Keelung Port, Peace Fort.

The main force of the Taiwan detachment is not in Hong Kong, and it has already gone north to attack Jeju Island. Battleships and armed junk ships were on the expedition, and only the whaling ship Melville was in dock to maintain the harbor, and there were only six trumpet-bluffing galleons and a few eight-oared boats for maritime liaison patrols.

Among the big three in Taipei, Admiral Allem went to Jeju Island. Army Commander Philhoff fell ill and did not go north with his troops, and he was unlucky enough to contract malaria during a sweeping operation against Fansha. Fortunately, it was not falciparum malaria, and Maiden treated him at any cost with the medicine in stock and Artemisia annua, and he was almost cured.

Looking at Filhoff, who was recovering from a serious illness, he couldn't scold in order, but just shook his head vigorously.

This time the cargo hold of the fleet was loaded with more than 60 iron cannons, half of the 4-pounder and half of the 6-pounder guns, to fill the artillery shortage in the forts of the castles in Taiwan and to replenish the artillery for the warships.

The stocks of the arsenal and the army and navy were brought over by him, and the protests of the army were suppressed by him, and Jincheng could produce iron cannons and could slowly replenish the stocks. Taiwan is a one-shot deal, and the next reinforcement does not know the Year of the Monkey, and it will definitely be brought in sufficient amount. In order to save space, the fleet did not carry gunpowder, only saltpeter, and ordered Filhoff to arrange the production of gunpowder as soon as possible. In addition to cannons, light mortars and howitzers also brought 10 guns, in addition to some light guns such as Franc machine gyroscopes.

Filhoff felt himself widen and was delighted.

To observe Chinese mainland at close range, Taiwan's current army battalion is certainly not enough, and Taipei itself also needs to stay. Filhoff did not take into account the Jeju expedition led by Allemand, and he made a budget to send a reinforced battalion. 4 companies plus 2 artillery batteries, a total of 700 people. The army needs to be expanded, and the three dissatisfied companies brought about by the order are the backbone to expand and complete.

The army and navy have crash courses for non-commissioned officers at Fort Peace, with officers at all levels as part-time teachers, and a small number of cadres at the warrant officer level and below can be trained.

There is not much that the navy can do, and the three Hezi-class notification ships that have recently joined the Taipei detachment can make up for the detachment's lack of far-sea reconnaissance strength to a certain extent.

Orderly said to Maiden, "Convert the Melville into a battleship." ”

Maiden nodded, and the production of Taipei Whaling was handed over to the two new schooners, and the Melville could be vacated.

The Melville had no gun deck and could only be equipped with broadside guns in the open air, and the modification was not a large amount of work. The Orderly was interested in the Melville's excellent speed and ability to stall against the wind of any existing schooner, as well as its shallowest draft. With the tonnage of the Melville, 12 6-pounder guns could be arranged.

After settling the army, the guard had time to listen to Maiden's tirade summary of Taipei's work. Before making a move, you have to know how many chips you have.

The first is population.

There are now more than 30,000 immigrants and 10,000 natives in Tamsui, Keelung and Taipei, including 18,000 North Koreans, most of whom were harvested from last year's expedition to Jeju Island. The Chinese immigrants were mostly engaged in agriculture and handicraft production, and Maiden put most of the Koreans into the mines and quarries, and most of the North Koreans went into the mountains to log wood. Needless to say, the working conditions in those mines in Taipei and Keelung are very bad, and the attrition rate must be very high.

Maiden was frustrated by the ravages of malaria in Taipei, where there should have been more people.

"The prevalence of malaria is 31%", and 1 in 3 people have had malaria. Shou Xuan thought that this number was simply shocking.

"We did our best to count all the people in our jurisdiction." Maiden sighed, "For most people, Artemisia annua is now their only hope. Thankfully, most of the patients are what you call vivax malaria, not falciparum malaria, and there is hope for a cure. ”

Shou Xiang nodded slightly, if it is a falciparum malaria epidemic like Sanya, the operating cost of this sub-base in Taipei will be too high. Sanya relies on slaves to work, but Taipei cannot.

"What have you done to prevent it?"

"The work is carried out in accordance with the regulations on malaria prevention and control, and Jincheng relies on the establishment of an urban and rural management bureau under the Department of the Interior. The epidemic situation in Taipei is so serious that I have set up an independent health police station under the Chief Executive's Office to manage it. ”

Shou Xuan saw the contents of the report, Taiwan's health-related affairs, in each town, the health police bureau is in charge, and in the department, the health department of the police department is in charge. Unclean ditches and drinking water are seen by the health police as a stick, and in case of infectious diseases, they will be reported and dealt with. This actually takes up more administrative resources, but there is no better way.

