Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 233 The Beginning

Although Lin Rong's words were intended to be bewitching, they were indeed very practical. If Taiwan could be built into the granary of Ming Dynasty, then Wu Qun and his future would be bright.

However, if you want to manage Taiwan Island well, the first thing you need to do now is to minimize the influence of the Zheng family, so that Taiwan cannot become an extravagant place for the Zheng family.

"The general understands the meaning of Linzhi County. The immigrants on the island were moved before Uncle Jinghai was ennobled. At that time, the imperial court had no real control over Taiwan, so the Zheng family went alone; but now Jinghai Bo is already a noble family of the imperial court, and Taiwan is also owned by my Ming Dynasty, so the Zheng family no longer has the right to control the entire island! Lin Zhixian first came to Taiwan and wanted to take over the governance of the island, but he was powerless. In the future, hehehe~"

Now that he understood the situation on the island, Lin Rong's worries were nothing more than trivial things like eating and drinking to Wu Qun who had a large army in his hands.

Zheng Zhilong recruited farmers who lost their land from Fujian to immigrate to Taiwan a few years ago. One was out of kindness, and the other was to use Taiwan as a retreat and stronghold for the Zheng family. a place to stay.

But even if the Zheng family is as rich as a country, and spent a lot of capital to build it over the years, it has only developed a negligible bit of the entire land of Taiwan.

The area of ​​Taiwan Island is too large for the Zheng family. Although the Zheng family is not short of money and food, the small population is the most fatal problem.

It is a common cognition of people in this era that the homeland is hard to leave.As long as they can have a bite to eat, the vast majority of Ming people are unwilling to leave their hometown. If you want to truly build Taiwan into a rich and beautiful land, it will be impossible to achieve it without the hard work of millions of people for decades.

After Zheng Zhilong learned about the situation on the island, he has no interest in developing Taiwan, and now he just uses it as a transit point and foothold for ocean-going trade.

Especially after the conferment of Jinghaibo, Zheng Zhilong, who was not a man of great talent and general plan, had completely given up ownership of Taiwan after learning that the imperial court intended to develop Taiwan on a large scale.

Now that I have become a noble family with the same rest as the country, and my family assets have exceeded tens of millions, what I have to do now is how to hold the emperor's thigh tightly, and pass on the title of Bo Jinghai from generation to generation.

"Wu Shenjiang means...?"

"It's nothing more than Liwei!"

Wu Qun replied lightly.

Since someone refuses to accept Wang Hua, kill him until he accepts.

Lin Rong was overjoyed upon hearing this.

Originally, he was afraid that Wu Qun would be afraid of the Zheng family's name and influence, and would not dare to use force to solve the immediate troubles, but he did not expect Wu Qun's attitude to be so resolute.

"But what should I do if I offend Jing Haibo? After all, the person who controls the island is also a person appointed by the Zheng family. If there is any discrepancy and damage is caused, the Jinghaibo mansion may not agree!"

Lin Rong was still a little worried.

The Zheng family is too powerful in Fujian.Annoyed the Zheng family, the Zheng family didn't dare to do anything to a court general like Wu Qun, but cleaning themselves up was as easy as crushing an ant to death.

"Magistrate Lin, have you ever thought about it? If Uncle Jinghai doesn't want the imperial court to touch Taiwan, then we can come to the island? Will we use Zheng's boats to transport disaster victims from the north? Now the situation is clear, Jinghai Uncle has regarded himself as a noble man of the Ming Dynasty, and he will not take care of these trivial matters on the island at all!"

Wu Qun's words awakened the dreamer, and Lin Rong immediately understood the key point: the Zheng family had already given up on Taiwan, as long as the Zheng family's docks, sugar houses, and warehouses on the island were safe, the rest of the Zheng family would be fine. Will manage.

"It's still General Wu who can see it clearly! This officer really wants to go left!"

Lin Rong bowed his hands to Wu Qun and saluted.

