As Chen Zhongliang's order was issued.
Immediately, the civilian warriors speaking various accents such as Hakka, Chaoshan, vernacular, and Gan dialect took off their engineering shovels from their backs and started digging vigorously.
Although everyone has different accents, they can basically speak some crappy Mandarin.
So there is no problem in communication.
When Jifeng County was first established, it had already been working hard at the grassroots level in Lanfang for two years. Chen Zhongliang, a Cantonese who was deeply marginalized by the Hakkas who dominated Lanfang and loved to cling to groups, reported to the Landong Prefecture Yamen and the Governor's Office. suggestion.
Before the disruption, it was in the form of gatherings of clan blood and fellow villagers.
Completely disrupting the old social connections, forming brand new settlement villages.
This creates a state where everyone is almost completely unfamiliar with the situation, and avoids the previous situation where large newspaper groups bully small groups, and villagers with a dominant population bully areas with a small population.
It was this suggestion that allowed Chen Zhongliang to get the position of magistrate of Jifeng County - this was considered an exceptional promotion, because Chen Zhongliang's reputation was just that of a scholar and he did not take part in the imperial examination - mainly because the superiors would not let him go. .
And it turns out.
Chen Zhongliang’s method is very good.
After there is no longer the problem of large group registration and group registration in areas with dominant population.
The settlement villages carry out collective labor, share profits, and conduct autonomous management through voting.
Without the shackles of the old social order, under the new social form, this organizational form that is different from other local health centers in Lanfang has demonstrated strong combat effectiveness.
There is no longer a large family to rely on.
When everything depends on oneself, or if everyone wants to sign up for a group tour, they can only find one greatest common denominator - the Han people.
They were actually able to be more proactive and active than before when everyone was of the same clan and clan.
After two years of observation, Chen Zhongliang came to a conclusion that surprised him, a scholar who also came from a large clan: the large clan has maintained the original social structure, and the original hierarchy, order and profit distribution model have been solidified. , the big house and the clan elders who have the right to speak can always have more.
Under such circumstances, ordinary people did not have much initiative and enthusiasm to carry guns and defend the reclamation areas - so in the early stage, they needed to rely on the Japanese military regiments hired by Emperor Zhu for expansion.
In Jifeng County, due to the implementation of the method of "breaking up" clans.
The clan structure was broken down.
The fairer "voting system" makes the distribution of interests more fair and reasonable.
It also stimulated the people's desire to cultivate land - after all, most of the income from labor now belongs to them.
at the same time.
Fighting with a gun is to protect one's own interests, which also makes the civilian warriors more enthusiastic to participate in this kind of encirclement and suppression of the indigenous people.
That is to say
Compared with the clan, an organizational form that is actually full of a lot of oppression and unfair distribution.
This seemingly simple settlement system of "everyone discusses it" actually has more vitality and a stronger spirit of expansion!
These are what Chen Zhongliang mentioned in a letter to his uncle Chen Tingxuan, who was the prefect of Guangzhou - his purpose was actually very simple. He wanted to leave Lanfang and develop in the mainland.
Because in Chen Zhongliang's opinion, the work in Lanfang has come to an end now.
The position of the prefect above is occupied by the Hakkas of Jiaying Prefecture. I have reached the end of being a county magistrate. There is no way to continue to make progress, to use a more fashionable term.
Lanfang is the dominant Hakka community in Jiaying Prefecture.
Chen Zhongliang, a Cantonese native, has hit the ceiling of his career.
Want to break through.
The best way is to leave this environment.
However, Chen Xiucai didn't have much backing, the only one who might be able to give him some help.
It was Chen Tingxuan, the new prefect of Guangzhou who also had the same surname as Chen, but was actually far distant from him by blood.
It's just that it's been two or three months since this letter was sent.
Stone sinks into the sea.
I don’t know if this uncle saw it.
It's really worrying.
Just when Chen Zhongliang was thinking about it.
More than a hundred old farmers behind him dug a circular trench very neatly.
After all, they are farming.
Talent is digging in the soil.
Chen Zhongliang, who was lying on the trench, felt a little more at ease.
Right now.
Sure enough, a group of shirtless local black men rushed out from the front, carrying various weapons such as muskets, machetes, bows and arrows.
In fact, it is not very black, but it is darker than the Han people, but it is whiter than the real black people in Africa.
But at first glance, they look different from the Han people.
"I lost it!"
Chen Zhongliang was startled.
Because there were too many people rushing out from the opposite side.
Too late to count.
Chen Zhongliang raised his musket and aimed it at a clothed leader about a hundred paces away.
Snapped!
Gunfire rang out.
next moment.
The indigenous leader fell to the ground.
shoot with great precision! If he had used bows and arrows, Chen Zhongliang would have been able to pass the exam for martial arts candidates in the Qing Dynasty.
But alas, he used a flintlock gun.
Just like him, there are more than 300 people behind him who can use a flintlock rifle to penetrate a hundred steps.
The sound of gunfire is the signal.
soon.
