Shi Qingyang heard the conversation between Zhu Daolin and Sun Siqi, moved half a step sideways, leaned over and said: "There are still 20,000 ordinary people who are unwilling to leave and must be driven away as soon as possible, and there must be no hidden dangers." ”

After a night of consideration, Zhu Daolin had already overturned the repatriation plan he had drawn up before: "Half of the remaining nearly 20,000 civilians will be left, and the other half will be sent to the Hsinchu area that has settled down as soon as possible, and then 20,000 Liaodong immigrants who are being reclaimed from Hsinchu will be brought in to enrich the place." ”

"The Wannian (Kaohsiung) area in the south should also be treated in this way, otherwise hundreds of thousands of acres of crops will lose their harvest because no one takes care of them, which is enough for more than 100,000 people to eat life-saving food for half a year!"

"When I go back, I will order the Qingdao base and the naval transport fleet to step up their actions as soon as possible to send a steady stream of homeless civilians from Shandong, Huaibei and other places, at least 200,000 people within six months."

Sun Siqi was determined: "Great! This is what the subordinates are most worried about, as long as the population of Anping and Wannian is increased to 200,000 within half a year, the entire treasure island will quickly stabilize, and no one will be able to touch this place again. ”

Zhu Daolin turned to Sun Siqi and solemnly advised: "Old Sun, the burden on your shoulders is very heavy, the first division of Lao Shi will be withdrawn to the Jiangnan region in half a year, otherwise it will not be able to deter those powerful families who are ready to move, so the safety of the two hundred miles radius depends on you." ”

"Although the navy will leave behind a detachment of five warships and a dozen small clippers after the end of the war, the greatest difficulty does not come from the sea, but on land, how to quickly take root, how to deal with the raw and mature natives in the mountains to the west, how to assist the civilian officials to establish a solid administrative yamen and village and town offices, all depend on you and the officers and men of the 3rd Marine Division."

Sun Siqi immediately puffed up his chest: "General, please rest assured, as long as there is still one breath left in his subordinates, he will not let chaos happen in the Anping area." No enemy will ever want to take a half-step step into peace! ”

Zhu Daolin patted Sun Siqi on the shoulder and said with encouragement: "I believe in you, after the war is over, the order to promote you to colonel will be issued and notified to the whole army, and the Yingzhou Mansion and Tamsui departments that are being built will fully support you, and this fortress will officially become the barracks and garrison of the Third Marine Division." ”

"Within half a month. I will send you 3,000 tons of cement and 2,000 tons of construction steel, and you and more than 7,000 brothers will do the rest. ”

Sun Siqi was overjoyed when he heard this: "General Xie! The subordinates will not disappoint the high expectations of the general! ”

At noon, the good news of the Yingzhou Army finally came.

Yang Dading led the 1st Division of the Yingzhou Army to successfully occupy Wannian Port yesterday evening, capturing more than 100 Dutch defenders almost without encountering decent resistance, completely occupying the Wannian area within a radius of 20 miles, and launching a carpet search for seven surrounding villages, capturing more than 300 Dutch soldiers and civilians and the first batch of Fujian civilians6. More than 000 people have arrived at Anping Port with 8 armed merchant ships.

After a little consideration, Zhu Daolin sent a letter to Yang Dading, and then ordered the captured Dutch and more than 6,000 civilians from Fujian Province to be sent to the port of Tamsui immediately, where they went to the wharf to discuss with the commander-in-chief, Simeno, to determine the strategy, and did not return to Anping until the fleet sailed north, and held talks with a dozen elders and representatives elected by tens of thousands of local people. In the end, he agreed to the request of more than a dozen weeping deputies to stay, plus the policy of 10 percent per year after three years of tax exemption. Successfully exchanged the allegiance of 20,000 Fujian immigrants.

Five days later, in the early hours of the morning, Zhu Daolin, who had been away for a few days, returned to Anping City again, summoned his generals Shi Qingyang and Sun Siqi overnight to talk about dawn, and followed the last group of 3,000 civilians from Fujian Province who had moved to Tamsui north to Tamsui at 10 o'clock in the morning.

After sending off the fleet, Sun Siqi, Shi Qingyang, and more than a dozen civil and military officials immediately gathered thousands of people to rush to the small fishing port five miles south of the port to send the Tianshu Pavilion 3. 000 tons of cement and 2,000 tons of steel were transported back to Anping City, and the construction of roads and bridges in Anping Port and Anping County began according to Zhu Daolin's plan.

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In the sixth year of Chongzhen, December. Beginning 10.

More than 26,000 Shandong migrants from 8,000 households from Qingdao arrived at the newly renovated Anping Port and were immediately sent to settle in the surrounding nine villages and towns by the officials and soldiers of the garrison of Anping County.

Within three days, all the immigrants received the land deeds, land deeds and free grain and farm tools distributed by the government, and every ten families owned a ploughing ox and two carriages.

The Anping area, which has a thin population, has gradually stabilized and is full of vitality.

The 1,000-man reclamation teams, with the officers and men of the two Marine Divisions as the main force, have begun the construction of land reclamation and water conservancy projects in full swing, and the 30,000 soldiers and civilians will complete the important task of building 300,000 mu of paddy fields, 200,000 mu of sugarcane plantation, and three new villages before the beginning of spring.

Although the 9,000 Fujian people who were allowed to stay and received the same land deeds and land deeds were quite disappointed, they did not cause chaos because they were scattered and resettled in different villages and towns.

However, with the continuous arrival of immigrants from the north of the Ming Dynasty, Fujian immigrants from Anping and Wannian counties inevitably became a "minority".

Fortunately, the Anping County Government continued to issue decrees and posted notices, announcing that the people of all ethnic groups would be treated equally, that free schools and dock workers would be recruited, and that at the same time, the Dutch would abolish the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed by the Dutch for many years, and uniformly reduce the transaction tax and local product tax to 10 percent, which greatly eased the tension and resistance of ethnic minorities and effectively promoted the ethnic integration and economic revitalization of the entire southern part of the island.

The Third Marine Division of the Ming Dynasty, stationed at Anping Castle, successively issued recruitment orders, giving great preferential treatment to the first two indigenous tribes, recruiting 70 indigenous young men into the army at a time, and holding a grand enlistment ceremony.

At a grand ceremony where tens of thousands of people of all ethnic groups gathered, Sun Siqi, commander of the Third Division, and Rear Admiral Shi Qingyang, who wore the rank of colonel, not only personally hung big red flowers for 70 indigenous recruits, but also generously rewarded the two pro-army tribes with 20 flintlock muskets and a large amount of ammunition, causing a shock in the entire southern part of the island.

The originally hostile indigenous tribes abandoned hostilities and hesitated to watch, and tribal leaders, who had long been willing to submit, rushed to the newly established Anping County Government to seek cooperation and ask for preferential treatment.

The rapid changes in Yingzhou Island shocked the Zheng family.

Zheng Cai, the general of the Zheng family who stayed in Fujian, urgently reported to Zheng Zhilong, the head of the family who was fighting in front, and rushed to the yamen of Fuzhou to seek support.

Zheng Zhilong, who led a huge fleet to annihilate his old opponent Liu Xiang, immediately stopped his advance after receiving the urgent report, reluctantly gave up the strong advantage of completely annihilating the remnants of the opponent to dominate the two sea areas, and led the fleet to urgently return to Quanzhou, the old nest. (To be continued.) )