From the mouth of the small Jinsha River in the bay, up the river, and traveled for more than ten miles, a tributary flowed into the southeast. This river was called the White Galaxy by the gold digger.

New Jinshan City is built at the intersection of Xiaojinsha River and Baiyinhe, located on the east bank of Xiaojinsha River and the north bank of Baiyinhe estuary.

On the north bank of the six miles upstream of the Baiyin River mouth, Qin Lang and his party parked at the pier.

Compared with the estuary of the small Jinsha River nearly 200 feet wide, the New Jinshan City is built on the banks of the Baiyin River, which is more than 60 feet wide, and the water surface here is even smoother.

"Didn't it mean that New Kingsoft just discovered it? Why did a city stand up so quickly?"

On the dock, the veteran group of the Qin family couldn't help but be stunned when they looked at the high wall on the shore.

It was a rammed earth wall. Although it seemed simple, it was two feet tall.

This height is just the height of the county wall in the Central Plains, but the problem is that he appeared on the Treasure Island deep in the South China Sea. Moreover, in less than half a year since his discovery, there has been such a wall.

Especially from the pier, the city walls standing across the east and west seemed to be out of sight.

"Old Huang insists that New Kings Mountain should build four walls!"

Qin Lang originally thought that he would not be in a hurry to build the city wall for the time being. After all, there was no threat from natives here. It would be fine to build some coconut trees or something, but Ah Huang insisted that the city wall should be built, preferably a rammed earth wall.

Even if you practice it slowly, it doesn't matter.

Only with walls can there be a city, and only with cities can there be a city. This is Ah Huang’s point of view.

In fact, the seemingly majestic rammed earth city wall is only a semi-finished product. At present, only the southern section has been built. It has just been built for a few miles. Lao Huang planned to build a bigger one, preferably a square city, and each side is built for five or six miles.

Finally, under Qin Lang's opposition, he decided to reduce it to one thousand steps on each side, that is, one thousand five hundred meters, and build another fortress at the mouth of Xiaojinjiang and Baiyinhe River in the southwest, with a circumference of about two thousand meters, guarding the mouth of the river.

Although the rammed earth city wall is relatively low, it does not mean that it is simple. You need to dig the foundation and screen the soil. In order to ensure the sturdy and durability of the rammed earth city, these soils must be steamed at high temperatures so that the insect eggs and grass seeds in the soil can be killed.

And building a version is also labor-intensive.

The pier was bustling.

Many shirtless men were loading and unloading goods, and the managers discovered new things, "What are these?"

The ground of the pier is covered with tracks with horse-drawn carriages.

After being equipped with the track, horses can easily pull several large carriages and quickly transport goods from the dock to the warehouse area to avoid congestion on the dock.

A veteran who used to manage the Qinjia Mining Area immediately helped explain that this was a carriage track.

The Qin family's four-wheeled carriage is very famous. Because it has unique steering technology, it has been used in urban areas, docks, mining areas, etc. Compared with two-wheeled carriages, four-wheeled carriages, especially those with large four-wheeled carriages, the load capacity is doubled.

Later, the Qin family laid tracks in mining areas, dock areas and other places, and used them with four-wheeled carriages, which increased the capacity a lot. The four-wheeled carriages could even be connected together to form several carriages, which only require a few horses to pull.

Another old manager found that there were tall and complex pulley lifting groups on the wharf. They formed a crane through many pulleys to lift goods off the wharf or onto the ship from the wharf. This was undoubtedly more labor-saving than to directly transport them on and off the ship.

One by one, they were amazed.

On the boats parked at the pier, pulley cranes were constantly lifting food off the pier.

These are all food shipped from San Francisco.

A long shed was built outside the tall rammed earth wall.

Pennant flags are hung in front of each shop.

Some of them have the words "wine" written on it, some have the words "tea" written on it, but they are a dock catering street, specializing in dock business.

Qin Lang casually found a shop with tea on the apricot and yellow pennant in front of his house, a simple shed, and simple tables and chairs, but they were all relatively clean.

"What tea does the guest drink?"

An old man came up to greet him with a smile.

Qin Lang said, "What kind of tea do you sell?"

"Green tea is broken, one big bowl per son." The old man was a real person. He didn't brag too much, and his family managed it simply, just a kind of tea.

The so-called high-crumbing means tea leaves. It is obvious that the old man bought the tea leaves from the tea merchants at the dock and then sold them here.

A bowl of money is not expensive.

What’s rare is that this tea can be refilled.

This is undoubtedly good for those working on the dock.

"Who is the shopkeeper?"

"Return to the official words of the guest, old man is from Shouzhou, Huaixi."

"Shouzhou is a good place, a hometown of fish and rice. Why did my father come here to open a tea shop?"

The old man smiled and pointed to his empty right arm, "My family is by the Huai River and is often flooded. One year, I was flooded and owed a lot of famine. Later, I immigrated to Lingnan, paid off my old debt with the settlement fee, sold the little land at home, settled the house in Chaozhou, and divided a lot of land."

"That's not bad?"

"The local households in Chaozhou are very fierce. We immigrants have a great conflict with them, so we can only join forces and often fight for water and land."

"The government doesn't care?"

"I care, but I can't help it. This water is a battle every year, and even a battle for land and forests. Anyway, the conflict is so great that many people are killed every year. But there is no way. We finally moved here to live."

Qin Lang also knew that since Zhenguan, he has actively expanded the border and immigrated to the border on a large scale in various places, which has also led to a serious dispute between local tourists.

