Capital Datang

The Shitou family walked on the flat and wide concrete road, looking around at Tainan City. Beside them were immigrants who came with them, and their expressions were similar to theirs. At the front of the line was a young boy. Official, according to his introduction just now that his surname is Wang, Shitou and the others immediately called him "Master Wang". Although this little official surnamed Wang knew that he was not worthy of the word "Master", he still enjoyed it defaults to this title.

Shitou and the others stayed in Tainan City for one night. Before they had breakfast this morning, everyone gathered immediately and divided into teams of [-] people. Each team had a small official in charge, and this small official would take them around Tainan. city.

This Mr. Wang first brought the stones and the others to the central street of Tainan City. The morning is the time when there are the most pedestrians, because everyone is busy going to work, and they have to have breakfast before going to work, but because of the life of Tainan City The rhythm is obviously much faster than traditional cities in the mainland, so few people are willing to get up so early to cook, and because of this, not only are there various breakfast shops opening on the streets every morning, but there are also Lots of small stalls for breakfast.

Mr. Wang brought the stones and they ate at an early shop. As for the meal, Mr. Wang paid in advance, but he asked the shop owner to write a note, which can be used for reimbursement in the future.Then Shitou and his team followed Mr. Wang around the streets of Tainan City. They first went to the Tainan County Government Office in the city center to have a look, and then walked along the Central Street. Although the pedestrians around were very curious about these immigrants, they saw When Mr. Wang was in charge, no one stepped forward to inquire.

Tainan is a port city.It is also the second largest commercial city in Taiwan, and there are many businessmen in the city.There are even more trucks on the street, and merchants from south to north shuttle in the city.Even the wide central street is sometimes blocked.Capital Datang 466

Shitou and others who fled from the mountains had never seen such a scene. Even Shitou himself had only stayed in a small town, and he never thought that Tainan City would be so prosperous.

After walking around the city, Mr. Wang brought Shishi and the others to the pier area. Not only were there many ships there, but there were also many factories built on both sides of the pier, such as sugar factories, shipyards, food processing factories, and so on.These factories are big and small, with thousands of people in the big ones, and hundreds of people in the small ones, and no matter the size of the factory, the inside of the factory is always an extremely busy scene.

These factories have opened Shitou's eyes, especially Shitou who has been in the factory. He used to think that the tea factory he stayed in was already considered a good factory, but compared with these factories in Tainan City, it was like a poor factory. Workshop in general.Looking at this factory, not only is the management strict, but also orderly, and some factories even have uniforms issued uniformly.Looks energetic.

They visited various factories throughout the morning, and had lunch in one of the factories at noon. Speaking of which, the food in these factories was not bad.Although it was not as good as the meal they ate after boarding the boat, it still had meat and vegetables.Much better than what they ate at home.

In the afternoon, Lord Wang took them to the outskirts of the city again.This is the world of the plantation. The plantation had been arranged long ago, and Shitou and the others followed into the plantation and visited the various crops in the plantation, as well as the scene of the Nanyang slaves working in the plantation.

In the evening, Master Wang took them to have dinner on the street before returning to the temporary residence of the immigrants.But when they came back, many immigrants from other teams had already returned, and they were gathering in the open space outside. At the same time, there were a few officials standing in front of them, apparently they were going to have a meeting.

Shi Shi and the others followed Mr. Wang into the venue, and waited for a while. When all the immigrants came back, the real adult in official robes on the stage said, "Everyone who came to Taiwan, I think you have seen With the prosperity and stability of this city and the factories and plantations outside the city, you now have two choices. The first is to work in the factories and live in the city in the future. The conditions mentioned are that the government will give you land and let you have your own plantation. Of course, no matter whether it is work or farming, there will be special people to train you, but now you need to report your choice. , let's make arrangements together!"

Stone and the others were not surprised by what this official said, because an official had already got through with them yesterday and knew that they had to make a choice between working or farming, so they were not surprised, even today when they visited factories and plantations At that time, they were already thinking about it.

