Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 28 Great Development: Reclamation

March 1632, 3.Monday, light rain.

Fabian Klingemann from Saxony is leaning on a small wooden boat, next to his wife Hannah, all their property is a box between Fabian's legs and A piglet in Hannah's arms.Years of wars and natural disasters left this young German farmer with almost nothing and no food to eat.What is even more desperate is that such days seem to have no end in sight.

So, desperate Fabian and his wife Hannah boarded the immigration ship sailing from Rostock to the port of Tatan.The name of the Swedish ship sailing to the port of Tartan is "Quick Deer". After hearing that everyone who trades with the Tartan people has made a fortune, the captain Jacob has long been eager to participate .

Although it can't get involved in the crazy porcelain trade, it is at least twice as profitable to bring the entire ship of materials and immigrants to the port of Tatan.Tatans have always been famous for being generous in money, and they have a good reputation in the Baltic Sea region.And when you return, you may be able to buy some Tatan specialties.Their plate armor seems to be very famous. A while ago, a lucky guy from Gothenburg sold a set of plate armor to the nobles of his country. The results were well received, and the dozens of sets of plate armor accumulated in his hand were also sold in a short period of time. It was sold out and made a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Captain Jacob's heart was full of fire.So he sold all his properties, borrowed 1500 ducats from a Dutch businessman, and began to purchase supplies in Sweden, Poland, and Russia. At the same time, he began to recruit refugees and technical personnel from various countries who were willing to try their luck in the New World.

At this time, the war in North Germany was in full swing, and the Swedes and the Catholic coalition forces almost had their brains out.Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony and other regions experienced wars, and production was greatly damaged. A large number of handicraftsmen and farmers went bankrupt, and they had no food or clothing.Captain Jacob easily collected a large number of refugees and some skilled craftsmen. If it wasn't for the limited space on the ship, Captain Jacob might have sold all the refugees he saw to America.In this way, Captain Jacob finally set sail after filling the ship with more than 200 immigrants.

After three months of long voyage, the sailing ship "Quick Deer" finally docked at Tatan Port. 3 German immigrants and a large amount of copper, lead, linen, cloth, gunpowder, fur, livestock and other materials were sold at a good price. The captain converted these purchases into 211 sets of three-year-style full body armor and 100 sharp three-two Year-style command knife, and then returned to Europe.

It was under such circumstances that Fabian and his wife came to Uruguay. They were arranged by the executive committee to be in the planned Dingyuanbao settlement area.The first construction team of the newly established construction company has built two settlements each capable of accommodating 1 people in the east of Dingyuan Fort.

"Here we are!" The boatman smiled at Fabian friendly and handed him some steamed potatoes.Fabian was grateful. This German from Pomerania came here last year. He participated in the war against the French last month. punting.As a freeman, he is said to have a salary of one yuan a month, and he can also eat free steamed potatoes and salted fish in the canteen of the transport fleet, which makes Fabian very envious.

Today's Dayu River waterway is becoming increasingly busy, and wooden boats full of various supplies can be seen going back and forth at any time, and the "golden waterway" has begun to take shape.The transportation fleet under the jurisdiction of Dong'an Company has more than 40 medium-sized inland river wooden boats and nearly [-] boatmen. They undertake all the transportation tasks on the Dayu River, the main artery that passes through the people.

After waving goodbye to the boatman, Fabian and Hannah, together with a dozen other immigrants on the same boat, were led away by the guide who had been waiting on the shore for a long time.The guide was a "Tatan", and he gave up after a few words with them, because he seemed to find that no one here could understand what he was talking about, which made Fabian laugh a little happily.

Walking through a path full of weeds, the group stopped in front of a row of neatly built houses made of red bricks.The guide began to negotiate with the few people who had been waiting there, still using a language he could not understand.

Fabian felt a little hungry, and he had completely digested what he had eaten in Datan Port in the morning.He immediately took out the steamed potatoes from his pocket, and looked around while eating.Of course, he didn't forget to share the food with Hannah.

"Fabian, is this a house for us?" His wife Hannah didn't feel hungry at all. She shook Fabian's arm excitedly and asked, "Can we really live here?" ? Ah, I'm going to make a pigsty and raise some chickens. Honey, are you listening to me?"

