In the deepest part of the southern Gulf of America, on the edge of a warm bay, immigrants from the Ming Dynasty and soldiers from the expeditionary force finally found Peanut Village, where the first batch of immigrants lived.
The fleet flying the flag of the sun and moon immediately attracted everyone from the whole village. The men followed the instructions of the village chief Xu Kan and put on finely made fur clothes, and tied cowhide belts on their bulging waists. , and a sword hung on his belt. Probably because they have eaten too much beef, these people are now strong and have thick beards. From a distance, they look like a group of heroes living in seclusion overseas. Every "hero" is accompanied by a petite and cute woman, most of whom have children in their arms - winning the immigration race requires not just transportation, but also fertility!
"Xu Kan, the head of Huaguan Village, has met several Shangguan officials. They are petty and disrespectful. Please accept it..." Xu Kan, who was also dressed in fur clothes, greeted him with a smile on his face. He also waved to a group of "heroes" behind him who were holding mink furs, asking them to quickly bring the treasures and give them to the great men in Shangguan!
Wei Zhongcheng, who had lost a lot of weight due to seasickness, could tell at a glance that the "heroes" were holding mink furs, and the fur was of excellent color. They were all top grade... and there were so many of them!
Is this for me? Wei Zhongcheng took a breath of the pure air of North America and immediately thought of the terrifying Imperial Censor!
Can't take it!
He has already been sent to the Gulf of America. If he commits another crime, where will he be exiled?
"Captain Xu, I am an upright official!" Wei Zhongcheng's face darkened.
Xu Kan was stunned and said to himself: If you were an upright official, could you come here?
I thought so in my heart, but I couldn't say it with my mouth. I hurriedly said with a smile: "Of course the prefect is an upright official. I have heard about the prefect's reputation in America Bay. However, the products here in America Bay are too abundant. Everything that is naturally raised by the earth It's the same as free money. So these mink skins are not worth mentioning at all. With the prefect's sharpshooting skills, if you stay in the American Gulf for a few months, you can get hundreds or thousands of them. I will send a few to the prefect now, just I want to give the prefect some warm clothes... Although the lowlands here in the Gulf of America are warm, it's still very cold when you go higher up. If the prefect wants to travel around, warm clothes are indispensable."
"You can catch hundreds or even thousands? Is it true?" Zheng Xi, who was appointed as the chief military officer of the American Mansion, said, "This is a mink!"
"Really, really... I can't even catch them all!" Xu Kan said, "There are a lot of good things here! You'll find out if you stay there for a while!"
"Then... Brother Kong Si, you are the censor, please tell me."
Because Kong Yinwen, like his brother Kong Yinzheng, looked quite intimidating, he was appointed censor of the American House. After hearing what Xu Kan said, he frowned and said, "Then give me money... Whatever these things are worth in the American Mansion, we can just pay them, and we don't lack these pocket coins."
Xu Kan waved his hand quickly, "It's free, Censor, there is no need for money here in the American Mansion..."
"You don't need money?" Kong Yinwen was stunned, "Then how can I buy something?"
How to buy things is not important. What is important is how to catch corrupt officials in the future? How much a corrupt official has stolen must be measured in money!
"I don't want to buy anything," Xu Kan shook his head and said, "I don't want to buy anything here... and there is nothing to buy."
"You have to buy food and drink, right?" Kong Yinwen was really a little anxious.
"Don't buy it," Xu Kan said, "It doesn't cost anything to eat and drink. You can get a good harvest just by planting a little wheat. There are fish in the bays and rivers. You can get hooked just by fishing... Oh, and there are many stupid cows." , it’s particularly easy to catch, so people here are tired of eating beef.”
Tired of eating beef?
Are your mouths too naughty? Wei Zhongcheng said heartily: How long have you guys been in this wilderness? Why did he become a troublesome person, even tired of eating beef...
"Come on, stop talking about this," Kong Yinwen shouted, "I'm hungry when I talk about beef. I'll satisfy my craving with half a pound first."
Xu Kan said with some embarrassment: "Yushi, I can't come even half a pound."
"No beef?"
