurely: "Wang Xian's speech is more compassionate and compassionate, and less involved in practice, but Sang Zhu Bo, and even the students from several colleges in Baicheng and Huangpu who came here said that I Huaxia now looks at the world, not only to wait for the world, but also to learn to get along with foreign races, and learn how to educate those who are not of my race, so that I can have a universal mind, rather than the heart of the old days who claim to be the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire." ”

Luo Wugui couldn't help but say, "Edification? Words and words are incomprehensible, and our heavenly temple is only related to our own family blood, so it is impossible to be like those cults of foreigners, to bewitch and believe in their gods, how to educate? Is it still like the old days, sealing a circle of kings in Dongzhou? ”

Fan Sihai whiskered and said: "This is the problem, that's why I said, the matter of life is a major matter of life and death for my Huaxia reclamation in Dongzhou, if this problem is not solved, to put it mildly, Puzhou will have to fall into the sea of blood, and it is difficult to mention any development." Speaking of the big picture, Dongzhou and even other places, if we cultivate China, we can only rely on people and blood and fire, and there is no righteousness outside China, and sooner or later we will become the enemy of the world. ”

Luo Wugui felt that Fan Sihai was a little worried, but the topic fell on the future of Puzhou, which was indeed a problem. From the perspective of a martial artist, there are both soft and hard sides to outsiders, but now there is only a hard side, but the soft side cannot be said. It's easy to learn from foreigners to trade and provide medical relief or something, but foreigners still have the hand of the gods, if Huaxia doesn't have something at this level, it will be difficult to stand on its feet.

"I don't have any ideas about it, but...... Many of the people who came with the ship were university people, maybe they could have something to say. ”

Thinking about it deeply, Luo Wugui had a headache, but he immediately found a helper.