Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1463 Shandong Severe Drought ([-])

"A large area of ​​the Liaohai Sea has been frozen, and the Yalu River has been impassable for a long time. The news in the Dandong area can only be transmitted through North Korea, which takes time and effort." Liang Xiangjian threw a document on the desk, and then exerted himself Rubbing his face, he said in a tired tone: "Last year, we decided to go to Dandong for reclamation. Now more than half a year has passed, and more than [-] disaster victims from the four prefectures of Shanxi Province have gone to live in this county. For this reason, the Kingdom of Korea The monarchs and ministers have contributed a lot, and almost all kinds of food, seeds, clothing, livestock, etc. have been supplied by them for more than half a year. Even a considerable part of ironware and building materials are supplied by Koreans. This expense is really not insignificant! General Jiang Youdao led [-] troops across the river to reinforce the flanks of our Dandong County, guarding against the Qing troops in Kuandian and other directions. Some of the effects are not good, not to mention that the local government of North Korea on the other side of the Yalu River is responsible for all their food expenses. It doesn’t cost us money, and the effect is quite big. As the saying goes, if you slap the face, you have to eat a sweet date. People can't do things without giving benefits, what should be the next step in this policy towards North Korea?"

It is said that the continuous drought in Shandong has lasted for more than two years. A large number of victims of the West Fourth Prefecture ran to the people on the east coast through various channels. 8 people went to Jeju Island, Busan Port, Wonsanjin, Dandong and other places.

Among them, Jeju Island, Busan, and Wonsan have undertaken the resettlement tasks of at least 4 people, and the pressure is undoubtedly enormous.However, since the thief in yellow wears the name of a "thief", it is not worth the name. Liang Xiangjian and someone in Liang openly ordered that most of the rations be concentrated on Jeju Island to supply the disaster victims who were resettled on the island ( About 5000 people) for food and cultivation; in addition, the 3 or so people were concentrated in Busan and Wonsan. Naturally, the food is not enough, but it doesn’t matter, you can first “borrow” from the surrounding North Korean counties Well!Who doesn't have an emergency? The people of the Korean Kingdom have always been well-educated and reasonable, and ruled the world with moral articles. How could they be indifferent when they saw that the disaster victims on the east bank had nothing to eat?No way, if I have a bite to eat, I will also give the victims a bite to eat, and we take the initiative to deliver it to the door, so as to avoid the rush of the Eastern Heavenly Soldiers to come and pick it up. What a noble character this is!

Well, the above is all bullshit!The real situation is that the food reserves of the people on the east coast are really tight. Liang Xiangjian, the captain of the Denglai pioneer team, under the suggestion of his subordinates, resettled a large number of Shandong disaster victims to Jeju, Busan, Wonsan and other places to eat. In fact, it is to eat North Koreans Go to the "big households" to save their own food consumption-of course, this number has been strictly estimated, so as not to make the North Koreans feel that the burden is too heavy to bear, although the current burden is already very heavy.

However, after years of development in the above three places, the current population is quite large, and there is actually not much wasteland available for reclamation. This means that more than half of the Shandong disaster victims actually have no land to plant in these places, so they can only repair Buildings, roads, docks, walled cities and other infrastructure—the disaster victims on Jeju Island may also help herd herds and deal with strategic materials such as leather, wool, horns, and tendons, but there are too many of them.

In addition, with the arrival of several batches of immigrants last year, the newly established Dandong County has become the largest new reclamation county under the Denglai Pioneering Team. A total of [-] Shandong disaster victims flooded into the right bank of the Yalu River In this barren land, apart from a batch of grain, livestock and seeds being transported from Yantai and other places at the beginning, all the food from the North Koreans was eaten and used after that, which made the Li Dynasty officials and people in Yizhou and other places feel pressure mountain big.After all, the northern part of North Korea has always been a barren place with many mountains and little land, and the food output is already limited, but the people on the east bank on the other side of the Yalu River have to work hard to open up wasteland, which makes them feel so embarrassed!

Liang Xiangjian even vaguely heard that North Korea’s Pyongan Road and Huanghai Road, which were responsible for the main food supply tasks, suffered from expropriation and transshipment of food (Korean local officials took advantage of the opportunity to exploit and embezzlement is also a factor that cannot be ignored), and anti-East sentiment among the people is growing day by day. I am afraid that there must be dozens of ballads that vilify and curse the people on the east coast. This shows that the North Korean people hate this mountain on their backs!