Just as Fabian was about to answer, he saw that the people in front had finished their conversation.One of the tall European men faced them and spoke to them in German: "Hi everyone, I am Christopher Grote, of course you'd better call me 'Grote' in Chinese, then I will be very happy First of all, I would like to introduce to you that this is the first production team of the Dingyuanbao Reclamation Brigade, and you are honored to be the first batch of residents here. In the future, I will be responsible for the production, life and security of the entire production team. You can consult me ​​for any questions. Of course, you must complete the tasks I have assigned to you. Well, that’s it, I think you can’t wait any longer. So, go pick your house now , two people share one room, those who are already married can live in the same room!"

As soon as Grote's words fell, the dozen or so German immigrants immediately passed him to choose a house at the fastest speed.

"It's time to teach them the rules next time." Grote said angrily as he rubbed his sore shoulder.

Sitting in a chair made of tree stumps, Fabian watched his wife, Hannah, move excitedly around the room.In fact, there is only one room, and the area is not very large.The furnishings in the house are also very simple: a simple wooden bed, an equally simple table and two stump chairs.It would not be an exaggeration to say that the house is desolate, but Fabian felt so peaceful that he wanted to cry.

Stumbling and struggling to survive in Germany for more than 20 years, I have witnessed too many relatives and friends lose their lives due to war, hunger and disease, and even I almost followed in their footsteps.Unexpectedly, after living in the New World, I suddenly realized that this is the life I have been pursuing all along?

With no wars threatening my life, no tax collectors to extract my last copper, no unbearable cold weather, I can live quietly with my dear Hannah, raise a few pigs, a flock of chickens and ducks, and have a bunch of children .

God bless!At this moment, Fabian praised the Almighty Lord devoutly.

No one can take away my new life, not even the king!Fabian swears to God.

Smoke rose from the kitchen of the public canteen at the head of the village, and it was almost lunch time.Grote's younger sister, Adele, commanded a few Irishmen to move buckets of food from the kitchen into the cafeteria, and soon the entire production team, men, women and children, would come to eat on time.

Adele is a responsible person. After being transferred from the Agricultural Bureau to the first production team of the Development Brigade, she has been working diligently.Although the monthly salary is only 1 cents, Adele, who is in charge of material statistics and distribution, is very busy every day and stays up late.Recently, many immigrants have come here, and a large amount of supplies have also been transported here, mainly seeds, farm tools and food.

Adele knew that this was the prelude to the large-scale land reclamation planned by her superiors, and she carefully registered every material in the warehouse to make sure it was correct.She also has a small bed in the material warehouse, she sleeps when she is tired, and continues to work when she wakes up.

In addition to being responsible for supplies, she also manages the canteen of the production team.There were four assigned Irishmen in the canteen, none of whom were freedmen and worked here without any pay.Adele was a kind girl, and she pretended not to see the four Irishmen stealing potatoes.This makes the Irish very grateful, and their enthusiasm for work has also increased a lot.

Grotra rang the bell on the wooden stand at the edge of the field, it was lunch time.The immigrant farmers who were burning, leveling the land, and digging ditches stopped their work. After placing their tools in the designated places, they began to form a team noisily at the edge of the field: a team of men and a team of women.After finishing the team, Grote took them to the cafeteria for dinner.

Today's lunch is still the same steamed potatoes, soy salted fish and fish soup.Everyone ate quickly and happily. Such food is not easy to eat often in Europe today.Moreover, the following work will be very hard, and they need adequate nutrition to maintain their strength.

The executive committee has planned a planting area of ​​1 mu on the side of the first production team, mainly to plant high-yield crops such as potatoes, which is a breakthrough to solve the current food crisis across the country.These immigrants have to participate in various labors during the slack period other than farming, such as building roads to the next production team; building public toilets and bathhouses; building water supply and drainage facilities; digging more wells, building cisterns and drinking water. Water treatment facilities; manpower is transferred to build schools and medical stations with other production teams; men also regularly participate in militia training.In short, all kinds of things will never let you idle.

Since the work is so heavy, in order to increase the enthusiasm of the immigrants, the Executive Committee solemnly announced: when any immigrant obtains the qualification of freeman, he will get a free house, and at the same time he can buy the land he cultivated with money. Buy thirty acres.

As soon as this policy came out, the immigrants felt that they had hope, and their enthusiasm for work suddenly increased.

PS: I just got back from a business trip today.Since I uploaded Chapter 1 last Sunday, I was urgently sent out on a business trip by the leader the next day.For more than a week, I shared a standard room with another colleague, and I couldn't code at all, so I was able to find time to post and archive manuscripts, and manage and manage book reviews.At present, the amount of manuscripts saved has almost bottomed out, or I will change it to update every day from today ^_^ hurry up and save manuscripts first

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