Where to choose to travel? This is not just a location, but also related to their starting base. 【No pop-up novel website】i.bsp; A good start means half the success. Travelers basically love to play games, and they know that one of the keys to strategic games is to get a good base location at the beginning. For them this base must satisfy:
1. Have a good agricultural foundation and ensure the supply of food.
2. There is a certain population base that can meet the labor demand of post-industrialization in the future.
3. There are abundant natural resources that can meet the needs of industrialization.
4. It is located in a coastal area and has a port. After all, maritime trade is the easiest trade to amass wealth in this era.
5. It cannot be located in the core area ruled by the Ming Dynasty, otherwise it will inevitably trigger a key encirclement and suppression campaign by the Ming government.
6. Not in the place of the Four Battles. Whether it's Hou Jin, Chuang, Xian and the like, none of them can be dealt with by those who are not yet firmly established in time travel.
7. It is easy to defend and has the danger of mountains, rivers and seas.
Obviously, in the time and space they are going to, there are not many places that can meet such conditions.
As a precaution, this question was posted on the discussion board for brainstorming.
The plans put forward by everyone on the Internet are basically concentrated in three places: Taiwan, Hainan, and Australia.
Australia received a lot of support, but was the first to be shot. Not to mention whether Australia itself is suitable as a base for travelers, the reality is that it is simply impossible to get hundreds of travelers to Australia. Basically no operability.
Taiwan Island is a hot topic of discussion. Regardless of its geographical location, natural conditions, or development potential, it can be said to be the best choice. There was no Ming Dynasty political structure on the island. Although the Dutch and Spanish built forts, they could only occupy one corner of the island, which was a vacuum zone. However, tropical diseases in Taiwan are very serious, especially malaria, which has hindered the entry of immigrants to a certain extent. In the late Ming Dynasty, the degree of development was still very low, and the population was even sparse. There was no manpower base for large-scale development.
In comparison, Hainan is much superior. Since the beginning of the Six Dynasties, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, it had become a southern border county with hundreds of thousands of residents. In the 10th year of Yongle, there were 90,000 Han residents alone, a population of 400,000, and abundant human resources. In terms of agriculture, by the 43rd year of Wanli, the official and private land on the island reached 4.1 million acres.
What's even more rare is that the natural resources are not only rich but also relatively complete in categories, which are very suitable for industrialization. There are 88 kinds of minerals (including subspecies) on the island, 67 of which have proven industrial value. Gold, rich iron ore, ilmenite and zircon are the dominant minerals.
The key to the pre-industrial era was coal and iron. Hainan Island has China's rare large-scale rich iron ore - Shilu Iron Ore, with an average iron content of 51% and reserves of 400 million tons. It also has a variety of minerals. What is commendable is that the Shilu Iron Mine is almost open-pit and can be mined by stripping off the topsoil without the need for a costly tunnel system.
In terms of coal mines, Hainan only has low-quality lignite, but across the Beibu Gulf is the Quang Ninh Hong Ji Coal Mine in Vietnam. In this time and space, the open-pit mine reserves are 200 million tons, and there are billions of tons of high-quality anthracite coal underground. The coal mine is close to the shore. Besides, shipping by sea is extremely convenient.
With coal and iron, we can produce steel on a large scale. With steel, we can complete the mechanization of various industries and manufacture industrial products in batches.
Ancient society may have been able to produce stunning works of art, but it could not compete with the flood of mass-produced goods in industrial society.
If Hainan Island has any shortcomings as a travel base, it is that it is too close to the mainland. The Ming government's local rule is relatively strict. Except for the Li District in the mainland, most places on the island are "the land of kings." .
The Ming government will not give up easily in the prefectures and counties where the people have been settled in this way for many years, and will definitely spare no effort to conquer these ambitious outsiders - whether they are visitors from Xinbo Ni, Australia or another time and space.
Travelers will face attacks from the local and Guangdong garrison from the beginning, and must withstand the past in order to gain a foothold.
