Chapter 960: Hoffmanburg

The estuary of La Plata in South America, home to the later capital of Buenos Aires, Argentina, a huge wall has stood at the eastern end of the Pampas grasslands-this is the team that conquered the Pampas grasslands. Settled down.

The colonial ranks of this colonial Pampas grassland are very large. There are only 500 Cossack warriors. Counting the family of the Cossacks, there must be more than two thousand people. This does not count, because there are another 500 infantrymen, the infantry family, and a group of pure farmers ... In total, the total number of immigrants reached 5,000, which was Marin ’s next large-scale immigration.

The reason for this large scale is that Marin knew that there are not many difficult trees on the Pampas grassland (mainly because it is difficult to dig the roots), which is very suitable for reclamation.

In addition to these 5,000 immigrants, the fleet also brought a large number of animals. For example, the 500 warhorse horses of the Cossacks and the 3,000 mares that were bought from Jamahan as rations are currently breastfeeding. These mares are estimated to have a longer milking period, at least beyond the early part of this year. What's more, the food brought by the fleet can last for a long time.

In addition to 3,500 horses, Marin brought in 1,000 cattle and 2,000 sheep. 1,000 cows are obviously used for reclaiming wasteland, and sheep are naturally used for grazing. In order to transport the 3,500 horses, 1,000 cows and 2,000 sheep, Malinte sent people to Spain and Portugal to buy a lot of Clark sailboats, and then converted them into special transport ships suitable for carrying cattle and other animals, and came with the fleet Pampas.

However, when the colonial team first landed, it attracted serious hostility from the indigenous people. Because the colonial ranks are too large. Even if the local indigenous people are stupid, they can see it-these colonists are here to grab territory ...

Therefore, the native Indians attacked without hesitation. It is a pity that there are too few local indigenous people, and there are only more than 300 fighters who attacked the tribes of the colonial ranks. The colonial team sent the infantry to face the battle, because the Cossacks were not very used to taking a boat, and they just had a soft foot just after landing. What's more, their horses are also a virtue, and they can't be overhauled within a few days. Therefore, the infantry can only be used in combat.

500 infantry battles, 100 musketeers unwillingly became the main attack. The local indigenous people have never seen the world, and in the confrontation with the musketeers, they were quickly defeated ...

Of course, it's not that they really can't beat the musketeers, but ... this group of natives was frightened by the loud noise of the musketeers' ...

The musket was very loud and smoked after it was played. And the lead shot hit the indigenous people, the effect is terrifying ... Under the combined force of three factors, more than three hundred indigenous warriors are terrified, they just turn around and run ...

After the war, after the inventory, only two muskets had indigenous arrows in their hands. But because the indigenous stone arrows are too weak, they are not fatal at all. Coupled with the colonial team brought enough medical alcohol, the two wounded were no big deal.

But at night, the natives came again ...

After the defeat during the day, the indigenous chief returned to gather the troops and held a meeting to discuss. As a result, they came to the conclusion that the kind of thing that would breathe fire and smoke might only work during the day. So, the indigenous people decided to attack at night ...

That night, the temporary camp of the colonial team was attacked by the indigenous people, making the camp chaotic. Fortunately, at this critical juncture, the musketeers stood up again and drove back with a volleyball gun ... or scared away the indigenous people ...

The night raid brought more than a dozen casualties to the colonial team. But it is embarrassing that the dozen or so injured people, including the three dead, were mostly trampled to death by their own people in the middle of the night ...

Early the next morning, John Mackenson, the military leader of the colonial squad, ordered the first construction of a fence to protect the colonial site from the Indian Natives.

However, the fence was not built in a day. Therefore, Mackensen ordered-during the day everyone landed to build a fence and graze horses, cattle and sheep. However, in the evening, he returned to the boat to rest, including horses, cattle and sheep. Unless, wait for the wall to be built ...

In this way, after arriving in Buenos Aires in mid-April, the colonial team lived up to repairing the city walls during the day and returned to life on the ship at night.

But because the Cossacks resumed adjustments a few days later, John Mackenson ordered Cossacks to attack!

The 500 Cossack stepped on the warhorse, wore a chain armor, and pulled out a high-carbon steel saber around his waist to start an attack on the local indigenous tribe ...

In the face of the Cossack cavalry, the natives were obviously terrified. Like their Inca people of the same family, the local indigenous people who had never seen cavalry had misunderstood that these Cossack cavalry were monsters such as the "human and horse" centaur. How can a person defeat a monster? Then, the tribe that originally attacked the colonists was easily slaughtered by the Cossacks. All men of that tribe were killed, including the elderly. The women and children were taken back to the camp.

Just as Marin had expected before, the 400 authentic Cossacks had no sense of this battle and were not soft to kill people. The young men of the 100 German Cossacks led by Markenson and deputy Agamand, because of the first time on the battlefield, many people were spitting out. Then, they felt very uncomfortable with the genuine Cossacks slaughtering the indigenous men who had surrendered.

After this battle, it took a week for 100 German Cossacks to slow down and attack again, attacking another tribe that was the second furthest away from the colony. After cleaning up these two tribes, the security of the colony is truly guaranteed.

At this time, the Great Wall was also repaired, and people began to build houses in the Great Wall ...

After that, it was the naming problem of this "city" ...

In this regard, Marin has already made a plan-this city must not be called Buenos Aires. Because, the name is too long, and it is very Spanish.

In addition, the two names Marin for Argentina and La Plata are not intended to be used. Because, the meaning of these two words is "silver" in Spanish. If you still use these two names ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Didn't you tell someone "There is silver here?" This is contrary to Marin's guiding ideology of "making a lot of money in silence".

Therefore, the city name of Buenos Aires was changed to "Hofmann Castle" by Marin. Such a name, although not surprising, is simple and clear, and it also promotes the prestige of the Marin family.

As for the La Plata River, Marin was also changed to the second half of the La Plata-Parana River-Parana River. As for the Pampas Prairie, the name has not changed.

By the beginning of May, within the Great Wall of Hoffmanburg, the humble church had been repaired, and the Fool students sent by Bishop Taylor had also begun to propagate in the church.

Seeing that the church was repaired, the house was not in a hurry. After all, tents can also be built. Anyway, the climate of Pampas Grassland is not cold either. Moreover, the important task of the colony-growing winter wheat, has not yet been done ...

As a result, Claude, the civil governor in charge of reclamation, ordered that the construction of Hoffmanburg be suspended and the planting of winter wheat be done first. If the cultivation of winter wheat is wrong, his governor must not be long ...

As a result, immigrants walked out of the walls of Hoffmanburg and began to use cattle to cultivate the wasteland and plant winter wheat on the fertile soil on the south bank of the La Plata River (now called the Parana River). As for fertilizers, a batch of processed compound fertilizers were also shipped on board ...

Reclaiming wasteland on the grassland is smooth. Of course, the premise is that water resources on the grassland should also be abundant. If arid areas like the grasslands of inland Asia are reclaimed, there will be no water for irrigation. The Pampas grasslands are different, especially the part of the grasslands along the La Plata River, which is a good place for reclamation. Reclaiming wasteland here does not require logging and digging up roots. You can just hold the cattle and carry the plow to the river to turn the soil. It is not too simple. Anyway, Crowder estimated that within May, the task of planting winter wheat would certainly be completed ...