By September, there were few typhoons along the southeast coast. The www.biquge.info huge fleet of 35 large ships of Li Zhi no longer traded with Japan, but sailed to Taiwan.

At the beginning of March, when Li Zhi was still on his way back to exterminate the thieves, Li Xing felt that the cost of clearing land in Taiwan was too high, and stopped transporting new farmers to Taiwan. At that time, there were 22,000 peasants on the island of Taiwan who had land to cultivate, and another 50,000 peasants were cultivating new fields. Now the 50,000 farmers who have cultivated the new fields have put their fields in order and set up waterwheels on the riverbank, so that they can plant a season of late rice.

When the old peasants started farming, Li Zhi did not need to pay them for the work of clearing the land. These 50,000 workers cost two taels of money per month, and 50,000 people spend 100,000 taels of silver per month, and the monthly expenses are a huge amount of money. After these people did not need to pay monthly money, Li Zhi's finances were greatly eased, and he was able to recruit new farmers.

Recruiting new farmers is a simple matter. Nowadays, the peasants in Tianjin know that they will have a good life with Li Zhigan, and as soon as Li Zhi posted notices in various states and counties, countless people signed up to participate in Taiwan's reclamation. However, Li Zhi was afraid of financial collapse and did not dare to recruit too many farmers at once. Li Zhi kept the number of peasants recruited at 50,000.

After September, Li Zhi's fleet transported the 50,000 men to Taiwan in batches.

On 2 October, Li Zhi went to Taiwan with a fleet of ships transporting peasants to inspect Taiwan's development.

Tianjin is already a little cool in October, but it is still warm in the south. When the fleet went all the way south and approached Taiwan, Li Zhi had already taken off his underwear and guard, and only wore a middle coat under his official robe.

When he arrived in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Li Zhi had not yet gotten off the ship, but he saw that a large commercial market had been formed on the wharf in the harbor.

Every time the fleet sails to Taiwan, it brings a large number of daily necessities. Cotton, ironware, pottery, porcelain, cement, farm tools, etc., all need to be transported from the mainland. These commodities were purchased by Gao Ligong in Tianjin, and when they arrived at the port in Hsinchu, they were all sold to Taiwanese peasants. Of course, Lu Hu does not retail these goods one by one, he sells them wholesale to local traders in Hsinchu.

At this time, the fleet docked, and some vendors pushed carts, waiting for the ships to unload the goods sold from the mainland. Although these vendors are not engaged in agriculture, they can also earn a lot of money by retailing a variety of goods.

Of course, compared to the various cargoes in the ballast, there are more poor people on board who have come to clear the wasteland. As soon as the peasants disembarked, they saw officers in crimson Fanjiazhuang uniforms guiding them. Under the guidance of the officers, the peasants walked in groups to temporary settlements in various parts of Hsinchu.

Li Zhi looked at the ship and saw that although there were 35 boats with thousands of people and goods, under the organization of Zheng Hui and Lu Hu, all the work was in good order.

Zheng Hui wore a bright red official robe, led the officials of Hsinchu, and waited on the dock to greet Li Zhi.

As soon as Li Zhi got off the boat, Zheng Hui ran up to bow down and shouted: "Zheng Hui has seen the uncle, congratulations to the uncle for being named the uncle of Xingguo, we are honored." ”

Li Zhi patted Zheng Hui on the shoulder and said, "This time to kill Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, you have also accumulated merit and been promoted to the commander of the second rank, are you happy?" ”

Zheng Hui said loudly: "Happy, Zheng Hui is overjoyed, grateful to Dade, and is willing to work for the uncle's career." ”

Li Zhi laughed, stepped on the horse led by Zheng Hui, and headed for Hsinchu City.

Passing by a newly arrived peasant temporary resettlement site halfway through, Li Zhi pointed to his horsewhip and said, "Go in and have a look." ”

Zheng Hui hurriedly jumped off his horse and led Li Zhi's horse to the resettlement site.

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Yao Minle is a farmer in Qingxian County, Tianjin, and his family was lucky this time, so they chose the team to reclaim Taiwan and followed the fleet to Taiwan.

