Monday, March 1, 1632, light rain.

Fabian Klingerman from Saxony sat on a small wooden boat, sitting next to him was his wife Hannah, whose entire property was a box between Fabian's legs and a pig in Hannah's arms. Years of war and natural disasters left the young German farmer with almost nothing and couldn't eat enough. What's even more desperate is that such days seem to be invisible.

So, Fabian, who was desperate, took his wife Hannah and boarded an immigrant boat from Rostock to the port of Tattan. The Swedish ship sailing to the port of Tattan was called the "Quick Deer". Captain Jacob heard that everyone who traded with the Tattans had made a fortune, and he was impatient to participate.

Although it is not possible to get involved in the crazy porcelain trade, the whole ship of materials and immigration to the port of Tatan is at least twice the profit. The Tatans have always been famous for their money and have a good reputation in the Baltic region. And they may be able to buy some specialties of Tatans when they return. Their plate armor seems to be very famous. A while ago, a lucky guy from Gothenburg sold a set of plate armor to his nobles, which was highly praised. The dozens of plate armor accumulated in his hands were sold out in a short period of time, making a big profit.

Thinking of this, Captain Jacob felt hot inside. So he sold all his property and borrowed 1,500 Dukat from the Dutch merchants, and began to purchase supplies in Sweden, Poland and Russia. At the same time, he began to collect refugees and technical talents from various countries who were willing to try their luck in the New World.

At this time, the war in North Germany was in full swing, and the Swedes and Catholic coalition almost made their heads. Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony and other areas suffered great damage after wars. The handicraftsmen and farmers went bankrupt in large numbers and had no food and clothing. Captain Jacob searched a large number of refugees and some technical craftsmen without any effort. If it weren't for the limited space on the ship, Captain Jacob might have sold all the refugees he saw to America. In this way, Captain Jacob finally set sail after stuffing more than 200 immigrants on the ship.

After three months of long sailing, the "Quick Deer" sailboat finally docked in the port of Tatan. 211 German immigrants sold a large amount of copper, lead, linen, cloth, gunpowder, fur, livestock and other materials at a good price. The captain converted the payment into 100 sets of three-year-old full-body armor and 250 sharp three-year-old command knives, and then returned to Europe.

Fabian and his wife came to Uruguay under such circumstances. They were arranged by the Executive Committee to the planned Dingyuan Fort Reclamation Area. The newly established construction company's 1st construction team has built two settlements that can accommodate 100 people on the east side of Dingyuan Fort. The residence is ready, and now we will wait for the land reclamation army to take place.

"Here!" The boatman who was raising the boat smiled friendly at Fabian and handed him a few steamed potatoes. Fabian looked grateful. The German from Pomerania came here last year and participated in the war with the Frenchman last month. After demobilization, he was arranged to the transport fleet to be responsible for raising the boat on the Big Fish River. As a free citizen, he is said to have a salary of one yuan a month, and he can also eat free steamed potatoes and salted fish in the canteen of the transport fleet, which makes Fabian envious.

Today, the Dayu River channel is becoming increasingly busy, and wooden ships full of various materials can be seen coming and going from west to west at any time. The "Golden Waterway" has begun to take shape. The Dongban Company's transportation fleet has more than 40 medium-sized inland river wooden ships and nearly 100 boatmen, which have undertaken all the transportation tasks on the Dayu River, a large artery that has crossed the crowd.

Waving goodbye to the boatman, Fabian and Hannah were taken away by the guides who had been waiting for a long time on the shore with more than a dozen immigrants on the same boat. The guides were a "Tartan" and gave up after saying a few words to them, because he seemed to find that no one could understand what he was saying, which made Fabian laugh a little happy.

Walking through a path covered with weeds, the group stopped in front of a row of neatly built houses with red bricks. The guide began to discuss with the few people who had been waiting there, using language he still couldn't understand.

Fabian felt a little hungry, and the thing he had eaten in Tatan Port in the morning had been completely digested. He then took out the steamed potatoes from his pocket and looked around while eating. Of course, he did not forget to share these foods with Hannah.

"Fabian, is this the house for us?" His wife Hannah didn't feel hungry at all. She shook Fabian's arm with some excitement and asked, "Can we really live here? Ah, I want to build a pigpen and raise a few chickens. Dear, are you listening to me?"

