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Chapter 651 Japanese Slaves and Kunlun Slaves
When envoys from Tsarist Russia came to Ming Dynasty the year before last, statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs estimated that the country's population had exceeded 100 million.

Today, due to the surge in population, the newly restored land of Sichuan has a population of more than three million, which has tripled from the original less than one million. Although there are still not many, it is no longer enough that the county town can escape tigers.

Most of these increasing populations came from the two lakes and Jiangnan areas, and generally the immigrants were not organized by the government. The government only played an encouraging and inducing role in it. Real large-scale immigration was basically spontaneous among the people.

There is no way, the rapid growth of the country's population is not without cost, and there are already some signs of conflict between man and land in the south.

Even in the Lianghu region, which is the breadbasket of the world, the government is also interested in moving to southwest Sichuan to encourage immigrants to open up land and divert population pressure.

As for the population that has increased significantly in the northern provinces, many of them do not have local household registrations, but immigrants from the south. Among them, private residents account for almost a quarter.

If immigration continues at the current rate, it probably won't take a hundred years. Not only will there be Hakkas in the south, but there will also be Hakkas in the north.

Hakka Hakka, a guest living in other provinces, not only represents the ethnic lineage, but also represents an immigrant culture.

In addition to the increase in the immigrant population, people gradually have more money in their hands and are beginning to pursue universal grassroots education.

After all, everything is inferior, only reading is superior. This saying has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Since the Ming Dynasty, private private schools have been very common. Except for Qiongzhou and Taiwan, there are almost no records of private private schools. There are basically records of private private schools in other areas.

Why did such a developed private mat society disappear after the Qing Dynasty?

Because private schools were prohibited in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this would cause people to gather and rebel easily... It was similar to the ban on Yuanxiao.

The Ming Dynasty and the New Dynasty couldn't help but run private schools. When the people got rich, they would naturally think of raising funds to run schools again and ask their husbands to come back to teach literacy. Even when some big local businessmen make money, some of them will spend money to run volunteer schools in the local area for the sake of fame and cohesion.

The so-called free education means that there is no charge. This seems to be a loss, but you must know that only free education is the most expensive.

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As winter turns to spring, Nanjing has already begun to celebrate New Year’s Day
Kang Zibei's trading fleet finally returned to Minbu Port (Manila).

After getting familiar with the route, and having the Sandalwood Islands as a supply point for the route, after going back and forth, the return speed was so fast.

I went on a trade trip to Yinzhou. Although it was only a year later, there were obviously new changes here in Luzon.

In Kang Zifei's opinion, it is more organized, and the population of coastal villages and towns has also become larger. When Governor Yecheng went on a killing spree in Nanyang, he was already on the Yinzhou route, so he didn't know the news.

It was just Minbu Port, the county town established based on the port. After the court established the rules, the population here increased significantly, and it began to actively accept naturalized scholars.

Although they are all arranged on the outskirts of the town and are basically not allowed to enter the city, they have indeed settled down. They are just registered foreigners, which is already a good start.

As Luzon's population grew, it was inevitable that tenants would appear.

Originally, Lu Mo had fewer people and more land, and there were not many Han people willing to move to Lu Song, so every one of them was a treasure. The leading landowners did not really treat the immigrants as tenants. The relationship between the two parties was more like a cooperative relationship.

But it is different now. An increase in population means less land distribution, and the Luzon Governor-General does not prohibit landowners from annexing land, but only requires additional taxes.

But who cares?

After several years of this, even though the Governor-General came forward to control the situation, some large overseas landowners still emerged.

These large landowners did not follow the practices of European colonists and engage in a slave plantation economy.

Because slaves are too stupid and have inconvenient communication, they are not as easy to use and more trustworthy than Han tenants.

However, at present, the overall number of tenants, like large overseas landowners, is not large, but they only account for a part. Most of them still maintain the previous clan-integrated colonial model, which does not distinguish between tenants or household registrations. As long as they are all Han, they are clans.

This model is not only popular overseas in Luzon, but is also very common in Taiwan, Fujian and Guangdong. They also have another name - Hakka.

The perennial feuding problem between natives and guests in the Fujian and Guangdong areas is largely the result of the Qing Dynasty's deliberate connivance. If the natives had no conflicts, it would be terrible for the natives to rebel.

Strictly speaking, Emperor Zhu was actually a Hakka, a Hakka from Taiwan. Faced with the excessive taxation from the government, the Hakkas were like dried firewood, which would burn easily and could not be extinguished by blowing.

There have been several large-scale uprisings led by the Hakkas in Taiwan's history. Each time, the Qing army was able to defeat them. After the Qing army was defeated, the next step was to fight internally... the native-habitat conflict!

When the fighting was almost over, the Qing army took the opportunity to suppress the rebellion, and it almost formed a fixed routine.

Chiayi County in Taiwan also changed its name to Chiayi County because of Lin Shuangwen's uprising. The people in Zhuluo County couldn't stand the Hakkas and fought desperately to defend the city. Emperor Qianlong commended them for their loyalty.

These Hakkas gathered together overseas to keep warm. They were tenants of large overseas landowners. They were also polite and did not dare to go too far.

