Thea ate well last night, and stayed on the boat for so long, as soon as she came ashore, most people will have a kind of symptoms of sea sickness, just like a person will get seasick for the first time on the boat, after a long time on the boat, when he first landed on land, he will also feel very uncomfortable.

It was for this reason that Thea fell asleep immediately after returning to the accommodation arranged for them in the city after dinner, and did not have time to visit the courtyard where she lived, until this morning, when the sun did not show a glimmer, Thea finally woke up from her sweet dream.

When Thea opened her eyes, she found that the house was still a little dark, and she got up and looked at her parents next to her, only to see that they were sleeping soundly. Thea was a very sensible child, so she put on her shoes lightly, walked out of the bedroom and walked around the living room, and finally walked into the yard. It was only here that Thea began to look at her new residence.

This is a small courtyard with a small area of not very large, and behind Thea is the main house of this courtyard, in addition to the living room in the middle, the left and right sides can be used as bedrooms. In front of the main house is a small courtyard, on the right is a neat wing room that can be used for guests, and on the left is a kitchen, Thea curiously walked in, only to find that the kitchen has a stove and iron pot for cooking, and even half a bag of rice and firewood next to it.

Thea remembered that the person who received them yesterday said that from this morning, they would need to cook by themselves, but she didn't expect that the ingredients for the cooking were ready, which made her heart very grateful. Thea had drunk rice porridge on a ship before, and she had seen the ship's cook make rice porridge, and she knew that she might need it later. So I wrote it down.

In fact, in Thea's opinion, making rice porridge is similar to cooking broth in the tribe. You need to boil the water and put the rice or meat in it. It's just Thea's first time making rice porridge. I don't know how much rice the three of them have to add, so in the end I had to add a bowl of rice to it, but the rice porridge was too thick, and I didn't pour a chopstick in the pot.

Just as Thea was just making the rice porridge, she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside, which made Thea a little strange, their family had just moved here, they didn't know anyone at all, and it was early in the morning. There are very few people who get up, and who will come at this time?

Despite the strange feeling in her heart, Thea walked quickly to the door, and then opened the door through a crack, only to her surprise, there was a carriage parked outside, and on the carriage sat a Han girl of her own age, and the person who knocked on the door was a young Han man about twenty years old, who was now looking at her with a smile on his face.

"Who are you looking for?" Thea said with some vigilance. Although yesterday the officer who received them assured. It's very safe in Coconut City, but Thea has long developed a habit of constant vigilance in the tribe, especially now that she is still in a relatively unfamiliar place.

The Han youth is also a very shrewd character, and he immediately saw the vigilance in Thea's eyes. Immediately showed a kind smile and said: "Hello little girl, my name is Ma Lin, and I am also a resident of Coconut City. It's my little sister in the car, and my brother and sister heard that you just moved here yesterday. So I prepared some meat and vegetables, and some canned food for everyone. It can also be regarded as a little landlord friendship for the people of our coconut city. ”

Thea blinked her big beautiful eyes, and after thinking about it seriously, she realized that the other party had sent something to them, which made Thea relax her vigilance. But before Thea could say thank you, the girl in the car who was about the same age as her jumped out of the car at this time, ran over quickly and stared at Thea curiously: "Hehe, I finally met a girl, hello, my name is Ma Xiaoyu, what's your name?" ”

"I ...... My name is Thea. Looking at the radiant Han girl in front of her, Thea said a little nervously. It was also her first time coming into contact with her peers among the Han Chinese, so she seemed a little overwhelmed.

That Somarin was a human spirit, and he was afraid that his naughty sister would scare others, so he immediately interrupted them and said, "Okay, you two will have time to get along in the future, let's move things to the yard first!" ”

Although Ma Xiaoyu was naughty, she also knew that business was important, so she said hello to Thea in a friendly manner, and then turned around and began to help move things, and Thea naturally stepped forward to help. Because of the hot weather in Java, meat and vegetables cannot be stored for a long time, so the Marin brothers and sisters did not give Thea much meat and vegetables, but the canned food that could be stored for a long time was carried down in two large boxes.

Just as they were moving things to the yard, Thea's parents also woke up, and they were also stunned when they saw Marin, until Thea explained to them, Thea's parents became happy, and thanked the Marin siblings while helping them move things, and Marin also took this opportunity to introduce Thea's parents to each other.

