On the tenth day after the Tiger Benjun landed on the island of Taiwan, Zhang Zhun also came to the island of Taiwan.

At this time, the island of Taiwan was completely calm. The Dutch prisoners of war had already been escorted by the Tiger Ben Army, and obediently began to work to clean up the original stronghold. A large number of Tiger Ben soldiers also laid down their weapons and threw themselves into labor. The main fleet of the Tiger Army Navy, too

In a rather friendly atmosphere," Jang Zhun and Putman started a conversation. Zhang Zhun asked the most questions, of course, the questions of the Netherlands and the European powers. At first, Putman was a little reserved, but he soon discovered that Zhang's understanding of Europe "was quite profound." He kept it, and under Zhang Zhun's questioning, there was no possibility of hiding it at all.

"Lord Governor, how many years have you lived in Europe?"

Putman asked, suspiciously.

He did not ask Zhang Zhun if he had been to Europe, but asked Zhang Zhun how many years he had lived in Europe. Apparently, he argued, a person who had simply been to Europe "simply could not have had such a deep understanding of Europe." At the very least, it will take a few years of living in Europe to have such an insight. Putman estimates that Mr. Zhang must have lived in Europe for at least five years.

"I'm sorry, I haven't been to Europe."

Zhang Zhun said lightly.

He knew what he knew about Europe, which aroused Putman's suspicions. What he needs is such a suspicion. In the East, mystery can produce a sense of distance, and it can produce respect" and "coercion." In the West, the same is true of mystery. Zhang Zhun wanted to make all the Western powers "from now on, know, that in the great powers of the East" there is an enemy who knows them very well.

"Impossible!"

Putman said flatly.

"I really haven't been to the ououle"

Zhang Zhun was still smiling and said lightly.

"This ......"

Putman was silent.

He believed Zhang Zhun's words.

Because "Zhang Zhun didn't need to deny it at all."

If Zhang Zhun has never been to Europe, but he has such a deep understanding of Europe, it can only show that Zhang Zhun's ability to collect intelligence is indeed too powerful. Intelligence is crucial to military warfare and even political struggles.

It is no wonder that the Tiger Navy, which can defeat the main fleet of the powerful Dutch Navy, turns out that their understanding of the Netherlands is so profound. The knowledge of the rest of Europe is also so profound. For the Western powers, such an enemy is not a good stubble!

"Lord Governor, can you tell me when we can leave the island of Taiwan? It is inhumane to force prisoners of war to perform labor. ”

Putman's only request was to get back to Batavia as soon as possible. He has too many things to report to the top. There are also too many secrets that need to be hidden. He feared that he would be detained forever by the Tiger Army, until all his secrets were revealed.

"It's up to you Dutch people to react." , Zhang Zhun said painlessly.

He knew that Putman had a lot of secrets in his mind. Putman fears that these secrets will fall into the hands of the Tiger Army. However, Zhang Zhun has no interest in knowing these secrets.

Because, he believes, the current rapid development of the Tiger Army is enough to crush all opponents in the next ten years.

Of course, not wanting so-called secrecy does not mean not wanting silver. If the Dutch prisoners of war want to be released back, the Dutch side must pay money to ransom them. It was international practice at the time that each prisoner of war was worth about fifty pounds. 3,000 Dutch prisoners of war, that is, 150,000 British soldiers. Converted into silver, it is about 150,000 taels. When the Dutch arrived with silver, Zhang Zhun released the prisoners of war.

"Good!" , Putman said helplessly.

After the two sides discussed, Anita took the minutes of the negotiations between the two sides and went to Batavia on a dragon god ship of the Tiger Army, where she met with Stekelenberg, the director general of the Dutch East India Company. When the Dutch prisoners of war on the island of Taiwan will be able to return to Batavia smoothly depends on the reaction of the Dutch East India Company.

After the major matters were handled, Zhang Zhun began to discuss the future development of Taiwan Island with Xiong Wencan. This is Xiong Wencan's biggest concern. To be honest, Jing Wei was the first governor of Taiwan in the Huben Empire, and Xiong Wencan did not have a very clear idea of the development of Taiwan Island.

