Accompanied by a crisp whistle, the immigration ship "Sprint Champion" was docked on the dock of Gushan Port. Some Australian native slave workers in shackles unloaded bags of cargo onto the trest with the help of steam booms. Although immigration ships cannot theoretically be used to carry cargo, due to the particularity of this ship (slightly high center of gravity), for navigation safety, there are generally a lot of ballasts on the bottom of the cabin of this ship, some of which are coal-fired and some are cargo.

One of the major goods loaded in the cabin this time is a large number of sisal produced from major plantations in New Huaxia Island. These sisals have been initially processed locally to make sisal fibers. These sisal fibers will be secondaryly processed at Gushan Port to make ropes, fishing nets and other products with high demand for fiber strength. A small part of these handmade products are left for self-use, but most of them will be sold to Hei Shui Port for shipbuilding and fishing there.

"Sure enough, no new exile prisoner has arrived." An Chu stood on the balcony and looked at the busy dock in the distance, holding a cup of tea and said slowly. After that, he turned around and smiled at a white-faced middle-aged man standing on the side, "Xiao Xuanzi, the tea you made is getting more and more delicious. Why didn't anyone discover your specialty when he was in the Heng Palace before?"

"How can a group of mediocre villains in the Heng Palace compare with you, godfather?" said a middle-aged man named Xiao Xuanzi. This man was a eunuch who escaped from the Heng Palace. He had great luck while waiting for the boat in Australia. Because of his superb tea making skills, he was attracted by An Chu and stayed in his mansion as a servant. I don't know if it was the eunuch who had the talent bonus of serving people or what happened. This eunuch quickly won An Chu's favor. In addition, he was smart, knew how to advance and retreat, could read and write, and had strong management skills. He quickly became successful. Finally, he was appointed as the supervisor of Gushan Port by An Chu. Later, he even recognized An Chu as his godfather, which was so popular and arrogant.

"Hehe." An Chu smiled undisguisedly as he listened to his godson's unconcealed flattery, and said, "This is a place where birds do not shit. The soil is not fertile, and there are no minerals such as coal and iron. Apart from a quarry, there are almost no resources worth mentioning. The farming is wide and the crops are harvested throughout the year, and there are not many fishery resources in the offshore area. He is really poor. He is still eating financial food and the various materials required for construction rely entirely on the central government's funding. This life is really not easy. It has been ruined like this. There are not many people on the superiors. How can they develop? Isn't it getting poorer and poorer!"

"Godfather. If we don't have anyone, let's stay more. The prisoners sent by the court were all treacherous. A few days ago, someone gathered to build a church. The child asked someone to arrest a few leaders, and these people dispersed." Xiao Xuanzi said sinisterly, "There are also those Indian savages who are unruly and impatient, and they are not as good as those Australian natives. By the way, those seldom prisoners of war are not worried about, and they steal and fight all day long. I hanged a few of them and made a fuss, and then I was suppressed. These gangs of oxen... can't be more, and there are too many more, and they can't be controlled."

"Yeah." An Chu nodded, silent. After a long time, he suddenly spoke again and said, "Xiao Xuanzi, how many people can be left behind this year? The State Council requested Australia to add 30,000 mu of new grain planting area, expand the brick and tile kiln, and build two groups of forts by the bay, lighthouses and new trest bridges. There is no manpower. Especially for Fort No. 2, you can't be careless. You also know the current situation. Fortress must be built first, which requires a large amount of manpower and materials. It is easy to say, but the manpower is indeed insufficient."

Speaking of which, only seven or eight artillery positions have been built at the cape at the entrance of Gushan Bay, which is only a few hundred meters apart. If an enemy attacks, it will be difficult to defend. Not to mention that no one is discovering it here, just half a year ago, a Dutch expedition ship discovered the secret port hidden in the bay while exploring the southern coastline of Australia. They also clearly saw the flag of the East Coast Republic of China rising high in the city. Unfortunately, there was no East Coast ship in the bay at that time, so they could not leave the Dutch expedition ship and let it rush out of the bay.

After learning the news, An Chu was extremely depressed. Although the East Coast people would sooner or later discover these two ports on the south coast of Australia, they were found by the Dutch in just three years, which was too unlucky.