There is also a long-term conflict between Li and Han in Hainan. Since the Yuan Dynasty, there has been an average Li riot on the entire island every three years. Less than thirty years ago, 1627, the year they traveled through, was the twenty-seventh year of Wanli (1599, Ding'an). The Li people and horses rioted, and the Li people in Dan, Ya, and Lin responded, and the Ming government mobilized 100,000 troops to calm it down. How to live in peace with the local Li people is another problem.
Finally, pirates were very rampant in Hainan's history, and many counties in Hainan did not have north gates. In the South China Sea in the late Ming Dynasty, it was an era when all kinds of Chinese and foreign merchants and pirates showed their magical powers. Whether they were merchants or pirates, they would not let go of the opportunity to plunder. Hainan, which is located on a maritime transportation thoroughfare, has long suffered. As you can imagine, traveling through time with countless modern tools and supplies will be a big fat sheep that everyone will salivate over.
From this point of view, although Hainan has a better foundation than Taiwan, it also faces much greater pressure.
"From this point of view, we should choose Taiwan." At the online meeting, after listening to some briefings about Hainan by the Executive Committee, someone suggested, "Taiwan has malaria. We can bring quinine and cinchona trees." Planted in Taiwan. As for the population, there were so many refugees in the late Ming Dynasty. Using food and land as bait, it would not be a problem to transport hundreds of thousands of people over."
"To transport hundreds of thousands, you said it lightly, what kind of transport is used?" Someone immediately questioned.
"Ship, we can use a 10,000-ton ship to cross it, and load all the supplies and people on it. The entire maritime hegemon doesn't need any cannons. Let's see whoever doesn't like it rushes up and rams it."
"Are you going to burn it with alcohol or charcoal?"
"We can build our own ships. Taiwan has high-quality logs."
"Okay, then tell me where the sailor is?"
"You can train sailors yourself and recruit foreign sailors to Macau as instructors."
"What a joke, Zheng Chenggong's ships are all driven by foreigners? I can't stand you guys who worship foreigners the most."
“Can cinchona trees grow in Taiwan?”
"If you put it that way, rubber cannot be grown on the Leizhou Peninsula, and it won't be possible to grow it."
"I'm talking about Taiwan. Leizhou Peninsula and Taiwan are on the same dimension?!"
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When the topic started to touch on whether the treasure ship was a wooden 10,000-ton ship, whether Artemisia annua could prevent and cure malaria, and then whether Chinese medicine was a pseudoscience, Wen Desi quickly stopped everyone's enthusiasm and Xiao Zishan made his remarks.
"I think Hainan is more suitable." Xiao Zishan has been silent just now. He supports Hainan's plan in his heart, but he is not in a hurry to express his position. After everyone has made the pros and cons clear in the debate, he will also discuss all aspects of the issue in I lined up my words in my mind, and the key points came naturally.
"Why Hainan is more suitable than Taiwan? Comparing the requirements of our base areas, Taiwan is far inferior to Hainan on several key issues.
"First, the agricultural foundation. The real development of Taiwan's agriculture began when Zheng Chenggong regained Taiwan and used it as a base to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty - almost in the middle and late 17th century. The year we chose is 1628. At this time, it was still There is no agriculture to speak of, only a small amount of land cultivated by some coastal immigrant villages. Hainan has at least 3.8 million acres of cultivated land, and there are dozens of water conservancy projects built in the past dynasties. Note that the number of acres of land is still registered, in the Ming Dynasty The land concealment is quite a lot.
"In terms of population, there were very few Han immigrants in Taiwan in 1628. The large-scale industrial and agricultural construction carried out after we crossed over required a large number of people as labor force. Taiwan's population could not meet the needs, so immigrants had to be imported from the beginning. Recruiting refugees , organizing them to drag their families all the way through the government and counties, and to the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang before arranging shipping. This was a complicated and arduous matter, involving the deployment of manpower and material resources, and dealing with officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty... We Who among them has such experience and ability?
