The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Shen Jue was quite satisfied with Wang Wenlong as his son-in-law. After the wedding, he walked around for a few days before going north to take up an official position.

After the marriage ended, Wang Wenlong also returned to work.

Because it is beneficial to all parties, the reclamation of Taiyuan Island will be carried out naturally.

Fujian used work-relief to squeeze out money and grain to build Xiamen City.

Xiamen's geographical location is too important for the development of Taiwan. As long as the troops are stationed in Xiamen, they can control the Taiwan Strait, and it is also the best port to contact Taiwan.

With the cooperation of the yamen, Yang Tiansheng and others also came up with specific plans for immigration.

The immigration matter involved a wide range of areas. After the various forces landed on the island, they each chose settlements. The main direction of the establishment was divided into two areas. Yang Tiansheng was interested in the Chiqian area in southwest Taiwan, settled here, and planned to build a castle.

Li Dan and Quanzhou maritime merchants landed in the Keelung Tamsui area in northern Taiwan and also carried out small-scale development.

These two locations were important fortification sites for the Dutch and Spanish respectively in previous history, and were also important strongholds for trade routes.

In addition to them, the Trinity believers also landed on the island in the Beigang area of ​​Taiwan. The land here is fertile and there are large areas of wild trees. Although transportation is more difficult, it is enough to open up territory and use it as a long-term settlement.

However, this place is relatively flat, and the local aborigines have long lived in groups. The possible conflicts with the natives have made the maritime merchants reluctant to open up here.

However, Trinity believers are mainly small landowners and small craftsmen, and their vision is more like small landowners and businessmen. They only want to have their own land for cultivation, and they all feel that this place is suitable for reclamation industry.

The simple Trinity Church also began planning and construction. The Trinity believers appeased the local aboriginal people, divided the boundaries, and organized the believers who lived in groups into camps to protect each other.

They planned to start proselytizing to the surrounding aboriginal people after taking root in Taiwan.

The three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism can be integrated into one religion, and the Trinity believers feel that it is not a problem to absorb the natives of Dayuan Island into the religion.

In addition to these relatively powerful settler forces, there are also a large number of small-scale refugees who cross the strait to make a living under the solicitation of maritime merchants with only a few ships.

Settlements are dotted all over the place, but in fact the first batch of people to settle on the island was less than 10,000. The early development must have been extremely difficult. Fujian officials also took action, mainly sending some doctors to the island to avoid too many refugees. Died from miasma.

The reclamation work has begun to take shape, and Wang Wenlong also plans to use the "Xunbao" to publish a series of reports. On the one hand, he will publicize the Fujian Yamen's policy of encouraging everyone to go to Dazhuang Island for reclamation, and on the other hand, he will also publicize some health knowledge.

For example, miasma was studied by experts and scholars after the founding of the People's Republic of China in later generations, and they came to a clear conclusion: miasma is the general name for a series of infectious diseases, mainly malaria.

Wang Wenlong also knew about the special medicine for treating malaria - cinchona. However, the cinchona tree is native to South America. At this time, only the local indigenous people could see it. Historically, it would take several decades for Spanish colonists to discover this medicine. As for the Now, even if Wang Wenlong knew that there was a special medicine called cinchona, he still couldn't get it.

In the absence of specific drugs, the most effective way to prevent and treat malaria is to improve hygiene and hygiene.

Wang Wenlong plans to write an article to popularize common sense about malaria: malaria is transmitted through mosquitoes, and all that needs to be done to reduce the probability of malaria infection is to do a good job in sanitation in settlements. This includes removing stagnant water around settlements, regularly lime-disinfecting latrines and composting ponds, fumigating indoors to drive away mosquitoes in summer, etc.

Before he even started writing his article, an unexpected guest came to his home. The visitor was a young man in his early twenties with a Jiangsu and Zhejiang accent. As soon as he saw Wang Wenlong, he said excitedly: "Mr. Jingguan, your "The Wealth of Nations" is really good! I didn't expect you to really want to see me."

Now every now and then, someone sends a post to his home wanting to see Wang Wenlong, or wanting to invite him to attend a cultural gathering. Wang Wenlong has not read back most of the posts, but when he saw this person's post today, Wang Wenlong really had to invite him in.

Because the signature is Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong, the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town and Pi Island, is an inescapable figure in the history of the late Ming Dynasty...

However, the whole text of the post was about "The Wealth of Nations" and business matters, which confused Wang Wenlong. He didn't even know what General Mao was going to do after reading the post.

"I wonder what my friend wants from me?" Wang Wenlong looked at the young man in front of him and saw that Mao Wenlong was tall and lean. He looked more like a small businessman than a warrior.

When Mao Wenlong heard Wang Wenlong's question, he immediately started chatting: "A group of friends and I read Mr. Jingguan's "The Wealth of Nations" in Hangzhou. We just thought it was the most reasonable thing in the world. We read it all the time and forgot to eat and sleep, communicating with each other, thinking that according to Mr. The book says that being a businessman can make a big difference in this world. So we formed a partnership and planned to set up a trading company to engage in maritime trade."

"Wait a minute," Wang Wenlong felt a little confused, "Friend Mao wants to do business?"

If he hadn't seen that the name, character, and place of birth of the person in front of him were correct, he would probably suspect that the young man in front of him had nothing to do with the historical Napi Island general. A general in the late Ming Dynasty, and a young man who was full of business knowledge, They are not next to each other anywhere...

Mao Wenlong said: "Mr. Jingguan, based on the analysis in your book, we carefully studied the business in the world and found that there is a place where no one has done business."

Wang Wenlong: "Where?"

Mao Wenlong: "Liaodong!"

Afraid that Wang Wenlong would think he was talking nonsense, Mao Wenlong quickly analyzed the benefits of doing business in Liaodong: "You said in your book that supply and demand determine prices. The defenders in Liaodong have a lot of military pay, but the products are not rich, so the prices of local goods are certain. It’s expensive. If you transport goods by sea to Liaodong, you can expect to receive profits similar to those of ocean trade. And it’s much more convenient to go to Liaodong than to go to the west.”

Wang Wenlong smiled and asked, "Do you have any serious connections in Liaodong?"

Mao Wenlong said: "I have also thought about this matter. To be honest with you, my uncle is Shen Guangzuo, the head of the Staff Department of the Ministry of War."

Wang Wenlong nodded. Liaodong is now the place where troops are deployed. The Ministry of War's Staff Department is responsible for the promotion and transfer of military officials. The weight of words in Liaodong can be imagined - Mao Wenlong's business experience is really good.

Wang Wenlong asked: "So why did you come to me?"

Mao Wenlong smiled awkwardly and said: "The benefits are huge, but I only regret the lack of financial resources. I think Mr. Jianyang is a talented and strategic man, and he must have a vision for investment..."

Wang Wenlong smiled and said: "It turns out that I'm asking for money. How much do you want me to invest?"

Historically, Mao Wenlong was really a businessman. He didn't like studying since he was a child, but he was smart. He stayed around until he was nearly 30 years old and didn't succeed in anything. So he went to his uncle Shen Guangzuo to smoothen the relationship and recommended him to Li Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. , after taking a martial arts examination, he was promoted to a hundred households.

Later, when Liaoyang was captured by Hou Jin, Mao Wenlong decisively abandoned his army and ran away. After the situation calmed down, he approached his uncle to smoothen the relationship again, and this time he got into the service of Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong. (End of chapter)