The Governor-General of Luzon also made several reports to clarify the issue of clan associations among the people of Luzon and requested the imperial court to take appropriate measures to control it.

In Luzon, I bought and sold some supplies and specialties. I didn't even go to see the governor, and there was no need to go. Kang Zifei's current identity is no longer an ordinary businessman. Not only does he have a title, but he is also an imperial envoy of the Imperial Merchant. Which local official can't he meet?

From Luzon to Taiwan, and then to the southeast coast, major port cities are prosperous to the naked eye.

There is an endless stream of merchant ships at several ports, especially the number of brothels and Chu Guan.

When we first set out last year, there didn’t seem to be so many, but this year it has almost doubled.

Is the industry blowing out?
Not only was the industry booming, Kang Zifei was curious and asked local businessmen while supplying supplies in Xiamen, and then he realized that these brothels were not Han women: "Overseas Orchid?"

The local businessman laughed and said: "There are so many overseas orchids. It costs so much money, and you can't get many good-looking ones, and there aren't enough people. Most of these newly opened brothels use Orchid from the East." "

Orchid is a Japanese woman.

Orchid Orchid existed a few years ago, but I didn’t expect that there are more of them now.

This cannot be entirely blamed on those who run brothels. It is really the Japanese shogunate who are too crazy. Not only do they not want the famous names of each vassal to make money, they are also afraid of the increase in the strength of the vassals across the country.

It used to be just a secret smuggling operation, until the Chinese emperor asked Japan to open its ports, and the shogunate also completely let it go. Tokugawa Yoshimune, the "rice general", personally took over and monopolized the domestic population and grain trading.

It was obvious that the people were upset just before, but they lost their memory so quickly... It may also be that these powerful and powerful families of the Wu family never cared about what the people thought.

They only wanted to make money, so a large amount of Japanese grain was sold to China. Nowadays, a lot of the military grain accumulated in Mobei comes from Japanese granaries.

In addition to food, there are also people. Once the shogunate came out, human smuggling and trafficking, which had been close to semi-openness, now came to the forefront.

In fact, the shogunate was very targeted. When I saw that the Chinese side seemed to like Japanese women, especially the young and beautiful ones, they often sold them at higher prices.

Since human trafficking is all about human trafficking, then can’t both men and women be sold?

Not only can they sell young women from their own country, but there are also some ronin warriors who travel around all year round. These are all unstable factors that affect national security. Selling them can make money and solve domestic instability. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

Most of the Japanese women who were sold to the Chinese Empire were absorbed by brothels in coastal ports. A small number of them took the high-end route and were bought by wealthy coastal merchants to become maids and concubines.

Those Japanese ronin were also useful. When Kang Zifei was anchored in Fuzhou, he saw with his own eyes that a wealthy businessman went out and directly brought a group of Japanese ronin to escort him.

It's hard not to recognize this, after all, it's hard to find people in China who look so uniform and are so short.

Although he is short, he is obedient and sensible, and he is really willing to work hard. This is enough.

Besides, guarding and other matters are trivial matters. Who dares to cause trouble in Longxing Province where the Holy Emperor is now?

The key is still face. Just like the previous war horses, the horses have a fierce temper. It is troublesome to train and pull the cart, and it is not that comfortable, but you can gain face when you sit out.

The spread of Japanese ronin and Orchid Orchid is just like the original war-horse chariot. It cannot be stopped once the momentum comes, and the uncontrollable factors are higher than that of war-horse chariot.

Because many Japanese ronin had beheaded people at home, coastal officials reported to the court one after another, requesting that policies be introduced to control it.

Zhu Yijiong did receive it, and then he discussed with the cabinet whether it was possible to immigrate Japanese ronin on a large scale to Siberia...

Oh, use waste!
The bitter cold land of Liaodong, the further north the Han people are, the less willing they are to go, so let the Japanese wanderers who are naturally fond of "cold" and dig potatoes go, no matter how many deaths there are, they will not feel bad.

By the way, not only are Japanese ronin and Oriental Huji increasing in number, but the number of Kunlun slaves in Guangdong and Guangxi regions has also been gradually increasing in recent years.

Kunlun slaves are not black slaves. Their origin is in the Nanyang Islands. Although they look very similar in appearance, they are not genetically similar or related.

It can be understood as convergent evolution between different races under the same environment.

Representative among them are the indigenous black people of Bali in eastern Java. The indigenous black people of Bali have been bullied by the Javanese indigenous people all year round and are often harassed and plundered.

Many of these black people were bought back by Chinese businessmen and sold directly to Guangdong and Guangxi to be used as Kunlun slaves.

Of course, they are definitely not slaves in name, but they sign an employment contract. Anyway, Kunlun slaves are illiterate.

In this regard, Zhu Yijiong learned about the matter through local officials. After thinking about it, he issued an order to control: "In the future, the trade of Kunlun slaves along the coast must be reported to the government. Kunlun slaves must also be castrated when they enter the port."

Castration is certain. From a long time ago, when the Arabs sold Kunlun slaves to China, they were all castrated.

Because Arab businessmen are afraid that the Chinese will also master the "core competitiveness", they will have no business.

　Historically, there were people who were curious and married Kunlun slaves as concubines and named them Mei Zhu.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)