1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 297 Positioning of Timor Island
Outside the southern city of Dili, in the open fields, hundreds of natives neatly stacked the baskets of rice on the ground.A few soldiers from the Hanzhou town next to them stretched out their hands to grab a handful of rice with joy on their faces, looked at it for a while, and then went to check another basket.

"The natives should not mix other things into it." Qiao Bensheng said: "For them, those firearms and swords seem to be more important."

Qi Dalu glanced at the person in charge of the black-clothed guards of Timor Island beside him, and without speaking, he held the long knife slung under his waist and began to carefully look at the natives who came to exchange weapons.

They are all dark complexioned and short in stature, but they look fierce and rebellious.Although they were restrained by the leader of the team, they held the muskets handed over to them by the Hanzhou people in Dili City, aiming in the direction of Dili City from time to time, and occasionally pointed their guns at the nearby Hanzhou inadvertently. The country soldiers and immigrants are strong and strong.

"I have some doubts that these natives will turn against us after taking the weapons we delivered!" Qi Dalu said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, they won't do anything to us until they decide the outcome with the original old Sultan King." Qiao Bensheng said with a smile: "They are out-and-out traitors to the Weihali Kingdom. You must always be on guard against being wiped out by others!"

"What if, for the purpose of jointly dealing with outsiders, they suddenly shake hands and make peace?" Qi Dalu asked.

"Well, we will try our best not to let them shake hands and make peace." Qiao Bensheng said: "Some people will no longer be loyal courtiers if they have ambition. We will continue to make certain people's ambitions bigger. "

"These weapons are designed to enhance the ambitions of some people you said?"

"This is only a part." Qiao Bensheng said: "In addition to weapons, necessary wealth is also indispensable."

"You black guards are going to keep fighting inside the Weihali Kingdom. The question is, can you control others?"

"Try your best." Qiao Bensheng said: "If they keep fighting, we in Hanzhou can take the opportunity to acquire more land. If they are all dead, we will save a lot of trouble in the future. Otherwise, we need your marines to take action .”

Hearing this, Qi Dalu was taken aback for a moment, and then took a deep look at Qiao Bensheng.

"Our Hanzhou will eventually take over all of Timor Island." Qiao Bensheng knew that Qi Dalu was a little disapproving of their black guards' conspiracy among the natives of Timor Island, so he couldn't help explaining: "The land here is fertile. It is far better than Hanzhou, and the rainfall is abundant. The crops can be double-cropped or even triple-cropped. There are also many precious woods in the forest. Let these natives live here?"

"Stealing here?" Qi Dalu couldn't help laughing.It is clear that the natives are the owners of this place, but they are called "stealing" by the black-clothed guard.Although this rhetoric is a bit shameless, it seems to make sense.

The natives are ignorant and lazy, but they can rely on the unique environment and geography here to easily feed their hunger. In the north of Daming, starvation is everywhere. After years of hard work, we have suffered various natural disasters and man-made disasters, and countless starved to death. The world is unfair!My God, since it's so unfair, then we don't need to pay attention to the virtue of living well, and we should first satisfy our own people after grabbing good things.
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At the Jianye City Wharf, Qi Tian was bidding farewell to the people who were seeing him off.

"It stands to reason that I am the commander of Hanzhou, so I should go to inspect various places." Cao Xiong looked at Qi Tian and said, "But I don't know about local planning and industrial planning, so I can't make specific arrangements on the spot. So , This trip, I will wrong you, kid."

"Uncle, I'm going to be 19 years old." Qi Tian said with a smile: "I'm no longer a child in your eyes. This time I went to Xinxiangbao, Weiyuanbao and Weihai, mainly to see their real life. The degree of development. Because after one or two years, several places have gradually established a certain foundation. In order to make better use of the advantageous geographical environment and planting environment of each place, it is necessary to carry out some planning and guidance for their future development direction. In order to better promote the development of industry and agriculture in Hanzhou."

"It probably means, I also understand." Cao Xiong said: "It is to let them use their respective advantages to produce all kinds of agricultural products that our Hanzhou needs most."

"That's roughly what it means." Qi Tian nodded and said, "At present, the mainland of Hanzhou is the base, and the rest are supplemented. In the limited territory we control, we can achieve a reasonable division of labor in industry and agriculture to the greatest extent, and maximize output. As many industrial and agricultural products as possible, so as to ultimately enhance the overall strength of our Hanzhou."

"I'm very pleased to see Hanzhou growing stronger year by year." Cao Xiong said, "After this battle with the Dutch is over, let everyone know that Hanzhou is not easy to mess with. From now on, It can develop safely and well. Perhaps, in less than 20 years, we can also compete for the position of boss in this area of ​​Nanyang."

Qi Tian nodded, deeply agreeing. In 20 years, Hanzhou will have at least a population of more than 20. Coupled with the ever-increasing industrial strength and expanding maritime power, it will certainly not be blocked at the door by others and blocked for several months like it is now.

"I won't tell you any more, plan the affairs of the several territories outside earlier, and then return to Jianye City as soon as possible." Cao Xiong patted Qi Tian on the shoulder, "There are still many affairs waiting for you to take care of here. Hehe, there is another woman waiting for you to come back!"