"By the time I arrived by boat from Tianjin Wei, the first batch of immigrants from Shanxi had already arrived at the pier, and they would arrive on the island in a few days; Linzhi County should first survey the vacant land for resettling the immigrants! I will send people to obey Linzhi County's dispatch, This matter is the top priority right now, and everything else is insignificant!"

Thousands of immigrants are about to arrive. These people need to occupy a large area of ​​land to build residences, and they need a lot of living materials.Although the Zheng family has already transported a large amount of food and medicinal materials to the island, the trivial matters such as the distribution of huge amounts of materials and the placement of personnel cannot be completed within a month. Let alone Lin Rong, ten more are too busy. Come.

"Magistrate Lin, it's just that the general will look down on you. Not to mention the large number of immigrants in the future, but the upcoming thousands of people, it is absolutely impossible for you to properly resettle them by yourself; although there are two thousand soldiers under a certain command, But it can only help maintain order, but it is powerless when it comes to civil affairs. But now that the immigrants are arriving soon, and it is too late to recruit people from Daming territory to assist you, I am a little worried about you!"

Wu Qun expressed his concerns.

"The matter has come to this point, I can only do my best! I have been in the Quanzhou household for many years, and I have many interactions with farmers on a daily basis. I am not a person who does not understand things; I am afraid that General Wu will forget about it. I expect the court to be appointed by the court this time." Immigrants from Shanxi will be dispatched to accompany the ship; if nothing else, they should be from the county government where the immigrant’s household registration is. With the help of these people and the general’s full support, the resettlement will go smoothly!”

Lin Rong was unwilling to seek help from the Fujian government.

As far as he is concerned, only by managing the territory properly with his own strength and enjoying the merits of resettling immigrants can he make further progress in his official career in the future.

His guess was not wrong at all.

In order to facilitate the resettlement of victims in different places, the cabinet indeed issued a document to the governor's office in Shanxi, requiring that the county government to which the immigrant craftsmen belonged must send personnel to control the whole process, and they must stay in Taiwan for three years before they are allowed to return.

Under the coercion and lure of magistrates in various territories with a monthly salary of 30 taels, [-] taels of money to be buried when they died, and the violators being sent to the army, the servants selected by the counties embarked on the journey of accompanying the immigrants to the south with pain and joy. .

It's okay to think of yourself as a paid army.It turns out that there are no brothers who have been on business trips. Those officers who escorted the family members of criminal officials to Yizhou went back and forth for more than a year, and many of them died of illness on the way. In the end, the government did not send money for burial, so it was just like that. ?

Just a few days after Wu Qun's troops set up their tents, the fleet transporting Shanxi craftsmen and their families arrived at the wharf in Taichung County.

Lin Rong, Wu Qun, Sun Rengui and others boarded the boats after the boarding of the first few boats docked, and disembarked after a few instructions to the officials on the deck.According to the instructions, the officials took the roster and called them one by one, and loudly warned the immigrants not to make a lot of noise, and then took the craftsmen from their own county to disembark one by one.

This approach makes the entire process more efficient and orderly, and prevents chaotic scenarios from happening.

Lin Rong stood shoulder to shoulder with Wu Qun with his hands behind his back, watching groups of men, women and children passing by in front of him, the eyes of the people looking at him were full of awe, and he couldn't help feeling proud: In the future, these people will It is the people under his rule, and his career prospects rest on these people.

"Lin Zhixian is really a genius! This method has a lot in common with military law. I thought that after thousands of unruly people arrived, the scene would be extremely chaotic. I never thought that under the command of Lin Zhixian, it would be so swift. , I will really admire it!"

Lin Rong smiled self-sufficiently: "General Wu has a great reputation! This is just a small Daoer! In the future, everything will be difficult and complicated, and this is just the beginning!"

　I think about immigration simply. Immigration is a time-consuming, costly and labor-intensive project, and the required human, financial and material resources are astonishing.Ma Dan, if you only write about immigration, it will take 10,000+ words, so let’s simply write it over, otherwise you will say I am stupid.

　　Thanks to the book friend, the Lord of the Times, for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)