After a long journey of more than half a month, Ding Hai was finally able to stand on the top of the mountain with his arms crossed and overlook his own land.

The whole plantation has about nearly 20,000 acres of land, in the middle of which is a Western-style manor covering an area of nearly 100 acres, surrounded by low hills twenty or thirty zhang high on all sides.

After consultation among the six lieutenants, the two villages were finally named Sanchakou North and South Villages, each with 1,000 acres to build villages, and they were connected together for coordinated defense.

Sanchakou is the name of the place where these dun soldiers used to be stationed.

In the final analysis, the three lieutenants of the south village have more say in the affairs of the village than the three lieutenants of the north village, and in this relatively dangerous area, people have to rely on their former border troops.

The first thing Ding Hai did was to count the number of people, the two villages totaled 78 households, 286 people, occupations covered almost all kinds of people in the ordinary market and countryside, among which more than 100 were young and strong, and most of them were men.

There are more than 80,000 homeless people in the four provinces, and there are very few single women who go to sea to seek a living, most of them are men with their wives and children, and some are relatives like Ding Hai who go to sea together, most of them are high-quality immigrants who fight and have both production capacity, which determines that they can quickly settle down in this land.

The situation of the two villages in the north and south of the three forks where Ding Hai is located is better than that of most immigrants, this plantation has a history of nearly 50 years, and has changed its owners for three generations, although the technology of planting and squeezing sugar is relatively primitive, and the management is very extensive, but the land does not have to be cultivated, and the houses do not have to be built, which makes them much more comfortable than others.

Luxury manors, handbags to move in, and even roads are ready-made, so what's not satisfied?

Not to mention that the former owner of the manor still left four gray donkeys in the sugar mill.

Ding Hai did not choose to move directly into the manor, in fact, no one planned to live in the manor, most of the people decided to live in the middle for the time being, and build a new courtyard on the edge of the allocated farmland, just like Ding Hai, his land is in the west of the village, close to the hill behind him, he plans to build a house there in the future.

That position can overlook the entire planting circle, and you can also look out at the low hill in the east as the border between Ming and West, and in the future, build a sentry post here and build a hilltop on the opposite side, so that you can fully grasp the situation of the village.

"You don't plan to live in it, so what's the use of keeping this Zhuangzi?"

Xu Jin, a hundred households of the ten villages under his command, went around and returned here, and there was no village around that with better conditions than Sanchakou, and the immigrants who came four or five days earlier than them were still cutting wood and chiseling stones, striving to build a foothold earlier, and they had already allocated the fields and prepared for production before they came.

"It's not a secret, in the next plan to combine the north and south two villages and the local people of six or seven hundred people, the Zhuangzi in the middle of the valley to build a fortress, it has a low wall stone base, the low wall is heightened, the outside of the trench, is a big base, our two villages nearly 24 shotguns, more than 100 young and strong, even if you can't retreat in the face of war, you can rely on the strong base can also hold for a few days."

Xu Jin said with a smile: "How can you use it to defend to the death, there is no Western Army on the opposite plantation, at most there are some people, there are not many people who can fight, the Western Army is currently building a fortress in the north, the nearest team is more than fifty miles away from here, and there are only more than 30 people." ”

"But it's a good thing to set up a fortification, if you have spare strength, I guess you have spare strength, there is a sugar mill, but the sugarcane you grow, the sugarcane from several nearby villages can be sent over to make sugar, if you need help, send someone to find me in Wang Village in the north, there should be sugar craftsmen in the ten surrounding villages, I will transfer it to you."

"That's thanks to the captain, there is a sugar maker surnamed Liang in Beicun, it would be great if he could transfer it to make sugar."

Xu Jin, as a hundred households, was awarded the rank of captain of Zhaoxin some time ago, and when he heard this, he patted his breastplate and said with a smile: "Wrap it on me, the more sugar you make, the more taxes you will pay to the military government, this is also my merit, I will transfer it to you when I leave in a while." ”

"The captain is stationed in Wang Village? Why don't you go to the three forks, this Zhuangzi will be empty for a while and a half, and we will not be able to set up a fort, but we will always be stationed in the fortress in the future. ”

Xu Jin was amused: "Where are you stationed?" Each of your ten villages has eleven banner soldiers for me, and there is only one horse by my side, so how can there be anything stationed. ”

"Wangcun is located in the middle of ten villages, you are the right wing, I want to be here, but the village on the left is in a hurry to find me, which will delay the military plane."

"By the way, when it comes to manpower, you people here are looking for me, born tall and strong, and with a clever mind, I will recruit them as a family member when I turn back."

Ding Hai was full of answers, and remembered the things ordered by the hundred households in his heart, so he asked with a little gossip: "That Wang Village, everyone in the village is surnamed Wang?" ”

"That's not it, just like you, the two villages together, all young and young, come from a good background. The elders of the clan broke down the calculations in the five suits, and more than 100 households all had relatives who served as flag soldiers in Qingyuan, and the two villages had a Zhangjiabao and a Wangjiagou, and that place in Qingyuan was the old department of the handsome. ”

These words made Xu Jin speak as if Chen Mu was the commander of Qingyuanwei before, so he listened to him: "Deputy Lieutenant Zhangjiabao is a distant relative of Zhang Yongshou, the commander of Guangdong; Wang Jiagou's father used to be a general banner in Qingyuan, passed away a few years ago, I heard that when he was alive, he borrowed Chen Shuai's gun, and both sides came to want to go through the door of General Fu and make a good living here. ”

Ding Hai swallowed his saliva, paused with a frustrating look in his eyes before he asked with difficulty: "If you get to the border, is it a good livelihood?" ”

How do you feel that they are running in this relationship, it is better not to run?

The people are all staying behind, and they can farm with peace of mind.

"You don't think that's good? The west is all wasteland, only near Mexico City there are plantations and all kinds of workshops, the original owners have been squeezed away by the guerrillas who were stationed here before, and you can make money when you come here, and you can get the strategy of three generations of the western country and the local people, you have it at your fingertips, what else do you want? ”

Xu Jin said with both emotion and joy: "Do you think that if they find General Fu or take the way of a handsome, they will be able to get wind and rain here?" ”

"You can make a fortune if you go to sea, and the Nanyang Military Government has made the Daming maritime merchants not at risk of being plundered, but they still have to risk being drowned; Harvest land is readily available here, but at the same risk of war. ”

"Dashuai has been creating good conditions for the people of Daming, and the way has been pointed out, as long as you follow it, you will ride the wind and get rich, but there is only one truth in the north and south - self-reliance."

"They look for General Fu and Shao Shuai, when the general trend is today, but if they are diligent and enterprising, as long as they follow the direction indicated by the military government and survive, they will get what they want."

Xu Jin put his arms around his chest, pointed to Ding Hai, his expression was both proud and encouraging, and said heavily: "This is the best year, don't live up to it!" ”