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"Lure the enemy deep, cut off his way back, run long distances, plow the court and sweep the holes." In this report on the Battle of Hsinchu jointly submitted by Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi, Zheng Sen used a lot of pen and ink to describe Wu Liuqi's tactical arrangement, and many of the wonderful links were written with colorful climaxes, which can be described as flowers. is really worthy of being a disciple of Qian Qianyi, the leader of a generation of scholars.

This battle report, which is very wonderful from both a literary point of view and a practical tactical point of view, made Li Shouhan smile at the corner of his mouth from time to time.

Looking at the documents, Zheng Sen kept praising Wu Liuqi's series of effective tactics, which couldn't help but make Li Shouhan almost laugh. "If it weren't for Lao Tzu coming and becoming your father-in-law, Lao Taishan, if nothing else, you would have been abused by Wu Liuqi with this trick in ten years."

Forcibly suppressing a mouthful of tea that was about to squirt out, Li Shouhan lifted the brush on the table, dipped it in cinnabar, and began to comment on this post, which had both a summary, a request for instructions, and a request for meritorious service and rewards after the overall situation of counterinsurgency against Taiwan was initially decided.

The captured Potbelly Kingdom and other villages that participated in the rebellion, and the various villages and communities at both ends of the first rat captured a total of tens of thousands of strong, among these tens of thousands of young people, the stubborn and blood-ridden head of the village and the like have all been clicked away by Zheng Sen, and the rest of the young and strong people have been organized into the auxiliary volunteer team to continue to recruit those who are stubbornly resistant, and the others have been incorporated into the General Bureau of Reclamation. However, Zheng Sen told them that since they had participated in the rebellion, they had not yet entered the quasi-security zone within the stipulated time. Then the minimum penalty is fifteen years' hard labor. But when it comes to building roads and bridges on the island, these people are duty-bound and must work!

However, take into account the special circumstances of these raw times. For them, Zheng Sen did not adopt the means of directly arranging for the village chief to be stationed, but ordered them to elect the village head and president by themselves, and the Taiwan government yamen under the guise of Taiwan Tao uniformly appointed. If you are not careful, you may be dismissed from your post by the township mayors.

"I ordered the Rite Division to immediately recompile the history textbooks of all schools in the jurisdiction of our Nanyue Army. It is extremely emphasized that Taiwan has been Chinese territory since ancient times, and it can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms period at the earliest, for example, in this counterinsurgency, he met the descendants of the emperor who understood the righteousness. The descendants of the Marquis of Wanling and the descendants of the Marquis of Changping came to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors. ”

Think about those Shengfan with broken hair and tattoos, with a brilliant feather as a head decoration, who don't look like a Han person, and are actually the first generation of Zhuge Liang's nephews and grandchildren with "a face like a crown and a jade long beard". It is a descendant of the Marquis of Wanling, who has a face comparable to that of a donkey. This discipline suddenly made Li Shouhan breathtaking. However, he had to pinch his nose and recognize it, and officially issued a document ordering the descendants of the Marquis of Wanling to restore their ancestral surname to Zhuge and the descendants of the Marquis of Changping to restore their ancestral surname to Wei. Of course, with this as strong evidence, textbooks have been more justified and indispensable since ancient times.

"I ordered Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi to take a break in Taiwan. The civil affairs and defense affairs of the department will be handed over, and they will be ready to set off for the chicken coop and other places to wait for the boat. Prepare to go to Java, Malaya and other places to quell the rebellion. ”

After Zheng Sen's summary report was approved, Li Shouhan stretched his body, stretched his waist backwards, calmed down slightly, and summoned an attendant who was on duty outside.

"Send a message to the public office and ask them to draft documents, Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi will go to Java to quell the chaos, the troops are not enough, and 30,000 volunteers can be recruited in the Wa State to accompany them!"

After saying this, a sinister smile appeared on Li Shouhan's proud face, monkeys, let you not listen to Lao Tzu obediently! Lao Tzu will release the Sixth Heaven Demon King to deal with you today! There is not only this devil, but also tens of thousands of devils! Let you taste Gangcunjun's iron-walled encirclement tactics four or five hundred years in advance!

"Huh! Gangcun's roads, railways, and watchtowers are all tools for plundering and destroying production, which may not be what Gangcun wants, but it is a bloody reality. Zheng Sen's highway bunkers are tools to protect production, and at the same time, they are convenient for transportation and convenient for people to come and go. Li Shouhan immediately defended his son-in-law in his heart, cutting Zheng Sen and the famous war criminal and executioner.

Naturally, this instruction and the new task arrangements given to Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi will be handled by the official office and the newly established General Staff Headquarters to plan the corresponding materials, equipment, military uniforms, food, ships, and other materials.

Naturally, this kind of preparation cannot be completed overnight.

