"Did this plant grow too fast?" On May 1, 1694, at the intersection of Tuanjie River and Jinchuan River north of Zhangwu Township, a team of armed police from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were patrolling.

The road I had walked was covered with weeds soon. The shrubs that had been cleaned on the roadside had grown out incredible speed. Some vines hang down from the big trees on both sides, which made the soldiers carrying long spears very troubled. They had to take out machetes and cut them off one by one to avoid affecting the passage of the road.

"The road surface that has not been hardened with asphalt, that's it." A police officer leading the team said without a doubt: "It's a pity that the road construction team is too slow and the transportation of building materials is also troublesome, otherwise why is that?"

As he spoke, the police officer seemed to have discovered something. He quickly walked to the side of the road, used a hatchet to push a bush away, then sighed and said, "Check this skeleton to see if there is anything that indicates identity. If there is, just restrain yourself. If there is no, forget it and bury it on the spot."

The two policemen responded, then used hatchets to split the bushes, carefully checked the skeletons that had been washed by the rain, and said half a day later: "Captain, there is nothing, not even clothes, and it seems that he was stripped naked after his death."

In fact, such things are not uncommon in gold mining areas. Because it is far away from Ming society, it is difficult to transport various materials. In addition to the wealthy East Coast gold companies may not be short of materials, how many individual gold diggers are not short of? From food to medicine, from labor tools to weapons and ammunition, they are almost in short supply. Therefore, stripping people's clothes is not a big deal, and there are many such things.

"If you don't, just dig a hole and bury it. Since you meet us, you will never let him expose his body in the wilderness." The squadron leader didn't mind being dirty, so he found a piece of rotten wood lying down and sat down, then lit a pipe on his own, and smoked a cigarette beautifully.

He was not too worried about safety issues. They had more than twenty people and had not escorted any important weapons, so no one would come and be foolish to get along with them. Not to mention their well-equipped equipment, just say that if you ambush the police, what can you get if you win? I am afraid that you can get nothing except the casualties you may cause. With this energy and courage, it would be better to find the transportation team of the East Coast Gold Company to catch up with the big ones.

"These dead ghosts would rather find illusory gold than do a serious business. There are so many settlements and road construction in the south, including food and accommodation, and you will be given eight yuan a month. Few people are willing to go there, and they deserve to die outside." A young policeman took out a body bag and put the bone in his bag with disgust on his face, and his mouth was still hurt: "How many people can make money by catching gold? Alas, most people are afraid that they might not make more money as Old Man Wang, who made baked cakes at the entrance of the village in front."

The construction of settlements mentioned by this little policeman is a recent event. They are basically located in Fangshan, which was not long ago, north of Renqiu counties. There are eight new settlements in total, namely Tianlu Township (near the town of Canuelus in later generations), Yonghua Township (near the town of San Gonzalo on the Abaïte River), Fengchan Township (near the town of Tiruz in later generations), Diannong Township (near the town of Patus Diminas in later generations), Danshu Township (near the town of Joón Piniru in later generations), Fumin Township (near the town of Kurvelu in later generations), Xingnong Township (near the town of Augusto Dilima in later generations), and Chang Township (near the town of Dorabela Engineer in later generations).

To be honest, the construction of these eight settlements is really not vague, and a lot of money, grain and materials have been approved. Due to the difficult transportation problem, although these materials have not been transported all, 60 to 70% have arrived in Fangshan County, providing reorganized material reserves for the next stage of work.

The reason why the superiors attach so much importance to it is to quickly stabilize these places and establish a relatively strict order. Then, they cooperate with the large number of police officers and army gathered here, most of which have been withdrawn, and a small number have advanced along the lower reaches of the Duanjie River, clearing all kinds of lawless illegal gold miners far away from it, and protecting the interests of the government as much as possible.