When the two of them got married, they separated from the clan, and there was no land in Tianjin, so the two tenants cultivated 35 acres of dry land in the village. Those dry fields harvest seven or eight buckets of wheat a year, cut off fifty percent of the land rent and one bucket and two liters of seeds, Yao Minle and his daughter-in-law are busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and they can also get eight or nine stones of wheat into their own warehouse. These grains barely allowed Yao Minle to eat food and clothing.

Even if it was the Chinese New Year, he and his daughter-in-law didn't dare to eat a bite of meat. The two have been married for three years and gave birth to a daughter the year before last. But this daughter did not bring joy to the Yao family, but became a piece of Yao Minle's heart. He was always worried that his daughter would not be able to support her when she grew up - where would the eight or nine stones of grain feed feed a family of three?

At the end of July, Yao Minle heard that Xing Guobo had recruited the second batch of people to open up Taiwan, and he signed up without saying a word. The matter of Xingguo Bo Li Zhi Qingxian people know that as long as they keep up with Xingguo Bo, they will have an endless good life. As for where Taiwan is and what it will experience when he arrives in Taiwan, Yao Minle didn't even think about it.

When I heard that I had raised it and that a family of three could go to Taiwan with the boat on the first day of the ninth lunar month, Yao Minle and his daughter-in-law jumped in two dilapidated houses at home for a night, celebrating that a good day was coming.

The official of the Xingguo Bo shogunate, who was responsible for organizing manpower, asked Yao Minle not to bring anything, and said that everything would be sent to Taiwan. Yao Minle trusted Xing Guobo very much, and when he heard this, he gave all the pots and pans at home to his relatives, and took his wife and daughter to get on the boat empty-handed and set off for Taiwan.

The big ship of Naxing Guobo was very tall, and it looked like a tunbao. But when he went out to sea, Yao Minle realized how big the sea was, and the big boat he was on was like a leaf in the sea, drifting with the ups and downs of the waves. The boat was too bumpy, and Yao Minle's daughter-in-law vomited, but Yao Minle did not vomit. Yao Minle has been standing excitedly on the top deck when he was at sea, holding the side of the ship and looking excitedly at the sea he had never seen.

When he arrived in Taiwan, Yao Minle thought he would see a dilapidated wasteland. But he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the port, as soon as he stepped off the ship, Yao Minle saw a large area of prosperous merchants, and the mules and horses were noisy and crowded.

Yao Minle and his family got off the boat, and more than 100 people followed an officer and walked a mile forward, and the officer led 200 people into a small square full of small stalls. At the entrance of that small square, there was a brick and stone door with the words "Talent Market" written on the door.

The officer who led the way said loudly: "If you don't want to farm, you can find something to do in the talent market, let's go in and have a look!" ”

Can you still farm when you come to Taiwan? Yao Minle was stunned and walked into the talent market. Walking in, Yao Minle found that there were many stalls in the market. The stalls were unattended, but each booth had a sign with dense words written on it.

Yao Minle and the peasants behind him were illiterate, and they didn't know what was written on the stalls, so they all looked at the officer leading the way with a pleading face.

The officer walked up and pointed to a stall and shouted: "Hsinchu City Zhang Ji Restaurant recruits two young people, requiring them to be over fifteen years old and under fifty years old, and have good conduct. Those who have been a small servant are preferred, those who are quick with hands and feet are preferred, and those who are good at entertaining guests are preferred. The treatment is four taels per month, including one lunch. Interested parties go to Hsinchu City South Street Zhang Ji Restaurant to find the shopkeeper Boss Liu. ”

Hearing the words "four taels a month, including one lunch", Yao Minle opened his mouth wide in surprise.

Recruit a small guy to give four or two months of money? You must know that in Qingxian County, Tianjin, those who are willing to pay one or two or five dollars to hire someone are considered good owners. Such an errand is often robbed by more than a dozen people, and the various requirements of the owner, the recruits can't grab their heads. For ordinary errands, you can recruit people with one or two dollars a month.

However, in Taiwan, a small restaurant came up, which was four or two months' money, and a meal.

This is a good day to keep up with Xingguobo?

This is Taiwan!