On November 8, 1640, in just two days, Li Yi's fleet returned safely to the dock in Xinhuaxia Bay. Their victorious return made the entire Xinhua Fort cheer, and even the Eight Banners slaves were happily talking about the destruction of the barbarians who had been haunting them before.

Looking at the Bezimisalaka people who were fishing down from the boat, they were sincerely in delight. They didn't know why these savages were irritated and provoked them. Perhaps the East Coast people had invaded their land, or desecrated their traditions, or who cares? Now they have all been wiped out, and no one on this land can question the authority of the East Coast people. The East Coast people have shown their power, and even if they are not civilized, even the stupid savages should know that they are afraid at this moment.

Sure enough, in the next twenty days of this month, there was no peeping or harassment from barbarians nearby. They seemed to have disappeared overnight, and the logging camps, cement kilns, brick kilns and everything they had appeared had lost their traces, as if they had never been there.

Regarding the handling of the total of 987 Betsy Misalaka people captured, Shi Qinjie decided to send them to South Africa and hand them over to Mo Ming for disposal, so as to replace some relatively reliable and obedient Eight Banners slaves with him to the New China region. In addition to these slaves, Li Yi also took away some hump cows and a hundred preliminary red sandalwood and yellow sandalwood trees - these were all transported back to the local shipyard to dry and then used for shipbuilding.

After Li Yi's fleet left, on December 10, the cruiser of the Second Fleet "Choyong" escorted a merchant ship from the South China Sea Transportation Company unexpectedly to the Xinhuaburg Wharf. With them, the mayor of Hezhong Town and the deputy captain of the South African Development Team, Liu Ang. He was ordered by the Executive Committee to escort a batch of supplies and personnel came to Xinhuaburg.

"What wind blows you here?" Shi Qinjie was also confused when he greeted him. He didn't know why the Executive Committee sent someone here at this time. Moreover, he and Liu Ang were not very familiar with him. Liu Ang was from the military intelligence system and went to South Africa to preside over the affairs of Hezhongbao with Mo Ming very early. It was said that this meeting today was the third time they met.

"It was the Southeast Trade Monsoon that blows me." Liu Ang also joked, "Okay, go to your city to take a look. It's so hot here, it must be above 28 degrees, right? The rain is really heavy, and it's impossible for South Africa to see such heavy rain. Haha, I think God is really biased. You are so rainy here, but it makes South Africa so drought."

"Do you think I want so much rain here?" Shi Qinjie handed Liu Ang the umbrella in his hand, and then said, "It's not a joke if you accidentally get floods. Moreover, the climate here is humid and hot, and the plants grow very fast. The weeds and bushes removed today may grow again in a few days, which is a headache. Moreover, it is not good to have too much rain. The mineral components in the soil are washed away by the rain or penetrate into the deep soil, so the arable land is a little barren."

"Haha, I know you are an agricultural expert." Liu Ang smiled and said, "I still understand the leaching effect. But it is not impossible to solve it. As long as the rice field drainage is done well, this situation should be alleviated. Moreover, you can also plant deep-rooted crops such as corn and sweet potatoes after harvesting rice to make full use of the fertile soil fertility. This way, you can ripen three times a year, one crop of rice, one crop of corn, and one crop of sweet potatoes. Rub, don't be too good, it's much better than ripening every year in South Africa."

"It's still early to farm and harvest grain. You know, there is no resident here at this time. The slaves also have to build city walls, sewers, houses, etc. There is no land reclamation at all, and even the logging staff is insufficient." Shi Qinjie shook his head and said to Liu Ang while walking.

"You miscalculated this time." Liu Ang held up his umbrella, smiled mysteriously, and then thrust his mouth to the deck of the ship behind.

Shi Qinjie turned his head and saw that men and women wearing oilcloth raincoats were carefully climbing up the pier along the rope ladder. Some of them were carrying a small package, while others were even more exaggerated. The package on their backs was filled with a lively piglet or lamb, which looked like they were here to settle in the pioneering place.

"This is..." Shi Qinjie's mind was a little twitching for a moment, "Is this a settler? No, it turned out that the Executive Committee and I agreed that the first group of residents would not come in October 1941. Now that the construction of this place has not been completed, why are settlers coming here? Are they not afraid of the harsh environment here? How can they change plans at will? This is unscientific!"

"The situation has changed." Liu Ang explained briefly, and then said to Shi Qinjie: "Okay, just send someone to accept these new residents. Let's talk about the specific situation when we go to the local area."

