On March 29, Wang Yun was cooking rice in a coconut grove in northern Luzon.
This Luzon Island is located in the tropics. Although it is spring at the end of March, the sun is already scorching. Wang Yun is only wearing a short brown shirt, but he is still sweating.
At the beginning of this month, after listening to the advice of Gu Weisheng, the eldest son of the Gu family, Wang Yun made a decision and signed up for the examination for the chief of the village and the chief of the army. In the end, he successfully passed the literacy and basic ethics examinations and became a leader in the development of Luzon.
Named Jia Zhang.
The so-called Yijia means ten households. Most of the people participating in the development of Luzon this time are young couples. Most of them are a couple with one or two children, so the population of each household is only three or four. Wang Yun this
Under Chief Jia, there are thirty-five people in charge. Among them are thirteen adults, ten strong women, twelve children, and there are no elderly people.
Wang Yun received a brief training in Tianjin, which lasted for fifteen days. It basically taught Wang Yun how to open up wasteland and how to deal with the local indigenous people. He didn't have to worry about opening up wasteland. The ten families under Wang Yun all grew rice in Jianghuai Province.
He is very skilled in cultivating land.
Wang Yun was previously worried about the Malay natives.
However, after actually setting foot on Luzon Island and seeing the actual situation of the indigenous people, Wang Yun was not afraid at all.
The natives were all bare-chested and wearing trousers woven from coconut leaves. They looked like savages. At first, they saw Wang Yun and others sawing coconut trees and making strange noises outside the coconut grove. But Fa
The Han man in Shu took out the sword from his waist and shook it, and the natives fled in panic.
In the eyes of these natives who did not have iron weapons, the sharp waist knife was really terrifying.
As for the standard rifle Wang Yun carried on his back, the natives had no idea what it was.
In fact, the level of civilization in the Philippines is very low, and there has never even been a country or a political power on Luzon Island. It was not until the Spanish invasion that these Malay natives truly came into contact with civilization.
It is no exaggeration to say that these Malays are not as civilized as the American Indians.
Li Zhi formulated a policy to allow these indigenous people to coexist with the Han people in the form of tenant farmers, which can be said to be very benevolent.
These indigenous people are very backward, but they are very sensitive to food. It seems that the food they get from hunting sticklebacks is not enough, and they are all skinny. After smelling the fragrance of Wang Yun's rice, these indigenous people gathered around Wang Yun's earth stove.
People who were nearby wanted to come up and grab food, but they were afraid of the Han people's waist knives.
Wang Yun laughed when he saw the cowering appearance of the natives.
"Liu Laoer, these natives are really useless. I was afraid of them attacking us before, but now it seems that these natives are far more afraid of us than we are of them."
Liu Laoer, who was sawing a coconut tree, was so busy that he was sweating profusely. He looked at the scorching sun in the sky and cursed: "God, it's only March, why is it so hot here?"
He turned his head and said to Wang Yun in Mandarin with a southern accent: "Chief A, please see if your tenant farmers can come up and help us. My whole body is blood red from the sun, and I am really going to peel off my skin from the sun."
Wang Yun was stunned and asked: "My tenant farmer?"
Liu Laoer said: "Those Malays, aren't you going to make them your tenant farmers sooner or later? We will give them rice to eat and let them help us saw the trees."
Wang Yun was stunned and hesitated: "This..."
Liu Laoer wiped his sweat, grabbed the saw and walked deep into the coconut grove. When the Malay natives saw the Han people approaching, they were so scared that they ran away. However, there was still one brave Malay who did not
He ran and stood there looking at Liu Laoer.
Liu Laoer grabbed the one who didn't run away, held his hand and walked back. Liu Laoer brought the Malay man to the saw, pointed at the saw, and then pointed at the white rice in Wang Yun's hand.
The Malay man shouted something in Malay.
Liu Laoer let out a hey, as if he understood what the Malay meant, walked up to Wang Yun, grabbed half a bowl of white rice and handed it to the Malay.
The Malay man suddenly seemed to be intoxicated by the delicacies of the mountains and seas. He ate without caring that the rice was hot to his hands.
After swallowing the rice in a few mouthfuls, the Malay looked greedily at the more white rice on Wang Yun's side, and began to imitate Liu Laoer and start sawing the coconut tree.
Liu Laoer laughed loudly when he saw this Malay doing the work for him. He walked to Wang Yun's side very proudly and sat down.
Wang Yun thought for a while and said: "Liu Laoer, you have increased the food for one person, and you are still lazy."
Liu Laoer wiped his sweat and cursed: "Chief Jia, why are you so stingy? The food for the indigenous people will be charged to my account. The sunshine on Luzon Island is so strong and there is so much precipitation. When the time comes, I
I plant three crops of rice a year. I don’t know how much rice I will harvest from my 20 acres of land in a year, at least forty dan, right? Even if I hire a Malay to farm for me, I can afford it.”
Wang Yun thought for a while and thought that this was the truth. He smiled and said, "You do know how to settle accounts."
Liu Laoer looked at the rice in the pot and said, "The rice is cooked, it's time to eat, it's time to eat!"
Hearing Liu Laoer's shout, the farmers who were sawing coconut trees nearby came over and started eating. Everyone was tired, and the rice tasted particularly sweet.
As a result, only the Malay native was still sawing coconut trees in the coconut grove. While he was working, he looked at the food and drink here from time to time, with envy on his face.
Wang Yun thought for a while and said: "It's quite pitiful for this native to work hungry. Why don't we let him come and eat with us, and then let him continue working after eating."
Liu Laoer spat: "Commander Jia, don't be too kind. I think these Malays are very thieves. They will run away when they are full."
Wang Yun said: "I don't think so. He ate our white rice today. Naturally, he will not be used to eating tree roots and wild fruits. He will want to eat our food in the future. Then he will definitely work hard so that he can eat every day."
There is rice to eat.”
Liu Laoer looked at the native and said nothing.
Wang Yun thought for a while, made up his mind not to abuse this native, and waved to him.
As if he had received an amnesty, the Malay immediately threw away the saw and ran to Wang Yun. Wang Yun served him a bowl of white rice. The Malay gulped it down as if he had been hungry for half a month.
Had white rice.
Wang Yun smiled and said: "Eat slowly, you will come to help us work every day from now on, and you will have white rice every day..."
However, before Wang Yun finished speaking, the Malay finished eating a large bowl of rice, threw the pottery bowl on the ground, and ran away.
The Malay ran very fast and disappeared in the coconut grove in an instant.
Wang Yun saw this scene and looked at the pottery bowl on the ground, stunned.
The farmers in Jianghuai Province around Wang Yun burst out laughing when they saw Wang Yun's appearance. Several women even laughed so hard that they seemed to be laughing at Wang Yun's stupidity.
Wang Yun looked at the women who were laughing at him. He was stunned for a long time and then said angrily: "These Malays are not trustworthy. How can I hire them to work in the future?"
Liu Laoer held the rice bowl, sneered and said: "Chief A, these Malays are really aborigines, how do they know what credit is? Don't worry, the natives had a meal of white rice today, and they will come again tomorrow.
.I think he will bring other natives with him! In the future, if you let them finish their work and then give them food, you will not be deceived by them."
"In the future, if you hire these natives to farm and let them do the work before feeding them, you won't be afraid of them being rogues!"
Wang Yun looked at the pottery bowl on the ground, sighed, and shook his head helplessly.