A few months have passed, and the task of suppression and pacification in various parts of Taiwan has basically come to an end. After the Battle of Hsinchu, the highway bunkers of the South Central Army spread to all corners of Taiwan like violently distributed steam. There is a Dongfan leader who has been naturalized for a long time and has some in-law relationship with the eldest prince Li Huayu, who wrote a poem in half-understood Chinese to describe the changes in various parts of Taiwan during this period.

"Look up is the watchtower, and the step is the official road. There is no society and no naturalization, and there are schools everywhere. ”

The Battle of Hsinchu was regarded as a key battle in the history of Taiwan's pacification, which annihilated the forces that had the strength to launch large-scale resistance or rebellion in one fell swoop, and redefined the hunting grounds for the naturalized villages and communities involved in the counterinsurgency, so that they could see and feel the benefits. At the same time, according to the agreement, the hunting grounds are owned by those naturalized people, and the mountains and forests and fields are shared by officials and ordinary people. In this way, a large number of Fujian and Guangdong immigrants have a place to go for reclamation.

With the construction of roads one by one, the original moat and natural danger have also become a place where a large group of people can pass. The cage built by Zheng Sen is getting smaller and tighter, and at the same time, the people's hearts have also changed, so the Dongfan rebels who are still trying to resist in vain on the mountains are desperate to find that they have no food, no soldiers, no government, and no mass support, all they can do is to fight the beasts, and in the end they can't fight anymore. With the appointment of village presidents one by one, the grassroots political power in various localities was in full swing, and more and more volunteers participated in the activities of searching and closing mountains. The living space and range of activities of these rebels are being reduced day by day. Although they do not lack the courage of an old devil who crisscrosses the Philippines, they do not have his luck. In the end, like a beast trapped in a cage, they were pulled out and killed one by one.

Look at the good news sent below. Wu Liuqi and Zheng Sen in Tainan Mansion were naturally very happy, but Wu Liuqi had some doubts that could not be explained, so he asked Zheng Sen: "General Zheng, if you want to say that the Ming Dynasty exterminated Yang Yinglong in Banzhou and wiped out the Tufan of Datengxia in Guangxi, the method used is nothing more than building roads and forts. But how come we fight like a divine help, and Da Ming is like torn pants and legs?"

Zheng Sen smiled proudly: "The lord told you about this a long time ago, but maybe you didn't pay attention." The lord has spoken at a meeting of cadres before. The solution of the financial problem must be based on the development of production. In the same way, the solution of the problem of the frontier of the Yiqiē nationality also depends on the development of production. It is also to build roads and forts. What our road brought to Dongfan was wealth and goods from the south and China. brings hope and production development, and those roads in the Ming Dynasty are simply the road of robbery. In the end, the Ming Dynasty beat people poorer and poorer, and we, as long as we are willing to mix with us, are getting richer and richer. You see, there are a lot of pedestrians on this road. Goods day more, local market. Prices are getting cheaper and cheaper, and buying and selling is booming. Don't look at these Dongfan as a group of so-called wild people who drink blood, but people are not stupid, no matter what you say, the salt, rice, cloth and iron pot in reality is the last word. ”

"So the most active ones in road construction now are those who are born."

Wu Liuqi took Zheng Sen's words, and the two historical rivals smiled at each other and let out bursts of smug laughter.

"Speaking of the production of goods, eldest prince," Wu Liuqi used a title that Zheng Sen liked very affectionately, which meant that in Wu Liuqi's mind, he was not the little white face who completely relied on the power of his father-in-law's family to come out and eat soft rice. "This land of Taiwan, although it has been cultivated by the eldest prince for many years, is still a wild land among the places where our Nanyue Army is located, and the harvest over the years is only enough for immigrants everywhere to eat. If the salary is not allocated by the lord, it is impossible to talk about it. You've got to figure out a way. ”

Regarding Wu Liuqi's attitude, Zheng Sen, who is responsible for the military and civil affairs of the whole Taiwan, is quite happy. "Uncle Jian, you're bothered. My eldest brother has always been concerned about Taiwan's affairs, although he also wrote from Shandong, and the letter pointed out the strategy, which made me feel uncomfortable. ”

Li Huayu has been in Taiwan for several years, and naturally knows more about the mountains, rivers, geography, products, and people of this treasure island than Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi, who have just arrived.

After he learned about the Hsinchu war, he sent a fast boat overnight to deliver his letter, in which he pointed out the maze of his brother-in-law.

"The whole thing in Taiwan is on this camphor!" Zheng Sen proudly pinched a piece of camphor in his hand and gestured to Wu Liuqi.

"Camphor?" Wu Liuqi was a little confused.