How the North Koreans think, if there is a tough and mean person here, they may not bother to pay attention to it, and they will just blindly blackmail and blackmail to achieve their own goals.As for the life and death of ordinary people in North Korea, that's none of my business?However, who made Liang Xiangjian Captain Liang a kind-hearted "gentleman"? He felt that over the years—especially in the past two years—the three major feudal towns in the Far East had sucked too much blood from the North Koreans. It must be slowed down, and it cannot be squeezed blindly, so this is why I want to give them some "benefits" to appease the grievances of the North Korean Kingdom.

"The current leader of North Korea is called Li Wei. Well, he was not the crown prince at first, and he didn't have any ambitions. This kind of person is good, good!" To be honest, Liang Xiangjian didn't recognize this word, so he still marked it with a pen on the document. Pinyin, I just heard him say: "Xiao Liao, it's rare for you to come to Shandong once, how about you, help me to calculate the total?"

"Hehe, I don't have much contact with North Korea's affairs on weekdays, because it is too far away. However, after the establishment of Boli County, as the strength of the Qing Dynasty gradually retreated in the outer northeast, my Black Water Pioneering Team We must also start to gradually advance southward along the Ussuri River. In this case, it may not be many years before we will border on the sphere of influence of the Koreans, so I have studied this country a little before..." Liao Xiaoyao, who was dressed in military uniform, sat On the sofa chair beside Liang Xiangjian, he said with a smile.

The Khabarovsk County mentioned by Liao Xiaoyao just now was newly established in the second half of last year. Nearby), and Linglong Township (located near the city of Vyazemsky in later Russia), a total of four settlements, probably governing more than 6000 people of the Fanhan people - of course this is only on the list, I believe that in Khabarovsk There are still a large number of Burakumin in the vast county, which are not included in the counties of the county government, but this is not a job that can be completed in a short time, and requires long-term and arduous naturalization.

After the establishment of Boli County, the people from the east coast will also formally go up the Ussuri River and invade the further upstream areas. While collecting and naturalizing the natives, they will completely hold this large piece of fertile land in their hands.Don't underestimate this part of the land. In history, Tsarist Russia valued this vast plain adjacent to the Sea of ​​Japan very much. The main reason is that it has a large population and relatively rich products. Colonization can effectively reduce costs. The people on the shore are useless. What they value most is to make the Blackwater Pioneering Team's territory and strength bigger, so as to prepare for the eventuality in the future.

You must know that as the people from the east bank began to take root in Dandong County, the Manchu Qing court, which was already quite insufficient in Liaodong, finally gave up its plan to compete with the people from the east bank in the outer northeast region.They worry that if too much power is put into the Heilongjiang River Basin, there will not be enough power to resist the invasion and encroachment of the yellow-clothed thieves in Liaodong.Compared with the two sides of Heilongjiang, which can be called a place of bitter cold, the more densely populated and richer Liaodong is what the Qing Dynasty valued more, although their roots have almost all been transferred to the Beijing area within the pass.

It is also based on this consideration that the Manchus and the people on the east bank expanded and contracted in the Heilongjiang River Basin, almost at the same time. East Coasters fight.Anyway, the local aborigines haven’t paid much for Manchuria these years. They have been infiltrated by the East Coast and Russia, so this time they simply withdraw from North Manchuria and concentrate on defending South Manchuria. This may be the most suitable for them. strategic choice.

And the Manchus withdrew—although there were still some nails left in Ningguta City, it would be a matter of time before they were completely squeezed out. Can't stay any longer - the people on the east coast will naturally not let go of the great opportunity to swallow the power vacuum left by them.So you can see that Boli County was finally established after the Qing Dynasty withdrew part of its troops, gave up some territory, and moved many tribal people inland. Going south, the tentacles will eventually reach Xingkai Lake and Vladivostok, which is almost bordering on the Hamgyong Road of the Kingdom of Korea. This is why Liao Xiaoyao just said "studying the Kingdom of Korea". After all, business needs Well.

