If you want to get rich, you must first plant trees, but reality is not a game.
In the game, even with bare hands, you can chop down a big tree by just aiming at the tree and hitting it a few times. In reality, it is simply impossible. Even if you hold a sharp ax, it will take a long time to chop down.
In particular, the trees on these islands are probably hundreds of years old, and there are many people with thick waists. It is already the limit for two people to cut down two trees in one day.
what to do?
For the first time, Wang Bao was worried because he had land in his hands.
"I didn't expect it to be so bad. I'd better go home." Tang Xiucai was shaken. He couldn't stand still, and he was completely exhausted.
After staying at the port for two days, someone proposed to go back to Treasure Island to recruit people. However, let alone whether the people could be recruited or not, the salary of recruiting people was not a small expense.
Although they all received a sum of initial capital for land reclamation, it was only enough to cover their personal food and drink expenses for a year. If they were to recruit people, if there was no harvest one year, they would starve to death next year.
"Tang Xiucai, you are the most knowledgeable here. You don't want to go back to your hometown all the time. Can't you think of a way?" Having fought a life-and-death battle, Wang Bao still doesn't believe that he will be trapped on a deserted island.
live.
"Actually, there is either no way, or it is against etiquette and law." Tang Xiucai said in embarrassment.
"What kind of etiquette does he care about now? Tang Xiucai, just say it."
"It's been two days since everyone arrived. What do you think of the local area?"
"It's hot, there are a lot of mosquitoes at night, and the food goes rancid after a long time after being cooked." There are really no pleasant memories.
"These are all, but haven't you noticed that there are many savages here besides us? When I got up last night, I noticed something moving outside the fence. The night watchman told me that these were savages."
"I've seen them too, and I wanted to talk to them, but they ran away as soon as they saw me approaching. I don't know how they live in the forest."
"What I mean is to capture these savages and use them as labor force." Tang Xiucai finally said his plan. It was indeed inconsistent with etiquette and even said it was a retrogression of civilization.
You must know that slaves have disappeared in the Central Plains for thousands of years.
But other people thought it was good when they heard it. They had labor force and didn't have to spend money. These savages couldn't even speak Mandarin anyway, so it was most suitable to capture them and chop down trees.
"A scholar is worthy of being a scholar."
Tang Xiucai knew that if he suggested this, the savages on the island would be in trouble.
Just do what you say, Wang Bao immediately organized manpower to catch the savages. As long as there is a labor force, everything else will be easy.
The savages on the island were still just tribes, and they only used spears, not even bows and arrows. Facing the Ming Dynasty immigrants who had hot weapons, they had no resistance at all.
Except for the threat of venomous insects and snakes when entering the woods, there is no difficulty in the encounter.
But the immigrants finally learned about the dangers of the forest. When they came out, their bodies were covered with red bumps, and there was almost no intact skin. Some even fell ill. Fortunately, they returned to the port in time and survived.
But the first time I caught a dozen savages, the result was pretty good.
Nine male savages and six female savages.
Tang Xiucai suggested: "Don't rush to separate the savages now. Let's gather the savages together first. We don't have to rush to open up our own land first. When we first arrived, we need to unite and gather everything. Then when the harvest is good, we can follow each person's land."
The grades will be distributed.”
It's like a commune.
Everyone agreed, and they all knew that we really couldn't disperse our forces now and had to unite to open up wasteland as soon as possible.
So some people were responsible for going out to catch the savages, and some were responsible for watching over the savages and clearing up wasteland.
The savages already have tribes and naturally know how to work. Although they cannot communicate, they can still understand the gestures.
Ming Dynasty immigrants told the savages that they would be fed if they worked, and if they did not work, caused trouble or escaped, they would be shot.
The savages had no choice but to work, but it was the first time for them to get such a sharp tool. They were very curious and even hurt themselves.
There is nothing we can do about these savages, and we cannot communicate well, so there will always be errors in our gestures. But we can only do it bit by bit.
Tang Xiucai was responsible for the daily record-keeping work, which was regarded as a clerical job, but he received a lot of work points.
Tang Xiucai also adopted an incentive policy for the savages. The more they did, the more food they would get.
The savages wore simple clothes and had regular meals. Apart from having to work, it seemed to be no worse than staying in the woods.
At first, the immigrants were worried that the savages would fight back if they got the axes. Unexpectedly, the savages were quite calm.
That's good, otherwise Wang Bao would have planned to catch two typical people to scare the monkeys.
More and more savages were being captured, and finally one day someone proposed that they could no longer arrest them. If they were to arrest more savages, there would be more people than immigrants. How would they manage them then?
Although Wang Bao has a gun and is not afraid of the savage rebellion, he will definitely suffer losses if something goes wrong. But how can they withstand even the slightest turmoil now?
"But the speed is still slow." Although there are fifty savages now opening up wasteland, they only cut down twenty trees a day on average, not counting the work of digging tree roots.
"I have an idea." The scholar had another idea: "We can promote two savages to take charge of the affairs and use the savages to manage the savages."
"Is it possible?" Although Xiucai's method is pretty good, this method doesn't sound reliable.
"If you let the savages manage the savages, will they really be sincere? What if they form a group and make a sneak attack?" Wang Bao asked worriedly.
The scholar said: "Based on my observations during this period, I found that there are a few savages who work hard and like Ming Dynasty objects, our food, clothing, tools, and everything else. So I think these savages can completely win over and promote them.
We can also add some wages to their positions so that they can get more artifacts from the Ming Dynasty."
This analysis seems to make sense, but it is still very challenging to explain these issues clearly to savages who do not understand the language.
But Kungfu is not afraid of those who are willing to do it. Let’s promote two people first and then talk about it.
The result is indeed very effective. These savages do not know what freedom is. They prefer Ming Dynasty things and clothes to freedom, and they envy everything the immigrants have. After knowing that they can use all this as long as they work, they work more
tried.
Anyway, even if you work every day, immigration is not a weekly affair. You will not let the savages just work without rest. Work and rest should be balanced.
Although the food given to them was actually food that the immigrants did not like to eat, such as wowotou, and the immigrants ate rice and white steamed buns.
Of course, when they came to the desert island, the immigrants also learned from the savages and ate a lot of local fruits. Of course, they also hunted. In addition to the pigs, sheep and cattle brought from the mainland, hunting was also a source of meat.
Both sides are learning from each other.
Overseas, immigrants still care about the mainland. Many of them want to make money and honor their ancestors, and also want to take over their families. And Tang Xiucai did not forget to study. Although the weather here is very hot and not suitable for studying, it is cool in the morning and evening
Sometimes I still can't put it down.
The only sustenance is the ship that comes once every half month, which will bring materials and new immigrants, as well as the new trends of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, you can also send letters from home. A letter from home can make all immigrants cry, because seeing a letter from home makes all immigrants cry.
Now that I know the situation at home, even though it is just a few innocuous homely words, they are the most touching.
The immigrants used their wisdom to overcome difficulties little by little and complete the mission of opening up the territory given by the Ming Emperor.