At this time, Li Xiao remembered the intelligence personnel of the Taiwan Security Department who sent a message to his flying pigeon and the specific information of the Spanish.

It turned out that after Tainan was occupied by the Dutch, the Spaniards, who were unwilling to let the Dutch occupy Taiwan, immediately sent troops from Manila and occupied Taipei.

In the sixth year of the revelation, the Spaniards led more than 1,000 people to attack Taiwan North Road from sea routes, first landed in Jilong Port, established a point-point stronghold, and after three years of infiltration and expansion, they occupied the Huwei area, thus officially gaining a foothold in the northern part of Taiwan.

After occupying Taipei, the Spaniards immediately began to enforce slavery, build Catholic churches, and force local indigenous people to believe in religion. They began to impose taxes in northern Taiwan, using valuable small items such as marbles and glass balls to exchange for precious furs, deer antlers and other items from the simple natives to make huge profits. They even forcibly drove the local indigenous people into the mountains to collect sulfur, copper ore, iron ore and other substances for them. Once an indigenous tribe was disobedient to the management, the Spaniards immediately sent troops to these tribes to burn, kill, loot, and brutally suppress them.

Seeing that the rule gradually stabilized, the Spaniards began to change the place names to various places in northern Taiwan. The Jilong Mountain they landed was renamed Santiago. Among the Peace Island in Keelung Bay, there was the first guardhouse built by the Spaniards, which was renamed the Salvador Fort. In the Tamsui area, countless indigenous people built with blood and tears. This Spanish central stronghold in Taiwan was named Santo Domingo.

In real history, this majestic and tall city of Santo Domingo was demolished by the Spanish in the twelve years of Chongzhen.

The reason is that the Spanish Empire, which was already full of crisis and was trapped in a huge debt crisis, was increasingly unable to take financial resources and military support from the Far East. Therefore, in order to reduce expenses, the Spanish Philippine Governor Lopez planned to reduce the military deployment of North Taiwan.

Therefore, the governor personally ordered the demolition of the main city of Santo Domingo in Tamsui and the transfer of a large number of troops back to Manila. In the entire northern Taiwan, only a few hundred troops were stationed in the San Salvador Castle on the Peace Island of Jilong Port. Judging from these actions, the once powerful Spanish Empire has already shown its old age and decay.

However, in this world where the strong prey on the weak, an aging and powerless elephant is often the best target for the group of animals to compete for food.

In real history, after seeing Spain demolishing its own castle and withdrawing its garrison, the Dutch immediately keenly smelled the decay and desolate atmosphere of this once arrogant and huge empire. Therefore, the Dutch Communist Party, this young and strong beast, the former Spanish vassal state, immediately declared war on its old master and sent troops to seize the land of Taipei.

After months of war, the Spanish, who had ammunition and food exhausted and their morale were sluggish, surrendered to the Dutch. Spain's 16-year rule in northern Taiwan ended, and since then the dark side of the Dutch's monopoly of Taiwan was opened. It was not until 1661 that Zheng Chenggong sent troops from Fujian, finally recovered Taiwan, drove away the Dutch, and the treasure island of Taiwan finally returned to the embrace of the motherland.

Under the stern sea breeze, Li Xiao, who had been standing on the side of the ship, lowering his head to think about history and the future, finally raised his head, his eyes full of determination.

After thinking for a long time, he had already thought about his combat plan for Spain in his heart.

Time at sea is actually much harder to pass on than on land.

There is a vast sea everywhere, and staying on a boat that is as small as a still space makes people feel depressed.

After experiencing the freshness of starting a boat ride, many of them looked numb and tired on their faces. Fortunately, the supervisors trained, taught, sang military songs and other activities every day, and finally allowed these soldiers to maintain a strong morale during this boring sea journey.

As for the refugees who were riding on Zheng Zhilong's fleet, the journey experience was worse because of the crowded environment. However, in such an environment, these refugees who were rushing to survive could only bear it silently.

At this time, Li Xiao talked with the Dutchman Joseph and the other two at the side of the ship.

"Joseph, have you been used to it in the Ming Dynasty for more than half a year?" Li Xiao asked with a smile.

Joseph shook his eyebrows, then he put his blonde hair on his head and replied with a smile in his already more skilled Chinese: "Mr. Li, I can honestly tell you that this period of time I came to Ming Dynasty was a very pleasant experience in my life."

Seeing that Joseph's answer was refreshing and direct, Li Xiao was also happy, and then smiled and said, "Very good. As long as you work hard and serve your loyally, I will never treat you badly."