Hearing this, Qi Tian looked at Luo Xinru standing behind Wang Zheng in the distance, and couldn't help but feel a little warmth in his heart.Because it is still in the midst of the Sino-Dutch war, it is inconvenient to arrange the marriage, but everyone in Hanzhou has already regarded her as Qi Tian's future wife.

The "Yangbo" once again shipped a large amount of coarse grains such as potatoes, corn, and sorghum, as well as materials such as wine, sugar, agricultural tools, and military weapons, and set sail for the new village on the opposite Timor Island.

Five days later, the big ship sailed into the mouth of the Cangxi River, went up several hundred meters, and then docked steadily at the Xinxiangbao Wharf.

Amidst the cheers of Xinxiangbao residents gathered near the pier, Qi Tian set foot on the first outlying island stronghold established in Hanzhou for the first time.Through the gaps in the tightly covered gauze scarves, one can see that there is a large area of ​​temporary immigration transit area near the pier.In the past, those Ming people who immigrated to Hanzhou spent their last stop here before reaching the mainland.

From the pier to the distance of 800 meters from the new castle, all the trees have been cut down.In addition to the temporary residential area for immigrants at the wharf, there are also large tracts of vegetable growing areas.Due to the interruption of immigration, the supply of vegetables was somewhat surplus, and the vegetables in many plots were allowed to mature and then fester in the ground.

In the vicinity of the city, thousands of acres of farmland are well organized by hard-working farmers, and the green rice seedlings are growing vigorously.Seven or eight tall waterwheels are erected beside the fields, continuously scooping up the Cangxi River to the ditches beside the river, and then irrigating the surrounding farmland.

"Da Lang, how much rice is estimated to be produced this year?" Qi Tian was welcomed by Chen Dalang from the pier to Xinxiangbao City, where he stood with him in the watchtower of the high city wall, looking around.

"Currently, a total of more than 8000 mu of land has been reclaimed in Xinxiangbao and the five nearby settlements. About 1000 mu of rice has been planted. The climate here is suitable and double-cropping is possible. If the output level last year is used, it should be able to reach 11 mu. Around Wanshi."

Qi Tian calculated silently in his heart, 11 shi is about 700 tons, which is not a small supplement for the food supply of more than [-] people in Hanzhou.What's even more embarrassing is that Xinxiangbao has only been established for more than two years, and its permanent population is only more than [-] people.

"This year, we will strive to supply 1 shi of rice to Hanzhou." Chen Dalang said: "In this way, it can be considered as an economic output of more than [-] to [-] Hanzhou silver dollars. If you count the other [-] shi Mu of corn, sweet potatoes, sago, tobacco, sugar cane, and beans, our Xinxiangbao can produce nearly [-] Hanzhou silver dollars just by farming. This is not counting the value of other precious forests and ship materials. Chief Manager, our income here is almost comparable to that of a small county in Daming."

"In this case, your new village can continue to expand." Qi Tian nodded and said: "In the later period, new immigrants will come. In addition to relocating a large number of people in the eastern part of Hanzhou, your place and Weiyuan Fort will also be affected by the number of immigrants. take care of."

"Are we going to eat the eastern half of this island?" Chen Dalang asked.

"If the Dutch don't make peace with us, we will try our best to eat up the entire island." Qi Tian said ruthlessly, "In the future, your new castle can drive the natives to expand westward."

"Expand to the west, how to deal with the natives encountered on the road?"

"If you can control them, drive them to cultivate land and cut down trees. If you can't control them, drive them directly to the west." Qi Tian pondered for a while, and said decisively: "You better be like the Portuguese and the Dutch, and you can control some The servants of the natives, drive them to the west, after all, some strange environments on the island are not suitable for our people."

"I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of natives on the island."

"Yes. There are too many of them." Qi Tian sighed, "Sometimes, we have to vacate the cage and change the birds. In order for us to completely control this island, and for the sake of not leaving hidden dangers for future generations."

"Evacuate the cage to change the bird?"

"Many places in Weiyuan Island need someone to develop, and the local mines in Hanzhou also need someone to help us mine." Qi Tian said in a low voice.

Chen Dalang was startled, and couldn't help looking at Qi Tian in surprise.Vaguely, that frail young man a few years ago actually had such a ruthless method.His so-called vacating the cage and changing the bird is to get all the natives on the island to other places in the future, and then we Hanzhou people will occupy this place.

"This island is positioned as a barrier for Hanzhou's local defense. It will be a bridgehead for Nanyang development in the future. It has an extraordinary status and is of great significance." Qi Tian said: "And the Xinxiangbao where you are located will become the core base for the continuous expansion of the entire island. .”

"Then shall we start to colonize the west now?" Chen Dalang couldn't help being encouraged by what Qi Tian said.

"Arm the natives captured in Dili City, and tentatively expand westward." Qi Tian said: "Even if we make peace with the Dutch in the future, we will inevitably redefine the territory of Timor Island with the territory controlled by each of them." The sphere of influence. And the coastal area in the north, they have not set foot in it."

(End of this chapter)