"Taiwan is clearly on its side, but the Ming Dynasty is sitting on this precious land without knowing it. How can it be immortal?"
Ever since I came to Taiwan, I learned that rice here is harvested three times a year, and other crops are grown all year round. Gong Duan was astonished.
I've been to the inland of Ming Dynasty several times. Where can I find such a good place?
This treasure island has been next to the mainland for thousands of years, but the Central Plains Dynasty has never thought of developing or controlling it.
When he thought about the people on the mainland suffering from hunger due to lack of food, while allowing such a precious land to be occupied by outsiders one after another, Gong Duan was full of complaints against the Ming court.
Of course, he was also impressed by the wise decisions of Zuo Mengeng and Xia Guozhong.
What is even more exciting is that he will personally preside over the development of such a treasure land.
If nothing else, he will definitely have a place in the future Huanghuang history books.
"To make this place prosperous, the most important thing is population. The people who immigrated before and the local indigenous people are simply not enough to cope with the construction here. Two hundred thousand, at least two hundred thousand more are needed to make this a country. granary."
Zuo Mengeng was right in front of him, and he was not polite at all. He opened his mouth and started asking for favors.
This is also the biggest difference between Xia officials and Ming officials.
When officials of the Ming Dynasty met the emperor and their superiors, they could only be submissive. Except for the so-called moral dispute, they dare not express their anger at all.
But the officials of Xia State will not give in as long as it is about official business and as long as they think it is right.
Regardless of whether you are the King of Xia or the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, you will never give up until the right and wrong are resolved.
As for taking care of things that are of benefit to superiors, they do it without any politeness at all.
This was also Zuo Mengeng's intention.
The authority of the central government certainly needs to be maintained, but the subjective initiative of officials must also be protected.
Officials who are like slaves, how is that different from the Ming Dynasty?
Anyway, what he hopes most is that all officials in Xia State are Li Yunlong.
Don't be afraid of making troubles, as long as there are benefits, you can make troubles.
"Don't think about the domestic population. Documents from Jilin are coming one after another, and no matter how many people there are, they can't fill it. Now Zhoushan Islands and Ryukyu are also newly occupied territories, and some of them must be immigrated."
"My place is very important."
Sure enough, the public side refused to give in.
Zuo Mengeng did not argue with him.
The importance of Taiwan is self-evident and is not inferior to other places.
"There is no way for the domestic population to immigrate here, but in Fujian, which is close to Chichi... it's up to you how many people you can get."
This suggestion made Gong Duan narrow his eyes.
It's not like he doesn't know the situation in the country, so the reason why he still opens his mouth to demand is actually laying an ambush.
Now that Zuo Mengeng has spoken, no matter what he does, someone will endorse him. Even if this made the Ming court dissatisfied and the two sides clashed, there would still be a country that would stand up for him.
"Your words are enough. In five years, at most five years, I can make the food produced in Taiwan equal to the entire domestic production."
Zuo Mengeng laughed loudly at this guarantee.
"Don't think it can really be achieved. In terms of grain output, it cannot be compared with Jilin."
The public was very unconvinced.
"It's warm and humid here all year round, and it's freezing cold half the year over there. How do you compare?"
Zuo Mengeng liked his subordinates' unyielding spirit.
"You lack a basic understanding of the vastness of Jilin. The area over there is a thousand or a hundred times that of here, and the land over there is also more fertile."
The public was silent.
Yes, Taiwan’s climate seems to be nothing to mention in front of the sheer size of the land.
Zuo Mengeng was afraid that he would fall into a dead end.
"The good natural environment in Taiwan is actually more suitable for growing cash crops. In particular, sugar cane has a huge domestic demand. In addition to meeting basic food needs, the added value of planting is more
Large cash crops are Taiwan’s way out. "
Zuo Menggeng also held a meeting in Tainan.
He summoned all the nearby indigenous representatives and had a sincere discussion.
Some of the indigenous people here originally obeyed the Dutch, and some were close to the Han people.
Because of the influence of the Dutch and the Han people, it was obviously civilized, so it was called Shufan.
If you don't look at the clothes and appearance, the behavior and behavior are not much different from the Han people.
Others hid in the deep mountains and forests and resisted to the end. They were extremely hostile to outsiders and showed no mercy to fellow indigenous tribes.
This uncivilized tribe is called Shengfan.
After the Xia Kingdom replaced the Dutch, the native people who originally obeyed the Dutch were a little confused and a little afraid, lest they be liquidated.
The indigenous people who are close to the Han people don't care.
They were greatly influenced by the Han people. They had already gotten rid of their primitive state and had some understanding of things in the Central Plains.
Regardless of whether the king's flag changes on the city wall, they just want to live their lives in peace.
For the Xia Kingdom, the focus of the solution was the indigenous people who obeyed the Dutch, as well as the ferocious and stubborn indigenous people in the deep mountains and old forests.
The first step is to divide the indigenous people.
Zuo Mengeng, a familiar person who had a good relationship with the Han people, gave him a generous reward.
In addition to giving edicts to appoint tribal leaders, they also divided territories for them in the plains, and tasked the local government to help these indigenous people learn farmland farming techniques, and also established schools and hospitals in their residential areas.
These familiar people were originally close to the Han people and had long admired the Han people's excellent technology.
Now that the new sect master treats them better, their loyalty will naturally increase to a higher level.
Zuo Menggeng focused on comforting the familiar people who originally obeyed the Dutch.
In addition to giving them a large amount of silk, cotton, salt, ironware and other daily necessities, they were also invited to participate in local construction.
Although these people were doubtful, they felt relieved when they saw that the new sect master was very kind and treated them equally.
Next, it depends on the influence of time.
As long as these indigenous people do not resist contact with the Han people, they will become exactly the same sooner or later due to continuous exposure.
As for those ferocious natives who stubbornly hide in the mountains, Zuo Mengeng learned after questioning that Shufan also hated them very much.
These students were originally a relatively powerful group on the island of Taiwan, and they often bullied other indigenous people.
After the Han and Dutch came, they naturally had conflicts of interest.
They were unwilling to surrender, so they retreated into the mountains.
But no matter what, these things are unfavorable factors for maintaining stability.
Although Zuo Menggeng is kind, he is not without thunderbolt methods.
"Assemble special forces to come over, coordinate with the local garrison, and ask the natives to help. Those who don't surrender will be wiped out."
The arrival of Zuo Menggeng quickly stabilized the situation on Taiwan Island and played a role in calming the sea.
After completing various deployments in Tainan, he followed the relocated provincial capital to the north of the island.
Here, the East China Sea Fleet and the Third Marine Division have already begun intense preparations.
Their next target is Luzon.
