- In order not to be crushed by a huge sense of guilt in her heart, she numbs herself with crazy work. Just a few days after he finished dealing with the SI affairs, he began his research in Luzon. He didn't want to look at any official data, he just wanted to see for himself what the living conditions of the Chinese in Luzon were and what the prospects for development were. In the end, can Luzon be incorporated into Wanghua and truly become a part of China. Therefore, he refused to be accompanied by Shen Jing and Zheng Ruozeng, and only hired a few native Chinese guides. If it weren't for the fear of being attacked by the natives, he wouldn't even have taken the guards with him.

The winter in Nanyang is also very warm, and the wind blows through the car window, and it doesn't feel cold at all. As far as the eye can see, there is a lush rainforest, and the unnamed tropical plants and flowers are retreating from the side of the car, left far behind. The mood that had been suppressed for months finally felt a little lighter at this time.

This was his first time in this hot land, and although many people had heard about it before, he would only experience the magic of it when he came to see it in person...... Everywhere he drove by, he found that beyond the scattered plantations, there were vast expanses of land still in a primitive state, as far as the eye could see, as if they could never be developed. And even in the deep winter, it is still lush, rich in water and fertile soil, which is mouth-watering.

Chen Laoshuan, who was his guide, was an old immigrant who had been in Luzon for more than 40 years, and now that he was old and his life was better, his children let him enjoy Qingfu at home, but the old man's body was still strong, and he was very quiet, and when he heard that a big official from the mainland wanted to find a guide, he ignored the opposition of his family and signed up. Shen Mo also especially needs such an old man who has experienced historical changes and has a lot of knowledge to outline it, and after a brief conversation, he happily made a decision and used this old man.

When he saw Shen Mo staring at the land outside the window, Chen Laozhuan who came out of the barren mountains of Fujian smiled understandingly. He remembered that the first time he saw the fertile land here, his eyes were about to pop out. He was a little overwhelmed, and he really couldn't understand why no one cultivated this boundless fertile land. What a pity!

When they were in China, the peasants worked hard all their lives, but in the end they could not get a piece of land that really belonged to them, and there were heavy taxes, which forced people to have no way to live. And what happened to the land here? Is it really that cheap, so worthless? Is it because the peasants here are unwilling to farm, or is it because the government in Nanyang does not allow the peasants to exploit it? Chen Laozhuan, who had just arrived in Luzon, was full of doubts...... Oh no, he wasn't an old bolt at the time, and people called him Chen Dashuo.

But no matter what, at that moment, as a farmer, Chen Dazhuan was extremely moved, no less than the excitement when the title of the book's gold list was titled! With the simplicity and shrewdness of a peasant, he thought to himself how good it would be if he could develop it and then plant rice, or some mulberry trees, or tobacco, and so on, and in a few years he would become a big landowner and a big manor owner.

When he returned home, he told his wife the excitement and told him that he was not going to live on the docks anymore...... The reason why he and his family were able to come to Luzon before the official was because of the blessing of the Age of Discovery. Forty years ago, the route from Quanzhou to the Americas was opened, with huge ships departing from Quanzhou and sailing to the port of Manila in Luzon, where they would recuperate before entering the desperate route to the Americas.

At that time, there was a lot of trouble in Fujian, and the government wantonly sent more to the rich in order to recruit soldiers, and the rich families passed it on, and finally forced Chen Dazhuan's family to bankruptcy, seeing that the family had no permanent property and his wife and children were waiting to be fed. He was ruthless, sold three thatched huts for two taels of silver, and gave filial piety to the fellow villagers who walked the ship, and got a place to stay in the warehouse of the sea ship. He no longer wants to remember the experience at sea, because his daughter died on the way and his son nearly lost his life.

After arriving in Luzon, Chen Dazhuan supported his wife and children on the wharf, but this kind of work was hard and tiring and could not earn money. He was also moved, and ran out of the city to see that there were indeed plantations, but there were also large swaths of wasteland that were uncultivated. When I went back, I decided that I would no longer carry bags for others, and I would take the whole family to camp outside the city and open up the wasteland.