Taipei is now under the control of the police, not only in terms of public health, but also in public security, compulsory education, taxation in the countryside, household registration, and roads. There are more police officers than the military in Taipei, and this extra workforce consumes a lot of money in Maiden's hands.

Shou Xun encouraged him, "Don't be afraid to spend money, we have set the rules from the beginning, and the cost can be reduced later." ”

Maiden is concerned about this.

Under the police, Taipei has set up a strict armor protection system among immigrants. The matters specified in the French language include household surveys, bans on entrants, vigilant searches, and hygiene. There are seven provisions on sanitation matters, one is that each family is directly responsible for the cleaning of the water outside the house and the road, and the other is that the chief of Baozheng is responsible for supervising the sanitation in Zhuangtun. Third, in order to ensure the responsibility of Chief A to report to his superiors about the suspected infectious disease patients in his neighborhood, Chief A must report the information of illness and death to the police officer. Fourth, residents must obey police officers and security guards to drive away rodents and other infectious diseases and prevent and disinfect them. Fifth, the head of the family must notify the police as soon as possible if there is a suspected infectious disease patient or death in his home. Sixth, the head of the family needs to obey the command of the chief of Baozheng and the police to drive out pests. 7. To drive out pests for the head of the household, it is necessary to follow the guidance of the health police in accordance with the regulations.

Shou Xuan exclaimed, "Well done, your regulations are finer than Jincheng." ”

"This armor protection system is not set by us, it is from the hands of immigrants." Maiden pulled out two biographies. "Leng Yinghan, Ding Yaokang, they are all Shandong people you brought back."

"No wonder, no matter how I look at it, I think this armor protection system is very similar to the Chinese style." Shou Xuan swept through the two resumes, "You summoned these two people to Keelung, I want to meet them." ”

"I'll arrange it right away."

Shou Xuan continued to flip through the report, "You also thought of fish farming?" "In the later days of Japanese occupation in Taiwan, in order to reduce the rate of malaria transmission, the Japanese raised mosquito-eating fish in Taipei. Mosquito-eating fish are native to the Americas, and of course Maiden is impossible to raise now, so he asked medaka and medaka to be stocked in the water system of Taipei.

"It was also suggested by the Chinese. They say that since mosquitoes are the cause of malaria, it might be useful to keep some small fish that eat them. It didn't cost much, so I did it. Orderliness nodded. There are also medaka in Taiwan, but the species is generally introduced by alien creatures, and it is better to chant the scriptures.

"And camphor, doctors among Chinese immigrants suggested making camphor to repel insects, and we did some experiments, and the effect was obvious." Maiden continued to introduce to Order.

Camphor is a specialty of Taiwan, and there are a large number of camphor trees in Taiwan. Make good use of it, and it will also be a major commodity for Taiwan to generate income in the future.

A mixture of petroleum and camphor oil is an original insecticide that kills the bastards in the water. Jincheng could not get oil, so he had no conditions to make this insecticide, so he had to use nitrate, sulfur and charcoal to mix gunpowder insecticides in a ratio of 1:2:8. The conditions in Taiwan are good, there is open-pit oil in Miaoli, camphor trees everywhere, and now Maiden is promoting petroleum camphor oil insecticide to the people.

There are other details that the order has not been looked at one by one. He closed the health briefing, and Maiden's work was fruitful. Although the number of patients is high, the mortality rate has been controlled at 4%, and more than 1,000 immigrants have been confirmed to have died of malaria since last year.

"What else do you need?"

"Cinchona trees, I need more cinchona trees, there is no limit to the number, the more the better." Cinchona cream has now fully proven its value in treating malaria, and Maiden has made no secret of his need for cinchona trees.

Shou Orderly shook his head, "You know how many cinchona trees we have, we don't have any more seeds until the first wave of cinchona trees matures. You'll have to wait a little longer, and it will take another two or three years. ”

Putting down the sanitary report, the orderly opening of the mineral production part, first of all, gold.

Many of the immigrants from Shandong had worked in gold mines in Zhaoyuan County, Dengzhou. The mine excavation management experience and gold smelting technology they brought helped Maiden a lot, and Taipei's gold output reached more than 3,000 taels, according to the exchange ratio of 1 to 10, which is nearly 40,000 taels of silver.