Intensive gunfire crackled.
The natives who rushed out of the forest staggered and fell in a large area.
However, the natives who had been invaded by outsiders and driven into the dense forest had hatred in their eyes and continued to charge without fear.
Bang bang bang!
The indigenous warriors carrying various muskets fought back with their muskets.
We must fight the invaders to the end.
Demonstrating heroic and fearless courage in opposing Ming imperialism - these are all written in the textbooks of later generations of Europeans.
The real scene was when the leader was beaten to death.
The natives, who lost their command, began to fire guns indiscriminately.
They fired from a distance, creating clouds of smoke.
Sounds lively.
But it did not cause any harm to the Ming colonists lying on the trenches at all.
"Load! Load! Come closer and fire!"
The Japanese fake samurai Tayama said loudly.
The Japanese samurai and old Han farmers in front of the trenches stopped shooting one after another, waiting to put their opponents in front of them.
Those natives were indeed very brave.
He screamed and rushed to a distance of about twenty steps from the trench.
Accompanied by a burst of gunfire.
In an instant, the natives who rushed forward seemed to be hit by a heavy hammer. The momentum of the charge suddenly stopped, and the dense crowd coming from behind caused a crowd and a stampede.
Dozens of grenades were thrown over, causing horrific casualties immediately.
The surviving natives screamed and retreated.
"I've been beaten so many times, but I'm still making a fuss. I wonder what's inside these guys' heads?"
Chen Zhongliang muttered.
Then the loading was completed quickly.
Then he took out a tightly packed rice cake from his pocket.
"Eat quickly. They should rush again before dark. Our people won't arrive until tomorrow morning."
soon.
Everyone, like Chen Zhongliang, took out rice cakes pressed with steamed rice and started to eat them. There were also special logistics soldiers who lit a fire and boiled water.
Everyone looked as usual.
As long as you withstand the first wave of attacks, there's nothing to worry about next.
Guard this trench.
If these indigenous people do not retreat, Landong Mansion will send a large group of ferocious Japanese samurai.
They couldn't leave even if they wanted to.
on that night.
This group of indigenous remnants retreated deep into the dense forest.
With the development of Borneo land by the Han people.
The area of these dense forests where one can hide will inevitably become smaller and smaller.
In fact, similar battles often occur between the woods and fields bordering the two sides.
There are rarely such large-scale battles.
Usually they are small-scale conflicts involving a few or dozens of people.
And with the advantage of weapons.
Han Chinese farmers suffered far fewer casualties than indigenous people.
One goes down and the other goes up.
It’s not far off when the entire Borneo is turned into “cultivated land” and all the natives become “paste” which is said to be very effective in curing diseases.
on the second day.
Chen Zhongliang led the brigade back to Jifeng County.
Jifeng County. It should have been called Jifeng County.
Just because if we want to establish a county, we can't call it such a vulgar name.
So it was changed to Ji Feng.
Although it is a county town.
But it is actually just a few earthen buildings with the sun and moon flags hanging high.
In the surrounding cultivated fields, the seedlings have begun to ear.
Farmers use water trucks to pump water from the river to the fields to replenish the rice fields.
And if you look carefully.
can be discovered.
Beside every field bank where someone is working.
They all have muskets!
When I saw a large group of people coming back carrying a head.
The Han farmers who were doing farm work cheered.
obviously.
They were winning again, and the chances of those damn savages coming to raid their fields were becoming less likely.
After entering through the city gate.
A woman who was being slapped in the stomach staggered over to meet him.
"Husband, I heard there was an accident this time? Are you okay?"
"It's okay! What can happen? I stayed in the wild all night, and the superiors have sent Japanese samurai into the woods to pursue me."
Chen Zhongliang looked at Xu Hongxia, who was pregnant and holding a fat boy over one year old in her arms, and forced a smile.
Xu Hongxia was ugly and fierce, and she often chased and beat him when she was a child.
If given the choice, he would not marry her.
But there is no way.
He fell ill a few days after arriving in Lanfang, and it was only under Xu Hongxia's personal care that he came back to life.
A yellow-flowered girl took care of him for so many days without taking any clothes off, and even saved his life.
If she didn't give people a status, Xu Hongxia would have no choice but to jump into the river.
We are all fellow villagers of Daling Village.
If this matter spread, I would be ashamed to face the villagers.
And this is Lanfang, not the mainland.
Xu Hongxia is a well-known "hunter".
If you get angry, you'll be shot in the back.
no way.
I could only grit my teeth and close my eyes, even turning off the light.
Right now.
A horse was riding in front of him, coming from the west.
He held a roll of yellow silk high in his hand.
"Where is Chen Zhongliang, the magistrate of Jifeng County?"
"The Emperor has a decree! Go to Beidu to face the Holy Spirit!"
When everyone heard this, their expressions changed slightly.
Going to Beidu?
How far is that!
Everyone then looked at Chen Zhongliang.
Tian Shanyue showed joy on his face and said enviously: "President Chen, you are going to be prosperous!" '
(End of chapter)
