After looking at the rice fields that had been harvested, Xia Nan and his party continued to move forward. After walking more than ten miles, the woods began to dense.

Zhu Dadian introduced: "Master Hou, if you go further, it will be a place where natives frequently haunt you. The trees have not yet been cut down, and resettlement is underway. Just to be on the safe side, just take a look here and don't get out of the carriage. ”

Xia Nan lifted the curtain and looked out, and the scene in front of him was more like a construction site: near the woods, people were wielding axes and cutting down trees diligently, and from time to time trees fell down with a bang, and the trees that had fallen down next to them were piled up into a hill; The cleared clearing, where people are wielding hoes, is cultivating wasteland, and the turned fields are joined together to form a neat large area, like an enlarged Go chessboard; On the west side of the wasteland, near the sea, houses are being built, and craftsmen use trowels to smooth and plaster the plaster, and then build bricks on them; In front of the house, there is a road that is being leveled, and the road is rammed with tools under the direction of the foreman, and this road connects the houses and fields to the depths of the woods.

Xia Nan couldn't help but ask Lin Weiye: "Didn't you send technicians to Taiwan to repair cement roads?" So here is it still a rammed dirt road? ”

Lin Weiye glared at him and replied: "You don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, this is obviously just a migrant settlement, and even a village has not been formed, if you build a cement road from Tainan City to here, do you know how many tons of cement it will cost?" Even if you are a local tyrant who is not afraid of bankruptcy, it is extremely unwise to spend so much manpower and material resources on the cement road. Now it is only guaranteed that the main road from the pier to the castle and around the castle will be hardened with cement, and the rest will not be guaranteed for the time being. ”

Zhu Dadian interjected: "This cement is really a good thing, this thing is used in Tainan City, it is smoother than the original stone pavement of Hongmao, and the avenue leading to the wharf is no longer gray on sunny days and mud on rainy days." Although it is not a cement road from Tainan City to here, the rammed earth road is enough. ”

Lin Weiye continued: "With the passage of time, the cement pavement will slowly extend here, so you don't have to be in a hurry, you can't swallow a fat man in one bite." ”

Xia Nan blinked a few times: "Okay, let's make do with the dirt road first." ”

After inspecting the rice paddies and the migrant settlements under construction, the group returned to Tainan City by the same route, and it was already time for the sun to set.

When they arrived at the Governor's Palace, Zheng Hongkui, Wei Lianheng, Lin Chuanzong and others were already waiting here, and they all hurried to hear the news of Xia Nan's arrival in Taiwan. Lin Chuanzong was originally patrolling the Taiwan Strait, and he happened to go back to the port to replenish supplies and recuperate, when he heard that the big boss was coming, and the matter of putting down the fleet came.

Xia Nan was also very happy to see everyone, except for Wei Lianheng who had been separated for a few months, the rest of the people had not seen each other for a long time. He greeted them one by one: "Fourth Master Zheng, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you still happy to do it at the Tainan Tax Customs?" ”

The identity gap between Zheng Hongkui and Xia Nan is widening step by step, from the initial equal cooperative relationship to the current one that can only be looked up, which can be described as a world of difference. He listened to Xia Nan's ridicule and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Master Hou said this, but it hurts his subordinates, if you don't mind, you can just call me Zheng Laosi." The subordinates are very happy in the tax customs, the climate here in Tainan is not much different from Fujian, and the food and accommodation are also good, as long as the Hou Ye does not change people, I am willing to stay here and continue to work. ”

Xia Nan asked Lin Chuanzong again: "Sea monkey, you are a Cantonese, are you still used to running to Taiwan?" ”

This sea monkey shouted that Lin Chuanzong's heart was warm, and the general actually remembered his nickname. He replied respectfully: "As long as I serve the general, don't say that Taiwan and Fujian are around, even if I go to the north, I am willing, there is nothing to get used to." ”

"Hehe, it's cold in the north, you Cantonese may not be able to stand it, besides, there is no sea north of Shanhaiguan, and you can't go ashore with a boat!"

After greetings, everyone reported their respective responsibilities to Xia Nan.

Zhu Dadian spoke first: "The marquis of the rice fields outside the city has already seen it, and the rest of the migrant settlements are being prepared, and the total number of immigrants is about 100,000 at present, mainly concentrated in Tainan, and when the natives are cleared, they can advance inland." After the arrival of the next few groups of displaced people, they can go south to develop in the dog. Based on the land that can be harvested now, it can barely maintain the rations of the current immigrants, and there is no need to buy grain from Fujian. ”

Seeing that Xia Nan was very unfamiliar with the term "dog fighting", Lin Weiye once again showed his breadth of knowledge, and whispered in his ear: "Dog fighting is the later Kaohsiung......" Xia Nan suddenly realized.

Lin Chuanzong reported on the work he was responsible for: "General, since his subordinates were appointed to lead the fleet to patrol the coastal areas of Fujian for more than a year, a total of more than 260 merchant ships with unpaid taxes have been seized, and more than 6 million worth of cargo have been collected, and the effect is obvious. Now the merchant ships that do not pay taxes have basically disappeared, and it is rare to come across one after a month. ”

"Well, good job, you've worked hard."

Wei Lianheng then reported: "After his subordinates led the second regiment to station in Tainan, they selected and transferred Tunding to train the new army, and in more than five months, the number of the new army has reached more than 8,000 people, exceeding the full number of soldiers of the second regiment. ”

"Very good, you have performed your duties and done a very good job, and it is all your credit that Taiwan has been able to develop to such a level in such a short period of time." Xia Nan affirmed the achievements of several people, "Now that the situation at sea has stabilized, our strategic direction will be adjusted, turn inland, and personnel will change accordingly." I decided to ......"

When several people heard this, they stopped their waists, and Wei Lianheng and Lin Chuanzong stood even straighter.

"Within half a year, Wei Lianheng expanded the second regiment to 20,000 people, and then transferred the responsibility of training Tunding to the governor's palace, returned to Lingao, and accepted the reorganization together with Huang Hansheng and Su Thick Legs."

Wei Lianheng saluted and responded sonorously: "Obey!" ”

"Lin Chuanzong left half of the ship to continue to maintain the strait patrol mission, and selected his right-hand men to take over, and you will rush back to Lingao with the rest of the people and the ship next month to prepare for the north."

Lin Chuanzong was a little excited, and his face was excited: "Subordinates obey orders!" ”

"Hong Kui's position remains unchanged, the customs of Tainan and Bofu will be retained for a long time, no matter how the Qiong Navy develops in the future, this revenue will still be the main source of income for the Qiong Navy for a long time. As for Mr. Nobuyuki, the migration of immigrants may gradually decrease by the end of the year until it ends, and when the governance here is on the right track, you must be prepared to go north and train a successor, and you may have another important use. ”21010