Chapter 427: Dragon Boat Festival

But the end of the war is always good. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 So when the news came back to the Ming Dynasty, the whole country rejoiced. It also coincides with the Dragon Boat Festival, and the interest of the people is getting higher and higher.

You must know that the Dragon Boat Festival is the first festival that the founders of the Ming Dynasty have had on the Australian mainland. Therefore, this Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most valued festivals in the Ming Dynasty in addition to the Spring Festival. So starting from the week before the Dragon Boat Festival, all parts of Daming began to plan celebrations.

For example, various competitions such as making zongzi and dragon boat rowing are held! The most popular football match is also being held on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Due to the impact of the previous war, the Spring Festival of 1797 was relatively simple. What celebrations, also all canceled. It makes people feel a little boring.

Therefore, in order to compensate, the economic department of Daming issued a series of promotional activities at the request of the cabinet. Many factories are also working overtime to produce goods. Those items that are subject to purchase restrictions have also been relaxed.

Stimulated by this, the consumption enthusiasm of the people of Daming was instantly ignited.

It was also in a state of war that it was suppressed for a long time. So when it erupts at this time, it is out of control.

As the president of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Chong also launched a national tour at this time.

Of course, this is not the same as the southern tour of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. There are no bells and whistles, no extravagant red tape. The whole patrol process is relatively simple. The focus is on the work of local administrative agencies, local economic development, infrastructure construction, and other livelihood conditions that are closely related to the people.

This is also a kind of political line! It reflects the Ming leadership's concept of being close to the people and loving the people.

However, compared to the actual role it can play, the tour is more important than the form. After all, just a few days, it is not possible to have a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the development situation in various places. So only in form, it conveys a gesture. It is good to buy the hearts of the people and promote social development.

In the end, in the state of war, there are varying degrees of material shortages throughout the country. Although it has not reached the point of starving or dying, there are still people who do not have enough to eat.

In the past, the people of the Ming Dynasty didn't have to worry about not having enough to eat. Therefore, the attitude of the people towards the government is more or less negative. Criticisms such as reckless militarism are often found in the newspapers.

This has resonated with many people in the Ming Dynasty.

After all, 'food is the sky'! This lack of food is indeed easy to arouse the dissatisfaction of the people.

So in order to resolve the food crisis, Daming had to buy grain from neighboring countries. There are those who spend money to buy, and there are those who use force to buy and sell. For example, the Golden Pirate Regiment is mad, crazy, robbing, and plundering in the East China Sea, that is, it has received orders from the Ming Dynasty.

As a major grain producer, the Qing State also sold a lot of grain to the Ming Dynasty through smuggling. As a result, in the territory of the Qing Dynasty, there was a dilemma of soaring grain prices. The 'Huguang region' and the 'Suzhou-Hangzhou region', which have always been rich in grain, are also in short supply.

This also prompted more poor people to join the White Lotus Sect and strengthen the ranks of the uprising.

At the same time, internally, Daming has also introduced a series of purchase restriction policies. For example, food stamps are issued to achieve the purpose of food control.

In addition, there are also commercial tickets for various daily necessities such as fuel tickets, meat tickets, cloth tickets, and shoe tickets. There are restrictions in all aspects of basic society.

Let many people in the Ming Dynasty really feel that the quality of life has regressed significantly.

Good thing it's only been for a while!

With the success of the First World War in Nanyang, the war readiness of the Ming Dynasty also slowly ended. Many commodities and materials are gradually being supplied to the domestic market. What cloth stamps and shoe stamps have been abolished to varying degrees.

However, the commercial tickets related to food are still in circulation!

After all, food is to be grown, and it takes not only manpower, but also time. Therefore, in a short period of time, the food gap is not so easy to fill.

To this end, Daming has also formulated a strengthened version of the 'big granary' plan.

This is a more detailed extension of the previous development plan of the 'Great Development of the East'. However, the focus is on cropping and animal husbandry. For example, the three places directly under the central government, southern province, and Xinhua province belong to the rotation area of planting and animal husbandry.

The 'Great Granary' plan requires these provinces to double the area of land planted in 96 years. Rice and wheat yields are at least twice as high. The number of cattle and sheep will also increase by one to two times compared with last year.

After all, the shortage of meat is not conducive to the improvement of the physical fitness of the people of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, all of them were yellow and thin, which affected the level of conscription.

It's just that this plan, the demand for the population, is great.

So in the following days, these three provinces became the focus of immigration. Many Han people from the Qing Kingdom were given priority to be resettled.

In addition, combined with the climatic advantages of the islands in the South Seas, Java and Timor are also included. However, the island of Java belongs to the overseas territory of the South Seas, while the island of Timor is a separate administrative province. Institutionally, it may affect the 'big granary' plan.

Therefore, after discussion, the leadership of the Ming Dynasty decided to separate the island of Java from the overseas territory of Nanyang. The province of Java was then established, and the province was Batavia. However, for the sake of sinicization, the Ming Dynasty changed the name of 'Batavia' to 'Coconut City'.

Hundreds of years ago, Batavia was already a famous seaport for the export of pepper and spices, and was called Sunda Kelapa, which means "land of coconut groves", or "the world of coconut groves".

In 1527, the Indonesian people led the Indonesian people to defeat the Portuguese colonists' fleet and regain Sunda Garabe, which was renamed Jakarta, which means "City of Victory" and "Fortress of Glory", from which the name of Jakarta evolved.

Now the Ming Dynasty takes its Chinese translation, which is also to clarify the Ming Dynasty's rule over Java.

In fact, if there is a single round of climate, Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and other places are also in line with the 'big granary' plan. However, when taking into account factors such as the security situation, geographical location, and immigration conditions, only Java and Ansi provinces meet the requirements.

First, these two places have generally developed steadily. Second, it is located within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the security situation is favorable. Third, the history of land development is relatively early, which is suitable for farming.

As a result, Java and Ansi provinces have ushered in a high tide of development.

The original central city of Nanyang Overseas Territory was officially transferred to Johor Bahru. Because before the outbreak of the Mingying War, Nanfeng took the upper administrative staff of the Nanyang Overseas Territory and moved to Johor Bahru. Therefore, the removal of Java Island this time will have little impact on the overseas territory of Nanyang.

Nowadays, except for some administrative departments that are not very important, they are still moving. Others, as early as Johor Bahru, started working. And thanks to the inclusion of Borneo and the Philippines, the territory of Nanyang's overseas territory has not increased but decreased.