nanming man

Chapter 1055 Zhu Cihong Tours Taiwan

On the wilderness near Dayuan Bay, there are tents everywhere, as well as haphazardly built huts. Most of the people who immigrated from the coast of Fujian were resettled here.

In order to manage the people, Zheng Chenggong set up several counties and appointed officials to manage nearly one million Han people and hundreds of thousands of Shufan on the island.

Dayuan County, which is the area around the Chikan Fort built by the Dutch, became the main gathering point for immigrants.

Now that the Ming court is in exile overseas, the development of Qiongzhou Island is actually better than Taiwan Island, but Zheng Chenggong thinks that Qiongzhou Island is too close to the land to be safe, so he suggested that Zhu Cihong move to Taiwan and change the name of the officials to Xinmingjing as a The temporary capital of the imperial court.

Invited by Zheng Chenggong, Zhu Cihong decided to come to Taiwan to take a look, and discuss with Zheng Chenggong how to deal with Wei Jun in the current situation.

At this time, Zhu Cihong, accompanied by Zheng Chenggong, came to the immigrant camp outside Chikan Fort. The women were busy washing and cooking, and groups of children played hide-and-seek among tents and shanties. Trees, reclaiming wasteland, sweating like rain.

Zhu Cihong and Zheng Chenggong both wore ordinary clothes, but along the way, there were still many people saluting.

Zheng Chenggong is now 30 years old, and he is becoming more and more capable. He rode a horse and introduced it to the mature Zhu Cihong: "Your Majesty, Taiwan Island is a treasure land. There are many trees on the island, and there are also many giant trees. It is very important to build ships and houses. You can use local materials. Now I am sending people to organize the people, cut down trees, and within a year, a city with tens of thousands of people can be built here."

Zhu Cihong looked at the man logging in the distance and nodded, and asked, "Can we be self-sufficient in food?"

This is Zhu Cihong's most concerned issue. The food consumption on Qiongzhou Island is astonishing, and it is almost unbearable.

Zheng Chenggong said: "I asked the old farmer to look at it. There is plenty of sunshine and rainfall here, and the newly reclaimed land is fertile. After a while, the seeds will be sown, and the harvest will be harvested in a few months. Now the island is full of land. What is lacking is people, every household can reclaim land at will, and food self-sufficiency is not a problem.”

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly. At this time, a group of people happened to pass by a tent, and saw three or forty people gathered together, sitting on the ground, as if they were holding a family meeting.

Zhu Cihong got off his horse immediately, and when many people saw a group of soldiers approaching, they were so frightened that they stood up one after another.

Zheng Chenggong hurriedly said: "Everyone, don't be afraid, Your Majesty will come and see everyone's situation."

When the people heard that the emperor was coming, they knelt down in fright and kowtowed in salute, "Caomin pay homage to Your Majesty!"

Zhu Cihong rarely showed a smile, and waved his hands, "Everyone, get up, don't be too polite! I will talk to you casually!"

The guards moved to the small maza, Zhu Cihong sat down, motioned for Zheng Chenggong to sit beside him, and finally called the people to sit on the ground,

Zhu Cihong asked, "Where are you all from?"

"Your Majesty, Cao Min and others are all from Chaozhou!" said an old man, who seemed to be the patriarch.

Zhu Cihong sighed, "It's my fault for letting you leave your hometown!" He was silent for a while, looked up at the crowd and asked, "Are you still used to being here?"

Most of the people lowered their heads and did not dare to speak to the emperor. In the end, the old man looked around and kowtowed and replied, "Your Majesty, Chaozhou has many mountains and little land. In fact, people there have often gone to sea a long time ago. There are quite a few People went to Luzon, or even the islands further south to seek life, and they lived well. When we came here, the government allocated so much land, and the climate was the same as at home. "

Hearing this answer, Zhu Cihong was a little surprised, and immediately talked to the old man a few more words, asked about some situations, and heard the old man tell the story of Chaozhou people going to sea and living in Luzon and other places.

In Zhu Cihong's view, leaving his hometown is a very sad thing, and he will not choose to leave his hometown unless it is absolutely necessary.

Zhu Cihong was always brooding about leaving the mainland and retreating to the island, and felt very painful in his heart, but after listening to the old man's words, he had a different feeling.

China is a big country with various terrains. Different lands have raised different people. In the plains, people resettle and relocate. But in Fujian and eastern Guangdong, there are many mountains and little land, and farming cannot support so many people. , forcing the excess population to develop outward.

Going to Nanyang is a special situation caused by internal factors. Gao Yihuan is very troubled about how to emigrate and control Siberia. However, in Nanyang, the ancestors of Fujian and Guangdong have spontaneously immigrated to Nanyang for hundreds of years.

For the people in eastern Guangdong and Fujian, they still love their homes, but going out is not a bad thing, but may bring a better life.

Zhu Cihong always wanted to return to the mainland, but he knew clearly that it was impossible, so he was always in great pain.

The conversation just now made Zhu Cihong suddenly realize that since the mainland cannot tolerate him, maybe he can be like the people in Fujian and eastern Guangdong.

After talking for a long time, Zhu Cihong got up to leave, and his mood improved a lot.

After a group of people inspected around, they returned to Chikan Fortress. Zhu Cihong looked at the fortress and was a little surprised, "Is this a fortress built by Hongmaoyi?"

Zheng Chenggong nodded, "Your Majesty, this is indeed a red-haired barbarian building. This fort is well-defended and difficult to attack. With more than a thousand people stationed there, it can withstand the siege of more than ten thousand troops. I was besieged for several months before I forced my way to this city."

Zhu Cihong frowned slightly, "Why is this fortress a bit like the city built by a high-ranking thief!"

Zheng Chenggong smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the high thief learned from Xiyi."

Zhu Cihong was a little surprised, "Has the Qing family mastered how to build this kind of fortress?"

Zheng Chenggong said: "Your Majesty, I have sent people to study this fort long ago, and drew up blueprints, learned the skills of building forts, and prepared to build forts in Penghu and Xiamen."

Zhu Cihong nodded, "That's great!"

The two talked while walking, and when they came to a hall in the castle, Zhu Cihong looked at the furnishings of the western-style building with some curiosity, and suddenly saw a very huge map hanging on the wall, so he walked over quickly.

Zheng Chenggong immediately introduced: "Your Majesty, this is a map of Nanyang that I obtained from the Dutch!"

Zhu Cihong stared at the map, with a look of surprise on his face, and pointed to a big island, "This is Luzon?"

Zhu Cihong had heard of these places before, but he didn't know the size. After communicating with the old man today, he saw Lu Song at a glance.

Zheng Chenggong nodded, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, that is Luzon, but it is now occupied by the Spaniards!"

Zhu Cihong frowned slightly, pointed to Java and other places, and said in surprise: "These big islands, what are they called, all of them are bigger than Qiongzhou!"

(End of this chapter)