Inigo looked at his new residence with satisfaction, and was reluctant to look away for a long time.

The houses are made of stone, which is quite luxurious in the Hejian area because the local area lacks enough labor. These polished standard stones need to be imported from other places and are of great value. The stone used in Inigor's house is imported from the stone yard run by Mr. Zhu on the east bank of the Wujiang River. There are a lot of marbles. It can be seen that Inigor's strong financial resources and his attitude of spared money when building houses.

The house is two stories high and has a balcony on the second floor. Inigor's favorite thing is to stand on the balcony and watch the surging Parana River and the rushing pedestrians on the street downstairs. He felt that this was much more interesting than fighting and killing in the South Netherlands. The comfortable life seemed to have gradually eroded his fighting spirit. He couldn't even remember when the last time he picked up the stinging sword, about how many months had it been?

There are some kettles and flower pots such as ruta and tansy on the balcony. There are also some plants or flowers in the open space around the villa, especially passionflower brought from Spain. Perhaps because it is very adaptable to the climate, it has climbed up to the window on the second floor. These are the masterpieces of the hostess, the daughter of a poor Croatian immigrant living in the Hejian area. Of course, she is now from the East Coast. Before the river delivery, she chose East Coast nationality with her husband Inigo, and now she has officially broken away from the Kingdom of Spain.

The room was very high, at least three meters long, and was painted with lime, but it lacked decorations such as tapestries and murals. Of course, they could not afford to decorate them. Therefore, only some average landscape paintings were hung on the wall, which were crudely made by the painters of the Dutch St. Luke Guild who came to the east coast to make a living. The only one who had some money among so many paintings was probably the portrait of his own and his adoptive father Captain Aratrist. Because it was a custom painting, it was expensive, but it looked worth it.

The stairs and roofs are built with bricks and tiles, with straw mats, rafters, stone slabs and roof tiles exposed, which seem to damage the beauty of the house, but they are more practical, and Inigo has no extra money to decorate. The roof has a small spire-shaped attic, which is probably the only part of the villa with Spanish elements. The view in the attic is good and you can see a faraway place. Moreover, it is ridiculous that because the attic of Inigo's family is the tallest building in the newly established town of Qingyuan Town, and it is facing a river, the officials in the town forced a flag on the east coast here, which is very eye-catching.

Qingyuan Town is the county seat of Qingyuan County specially approved by the Executive Committee. The county has four settlements: Qingyuan Town, Yongfu Township, Dali Township (located near the small town of Nuogoya in later generations), and Yongli Township (located near the small town of Aranguren in later generations). It is the 68th county-level administrative unit in the country. The county has a small population, its economy is in decline, and it is not qualified to establish a county. However, with the east wind of Hejian area delivery, the State Administration of Development is determined to increase its investment in this area to build it into a large granary on the east bank and a town of fish and rice. Therefore, several counties were set up in one breath. This is the case in Baosai County, and the same is true for Qingyuan County.

Of course, to the north of Qingyuan County, the East Coast people also established Weirong County, bringing their tentacles directly to Santa Fe City, the Spanish hub city in the La Plata region. Weirong County is under the jurisdiction of four settlements: Jiacheng Town (near Parana City in later generations), Weirong Township, Tongchang Township (near Crespo Town in later generations), and Jiaochuan Township (near Viale Town in later generations). The county is located in Jiacheng Town, with a population and economy that is the same as Qingyuan County, and may even be slightly worse. It was barely established by this east wind. It is considered the 69th county-level administrative unit in the country, but it is very watery.

On the other side of the sub-district of the Delta, the west bank of the Wujiang River, the State Development Administration has also established some new settlements this time, including Yizhen Township (located near the Urdinarrain town of later generations), Hongmiao Township (located near the town of Gobernador Mansilla), Qingmen Township (located near the city of Rosario del Tara), Baisha Township (located near the town of later generations of Herrera), Guihu Township (located near the city of later generations of Viaguayi), a total of five settlements. It is expected that the first batch of more than 8,000 second-generation citizens will be resettled, and the first batch of non-nationals and new immigrants will be resettled. In the future, some county-level administrative units will be established according to regional divisions to accelerate the development of this fertile Hekou Delta Sub-district and make it a fish and rice town for people on the east coast as soon as possible.

From the intensive establishment of these settlements, we can see that the Executive Committee is probably serious about developing the newly acquired land of Hejian, because the land here is too fertile, the climate is too suitable for agriculture, and the transportation conditions are too superior. In addition to the great flood hazard, everything is fine.

As for the flood, the sword hanging over the heads of the vast majority of Hejian people, the Executive Committee is not without a plan. In addition to the plan to invest 10 million yuan in water control funds in the previous 50 years, they will increase the average annual investment in Hejian from 200,000 yuan to 300,000 yuan, which is the central government's allocation. In addition, they will also guide local governments to invest in the construction of flood control and water conservancy facilities in various places through policies (such as based on the large number of common land reclamation indicators in counties in Hejian, which undoubtedly means money). This move is expected to absorb 50 to 10 million yuan of local funds. With the central allocation, the amount is already quite large. If it continues for 50 years, it can basically make the Hejian area look brand new, making the flood that is now feared by everyone to be able to be used, so that the development of Hejian will be almost done - in fact, to put it bluntly, the essence of the development of the Hejian area lies in water control.

