Chapter 1051 Taiwan Island, a Real Treasure Island (2)

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In fact, in the interior of the Ming continent, the output of granulated sugar is also relatively large. In both Lingnan and Jiangnan areas, people grow sugarcane. However, due to the regulations of the relevant policies of the imperial court, the scale of these sugarcane plantations is not very large. Due to the influence of sugar on the island of Taiwan, it is difficult to sell the sugar in the Ming Kingdom abroad. Selling in the country, the profit will naturally not be very good. In a certain way, this also limits the aggressiveness of growing sugarcane.

There are many elk on the island of Taiwan, and they are distributed in the mountains and plains. The largest number of deer is even in the thousands. When the deer wander on the grassland, it is very spectacular to see at a glance. The original natives of the island of Taiwan coexisted peacefully with the deer herd and rarely hunted the deer. However, after the arrival of the Dutch colonists, a large number of elk were killed and rare items such as antlers, deer ròu and deer skins were obtained, which gradually reduced the number of elk.

Since these elks are wild, the number of breeding numbers per year is limited. The number of slaughtered by the Dutch colonists in this way naturally decreased dramatically. For the sake of animal protection, deer skin is not long-lasting. If the Tiger Army continues to hunt elk, it is believed that this species will soon disappear from the island of Taiwan.

"From now on, it is strictly forbidden to hunt elk."

This was the first order issued by Zhang Zhun after landing on the island of Taiwan.

Since you can't hunt ready-made elk, you have to find a way to find a way from other horns.

The biggest advantage of the island of Taiwan is that it is surrounded by the sea. If you want to develop, you have to find a way from the sea. Among them, the most basic and important is to vigorously develop the fishing industry. With Taiwan as a base, the surrounding 500 miles of sea area can be fully covered.

Zhang Zhun has already benefited greatly from the development of the fishing industry in Shandong and other places. The fishing industry can greatly increase the domestic supply of ròu, improve the people's livelihood, improve the people's physical fitness, solve a large number of employment problems, reserve a large number of sailors for the tiger army and navy, and promote the development of the civilian shipbuilding industry. With so many benefits, it is natural to be desperately encouraged.

In Zhang Zhun's memory, there are a large number of fishing grounds around the island of Taiwan. As for the specific name, he no longer remembers. In short, Taiwan is surrounded by the sea on all sides, with a total coastline of 1,600 kilometers, and is located in the cold and warm currents, so the fishery resources must be very, very rich. The eastern part of the coast is steep and deep, and the fishing season is continuous all year round. The western seabed is an extension of the continental shelf and is relatively flat, with abundant demersal fish and shellfish.

In this era, the sea was completely unpolluted, and the reproduction of fish was quite rapid. The development of the marine fishing industry will certainly not destroy the ecological balance, let alone talk about a fishing moratorium. For the next hundred years, the sea will be an endless treasure trove. As long as you have the ability, you can dig the wealth out of it.

In addition, grain production on the island of Taiwan is also a key focus of Zhang Zhun's development. The island of Taiwan is particularly suitable for growing rice. Here, rice can be harvested twice a year or even three times a year. Judging from the situation in later generations, the rice production of Taiwan Island is quite large, and even with a population of tens of millions, it seems that it does not need to import much grain, and it is basically self-sufficient.

Zhang Zhun felt that it was necessary to ask the Agricultural Science and Technology Development Department led by Song Yingxing to think carefully about how to make the rice yield on Taiwan Island reach the highest level. What kind of varieties should be selected and what kind of planning should be carried out in order to fully exploit the potential of Taiwan's land and climate.

In fact, Song Yingxing has already made a lot of efforts. In accordance with Yuan Longping's development ideas, he has bred some high-yield varieties through different varieties of rice miscellaneous. In the era when there was no agriculture and féi, the yield of rice in a single season per mu of paddy field could reach 400 catties, which was already quite good. If it can reach 500 catties, it can be regarded as a very ideal number.

The new rice varieties cultivated by Song Yingxing can reach 600 catties per mu under the condition that the conditions are the best in all aspects. If these new rice varieties can be popularized on the island of Taiwan in a planned manner, there will be more grain reserves in the hands of the Tiger Benjun in the coming period. In the era of war, grain was the most important strategic material!

Tea is also vigorously planted on the island of Taiwan. The climate and topography of the island of Taiwan are suitable for growing tea in large quantities. In later generations, the production of tea on the island of Taiwan was only second to that of rice. Taiwan, together with Fujian on the other side, should focus on the development of tea, build a concentrated large-scale tea producing area, and unite the two sides of the strait for common development.

In the future, the Huben Army and Navy will fight everywhere to promote the tea of the Huben Empire to the world, so that everyone in the world can realize and taste Chinese tea. To do this, there must be an adequate supply of cheap and high-quality tea. These teas are not packed in pounds, but in ships. Relying on Fujian alone, I am afraid that it will not be enough.