Fabian was about to answer when he saw that the previous few people had finished their conversation. One of the tall European men faced them and said to them in German: "Hello everyone, I am Christopher Grot. Of course, you should call me my Chinese name "Grot" and I would be very happy. First, let me introduce to you, this is the first production team of the Development Brigade of Dingyuan Fort Reclamation Area. You are honored to be the first group of residents here. In the future, I will be responsible for the production, life and public security of the entire production team. If you have any questions, you can consult me. Of course, you must complete the tasks I assigned. Okay, just say this, I think you can't wait. So, now go and choose your house. Two people are married. You can live in the same room!"

As soon as Grott finished speaking, these dozen German immigrants immediately passed him as fast as possible to choose a house.

"It's time to teach them the rules next time." Grott rubbed his shoulder that was hurt by the hit and said angrily.

Fabian sat on a chair made of a stump and watched his wife Hannah spin around excitedly in the house. In fact, the room was only one, and the area was not very large. The furnishings in the house were also very simple: a simple wooden bed, an equally simple table and two stump chairs. It is not an exaggeration to say that the house is barely silenced, but Fabian felt so peaceful that he wanted to cry.

In Germany, struggling and struggling to survive for more than 20 years, witnessing too many relatives and friends losing their lives due to war, hunger and disease, and even I almost followed their footsteps. Unexpectedly, after wandering to the New World, I suddenly realized that all this in front of me was the life I have been pursuing?

No war threatens life, no tax collectors to squeeze out their last copper coin, no unbearable cold climate, I can live quietly with my dear Hannah, raise a few pigs, a group of chickens and ducks, and have a bunch of children.

God bless! Fabian praised the omnipotent Lord in this moment.

No one can take away my new life, not even the king! Fabian swore to God.

Smokes rose in the kitchen of the public canteen at the entrance of the village, and it was almost lunch time. Grott's sister Adele directed several Irish people to move buckets of food from the kitchen into the canteen. After a while, the men, women, young and old in the entire production team would come to eat on time.

Adeer is a responsible person. After being transferred from the Agricultural Bureau to the 1st production team of the Kaituo Brigade to work, he has always worked diligently. Although he only earns 80 cents a month, Adeer, who is in charge of material statistics and distribution, is very responsible every day until he goes to bed late. Recently, many immigrants have come here, and the materials are also transported here in large quantities, mainly seeds, agricultural tools and grain.

Adeer knew that this was the prelude to her superiors’ preparation for large-scale land reclamation. She carefully registered every piece of material into the warehouse to ensure that it was correct. She still had a small bed in the warehouse, so she would go to bed when she was tired and would continue to work when she woke up.

In addition to being responsible for the supplies, the canteen of the production team is also managed by her. There are four Irish people assigned to the canteen. These four people are not free people and there is no reward for working here. Adele is a kind girl. Whenever these four Irish people steal potatoes, she pretends not to see it. This makes the Irish very grateful and their enthusiasm for working has also increased a lot.

Grotra rang the bells on the wooden racks on the edge of the farmland. It was lunch time. The immigrant farmers who were burning the wasteland, leveling the land, and digging the canal stopped working. After placing the tools at the designated location, they began to squad around the field: men and women. After finishing the team, Grotra took them to the cafeteria for dinner.

Today's lunch is still the same steamed potatoes, soybeans, salted fish and fish soup. But everyone eats it very quickly and is very happy. Such foods are not easy to eat frequently in Europe today. Moreover, the next work will be very hard, and they need sufficient nutrition to maintain their strength.

The Executive Committee has planned a full 1,000 acres of planting area on the first production team, mainly planting high-yield crops such as potatoes, which is a breakthrough to solve the current food crisis. These immigrants have to participate in various labor during the slack farming period outside of farming, such as building roads to the next production team; building public toilets and bathhouses; building water supply and drainage facilities; digging more wells, building reservoirs and drinking water treatment facilities; drawing personnel to build schools and medical stations with other production teams; men also have to participate in militia training regularly. In short, all kinds of things will definitely not leave you idle.

Since the work is so heavy, the Executive Committee solemnly announced in order to increase the enthusiasm of immigrants: When any immigrant obtains free citizenship, he will get a free house and can also pay for the land he cultivates, with a limited purchase of 30 acres per person.

As soon as this policy was released, immigrants felt hopeful and their enthusiasm for work increased dramatically.

PS: I just came back from a business trip today. Since I uploaded the first chapter last Sunday, I was urgently sent out by my leader on a business trip the next day. I have shared a standard room with another colleague for more than a week. I can't write at all, so I can take the time to post and publish manuscripts and manage book reviews. The amount of manuscripts is almost over, so I will change it from today to one update a day ^_^
Chapter completed!