Speaking of which, although people like Shitou have never seen the world, they are not stupid. Most people choose to set up plantations, because they can get a hundred acres of land, and after they have land, they can still go to the city. Although I don’t have time to farm the land as part-time workers, I’ll just buy a few slaves to help with the farming if I earn money from the part-time job.

It is also this plan that makes all the immigrants choose land. After all, it is a hundred acres of land. Although the land in Taiwan is not very valuable, at least for poor and white immigrants like Shitou, a hundred acres of land is also a piece of land. A lot of wealth.

Seeing that these immigrants all chose land, the officials on the stage also showed a smug smile. How could he not know the small calculations of these immigrants, but this choice was intentional in the first place. There are many plantations, but there are still a lot of large wastelands, so idleness is also idleness, and it is better to distribute it to the people.Moreover, after these immigrants have land, they will have a nostalgic feeling for Taiwan, and they will definitely not leave easily. This is also one of Taiwan's strategies to retain immigrants.

Since all the land is selected, the next step is simple. Shitou and the others have received agricultural education in Tainan City for a period of time, mainly teaching them how to grow various crops in Taiwan and various issues in managing plantations. These are not too big a problem for experienced farmers like Shitou Daddy and Tieshan, so they learned almost the same soon.

The land chosen by the Shitou family and the Tieshan family is next to each other. There are nine people in each of their two families, which happens to be [-] mu each.At first, Shitou and the others thought that only adult men had land, just like Datang, but they found out after arriving in Taiwan that women and children also had land.Another thing that makes him very excited is that Taiwan encourages childbirth, and if there are more children, they will receive a lot of compensation, and even the children do not need to spend their own money to raise the children from childhood to adulthood.This made Tieshan very happy, because he was worried that having children would increase the burden, and his son Tie Da had never dared to have children, and now he finally has no scruples in this regard.

The land assigned to Shitou and the others is also in Tainan County, but it is in the northeast direction, and it is already close to Taitung County.Here is a small plain, and there are two small rivers flowing through it. The conditions are very good, but there are a few forests growing on this plain. If you want to grow crops, you need to cut down these trees, and then level the land One click, it takes a lot of effort.

When Shitou and the others came, there were already several Han Chinese plantations on this small plain, and a few simple wooden houses had already been built on the land allocated to them, so that they could have a place to live. If they are satisfied, they will build new ones. In addition, the government also provided them with enough food for two seasons, as well as some farm tools and seeds, to help them get through the initial stage.

On the first day they arrived on their own land, Tieshan and Shitou walked around their land a few times, and their faces were filled with joy. Although these lands were still wasteland, they all belonged to them. Yes, as long as it is well maintained, it will definitely be a good field. This can be seen from the nearby plantations. It has become a good field, and the sugarcane and rice in the field are growing well.

After transferring their own land, the two families got together again for a meeting. Originally, Shishi wanted to work in the city. After all, the wages there were fixed every month, and the money came quickly. But now that there is such a large land, If he left, it would definitely not be possible to rely solely on the stone father and mother and the toon, so in the end everyone came together, and the middle-aged men of the two families were not allowed to go out, at least they had to make their own land look good, after all, they are still there. I can't afford slaves, and I have to do a lot of heavy physical work by myself, and I can't do without men.

For this decision, Stone and Tie Da also understood very well, so from the next day, they put piles on the boundary of the land, and then pulled straw ropes to show the ownership of the land, and then they picked up axes and saws to start clearing The trees on the land, those more valuable or straight and thick trees are hoarded by them, and they will be sold to the timber factory together in the future. The income from these timbers alone can allow them to reap the first pot of gold.

However, while clearing the trees, they did not forget to reclaim the land, but there were not many middle-aged men in their two families, so the last two had to work together to reclaim the land, and after selling the felled timber, they immediately bought two Farming cattle, these cattle are raised locally in Taiwan. They have been trained in advance, and they can work when they are off the ground, which saves a lot of energy.Capital Datang 466

After having farming cattle, the cultivation of their two families was on the right track, and the speed of reclaiming land was greatly accelerated. However, even so, the two families did not reclaim much land that could be cultivated. One hundred acres of land, half of which were planted with sugar cane and rice. In addition, they sold a few piglets and lambs for the children of the family to graze. (To be continued.)