Joseph immediately replied without hesitation: "As long as Lord Li needs us, we are willing to continue working for you. I can get such a high salary here and have a reputable employer like Lord Li. I don't want to go back to the Netherlands at all."

Li Xiao laughed loudly, he thought for a while, looked at him deeply, and asked tentatively: "Joseph, if I want to fight with the Dutch in the future, will you still fight for me?"

The smile on Joseph's face froze immediately.

He replied in a daze: "Mr. Li, have you signed a truce peace agreement with the Dutch Governor? Why do the two countries still have to fight?"

Li Xiao sighed softly and said, "The situation is easy to change, and many things are not transferred by personal will. At that time, it is best for you to continue to serve your own official. However, if you really don't want to, you can send you back first, and you will never make things difficult for you."

Joseph blinked his blue eyes, curled his lips, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

Li Xiao's huge fleet sailed around the tip of the Shandong Peninsula in the north wind and headed south. Twenty days later, in the early morning of the 10th day of the lunar calendar, he arrived at Lugang in central Taiwan.

The entire voyage was quite smooth. Because there were doctors taking care of the ship, only about 1,000 old and weak among the 550,000 refugees were unable to stand the bumpy waves and long-term seasickness. He died of illness on the road, and the rest of the immigrants all arrived in Taiwan in good health.

As the ship approached the coast of Lugang, in the increasingly bright subtropical morning light, Li Xiao could see that through the gradually dissipating sea fog, the white and vast beach had clearly appeared in front of him. The tall coconut trees on the beach were densely formed into forests, swaying and shaking shadows, and under the early morning sun, the gentle southern style was fully displayed.

Li Xiao was delighted to see that the newly connected rice fields on both sides of the Dadu River were boundless and endless, extending to the dark green and majestic Taichung Mountains in the distance.

At this time, the late rice in the fields had already been harvested, and the rice fields were planted with green potato seedlings, and the green leaves were swaying happily in the morning breeze. The chopped late rice stalks piled up high towers, like silent sentries, standing quietly in the ocean of rice fields. From time to time, children wearing short jackets were seen laughing and chasing on the ridges of the fields, and the laughter seemed to be slight audible. Looking around, this originally deserted big belly area was already full of a leisurely and distant southern rural style.

At this time, the commander of the Taiwan Expanded Farming Group Ding You, with Deputy Commander Ma Huaxing, Taiwan Pingnan Battalion Commander Li Dingguo, Deputy Commander Luo Zheng and others, welcomed Li Xiao off the ship at the Lugang Wharf.

At this time, Zheng Zhifeng and Zheng Cai saw that the delivery task had been successfully completed, their faces were full of relaxation. They were thinking about it, and quickly unloaded the supplies brought by the passengers and Li Xiao, and took the commercial goods loaded with more than 50 large ships to return to Penghu to seek credit from Zheng Zhilong. Therefore, when Li Xiao invited him to rest ashore, both of them refused.

Seeing that the two of them were unwilling to go ashore, Li Xiao was on the shore, thanked them again, and bowed to them to say goodbye.

Then, under the leadership of Ding You, Li Xiao stepped on his mount and led a group of guards to Changhua City, which had been built and located in the second forest of Zhuoshuixi. Ding You, the leader of the Taiwan Expanded Farming Group, prepared a welcome banquet for Li Xiao in the official office in the city.

Although Li Xiao and others left first, the loading and unloading work on the dock was orderly.

In order to avoid chaos, ships took turns unloading passengers and supplies on the docks. More than 550,000 refugees who got off the ship were registered on the spot under the leadership of the civil servants of the Taiwan Civil Affairs Department, and then went to the built tents in various places to settle down, and began to bathe, eat and rest. All kinds of weapons, silver, commercial goods, etc. on the ship were also registered in batches according to the types.

After a long journey of sea, almost all of them were ragged, with a dove-shaped face and a look of awe. When they saw the beach and the earth in front of them, they were very excited. Many people shed tears, and some even cried loudly. I don’t know if it was because they finally arrived in Taiwan and cried with joy, or because the journey was too hard and tired, and they felt sad. Maybe both of them were there.

As each ship set up a gangway at the port, the 550,000 refugees rolled down from each ship like a rushing sea of ​​people. Fortunately, there were officials and military organizations. Therefore, the whole scene, although extremely large, was orderly and orderly.

After going ashore for a day off today, the 550,000 refugees will be arranged by the Civil Affairs Department to go to 12 large towns under Yuandatu, Erlin and Nanshe, to grant land, settle down, and officially become permanent residents of Taiwan.

