The 18th year of Zhenguan, spring.

The first month of Luzon is the coolest season of the year, a rare cool season.

Black sand port.

Because the earth building is mixed with black volcanic sand on the beach, the entire earth building appears a black color, and the earth building is also called a black sand castle. Several black earth buildings have been built around this large earth building several meters tall.

Between the earthen building and the earthen building, there are black sand-paved roads, and there are wooden houses built on both sides of the road. The wooden houses on the street are shops, and various rice shops and cloth shops are also available. Although it is simple, it adds a lot of popularity to the small town.

The round earthen buildings, the long sand streets and the small wooden houses are scattered across the sea and along the river. The Heisha County Government even organized people to build a wooden wall on the periphery in several phases, making the black sand more and more like a city.

Wang Yanzhang took a merchant ship to Heisha Harbor from San Francisco Bay, departed in the morning and arrived at noon. Now there are fixed flights between San Francisco and Heisha, twice a day, basically departing from San Francisco in the morning, and after about three hours, he arrived at Heisha Harbor briefly, then loaded and boarded the cargo, and then drove back to San Francisco. The ship was for both passengers and cargo.

In the morning, we ship one boat to each other and another boat to go back at noon.

The boat was very lively and was always crowded with people. Every time there were many immigrants on the boat, Wang Yanzhang was very envious. He was an orphan since he was a child, and he didn't know who his parents were or where his home was. He grew up in the orphanage of the Qin family in Jiaozhou.

Later, the orphanage arranged for him to go to Tangshang to be an apprentice. He was a clerk for five years and worked as a fellow for a year. He signed up for the training camp and was selected. He came to Luzon. Soon the training camp was renamed Shilong Island Martial Arts Hall, and Wang Yanzhang became an infringing scholar.

From childhood to adulthood, although they had no father or mother, they lived a collective life in an orphanage when they were young, grew up in a candy shop, and then went to a martial arts lecture hall. They worked hard and got used to various rules and disciplines.

Last year, the locals were in chaos, and all the soldiers from the martial arts lecture hall went south to attack. Wang Yanzhang fought against the locals with the chief instructor Qin Cunen during the Battle of Blood River. He also saved up several thieves' heads with a iron spear in his hand and recorded his merits on the account.

For more than half a year, the martial arts lecture halls were drilled in black sand, building forts, building roads, and going deep into the mountains to encircle and suppress the natives. After more than half a year of busyness, the people were darkened and became stronger.

However, Wang Yanzhang's gains have not been small.

After the war, he first received 30 acres of land for his reward, and then awarded merits and won 100 acres of land for his merits. In the commendation of the Luzon Governor's Office at the end of the year, he was reported to the Governor's Office for his active performance and military merits. Finally, he was personally awarded the title of Feather Cavalry by Duke Wei.

He suddenly became a formal knight. Although this was only the lowest among the eighteen-level ranks among the eighteen-level ranks, Wang Yanzhang, who was only eighteen years old, had never dared to think about it before.

At the official rank award ceremony in San Francisco, Wang Yanzhang received Qin Lang's personal title award, received a five-piece set of rifles, bows, swords, armors, and mounts, representing the identity of a knight, and also received a Blood Shield Medal.

Of course, there are still five hundred acres of territory.

Wang Yanzhang's territory was granted to Heisha, a valley above the Heisha River. When he came back this time, he would officially accept his territory, including the thirty acres of granted land and one hundred acres of awarded land he had obtained before, and also began to cultivate it.

After getting off the boat and standing in the bustling pier, Wang Yanzhang didn't know what to do for a moment.

The cowhide backpack he carried included the Blood Shield Medal received in San Francisco, the rank of his Feather Cavalry, the promotion order of the head of the military issued to him by the martial arts hall, and the rank of the field order given to him by the Governor's Office.

As the new knight lord, he still doesn't even have a servant.

His eyes turned around the dock, and he regretted that he should recruit one or two entourages in San Francisco first and then buy a few slaves.

In the end, he had to decide to go to Heisha County Government first.

The Heisha County Government has now been handed over to the county magistrates and other management sent by the Governor's Office. Most of the troops that were conquered at the time have been withdrawn. At present, there is only one battalion of troops here, stationed in five forts to guard. Urban and rural security has been mainly handed over to the county government government, with the county magistrate in charge, and the villages are also promoting Baojia.

The county government is located in a dirt building. Unlike the black sand castle where the garrison is located, it is a yellow dirt building, which is much smaller than that. It is also a circular three-story dirt building.

There are two bulletin boards in front of the only door, which are in the shape of eight. There are many notices posted on it. At the door, there are several archers holding spears and arching with swords on their backs.

These are the main force of public security led by the county magistrates, and the archers of the county archer regiment. The archers are equivalent to maintaining the armed forces in local public security. The Governor's Office requires that all counties and townships select strong men to practice martial arts, each choosing their own strengths, practicing bows, guns, horses, knives or boats, collectively known as archers.

