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Chapter 67 The Flock of Immigrants (3)

Several Tatan militia in charge of guarding the camp raised their hands to salute Sergeant Kyle. Kyle returned a military salute and then walked into the camp. Under the canopy in the camp, there were a large number of pre-processed logs, and the diameters of these logs were very large, which could be seen that they had grown for a long time.

Sergeant Kyle felt better after the high-tube military boots stepped on the hardened brick road surface. This dirt road was really fatal. When the materials and manpower were abundant in the future, you must build a hardened road on both sides of Coconut Tree Creek and then plant uphill trees. The sound of sawing saws and saws were everywhere in the logging camp. Under the large rain shelter, many workers were busy dealing with the trees that had just been logged. For some particularly thick trees, they still needed to be treated with hydraulic saws. Although it was raining heavily outside, the work in the logging camp did not seem to be affected too much, and all work was still proceeding in an orderly manner.

At this stage, domestic industry is developing rapidly, and various construction projects are also developing rapidly. The demand for wood has begun to grow at a geometric level. At present, the New China Colony has obviously become the most important raw material supply base in China. It is estimated that since the establishment of the New China Colony, the wealth it has created for the country has not been less than 500,000 yuan, not to mention the Tacheng Coal Mine, which will be put on the development agenda, the only high-quality coal field found in China. If the Executive Committee initially regarded the New China Colony as a simple immigration transit port, then at present, domestic industries are somewhat inseparable from this high-quality and stable raw material supply base, and the local area can no longer abandon this hen that lays golden eggs for a few years after the newly developed period.

Like the brick kiln factory, in addition to the Eight Banners slaves and Malay slaves, there were nearly 300 Ming immigrants in the logging camp. Most of these people were responsible for handling the trees transported from the front in the camp. Only a very small number of them followed the logging team to the mountains to log wood. Among the people who stayed, there were about twenty Ming immigrants who were born in carpenters or had carpenters. They were "talents" selected from all immigrants. These craftsmen are now entrusted with important tasks, namely, they are responsible for passing on the logging camps, and trying to bring out a group of apprentices who knew how to deal with the logs. There is no way, the talents in all aspects of the New China Colonial are too scarce. It is too slow to take the apprenticeships with the dozen or so serious carpenters in the wood processing factory to take the apprentice.

"Do your mosquito prevention work well and don't drink raw water." Sergeant Kyle stood under the eaves of the only row of brick houses in the logging camp. He said to the Eight Banners Supervisor who was in charge of this place, "Someone is quarantined immediately if they get sick, and don't delay it! Remember, this is tropical! Forget it, you don't understand these! In short, do what I said! Okay, I think the time is about to be over. It's time to stop working. It's time to eat."

The Eight Banners supervisors quickly knocked on a gong at the entrance of the canteen. With the crisp sound of the gong, the workers first lined up near the workplace. Then they lined up into the canteen. The canteen was these brick and tile houses, with several huge long tables in it. The long tables were for free migrant workers to eat. The Eight Banners slaves could only sit on the tree stumps in the house with their rice bowls. As for the conquered Malay slaves, they could only squat at the bottom of the wall and eat some leftovers of the free people and the eight banners slaves. The small logging camp, with strict hierarchy, also made these new immigrants from the Ming Kingdom who were fortunate to be classified as free people, were secretly shocked and glad.

Sergeant Kyle sat on a table near the window, and several Irish chefs brought him food: beef stewed with potatoes, grilled fish steak, a few fragrant meat patties and a large bowl of beef soup. In addition, there was a glass of beer and a fresh coconut for him to enjoy. As for the free people and slaves, they were not so luxurious. The free people and slaves of the Eight Banners were fine. Their staple food was steamed sweet potatoes, a small amount of beef stewed with potatoes and a small bowl of beef soup; while the newly conquered Malay slaves were treated much worse. They could only eat a large bowl of soup with only a little oil star, and chew some sweet potatoes or corn on the cob to satisfy their hunger. These foods were not necessarily enough for everyone, and they had to wait until the free people and slaves of the Eight Banners finished.

