After Zhou Zhong received the war report from Chang Xiao, he nodded with satisfaction after reading it, originally he just wanted to bury a nail between the Japanese and North Korea, so as to affect the internal affairs of the two countries in the future, but he didn't expect Chang Xiao to do so well, not only destroyed the Japanese on Tsushima Island, but also occupied a place on Jeju Island, this time he has begun to ask him to relocate some people in the war report, after all, Tsushima Island is empty, and the Koreans in Seongsanpo have also been driven away by him, if he can move some people to the island, In order to better rule there.

Zhou Zhong was very satisfied with Chang Xiao's actions in the Tsushima Strait, but for his request to relocate the population, Zhou Zhong thought about it and still did not agree, after all, the Tsushima Strait is really far away from the Ming Dynasty, and North Korea is just that, and they dare not do anything to the people who migrate, but the Japanese country is now in turmoil, in case a Japanese people run out, if Chang Xiao is not well protected, it will only bring unnecessary casualties, so before the safety can not be guaranteed, Zhou Zhong feels that it is still only stationed on Jeju Island and Tsushima Island, We will talk about the relocation of the people later.

Zhou Zhong personally wrote a reply to Chang Taka, telling him to stay in the Tsushima Strait next, and also to contact Ashikaga Kazuki of Wakoku, before he led the original Ashikaga Chamber of Commerce back to Wakoku, and now he is building a port at the eastern end of Kyushu Island, that is, Nagasaki and Sasebo in the later generations, and the ships that Zhou Zhong sent to Wa to trade are also handed over to Ashikaga Kazuki there, if Chang Takashi has any difficulties, such as needing grain and grass, etc., he can go directly to Ashikaga Kazuki.

The matter on the North Korean side came to an end temporarily, and Zhou Chong's family finally returned to peace, and the engagement of Bang'er followed Zhou Chong's investigation of the man. finally made Aunt Wang change her mind. For the time being, I won't mention the matter of marrying the bracelet out of the gang. Jinxuan and Lingyun are also at home to raise the fetus with peace of mind, secretly competing to see who can give birth to the eldest son, Mengwan's gentleness also makes Zhou Zhong like it very much, usually after being busy with official business, she will tease her daughter, life is endless, everything seems very beautiful.

However, Zhou Chong's good days were soon interrupted by an incident, before he gave Zhengde a lecture and asked him to list Taiwan as a trial area for sweet potatoes. This excerpt has been approved by Zhengde, and a lot of sweet potato seedlings have been sent, which have now been shipped to Taiwan, Zhou Zhong is a little uneasy about this, after all, those victims have not planted sweet potatoes, so he decided to inspect it himself.

It is precisely because of this that a few days later, Zhou Zhong said goodbye to Jinxuan and Lingyun again, and only took Mengwan to Taiwan by boat, this time not a war. Therefore, Zhou Zhong naturally has people around him to serve, and both Jinxuan and Lingyun are pregnant. Naturally, I could only go with Mengwan.

A few days later, on the deck of the wide Nanyang, Zhou Zhong stood on the bow of the ship and looked at the island of Taiwan in the distance, for this treasure island, he from later generations can be said to be very familiar with this place, but unfortunately there is no prosperity here now, there are just one primeval forest after another.

Zhou Chong's ship did not stop at the northern tip of Taiwan, but went directly to the Tainan area, where the climate is hot, and the land is flat, and there were people from the mainland who arrived here through the Penghu Islands to settle down in the past, which is the earliest area to be developed on the island of Taiwan, so most of the people who migrated here were also resettled here.

Taiwan has been cut into a separate government, there are several counties under the government, with the current Tainan County is the most prosperous, about half of the island's population is here, so the seat of Taiwan is naturally also in Tainan County, when Zhou Chong's ship came here, he saw many officials standing on the port, waiting to welcome his arrival.

"Your Excellency greets the Governor!" When Zhou Chong's boat docked, and as soon as he stepped off the boat, he saw Lu Songnian, the prefect of Taiwan, immediately stepped forward and saluted. This Lu Songnian is in his forties this year, black and thin, he used to be a magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture, and he was also a student of Zhou Chong's father-in-law Wang Lun, very talented, especially very proficient in agricultural and mulberry affairs, so he was recommended by Wang Lun, and was transferred to Taiwan by the imperial court as a prefect.

"Governor Lu doesn't have to be polite, the last time Jiayue sent a letter to ask about the official, I don't know if he, a student, can take on the important task of governing the government, but the official praised you well!" Zhou Chong smiled loudly and said loudly, and he also explained his relationship with Lu Songnian clearly, which made those officials on the dock shocked when they heard it, and there was a little more awe in their eyes when they looked at Lu Songnian.