The archers usually work hard at home and practice martial arts during slack farming. They train in winter and spring, and take turns to work at county and township offices, protection offices, etc., responsible for guarding the city gates, yamen, warehouses, night patrols, road patrols, customs inspections, and robbers.

The weapons and equipment of the archers are provided by the prefectures and counties. There is no food or salary at ordinary times, but when training or taking turns to be on duty, they pay rations and pickles and allowances. At the same time, it is stipulated that the archers are given priority to select soldiers and are also given priority to recruit officials.

Although the archer is similar to the previous Bai Zhi, Zhiyi and other strong servants, there are also differences. The most important difference is that the original Bai Zhi, Zhiyi and Lishi are one of the types of soldiers. Dingkou rotary servants are free, divided into three groups and one year after another.

Later, it was allowed to pay for money and serve on behalf of others, which was a progress in mercy.

In ancient dynasties, what has always been the most burden on the people was actually not taxes, but various Yao service and errands. Why did large-scale civil engineering projects in ancient times often lead to the country's destruction because the service burdened the people the greatest.

The Qin Dynasty built the Great Wall, the Sui Dynasty built the canal, and the Yuan Dynasty built the Yellow River, which caused chaos in the people, which all caused this.

The archers promoted by the Qin family in Luzon were both equivalent to the local gang training in the past and the local selves in the past. However, this kind of service did not require too much burden on the people. There were subsidies during training, and there were food and wages on duty. Generally, it would not delay the farming time, etc., which would be more concerned about the people.

Luzon canceled sexual intercourses such as music workers and veterinarians earlier, and they were directly marketized and paid for employment directly.

When he arrived at the yamen, a archer stepped forward.

"What's the matter?"

Wang Yanzhang smiled and said hello, then reported his identity, and took out his own identity certificate. The archer didn't seem surprised why a knight didn't even have a follower, and was so young, it was really so magical now that Luzon is indeed so magical.

"What do you need to do on behalf of Knight King?"

"I want to visit Mingfu and ask how I should accept my land and how to manage it."

The archer became enthusiastic, "So that's it. Does Knight Wang have no family entourage to help with the problem?"

"I was originally an orphan, but later I entered the martial arts lecture hall and was alone."

The archer said, "So that's it. Knight Wang is really amazing. He started from scratch." He praised Wang Yanzhang for a few words, and then said to him, "Mingfu went out to inspect the village today. He is not in the yamen for the time being. Knight Wang can wait here. Of course, I actually have a suggestion about the territory."

"oh?"

"A lot of our Black Sha are now in the situation like Knight Wang. Many of them are mainly military soldiers in the martial arts hall or soldiers from San Francisco. They were all rewarded for meritorious service in war last year. Many people don't have the time and energy to manage the situation. So in response to this situation, there are special people in the county doing this."

The special person mentioned by the archer is actually a group of dentists, which is also an intermediary. Since ancient times, there have been dentists everywhere. Even in many commercial transactions, the government also specifically requires that there must be dentists intermediaries establish contracts and other party actions, which is also convenient for managing the market.

The Heisha Yaren is a group of smart businessmen who discovered the business opportunities here and provided corresponding services.

Wang Yanzhang is quite special. He is an orphan. He is still studying in the martial arts hall. He has no hands and no energy to manage the territory here. Some people can't take care of it for the time being.

So people provide corresponding services.

"If Knight Wang believes that he is too small, I can introduce you to a trustworthy man and handle these affairs for you, so that you can be satisfied with it."

Wang Yanzhang's eyes were also dark, and after hearing this, he thought it was a good idea, so he nodded and bowed to thank him.

The archer waved to the distance, and then immediately a dark child ran over, and he saw that he was a native child.

The archer said a few words to the child, and the child ran away barefoot.

"That's my slave." The archer smiled.

This archer is a new immigrant. According to him, he originally came to San Francisco to hunt for gold. He was lucky and bought some gold. Then he worked as a small business dealer and sold goods to gold diggers, which was easier than gold digging.

Later, when Luzon introduced a policy to encourage immigrants to settle down, he was so bold that he immediately sold all the goods on hand and took all his family over.

The family took advantage of the policy and distributed a lot of land without a penny. You should know that after the official establishment of the Luzon Governor's Office, after the imperial court prohibited the people of the Central Plains from immigrating overseas at will, the Qin family also adjusted the policy of immigrating and land allocation. Now they will not directly divide the land, but will give a certain amount of low-priced land purchase, and can also provide low-interest installment loans to purchase land.

But in the end, I still have to pay for it, and the person who is about to start early is still in vain.

After Luzon took over Heisha last year, he established a county and township here. The archer was originally a archer in San Francisco. The Governor's Office said that if he volunteered to be a archer in Heisha, he could be promoted and a piece of land could be awarded for free, so the archer immediately signed up.

So after he came to Heisha County, he was promoted to an official position.

Although they are also archers, there are archers who take turns to serve and regular archers. The regular archers vary from thirty to fifty people depending on the size of the county, and they all belong to officials with staff.

In fact, it is the leader of all levels of archers.
Chapter completed!