Chapter 229: Taiwan Reclamation I
At the end of the second year of Xianheng, the royal weekly newspaper in Liangjing published that the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate had opened up the island of Taiwan, established the Taiwan Metropolitan Governor's Office, and encouraged the people of the Tang Dynasty to move to reclaim Taiwan's wasteland. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The people from the counties of the two Zhejiang prefectures, where there are many people and little land, and heavy taxes, take their neighbors, relatives and friends as their companions, and spontaneously form a team of immigrants, taking advantage of the good time when the north wind is still blowing in late winter and early spring. Groups of immigrants of all sizes either drove their own boats or partnered fishing boats to hire fishermen to sail directly to the island of Taiwan, southeast of Zhejiang.
In addition to the ordinary people who are living in difficulty in their hometowns, who are extremely enthusiastic about opening up Taiwan and can get hundreds of acres of tax-free fields for three years, there is no lack of wealthy businessmen and magnates in the Jiangnan Province who have responded to the policy of encouraging the people to reclaim Taiwan's land by the Anton Pioneer Group.
After all, no one will think that they own a lot of land, since they can obtain a large area in Taiwan at a small price, and it is difficult to obtain land in Datang by peaceful means, then why not?
Compared with the difficulties faced by ordinary people to go to the island of Taiwan by sea, it is much easier for the wealthy merchants and magnates in Jiangnan Province to go.
Jiangnan Province has developed foreign maritime trade since ancient times, and there is no one who does not get involved in maritime trade, regardless of whether it is a powerful person or a wealthy businessman. Compared with the rich merchants and magnates in the north, they undoubtedly have more advantages. The required vessels and the corresponding skilled seafarers are readily available, and there is an incomparable distance advantage.
A group of wealthy businessmen and powerful people from Jiangnan Province, who were interested in Taiwan's land, took the lead in crossing the Taiwan Strait on a seagoing ship with superior seamanship, and sailed from the freshwater estuary into the Taipei Basin, where Taipei City, the seat of the Taiwan Governor's Office, was located, according to the magazine "Overseas Strange Stories".
The section of the freshwater river through the Taipei Basin, the river surface is wide, the flow is large, the water flow is stable, suitable for the development of water transportation, and the Taipei City that has just been built is only 30 miles away from the mouth of the sea.
Ships from Jiangnan Province, full of people and supplies, sailed into the Taipei Basin from the mouth of Tamsui to the sea, and the crew and passengers on board looked curiously at the primitive jungle in the reckless wilderness on both sides of the strait. In the river, from time to time, a fat and strong river fish crossed the surface of the water and plunged into the water with a thud, which made the crew members of the fishermen on the boat feel itchy.
The sea ships that entered the Taipei Basin sailed more than 20 miles in the Tamsui River before they saw traces of human civilization on the shore ahead.
On the east bank of the confluence of Tamsui and Dahan Creek, a small city built of rammed earth is erected abruptly on the flat Taipei Basin within a radius of more than 30 miles.
The trees within five miles of the town had been cut down, leaving behind patches of ploughed fields, only a few new weeds that had grown in the fields before it was time to plant.
The edge of the field is still a lush primeval forest, but in this area there are many handcuffed and shackled people, dressed in thin rags, and ugly faces, under the watchful eye of the Chaos Guards, laboriously wielding axes to cut down the tall trees in front of them.
After the trees that can be used to make ship timber are cut down, the trunks of the trees need to be trimmed out and carried to the simple drying room built in the east of the city to be stacked, so that they can be used for shipbuilding after drying.
Due to the fact that the island of Taiwan is rarely visited by humans, the dense primeval forest grows many subtropical hardwoods that can be used as high-quality ship materials, which is Li Yu's ideal ship timber production area and shipbuilding base. The basic meaning is crucial to Li Yu's southward strategy.
The people on the sea ship looked curiously at the people who were working hard under the supervision of the imperial soldiers on the shore, commenting and pointing, and from time to time someone pointed to the strange clothes and hair accessories of the people and laughed.
Just like a young woman who was washing clothes by the river at this time, when she got up, her foot accidentally stepped on the corner of her clothes, and the cloth made of unknown materials was cut and the whole piece of fabric was worn on her body and the clothes were torn off. Suddenly, a wheat-colored young woman's body was presented in such a majestic manner on a sea ship that happened to be passing by, and everyone saw it.
The shaking breasts and the delicate waist branches that are held in a young hand all stimulate the secretion of male hormones.
Everyone on the boat was dumbfounded, and when they saw the fan, they looked strange, but they didn't want to be in front of everyone, and the fan girl by the river actually came to a striptease.
Fannu screamed, hurriedly dropped the clothes in her hand, squatted down and picked up the clothes on the ground and wrapped them around her body.
The people on the boat who were dumbfounded reflected, more than half of them were like stallions in heat, blushing and whistled at the girl wrapped in clothes in the panic on the shore, shouting that the little lady should not be in a hurry to dress, so that the gentlemen could see it clearly! I also asked where the lady's family lives, is it okay to stay at your house tonight?
The people who had read Confucius and Mencius on the ship and were deeply baptized by Confucian etiquette couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh when they saw this: "The world is going down, and people's hearts are not ancient!" ”
What's more, he pointed to the fan girl on the shore and scolded: "This ** girl who is not my Huaxia, under the bright sun and bright sky, in front of my Huaxia Er, actually did such a shameless and lewd thing." This is to destroy the ethics and morality that I have adhered to for thousands of years in China, and to damage the atmosphere of my Middle Earth, and it is not enough to be a model if you don't kill! ”
"It's really boring, you can meet a moral gentleman in this overseas wilderness."
"People think of themselves as noble people, what they learn and think, how can we and other civilians think?"
"What clan? I don't know how many hundred years have passed, and the world only knows five surnames and seven hopes, how have I ever heard of a family surnamed Gu? ”
"Hahaha......"
The people who were disturbed by Gu Cheng's righteous words and more than half of the crowd on the boat, sneered on the side. Hearing it in Gu Cheng's ears, his heart was uneasy for a while, blowing his beard and staring, but his friends stopped him in time, so he had to step forward and reason with these Tian Shenu who didn't know what Confucius and Mencius were.
"Brother Gu, we came to Taiwan this time to get a piece of land from the Taiwan Governor's Office, as one of the pillars of the family's prosperity and training of future generations, why bother with others?"
"Hey!" Gu Cheng sighed, "Thinking about the Wei and Jin dynasties, you and I were listed as the four surnames of Wu County, even if there was a decline in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but they could also be proud of Jiangzuo." How do you want to unify the world in the former Sui Dynasty, but the four surnames of Wu County want to be down, and even a boatman can despise us. ”
Zhu Dan smiled in surprise: "The world is unpredictable, why should we be entangled in the glory of our ancestors?" There are ups and downs in the world, and there are blessings and woes. Fortune and misfortune depend on each other, and rise and fall are reincarnated. As long as the younger generations do not forget the merits of their ancestors and take this as a benchmark, why worry that the four surnames of Wu County cannot become a well-known existence in the future? ”
"Hahaha, listen to your words, you know, in terms of fame and fortune in the world, my own heart and cultivation, I am not as good as you!" Gu Cheng arched his hand and smiled ashamedly.
"Brother Gu Miao, praised!" Zhu Dan looked at the small town of Taipei that was getting closer and closer and said with a smile: "After a few days of hard work, the destination is finally coming." ”
"yes!" Gu Cheng also sighed: "You and I are on this island of Taiwan, and it is good to marry Qin and Jin!" ”