After finishing moving the things, Marin suddenly said to Thea's father: "Brother Sam, you have settled in Coconut City now, I don't know if you have any plans in the future?" ”

Sam is Thea's father, only thirty years old this year, he used to be a very good hunter in the tribe, and his personality is relatively kind, after hearing Marin's question, he immediately replied: "The adult who received us last night has already said, let us rest in peace for a few days, and then they will arrange for us to work, and we will definitely not be hungry and full as in the tribe before." ”

Ma Lin's eyes lit up when he heard Sam's answer, and he said a little eagerly: "Brother Sam, I have also heard about the government's arrangements for you, generally speaking, they will definitely give you two choices, the first is to give you a piece of land and let you cultivate it yourself, and the second is to find you a job, such as doing some hard work in the port, or entering the construction team of the government to build a house, etc., and these jobs are generally very hard, and the pay is not very high, you must be mentally prepared for this." ”

When Sam heard this, he said with some worry: "We used to only hunt in the tribe, and we didn't grow food at all, so we can only listen to the arrangements of the government, and I'm not afraid of hard work, but Brother Ma said that the pay is low, I don't know if we can feed our family?" ”

Coconut City is a newly built port city, and the construction of the city and the port are the most scarce people, so Sam They are indeed likely to be arranged there, although these jobs are more hard and the pay is not very high, but in fact, it is also relative, such as Sam's family, only Sam needs to go out to work alone, and it is still easy to feed the whole family.

However, Marin obviously had other purposes, so he did not answer Sam's question directly, but changed the subject: "Brother Sam, I see that you are strong and proficient in hunting, you must be good at hunting, why don't you go to our family's plantation as an overseer, this job is not only easy, but also well-paid, the most important thing is that you can bring your sister-in-law over to help cook, as for Thea, she is about the same age as my little sister, and you can go to school with her then, what do you think?" ”

Marin's fox tail was finally revealed, and he didn't give things for nothing today, but in the name of sending things, he tried to get in touch with these Americans, and then recruited them to work on his plantation.

Marin's family runs the largest plantation in Coconut City, employing more than 20 overseers and nearly a thousand slaves, just from the numbers, we know that the number of overseers is obviously insufficient, but there is a shortage of people these years, and the selection of overseers from the slaves is not reassuring, so after hearing the news of the arrival of the Americans, the Ma family immediately mobilized everyone to dispatch, and even Marin even brought his own twelve-year-old little sister here, which shows their eagerness to recruit people.

In fact, not only the Marin family, but almost all the plantation owners around Coconut City, as long as they heard the news of the arrival of the Americans, immediately rushed back to the city, either acting privately like the Ma family, or directly approaching the government and asking the government to assign them some manpower, anyway, they have their own way.

The news of the robbery of the big plantation owners was quickly reported to Xu Jingzong, and as a result, Xu Tingshi, who had not yet gotten up at the time, suddenly jumped up from the bed, and directly ordered officials and personnel at all levels to act immediately, gather all the Americans, and then arrange to work in ports and other places according to their wishes.

For these Americans, Xu Jingzong really wanted to arrange them to work in the two industries of port and construction, after all, this was directly related to his political achievements, but he didn't expect those big plantation owners to move so quickly, and they directly went into the city to rob people.

And Xu Jingzong can't directly order people not to contact the Americans, after all, Daqi pays more attention to freedom, and government decrees can't be issued indiscriminately, otherwise if the people are dissatisfied, they can directly complain to the Inspectorate, and they may even be reported by the newspaper. So he can only take advantage of the fact that there are not many Americans who are said to be moved, and preemptively arrange all the people to work in the port and construction industry, and then the raw rice will be cooked and cooked, and after the contract is signed, even if the Americans want to change jobs, they have to wait until the contract expires.

Xu Jingzong's reaction was not unpleasant, and the officials at all levels in Coconut City were also extremely efficient, and they quickly organized all the Americans to the square, and then gave them two choices, one was to give them land and let them work by themselves, but among the Americans, except for the Mayans, most of them hunted for a living, so they didn't know how to farm at all, so no one wanted land at all, so most of them chose to work.

It's just that Xu Jingzong is obviously still a step slower, similar to the plantation owners of the Ma family, they have already finalized recruitment agreements with many Americans, men are generally to work as supervisors or guards, and women can also become plantation helpers, and the pay is higher than in the dock and construction industry, so in the end, there are only more than 2,300 Americans left who are willing to listen to the government's arrangement, and even less than half of the total number, which makes Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu These officials regret a little, and they should have decided the matter last night! (To be continued......)