In the past, he didn't know much about the island of Taiwan. If he had to go and know a lot, he would have sent someone to snatch the island back a long time ago. All he knew was that on the opposite side of Fujian, there was an island. As for the people on the island and what resources they have, he doesn't know. The occupation of the island of Taiwan by the Dutch was not a big deal for Xiong Wencan.

Even, to put it mildly. In the Ming court at that time, from top to bottom, no one knew how big the island of Taiwan was and what resources it had. They have never sent people to explore the island of Taiwan. Otherwise, it would not have been excluded from the map drawn by the Ming Kingdom itself.

It was not until later that Yan Siqi, Zheng Zhilong, Yang Tiansheng and others developed on the island of Taiwan and gathered a large number of pirates, Xiong Wencan and others, that they had a rough understanding of the island of Taiwan. However, by that time, the strength of the Dutch on the island of Taiwan was already quite strong. With the national strength of the Ming Dynasty at that time, there was no way to snatch it back. Therefore, we have no choice but to admit the status quo.

After the Tiger Army occupied the island of Taiwan, it immediately summoned the old unit of the former Zheng family fleet to launch a large-scale investigation of the island.

Judging from the survey data, the island of Taiwan at this time, strictly speaking, was still in a semi-primitive state. Neither the previous Zheng fleet, nor the later Dutch, have not yet developed the island of Taiwan to the level of nephews.

According to the inexact statistics of the Dutch, the main population of the island of Taiwan is about two or three hundred thousand. Among them, the local aborigines, Gaoshan tribes and the like, account for more than 100,000 people, more than half of the total population. There are only 40,000 or 50,000 Han Chinese who have immigrated over. The rest, just the occasional fishermen.

If you want to develop the island of Taiwan, you must have enough labor. In other words, mass immigration. In later generations, the island of Taiwan had a population of tens of millions. The current island of Taiwan has a population of only 200,000, which is indeed too far behind. In addition to the chicken coop port and a few strongholds, Zhang Zhun also rode to many plains to see, but there was no population.

In the true history, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army went south, and a large number of Fujianese immigrated to Taiwan Island, and later Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan Island and brought a large number of people, which can be regarded as the population of Taiwan Island to exceed one million people. Later, it was not until the middle of the 19th century that the population of the island of Taiwan exceeded 200.

Zhang Zhun can guarantee that he has never seen such a pure sky, such pure water, such a white beach, and such an empty plain. Except for the natives of the Gaoshan tribe, all the populations are only distributed in the coastal areas, and as long as you go a little deeper, there are flowering grasslands and dense forests. If it were on the mainland, such a beautiful and rich area, it would have been crowded with people a long time ago. But here, no one saw it.

For Zhang Zhun, the island of Taiwan in front of him is a blank piece of paper, so pure that it can no longer be pure. The Zheng family fleet and the Dutch have not yet had time to put pen to paper on this blank paper. The question is, how to depict such a blank piece of paper? How can this painting be depicted at the highest level?

After careful consideration, Zhang Zhun decided to vigorously develop distinctive industries on the island of Taiwan. What Taiwan Island needs is not that the sparrow is small and complete, but that it has sophisticated technology. Well, when it comes to technology, it might be a bit ahead of its time. However, the most cutting-edge of the industry should be here on the island of Taiwan.

It is not impossible to engage in high-tech development in the mainland. The problem is that there are a lot of distractions. It is impossible to carve out a relatively separate area from the surrounding areas in the interior. Even if there were such an area, it is estimated that the natural conditions would not be very good. Only the island of Taiwan, both geographically and in terms of natural conditions, fully meets Zhang Zhun's needs.

Now on the island of Taiwan, the most distinctive industries are sugar and deerskin. The Dutch chose a few plain areas on the island and opened more than a dozen large plantations, all of which were planted with sugar cane. Then, through the processing plant, the sugar cane is processed into cane sugar, which is sold in large quantities to the surrounding area. Some of the sugar was even sold to Europe! ~！