The sound of firecrackers kept ringing on the streets, gathering around merchants, non-national coolies, shop work, mercenaries, farmers, students and even officials, and they also made suggestions and discussions in groups of three or three. Their attitudes were undoubtedly differentiated, and some people were happy to see it and welcomed it, and they would treat it with a smile or even applaud hard; while some people looked complicated and looked at the scene in front of them without saying a word. Is the paradise that I finally got lost again? From then on, the government will be in charge, and it is also very painful to pay before taxes every year, not to mention corvee labor and some temporary expenses. What is the end of this good day?

Well, there is nothing mysterious! Simply put, after years of careful preparation and strong local support, with a wooden plaque with the words "Hamcha County Government of the East Coast Republic of China", two agile guards were officially hung on the gate of a two-story building by two agile guards. Chen Ke, who had just been promoted to the position of executive deputy county magistrate (with the jurisdiction level) of Shancha County (under the jurisdiction of Shancha Town, Wild Fire Township, Dashikou Township, Xinji Township, and Liushuwan Township, with a population of about 10,500). Chen Ke, who was in charge of the work, finally got proud: After operating in this wilderness for so many years, he has now made a preliminary comeback!

Well, the only thing that makes people feel unhappy is probably the "bad news" he just heard, that is, the acting county magistrate of Jincheng - officially established in December last year, with seven townships under the jurisdiction of Jincheng Town, Jinhu Township, Luoma Township, Majiagou Township, Sanshan Township, Hexia Township and Chaiteng Township. It is the 47th county-level administrative unit in the country with a population of nearly 7,300 - Ma Wenqiang is about to take off the word "agent" on his hat and be promoted from a deputy department-level official to a full-time department-level official. From then on, he officially took charge of Jincheng County and became a rising star in the political arena of the East Coast Republic of China.

I heard that Liu Jianguo on Nantiefenggu Island (i.e., Chiloe Island) is also going to be officially promoted to county magistrate. He is also a department-level official with a bright future. Gao Wengang on Europe is already in charge of diplomatic and commercial affairs in many aspects such as the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate. His father is also a retired central executive committee member, with his disciples and former officials all over the country, and his future is even greater. Compared with Ma, Liu, Gao and others, their progress is not fast enough, which makes me feel very bad.

After presiding over the establishment ceremony of Shancha County and briefly explaining the next stage of work tasks, on October 6, 1662, Chen Ke and Lieutenant Fu Lei, who had arrived after hearing the news, rode a team of more than 60 guards and walked towards the mountains further north. There were some spontaneous settlements there, which were always negligent in discipline and were used to wildness. It was difficult for cadres sent by the above to carry out their work. Chen Ke did not believe in evil and planned to take people to have a good time to meet these gangs.

Speaking of the people who are not obeying discipline under their rule, the original Shancha County is definitely a negative example, a severely affected area. Xu, Chen, Sun and other major surnames gathered in five settlements, each with hundreds of relatives and village parties, almost all immigrated from the Ming Dynasty. I don’t know why I don’t want to settle down on the east bank but live in the more wild and primitive Hejian. It’s not for commercial benefit, right? Maybe there are, but not all factors - the five settlements set up villages to protect each other, and rescue each other when there is a threat from the Spanish. Although the effect is not

What's wrong? Oftentimes, you still have to rely on government reinforcements, but at least this attitude of taking charge of yourself is put on. This makes it difficult for the officials on the east coast to accept. You are encouraged to cross the border and settle down to occupy more land. It is not for you to continue to be the clan leader of the Ming Dynasty (of course, the godfather of the Italians is indispensable) to use his own power! Moreover, these so-called gentry leaders have occupied too much power that originally belonged to the government and are unwilling to send their children to serve in the military, which has caused Lieutenant Fu Lei to be furious and began to impose heavy taxes on them.

A garrison soldier collects 320 kilograms of wheat, 80 kilograms of meat, 8 kilograms of salt, wine worth 20 yuan, diverse non-staple foods and medicines, 5 yuan clothing and other expenses a year. If there is a battle, there will be additional fees for the excretion fee, burning and burial fees, soup and medicine fees. These fees are not too much for the Ming and Italian families in Camellia Castle, which live in large families, but they are definitely not easy expenses. But who made you unwilling to send your children to the garrison at the time? Then there is nothing to do!

In fact, the East Coast government is quite kind, and did not ask you to pay, but just produces things. Although the products in Cha County are rich, if anyone wants to discount these agricultural products, it is quite troublesome. He may not let the foreign businessmen who come to buy nearby to peel off a layer of skin - and it will save your children from running around and fighting, but it is difficult to say whether it is good or bad in the future. Don’t you see that after the establishment of the Cha County, from the county to the township, from the military and police to the clerks,

There is a cadre from the so-called big families. Doroshenko, a Ukrainian who was not covered in clothes and food, has now taken up the position of deputy captain of the garrison and director of the Shancha County Public Security Bureau. The Ming and Italian families who account for the majority of the population can only stay in the countryside to farm and grazle. During the slack farming, they go up the mountain to get some matte tea, cut wood, and collect some wild goods. The living standards may not be very poor, but their social status is undoubtedly not at all.

