Lu Ming

Chapter 137 Saltworks and Shipyards ([-])

In the first few years of their rule, the Dutch were able to harvest more than 10 deerskins every year through extremely squeezing the natives, and all of these deerskins were eventually sold to Japan.

However, the good times didn’t last long, as in the case of North American bison and Canadian salmon. The aborigines had no choice but to hunt wildly. Within a few years, the deerskin trade was over—the ecology was completely destroyed, and it never recovered until later generations.After that, the Dutch began to vigorously recruit immigrants and develop sugar cane planting in Tainan to replace the buckskin trade.

Naturally, it is impossible to fish from the river. According to their plan, all the aborigines on the island will be removed in the future—large plantations and pastures in Southeast Asia and North America will be placed there, and everyone can become manor owners with the Ming people.

All the aborigines under the rule must be broken up and colonized. This is the basic rule. The stupid things that the hundred and ten people suddenly remembered that they were a nation and paraded the streets every day to ask the government to provide subsidies, will definitely not let them happen again.

The deer herd on the island will also be preserved, at least in the plane of crossing the public, a large number of deer herds in Taiwan's central mountains and coastal wetlands will happily survive.

Therefore, for the amount of war compensation for the Ma and Xiao communities, Professor Luo only gave the specific figure after inspecting the material reserves of the indigenous people on the spot.And he also generously stated: In order to protect the ecology, the compensation can be repaid smoothly, and an extension is allowed. Just add some interest.

Well, as the price of preserving their homes and the old and the young, the people of the Ma and Xiao communities not only lost their youth and strength after the defeat, but also suffered from HSBC-style economic aggression, and they will face heavy labor in the future. , can no longer cause obstacles to the development plan of the people who travel through.

The task ahead for the working group is still very busy: to mobilize the aborigines to go south to burn wasteland and open roads, to coordinate the aborigines to carry out daily trade with the officials, to sit in Madou, and to send people to test the neighbors in the northern Chiayi area—the Anya tribe.

The topography of Taiwan is well planned: a plain belt surrounds the central mountain range, like a skirt around the mountains.These skirts are naturally divided into blocks by streams and rivers.The sphere of influence of the crossing crowd has now spanned the area between Xingang Creek and Zeng Wenxi, and the next step to attack is naturally the Chiayi area north of Zeng Wenxi.

One of Professor Luo's tasks here is to investigate the soft and hard conditions of the Chiayi area and the various societies under the Anya tribe, and assess the strength of the other party, so as to prepare for the next new map.

For militia units like the First Battalion, there will definitely be a rest period after the war. The soldiers have done a lot of work this time, and they will go home happily with the work points exchanged on the spot, and then wait Next call.

The submission of the natives of the Maxiao Second Society has cleared the external obstacles for the three projects of salt making, shipbuilding, and agriculture that will be implemented by the crossing people.

The first to act was the saltworks.

A few days after the surrender of the Madou Society, a labor team of 300 people began to station in a deserted coastal beach north of Xingang River, and began to work hard—renovating the salt fields.

Leading the team is the traveler Lu Haiyang.Before crossing, this gentleman's hometown was in Bohai Bay, next door was Yangkou Salt Farm, and he was the only person who knew about the salt farm in the time travel.

In terms of technical content, the development of Yantian is actually not difficult for the people who have mastered various measurement tools and meteorological observation methods.The difficulty in making salt mainly lies in the labor force: Even in later generations, with various mechanical assistance, salt making is still one of the most difficult jobs.

The saltworks team that crosses the crowd is naturally more difficult, and it is completely self-made.The 300 people led by Lu Haiyang, while developing the salt fields on this tidal flat, also need to build docks, clear vegetation, fill wetlands, and build houses. The amount of work is huge.

The legendary barrel of diesel oil is far away, and it is impossible to pull cables from the kiln area, so all the above-mentioned projects need to be done by manpower
At present, the transportation of the salt field can only rely on sea transportation, which is much more reliable than building a road between wetland lagoons.The ship carrying the labor team to open up wasteland is of course the Yuandou. In addition to some tools and food, the ship also carried a few color steel plates. Later, it was possible to build a container hut to come out. This is probably the only spiritual encouragement Lu Haiyang got from the big office.

The Yuandou docked at the scheduled tidal flat.The first batch of 100 skilled laborers who were specially selected were divided into 10 standard groups according to the dormitory they belonged to. At this time, they began to disembark in an orderly manner.Some people were unloading goods on the beach, while others held torches and began to burn the weeds: this is a matter of life and death. The laborers are now very aware of the temper of the crossing people. Everywhere they go, clearing vegetation and filling stagnant water are the top priorities. level work.

It is now the end of January in the Gregorian calendar, which is the coolest winter in Taiwan. The Spaniards are watching the rain every day in Taipei, while the Tainan Plain is still clear and clear. There are at least 6 months before the rainy season in Tainan begins in July and August.

This is the biggest advantage Tainan is suitable for drying salt: the climate.The salt field team led by Lu Haiyang will dry out the salt as quickly as possible in the next time. Once there is a sustainable supply of salt, the kiln area will prepare to install electrolysis equipment to prepare some urgently needed chemical products. Taste.

Lu Haiyang and his 300 warriors are going to repair the earth in the blue sky and wetlands, which is very lonely; in contrast, another construction site in the crossing crowd is much more lively, with a lot of people, and there are many big men who pick their feet - the shipyard.

Taijiang Shipyard is a project that has been planned for a long time, but the project document has always remained on paper and has never been implemented. The reason is very simple, lack of shipbuilding materials.

Shipbuilding requires a lot of wood and iron.After passing through the crowd, the top priority of the transport fleet will always be people and food, and it will definitely not be able to turn to wood and iron.

With the opening of the kiln area base, wood has become an abundant product, but the transportation priority of iron materials is still not high. In addition, the imperial court prohibits large quantities of iron materials from going to sea, so the officials have always relied on the transport fleet to transport some handmade iron products. Goof off with a small amount of iron.

As a certain force gained a firm foothold in Dayuan, the stalls grew bigger and bigger. Iron and steel, to be precise, the refining of modern steel with crude iron materials in the Ming Dynasty has become a key link in the next step of industrial development.Therefore, after the New Year's meeting, the large office issued instructions to Hangzhou Station, which clearly instructed Hangzhou Station to find a way to increase the intensity of purchasing iron materials and adjust the cargo ratio of the fleet in the future.

After receiving an affirmative reply from Hangzhou Station, the equipment and personnel of the shipyard began to be mobilized; the most recent batch of transport fleets loaded 15 tons of pig iron. After seeing the telegram, the Taijiang Shipyard officially started to break ground.

(End of this chapter)