At first, his wife was worried that after all, this was the land of Luzon, so a foreigner could open up the wasteland at will? But Chen Dazhuan has fallen into his landlord's dream, what's not to do, anyway, it's also deserted there, isn't it different from the wild grass if you don't open up the wasteland?

Having said that, he actually didn't count at all in his heart, thinking that maybe his wife was right, if Luzon agreed to let people develop it at will, how could it be possible to let so much fertile land be abandoned in that long wild grass for a long time, and it would not be robbed of it too soon?

He later learned that their worries were unwarranted. Because of the vast land and very sparse population of Luzon, compared with the country, both economically and culturally, it is still very backward and still in a primitive state.

I saw that the Han people continued to expand the planting area and produce more and more grain, tobacco, raw silk and cotton through land reclamation...... These precious agricultural products can be sold at a good price in Manila's ports...... After acquiring more and more wealth, the king of Luzon also tried his best to force his people to cultivate the land, but the tropical rainforest brought enough food here, and the local natives did not have to work every day, but only picked in the mountains and forests. Therefore, the natives can't understand why the Han people are so masochistic, they obviously have food and drink, why do they have to open up the wasteland and farm without white and black, how can they lie in the shade and sleep comfortably?

Helpless against his own people, the king of Luzon had no choice but to stipulate that anyone could get the land of Luzon free of charge, and develop the land on his own, of course, paying a certain amount of taxes every year. After learning the news, Chen Dazhuan not only did not worry about paying taxes, but was ecstatic, because collecting taxes means legally owning land!

For the peasants who regard the land as their life, the land is the foundation and life of the peasants, and as long as the peasants have the land, they will have everything! Chen Daxuan never expected that he lost his land when he was at home and had to leave his hometown, but now he can get the land back, and he can have as much as he wants, but he is afraid that he will not be able to plant it.

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However, the life of a pioneer is always with blood and tears. The hard work of opening up the land will not go away, and it will also face the harassment and threat of the local aborigines. For those natives, everything that grows on the earth and grows under the sky is their source of food, and the crops and fruits grown by the Han people are obviously many times more delicious than the wild ones.

Therefore, when Chen Dazhuan's family finally had golden ears and fruitful branches in the field after hard work, those monkey-like natives with dark skin, short stature, and no clothes came out of nowhere, swaggered to the field, and picked and harvested unceremoniously.

In Chen Dashuo's eyes, this is the bandit behavior of Chiluoluo, but the natives are numerous, and there are knives and guns in their hands, and the lonely Chen Dashuan family can only watch these robbers plunder most of the production, and then tearfully clean up the mess and gather the rest of the harvest. Life has to go on......

Chen Dazhuan went to the government to complain, but the Luzon State naturally protected the indigenous people of Luzon and would not protect him. In order to confront the shameless indigenous bandits, he joined the 'brotherhood' established by the overseas Chinese, and agreed to help each other and protect their homeland together. However, at that time, the number of overseas Chinese was too small, and the land was too vast, and it was still unable to effectively resist the robbery of the locals.

However, life finally went on, at least better than at home, until the Spanish invasion of Luzon began, in order to raise military funds, the Luzon king Raja Suleiman, declared that all land was owned by the state, and the Chinese wanted to continue farming, they had to pay for ransom, and the amount was extremely high, and many people were desperate.

However, the development of events was unexpected, this incompetent country was actually cleaned up by the red-haired ghosts, and even the king was killed. Then the Spaniards in Manila were not yet hot on their buttocks, and they were driven away by the sailors of the Ming Dynasty.

The rest of the story is like a fairy tale. The motherland's troops have not withdrawn, and Chen Dazhuan was worried that they would not capture him back to China or execute him directly in Luzon. Fortunately, the army announced that they were here to protect overseas Chinese, and all the descendants of Yan and Huang would be protected by them, so Chen Dazhuan was relieved.