Actually, don't talk about this iron beggar, the red flag incense master of the Heaven and Earth Society, I'm afraid that the average person's understanding of camphor is only the mothballs in the closet of the past!?

In the history of the development of human industrial civilization, camphor is not just a simple "white ball"! It was once the raw material of smokeless @ fire @ medicine, which promoted the revolutionary development of weapons; It is the basic raw material for the invention of the first synthetic plastic celluloid, which was used to make earrings, necklaces, etc. Due to its anti-itching and antiseptic properties, camphor can be found in many medicinal products, including mentholaton, lip balm, salonpas, balm and even green oil. In 1884, the French extracted a smokeless fire@medicine from camphor, which changed the rifles of European countries from large-caliber black fire@medicine to small-caliber smokeless fire@medicine gun bullets. "The range is stable, the speed is fast, and the lethality is stronger."

On the eve of the outbreak of World War I, the European continent imported large quantities of camphor from Japan. Between 1910 and 1916, 9 million to 10 million kilograms of camphor products were exported from Japan each year, accounting for 70% of the world's total, of which 80% were produced in Taiwan. In 1889, the American Eastman made nitrate tablets from this, which led to the development of photography and the film industry. Due to the export of tea and camphor from Tamsui Port, "the fiscal and tax revenues of northern Taiwan have increased rapidly, leading Taiwan's political and economic center of gravity to move northward." In addition, many towns in the mountainous areas of central and northern China have also risen because of camphor and tea, such as the "Three Gorges", Daxi, Miaoli and Dongshi, etc., and the Hakka people have been engaged in the production and transportation of tea and camphor because of the geographical convenience, and have rapidly accumulated wealth, which has improved the social status of the Hakka people.

Therefore, in the history of Taiwan's development, tea, sugar, and camphor have played a decisive role in Taiwan's economic map and ethnic distribution.

The development of Taiwan's camphor industry should actually start from Taiwan's maritime foreign trade tradition. The Han people are not easy to be eaten by insects and have beautiful textures. Camphor wood has been used as a material for architectural carvings, furniture, Buddha statues, etc., for a long time. In the 17th century, Zheng Zhilong's trade with the Japanese included camphor. At that time, camphor was mainly used as a medicinal herb. After a large number of Han people in Zhangquan immigrated to Taiwan, camphor in Taiwan began to officially enter a part of the commercial trade, before the opening of the port to trade, mostly through the junk ship trade to the Qing mainland, in the 1830s, there were foreign merchants from the United States, Britain, directly buy camphor for export, and even exchange opium @ camphor. By the opening of the port in the 1860s, there were many foreign companies in various ports, and the competition for the interests of camphor even led to the conflict between the British and the Qing Empire. After the Japanese invasion and occupation of Taiwan. Taiwanese camphor, which is designated as a monopoly product, is an important export, enriching the fiscal revenue of the Governor's Office.

However, Taiwanese camphor was bought by many people in exchange for their heads and blood. In order to obtain camphor wood to boil camphor, the Taiwanese Han people invaded the living space of the aborigines and were killed by grass; The ruler in order to protect the interests of foreign trade and monopoly. Suppress the resistance of the indigenous people with strong force. Furthermore. With more demand for camphor and more manpower input, more camphor forests hidden in the mountains have been discovered, which also affects the migration of camphor trees mainly from the Hakka family.

But at this time, the effects of camphor had not yet been discovered. This kind of granular crystals produced from the branches, stems, leaves and roots of the Lauraceae plant camphor are refined and prepared, which has the effects of customs clearance, stagnation qi, turbidity, insecticidal and itching, swelling and pain relief, and mainly treats symptoms such as scabies itching, bruises, and toothache.

Don't say anything else. Wearing clothes to prevent insects is already a super business. This is a great boost for Nanzhong, which is currently extremely developed in the textile industry. The cloth that was transported by ships day and night in all directions. With these little white balls, you won't have to worry about being eaten by insects.

It is because of this effect that in history, Britain, which first started the industrial revolution, fought a small-scale camphor war with the Qing court after the two Opium Wars.

In order to plunder Taiwan's camphor resources, the British invaders launched a war of aggression against Taiwan and forced the Qing government to sign the "Camphor Treaty" that humiliated the country. The "Camphor Treaty" was signed in late November 1868 (the seventh year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty), and the treaty fully agreed to the unreasonable demands made by the British side, abolished the camphor official office, allowed foreign businessmen to obtain licenses to go to the mainland to comprador camphor, compensated Yi Kee for the losses of foreign companies, and removed Liang Fanggui of Taiwan's military preparation and Hong Xitian, the same governor of Lukang in Taiwan, and other officials. Since then, the British have not only controlled the export of camphor from Taiwan, but also monopolized the manufacture of camphor by the Taiwan authorities. By 1870, the export of camphor from Taiwan had increased from 7,000 quintals to 14,000 quintals, while the purchase price from Taiwanese had fallen from 16 yuan to 7.8 yuan per quintal.