Of course, from the perspective of the shipbuilding industry, it is also very necessary to build a large shipyard on the island of Taiwan. There are abundant forest resources on the island of Taiwan, which can fully meet the needs of shipyards on the spot. Zhang Zhun went to take a brief look and found many big trees that were more than 100 years old. These large trees can be used to build large battleships of more than 1,000 tons, and some of the wood can even be used to make keels.

According to some data, the trees on Taiwan Island are mostly cedar, red cypress, camphor and nanmu. All of these are good materials for shipbuilding. In particular, camphor trees and nanmu are used for shipbuilding, which not only guarantees the quality, but also can be decorated very beautifully. If it is used to build a pleasure boat or a painting boat, the effect will be better. Of course, these woods are also good materials for making furniture, and many of the furniture of Aster are made of Nanmu.

Basically, Zhang Zhun had already decided to build the fourth shipyard of the Tiger Ben Navy near the port of Jīlong, which would be used to build larger warships. At the same time, the restrictions on civilian shipyards on the island of Taiwan will be relaxed, and private capital will be allowed to set up civilian shipyards here to build more civilian ships.

"Lord Governor, all of this requires labor!"

"If you want to immigrate in large numbers, I'm afraid it's not easy."

Xiong Wencan said euphemistically.

Zhang Zhun's plan to develop the island of Taiwan is quite grandiose. Industry and agriculture went hand in hand, and four horse-drawn carriages started at the same time. However, such an ambitious plan requires a lot of human resources. The fishing industry and shipyards, in particular, require a large number of young and middle-aged laborers. Relatively speaking, the amount of money that needs to be invested is not a lot.

With the current population of the island of Taiwan, it is simply impossible to support such a huge development plan. The only way to solve the labor problem is to migrate in large numbers. On the mainland side, the war has just ended, and in many places, there are many people and few people. Under such circumstances, ordinary people do not need to immigrate to the island of Taiwan at all.

Don't look at the strait between the mainland and the island of Taiwan, there is only a very narrow Taiwan Strait, which seems to be easily crossed. In fact, the climate of this strait is quite complex and changeable. Storms occur very frequently. Ships with a displacement of less than a hundred tons simply cannot come over. Fishermen along the coast of Fujian are all afraid of storms in the Taiwan Strait.

In other words, if you want to immigrate to the island of Taiwan in large numbers, you can only organize the government to transport them collectively by big ships. Encouraging free immigrants across the sea will only lead to more souls dying at sea. However, from the perspective of immigrants, they live well in Fujian! Why migrate to the island of Taiwan?

However, no matter how difficult it is, the problem of immigration must still be solved. This is also where Zhang Zhun tested Xiong Wencan's ability. If the immigration problem cannot be solved, Xiong Wencan will no longer have to serve as the governor, and it would be better to go home and farm. Xiong Wencan said with a little hesitation: "Lord Dudu, my subordinates have a suggestion, I don't know if I should talk about it......

Zhang Zhun said quietly: "Speak." ”

Xiong Wencan said euphemistically: "If the displaced people in Shaanxi stay there, it may lead to some unimaginable consequences. The imperial army in Jiangnan, Lingnan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places has not yet been fully dismissed......"

Zhang Zhun was silent for a moment and nodded slowly.

There are some things that Xiong Wencan didn't say explicitly, but Zhang Zhun already understood.

For the Shaanxi rebel army, how to deal with them and where to give them the soil for survival is a relatively taboo thing. After all, among these people, quite a few of them are hooligans and ruffians in military households. These people will not farm with peace of mind. If you let them go back to their hometown, they will definitely continue to find ways to make trouble.

The top brass of the Tiger Army would rather move them to the interior than want them to stay in Shaanxi. In this area of Shaanxi, there are indeed too many factors that cause unstable incidents. Since we want to migrate, it is better to migrate to the island of Taiwan en masse.

As long as Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others are arranged to other places and they are not allowed to go to the island, those Luàn troops who have been forcibly relocated to Taiwan will have no possibility of rebellion. Similarly, without the support of these Luàn troops, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others would not be able to be active.

The same is true of those remnants of the imperial army. Under the escort of the Tiger Ben Army, they will be organized and all of them will migrate to the island of Taiwan. Subsequently, their families will also move in. According to a rough estimate, through the migration of the Shaanxi rebel army, the imperial army, and their families, the population of Taiwan Island should be close to one million.

The island of Taiwan is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and the Huben army and navy have a strong ability to control it, so it is impossible for those who come up to the island of Taiwan to rebel. In the beginning, the island of Taiwan was a pure prison. Over time, the Shaanxi exiles will slowly be assimilated. Eventually, they will become permanent residents of the island of Taiwan.

"Good!"

"That's it!"

Zhang Zhun made a decisive decision.

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