After receiving the war report from Chang Xiao, Zhou Chong nodded with satisfaction after reading it. He originally wanted to lay a nail between Japan and North Korea so as to affect the internal affairs of both countries in the future, but he did not expect that Chang Xiao would do it.

Such an outstanding performance not only destroyed the Japanese in Tsuma Island, but also occupied a piece of land on Jeju Island. This time, the war report he gave him has begun to ask him to move some people. After all, Tsuma Island is empty, and Shirakuyama

The Koreans in Pu were also driven away by him. If some people could be moved to the island, they could rule the place better.

Zhou Chong was very satisfied with Chang Xiao’s actions in Tsubasa Strait, but Zhou Chong thought about it but still didn’t agree. After all, Tsubasa Strait is a bit far from the Ming Dynasty, and North Korea is fine.

, provide them with some courage and dare not do anything to the migrant people, but Japan is now in a state of war. If a Japanese run out, if Chang Xiao is not well protected, it will only cause unnecessary casualties, so in terms of safety

Before the lack of protection, Zhou Chong felt that he would only talk about the matter of garrisoning troops on Jeju Island and Tsushima Island and relocating the people later.

Zhou Chong personally wrote a reply to Chang Xiao, telling him to stay in Tsushima Strait next, and to contact Japan's Ashikaga Ikki. He had led the original Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce back to Japan, and now he is on Kyushu Island.

The eastern end of the city is the area of ​​Nagasaki and Sasebo in later generations. The ships sent by Zhou Chong to Japan to trade are also handed over to Ashikaga Ikki there. If Chang Takashi had any difficulties, such as food and grass,

You can go directly to find Ichiki Ashikaga.

The matter in North Korea has come to an end for the time being, and Zhou Chong's family finally returned to peace. As Zhou Chong's investigation into the man, Aunt Wang finally changed her mind. She will not mention marrying Bracelet for the time being

About this matter. Jinxuan and Lingyun were also at home to raise their babies with peace of mind, secretly competing to see who could give birth to the eldest son. Meng Wan's gentleness also made Zhou Chong like him very much. After doing business, he would tease his daughter. Life is full of fun, everything is

It looks very beautiful.

However, Zhou Chong's good days were soon interrupted by something. He had previously submitted a memorial to Zhengde, asking him to list Taiwan as a test area for sweet potatoes. This memorial had been approved by Zhengde and was also sent.

Many sweet potato seedlings have been shipped to Taiwan now, and Zhou Chong is a little worried about this. After all, the victims have never planted sweet potatoes, so he decided to go and inspect them in person.

It is precisely because of this that a few days later, Zhou Chong bid farewell to Jinxuan and Lingyun again, and took Mengwan to Taiwan on a boat. This time it was not a war. So Zhou Chong naturally had to serve him.

Ren, Jinxuan and Lingyun are both pregnant. Naturally, they can only take Mengwan to go there.

A few days later, on the wide Nanyang deck, Zhou Chong stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the Taiwan Island that was already in sight in the distance. He was very familiar with this treasure island from later generations, but unfortunately there is no place here now.

The prosperity of later generations was just one piece of primeval forest after another.

Zhou Chong's ship did not stop at the northern end of Taiwan, but went directly to Tainan area, where the climate was hot and the land was flat. In the past, people on the mainland had arrived here through the Penghu Islands to reclaim land and live, which was the earliest developed on the Taiwan island.

In this area, most of the migrant victims were resettled here.

Taiwan has been divided into one government, with several counties under the government. Tainan County is the most prosperous in front of it. About half of the population on the island is here, so the capital of Taiwan Palace is naturally in Tainan County, and the boats are heavy in the past

When I arrived here, I saw many officials standing on the port, waiting to welcome his arrival.

"Governor-General!" When Zhou Chong's ship docked, he saw the governor of Taiwan's prefect Lu Songnian immediately stepped forward to salute. Lu Songnian was in his forties and was black and thin.

, used to be a magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture, and was also a student of Zhou Chong's father-in-law Wang Lun. He was very talented, especially very proficient in farming and sericulture. Therefore, he was recommended by Wang Lun and was finally transferred from the court to Taiwan.

Prefect.

"The prefect Lu doesn't have to be too polite. Last time, Jiayue wrote to me, I asked me about my official. I don't know if he, a student, can take on the important task of governing the government. I have praised you!" Zhou Chongxiao smiled.

He said loudly, and he explained his relationship with Lu Songnian clearly, which made the officials on the dock shocked after hearing this, and the eyes of Lu Songnian were a little more awe.

Feeling the changes in the eyes of the officials behind him, Lu Songnian showed a grateful smile to Zhou Chong, while Zhou Chong smiled casually. He had heard that Lu Songnian, the prefect, did a very difficult job. After all, Taiwan is poor and his officials are also

He was not very convinced by him, which made the government orders not very clear, so Zhou Chong got off the ship and identified his relationship with Lu Songnian. As long as those officials were not fools, he would understand that Lu Songnian had a tough backer and that they could not afford to offend him.