The topic is too far off, let's go back to Inigo's home in Qingyuan County just now. At this time, this former Spanish mercenary officer was frowning about how to make money. It is naturally unpaid to build such a beautiful villa, and almost wiped out the money and goods he had obtained in the past few years of cooperation with the people of the East Coast to penetrate the Hejian area. What's even more terrible is that the valuation of this building is not low, and it will definitely make people feel pain when collecting real estate tax. Therefore, Inigo, who has been unemployed due to the dissolution of the army, must find something to do, such as hiring himself to become a soldier again. After all, what he learned on weekdays is the "crafts" of fighting and killing, and nothing else can be made.

In fact, there are quite a few people who have the same ideas as him, especially those mercenaries who have fought all their lives. If you let them hoe the ground with their swords, it would be as awkward as it would be. These days, Inigor has heard many such complaints in his ears, but he can't solve them. The East Coast government has taken them very seriously, and it is impossible to tell them about it. It is like a little disturbance that someone will come to ask, for fear that they will make any news.

However, the situation seems to have changed a little recently. The town's armed minister actually brought an interpreter to his home and asked if he would join a military organization called the "Zhengguo* Army" and serve as an instructor, training a group of vulgar Russians, Italians, Malays, Crandys and red-haired Irish people to allow them to go overseas to fight for the interests of the East Coast.

The Minister of Armed Forces said that, given that Mr. Inigor is proficient in swordsmanship and musket shooting, he has participated in more than thirty battles with Germany in the South Netherlands and is experienced. Therefore, his treatment is not bad. He is basically based on the salary of a second lieutenant officer, plus some overseas combat subsidies, which are quite a lot. He is already a standard for the upper middle class on the East Coast. For Inigor, who is currently in financial difficulties, he agrees after a little consideration. Just like his adoptive father, Captain Aratrist, who promises to go to Patagonia to train militias, and Teacher Alqueza promises an "old noble" on the East Coast to go to Australia to act as a bodyguard, all for making a living!

Inigo is about to set off these days. According to the town's arrangement, he will take a small steamer to Qingdao at Qingyuan Port, and then transfer to Jiaohe Port, the northernmost border of the east coast, where he will train soldiers. When the time is right, he will go to sea to fight. Inigo vaguely heard people say that the so-called Loyal Army that he was going to participate in the training was to go north to Trinidad to replace the Fengguo Army, which had a large loss, in order to assume the rule of the French Santo Domingo and some occupied areas of Martinique.

To be honest, this is not a good job, because it is a tropical area, which is a tropical area that often devours people's lives. Inigo, who has known many people after fighting a war, naturally knew about this, but he had no choice. Now he needs money but does not know other skills, so he is destined to be able to make a living by licking blood from the knife. Fortunately, he is just an instructor of these people, and it is inevitable to fight. However, the officer is an officer, and his survival chance is much higher than that of the cannon fodder soldiers. He has experienced many battles and is very pious to believe in the Lord. Therefore, it should be no problem to survive and return to the east coast.

On July 25, 1667, Inigo, who had bid farewell to his pregnant wife, carried his luggage, wore a sword that had been fighting for many years, and came to Qingyuan Port Pier to board the boat and leave. At this time, the river was already in the middle of winter, but the scenery was still charming. Inigo took a breath of cold air, and then looked around and saw many peninsula people standing in the distance.

Inigor understood that these were the old mainland immigrants who chose Spanish nationality after the transfer of Hejian. They believed in Hidalgo and the priests' "persuasion" and were deeply afraid of the rule of pagans on the east coast. Therefore, they rushed to leave the Hejian area where they had lived for some years, and planned to settle in Santa Fe, Rosario, Buenos Aires and other places to enrich the population there and maintain the rule of the Spanish Kingdom in La Plata.

Regarding these people's choices, Inigor can only say that he wishes them good luck. He has fought for so many years for King Philip. He is really clear about the virtues of the Hidalgos, and this is why he chose to stay in the Hejian to become a national of the East Coast. At least the East Coast country also has a Catholic church, and it will not owe the soldiers' wages, right? This is enough, let King Philip and Hisag lackeys who have defaulted on their wages go to hell!

The person who came to pick up the old mainland immigrants to the Spanish-controlled area across the river was Colonel Torres, a very senior officer. It is said that he had fought with the East Coast people when he was young, but unfortunately he failed. From then on, he was very disgusted with everything on the East Coast, probably losing the entire Buenos Aires prosecutorial court area who was most vigilant and hated about the East Coast.

Colonel Torres also saw Inigo who was traveling far away. He knew this young veteran (Inigo, who joined the army at the age of fourteen, can be said to be a veteran). He used to be an infantry training officer in Fort Pedro and also came to Putrajaya to seek salary on behalf of Captain Aratrist. At that time, he had a good impression of this man. Later, he heard that he and his adoptive father served the East Coast people in private in exchange for remuneration. This made him dislike everyone in Fort Pedro, so he no longer paid attention to it. But now it seems that he has chosen to serve the East Coast pagans?

It's really depraved! Colonel Torres snorted coldly, and said nothing more. He turned to supervise the resettlement, gathered, and transported immigration. These people are precious wealth. The Buenos Aires trial court area wants to fight against the East Coast people. Every gentleman from the old continent is extremely precious, especially many of them are soldiers with combat experience. These people are pious and have a high degree of recognition of the Spanish Kingdom (of course

The greater possibility is that wages are paid in time), unlike Inigor, who have been in a state of social disgust, and Captain Torres still valued them very much and planned to take them back and reorganize a gentleman's order to fight the possible invasion of the East Coast people. Although his motherland is now like a pagan country in the East Coast, many merchants in Buenos Aires are also planning to expand trade with the East Coast people.
Chapter completed!