"It's not that there's no beef, there's plenty of beef...it's just that it's not weighed. The meat we eat here is not weighed. It's open to eat, and there's plenty of it!"
ah! Kong Yinwen was shocked. Although his brother was Yan Shenggong, he still lived a very careful life. He could see meat and fish every day, but it was never enough for Kong Yinwen to eat! Therefore, he has made great ambitions since he was a child. One day he will be a high-ranking official, and he will definitely eat meat openly.
Unexpectedly, this ambition came true in the Gulf of America, thousands of miles away from the country!
Wei Zhongcheng still didn't believe it and said: "Captain Xu, stop bragging... There are more than 3,000 sailors in our group. You can make them all eat beef." ?"
"Yes!" Xu Kan nodded, "Xiaguan asked people to build a lookout on the peninsula 30 miles away. They are looking forward to the arrival of the Chinese fleet every day. The brothers on the lookout saw the prefect's fleet. He lit the fireworks, and the official immediately took people to hunt down a few stupid cows and got several thousand kilograms of beef. He also asked the women to catch two to three hundred fish, which are now cooked in pots and grilled, waiting for everyone to catch them. Once on the boat, you should be able to eat hot beef and fish.”
Really!
Wei Zhongcheng, Zheng Xi, Kong Yinwen and others were shocked.
What exactly is this place?
...
"Back to the prefect, I don't know much about the terrain here. Although I have led my troops to settle here for more than a year, the place is too open and I have never traveled all over it. Now I only know that there are a few east of Peanut Village. Ten miles, more than a hundred miles to the west, and dozens of miles to the south are flat woodlands and grasslands. The land is very fertile. There are also several large rivers with plenty of water, which can be used for boating. The grasslands and woodlands are full of bison, and the body They are extremely strong and easy to catch. One head can weigh hundreds of kilograms of meat, enough to feed a village for several days.
In addition, the climate here is warm in winter and cool in summer, with rainy winters and sufficient sunshine in summer. Wheat can be harvested twice a year, and the harvest is good..."
Wei Zhongcheng, Zheng Xi, Kong Yinwen and others had already entered Peanut Village and were sitting on the floor in a large wooden house, munching on some hard bison meat and unknown grilled fish while listening to Xu Kan's introduction to the Peanut Village area. Condition.
The wealth around Peanut Village once again exceeded the imagination of Wei Zhongcheng and others. This is actually a plain that is more than a hundred miles long from east to west and dozens of miles wide from north to south... The actual area of the plain may be larger, but Xu Kan and others have not traveled all over it, so they don't know.
Plains, woodlands, pastures, rivers, a warm winter and cool summer climate, abundant rainfall, and fertile land... isn't this a granary blessed by heaven and earth? If they were all reclaimed, it would probably cover millions of acres, right?
This is just a corner of the American Gulf. If the entire American Gulf is reclaimed... the food in Jiangnan and Jiangbei provinces will probably not be comparable to it!
"Is there really no one living here?" Wei Zhongcheng asked uncertainly.
"There are some indigenous people, but they are very ignorant," Xu Kan said with a smile. "They are not the same as the nomadic fishing and hunting tribes in Mongolia outside the Pass. Although those people make a living by fishing and hunting, they can't even make bows and arrows, and they don't have horses. The vehicles don’t seem to even know they have wheels. They are no match for us, and there are very few of them..."
"Where are the Spaniards?" Zheng Xi asked.
"I wonder where they are?" Xu Kan replied, "Anyway, there are no traces of Spanish people in the Peanut Village area. I guess they don't know about this territory at all. Otherwise, how could they not occupy it?"
Little did he know that to New Spain, the Gulf of America was nothing at all... They occupied so much rich land that they could not take it seriously!
"If this is really the case," Zheng Xi said, "we have to work harder... we have to lay a solid foundation before the Spaniards react!"
"Yes!" Wei Zhongcheng nodded, "They will know sooner or later... When the time comes, they will definitely send troops to fight for it!"
"It can't be taken away!" Zheng Xi said with a smile, "Now that we are here, they can't even try to take this land away from us!"
