Chapter 925: Overseas Granary
Hearing Zhu Dadian mention the threat of the local natives, Xia Nan couldn't help but ask: "So how did Mr. Yanzhi solve this problem?" ”
Zhu Dadian replied: "If you fight head-on, the natives are actually vulnerable, not to mention General Wei's elite soldiers, even if it is his newly trained new army, training for a month, without firearms, with a spear, you can easily defeat the other party." But the natives are haunted, they don't know when or where they will appear, and if they are alone, they will be poisoned, and they will run away again when the army drives over, and it is really unbearable......"
An important reason why the U.S. imperialists fell into the quagmire of the Vietnam War was the rainforest guerrilla warfare in North Vietnam, which did not confront head-on and hit and run guerrilla tactics that hurt the U.S. military very much. Taiwan is still an undeveloped wasteland, similar to the rainforests of Vietnam, deep in the jungle is the world of the natives, and miasma, poisonous insects, poisonous insects, snakes and ants are all enemies of immigrants and armies, and to some extent, these enemies are no better than the Tartars and the rogues.
“…… There are two ways for subordinates to deal with it: one is to split the mountain and open the way. Wherever the fields were reclaimed, all the woods were cut down and burned together, so that the natives had nowhere to hide; The second is the Tibetan army and the people. Sent spears and other weapons to the immigrants, and told them that the land they had reclaimed was their own, and that to drive out the natives was to defend their homeland, and at the same time we offered a reward of one tael of silver and one head. In this way, the sense of resistance of the immigrants is very strong, although there are casualties in the conflict, but the number of immigrants is far more than the natives, and there is a steady stream of new immigrants joining, even if one life for another, the natives will eventually become extinct. ”
When Xia Nan heard this, this first method was very similar to the notorious "herdsman action" of the US imperialists. During the Vietnam War, the US imperialists could not bear the attack of the North Vietnamese guerrilla warfare, and in order to open the way for a large-scale ground war, they sprayed defoliants for nine consecutive years, making the rainforests in the Mekong Delta region bare, and exposing the North Vietnamese troops and bases to the bombers' field of vision. However, the damage caused by Zhu Dadian's strategy is of course not comparable to that of defoliants, although it destroys the jungle, but there are no other catastrophic consequences, and there is no environmental protection in this era, Xia Nan also acquiesced to this method and did not raise objections.
As for the second method, it is similar to the people's war of the TG. Summer Nan's mind couldn't help but conjure up movie images of mine warfare and tunnel warfare. He had to admire Zhu Dadian's creative thinking, as a bureaucrat in a feudal society, it was indeed commendable to think of stimulating the consciousness of immigrants to defend their homeland, and directly letting immigrants carry spears and hoes to repel the natives and open up wasteland. Although this is at the cost of the lives of some migrants, it is indeed the simplest and most effective way. As for harming the interests of Taiwan's aborigines, this is not taken into account, the stage of primitive accumulation is indeed accompanied by bloodshed and violence, and the sinicization and transformation of the indigenous people and the great unity of the nation are in the future.
"Mr. Yanzhi's method is very good, using the army to suppress the natives can only waste time and energy in vain, but it has little effect. Armed immigrants, along with the advance of reclamation, encroaching on the territory of the natives is an excellent way. Xia Nan affirmed Zhu Dadian's efforts.
Zhu Dadian smiled slightly: "Thank you for the compliment." ”
The carriage walked for more than an hour and came to a flat area, and Zhu Dadian asked Xia Xia to get off the car. Xia Nan looked around and was fascinated by the scene in front of him.
As far as the eye can see, there are patches of rice paddies all around, and the yellow ears of grain emit golden light in the sun, and the breeze blows, and the rice fields are like undulating waves, filled with the smell of harvest. In the distance, there were already groups of people harvesting ripe rice.
Zhu Dadian introduced: "This is the first area to start reclamation and planting, and it is already the harvest season. According to the old farmers, the climate in this part of Taiwan is warm, the rain is abundant, and it can be cultivated twice a year, once from January to July, and once from July to July, and the grain is full, and the harvest is much stronger than that in the northwest. ”
In the summer, Nan intoxicated himself with the smell of rice and earth in the air, which was the fragrance of the harvest and his greatest purpose in developing Taiwan. Inland wars, serious land annexation, and the harsh climate of the Xiaoice period made it difficult to create such a food production area. With the grain of Qiongzhou and Taiwan, he can have the confidence to dominate the world, save more Chinese people, and reverse the fate of this ancient country.
After savoring the sense of accomplishment brought by the harvest, Nan'an walked to the migrants who harvested rice in the summer. Zhu Dadian and the people in charge of the guards hurriedly followed, following in unison.
When the immigrants saw this large group of people, even if they didn't know Xia Nan, they knew that a big man was coming, so they quickly put down their sickles and knelt directly in the field.
Zhu Dadian said to them, "Do you know who this is? This is exactly the Marquis of Pingnan, the general, the prince and the young master, and the governor of the left capital Xia Nan appointed by the imperial court. You can get out of the sea of suffering and come here to live and work in peace and contentment, all thanks to Master Hou. ”
When the immigrants heard this, they shouted:
"Master Hou is a little reborn parent!"
"Master Hou is a living bodhisattva, and he will definitely live a long life!"
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Xia Nan said gently: "You all get up, harvesting the grain is the top priority now, what should you do." He pointed to an old farmer and said, "Old man, you have time to come up and talk to me, I have something I want to ask you." ”
The old peasant trembled and stepped on the grass, wiped some mud off his feet, but did not know how to put his hands.
"Don't be nervous, old man. I ask you, how is the harvest here compared to your hometown? ”
When it came to crops, the old farmer was not nervous, and he replied: "Back to the words of the Hou Ye: I am from southern Shaanxi, and rice and wheat are planted there, and wheat is mainly grown in Guanzhong. But whether it is wheat or rice, the land is fertile, rain, and the climate are not as good as here. When there was no military disaster, southern Shaanxi could barely survive, but after the trouble, the fields were abandoned, and everyone had to flee for their lives. Now the grain has not been fully harvested, but it can be at least double the harvest in southern Shaanxi, and the big guys say that they have never confiscated so much grain......"
"Hmm...... Can you tell me more specifically, how many people can be raised in northern Shaanxi with the same acre of land, and how many people can be raised here? ”
"It is estimated that after paying rent and requisitioning grain for one acre of land in northern Shaanxi, it is difficult for a family of three to fill their stomachs, and at best they will not starve to death; Here, one acre of land is planted with two crops a year, and the imperial court does not collect grain, so it is no problem for six men to eat enough......"
In the summer, Nanmo calculated, according to this standard, for every acre of land reclaimed in Taiwan, in addition to feeding three laborers, there can also be surplus grain to feed three young and strong people - although this calculation is not scientific, but it can also be used as a reference - in this way, as long as Taiwan's overseas granary is well managed, even if the army is expanded to 100,000, there is no pressure, and it can still help the people in the inland who have lost their land by the war, and after defeating the Liukou and Qing army, there is not much pressure to stabilize the post-war situation in a relatively short period of time. 12910