The pace of the southeastern province was bright, and there were hardly any idlers on the streets, and the people worked in the fields, went to the sea to fish, the army trained, the factories were opened, and even the children were helping (there was no compulsory education at that time, so there was no need to go to school).

There are no idlers, no beggars, only the ability to work, and there must be work.

As Yan Changwu envisioned, it became a reality, and the Beigang Shipyard was opened, mainly undertaking civilian ships and small government ships, while the Kaohsiung Shipyard expanded its production capacity and started construction of six cruisers (sixth-class ships) at the same time.

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This is a land of fishing and rice!

It doesn't get much more fertile than here!

Tainan Plain!

The Tainan Plain, a little more north of Beigang in the north, and Kaohsiung in the south, is in the shape of a jujube core, nearly 200 kilometers long from north to south, 50 kilometers wide from east to west, with an area of nearly 5,000 square kilometers, and the altitude is less than l00 meters, which is the largest plain in Taiwan. The plain is an open, densely populated, and intertwined with streams and canals, and can be used as an abundant agricultural area, and the cultivated area is vast, and it was later found that it accounts for 40% of the whole island. Such a large plain is truly a treasure among treasures for an island that hangs lonely in the sea and is surrounded by mountains.

The Tainan Plain is composed of river deltas such as Da Belly Creek, Turbidity Creek, and Zengwen Creek, and is a coastal plain that includes Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung and other counties and cities. Its terrain is flat, the territory is vast, the water system is developed, and the rivers and ditches are criss-crossed.

There is abundant water and is just right to plant!

Coastal areas can be used as salt pans and fish ponds, and then go out to sea to fish, to develop a variety of economies.

Chen Xinji, the chief administrator of the Southeast Prefecture, has a splendid belly and plans the place.

He first led the people to use the short streams on the plains to build dams to intercept water, build ponds, and irrigate farmland, and then began to build reservoirs to store water for irrigation and form irrigation areas.

As far as the streams are concerned, there are more than 10 large and small streams from north to south, such as Huwei Creek, Beigang Creek, Puzi Creek, Bazhang Creek, Rapid Water Creek, Jiangjun Creek, Qigu Creek, Zeng Wen Creek, and Yanshui Creek. These streams have different hydrological characteristics due to the different geological ages in which they were formed.

Among them, Zengwen River, Beigang River, Bazhang River, Puzi River and other rivers all originate from the western foot of Alishan Mountain and were formed before the uplift of the plain. After the plain is uplifted, these streams continue to erode and extend on the plain, and finally flow into the sea, generally the water area is larger, and the flow path is also longer, most of them are more than 70 kilometers, Zengwen Creek is 138 kilometers long, and it is the fourth largest river in Taiwan.

In addition to this, there are also some small streams distributed on the plains, such as Salt Water Creek, Qigu Creek, Jiangjun Creek, etc. They are formed after the uplift of the coastal plain, and the area of the basin is limited to the plain, the flow is short, the flow is small, and the main stream and tributaries are chaotic, and most of them are seasonal rivers.

Two different streams have different effects on the economic development of the Tainan Plain. During the rainy season, the rivers that originate in the mountains swell upstream, carrying a large amount of sediment and rolling out of the mountain passes and flowing into the plains, causing flooding. If there is another strong typhoon and heavy rain, the damage will be even more serious. However, during the dry season (October to March), when there is little rainfall, the water level of the rivers drops considerably, and the short streams that originate in the plains have long since dried up.

It is not difficult to see that it is an indispensable measure for the development of agriculture to discharge floodwaters and store water for irrigation on the Tainan Plain.

Therefore, Chen Xinji organized a large number of people to build the north-south trunk canal and the Wushantou reservoir.

The main line of the north-south trunk canal starts from Yunlin County on the south bank of Turbidity Creek in the north, passes through streams in the south, and reaches between Zengwen Creek and Yanshui Creek near Tainan. It is 90 kilometers long from north to south, plus branch canals and branch canals, with a total length of more than 1,000 kilometers, spanning Yunlin County, Chiayi County, Tainan County and Tainan City, forming a criss-crossing irrigation network, once completed, it will become the largest irrigation area in Southeast Province, escorting agriculture. Another pivotal project is the Wushantou Reservoir in the upper reaches of Zengwen Creek, this reservoir is formed by blocking the valley in the middle reaches of Guantian Creek, because there are many river forks, resembling coral, so it is also called Coral Pond. With a maximum storage capacity of nearly 200 million cubic meters, it is the main water source of the irrigation area, and once completed, the farmland in the Tainan area will rely on this reservoir for irrigation and will benefit greatly.

