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 team was a young official. According to his introduction just now, his surname was Wang, which made Shitou and the others immediately called "Master Wang". Although the little official named Wang knew that he was not worthy of the word "Master" at all, he still enjoyed the word "Master".

After Shitou and his friends stayed in Tainan City for one night, they had not had breakfast this morning, so everyone immediately gathered and divided into a team of 100 people, each team had a responsible minor official, and the minor official would take them to visit Tainan City.

Lord Wang first brought Shi Tou and the others to the central street of Tainan City. The morning was the time when there were the most pedestrians. Because everyone was busy working, they had to eat breakfast before going to work. However, because the pace of life in Tainan City was obviously much faster than that in traditional cities in the mainland, few people would be willing to get up so early to cook. It is precisely because of this that on the street every morning, not only are there various breakfast shops open, but there are also many small stalls for making breakfast.

Lord Wang brought Shi Tou and his friends to a breakfast shop. As for the meal, Lord Wang paid in advance. However, he asked the owner of the shop to issue a note, which he could use to reimburse him in the future. Then Shi Tou and his team followed Lord Wang on the streets of Tainan City. First, they went to the Tainan County Government in the city center to take a look, and then walked along the Central Street. Although the pedestrians around were very curious about these immigrants, no one came forward to ask when they saw Lord Wang.

Tainan is a port city. It is also the second largest commercial city in Taiwan. There are many merchants in the city. There are endless trucks on the streets, and merchants traveling from south to north are shuttled through the city. Even the wide central street is sometimes blocked.

Shi Tou and others had never seen such a scene? Even Shi Tou himself had just stayed in a small town. He never expected Tainan City to be so prosperous.

After a walk around the city, Lord Wang took Shitou and the others to the dock area. Not only were there many ships there, but there were also many factories on both sides of the dock, such as sugar factories, shipyards, food processing factories, etc. These factories are big and small, with thousands of people in large and hundreds of people in small. Moreover, no matter the size of the factory, the factory is extremely busy.

These factories opened their eyes to Shi Tou, especially Shi Tou who had entered the factory. He used to think that the tea making factory he had been in was already a good factory, but compared with these factories in Tainan, it was like a local workshop. Look at the factory, not only was the management strict, but it was also orderly. Some factories even had uniform work clothes distributed uniforms. It looked very energetic.

They visited various factories all morning, and they also collected the meals in one of the factories at noon. Speaking of which, the food in these factories is pretty good. Although it is not as good as the meal they ate after boarding the boat, there are also meat and vegetables. It is much better than what they ate at home.

In the afternoon, Lord Wang took them to the suburbs of the city again. This is the world of plantations. The plantations had been arranged before, and Shi Tou and others followed them into the plantations, visited various crops in the plantations, and the scene of the slaves working in the plantations.

It was not until evening that Lord Wang took them to have supper on the street and then returned to the temporary residence of the immigrants. However, when they came back, many other teams of immigrants had already returned, and they were now gathering in the open space outside. At the same time, there were several officials standing in front of them, and it seemed that they were going to have a meeting.

Shi Tou and his friends followed Lord Wang to the venue, and then waited for a while. When all the immigrants came back, the real master wearing an official robe on the stage spoke: "Dear immigrants coming to Taiwan, you must have seen the prosperity and stability of the city today, and you will see factories and plantations outside the city. Now you have two choices. The first is to go to the factory to work as workers and live in the city in the future. The second is to follow the conditions mentioned by the immigration officials at the time, and the government will allocate land to you to own a plantation of your own. Of course, whether it is work or farming, there will be special people to train you, but now you need to report your choices, so we can make unified arrangements!"

Shitou and the others were not surprised when it came to this official, because yesterday some officials had already been angry with them and knew whether to make a choice in work or farming. Therefore, they were not surprised. Even when they were visiting factories and plantations today, they were already planning this matter.

Speaking of which, although Shi Tou and others have never seen the world, they are not stupid. Most people choose to set up a plantation because they can get 100 acres of land. After they have land, they can still go to the city to work. Although they don’t have time to farm, they will just earn money after working and buy a few slaves to help them grow.

It is precisely this plan that made all immigrants choose land. After all, it is 100 acres of land. Although Taiwan’s land is not very valuable, at least for the poor and poor immigrants like Shitou, 100 acres of land is also a lot of wealth.

Seeing that all these immigrants chose land, the officials on the stage also smiled proudly. He also knew the little abacus of these immigrants. However, this choice was intentional. As soon as Taiwan is vast and sparsely populated, there are still many large wastelands, so it is still idle, so it is better to share it with the people. Moreover, after these immigrants have land, they will have a sense of attachment to Taiwan and will definitely not leave easily. This is also one of Taiwan's strategies to retain immigrants.

Since all the lands were chosen, the next thing was simple. Shitou and others received agricultural education in Tainan City for a period of time, mainly teaching them how to grow various crops in Taiwan and various problems in managing plantations. These were not too big for experienced old farmers like Shitou and Tieshan, so they soon learned almost.

The land chosen by Shitou family and Tieshan family were next to each other. Their families were nine people, and each family was 900 acres. Originally, Shitou thought that like the Tang Dynasty, only adult men had land, but when they arrived in Taiwan, they realized that women and children also had land. In other words, every time he and Chinese Toon had a child, the family would be divided into 100 acres. Another thing that made him very excited was that Taiwan encouraged childbirth. If there were more children, they would receive a lot of compensation. Even if the children were young, they would not have to spend money to raise their own money. This made Tieshan very happy, because he had worried that having children would increase the burden before, so his son Tieda never dared to have children. Now he has no concerns in this regard.

The land distributed to Shitou and others is also in Tainan County, but it is northeastern and is close to Taitung County. This is a small plain, and there are two small rivers flowing through it. The conditions are very good, but there are several forests growing on this plain. If you want to plant crops, you need to cut down these trees and then level the land, which will take a lot of effort.

When Shitou and the others came, there were already several Han plantations on this small plain, and several simple wooden houses had been built on the land they were allocated to them, which was to give them a place to live. If they were not satisfied, they would build new ones. In addition, the government provided them with enough food for two seasons, as well as some farm tools and seeds to help them through the initial stage.

On the first day after arriving on his own land, Tieshan and Shi Tou Dad walked around his land a few times, and their faces were filled with joy. Although these lands were still wasteland, they all belonged to their own. As long as they were well renovated, they would definitely be a good field. This can be seen from the nearby plantations that they have turned into fertile fields, and the sugarcane and rice in the fields are both good.

After transferring his own land, the two families gathered together for a meeting. Originally, Shi Tou wanted to work in the city. After all, the wages there were paid every month and the money came faster. However, now there is such a large land. If he leaves, it will definitely not work on Shi Tou's parents and Chinese Toon alone. So in the end, everyone will think that the middle-aged men of both families are not allowed to go out, and at least they have to make up their own land. After all, they can't afford to buy slaves now, and they have to do a lot of heavy physical work by themselves. It's not possible to lack a man.

Both Shitou and Tieda understood this decision very well, so from the next day, they built stakes on the land and then pulled a straw rope to show the ownership of the land. Then they picked up axes and saws and began to clean up the trees on the land. The more expensive or straight and thick trees were hoarded by them and they would sell them to the timber factory in the future. The income from these woods alone would allow them to reap the first pot of gold.

However, while cleaning the trees, they did not forget to reclaim the land. However, there were not many middle-aged men in their families, so the two families had to work together to reclaim. After selling the cut wood, they immediately bought two oxen, which were all locally raised in Taiwan. They had been trained in advance and could work after they got off the land, which saved a lot of effort.
Chapter completed!