Chen Ke did not intend to use administrative means to change the status of these people. Since they were pedantic and conservative and unwilling to make progress, then they would do their best to make a negative example and put it in the Hejian area so that everyone could see how sad and stupid the outcome of the government was.

Fortunately, these people are hopeless after all. Some people have no future in living in the countryside, and many "outsiders" have been forced into the village, which has caused their voice to be greatly reduced. After they are poor, they have begun to try to make changes when they are poor: they have sent some young children to go to the county to go to school, work, etc. to respond to the government's call. However, there is no effect at present. After all, a good position has been occupied. If they want to turn around within one or two generations, there is basically no possibility of a big deal besides adventures.

On November 10, Chen Ke and Fu Lei led a team to Ganyi Township (near the later Saint Vicente City) through Liangquan Township (later in the later Saint Vicente City). There was a large Luo family here, with about dozens of people living in it. It was the relative of Luo Guoshi, a gentry who secretly passed through several intelligence to General Mo's troops. It was said that Luo Guoshi, a gentry who secretly passed through several intelligence services to General Mo, died of illness a few years ago. Before his death, he secretly recommended several relatives to the East Coast people. At that time, Mao Desheng, who had been transferred back to the local Army Department as deputy minister, and was accepted and placed in Yantai.

Later, the Luo family had some skills. Some people came to the east coast to run a salted fish sales business, and slowly accumulated some capital. Later, some Luo family members sneaked into the East Coast control area from Texas and then immigrated to the east coast. Together with the tribesmen who came earlier, they ran to the northern part of Hejian to run a tung tree plantation. Because they heard that the climate here is very suitable for the growth of tung trees, they found ways to spend a lot of money to introduce a batch of such trees from China and transplanted them to the vicinity of Ganyi Township, waiting for future gains.

Later, the Luo family simply learned to take root in the Xu family, Sun family, Chen family and other big families, and began to introduce their relatives from mainland China. A total of 40 or 50 people came - because they were in the area controlled by the Qing army, it was very convenient to immigrate. So they settled in this area, reclaimed land, farmed, grazed cattle and sheep, and kept bees and fishing, and lived a good life. With the Luo family's land settlement here, more and more people looking for matte tea resources gradually moved over time. Over time, a spontaneous settlement such as Ganyi Township was formed. There are currently about 1,600 residents, of which the proportion of non-nationals is very high.

Later, the Misiones province of Argentina (i.e., the plateau in the area of ​​Ganyi Township) introduced a large number of Chinese tea trees and tung trees in the early 20th century, which was proved to be very suitable for the local climate and had a high yield. Tea plantations and tung plantations occupied a very prominent economic position in this subtropical plateau province in a corner. The rapid expansion of the planting area stimulated the demand for labor, and thus led to a large influx of foreign immigrants (mainly German immigrants), making the Misiones Plateau once one of the provinces with the fastest growing population of immigrants in Argentina.

Now the Luo family has taken the right path to operate a tung tree plantation here, because tung fruit can extract high-value industrial oils and can make paint. Solid (i.e. solid water, a kind of varnish), which can achieve excellent economic benefits at the moment, and the future is even more immeasurable.

After Chen Ke, Fu Lei and others arrived in Ganyi Township, the first one they went to was their home - a small village built on the mountain, mainly made of wooden structures, which looked like Chinese style. The Luo family was few locally, with only a few dozen people, so they naturally did not dare to neglect the high-ranking officials from the court, although they had been owing all the taxes they should have paid for for a long time.

After greeting everyone to enjoy a sumptuous beef and mutton meal, Chen Ke, who was burping, smiled and said to a fellow Luo Guosong brother named Luo Guosong: "Mr. Luo, people don't say secret words. Today, I have been visiting several townships north, and there are indeed important matters to discuss. Now, the second garrison is about to be formed, and the post is tentatively set at 480 people. The station will be yours in the future. The Government and the Army Department have authorized me to collect goods from various townships in Hejian area.

The funds, food and fodder (the insufficient part is allocated at the discretion of the local government), and money to support the construction of grassroots armed forces. Now the military fundraising in Shancha County has been basically collected, and Liangquan Township has been raised and sent to the county last month. Now, you are short of your hometown. Liangdang Township (located near the city of San Pedro in the later generations) have three thousand fellow villagers in the second place. What’s wrong? This is not the Ming or Qing dynasty. The tax you should pay must be paid. Don’t miss it yourself!”

Now that hundreds of officers and soldiers of the First Guard have been formed for more than three years, Shancha County and other places have almost been integrated - mainly because the local second-generation citizens have been made, and more than three people have been sent at once, greatly changing the population structure of the five towns. In addition, after some veterans have finished studying at the Dayuhe Cadre Continuing School, they have come to work in the grassroots villages, which further strengthened the control of the East Coast officials headed by Chen Ke over the local area. With such a multi-pronged approach, Shancha County was quickly cleaned up - Chen Ke's confidence is much more than that before, and there are more methods to deal with these clan leaders.

