Late Ming Dynasty: Conquering the world starting from riding and cutting

After the Two Ridges Strategy was launched, Keelung was like a big furnace that worked all night, transporting its unique value to the Daming Inland.

Of course, Keelung also has shortcomings, but there is only one shortcoming: excellent human resources.

Whether it is skilled craftsmen, sailors, businessmen, etc., Keelung has never been enough. This is why Qin Hao wants to implement the strategy of unifying the great nation.

Fusang has talents that Ming Dynasty does not have; and Spaniards have talents that Fusang does not have. As long as it is beneficial, Qin Hao will not be polite at all.

However, in order to deal with the advantages of the dominant ethnic groups, the Keelung Household Affairs Department still carried out an effective census. According to the latest census information, the total population of Keelung, Hsinchu, Kitakyushu and other territories is 3,654,300 There are 12 people, including 3 million Han people, accounting for 89% of the total population, 5% Fusang people, 3% Europeans, and the remaining small ethnic groups accounting for 3%.

Qin Hao was very satisfied with this digital report, which completely met the arrangement in his mind.

But the next thing made him a little worried. Zheng Zhilong came to fight the autumn wind again!

When Zheng Zhihu revealed the whole purpose of his visit, Qin Hao and Zhuge Xuan couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

"The general trusted me and assigned the central and northern parts of Taiwan Island to my brother to continue to command. In order to repay the great general's kindness, my brother ordered me to lead the brigade to suppress the rebels in the mountains. In a few months, I achieved quite a bit of success. There are more than 270 fan communities in the back mountains, with more than 54,000 naturalized Fanding people. There are more than 250 fan communities in various roads in the mountains, with a total of more than 38,000 naturalized Fanding people. . It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of acres of paddy and dry land can be cultivated in Shuiwei, Hualien, Wufeng, etc., which can provide food for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians without worries."

Zheng Zhihu's showing off his achievements does not surprise Qin Hao and Zhuge Xuan. The original reason for returning the territory to you was to let you do such a thing, otherwise going into the mountains and forests to conquer the mountain vassal would be a thankless task.

Keelung's troops are extremely valuable and cannot be spent on this. Just before, Zheng Zhilong's central part of Taiwan Island was captured, so he simply let them attack the city and plunder the territory, and everyone would share the benefits.

"I don't know, why are you here this time?" Qin Hao remembered that he had just sent a batch of weapons and equipment there not long ago.

"The general does not know that these blood-drinking people who live in deep mountains, dense forests, deep valleys and deep pools, it is also a laborious and laborious task to make them completely surrender to Wang Hua. Let alone Fan'er, who is tough and unruly. The Dutch in Chikan City had no choice but to set up defenses and build forts everywhere. However, they fought with me in the deep mountains, dense forests and streams. As a result, the soldiers were killed and wounded. As time goes by, military expenditures will increase." At this point, Zheng Zhihu paused, stared at Qin Hao's eyes for a while, and continued to speak after a while.

I see!

Qin Hao completely understood what Zheng Zhihu said. It turned out that I met the Dutch.

Qin Hao had somewhat forgotten how to deal with the Dutch. If he hadn't mentioned it again today, they would have occupied the bed next to him.

"Brother Zheng Zhihu, what do you plan to do?"

"Do you need our Keelung Army to provide money, strength, and food? As long as our Keelung Army can provide it, just say so!"

Qin Hao's meaning is very simple. I'll pay for you to continue fighting. You don't have to worry about other problems. As for why I don't go, I won't tell you the reason.

Zheng Zhihu looked at Qin Hao's face to make sure whether he was lying, and then slowly spoke.

"General, my brother has received a lot of favors from the Keelung Army, but there is nothing to repay. Today, Zheng Zhihu dares to ask, and I hope that the general will not be surprised."

"There was chaos in the Liangling area of ​​Ming Dynasty. Is this the work of the general?"

"Nowadays, wars are raging in Chaozhou, Huizhou, and Meizhou, and refugees are everywhere. It has already affected Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen and other places. What my brother means is, can the general give these people a way out? Let them go to central Taiwan or the third Ten states to reclaim wasteland?”

I've been going around for a long time, but for this?

Zhu Ge Qin Hao got angry and immediately called the soldiers outside to come in and capture the little tiger!

However, Qin Hao's expression remained as usual, and he did not think that Zheng Zhihu had exposed the peepshow at all. This ability to control things with pretentiousness had been cultivated to a certain level.

"Zheng Zhihu, brother, keep talking!"

Zheng Zhihu's meaning is very simple. Nowadays, Lingnan, Lingxi, and Fujian provinces have been affected by civil unrest to varying degrees. A large number of people have become refugees. It is a good time for a large number of people to migrate out. The central part of Taiwan Island controlled by the Zheng family and the Keelung Army, or the Tenth Prefecture, Keelung, or even more distant places such as Luzon and Manchuria, are the best places to resettle these immigrants.

"To be honest, the general gave the Zheng family too much land in the tenth state. It is almost as big as three Jinling mansions. It is too much!" Zheng Zhihu was happy but helpless at the same time.

It turns out that this territory is so big, there are still worries. Everything is good in the Tenth State, but the population is too small, and they are all called "kangaroos". The taste is sour and not delicious.

The reason why Qin Hao gave the Zheng family land in the first place was to let them open their eyes to see the world, not just in the Ming Dynasty, but to look at the beauty of the world together. Their real world is beyond the Ming Dynasty.

"My brother organized the immigration to the tenth state. These people's rations of food, oil, salt, knives, axes, farm tools, clothing, houses, etc. have already made my brother dizzy. Although he has some savings, the gold and silver cannot withstand the flow out like a tide." Zheng Zhihu couldn't help but complain.

The resettlement requires a large amount of materials, from rations to farm tools to necessary weapons and equipment, which are not available in the Tenth Prefecture itself. Most of these things need to be purchased from the Keelung Army. In order to immigrate to the northern area of ​​the Tenth Prefecture, Zheng Zhilong spent an average of It costs at least 20,000 silver dollars per month!

"How much is the monthly salary for my army of soldiers and horses?!" Looking at the string of expenditure figures on the account book made Yu Jiaolong at sea cry without tears.

Therefore, Zheng Zhihu proposed this plan to cooperate with the Keelung Army to jointly organize immigrants.

"Cooperation? That is of course good and beneficial to both parties, but what kind of cooperation method?" Qin Hao smiled and looked at Zheng Zhihu, who was talking very lively.

Compared with the Keelung Navy, whose maritime strength is rising now, if someone is willing to shoulder the burden of immigration, Qin Hao is still willing to hand over this unskilled job.

"Oh, well, of course the general and my family help each other!"