"Even if we can transport enough refugees to the island, the follow-up work will be very difficult. The refugees are basically destitute. We need epidemic prevention, relief, resettlement, housing, seeds, farm tools... Where do these things come from? Based on our early experience We have insufficient strength to do such a big thing. In comparison, Hainan has a population of at least 400,000, which is enough to meet early development needs."
The discussion just now has exhausted the enthusiasm of most people, and the irrational remarks of some people have also made everyone feel disgusted. At this moment, Xiao Zishan's well-founded and well-spoken words were recognized by most people, and Hainan, the future base area, was determined through voting.
At this time and space in the late Ming Dynasty, Hainan established Qiongzhou Prefecture, which encompassed three states and ten counties: Qiongshan, Chengmai, Lingao, Ding'an, Wenchang, Lehui, Huitong, Changhua, Lingshui, and Ganfen counties; Danzhou and Wanzhou , Yazhou and three states.
If you take out the Yuan and Ming dynasty volumes of the Chinese historical atlas and browse through them, you will find that the prefectures and counties of Hainan are exactly along the coast of the island in a complete circle. Historically, Hainan Island used to have Li to the south and Han to the north. However, after the Song Dynasty, it became a state where Han was outside and Li was inside.
Among these prefectures and counties, Qiongshan-Chengmai-Lingao counties have the longest history. They are the main Han gathering areas and agricultural areas on the island, with half of the Han population gathered here.
Among the three places, Qiongshan County, where Qiongzhou Prefecture is located, has the best basic environment: at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the entire island had 3.83 million acres of registered official and private land, of which the county accounted for nearly a quarter, and the registered tax population Nearly ninety thousand.
But at the same time, it was also the political and economic center of the Ming Dynasty on the island, with a large number of troops stationed there. It also has political symbolic significance. The fall of a border city like Qiongzhou will have a huge shock to the Ming court. Needless to say, it will lead to a large-scale military attack.
Although Chengmai is not bad, it is close to Qiongshan County, which is too close to the center of Hainan's rule in the Ming Dynasty.
Lingao became the best choice.
Lingao in this time and space is an unknown small county in Hainan. It is far less famous than Haikou or Sanya. It has a backward economy and almost no tourism. Unless you are a travel enthusiast who likes in-depth travel, most people don't know that there is such a place in Hainan. If you use a search engine to search for the word Lingao on the Internet, most of the entries are from the People's Liberation Army's battle to cross the sea to liberate Hainan 60 years ago: The People's Liberation Army took the lead in Lingaojiao6. Yes, this Lingao Cape is in Lingao County, less than twelve kilometers away from the county seat.
Although Lingao is unknown, it is a thousand-year-old county. The history of its establishment as a county can be traced back to the fifth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty. It is one of the earliest areas where Han immigrants moved to on the mainland and has a long history of development. Although Lingao is not as populous as Qiongshan, it still has a registered population of 25,000 in the 45th year of Wanli. The alluvial plains on both sides of the Wenlan River were opened earlier and formed a certain agricultural foundation. If it can be developed with certain water conservancy facilities, agricultural potential will be great. In this aspect, Lingao is the land of plenty and plenty in Hainan.
Finally, it is separated from Qiongzhou Prefecture by Chengmai. If there is any trouble, it will not immediately face direct pressure from the Ming government. Judging from the communication conditions and work efficiency of ancient dynasties, matters across states and counties cannot be handled within a month, and it is estimated that it will take longer in places like Hainan.
After this topic, some other issues were raised one after another, but as Lingao was the base at the beginning of the journey, there was no longer any objection. In Wen Desi's summary of the meeting: Everyone agreed that this meeting was a "successful conference, a united conference, and a victorious conference." In later New World history textbooks, the conference was called the "First Intergenerational Conference." Because there were too many representatives, and many people chose to stay in the Old World in the end, the entire list can only be checked in the "Old World Cathedral" - theoretically not allowed to be checked.
