Banxi on the border between Zhangzhou and Tingzhou in Fujian.

The mountains are strange and steep, there are water confluences into the river, it is said to be the Banxi, it flows down, meanders and meanders, and flows through the two places of Zhangzhou and Longyan.

In the past, people in the two places brought water to irrigate the land and grow crops.

This year, there is a big drought in Fujian Province, the rivers in various places are cut off, the wells are bottoming out, and the red land is thousands of miles!

Banxi still flows, and the amount of water is not reduced by half!

This is a life-saving river, and the people of Zhangzhou cut off the river and only flowed to Zhangzhou to meet the needs of drawing water and farming.

The people of Tingzhou are furious, if you want to live, we should die?

So all villages and towns urgently mobilized, banged gongs and shouted, and thousands of people gathered!

They rushed to Banxi like a dark cloud, and the people of Zhangzhou were also nervous, and they mobilized in the same way, and the people of all villages and towns rushed to Banxi with hoes, shovels, steel forks, whistle sticks and other "weapons" in hand!

Prepare for the fight!

The croppers are also crazy, this is Chinese characteristics!

The scale of warfare in ancient China was often very staggering, and according to the literature, it was not too uncommon for the troops on both sides to add up to tens of millions, and it was not too rare to camp for hundreds of miles, throw whips and break streams, bleed and drift pestles, and have no roosters for thousands of miles.

Even if it is the spontaneous fighting of the people, it can be called the earth-shattering crying ghosts and gods, in the past, the people of Zhangzhou and Tingzhou fought for water, the tragic fight, the most tragic moment was more than 500 people killed on the spot, the injured were not counted, the fight was miserable, and the death and injury of dozens and hundreds of people in a battle was rare.

Seeing that there are more and more people facing each other on both sides, it has become almost a trend of spreading all over the mountains and fields, and some old people will not think about the tragic past when the battle continues, and their faces will change color.

There is no shortage of social elites and enlightened gentry in the two places, who stand up and persuade everyone to stop fighting, and have something to say!

But the leaders on both sides of the people were grumpy and said to them: "If there is no water, we can't grow crops, and if we don't fight, we can't live without water, and if we don't fight, if we don't have water and food, will you help us?" ”

Just kidding, so many people want to be almsged, and the landlord's family has no surplus food.

Immediately, those people were speechless, so they had to stop.

The local officials and armor guards tried in vain to persuade them, but none of the local officials were gone.

How dare they provoke these red-eyed peasants, and what if they know that they have withheld relief food?

If you provoke a popular uprising, wouldn't it provoke the fire, let them fight to the death, and when they are tired, our government will go to clean up the mess.

……

Both sides are agitated and shouting, noisy and arguing, what is the top of you**, lose**, dry ** and other national scoldings endlessly, mixed with Fujian dialect, making a pot of porridge.

Just as the heat was heating up, and they were about to go off the fire and start a fight, a trumpet blew out, and then a majestic group of musketeers escorted several people in the middle.

The people on both sides looked at the group of people in amazement, but saw that the group of people occupied the high ground, and the two people stood up and appeared, both dressed beautifully and looked like people, but the local atmosphere could not be concealed.

Sure enough, a person spoke, full of Zhangzhou accent: "Folks, many of you should know me, I am the second brother Yao of Dongxi Village......"

A rough voice among the people of Zhangzhou in the east sounded and said: "I know, you are a second dog!" ”

Yao Er (Ergou is his nickname) had a cramp on his face, and he didn't care about the rude statement, he said loudly: "That's right, I'm Ergou, I went to the Southeast Mansion the year before last, that is, Taiwan Tunken, and the people there gave me a cow, a hundred acres of land, as well as grain, farm tools, and seeds!"

Only two percent of the harvest is harvested in a year, and two percent of the harvest is harvested! He held up two fingers for emphasis.

"I farmed for a year, and as a result, I had enough to eat, and then I bought a small sailboat, and I usually farmed, went out to sea to fish in my spare time, and then worked part-time," he generously showed off his clothes, "This is the silk and satin I bought, and everyone will look at my complexion again." In the sun, he pinched his chin and said, "There is white rice, meat, and fish!" ”

"Now, the southeast government recruits people to cross the sea to go to Taiwan to reclaim, as many people as there are, each Ding first pays a settlement fee of one or two silver, goes to Taiwan, each Ding grants 50 acres of land, gives each household a cow, and then each household builds a house for free, the rest of the farm tools and seeds are responsible for the southeast government, as well as rations!"

