Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 157 Civil

When Xiu'e heard Lun No. [-]'s name, a strange look flashed in her eyes.

Lin Hai then said to her: "As for the shortage of teachers, you have to think of a solution. Although the recruitment of immigrants in Haitan has slowed down, it will not stop. The Household Registration Bureau cannot make room for you. Instead, they have to rely on Yi Xue to provide them with talent.”

"I understand, there is a shortage of people everywhere now, and I try not to hold you back." Fang Xiu'e is telling the truth. Now, except for the Zhoushan Camp in Tamsui, which is still focusing on military training, all other departments are extremely busy. .

The first was to recruit immigrants. Lin Hai's immigration recruitment point was located at Haitan Mountain, Fuqing County, Fuzhou Prefecture, which later became Pingtan Island, the fifth largest island in China.

The reason why I chose Haitan is that it is the closest to Tamsui. The two places face each other across the Taiwan Strait. Regardless of whether the wind blows from the south or the north, sailing boats can ride back and forth in the cross wind. Basically, you can go there one day and one night. Back and forth, migrants rarely died at sea.

Secondly, the situation in Haitan is similar to that in Zhoushan. During the Hongwu period, Zhou Dexing, the Marquis of Jiangxia, was ordered to inspect the coast of Fujian and moved all the residents here inland. Later, tens of thousands of illegal households poured in over the next hundred years, becoming one of the most influential coastal areas. Home farming.

During the Wanli period, the imperial court began to measure the fields in Haitan and tax them. As a result, the calculated fields did not exceed [-] acres. It can be seen that the area of ​​cultivated land per capita in the local area was quite low, and there were naturally many people willing to apply.

Moreover, it is at the same latitude as Tamsui, and the climate conditions are basically the same. Farmers in Haitan are most comfortable farming in Tamsui.

There are no prefectures or guards on Haitan Mountain. Only a Haitan Ranger Commander was established in the early years of Longqing.The current boss, whose surname is Chen, is the largest landowner in Haitan Mountain, and he is very familiar with Xu Xinsu.

Lin Hai set up an immigration recruitment point outside Haitan Mountain City where the Haitan Rangers were stationed, and negotiated with Mr. Chen. When the people in Haitan were almost recruited, Mr. Chen would In the name of recruiting tenants to farm in Haitan, he continued to recruit people from several neighboring counties for Lin Hai.

As for the benefits Lin Hai gave him, he bought a large amount of rice, vegetables, farm tools, livestock, poultry, lime, wormwood, mugwort and other materials from him. Among the livestock, buffalo was the first priority. These are all required for fresh water. urgently needed.

Tamsui currently has no food output, but there are more than 7000 mouths to eat. The commodities Lin Hai uses to trade with Wulang are mainly food, so rice is the largest imported commodity, and the demand will increase in the next few years. Very big.

Lin Hai and Zhu Niang stayed in Haitan for half a month, and then handed over the immigration recruitment work to Shan Sinan. The recruitment principle was to give priority to families with one or two children in their prime, singles, single parents, and childless people. Or if there are elderly people at home, they will generally not be allowed to pass.

Of course, this is not an absolute standard. Lin Hai specifically told Shan Sinan to pay attention to young people who are suitable to join the army. If there are young men in the family who are fifteen to twenty years old and in good physical shape, the conditions will be relaxed.

The second post of the Security Department led by Jiuzhi also assisted Shan Sinan on Haitan Island, while the rest of the Security Department staff were responsible for health and epidemic prevention work in Tamsui.

It is now the summer when malaria is most common, and Feng Yidao is leading his men around to kill mosquitoes. To be precise, they are killing mosquito larvae. The specific method is to pour lime into the water where mosquitoes lay their eggs.

In addition, each captain will also lead people to patrol various villages and traffic thoroughfares to catch prisoners who violate health prohibitions.

The sanitary prohibitions on fresh water are quite complicated. The core ones are as follows:
[-]. Littering is not allowed, especially dumping into rivers and streams;
[-]. Open defecation is not allowed. The feces of poultry and livestock must be cleaned every day. The puddles must be filled up in time. Each village must divide the area and share the responsibility.

[-]. Fishing is not allowed in waters prone to breeding mosquitoes and flies, and frogs are not allowed to be caught in rice fields.

[-]. Everyone is given sachets filled with cinnabar, realgar and mugwort, which must be worn at all times.

Anyone who violates these four articles is endangering public health safety and is guilty of the same crime as a murderer.

In addition to these few things that are easy to control, there are also some regulations such as washing hands before meals, hanging mosquito nets, fumigating clothes with mugwort, and not drinking raw water.These can only be done consciously, but if you are caught doing it, you will be severely punished.

