Ming Zuo

Chapter 1583 South Pacific
Now that he had arrived in Taiwan, Zuo Menggeng worked tirelessly and continued to go south to Luzon.

At the moment when the country completes the great unification, the influence brought by traveling around as the emperor is unparalleled.

Especially these newly developed territories will complete their return faster under his influence.

After more than three years of development, Luzon has completely changed.

The Spanish colonists here have long been expelled, and the ethnic composition is basically dominated by Han Chinese and indigenous people. In addition, there are also Dutch and Portuguese who came to trade and settle here.

The Central Plains' demand for sucrose and grain has brought agriculture here into a track of rapid development.

Driven by economic interests, the originally lazy aborigines have also invested in large-scale production and life.

Another great benefit of this is that the natives are quickly accepting everything from the empire.

"At present, more than 3000 schools have been built in various parts of the province, and 60.00% of school-age children have received compulsory education. The popularization of Chinese has been fully launched, and within ten years, it will become the mainstream language here."

Huang Zongyan accompanied Zuo Menggeng to inspect various places in Luzon and reported the results at the same time.

The timing of the empire's entry into Luzon was very good, as it was just the beginning of the Western colonists setting foot in this territory.

As a result, although Luzon has opened the door to openness, it has not fully opened it, and has not fully accepted everything in the West.At the same time, the influence of the Central Plains is still hovering over this land, and the arrival of the empire did not make it difficult for the people here to accept.

At the same time, the people of the Central Plains also completed the initial large-scale immigration, occupying a certain amount of population here.

With the cooperation of these immigrants, the empire firmly controlled all parts of Luzon, and also allowed the will of the empire to penetrate into all parts of the people.

What pleased Zuo Menggeng the most was that the Islamic religion from the West had just taken root in Mindanao before it was completely wiped out by the empire, and Christianity failed to blossom everywhere in Luzon.

In this way, it is convenient for the empire to transplant ideas to Luzon.

You must know that in later generations, Luzon is the top Christian country in the world.And Mindanao is full of fanatical Islamic believers, and even the United States has been beaten to death there.

Now the ideology and culture from the Central Plains have completely replaced the native culture and Western culture, and with huge economic benefits implanted in everyone's heart, it will blossom and bear fruit sooner or later.

"How do the indigenous people and the Han people get along? Will there still be conflicts?"

Previously, under the instigation and dissension of the Spanish colonists, the local aboriginals and the Han immigrants were in dire straits, and bloody incidents would occur every now and then.

This is what Zuo Menggeng is most concerned about.

Huang Zongyan looked high-spirited.

"Besides the conspiracy of the Spaniards, poverty is also an important reason for the conflict. Originally, there were only a few resources in this place. With the arrival of the Han people, the local aborigines will definitely feel the pressure. Now the economy here If it is fully deployed, no matter how many people are filled in, there will be insufficient, and people will naturally have no intention of fighting with each other."

Today, there are more than 130 large farms in Luzon, 85 sugarcane plantations, and [-] fruit plantations.

And each manor requires more than [-] laborers.

Because the remuneration given by the empire was very generous, it also allowed the natives who were originally slash-and-burn farmers to come out and join modern labor.

The empire then resells goods here, earning profits from the paid residents, thus creating an efficient economic cycle.

The local aborigines are just a little more simple, and they are not fools.Whether life has improved or not can still be felt personally.

This has caused them to accept new things very quickly.

Zuo Menggeng has traveled to many places, and saw with his own eyes that various new-style houses have blossomed everywhere in Luzon.

Those aborigines who used to live in the depths of the forest and built houses by cutting a few logs at random, now live in new houses, all of them are smiling.

Zuo Menggeng even went deep into the folks and personally visited the aborigines.From their mouths, they all praised the officials here.

Zuo Menggeng was convinced that what these natives were telling was the truth.

It wasn't because of his arrival that the officials here made any arrangements in advance.

The reason why he is so sure, of course, comes from his strong self-confidence and control.

Officials from all over the world can't even imagine lying to his eyes and ears.

"Your Majesty, when it comes to natural conditions, Luzon is still above Taiwan. Since the empire has an inexhaustible demand for rubber, it should be planted more extensively in Luzon."

Zuo Xianghua is a native of Luzon.

His original name was not this, but now that Chinese culture is the mainstream in Luzon, everyone yearns for it, so he changed his name.

The reason why the surname is Zuo is of course because he admires Zuo Menggeng, the emperor.

As the first batch of aboriginals seeking change, Zuo Xianghua was undoubtedly very successful.

This person is very business-minded and established the first private rice plantation in Luzon.Just by relying on grain trading, he has become the leading rich man in Luzon.

In addition to the rice plantation, Zuo Xianghua also has two sugar cane plantations and has invested in a local sugar processing plant on Wright Island.

He was not satisfied with this, but personally went to Taiwan, Fujian, Zhejiang and other places to conduct investigations and accepted more new things.

When he was in Taiwan, he saw the magic of rubber and immediately understood that this thing must have a bright future.

However, the local businessman in Taiwan is still exploring the use of rubber, and he is strictly guarded against leaking secrets, so he cannot find out.

Now sitting in front of Zuo Menggeng, Zuo Xianghua felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Taiwan is only on the edge of the tropics, while Luzon is in the middle of the tropics.For the growth of any tropical plants, here is definitely more advantageous than Taiwan.

Zuo Menggeng was really happy to see that the businessmen here had such subjective initiative.

"It is undoubtedly the best that you can actively explore ways to get rich. I approve your request. As long as the government holds [-]% of the shares, and the rubber produced is given priority to the government, there will be no problem."

Seeing him so happy, the local merchants in Luzon not only praised his wisdom, but also returned their hearts to the empire.

On the tenth day after Zuo Menggeng arrived in Luzon, Zheng Zhilong returned in a hurry.

As soon as they met, Zheng Zhilong opened his mouth like a lion.

"I need a thousand officials, a large number of mineral exploration personnel, and the support of the East China Sea Fleet."

When Zheng Zhilong opened the map and pointed to a large continent-like island in the South Pacific, Zuo Menggeng trembled with excitement.

(End of this chapter)