He salivated and said: "Once the contract is signed for thirty years, the land is your thirty years!" ”

"Rations!" Yao Er announced: "When you go to the Southeast Mansion, you won't have to worry about rations, as long as you are diligent, you will have a good life......

His saliva was splashing, and people watched him intently and listened to him, and many were moved.

Instead of fighting here for life and death, and not even being able to fight for a result (the weapon fight has been going on for many years), it is better to go to the southeast mansion to fight!

As for the situation in the Southeast Province, there has been more and more news in recent years, and everyone knows that many things in the Southeast Province are not joked, but true.

But some people still asked suspiciously: "If you only collect 20% of the rent, you don't need anything?" ”

"Ahem, a month of conscription!" Yao Er said honestly.

"I'll just say it!" However, people nodded, and a month of forced labor was nothing.

"What else?" The man was genuinely interested and continued to ask.

"Compulsory military service!" Yao Er admitted.

"What?"

"It's all men of school age who want to be soldiers!" Yao Er explained: "After becoming a soldier, the land is still yours, but you don't have to pay the rent, and you will never deduct more than two taels of silver per month!" ”

"Yes!" The man replied in surprise.

"Then are you going to Taiwan?" Yao Er asked curiously.

"Go, why not?" The man said, "If you go, you may die later, and if you don't go, you may die this year!" ”

"Besides, there is someone in our village who is a soldier in the Southeast Fleet, and he said that it is good to be a soldier in the Southeast Mansion, and he regrets being a soldier for a while, and he regrets not being a soldier for a lifetime!"

"Oh!" Yao Erxin thought that you kid is not a "trust"!

When he vigorously recruited the people of Zhangzhou, there was also a Tingzhou man from the southeast province who was also recruiting people from Tingzhou

As the camera goes by, zooming in to all parts of the land of Fujian, the same thing happens in various states and counties.

Since Xiong Wencan's arrival, the forces of the Southeast Province, which had been dormant for a while, once again attacked in a strong position, recruiting people to cross the sea and cultivate the fields on a large scale!

There is a big drought in the world, but there is no drought in Taiwan?

Drought too! But Taiwan's water conservancy projects have worked, and despite the severe drought, there is still water in the fields.

The key is that Fujian Province is overcrowded and has little water resources per capita, while Taiwan is underdeveloped and has few people!

In addition, Taiwan adheres to the three-three system for land farming, with one-third of the fields planted with rice, one-third of the fields planted with sugarcane, and one-third of the fields planted with miscellaneous grains, vegetables, melons and fruits.

The year before last and last year's agricultural harvest was bumper, and some people demanded that the planting area of miscellaneous grains be reduced, and that there should be a variety of sugarcane and rice, but Yan Changwu was unmoved.

Growing miscellaneous grains, mainly sweet potatoes, accompanied by white rice, is the ration for new immigrants!

Sweet potatoes are easy to grow and have high yields, otherwise, how can there be so much rice for new immigrants to eat, not counting the economic accounts, and the landlord's family will have no surplus food.

Existing, Dou Mien is promoted to Mi Hatred, immigrants are new to the country, don't think they are so good at the beginning, just don't starve to death!

With sweet potato cooked rice, plus sea fishing, the new immigrants have dealt with it for a year, and it will be good after a year of farming!

……

Xiong Wencan's conscience was at the end of his conscience after all, he gave the green light, and the local governments collected the money from the Southeast Mansion, and he couldn't hold it back for a long time, so he let it go.

Groups of people arrived at the seaport, boarded a sea ship from the Southeast Province, and headed for Taiwan.

When I went there, I settled down well, and the news was fed back to my hometown, and more people went.

As a result, the population flows, the pressure has decreased sharply, and it is ironic that Fujian performed well before the natural disaster, with very few people dying of starvation, and there was no popular uprising, which was one of the outstanding performance of the provinces... If you don't want to starve to death, you can go to the Southeast Mansion, why rebel.

The severe drought in Fujian Province was the time of day in the southeast province, and the number of people who arrived in Taiwan was 120,000, the largest population in the history.

Let the population of the southeast province swell up like a balloon, close to 300,000 people!

The new immigrants mainly settled in Tainan, and some of the population went to Taipei!

Southeast Province occupies Taipei!