Fortunately, fresh water has lush vegetation and there is no shortage of firewood, and Chinese people have the habit of drinking boiled water. This is really a good tradition and is very useful in preventing malaria and other diseases.In major trading cities in Southeast Asia, the probability of Chinese people suffering from diseases is lower than that of white people and even local indigenous people. Some Western European colonists have noticed this phenomenon and attributed it to the Chinese people's love of drinking boiled water.

In addition, Lin Hai has specially built an isolation bamboo city. All patients who are sick must be quickly isolated and treated intensively.

Despite this, in the past month or so, hundreds of malaria cases have appeared among the more than 7000 people in Tamsui, and more than 100 people have died after being treated with Artemisia annua juice.

Lin Hai is very satisfied with this mortality rate. Malaria has no solution in this era, and prevention is far more important than treatment.

After all, with the technology of this era, Artemisia annua could not be used to prepare specific medicines, and the output of quinine was very low until the early [-]th century, and only the rich could afford it.

What's more, quinine can only be extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree. At present, the cinchona tree only grows in Peru, and even the local colonizers, the Spanish, know nothing about it.

Therefore, the first thing is to take all possible preventive measures, and the second thing is to use human lives to pile up. There is no other way.

When the population becomes more prosperous and there are more poultry and livestock, malaria will naturally decrease.

The training of the Garrison Department has been temporarily suspended, and all recent work is on the civil affairs side. Zheng Tingqiu's sailors also have no time to relax. They have to travel frequently between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, constantly transporting personnel and supplies from Fujian to Tamsui.

So Fang Xiu'e said that there is a shortage of people everywhere in Tamsui, which is indeed true. Seeing that she knew what she knew, Lin Hai said with a smile: "Let me give you an idea first. You can set up a few top classes and recruit those who are talented and willing to endure hardships." We gather students together and train them quickly. I believe that within a few months, you will be able to select a few who can become teachers."

"This is a good idea." Xiu'e's eyes lit up when she heard this.

Zhu Niang said at the side: "I also have an idea. You can also set up a few lagging classes. For those students who learn slowly, just don't teach arithmetic, just learn to read. I know a thousand teachers in these classes. Words are enough.”

"Is this okay?" Xiu'e was stunned when she heard this. This didn't seem to meet the graduation standards set by Lin Hai.

"Of course. Don't stick to the rules I set. Now that you are the principal, you have to open your mind." Lin Hai said and glanced at Zhu Niang approvingly. In fact, many positions do not require arithmetic at all. Being able to read is considered a talent. Under the current conditions, the standards can indeed be broadened.

Xiu'e then said: "Then can I give some rewards to the students who enter the top class?"

"Of course you can. The method I just mentioned is just an example. You can think of the specific method yourself. You can draft a report later, including the required funds." Lin Hai nodded to Xiu'e and said, "You Don’t belittle yourself, be more confident, don’t be timid in doing things, and be more open-minded.”

"Yes, brother." Xiu'e nodded helplessly. Although she was considered Lin Hai's disciple, she had always been by Zhu Niang's side, and she rarely had the opportunity to receive Lin Hai's words and deeds.

Just listen to Lin Hai continue to say: "You have to know that my expectations for you are not lower than Lun No. [-] and Chen Yaozu. Placing you in this position means that in the future, almost all the civil officials in Dongfan will be you." Student, you can think carefully about what I mean by this."

　"There are hundreds of miles around Haitan, and the area can be regarded as a large county. Jiahe and Wuzhou are considered to be close to Tong'an... The people of Haitan have been illegally farming for more than a hundred years, with tens of thousands of residents, and they are privately owned by local tyrants. Taxation." - From Guo Zaoqing's "County Meeting of the Central Fujian Branch". The author is from Fuqing. He and his brother Guo Yuqing are both Qi Jiguang's staff. They are the authors of "Lulong Selue" and "Six Discussions of Che Zhan" respectively. Military book.

　　"It has been more than a year since the Haitan survey, and a consensus has been reached. According to the county's measurement of the land, there are 20 odd fields, and the number has not yet been exhausted." - From the "Discussion on the Haitan Shu" by Xu Fuyuan, governor of Fujian, in the 780th year of Wanli .In addition, after the people of Pingtan moved inland in the early Ming Dynasty, Lin Yang, a commoner, wrote in the "Zouanxu Tax Shu" that Pingtan had "[-] four hectares of fields".

　　"In the 20th year of Hongwu... three Youying Camps were built: Haitan, Wutong, and Yuanzhong. During the Hongzhi period... Zhai and You were abandoned together. In the 42nd year of Jiajing, the Japanese pirates fought. Governor Tan Lun, Inspector Li Bangzhen, and General Soldier Qi Jiguang reported to return to the stronghold and travel to the stronghold. The stronghold was led by Qinyi, and the general was led by the famous general." - From Gu Yanwu's "Book of Benefits and Diseases of the Counties and Counties in the World".In addition, according to Wanli's "Fuzhou Prefecture Chronicles", the actual time of Haitanyou's restoration was at the beginning of Longqing.

　　
　
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