"North Korea is a country that is fearful of prestige but not virtuous. Seeing small profits, Wang Dayi does great things and cherishes life." Liao Xiaoyao organized his language a little bit, and said: "For example, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, this country took the opportunity to expand its territory. The national border was pushed to the coast of the Yalu River, and then it was preparing for the Northern Expedition to Liaodong, but it turned out to be very fearful, and finally changed the dynasty, which made people laugh and cry. According to my opinion, this kind of funny country does not need to be valued too much. It’s enough, let’s grasp the speed if it’s exhausted, don’t make it unbearable and fight to the death.”

"Of course, this possibility is very low." Liao Xiaoyao added, "When Huang Taiji attacked North Korea, what kind of situation did they force, and how harsh the conditions were, didn't these cowards still agree, so their bottom line It's very low, it's a desperate squeeze."

Liang Xiangjian felt a little helpless when he heard this, and said, "Xiao Liao, I came to see how we can better integrate North Korea into our economic system in the Far East, and the only way to tie it to our economic system is to use interests." Chariots, that's the most reliable. Threats of force like you said, of course it works, but is it really more than what we get after economic integration?"

"Then give Dongan North Korean companies more power and allow them to go deeper into North Korea's economic activities. North Korean medicinal materials, grain, iron, honey, fruits and vegetables, and other commodities have always been the focus of our acquisitions." Liao Xiaoyao said, "We now want them to expand the output of these commodities vigorously, and then export them to us in exchange for other commodities on hand. Our role should be a trade middleman like the Dutch , we regard the Sea of ​​Japan and the Liao Sea as our Baltic Sea and the North Sea. For this reason, I think we can sell some of the crop seeds that have been domesticated and cultivated in Dabo Botanical Garden or other places for so many years to the Kingdom of Korea to help them improve their crops This is of great benefit to us. In addition, the current industrial foundation of Heishui County is not bad. Although it cannot be compared with the local area, some simple hydraulic machinery, pedal machinery, and animal-powered machinery It can still be manufactured. These can be exported to North Korea, especially those hydraulic breakers, animal-powered water pumps, pulley suitcases and other machines used in mines. The production is not complicated and does not require precision, so it is most suitable for export to North Korea. After all, their iron ore output has increased, and Heishui County can import more iron materials every year, so as to manufacture more machines, weapons, farm implements, tools and other things, which are all necessary for the development of productivity Less."

Liang Xiangjian smiled slightly when he heard the words, Liao Xiaoyao's thoughts still coincided with his own.In fact, if North Korea has a relatively high level of productivity and abundant food reserves this time, why would Ping'an, Huanghai, Gyeongsang, and Hamgyong be so embarrassing to levy "East Pay" and "East Grain"?Besides, the future of the Korean Kingdom will also be an important fulcrum of the East Bank in the Far East. If it develops well, the benefits to the East Bank Republic are self-evident.

On January 1667, 1, after confirming the future policy toward the DPRK, Liang Xiangjian took another boat to Ezodi to inspect how Wei Boqiu was doing there.The results are still so-so. Nearly 1 Shandong disaster victims resettled in the past have been resettled in an orderly manner. The collective farms and farms left by the immigrants in Huai’an Prefecture, and the newly opened farm this time have already harvested a season of rye last year, and the output is not bad. At least he can solve a large part of the food consumption by himself.

Of course, what Liang Xiangjian didn’t know was that if Wei Boqiu and his sons and their confidants hadn’t continued to smuggle people, materials and machines to North America, the development of Yezo Land might have been even faster—the Democratic Freedom Federation of North America established by Wei’s own hands. The total population has exceeded [-], and the entire island of Hope Island (Vancouver Island) has been controlled, and a stronghold has been built near the original sites of the later Vancouver City and Seattle City. .As for which step this small country will develop in the future, this is beyond what we can know.

After a hasty inspection of Ezodi Island, Liang Xiangjian went south to Ningbo on the armed transport ship "Nerchinsk".Recently, the Dutch East India Company opened a representative office there, which is responsible for liaising with commercial companies and institutions on the east coast, including the Bank of Taiwan. He wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to finalize some commercial matters with the Dutch.You know, the Anglo-Dutch war is getting more and more lively now, so don't miss this opportunity!

(End of this chapter)