Feeling the change in the gaze of those officials behind him, Lu Songnian showed a grateful smile to Zhou Chong, and Zhou Chong smiled, before he heard that Lu Songnian, the prefect, was not easy to do, after all, Taiwan is poor and white, and his officials are not very convinced of him, which makes the decree not very accessible, so Zhou Chong got off the boat and found out the relationship between himself and Lu Songnian, as long as those officials are not stupid, they will understand that Lu Songnian has a tough backer, and they can't afford to mess with them.

Lu Songnian is also a good person, and he is grateful to Zhou Zhong for such a big help, and he is also grateful for his name, and he enthusiastically helped Zhou Chong introduce the officials of the Taiwan government behind him, and then came to Tainan County.

Although Tainan County concentrates more than half of the population of Taiwan, the total population of all of them is only 1670,000, and most of these people are distributed in the countryside of various places, and every household is busy clearing wasteland, but the population of the county town is only 10,000 or 20,000, most of them are some businessmen who have come from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to sell furniture, cloth and other supplies, and also buy some local specialties from Taiwan.

Zhou Zhong and Lu Songnian and other officials came to the so-called Tainan county seat together, but they didn't know the road, they were startled when they saw it, this county town was really shabby, the city wall was just made of some stones into a one-person high stone wall, children could turn over, there was no defensive ability at all, and the city gate was even more of a joke, just a wooden shelf, with a wooden sign saying "Tainan County" hanging on it, without any majesty of the county seat.

Lu Songnian saw Zhou Zhong looking at the city gate and city wall of Tainan County, and said a little embarrassed at the moment: "Your Excellency Governor Qiqi, because Tainan County is newly established, and all the people who have moved here are disaster victims who have nothing, for these disaster victims, the most important thing is to reclaim the land, so the lower officials did not recruit people to repair the county seat, and everything here is still built by the Han people who moved to Taiwan before!" ”

Zhou Zhong nodded when he heard this: "Governor Lu has done a good job, it doesn't matter if the county town is repaired or not, the most important thing for you now is to let those migrated victims have enough to eat, and this migration of the victims is only the first batch, you also know the situation in the country, major disasters and small disasters continue, as long as you settle the victims this time, when there are disaster victims in the country in the future, they will also migrate to Taiwan, I believe that in a few years, Taiwan will become a paradise on earth!" ”

Zhou Chong's words naturally attracted the praise of Lu Songnian and others, and then Zhou Chong entered the county, and found that although the outside of the county was simple, the inside was well planned, rows of wooden houses stood on both sides of the street, and there were all kinds of signboards and goods hanging in front of the door.

Looking at these newly built wooden houses, as well as the pedestrians who came and went on the street to buy supplies, I couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. According to Lu Songnian, most of those who bought things were victims who had just moved in, and I saw that they were carrying all kinds of items, most of which were all kinds of prey or fur, which they accidentally found when they opened up the wasteland, and took them to the city to exchange some supplies with the shopkeeper, although the trading methods were very primitive, but there was no way to do it, after all, those victims had no money in their hands.

Passing through the short street of Tainan County, Zhou Chong soon came to the Taiwan Mansion, like the city gate, the Mansion is also very shabby, and the shops on both sides of the street are the same, are wooden houses, and the yard is surrounded by a wooden fence as a fence, Lu Danian has vacated the best rooms in the backyard of the Mansion as Zhou Chong's residence in Tainan, but Zhou Chong took a look at the environment here, and saw that Lu Danian's family was crowded into two small cabins, and immediately rejected his kindness, ready to live on the boat in the next few days, After all, compared to the humble conditions here, the cabins on the ship are much better than here.

According to the rules of officialdom, Zhou Chong came to inspect below, and Lu Songnian and these officials naturally wanted to prepare a reception banquet for him, but there were no decent restaurants in the entire Tainan County, and Zhou Chong didn't like the atmosphere of the reception banquet, so he asked Lu Songnian to keep everything simple, and prepared some wine and food in the mansion casually, and then called a few officials in charge, and everyone talked while eating, Zhou Chong mainly wanted to understand the current living conditions of some of the disaster victims.

According to Lu Songnian, the more than 300,000 disaster victims who had previously migrated to Taiwan have been resettled, and in addition to Tainan County, where nearly half of the victims have been resettled, the other 100,000 people have been resettled in several other counties, but because the number is limited, it is not so much a county as a Han settlement, and in order to guard against the attack of the natives on the island, these counties have also arranged some garrisons.

In addition, the food of these 300,000 people is a big problem, although Zhou Zhong has bought a lot of food from Linyi, Annan and other places, but it is still tight, each person gets very little rations, not enough to eat but not to die of hunger, fortunately Taiwan Island is rich in products, there are many edible animals and plants in the forest, this also solves the problem of rations for many people, and even can exchange some animal skins for daily necessities, which Zhou Zhong has seen on the street.

After a general understanding of the current situation in Taiwan, Zhou Zhong asked him about the main task of his trip, that is, the cultivation of sweet potatoes, but when he talked about this problem, Lu Songnian and others showed a little embarrassment on their faces. (To be continued......)