Naturally, Zheng Sen will not know about these at the moment, but he knows other relevant information.

The eldest brother pointed out in the letter that there are many forests in Taiwan, among which camphor is the most. It's a good idea to take advantage of it. ”

Li Huayu's assertion is not wrong at all. Taiwan's natural environment is suitable for the growth of trees, the climate is warm, the land is fertile, the forestry resources are quite abundant, there are more than 4,000 kinds of tree species, which can be called the forest treasure house of our country, equivalent to two-thirds of the tree species in Europe, and is a famous natural botanical garden in Asia. In particular, Taiwan's camphor trees are the world's largest in terms of multiplication, wide distribution area, and camphor production. Among them, Puli, Taichung, Hsinchu, Hualien, Dahu and other places are the most. Taiwan is known as the world's largest camphor tree belt, there are many Lauraceae plants, the most important are this camphor (soil name camphor, also known as true camphor), Mao camphor (soil name stinky camphor), oil camphor (soil name oil tree) three kinds, especially this camphor is the most.

And the above-mentioned areas happen to be the main areas that were pacified by Wu Liuqi with troops this time. After the war, they were about to comfort the exiles and develop their livelihoods, so the camphor trees all over the mountains found their fateful home.

"Shenglian Fang" cloud, decoction camphor method, slice with camphor wood, soak it in well water for three days and three nights, fry it in the pot, stir the willow frequently, wait for the juice to be halved, there is hoarfrost on the willow, that is, filter out the trickle, pour the juice into the tile pot, and naturally form a lump through the stay. Although there is camphor wood elsewhere, it does not take the brain. Refining camphor method again, using a copper basin to Chen wall soil as a powder grit, but grits camphor a heavy, and grits wall soil, so four, five, with mint on the top, and then with a pot to cover it, yellow mud sealed, on the fire section of the burn, must be intentional, not too much, do not let the gas, wait for the cold to take out, then the brain is raised in the basin. This rises two or three times, and the brain can be filled.

According to this technical process, a large number of 50-year-old camphor trees are cut down, their roots are excavated, and transported to the camphor cooperative.

After the rebellion was quelled, according to the original practice of the Nanyue Army, after defeating the presidents who were the leaders of the rebellion, they had to divide the land to everyone. However, the Dongfan people scattered all over Taiwan oppose this practice and oppose the division of land to everyone, but demand that the fields of mountain forests and hunting grounds be publicly owned according to their traditional habits.

According to the agreement before the war, the mountains, forests and fields were naturally shared by the common people and the official family, so the camphor cooperative came into being.

The camphor houses gradually unfold from south to north along Taichung, Hsinchu, Hualien and Dahu. Next to the fire where camphor was boiled, Dongfan, who had broken his tattoo, stood with those immigrants and reclamation people from Fujian and Guangdong, carefully observing the fire.

Camphor, no longer stained with blood.

With the development of the camphor business, from south to north, many small towns gradually began to appear around the camphor and around the camphor wood.

In the cooperative, the official slaves are full of the smell of camphor wood, they use special knives to hand-cut the camphor tree into thin slices about two centimeters thick, after a series of cooking and oil extraction processes, the camphor oil will flow out of the bottom of the cooking container, scoop the brain oil with a ladle, and dry it to become a valuable camphor.

As for the distilled camphor chips, they are stacked and dried to be reused as fuel. The ashes are not wasted, they are sent to the fields to be used as fertilizer, and the waste heat is used for the newly opened up wasteland.

The development and utilization of camphor has made Taiwan quickly change from a region that needs to be paid to an area with fiscal taxes. In the first year after the Battle of Hsinchu, camphor was purchased at a price of 18 yuan a load by various shops, weaving factories and chemical workshops in Nanzhong, maple forest rooms, Nanzhong University, etc., and placed advance orders for the coming year.

People all over Taiwan will worship three statues of gods in the camphor workshop in the future, namely Li Huayu, Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi, thanks to them for finding this industry for the people. The camphor industry even worships three people as the patron saints of the industry.

However, not long after proposing to use camphor as the leader to develop Taiwan's economy, the two gods were also transferred to leave Taiwan and go to Java to quell the turmoil.

Hundreds of years later, in the midst of a series of new trends of thought, reflection on history, and history that you don't know, many conscientious young historians bitterly called Zheng Sen and Wu Liuqi's actions "the ugliest scene, and the so-called history of Taiwan's development is a history of resource plunder." Among them, camphor is the most. One by one, the camphor trees were cut down, and the original pure and indisputable life of the Dongfan people became dirty! ”

This is a later story, press not table. (To be continued......)