When Abu, covered in blood, was tied up and twisted in front of Guo Zhiyuan by the Tuanlian Village soldiers again, he looked even more violent than the last time, like a wounded tiger, constantly baring his white teeth at Guo Zhiyuan, and making a vicious curse: "You devil, if you burn our rice, the gods will curse you, curse you, you will not die well!"

Guo Zhiyuan glanced at Abu with a pitiful gaze, shook his head and said, "Abu, are you still unwilling to surrender? You can think clearly. This time I will not let you go again!"

Abu spat at Guo Zhiyuan fiercely and gritted his teeth and said, "You devil, even if I die, I will turn into an evil ghost and pester you. Even if we only have one person left, we Taya tribe will not surrender to you, the devil, and we will definitely kill you!"

Guo Zhiyuan frowned when he saw that Abu was so poor. At this moment, a group of soldiers from the countryside were escorting a group of Taiya prisoners. This time, the people of the Taiya were almost all out. There were still children and women in their teens among the prisoners. Guo Zhiyuan felt a move and waved his hand to signal the team of soldiers to stop. Then he pointed to the captives of the Taiya children and prisoners and said to Abu: "They should be the most carefree age, but you asked them to pick up weapons to go to the battlefield. Because of your recklessness, many of your tribe members have lost their lives, but you still want them to live in hatred for generations. Is this what you want? Rather than cursing me, you are cursing your tribe members!..."

Abu looked at his tribe members, his youngest son was among them, his wife and eldest son were already dead in the previous battle. If he died, his son would become orphan. Although he was unwilling to bow to Guo Zhiyuan, he could not hide his emotions. His eyes were filled with tears, his lips were trembling violently, and he was silent for the first time.

Guo Zhiyuan knew that it would be difficult to make Abu bow his head at once, so he could only subtly influence them, so he slowed down and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to surrender. I will give you another chance. If you don't have food for winter, you will starve to death even if I release it. Why don't I place a piece of place for you to live and give you food, but you have to help me work and change it. When the weather gets warmer next year, if I release you again, if you still have to be an enemy of me, we will fight again..."

Abu was stunned when he heard this. His eyes, which were already as dim as dead, lit up again. He asked in disbelief: "You... are you saying true?..."

Guo Zhiyuan laughed and said, "I have kept my word. I have let you go twice. I just don't have three things. I hope there will be no third time!"

Abu was still stubborn and sneered: "Don't think I'll be grateful to you. At most, I will spare you if you fall into my hands next time!..."

Guo Zhiyuan didn't have time to quarrel with Abu, waved his hand to signal the guard to take Abu away. Xie Erhu saw that Guo Zhiyuan had actually let Abu go again, and said in a slight indignation: "This guy is simply a stone in the thatched cottage, smelly and hard. Do you really want to learn from Zhuge Liang to capture Meng Huo for seven times?..."

Zeng Qisheng, who was standing beside him, patted Xie Erhu on the shoulder and smiled and said, "Don't worry, have you seen a tiger going down the mountain still able to return to the mountain? Although he is unwilling to surrender now, as long as they are willing to stay, they live a life of food and clothing like our new immigrants. Even if you let him go, he will not leave!"

After solving the problem of the birth of the family, Guo Zhiyuan could devote himself to the construction of Dongfan, and good things came one after another. First, the second batch of inland immigrants came. Guo Zhiyuan had adopted Zeng Qisheng's strategy before, so that the first batch of inland immigrants who came to Dongfan first wrote a letter to go back. In the letter to home, the first batch of inland immigrants truthfully told what they saw and heard when they came to Dongfan, and told his relatives and friends who stayed in the inland could not only have enough food in Dongfan, but also eat meat and meat every now and then. This was something they didn't dare to think about before. More importantly, no one here oppressed them, and they didn't need to live with fear every day, and even when they met the official, they didn't need to kneel down!

With the endorsement of these first batch of inland immigrants, Zhang Cheng's recruitment of immigrants was naturally particularly smooth. He gathered many respondents and completed the recruitment task in excess. The second batch of inland immigrants recruited reached 100,000! Moreover, there are many special talents with one skill and the first batch of inland immigrants. The arrival of this second batch of inland immigrants has greatly alleviated the shortage of human resources in Dongfan. The speed of work in both the construction of cities and other aspects has greatly accelerated, allowing Dongfan to truly enter a period of rapid development with each passing day.

The second great thing is that the sea trade fleet sent by Guo Zhiyuan successfully returned. After the last investment promotion meeting, Guo Zhiyuan sent a super sea trade fleet composed of 100 large-scale sea trade ships in the name of the East China India Sea Trade Company. This is almost unprecedented in the history of the sea trade in the Ming Dynasty. Before, the maritime merchants had a great opportunity to travel to sea trade, and such a large-scale sea trade event was definitely the first time.

Through this maritime trade, the maritime merchants who had previously subscribed to shares in the East China India Maritime Trade Company also tasted the sweetness. Before, they went to the single gang, and in addition to worrying about pirates, they would be completely finished when encountering typhoons. Now that they have joined Guo Zhiyuan's fleet, naturally, no pirate force dares to come and die. Even if they encounter typhoons, other ships can launch rescues so that the ship will not be destroyed and people will die. More importantly, when such a large-scale fleet traded with the Daxi people, their bargaining power has also been greatly enhanced. In addition, Shen Yourong has been increasing the crackdown on smuggling on the coast of Fujian, their fleet has actually formed a monopoly. Before, they could make tens of thousands of taels of silver in a maritime trade, but this time each of them made a fortune, and at least 30,000 taels of silver were recorded.

Of course, Guo Zhiyuan earned the most. He accounted for 50% of the shares in the East China Sea Trade Company, and this time he made nearly two million taels of silver. In this way, Dongfan's financial crisis will be completely resolved. As long as the sea trade is not interrupted, Guo Zhiyuan basically does not need to worry about the money.

The maritime merchants who tasted the sweetness have begun to regret that they had purchased too few shares before. They all found Guo Zhiyuan to add shares, but they were rejected by Guo Zhiyuan. The timely help he needed was not icing on the cake. However, the maritime merchants did not want to give up, so they tried their best to give gifts to Guo Zhiyuan, hoping to let him give him some relief. Most of them gave Guo Zhiyuan gold, silver and jewelry. Guo Zhiyuan naturally looked down on them and returned them all. However, the gifts given by Xu Xinsu and Yang Tiansheng made Guo Zhiyuan unable to refuse.
Chapter completed!