Lu Songnian is also a personal talent. He is grateful for his name after receiving such great help from Zhou Chong. He enthusiastically helped Zhou Chong introduce the officials of the Taiwan Prefecture behind him, and then came to Tainan County.

Although Tainan County concentrates more than half of the population of Taiwan Prefecture, the total population is only 160,000 to 170,000. Most of these populations are distributed in rural areas in various places, and every household is busy refining land. As for the county town

The population is only 10,000 or 20,000 people, most of which are merchants who come from Zhangzhou Prefecture and Quanzhou Prefecture, selling furniture, cloth and other supplies, and also purchasing some local specialties from Taiwan.

Zhou Chong and Lu Songnian and other officials came to the so-called Tainan County, but they didn't know if they didn't look at it. They were shocked when they saw it. The county was so shabby that the city wall was just built with some stones to form a stone wall that was high for one person.

Children can turn over and have no defensive ability at all. The city gate is even more of a joke. It is just a wooden shelf with a wooden sign saying "Tainan County" hanging on it, without any majesty of the county town.

Lu Songnian saw Zhou Chong looking at the gates and walls of Tainan County, and said embarrassedly: "Report to the Governor, because Tainan County is newly established, and those who have moved here are all victims with nothing. For these victims,

The most important thing is to reclaim land, so the officials did not recruit the residents to repair the county town. Everything here was built by Han people who had moved to Taiwan before!"

Zhou Chong nodded when he heard this and said, "Magistrate Lu did a good job. It doesn't matter whether the county town is repaired or not. Now the most important thing for you is to let those migrant victims have enough food, and the migrant victims are the first.

You also know the situation in China, major and minor disasters are constantly occurring. As long as you resettle this disaster victim, if there are any disaster victims in the future, you will move to Taiwan. I believe that in a few years, Taiwan will become

A paradise on earth!”

Zhou Chong's words naturally attracted praise from Lu Songnian and others. Next, Zhou Chong entered the county town and found that although the outside of the county town was simple, the inside was well planned. Rows of wooden houses stood on both sides of the street and hung in front of the door.

With all kinds of signs and goods, you can tell what is sold inside at a glance.

Looking at these newly built wooden houses and pedestrians who were buying supplies on the street, they could not help but nodded with satisfaction. According to Lu Songnian, most of the people who bought things were the victims who had just moved here, and they were on their backs.

Most of the various items are all kinds of prey or fur. They accidentally got them when they were clearing the land. They took them to the city to exchange some supplies with the shopkeeper. Although the transaction methods were very primitive, there was no way to do so.

After all, those victims don’t have much money.

Passing through the short street in Tainan County, Zhou Chong soon came to the Taiwan Government Office. Like the city gate, the government office is also very shabby. Like the shops on both sides of the street, they are all wooden houses, and the yard uses

The wooden fence was surrounded by a circle as a wall. Lu Dainian had already vacated the best houses in the backyard of the government office as Zhou Chong's residence in Tainan. However, Zhou Chong looked at the environment here and saw Lu Dainian's home again.

Xiao actually squeezed into two small wooden houses, and immediately refused his kindness and planned to live on the boat these days. After all, compared to the simple conditions here, the cabin on the boat is much better than here.

According to the rules of the officialdom, Zhou Chong came to inspect the area. Lu Songnian and other officials naturally had to prepare a welcoming banquet for him. However, there were no decent restaurants in Tainan County, and Zhou Chong did not like the welcoming banquet atmosphere, so Lu Songnian kept everything simple.

I prepared some wine and food at home in the government office, and then called several officials from the chief officials to eat and talk while eating. Zhou Chong mainly wanted to learn about the current living conditions of the victims.

According to Lu Songnian, more than 300,000 victims who had moved to Taiwan had been resettled. In addition to the nearly half of the victims who had been resettled in Tainan County, the other 100,000 were resettled in several other counties, but because of the limited number,

So it is not so much a county, but rather a settlement of Han people. In order to prevent the attack of the natives on the island, these counties have also arranged some garrisons. Although the military soldiers transferred from all over the south are not very strong in combat, they are intimidated.

Those who don’t even have iron tools are still fine.

In addition, the food for these 300,000 people is a big problem. Although Zhou Chong has purchased a lot of food from Linyi, Annan and other places, it is still tight. Each person has very little food rations and cannot eat enough.

I can't starve to death. Fortunately, Taiwan Island is rich in resources and there are many edible animals and plants in the forest. This also solves the food problem of many people. I can even exchange some animal fur for daily necessities. This is the focus of the week on the street.

Have seen it.

After roughly understanding the current situation in Taiwan, Zhou Chong asked him about the main task of this trip, that is, the cultivation of sweet potatoes. However, when talking about this question, Lu Songnian and others showed a hint of embarrassment on their faces.
Chapter completed!