Water conservancy was overhauled here, and the famous three-three system was carried out there, that is, one-third of the fields were planted with rice, one-third of the fields were planted with sugarcane, and the last one-third of the cultivated land was planted with miscellaneous grains.

The water requirements and the amount of time required for irrigation vary among the three crops. Rice has the largest water demand, mainly concentrated in summer. Although sugarcane requires water for a long time, it can only be irrigated during the dry season; Coarse grains are crops that do not require irrigation. These three crops are combined in an irrigation area for rotation planting and irrigation.

In this way, there is both rice to eat, and the important sugarcane crop to exchange for silver, and miscellaneous grains, such as sweet potatoes, have high yields.

Thanks to the effective planning and hard work, the crops planted are gratifying, and there is no problem with a bumper harvest.

Just when everyone was working the eighth day of the third month of the lunar calendar, on a pleasing day, Yan Changwu, who was sitting in Kaohsiung, received an urgent report that four red-haired ships were found on the sea surface in Kaohsiung!

Now he has been staying in Kaohsiung, so he received the report quickly.

The relay of the news was sent by patrolling clippers and horses, "It's not yet the autumn harvest, and the Dutch are coming?" "Everyone wonders, the red-haired fan can't afford to be early, they want to come to eat sugarcane so early, they have become Thai? (Denaturation)

I didn't say anything, hurry up and prepare for war, the alarm bell in the military port rang for a long time, and the four battleships started in a hurry.

The officers and sailors rushed to their combat positions, because the military law stipulates that when a warship is in port, the crew is required to be basically complete and maintain combat effectiveness at all times.

Dispatched in an emergency, the preparations were satisfactory, and the soldiers were in place and maintained their vigor.

The four ships moved at a slow pace, and soon waited for Yan Changwu and Storm (the other six warships were training in the open sea), who arrived on a fast boat, and they boarded the Kaohsiung No. 3, and immediately raised the general flag representing the admiral here.

Then he met the incoming ship at high speed, and saw the incoming ship from a distance, four against four.

It seems to be a false alarm, the flags tied to the four warships of the other side are red cross, white rice characters and blue background, this is the British!

"What are the British doing here?" Everyone is confused.

Although they are not Dutch, they still dare not slack off in their preparations, because the two big ships in the opponent's formation give people a great sense of oppression:

The double-decked gun, plus a large ship with a forward and aft building, is decorated with colorful carvings, and everyone counts the gun holes, one, two, three......

There are 13 gun holes on each side of each gun deck on each floor, plus 9 gun holes on the foreground, aft tower and open deck, so the number of guns reaches 26 + 26 + 18 = 70 guns!

The two large ships alone had 140 guns, and the other two fifth-class cruisers with 44 guns each had a total of 228 guns.

For comparison, Yan Changwu has a fifth-class sail cruiser with 44 guns, and the other three are sixth-class cruisers, both with 28 guns, and the number of guns is 74, a total of 118, which is twice as small as the British.

The other party is getting closer and closer, and when you look closely, the muzzle of someone's cannon is thicker than ours!

The guns on the deck of Yan Changwu's fleet guns are 12-pound caliber, and the deck guns are 6-pounder, while people should have 24-pounder caliber!

How did such a large fleet end up in my little place?

"What the hell!" Yan Changwu felt aggrieved, and had the feeling of Admiral Guan who was fighting against the British warships in Guangzhou.

What is a cannon giant, today he fully felt!

Bigger than your dick, thicker than your dick, more than your dick!

Depressed!

He said to everyone: "If you can't beat it, then flee, concentrate your forces and fight again, notify the shore to prepare for a strong wall and clear the wilderness, and as soon as our side starts, immediately issue an alarm!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the British opened fire!