Later, I learned that the army that came to Luzon was not an official army, but a security force of the Nanyang Company. Chen Dazhuan was a little worried, this wouldn't be a rebellion, right? But after thinking about it, we have all left Daming, what is the difference between it and rebellion? So he was at ease, and continued to plant his land.

This year, because of the protection of Nanyang Company, he reaped all his fruits for the first time, and since then, Chen Dazhuan has become a loyal fan of Nanyang Company, and it is no problem to rebel......

In the following year, Luzon Xuanwei established the Imperial Palace, and the imperial court sent officials to rule here, which made Chen Dazhuan nervous for a while. However, the Xuanwei Division quickly dispelled his doubts, and the first thing after the opening of the government was to establish household registration for all Chinese. Later, the Xuanwei envoy was changed to the commander of the embassy, and Chen Dazhuan didn't know how to change it and what kind of famous hall he was doing. But what he knew very well was that since then, the Han people have turned against the guest and become the masters of the land.

The local natives were faced with two paths: either they went to work on Chinese plantations, and they learned the Chinese language and Han customs, abandoning their original language and customs. Either go to the uninhabited islands and not be allowed to appear on the main island of Luzon. For those things that did not change, the Nanyang Company and the Governor's Office of Luzon had no mercy to speak of, and always used muskets to show their attitude.

The new immigrants always don't understand such a cruel ethnic policy, but Chen Dazhuan will always remind them loudly that if they are not of our race, their hearts will be different, and those natives will not be able to live in peace with us!

In any case, Chen Dazhuo's happy life has arrived, he no longer needs to worry about what to plant this year, after the harvest of the previous year, Nanyang Company's orders will be delivered to his hands, he only needs to follow the guidance, grow crops that meet the standards, Nanyang Company will directly go to the ground to buy, and always pay for the goods, never in arrears.

What is even more fantastic is that the Governor's Palace stipulates that every family has 2,000 acres of tax-exempt land, that is, cultivated land within 2,000 acres is completely tax-free. In Chen Dazhuo's opinion at that time, he would never have to pay taxes, how could his family plant 2,000 acres of land?

But this year, Nanyang Company's order made it difficult for him, asking for 200 tons of tobacco leaves...... Ton is the weight unit of Nanyang Company, one ton is equal to 2,000 catties, and 200 tons is 400,000 catties!

Chen Lao Bolt had no choice but to take it. The manager of Nanyang Company asked, why can't he take it.

Chen Laozhuan, 400,000 catties of tobacco, has to plant 2,000 acres of land, and there are only eight people in my family, which one gets so much land?

"Could it be that the big landlords in our hometowns all farm their own land?" The manager laughed.

"The landlord does it himself, and the big landlord uses people to do it, of course I know." Chen Laozhuan said depressedly: "If this is in Fujian, don't have 2,000 acres of land, it is 20,000 acres, and I can find someone to plant it." But this is Luzon, there are few people in the land, and every family is too busy to come to their own land, who will give me a long-term job? ”

"Aren't there natives?" Handling Road.

"Those South Sea monkeys!" Chen Laozhuan had had enough of the hardships of the natives, and his head shook like a rattle when he heard the words: "Stupid, lazy, greedy and fierce, I dare to hire them, it's not angry enough!" ”

"It's really hard to be an old brother, it's too honest." The manager laughed and said, "If they are disobedient, can they hire an overseer?" ”

"Overseer?" Chen Laoshuan's eyes widened.

"Well, keep an eye on them, if you don't work hard, you won't have anything to eat, see who of them dares to be lazy." The manager said: "You can find it yourself, or you can hire it from our company." I suggest hiring from our company, our supervisors are very professional, get 200 natives, only need ten overseers, and ensure that they can't run away, and they can't rebel, so they can only work honestly. If you look for it from outside, you have to hire twenty. ”

"Since there are such good conditions?" Chen Laozhuan was a little unconvinced: "Why do you still want to be an overseer? How nice it is to be directly with the landlord. ”

"Hehe, think those overseers are our compatriots?" The manager smiled: "It's wrong, our company recruited and trained from Annan, they can't do anything else, being a supervisor is a good hand, definitely better than our own people." ”

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