On the 17th day of the sixth month of the solar calendar, the double robbery in Meaux is about to begin.

The most obvious difference in agricultural production according to the new calendar is the availability of dates to which to refer to.

Under Yan Zheng's instructions, some students began to record the weather every day, hoping to find out the climate change in Dongfan through this record.

With the purchase of a large number of cultivated cattle, there are more than 700 cultivated cattle on Dongfan Island, which has played a great role in promoting agricultural production.

There are more than 100 sows in the pen, and many farmers have bought piglets for the first time this year.

The breeding of pigs has also achieved certain results, through the crossbreeding of Taihu pigs and Dongfan wild boars, a kind of piglets with darker coat color, fast meat growth, and extremely adaptable to the tropics.

Chickens and ducks have long been in flocks, with each household raising more than seven or eight, and eggs have become the main source of protein.

Agricultural production can be described as thriving, and in time, Dongfan will surely become another land of fish and rice.

In this busy farming season, after Yan Zheng stepped up his inspection of this year's harvest, he got on a small boat and sailed to Yangang under the escort of a platoon.

After more than four months of construction, the first self-produced ship in Dongfan is finally about to be launched!

Yan Zheng specially instructed everyone to wait for him to arrive before starting the launching ceremony.

For him, Dongfan's self-produced ships can definitely be regarded as a milestone, which means that he can take the initiative to go out in the future.

Sitting on the boat, Yan Zheng lay down very comfortably in the cabin.

This boat is the one built by the original shipbuilder trio, and now the wooden boat has gradually begun to replace the bamboo raft.

Feeling the light swing of the boat on the water, he only felt very comfortable and relaxed in his heart, and if he looked at the blue sky and white clouds again, this feeling would be even more refreshing.

"Chief, why did you arrange for us to learn how to operate a boat?" Zhang Sanfeng, who accompanied him, did not have the comfort of the journey.

Yan Zheng squinted his eyes and said: "Because there is a big island under our feet, we can already clean up the enemies on the island, but we can't clean up the enemies outside the island!"

Zhang Sanfeng muttered: "But most of our soldiers are used to fighting in the dense forest, and they are the strongest in the dense forest!" If it's at sea, let those Ming people do it! ”

Yan Zheng opened his eyes, looked at Zhang Sanfeng and said, "You have this kind of thought, it's better not to have it!" Staying on land is naturally what you are good at, but if you give up the sea for this, you will regret it! And in the navy to be formed in the future, how can there be only Ming immigrants? ”

"If this is really the case, believe me, your army and navy will definitely have major contradictions in the future, because this is a dispute over the distribution of interests and resources! In the end, it will definitely damage the development of Dongfan, and if it is serious, it will lead to the separation of the army and navy! Causing the two groups to drift apart! ”

"So whether it is the army or navy, or even all walks of life, there must be Ming immigrants and our Dongfan people, and we are all Chinese people, and we come to Dongfan for our cause and to build Dongfan!"

Zhang Sanfeng lowered his head and thought for a while: "Is it just like our army?" At first, there were only people from the Mona tribe, but after more people were gathered, we people from our respective tribes were no longer separated from each other. ”

Yan Zheng smiled, crossed his feet comfortably and said: "That's right, I know that many people have some opinions about Ming immigrants, but I don't want this opinion to evolve into estrangement!"

Zhang Sanfeng nodded silently, his opinion was actually behind the problems between the indigenous people and the immigrants.

With the increasing number of victims in the Ming Dynasty, the original clansmen already have some dissatisfaction.

Even if Yan Zheng gave them the qualifications to buy cattle and pigs, they were still a little reluctant, especially when they saw that the population of the Ming people had gradually surpassed them.

It's not about perception, it's just a battle for resources and the insecurity it brings.

What Yan Zheng has to do is not to forcibly ask them to integrate, but to slowly integrate these people, invent more concepts, and blend these people together.

At the same time, it is necessary to make both indigenous people and immigrants become contributors, rather than preferential treatment and exploitation.

Yan Zheng is very confident in this, and no one is more proficient in the trick of creating a common consciousness than him!

And there is another reason, that is, in the future, there will be more and more Ming people, and all walks of life will be full of Ming people, and if it is not properly handled, it will inevitably lead to the Ming faction occupying a lot of resources and discourse.

Therefore, Yan Zheng must cultivate localists and let them restrain each other, so that they can whip each other, contradict each other, and make progress together!

And the first thing to absorb a large number of Ming immigrants is the army!

"After the big ship is launched this time, I will expand another battalion to involve the young men of the Ming descent! When the time comes, pick a few suitable platoon commanders to be the company commander, and if you are the battalion commander, you will be the one to serve! Yan Zheng said suddenly.

Zhang Sanfeng was stunned, and then asked, "Is the army not enough now?"

Yan Zhengtang said with a smile: "When the army is not enough, and there will be more ships in the future, we should let a battalion patrol Dongfan to ensure that no foreign force will build military facilities in Dongfan!" Only in this way can we be qualified to say that the land under our feet belongs to us! ”

"Does it mean that if our army can patrol there, it belongs to our territory?" Zhang Sanfeng asked again.

Yan Zheng snorted: "Where we can't use the army to exert influence, we can't establish a stable rule, and our land expansion will be even more crazy in the future."

The Ming immigrants will be built along the coastline and rivers little by little, and after the points are connected into a piece, the entire Dongfan Island will completely belong to us! ”

Zhang Sanfeng thought about it in silence, he could imagine that scene, the entire Dongfan was no longer densely forested, but full of fields full of rice and the houses of the occupants.

"Chief, why are these Ming people always willing to come to Dongfan? As you know, the people of Meaux are not willing to go to other tribes now, and even dislike the women married by other tribes! ”

Yan Zheng couldn't help but smile and said: "If one day, Mo City is no longer advanced and developed, and I, the son of God, begin to become like a mortal, only oppressing and enslaving the clansmen every day, then the clansmen who support me the most will also leave me!"

"You should be glad that there are many people in the Ming Kingdom who like to enslave the people, so their people will come to Dongfan one after another.

Just imagine, a person farms in the Ming Kingdom, planting the same amount of land, but only getting 30% of Dongfan, and even eating enough is a problem, do you think he will be willing to come to us! ”

Zhang Sanfeng nodded seriously: "In this way, these Ming people are not turning their backs on their race, they just work hard and don't get the rewards they deserve!"

Like the wandering savages who fled to Meaux, they would rather work for us like prisoners of war than return to their original tribes! ”

Yan Zheng also said seriously: "So if you don't do well, don't blame the clansmen for leaving you, everyone has the right to pursue a better life." In the future, if these Ming people hate the Ming Kingdom more than you, you should not be surprised. ”

Zhang Sanfeng lowered his head thoughtfully, but felt that these Ming people might be more reliable than people from other tribes, and the little estrangement in his heart was also eliminated.

By the afternoon, the ship had arrived at Salt Harbor, and the flat-bottomed structure of the boat had shortened the time from Meadow to Salt Harbor by a full third!

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