However, if you really think about it carefully, it was both accidental and inevitable in a sense that the Dutch discovered Gushan Port. Because the Dutch had long suspected that the East Coast people had been passing through the southern line to bypass the Strait of Malacca and enter the eastern waters of the Ming Dynasty. Captain Tasman had also bypassed the Tasmanian Strait more than a year ago and successfully discovered the eastern coastline of Australia. In such a frequent exploration of southern and eastern coastlines, it was actually a matter of time before the discovery of Gushan Port and Jinshan Port.

Since Gushan Port was discovered, no matter what the Dutch would think or do, the people on the east coast must first establish their own protection system. Now the city walls of Gushan Port have only been sparsely built for two or three hundred meters, the No. 1 Fortress has only seven or eight gun positions, and the No. 2 Fortress has just leveled the land, and the formal construction has even not yet been launched. This may not be much in the past, but now everything has been exposed to the Dutch, An Chu feels that it is necessary to immediately start to improve the construction of the fort, increase the number of heavy artillery artillery in the coastal defense to 16-20, so as to initially have a certain ability to block the cape entrance.

"If you follow the godfather, if you follow the previous standards, you will probably only be left with six or seven hundred people this year." Xiao Xuanzi replied carefully, "Godfather, do you want to detain more people?"

"Deduct! Deduct more than 500 people - no, 800 people come down!" An Chu drank the cup of tea in a sip, and then he said fiercely: "Deduct more than 800 people come down! Try to be strong men! Don't be afraid of imbalance in the population ratio. Didn't the immigration ship that came last just sent the quota of 500 Greek female slaves this year? I'm making the decision, don't distribute it to Jinshan Port, and stay all at Gushan Port. In addition, check how many people are about to end their sentences. If they are pardoned within two years, they will be granted free civil status. If they perform well on weekdays, they can choose to train militias in case of accidents. Well, some technical talents with special abilities are also among the pardons, and talents are precious now. Last time, that

What's the name? Yes, I think the Spanish kid named Giovani is very good. He was only sixteen or seventeen years old and repaired the long-damaged hydraulic machine tool. It's much better than many technicians here who are just a scattered person. I remember he was sentenced to six years in prison for participating in an underground lecture. Now he must have not been sentenced to the sentence. He gave him two choices: either join Taoism and immediately pardon him as a free citizen, or leave the quarry and die for himself. I think he will make the right choice. Others will follow this example and should be able to add some household registration. Of course, you must also grasp the degree here. You must not be tolerant of those dead and hard-working elements, and you must not let ulterior motives get involved in our team."

"Don't worry, godfather. Xiao Xuanzi, I have some knowledge of these prisoners in my heart. I remember all the honest and honest people who went astray, and who were stubborn and treacherous people who were traitors and evil." When Xiao Xuanzi heard that his godfather gave him such an important task, a numb face that was somewhat bumpy because he could surpass the ceiling immediately turned red with excitement. This feeling of killing others was so cool. He had always enjoyed this fascinating feeling.

Just as the two were talking on the balcony, unloading work was completed on the dock in the distance. In addition to the small amount of cargo loaded by this "sprint champion" class immigration special ship, there was also a flute-shaped transport ship, which was loaded with many machine parts and lubricating oil that were urgently needed in the Far East, as well as more than ten Lusitano horses and five or six goats that were brought from the Ottoman Empire at a high cost.

The climate in Australia is still very suitable for animal husbandry, so the Ministry of Agriculture has set up a military horse farm in Gushan Port and Jinshan Port, which is specifically used to reproduce horses transported from the local and Ottoman Empires, such as Andalusian horses, Lusitano horses and Turkmen horses. In a few years, the total number of military horses in the two military horse farms has reached 150 or 60, which has initially reached a certain scale, and the population is still steadily expanding.

In addition to military horses, Australia is also very suitable for raising sheep. In the past two years, many sheep and goats have been sent here, with a population of about hundreds. This time, the people from the Ottoman Empire spent a huge price and entrusted countless relationships. At this time, only the East Coast people on this earth could get such precious goats through official channels - twenty Angora goats were brought in. These precious goats were divided into three parts, one in the local area, one in South Africa, and one in Australia, and were separately raised to expand the population.

In this way, the Australian region was divided into six, and the hotel was thinking about asking Xiao Xuanzi to find a place to grazing nearby. If the environment was really unsuitable, then send it to Jinshan Port and find a mountainous area there to raise it, which should be able to reproduce. The wool produced by this goat is a high-end textile raw material, which is not something that is missed for such a textile country in the East Coast. It can greatly stabilize the high-end textile market and enrich product types.
Chapter completed!