Since Yizhou was taken back from the Netherlands by the Jiuzhou army, it has been under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province. This seems to be a little simple division. Most of the farmers who went from the mainland to Yizhou pioneered the territory are from Fujian. They occupied the coastal plains and gradually lived with the plain tribes and mountain tribes of the original Yizhou.

New immigrants will inevitably have conflicts with the indigenous peoples, which is also an inevitable process of civilization and civilization. Faced with the influence of more advanced civilizations, plain tribes and mountain tribes have to learn how to survive and actively integrate into the process of changing customs.

Bengang is a very important port in Yizhou at this time, and it is also a wasteland where former pirates such as Zheng Zhilong recruited refugees from Fujian.

Bengang is now prosperous. Ships from the mainland pass through the Penghu Islands and then arrive at Bengang, or ships from Luzon Island sail from the south.

There are currently two very important agricultural products in Yizhou - both the staple food of southerners, and the sugar crop is sugarcane.

Don’t underestimate these agricultural products that seem to be everywhere, but in fact they are very important to the national economy and people’s livelihood. Agriculture is still the foundation of industry. Without agricultural progress, there will be no industrial revolution. Agriculture is not just to fill the stomach, but can provide raw materials for the industry itself.

A merchant ship docked, and several men and two women came down. They looked not just ordinary families, but they were not considered rich people.

"Sister Xiao, Bengang is more prosperous than when we left several years ago." said a woman in narrow clothes and narrow sleeves.

This woman is the daughter of the Taiya tribe leader in the Yizhou High Mountain Tribe. Because she wanted to see the world outside the island mountains, she left the tribe with Xiao Xiu'er and went to Jiangnan and the capital. She is now studying in the Army Martial Arts Hall, and is already Yu Cheng's wife.

Yu Cinderella was Chu Yun's guard captain, but was sent by Chu Yun to protect the two of them.

To be honest, Yu Cheng felt that when he started to grow older, his skills were often not as flexible as younger subordinates, so he was relieved that his young subordinates began to take on the responsibility of protecting Chu Yun.

This time, going south to Yizhou, said it was to protect Xiao Xiuer and Goya, but it was actually more like a long holiday.

Bengang has been around for a long time since Xiao Xiuer and Goya left Yizhou, and the number of people has changed from a small number of tens of thousands at that time to a scale of about 100,000 now. Moreover, the scale of the port has been artificially expanded to accommodate more merchant ships.

Looking from the port to the distance, it seems that the area of ​​farmland near Bengang has also increased significantly, and it has gradually become prosperous and is no longer a wild place. It is no longer inferior to some ports in Fujian.

"I heard from the military leader that there has been a telegram between Bengang and Xiamen, so even if we are in Beijing, we can send a telegram from Beijing to Bengang and directly contact the people in the upper tribe." Xiao Xiuer said.

Although she is from Hangzhou, she grew up in the mountain tribe in Yizhou after all, and was raised by the mountains and rivers here, and she also has an indescribable feeling for this place.

"Hmm?! Why didn't I know that this is the case?" Goya exclaimed.

"That was told to me not long ago before we set off. The telegram line has just been laid here. Of course, you don't know that you have been in the Army Military Academy for a long time. There are not many connections between Beijing and Bengang. Generally, you have to pass through the Xiamen telegram station, and the cost is more expensive than sending it to other cities." Xiao Xiuer explained.

"I will graduate from the Army Military Academy this year and will serve as an alternate officer in the Second Corps guarding the Capital. If there is no problem after two years of assessment, I can apply for promotion to the Second Corps. Of course, if I can make meritorious service in advance, I can also be promoted to the Second Corps for military merits. However, the Second Corps is a corps guarding the capital, and there is no chance of making meritorious service. I envy the former officers who could fight south and north, but now there are fewer and fewer wars. In addition, the army leader intends to lower the ranks of all troops. Even if the fleet commander of the Fourth Fleet is just a naval colonel, it will be even more difficult to promote it. Otherwise, Sister Xiao, let him tell the army leader and send me to the 12th Corps or the East India Expeditionary Army in the South China Sea and the West Expeditionary Army. I heard that the places where those troops were stationed often were fighting, and if I went there, I could make meritorious service." Goya said with a sudden whim.

"How dare I make such a request to the military leader..." Xiao Xiuer shook her head quickly.

Usually, she just silently served as a private doctor in the Military Lord's Mansion, and could even receive salary from the Military Lord's Mansion, but she never made any requests to Chu Yun.

"You should have a good relationship with the military leader. I don't really want to be promoted as soon as possible. I just feel bored in a peaceful capital. Just like in "Zhuangzi", Zhu Liman learned to kill dragons and do things for his family, and he spent three years of skills, but he had no choice but to use any tricks. I am now a person who masters the skills of killing dragons and has no place to use what he has learned." Goya said.

"How come I have a good relationship with the military leader... Have you learned to quote classics at any time??" Xiao Xiuer looked at Goya in surprise.

When he just left Yizhou, Goya barely could speak Chinese and could not write Chinese characters, let alone quote the allusions from "Zhuangzi".

"The Army Martial Arts Hall is not entirely full of military arrangements or physical fitness classes. There are also many cultural classes, which makes people crazy when I think about it. I have learned to write calligraphy and recite a lot of classics now. It is hard to imagine how painful it is to use the strict discipline in the army to get you to take cultural classes. It is just that it is difficult not to remember it." Goya said with lingering fear.

Yu Cheng heard his wife talking about how hard it is to be, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly. They had no interest in cultural courses, and their children would not know whether they could cultivate an intellectual.

Whether it is a guard or a non-commissioned officer, it is not an easy task.

They arrived in Bengang to rest and asked about the changes of the Taya tribe after Goya and Xiao Xiu'er left. They found out from local officials that many children of the Taya tribe took the initiative to study in private schools in Bengang, and also established a guild in the city for the tribe to settle temporarily in the city. Many tribes also worked in large farms and plantations in Yizhou. They couldn't help but sigh that the Taya tribe, like other high-altitude tribes, began to integrate into Yizhou's economic system, and was no longer just hunting... In fact, the fur business of animals is small, far from comparable to the planting industry.

"Miss Xiao!" A dark-skinned scholar ran into Xiao Xiuer and Goya in the guild hall of the Taya tribe, and hesitated for a while before exclaiming.
Chapter completed!