For this reason, it is expected that more than 10,000 new immigrants who are about to move in will receive very generous treatment. Five-year tax exemption starts. In addition, there are quite a few good varieties, agricultural machinery rental subsidies, bank loans for interest-free, and land redemption price is half of the national designated price (10 yuan per mu). Such explosive treatment naturally makes the job of recruiting pioneering immigrants much easier. The State Administration of Development has almost no effort to get a quota of 16,000 people, and then transported it to this place in batches.

The future mission of these people is not to dig gold mines, build factories, or go to the forest to suppress bandits, but to do their best to serve the crops and produce as much grain as possible to reduce the pressure of transportation from the outside. We have to say more here, don’t look at the current grain market on the east bank and the prices are sluggish, but in this Tuanjie River Basin with high mountains and dense forests and inconvenient transportation, the price of this grain is really not low! The reason is that there are too many people here who don’t produce!

Yes, that's right! There are too many people who don't grow food and dig gold all day long, which leads to a huge demand for food here and the price cannot be reduced. Sometimes, some extremely hungry gold miners will even hand over the unpurified gold that has been treasured for a long time to others for life-saving food or medicine. This is really sad! In view of this situation, people have reason to believe that when these immigrants arrive here and open up some farmland to plant food, they can make a big profit from it. Well, maybe we have to establish detailed personal files for these immigrants to prevent them from being tempted by the huge profits of gold mining, and leave the five acres of farmland given by the government, and then run to the Tuanjie River to hunt for gold.

In short, it is promising to do agriculture here. In fact, not only agriculture, handicrafts, services and other industries you can imagine can make money from gold miners who have nothing but gold. Perhaps, if they do a great job, the people who earn more in the end will be those honest people who work, rather than those illegal gold miners who fantasize about getting rich overnight. This is very likely!

In fact, the East Coast government has been advising those illegal gold miners who are hiding and hiding. For example, the patrol team composed of armed police has posted notices on many big trees along the way, allowing the gold miners to "reversed the past", give up their "bad past life", and go to the eight newly established settlements in the south to find a job, and ensure that these construction work can obtain "very stable income", and choose to settle down locally in the future. It should be said that these propaganda offensives have played a certain role, which has left many discouraged and nothing to gain, leaving the Duanjie River, working in the above settlements, and using their own hands to exchange for their income that can support themselves. However, most gold miners do not seem to listen to their advice. They basically only have gold left in their eyes, and they fight and fight with each other, staged scenes of betrayal and ungrateful, or betrayal, and basically they will not look back until the last moment.

Just like the poor man who had just been buried, maybe he was an illegal gold miner with dreams in his lifetime. After coming to Duanjie River, he either made a fortune or gained nothing, but the ending was the same, that is death. His relatives in the distance may not know his death, and his identity will never be clear. He can only sleep in this humid and hot jungle and slowly become a nutrient for plant growth. Is such a life really what he needs? Perhaps, but it is absolutely not worth it.

"After packing, keep moving forward. These days, there are some unstable things around. I don't know where the group of little kids actually robbed two grain merchants and carefully prepared them on the way. Although we are not their target, it is hard to keep the crazy guys from getting nervous. Also, Linzi has never been investigated by us, maybe there are Indians. In short, cheer me up. Do you understand?" After smoking a cigarette, the squadron leader took a last look at the body bag that was gradually buried in the soil and said.

"I understand! I understand!" The police officers on the side responded one after another. The bodies of the two robbed grain merchants were found by another convoy, but it was difficult to arouse sympathy, because the two victims did not seem to be good people. They purchased grain from Fangshan County and even further away, Zhuolu and other counties, and then brought a few guards north to trade with illegal gold miners active in the local area. This time the capsized ship was probably just an old story of black and black eating. For such people, the police have never been very active in detecting such people. Unless the superiors put pressure on them to solve the case as soon as possible, they will delay indefinitely and assume that nothing has happened.

From this perspective, we can also find that the Tuanjie River Basin is too big and the security situation is too complicated. Various criminal cases are emerging one after another. It can be said that robbery, murder, theft, blackmail and other crimes are staged every day. The police are exhausted because of this, but the results are not good.
Chapter completed!