As for the soldiers who were supplemented with Pingnan Camp, there were soldiers from the former Taiwan Expeditionary Army who counted the number of people on the shore and divided the troops. They were preparing to lead the team to the Changhua City Military Camp after transporting all the ordnances and artillery to the ashore.

Li Xiao and others walked along the way, all the endless pastoral scenery. They were filled with endless green and pleasant potato seedlings, which were almost no different from the countryside in Fujian, Guangdong and other places. Li Xiao was very happy to see this prosperous scene.

Li Xiao suddenly remembered something and asked Ding You on the side: "Captain Ding, the last time I sent a message to you Feige, in order to accelerate the development level of Taiwan, each company has been granted a quota of land from five acres per household to ten acres per household. Can this matter be done?"

Ding You hurriedly replied: "Mr. Li, the students have already arranged this matter. Now, among the 12 townships in central Taiwan, each of them has granted ten acres of land. The total land area of ​​land is 1.13 million acres, but it is more than double the land area when Lord Li left Taiwan last time."

Li Xiao was very surprised and asked, "How did he open up so much land?"

Ding You smiled and said, "Mr. Li, these are all people in Fujian and Guangdong. I heard that Lord Li has a plan to give each household ten acres of land, and there are discounts on oxen and seeds, so there are nearly 20,000 households, about 70,000 to 80,000 people who came to Taiwan spontaneously, were able to save so much land."

Li Xiao laughed and nodded, "It's great, very good! This land of Taiwan is not easy to move, so I think that we should settle refugees and attract the people with more preferential conditions, so that they can not only eat and wear and support their families in this land of Taiwan, but also make a fortune and have a wealth of descendants in this overseas land. In this way, we can have greater appeal to the people who plan to settle down in Taiwan."

Ding You also looked happy. He stroked his beard and smiled, "Now that 55 refugees have come to Taiwan, it is estimated that at least 120,000 of them can be set aside at least 1.2 million mu of desert land. In this way, the central area of ​​Taiwan occupied by our army alone has 1.33 million mu of land, and the grain produced every year is worth considerable."

After hearing Ding You's reply, Li Xiao felt extremely happy.

With these 1.33 million mu of land, if you collect taxes on eight dou of rice per mu, you can collect 1.06 million stones of grain per quarter, and more than 2.1 million stones of rice in two quarters a year, which is enough to support several times the number of military soldiers and people that Li Xiaojun needs to support himself.

Judging from the output of at least 2 stones per mu of land, each household still has at least 24 stones of grain per year. Li Xiao left all of this grain to the people for their own consumption or sale. In this way, the farmers who farmed will be rich in their families.

What's more, there is also the season of Maqin potato planting every winter. Because its yield per mu is as high as 6 shi to 8 shi, according to Li Xiao's taxation standard, the yield of 2 shi per mu is collected. In this way, another 2.66 million shi of potatoes are available for consumption by military and civilians in a year, while each farmer can have at least 40 shi of potatoes, which can be eaten or sold by themselves. In this way, it is difficult for these farmers to be underdeveloped.

Water flows to the lower places, and people walk to the higher places.

Taiwan, this originally wild place, has become a dream place to make a fortune, and naturally makes a large number of residents in Fujian and Guangdong yearn for joining them.

After six or seven miles of horse racing, Li Xiao saw that next to the tributary of Zhuoshui River that was heading west, this piece of gentle wasteland in the Erlin area had already towering a big city.

This Changhua City has a gentle terrain, convenient transportation, and a wide view. It is very convenient for immigrants from Big Belly, Erlin and Nanshe to come to the city.

Li Xiao saw that the Changhua City, which he had personally built, had a circumference of eight miles and was square. Because it was not far from the east, it was the wilderness and was completely a Taichung Mountain Range, which was a primeval forest, so there was no need to open a city gate. Therefore, this Changhua City only had three city gates, west, south and north, and there were city moats all around it, which were just filled with the tributaries of Zhuoshui Creek to make it pass by.

Each city gate is designed to hide a thousand-pound pendant. On the four walls, like the city walls, such as the city tower, the corner tower, the cannon position, the female wall, the scepter, etc., have all been fully constructed, with multiple troops patrolling repeatedly on it. Moreover, like Chifeng City, this city is designed to be 15 meters high and the wall horse path is 6 meters wide, thus greatly enhancing the defense of the castle.

Seeing Li Xiao looking carefully, Ding Youfu interrupted: "Mr. Li, since you waited to return to Shandong north, this city has been built in just over three months due to sufficient manpower and material supply. The whole city is covered with blue bricks, which is very solid and reliable. Because the city is built at a fast speed, it just avoids the arrival of the typhoon season."
Chapter completed!