For example, today he and Lieutenant Fu Lei brought more than 60 officers and soldiers from the First Guard Team to the door. It felt that the lawless "mumballers" in Yixiang felt different. No one was too worried when they looked at the more than 60 rifles, let alone they represented the government, how dare they provoke this!

At this moment, when they heard that Chen Ke openly came to ask for food and wages, Luo Guosong was naturally sad. This year they had to bring dozens of relatives from Dezhou - this was the rhythm of the family's migration, and no matter what the Qing court thought about it, the freight and resettlement fees were not small (the freight for the private fleet was quite expensive). In addition, they had reclaimed a large amount of fields last year, so they bought a large amount of agricultural tools, fertilizers (whale bone meal and bean cakes), seeds, livestock, and the financial pressure was extremely high; in addition, maintaining the existing tung tree plantation and paying non-national labor workers' wages is also a lot of money. Therefore, the economic pressure of the Luo family's fifty or sixty people is actually quite large, and it is indeed a bit embarrassing to be forced to come to Chen Ke.

However, some of the Luo family's children are doing business in Dongfang County and Qingdao County, and they still have some understanding of the East Coast government. Luo Guosong is not a pedantic person. Therefore, after thinking about it, he still gritted his teeth and said, "It is also a good thing for Lord Chen to establish a Yong camp. There are many barbarians in this countryside, and they will never kill them. Yong - If the second garrison can stay in Ganyi Township forever, this is definitely a great good policy. My Luo family has been rooted in Ganyi for several years and will live here for a long time in the future. We should pay for the money and grain recruitment of Yongding! My parents donate to the court, and my Luo family will not give up a penny of money. We can't do this."

When Chen Ke heard that Luo Guosong, the first colonial clan leader in Ganyi Township, was so "obedient", he couldn't help but feel a little fluttered. He brought his soldiers to the door to urge the arrears to pay the money, which was very efficient! To put it bluntly, he was too polite to these guys in the past, but now it seems that there is no need. If you give him three points of color, he dares to open a dyeing workshop. They are all a bunch of uncomfortable bones that don't knock.

Thinking of this, Chen Ke said again: "Next month, the boss will send more than a dozen cadres to your place to carry out work and pull up the government structure. Mr. Luo, you still have to rely on your help. After all, you are still familiar with people here. Stop, don't refuse now. Listen to me and finish it. This is actually your chance. Why do you say that? I'm afraid you have heard of it yourself. Now, the State Development Administration has built a row of settlements on the banks of the Parana River under the order of the State Council to provide supply services to the fleet. Among them, we cross the mountains to the shore of the river to the shore of the river, and there are a new town called Nanhe Port, and there are some newly established port towns on the north and south of Nanhe Port. Well, they will all be under the jurisdiction of our Hejian in the future."

"So, if this trend continues, the establishment of Ganyi County will be within two or three years in the future. After all, the geographical location here is really important and the resources are rich enough. Therefore, the superiors are very close to each other, and the establishment of a county will not be too delayed. So, do you understand now?" Chen Ke continued to whisper: "Yes! That's right! Once this Ganyi County (in charge of Ganyi Town, Liangquan Township, Nanhe Township, Chaoyang Township and Liangdang Township, a total of five settlements) is established, there will be many vacancies in the county, township and even the Port Bureau. I have always heard that the Luo family's children are knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and they also helped our army when they were in Shandong. A while ago, Chief of Staff Mo also mentioned the late Mr. Luo Guoshi - so you must be asked at that time.

The children of the Luo family will help. I think you have not heard of the fate of the Xu family, Sun family and Chen family in the south, right? Those people are short-sighted, unable to tell, and not enthusiastic about official business. I, Chen, have already let them stand aside. However, I, Luo family, have a good impression of your Luo family. The ships that went to Nanhe Port last year were not here yet, and more than a thousand people were dizzy. Your Luo family organized their children to cross mountains and ridges overnight to send hundreds of bags of corn to solve the urgent needs there. I, Chen Ke, have to recognize this favor! Therefore, this is actually a good opportunity for you. In the future, Ganyi County is established, and there are a large number of vacancies. For many people, they may only have this opportunity to become an official in their lifetime. What are you waiting for? Mr. Luo?"

After Chen Ke said this, Luo Guosong's originally frowning frown also relaxed a little, as if he was really excited. Seeing this, Chen Ke took the opportunity to make a lot of effort, and finally said that Luo Guosong donated five more buckets of honey, three hundred bags of corn and one hundred wood. Seeing this, Chen was whispering, thinking that the Hejian area seemed to be more prosperous than the east bank of the grassland. A big family has been rooted for so many years and has become a local tycoon. If he hadn't gone to the countryside to go around like this, he would never have wondered how much money these people had.

After opening a breakthrough on Luo Guosong's side, Chen Ke got help from him, and had a rough impression of which family is rich and which one is not rich (also relative). Therefore, the tax collection action was much more convenient and could be targeted. Even the Luo family had some private relationships in Liangdang Township, which could provide some reference for Chen Ke. This made us, the county magistrate Chen, shouting that we had made a profit, and then proudly took people to Liangdang Township to collect taxes.
Chapter completed!