"Okay." Shi Qinjie nodded.

The two arrived in the house one by one, and Shi Qinjie ordered the servicemen to bring a cup of tea to each of them. Liu Ang took a sip, then frowned and spit out the tea powder, and said, "A moldy smell."

"Is there any?" Shi Qinjie was a little embarrassed, and then smiled self-deprecatingly: "The weather here is too humid and hot, and many things are difficult to preserve. It is normal to get moldy. Anyway, I am used to it and can't smell it."

"Okay, let's not talk about anything else." Liu Ang sat upright at this time and said seriously to Schenjie: "This time I sent more than 400 immigrants to your New China Colony. The specific list will be given to you later. These more than 400 people were British immigrants who had escaped from Fort Hope to Hezhong Fort, most of them were Irish, and a small number were English. Except for a few who had obtained their ID cards, I left them to you. Now I will hand them over to you as the first group of settled residents of Fort Xinhua. You have to settle them well. To be honest, although they were always black households, they were also old residents of our Fort Hezhong Fort. You must know that Captain Mo was not willing to let them come here at first, but later the Executive Committee decided to add 400 French immigrants and 200 Guarani people to Fort Hezhong Fort before they were released."

"Haha, Captain Mo is really doing a good business." Shi Qinjie said with a smile, then his face became clear and assured Liu Ang: "Don't worry, since they have come to Xinhua Fort, they are the official residents of our place and will definitely not treat them badly. Now, with these people, some arable land can be reclaimed next to the Coconut Tree Creek Reservoir. Well, we have to prepare for this in the past two days. We should level the land in the rain and build the irrigation canal. If the time is tight enough, we might even be able to plant a crop of sweet potatoes. In the end, we can also open some vegetable fields and plant some vegetables first. In the future, when the fleet comes, we will have to go to the Portuguese to the west to replenish supplies."

Seeing Shi Qinjie planning the farming business there, Liu Ang was a little stunned. This person is really from the Ministry of Agriculture. He was thinking about how to farm all day long.

"Also, don't be busy calculating your affairs for now. There is another more important thing this time." Liu Ang looked at Shi Qinjie's eyes and said: "This time, the Executive Committee has allocated some technicians from the local area, with a total of 50 people. Most of them are some technicians and skilled craftsmen from domestic shipyards, anchor chain factories, ship rig factories and other shipbuilding-related units. In addition, some people are drawn from local wood products processing factories. After seeing some high-quality wood transported from you in May, the Executive Committee immediately decided to speed up the construction of the New China Colony.

Give you the greatest resource tilt as much as possible. These technicians and craftsmen are the first to be sent here to support your construction. Don’t worry, they have signed an agreement in the local area before they come, and they will be considered people from Xinhuaburg in the future. The next step will be to transfer their families and household registration here. According to the Executive Committee’s intention, Xinhuaburg first relies on these people to build a wood processing factory, a wood drying kiln and a small shipyard rack. When the next stage of personnel is abundant, find a way to expand the strength of these factories and strive to fully operate them."

Speaking of this, Liu Ang's tone became a little sour. You must know that Hezhongbao only has a very small ship repair shop, and can only provide some limited maintenance services for passing ships. Mo Ming and Liu Ang don't know how many times they have applied to the local area to expand the scale of the ship repair shop and even set up a shipyard in South Africa, but they were rejected every time, with the reasons being "insufficient technical personnel", "unsuitable" and so on. Unexpectedly, Xinhuaxia didn't mention anything, and the Executive Committee sent everyone over. This is really a death for everyone!

"That's great!" Shi Qinjie also became excited. He rubbed his hands and walked back and forth in the house, and then said: "It's a good thing to build a shipyard and a wood processing plant. If there is not enough manpower, you can find a way. The indigenous people around us are descendants of Malays. They will build some canoes and build some wooden houses. There should be no fewer people with good carpenters and shipbuilding skills. At that time, I can send people to recruit them. If not, I will arrest them. In short, some people will first move some people to work in Xinhuaburg. They have some basics, and it should be no problem to do a job, so that a large part of the personnel gap can be solved."

Liu Ang was even more shocked when he heard this. The lucky luck of the new China colony was really good. The neighbors of them were not as good as those of the stupid blacks and heroes in Hezhongbao, but Malay descendants who had entered feudal civilization or at least some of the technologies were close to feudal civilization.
Chapter completed!