That's a problem, Xia Nan thought to herself. Lin Weiye, www.biquge.info of the pen, also said that the land in Changhua County is seriously desertified and is not suitable for large-scale farmland cultivation, and the population density of Qiongshan County is the largest in the entire Qiongzhou Prefecture, so there is indeed not much room for maneuver. If there are more immigrants in the future, where should they expand?

Taiwan?

He shook his head secretly, although it was a good alternative, but the time was not yet ripe.

Taiwan is more sparsely populated than Qiongzhou, and there is no government agency, so it is theoretically a more suitable place for immigrants. However, if immigrants are now emigrating to develop Taiwan, it is bound to set up two sets of military and civilian teams to carry out effective management -- such as collecting grain and training young and strong -- otherwise, they will not be able to enjoy the dividends brought about by the resettlement and reclamation, and the current management personnel of the Qiong Navy are very scarce and cannot meet this requirement.

Although the Tainan tax customs has tax officers stationed there, those people are a drop in the bucket for the daunting task of managing a large number of immigrants. What's more, the Tainan tax customs was built in the original city of Reranza, and like the Dutch, the security range is only ten miles around, and if you go too far, you will not only face miasma, poisonous snakes, insects and ants, but also have to conflict with many aborigines.

Although the wave of immigration eased the internal contradictions of the bourgeoisie, expanded the domestic market, and acquired the vast land of the west, it lasted for a century, slaughtering a large number of Indians and paying a great price to completely control the west. The same is true for the development of Taiwan, which will benefit the country and the people in the long run, but it is very difficult to achieve results in the short term, and the south is now in urgent need of agricultural population and military resources in order to accumulate strength to deal with the Houjin, and it is impossible to spend too much time, manpower, and material resources in Taiwan.

After weighing it, he said to Tan Shan: "Changhua County and Qiongshan County are not suitable for large-scale reclamation of farmland, so continue to go south to Wuzhishan to expand the territory, Danzhou and Chengmai land potential should also be tapped as much as possible, all the landlords with more serious land annexation, 'persuade' them to sell the surplus land to us at the market price, if they do not agree, find a reason to kill it, take out the land and redistribute it to the immigrants for cultivation." Chengmai and Danzhou also have local tyrants and inferior gentry like Gou Dafu, who have won a large amount of fertile land through clever exploitation, as long as they pick up a piece of land from these landlords, a large area of fertile land will be vacated, and the process of reclamation is saved.

Tan Shan understood what the general meant: Since the reclamation has encountered a bottleneck, then it is necessary to start with the so-called "persuasion" is to buy and sell by force, otherwise the fertile land will be purchased at the market price, and the fool will sell the hens and cabbage that lay eggs at the price. In recent years, there have been many landlords who have been rich and unkind, and it is not the first time that they have done the matter of seizing land. Compared with before, it is necessary to use Huang Mengjia's identity as a Li person as a cover, and now the entire Qiongzhou Mansion has almost become a forbidden place for the Qiongzhou Navy, and it is completely possible to open the way with bayonets, and those who follow me will prosper and those who disobey me will die.

He nodded again and again: "My subordinates understand." ”

After Tan Shan retreated, Huang Hansheng came out. Seeing him, Xia Nan remembered the scene at the Su family that day, and looked at him with a smile, this guy will be his godbrother-in-law in the future, and the relationship will go further. recognizing a godsister has consolidated the relationship between Huang Hansheng and Su Thicklegs, which is very cost-effective.

Huang Hansheng saw the general's playful eyes, lowered his head in embarrassment, and reported: "General, now the immigrants from Shandong, Shaanxi, and Gansu are close to 80,000, of which more than 46,000 are young and strong who meet the conditions for enlistment. However, there were many monks and few porridges, and there was a serious shortage of instructors, so his subordinates requested that all the cadets of the Mayuan Army Branch be sent to various Tunding companies to make up for the shortage of instructors. ”

"More than 30,000 young people?" There was also some surprise in the summer, Shandong moved hungry people several times, plus the captives of the first battle of Qiu Yushan, and unconsciously accumulated so many people? It was an established plan for the young men to be incorporated into the Tunding, but if there were no instructors to train and teach these future soldiers basic military skills, they could not be safely integrated into the Qiong Navy, wasting the effort of the immigration operation.

At present, there are quite a few outstanding soldier cadets in the military academy, who have been transferred from various companies for off-the-job training, and they are reserve officers, so it stands to reason that their training should not be interrupted. However, Xia Nan decided to adopt Huang Hansheng's proposal -- at this stage, the most important thing is to transform these young immigrants into the actual combat effectiveness of the Qiong Navy, and the training period of officers can be appropriately extended and combined with practice.

"On paper, I finally feel shallow, and I never know that I have to do it. The cadets of the military academy are reserve officers, and arranging for them to give training to the tunding is also a practical exercise, which is an experience that cannot be learned in the classroom of the military academy. Do as you say! ”

After dealing with some military, political and civil affairs, Sima De slowly paced out of the ranks, coughed a few times, and said: "Subordinate colleagues, I implore the general to get married as soon as possible to stabilize the morale of the army!" ”

Xia Nan said that her mouth was a little dry, she was drinking water, she was caught off guard when she heard the words, and she almost choked, is this to force marriage? I've heard of my parents forcing me to get married, but haven't I heard of my subordinates forcing my boss to marry? He asked suspiciously: "Am I married, why is it that the military is unstable again?" Besides, there is no shortage of wives and concubines in my house? ”

Sima De replied undoubtedly: "There are many women in the general's mansion, but they are all concubines, not wives, don't say that they have not given birth to a son and a half daughter to the general now, even if they have children, they can only be regarded as concubines." ”

Xia Nan also understands what the ancients mean by concubines, all children born to concubines who are not the main wives are called concubines, and they cannot inherit property or titles under the premise of having concubines. Although he doesn't have a child yet, he was labeled as unequal before he was born, which made him still feel a little embarrassed, so he said helplessly: "Whether it's a concubine or a concubine, now there is no son, is it too early to talk about this?" Besides, although Maria did not marry me according to the customs of the Ming Dynasty, she held a Western-style wedding, and I also regarded her as a wife in my heart......"

Before Sima De could answer, Sun Yuanhua stood up and said categorically: "If it is not my race, its heart will be different, Xiyi women are overseas barbarians after all, and they can't be their wives, please take back this sentence, so as not to spread it and the army's heart is unstable!" ”

Hearing this, William was not happy, and he stood up angrily: "Mr. Sun, although I am not very good at Chinese, I can still understand the barbarians, this is an insult to us!" If Maria is a barbarian, then Charles and I are both barbarians? According to you, this army doesn't need us anymore, right? ”