"According to the reports of the miners, there is still the capacity to further expand production in the Jinguashi mining area. But I need more people. ”

The production and production capacity of the golden melon stone is a core secret in Taipei, and the exact number is limited to five members of the council.

"You can't become fat by eating in one bite, you can only take your time." Orderly. All walks of life in Taipei are in dire need of immigrants, and they can't all be thrown into the mines.

Pocanic ash cement, sulfur purification, Miaoli petroleum, Keelung coal mine, Shuangxi mercury mine, Datun lead mine, Nanzhuang quartz sand, Keelung andesite, Qixingshan alum, cotton island strannite, Sanchongqiao refractory clay, Beitou porcelain clay, etc., Taipei is very rich in minerals, many of which are strategic resources. As long as the manpower is in place, the production of some varieties is relatively small, but it can meet Taiwan's demand and has the potential to be exported to Jincheng in the future.

Shou Xuan noticed that Maiden relied on high-quality Nanzhuang quartz sand and Beitou's low-grade porcelain clay to try glassware and ceramic firing.

"Just trying, you can't burn colorless glass or large pieces of mirrors, and the scrap rate of ceramics is also very high," Maiden shook his head, "There is no economic value." ”

The most immediate demand for glass is to make telescopes and glasses. As an important military equipment, Jincheng's telescope now also depends on imports from the Netherlands, which is not a long-term solution.

Glasses have been introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, now there are some workshops in Jiangnan to make glasses, but the number is not much, the lack of production causes the price of glasses to remain high, a pair of ordinary reading glasses cost 5 taels of silver, myopia glasses are more expensive, the price is more than 10 times that of reading glasses.

Sun Yunqiu, a pioneer of Chinese optical equipment, is still a child, but Chen Tianqu of Hangzhou and Bo Jue of Suzhou are now quite famous, and they are determined to snatch them even if they are in order.

"There's no economic value just temporary, you don't want to stop the process trials. I'll poach talent for you. ”

Maiden nodded.

The mining data of most of the mines were not carefully examined, and after the gold, he focused on the copper mines. Copper and coal are the two largest mines in Taipei, and the Jinguashi copper mine has been mined for nearly 100 years, and later generations produced 579,500 tons of electrolytic copper from 1946 to 1990. Copper is both a currency and a strategic resource in this era.

Heavy artillery made of iron is easy to explode, and both the Jincheng Research Institute and the military are strongly opposed to equipping heavy iron artillery, and the army wants to replace all field artillery with copper products. It is not realistic for field artillery to popularize copper cannons, but heavy artillery of 9 pounds and above can only be made of copper at present.

The army is all counting on the copper mines of Jinguashi. It was also for this reason that the military artillery stocks were looted.

Maiden felt a lot of pressure and couldn't get enough copper, and he had to be sprayed by Holren and them to the point where he couldn't take care of himself.

"Last year so far, 150 tonnes of copper have been produced, worth about 20,000 taels of silver. As with gold mines, increasing production requires more manpower. ”

The copper is basically used for foreign payment, and Taiwan does not have much inventory.

"Is the payment plan in the back tight?"

Maiden shook his head, "No misappropriation of space. ”

Shou ordered to light his pipe, he stood up and took two steps, "Sulfur is not enough, the country needs to see your achievements in Taiwan." Copper can help you get more support from your army. I brought two schooners this time specifically for the Jintai route, and next year you will have to transport at least 100 tons of copper back to China. ”

Maiden was a little helpless, "That can only wait for this year's expedition in Alems to bring me enough immigrants, and I will strive to expand the production capacity of gold melon stone." ”

With the technical conditions of the 17th century, the Jinguashi copper mine could produce up to 3-5,000 tons of blister copper per year, but that required tens of thousands of manpower. It can be used as a reference for the Dongchuan copper mine, which produced an average of more than 3,100 tons of blister copper per year at the peak of the 18th century, and more than 8,000 tons at its peak, and there were hundreds of thousands of people involved in the production of copper mines. Taipei's copper unit does not need so many people, Dongchuan is because the copper mine is located in the deep mountains and old forests, and the transfer consumption is too large. Dongchuan uses charcoal to smelt copper, and each catty of copper requires 10 catties of charcoal, and the annual output consumes an average of 10 square kilometers of forest. Although Taiwan has many forests, it cannot withstand such cutting, and coal can be used as a smelting fuel, so increasing copper production also means increasing Keelung coal mining.

All bottlenecks are conditioned by people. Shou Xiang now finally understands why Taizu of the Red Dynasty regarded population as the primary productive force.

Now we can only wait for the return of the fleet in Allemand.