This is the world. As conquered people, please enjoy yourself secretly if you have such living conditions. Moreover, the East Coast people did not cut off their "moment" path. A while ago, the Executive Committee sent Shi Qinjie a document through a transport ship, which ordered him to try to establish a new organization in the New China Colony as appropriate - the "Eight Banners of the Islands". Once the Eight Banners of the Islands were established, the number of Malay slaves transported to South Africa will be reduced in the future, and will focus on establishing vassal tribes and countries controlled by the New China Colonial itself. After investigation, Shi Qinjie felt that it was necessary to establish the Eight Banners of the Islands, but the conquered Malays are not very reliable at present and need to be observed. After some Malay traitors who are willing to cooperate with the East Coast people, they will promote them to rule these Malay slaves to better serve the East Coast people.

"Why did there be a grilled fish steak today? Why didn't it before?" Sergeant Kyle skillfully picked up a piece of fish steak and ate it. The fish steak was applied with some spices, and the grilling heat was appropriate, which smelled greedy.

"I know this, sir." A entourage of Sergeant Kyle immediately responded, "The craftsmen at the boat repair shop finally built the fishing boats yesterday, and after they were equipped with fishing nets transported from the local area, they organized people to start fishing in the bay this morning. They were lucky. They caught about 3,000 kilograms of fish and shrimp in the morning, most of which were pikes. The fish caught were sent to various places for consumption, and some were divided into 200 kilograms of fish in the logging camp. Most of the more than 200 kilograms of fish were made into salted fish, and a small number were used to make soup for new women and children to drink, and some fresh fish were eaten directly."

Sergeant Kyle is still very clear about how rich the fishery resources in New Huaxia Bay are. He had already seen it when he landed. The clear sea water and the fish swimming around gave him a deep impression. The bay was filled with dense fish and shrimps, barracuda, swordfish, tuna, shrimp, crab, lobster, sea cucumber and other seafood. It had already started to be caught in the nearshore fishing a long time ago and achieved certain results. This time, the large fishing nets asked from the local area were in place, with several hundred tons of ships.

The fishing boats were also built and completed, so how to develop rich local fishery resources to better carry more immigrants in the future was put on the agenda. The fishing that started this morning was just a small test. A few unprofessional fishermen drove the boat around Xinhuaxia Bay, and went down the net to catch some of the dense fish that they had been observed and recorded. They worked hard all morning and caught more than 3,000 kilograms of various types of fish, most of which were locally produced pikes.

"This morning, Captain Shi also went to the dock to see the fish caught by the people in the boat repair shop." Sergeant Kyle's entourage continued while eating: "He was very happy and announced in public that a fishery work meeting would be held in the afternoon, and a fishing team would be set up nearby to vigorously explore the potential of fishery resources in the New China region. Uh, this was all told by my fellow villager. He was on one of the fishing boats at that time. He also said that a seafood processing factory might be set up here in a while for processing.

The fishing catches caught by the fishing team have begun to recruit people. A considerable number of the newly arrived Ming immigrants once lived on the beach, and these people have some fishing skills and experience, so the members of the upcoming fishing team will mainly focus on these people. After the fishing team is established, they will first fish in New Huaxia Bay. In the future, the fishing team may also go out of New Huaxia Bay and catch deep-water fish such as swordfish and tuna in the seas to the west and east. Uh, that's all I know for the time being."

Sergeant Kyle nodded slightly and said nothing. However, he was still very happy. With the influx of Ming immigrants, Xinhuaburg's manpower was finally not so short of staff, so many things and many projects could be processed. Although these people may be picked up by local transport ships in one month or two, they have not left yet, right? Then we have to make good use of this period to complete several projects that have been delayed for a long time due to insufficient manpower, such as the construction of houses in the city, the construction of city walls, etc.

Sergeant Kyle's love for the New China Colony is unquestionable. He has even brought his wife and children here to live, and has also spent money to purchase 30 acres of farmland here. Therefore, he will be very happy about anything that is conducive to the construction and development of the New China Colony. After all, his foundation has been moved here. The better the New China Colony is built, the higher its importance, and all the military and political officials and ordinary people here will benefit from it.
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