Fighting between new immigrants and old indigenous peoples often triggers due to water sources, fields, mountains and forests. This kind of situation of fighting for water and land is very common even in the Central Plains. However, in the border areas, the court's control is not strict, and coupled with the lack of prestige and autonomy of large clans such as those in the Central Plains, once the fight breaks out, the fight will be more intense, and they can only solve it themselves.

The local people in Lingnan were originally strong, and the immigrant people in the Central Plains were not easy to bully, and the two sides fought very fiercely.

The owner of the tea shop settled in Chaozhou for several years and fought with the natives for several years. One of his sons died in the fight between natives, and later the other son was injured and disabled.

Their immigrant village was completely untenable the year before yesterday, and some people began to move away. The old man's family was forced to give up the land allocated to them by the government and moved their families to Guangzhou.

After arriving in Guangzhou, they lost their land and became tenant workers.

Later, the old man's family heard that he had discovered Treasure Island in the East China Sea, where he could make money by pursuing gold, so he came with his son.

"Then what?"

The old man laughed at himself, "When I came here, I found that many people made money by making money through gold, and many people got rich overnight, but not everyone was so lucky."

Anyway, the old man and the two of them were working hard in San Francisco. After working hard for more than a year, they did find some gold, and it was considered a small profit after selling it to the Qin family.

But later, the old man went to mine in the next abandoned mine of the Qin family, but something happened. Although his life was not lost, his right hand was gone.

I lost my right hand and couldn't continue to make gold.

The old man was not willing to return home. Later, he saw the mayor of New Kingsoft investment order, so he took out his savings to rent this simple shop and started selling tea.

It is easy to sell tea. It is very cheap to buy tea from tea merchants. Then it boils water and cooks tea. I face the people working on the dock. They are cheaper per penny and a bowl, but they are still somewhat profitable.

"I can't make a lot of money, but I can support myself. If I'm diligent, I can save a little." The old man said that his son is now working on the dock and will not go to find gold.

My son and a group of companions from Huaixi worked together to take on jobs and load and unload at the wharf, and his income was pretty good.

"I don't want to get rich after rushing to make money. It's not bad now."

Income is stable and the future is promising.

The old man sometimes works as a little tooth and earns some tooth money, which means acting as an agent.

"I heard that New Kingsoft has issued an immigration order. As long as those who are willing to stay and settle down, they can get a lot of land. Is the old man not interested?"

"I have also heard of this. Those who are willing to stay and settle down can divide the land, and there are many. According to the diary, a male student can be divided into 120 acres, a female student can be divided into 60 acres, a middle-aged male student can also get 60 acres, and a other population can also get 30 acres. In the first five years, the rent is completely exempted, and 20% of the tax will be charged every year for the next five years until the full rent is full. But the full rent is not high, which is very cost-effective." The old man was very excited to talk about this.

"Would you plan to settle here?"

"It's because of this plan. The city hall stipulates that only by settling down can we divide the land, and Jiaxiaodu must be moved. I discussed with my son and planned to take Jiaxiaodu back to Guangzhou in a few days."

"Does there any other benefits to settle in the country besides the distribution of land?"

"Some, in addition to the land distribution, there are also settlement fees and travel fees, which sounds very good."

“Are there many people willing to settle and immigrate?”

"There are still many people who are moved. After all, they can get so much land, but because they ask the whole family to move in, some people are still hesitating for a while." The old man said.

Although there was only one left arm left, the old man was quite skillful in making tea. He carried a large teapot with one arm, which could accurately inject tea into the large tea bowl.

The handmade coconut shell bowl looks very rough, and the broken tea is very crumbly, not high-crumbs but finely ground. However, the tea soup that was brewed out smells pretty good. After taking a sip, I found that the taste is very ordinary.

Qin Lang was a little curious. Who is more popular if it costs one penny or a bowl of tea?

The old man said that this was tea and salt in it.

Qin Lang suddenly realized that the docks were all working hard. His bowl of broken tea was aimed at this group of people. They consumed a lot. This bowl of broken tea with salt could not only quench thirst, but also replenish energy and spirit. It was undoubtedly more popular than coconut, let alone his unlimited refill.

The one-armed old man is quite hopeful about the future. He said that there are still several people in his family in Guangzhou. When the whole family moved here, he could choose to build a house with the settlement fee. He and his son have saved some money now and planned to buy a cow.

"Will you continue to open this tea shop then?"

"Open, then I will continue to open this tea shop to make some money and also make some tooth money. My son will continue to load and unload at the wharf, and will work hard with his family to go to the field during the busy farming period. The field is fundamental, but the ones here cannot be left, so you can make some living money here!"

What the old man values ​​is the credit of the Qin family, and there is also the ability to divide the land here, and there is no need to worry about the arrogant and vicious natives here. Moreover, there are no heavy taxes and services here, which are the keys to attracting the old man and his son to move their family.

When I suffered from the Huai River floods in my hometown Shouzhou, I immigrated to Chaozhou, but was bullied by the natives and couldn't stand it. It was also very hard to work as a tenant worker in Guangzhou. Here, the old man saw hope.

"Is my father-in-law trusting the Qin family so much? Isn't I afraid of changing the orders in the future? Is there any more rent and dispatching service?"

"Can the Qin family's credit be doubted?" the old man said loudly, expressing his dissatisfaction.

When Qin Lang immediately expressed his respect for the Qin family, the old man's expression turned around and his attitude became friendly again. He asked with a smile, "You don't look like you are here to hunt for gold. You should be here to do business, are you here to buy gold or sell things? I am familiar with the old man here. If it is useful, just give me instructions."
To be continued...