After Su Yuliu and I left the camp, Daxiong and the others began to ask Comrade James for land. In fact, it was okay not to take the initiative to ask for this land, because according to the laws of the British Empire, each citizen could own a certain amount of land, and the empire would divide it according to various criteria, and after the division was completed, the boundary would be determined through field surveys, and finally after obtaining the title deed issued by the empire, the land would become the private property of the citizens.

However, in general, imperial officials will designate land according to the place of residence of the citizen and the situation of the family's labor force, but this is certainly not acceptable to us. According to James's plan, the area centered on the Doge's Palace was to be built into an administrative and commercial center in the future. The western region, which is several kilometers away from the commercial center, is classified as an agricultural zone.

The area that was divided into agricultural areas was far from our current camp, and there was no direct road to reach it, from which we had to go to the seaside business district and then west. If so, it will be too troublesome for us to cultivate later, but if we are asked to move out of the camp now, we are not willing, after all, this place has been built by us for a period of time, and it has become decent.

Big Bear and James bargained for dozens of rounds, during which there were inevitably all kinds of unconscionable and bells and whistles, and finally James reluctantly agreed to divide the land within the Boulder Camp to us, but he also made us have to agree that if the development of the island extends to the camp in the future, then we must unconditionally accept the arrangement to replace the land.

Big Bear and they are thinking about the future later, anyway, compared to playing a scoundrel without shame, his self-confidence is still unmatched.

Grace and Zhou An'an's island clinic is also in full swing under construction, and the relationship between the two daughters has grown by leaps and bounds after a period of time, and I took Su Yuliu to explore wine grapes, so Zhou An'an simply moved to the ship and lived with Grace.

Duke Jackson's fleet also left the island a few days later, on the one hand, he was busy with official business, and the entire empire still had many large and small affairs to deal with, and on the other hand, he had to return as soon as possible to allocate resources and help the island open the first trade route.

Before leaving, the duke suddenly remembered that there was no name for this island, so he gathered everyone to discuss, wanting to give the island a resounding new name, but a bunch of stinkers discussed for a long time, and finally decided to call it Paradise Island, the full name of which is the British Empire's Paradise Island Overseas Administrative Region.

After the Duke left, James was the head of the entire island, and all kinds of majestic styles were pulled, not only revising the design drawings of the Governor's Palace, changing the entire third floor of the Governor's Palace into his living space, but also selecting a few good-looking, younger girls from among the slaves as his servants.

Big Bear and the others got the first batch of seeds from Uncle Song, and these seeds are not much different from the seeds we know, but they are more suitable for temperate tropical cultivation.

According to the original meaning of the big bear, these ordinary seeds were simply thrown away, and then Lin Ruyi's seeds were sown on a large scale, so that we dare not talk about other aspects, at least we can stand out from the crowd in this area of agricultural development.

But Big Bear's brain is too simple, and he didn't even consider that if James and them knew about the existence of special seeds at this time, it would either be snatched for themselves, or they would be sacrificed to the queen.

Fortunately, there are old comrades like Uncle Wei who can be relied on, Uncle Wei suggested that our special seeds should only be sown in a small area for the time being, and when the population size of the island comes up in the future, and the island commerce and foreign trade are frequent, we will make other plans.

Just as everyone was about to roll up their sleeves and run to the well-off, Sandro, who was newly appointed as the commander of the island guard, suddenly ordered someone to invite Big Bear to come over to talk.

This Sandro is the military attache next to Duke Jackson, and since he came to the island, he has been busy with the site selection and construction of the convoy camp, and he has very little contact with us, except for the round and shiny bald head, we actually have no impression of him.

After receiving the invitation, Da Xiong was a little apprehensive, why did this Sandro suddenly invite him over to talk? But in the face of soldiers with guns on their backs, he couldn't refuse, so he had to go to Sandro's temporary camp.

After meeting Sandro, Sandro seemed very enthusiastic, and asked people to prepare pastries and make tea. In his room, in addition to Sandro, there were two other older men, who seemed to be the engineers who had come with Duke Jackson to support the construction of the island.

After eating and drinking, and some soulless casual chatter, Sandro finally got to the point. It turned out that Sandro had seen our rifle since he came to the island, and although he had never used it himself, he knew that it must be a good thing just by looking at the manufacturing process of the rifle. In fact, if the firearms we use are placed in the previous modern society, they are not advanced equipment, but in the current world, they can be said to be top-level weapons.

Da Xiong himself doesn't know how to use guns, but later Lin Ruyi briefly introduced the basic use and principles of firearms to everyone, and Da Xiong has a little ignorant cognition of firearms, but this grandson can fly a plane by building a runway in his mouth, and under all kinds of shameless boasting, Sandro mistakenly thinks that he is a professional in this area, so he invited him to talk.

After explaining his intentions, Da Xiong's originally anxious little heart calmed down slightly, and he pondered that although these people are all soldiers, the available weapons and equipment are very backward, and presumably the overall military industry development level of this world is only like this, so relying on the little things taught by Lin Ruyi, combined with the scattered knowledge of watching TV and reading books before, it should not be a problem to bluff them.

Sandro asked Big Bear, "Where did you get your guns?" ”

Big Bear thought for a moment and said, "This is a ship that has docked on the island before, and there is a very good master of forging guns on board, and he gave us our guns. ”

"Oh," Sandro said meaningfully, "can you tell us about the gun, and preferably bring it to us to see?" ”

Da Xiong cocked Erlang's legs, patted his chest and said, "It's naturally okay to show you, but if you introduce the principle of firearms, it will take a lot of words, and we still have farming work to do, so I'm afraid we don't necessarily have time." ”

"It's easy to do." As he spoke, Sandro clapped his hands, and from the outside came a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old, dressed in coarse cloth and with disheveled hair, and said to the bear, "This slave will be your servant from now on, not only to help you plow the land and farm, but also to take care of your daily life, and you will have time to tell us about the gun." ”

Big Bear's original meaning was just to cheat some food and drink from Sandro, but he didn't expect the other party to give him a servant directly, and it was a little girl, although she was a slave and looked embarrassed, but through the scattered hair, you could still see that this little girl looked good.

Seeing that the bear still did not agree, Sandro asked him to come up with a sum of money, and he said to the bear, "In addition to this slave, there are forty pounds here, and you don't have to pay the citizenship tax for two years, so I am very sincere." ”

Faced with the temptation of money and beautiful women, Da Xiong's heart began to relax a little, he thought that this grandson might be a weapon lover, and he couldn't walk when he saw high-end equipment, even if he told him the principle of firearms, it didn't seem to matter, if he wanted to deal with us with the same bad stomach as James, there was a better and simpler way, and even if he knew the principle of firearms, he couldn't make guns without modern machine tools and other processing equipment.

While comforting himself, Da Xiong reached out to get the money, Sandro smiled slightly and suddenly pressed Da Xiong's hand again, "The money and people are yours, don't worry, but what, since I have already shown my sincerity, should you also express it further?" How about I hope you can write down all this construction principle of the gun? ”

Big Bear thought about it, anyway, saying it was no different from writing it down, so he nodded and agreed.

After Big Bear left with the slaves and money, Sandro stood up and asked the two men beside him what they thought.

One of the men said, "These island natives are really weird, and the things they use are weird. This big bear is indeed the best breakthrough, but even if they really have some secrets, is it worth the Duke to put so much effort into it? ”

Sandro smiled, "Those guns alone are worth it, and the Duke's arrangements are only known to the three of us, so you must pay attention to keep it a secret." ”