Although it is necessary to train recruits for Zhang Gongwei, Marquis of Longping, Zhao Zhilong, Bo of Xincheng, and Xu Hongji, Duke of Wei, these three parts actually only account for one-third of the total number of recruits, and the best two-thirds of the soldiers will eventually be Zhu Daolin's descendants, but outsiders don't know all this at all.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was noncommittal, and continued to stare at Zhu Daolin and asked, "How many victims did Aiqing transport from Baoshan Port to overseas?" ”

Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun felt cold in their hearts, extremely worried, and Zhao Huaizhong, who was kneeling at the door of the imperial study, began to tremble slightly.

Zhu Daolin replied calmly: "From the seventh day of the seventh month of July to the time when the minister left Baoshan and went north, a total of 18,573 people were transported to Taiwan's Tamsui Port, a total of 18,573 people, of which about 6,500 were young and strong laborers, about 12,000 were old and weak, women and children, and unfortunately died of illness during the sea voyage, as well as the victims who were bitten to death by snakes and scorpions and died in various accidents during the period of land reclamation and construction of Tamsui Port in Taiwan, the total number of people is 1,418!" ”

"Half a month ago, all the victims who moved to Taiwan basically built their own wooden houses, each family had enough food for half a year, distributed various tools and farm tools, reclaimed 40,000 acres of fertile land, and built a 30-mile-long irrigation canal and a 2-mile-long simple wharf."

"Before the beginning of spring next year, the wharf will be completed, and the cultivated fields will reach 400,000 mu, and from next month, these victims will not only reclaim the land, but also cut down the precious timber that can not be seen at a glance, mine the sulfur that is piled up in the open like a hill, and catch seafood to make seafood, so that each household will receive no less than 10 taels of silver per month."

"Half a year later, these victims will follow the principle of voluntary association, and use the money they have earned to set up their own lumber mills, brick and tile factories, lime kilns, quarries, salt works, sulfur mines, coal factories, seafood processing plants, and so on."

"Therefore, I implore the emperor to include Taiwan in my Ming territory as soon as possible. Select competent civil and military officials as soon as possible and send them to the rich Taiwan to exercise power, and the ministers can also wash away their injustices as soon as possible! ”

At this time, not only Emperor Chongzhen was stunned, but even Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun and Zhao Huaizhong, who was kneeling at the door, were also stunned.

After a short silence, Emperor Chongzhen stood up with excitement on his face, and walked a few steps around the huge dragon case to Zhu Daolin. Stretched out his hands to help Zhu Daolin, who was smiling with a smile on his face, up: "Aiqing, let's be flat......"

"Emperor Xie!"

Zhu Daolin took the emperor's cold hand and slowly stood up, let go of his hand, took a step back, and bent down again to salute.

Emperor Chongzhen sighed: "Aiqing, I know that you personally led the first batch of victims to move to Dongyi...... Well, that's what you said about Taiwan, but I never knew that the wild land full of snakes and scorpions in the history books of the past dynasties had so many precious forests and treasures such as sulfur, sea salt and so on. ”

"Earlier this day, there were ministers who criticized what you did, and the most minor crime was to work the people and lose money, causing thousands of victims who did not want to leave their homeland to die, and now I have listened to Aiqing's words. I realized that those attacks were so wrong that even I couldn't get rid of them. ”

"The bursting of the Yellow River caused the displacement of millions of victims, flocking south, and the officials in Jiangbei and Jiangnan did nothing, but Aiqing and Ziyangguan saved the lives of more than 700,000 victims, which is not only a worry, but also a heavy burden for the imperial court, but also an unprecedented supreme merit!"

Zhu Daolin finally discovered the shrewd and wise side of the young emperor. Moved, his attitude became more and more respectful: "The minister represents the master and Daomen colleagues of Ziyang Temple. Thank you for the emperor's encouragement and encouragement! As long as there is still ability, the minister and the entire Shangqing faction will persist without hesitation. ”

"Good, good! Come on...... Aiqing, tell me about Dongyi, what is the place across the sea from Fujian and Zhejiang? "Emperor Chongzhen came to the spirit.

Zhu Daolin thought for a while: "Your Majesty, the minister sent the emperor a pair of "Territory Map of the Ming Empire" printed by the Overseas Tianshu Pavilion this time. There is Taiwan on it...... There are detailed drawings of Dongyi and records of mountains, rivers and plains, and although the minister has not seen Matteo Ricci's map of all countries, the minister believes that the map printed by the Tianshu Pavilion is more accurate. ”

Emperor Chongzhen was excited, and immediately looked at Zhao Huaizhong, who was kneeling at the door holding a wooden box and a leather cylinder:

"Zhao Huaizhong. Bring the map...... Why is this leather tube so long? Is the map huge? Wang Chengen and Lao Cao were stunned, and went over to help together......"

The young Emperor Chongzhen saw that the map was so huge, and it was painted with novel and unique light red, light blue, light yellow and dark blue, clearly marking the various political envoys on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and was so excited that he hurried back to the dragon case, picked up a crane-shaped candlestick made of copper and returned to the huge map, and ordered several eunuchs to put it down carefully and spread it directly on the carpet.

Zhu Daolin had the opportunity to carefully look at the layout of the entire imperial study, and found that the emperor was indeed very economical, the exquisite carved patterns of the beams and pillars and window lattices were outdated, and a few simple curtains hung down in front of the door and sandpaper pasted windows, and the whole space had no other decorative embellishments except for the dragon case, the dragon chair, a low cabinet and a few practical ornaments cast in bronze.

To Zhu Daolin's surprise, a middle-aged eunuch wearing a seven-grade official uniform stood quietly and silently in the dark inside, holding a book in one hand and a pen in the other, constantly recording, his thin face was clean and expressionless, Zhu Daolin thought for a long time, and realized that this person may be the legendary historian who recorded the emperor's words and deeds.

After the sound of squirming, there were bursts of gasping and rapid breathing in the imperial study, Zhu Daolin nodded to the historian who looked over, and quietly walked to the side of the emperor who handed the candlestick to Cao Huachun, Wang Chengen's voice sounded in time: "Holy Lord, the light is not bright enough to see clearly!" How many more candles do you want to light again? ”

"Good! A few more, a few more people, each holding a candlestick and standing in the four corners, this map is too big, the light is not enough to see clearly! ”

The excited Emperor Chongzhen didn't save at this time, so he squatted down after speaking, looked at it for a moment and asked excitedly:

"Zhu Aiqing, the large dark blue on the right side of the map surrounds the edge of my Ming Dynasty's curved land, I'm afraid it represents the blue sea, right?"

Zhu Daolin hurriedly came to the right side of Emperor Chongzhen and squatted: "That's right, it's the sea!" Your Majesty, please see, this big green island is Taiwan...... Also known as Dongyi, this central mountain range stretching from north to south occupies most of the land, and several small mountain ranges on the side have been named. ”

"When the candlestick is brought over, the emperor will be able to clearly see the shape of the mountains and the terraces, plains, rivers and harbors, because the Tianshu Pavilion is thousands of miles away on the sea, the place names they marked are slightly different from the actual situation of my Ming Dynasty, but the difference is not big."

"It's very rare to be able to do this with such precision, and it's reasonable to have a little difference, it's nothing."

Emperor Chongzhen was still staring at the huge map in front of him, his expression extremely focused, and his pale face flushed. (To be continued.) )