Zhao Xuening also plans to take a two-step approach to his homeland and the newly expanded Philippine territory.
The first step is to create two patterns. A complete tax system will be established for some of the territories under actual control. For some territories that are inconvenient for actual control, protection fees will be temporarily collected to stabilize the regime first, and then slowly encroach on those territories that are not under actual control. .
Anyway, there is no need for war, and Zhao Xuening also tries not to use war. Although Nanyang Land has a population of several million at this stage, the population is still sparse compared to the vast undeveloped land.
He does not want to cause a large loss of population for the personal desires of some prominent figures. He prefers to make those leaders with greater personal desires sick, and then use an example of illness to persuade more people not to get sick. Through this This method increases the territory under actual control and increases the degree of population control.
The Chinese group is definitely the first group to accept Lanfang's political system. It is relatively convenient for them to build a three-level administrative system, which is very efficient and fast.
In order to quickly increase their sense of belonging to Lanfang, Zhao Xuening will also focus on selecting some famous figures with local prestige and virtue to serve in positions or honorary positions to increase the obedience of the locals.
As for the indigenous tribes in other areas, Zhao Xuening will first carry out a wave of propaganda and persuasion to give them a choice.
If you are willing to take the initiative to accept Lan Fang's political reforms, you will receive generous compensation.
If you don't want to, that's okay. Zhao Xuening has no intention of taking action now.
I just need to determine the amount of protection fee a little bit...
Not to mention, in the specific process of dealing with the indigenous tribes in Luzon, there were actually more than a dozen tribal leaders who were willing to accept Lanfang's political reforms, and were willing to accept Lanfang's generous treatment and give up their actual leadership. Quan, go to Seoul to live a comfortable life.
Among them is Apu from Cavite and his tribe.
It seems that because he witnessed the powerful combat effectiveness of Lan Fang's heavenly soldiers, he thought that Lan Fang would not be too tolerant to them, and he was afraid, so he decided to retreat bravely and live a comfortable life with the benefits Lan Fang gave him.
It would be nice to live a comfortable life in what is said to be the most prosperous city in the entire Nanyang region.
As a leader here, although you have a lot of power, you still have to watch gorillas and baboons baring their teeth all day long, and you might end up being taught how to behave by Lan Fang Tianbing.
There is a chance to get greater benefits, why not?
Because of this unexpected gain, Zhao Xuening was very happy. He personally met in Manila with these smart people who had "retired bravely from the rapids" and promised them generous treatment to ensure that they and their families would have priority in Chineseization.
Because A Pu and others took the lead in fully surrendering to Lan Fang, Zhao Xuening set them up as a model and publicized them heavily.
Of course, most indigenous leaders are still reluctant to accept Lanfang's political reforms. They still prefer to dominate their own tribes and watch gorillas and giant baboons baring their teeth.
Once you have experienced the main thing of dominating others, it is very difficult to quit, so there are only a few sane people after all.
Most of the indigenous leaders chose the second option, accepting Lanfang's land measurement and population census, paying the Lanfang government 30% less protection fees than before based on the amount of land and population, and enjoying Zhao Duoduo's tens of billions of subsidies. , everything else remains as usual.
They feel that this kind of treatment is pretty good. They can keep an extra 30% of the protection fee for themselves to enjoy, and their life is better than before. Why go to Seoul and become other people's obedient citizens?
If we give you protection money and you protect us, wouldn’t that be the end of it?
It can only be said that they still think too simply. Zhao Xuening just can't make a move now.
Overall, at the very beginning of the political reform, the Lanfang government's actual territory in Luzon was limited to the areas around Manila and individual areas in Cavite and Batangas. The scope was not very large.
It can only be said that it has initially established a foothold in Luzon Island, obtained the foundation of rule, and established military rule through some military strongholds in the interior areas of Luzon. There is still a long way to go before it can truly digest Luzon Island and become the mainland.
However, this does not prevent Zhao Xuening from effectively governing the territories he has controlled, and taking the governance of these places as a benchmark for governing the entire Philippines.
For example, after some investigation, Zhao Xuening dispatched a ship back to Seoul, went to local factories to collect agricultural tools produced and sent them to Manila.
Because he found that the farm tools used by farmers on Luzon Island were really ugly. According to Lanfang standards, the farm tools they used could even be classified as fire sticks.
There are not many wooden, stone and iron ones, and the quality is very poor. They feel light in the hand, which makes people wonder how much iron is contained in these iron farm tools.
This is still the agricultural situation around Manila. Some other tribes are even still in the era of slash-and-burn farming, and making agricultural tools with stone or wood is considered technological.
Therefore, their agricultural production efficiency is extremely low and completely outrageous.
Zhao Xuening felt that this situation could not be accepted, so he sent people back to mobilize a large number of sophisticated agricultural tools produced by the Lanfang Ministry of Industry, and then ordered that Han Chinese farmers with rich agricultural experience be drawn from some collective farms to serve as agricultural coaches for these Chinese and indigenous farmers. .
How to use farm tools, how to master agricultural technology, and how to apply it to production, these all need to be taught.
When the first batch of farm tools arrived in Manila and were distributed to surrounding Chinese communities, these Chinese farmers compared these farm tools produced in Lanfang with the farm tools they originally used, and immediately concluded that the farm tools originally used were at the level of relying on defense.
Not to mention in Manila, they rarely saw such high-quality and durable agricultural tools even in the Qing Empire itself. The agricultural tools that the Qing Empire could provide them were made of the lowest quality iron and had extremely poor durability.
Although the raw materials used in Lanfang's farm tools are not as good as the steel used in forging weapons, compared with the inferior farm tools of the Qing Empire, they can still beat the eight major roads.
Having these farm tools is an absolute joy for them, and it also means a lot to Lanfang as a whole.
Lanfang's current territory is basically in the tropics, with a hot climate and abundant rainfall. Although some places have poor soil due to terrain reasons, there are also areas with fertile soil.
In this tropical area, as long as the land is adequate, it is not surprising that crops can be harvested three or four times a year. It is farming season at any time. Although there is no chemical fertilizer, as long as the land resources are used rationally, there can be harvests all year round.
The superior production environment means that if the farmers here have one-third of the diligence and technical skills of Chinese farmers, it is definitely not a dream to be personally well-off and to make the country prosperous.
In the past, no one organized production. They guarded the Jinshan Mountain as beggars, with low agricultural output and insufficient food to eat. But now it is Zhao Xuening's turn to take the lead. Can they be allowed to waste this gift from God?
Farm for me!
Farm for me all year round!
Rice, wheat, corn, potatoes, which crops are suitable for growing in which fields, which crops are suitable for growing in which areas, how to rationally use limited compost without chemical fertilizers, these things are all very knowledgeable and require professional agricultural talents. guide.
There is a shortage of such people on Luzon Island. Zhao Xuening has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in this regard, and even himself has joined in this work.
In three months from August to October, he traveled to seven or eight counties with actual controlled territory around Manila, covering half of Luzon Island, and witnessed with his own eyes the rise of farms and the Get on track.
This gave him a sense of accomplishment.
Humans' sources of fulfillment are completely different.
Some people feel that having more money brings a sense of accomplishment, while others feel that winning a competition brings a sense of accomplishment. However, Zhao Xuening feels that watching a barren land turn into vast tracts of fertile land and swaying golden waves of wheat will give him a sense of accomplishment.
Farming is really very fulfilling.
