The development of the Northeast region is in full swing. The development of Taiwan has entered a climactic stage, and the navy has landed in all parts of Taiwan's coastal areas in the fourth year of the Apocalypse.

The coastal plains of the northern, western, southern and eastern regions of Taiwan are full of settlements established by the navy, and the Royal Agricultural Company encloses a large amount of land on the island.

A large number of workers and immigrant families recruited from the Jiangnan area and the Fujian region are building royal farms under the organization of the Royal Agricultural Company.

At the beginning of spring, rice seedlings have already been planted in the farms that have been built. At the same time, the sugarcane has also grown young seedlings, and the roots of these sugarcane are still buried in the soil after harvesting last year, and they do not need to be replanted, and they can grow vigorously this year.

In the process of reclaiming Taiwan, Royal Capital recruited a very large number of workers. In particular, since the winter of the third year of the Apocalypse, a large number of workers have been recruited from coastal provinces to open up wasteland in Taiwan.

Most of these workers are not immigrants, but only recruited workers. The remuneration of 4 yuan per month includes the fare of the boat, as well as food and accommodation, so it attracts a large number of workers.

In the spring of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, there were more than 50,000 workers on the island of Taiwan, all of whom were young and vigorous laborers.

These workers are distributed in various coastal plains of Taiwan, and a large amount of land has been reclaimed.

Basically, by the end of the year, the Royal Agricultural Company will be able to reclaim about 8 million acres of high-quality arable land in Taiwan, and all of them can be connected into farms.

At the same time, in the coastal area, there are nearly 2 million acres of undeveloped arable land, which is an ecological reserve designated by Zhu Youxiao, and wild animals in it are forbidden to hunt.

After the development of 8 million acres of arable land. A large amount of cane sugar and rice can be produced every year. Taiwan's land latitude is southern. Rice can even be grown up to three times a year.

And the land has just been cultivated. It can be described as extremely fertile, the land is not overcultivated and barren like many lands in the country, and the yield of three-cropping rice is relatively high.

In addition, the Royal Agricultural Company has the most mature fertilization practices at present, and if it is operated by different farmers, it may not be possible to achieve generally good fertilization intensity. The Royal Agricultural Company can do this, and the manure of people and animals will be collected for fermentation and sterilization before being used to fertilize the fields.

At the same time, animal bones and fish bones will also be collected and ground into powder, which can be used as phosphate fertilizer.

These fertilization methods were not so widespread in the Ming Dynasty. But it's not so unusual, and there are many people who use it. However, the Royal Agricultural Company is the most systematic, and the whaling fleet has vessels that specialize in processing and transporting fish bones. Although the use of boats for fishbone processing is currently overkill, it does not maximize profits. But when you calculate the cost and labor costs, although there is no windfall profit, there is also profitability. This can maximize the use of resources, and for Daming, getting more ordinary resources is the most in line with the interests.

For example, although the transportation of spices from the South Seas can be very profitable, it will not change the problem of food shortages. Naturally, the official was more welcome for merchants to bring back more grain from the South Seas.

And the use of ships in this way means that the demand for ships will be greater. It is beneficial for the shipbuilding industry and the increase of employment. As long as there is a market, there is no need to worry about the problem of insufficient ships. When the production capacity accumulates to a certain extent. The need for ships was naturally addressed.

In addition to the fishbone meal, the fishing company will also produce fishmeal, which is made from whole trash fish, i.e. small fish or worthless fingerlings, which will be used for the development of the aquaculture industry and is a good concentrate feed.

Infrastructure is also being built on the island, with roads being cleared to enable agricultural products to be transported to seaside ports.

The roads on the island of Taiwan are easy to build at a lower price, after all, the coastal plain does not need to dig any roads, and it is very close to the sea, so the transportation is very convenient.

Of the 8 million acres of arable land, 4 million acres are used for rice cultivation, most of which are distributed in the central and northern regions. Another four million acres will be used to grow sugarcane, mostly in the south-central region.

It is estimated that it can produce 15 million stone of commercial grain and 12 million stone of cane sugar every year.

In this year, although the yield per mu of sugarcane is relatively low, only about 2 tons per mu, and the sugar yield is only about 13%~15%, but even this yield is very considerable, and 260 kg of sucrose can be produced per mu.

It is important to know that the Royal Agricultural Company adopts a relatively extensive planting mode in sugarcane cultivation and does not need to invest too much labor. The largest labor input is still in the harvesting and sugar extraction links. Usually, it is to loosen the loose soil to remove weeds, and then apply some fertilizer, and the sugarcane festival can be planted for three years when buried in the ground.

Obviously, the benefits of sugarcane cultivation are much greater than that of rice cultivation, and it is no wonder that there is a shortage of grain in Guangdong and Guangxi, and a large amount of land is actually used to grow cash crops. After all, the output value of these cash crops is indeed higher than that of rice.

For the sake of Taiwan's stability, the indigenous people are basically under official administration.

Compared with the natives of the Northeast, the natives of Taiwan are much luckier. The indigenous people of Northeast Asia were ruled by slave societies. On the Taiwan side, it is ruled by feudal society.

Of course, there are also some natives in the mountains who do not obey discipline and have a fierce temperament. However, there are no official plans to go deep into the mountains, and the mountain area that runs through Taiwan has become a protected area. The wood and game in the reserve are forbidden to be exploited, and there is no conflict with the natives of the mountains, who of course can hunt wild animals because they live on it.

These natives can usually go out to the mountains to trade, but they can't cause trouble. Salt, cloth, and iron were all discounted, but offensive iron was forbidden to be sold to the natives.

The supporting factories of the royal consortium such as grain processing plants and sugar mills have also begun to be built in Taiwan, and the industrial chain of commercial grain and commercial sugar has been perfected very quickly, and Tianqi can achieve a certain profit in four years, and at the same time drive a large number of jobs.

More and more Han Chinese immigrated to Taiwan, and after a large number of workers came to Taiwan to work, they decided to stay in Taiwan and work for a long time.

The regular salary of the Royal Agricultural Company is very good, although the salary is not very high, but the welfare is very good. Each employee is assigned a house. Birth, old age, sickness and death are all arranged by one dragon. As long as you are willing to do things with peace of mind. can live a carefree life.

For those who just want to do their part. For ordinary people, this is a very good choice.

The main purpose of the Royal Agricultural Company is not to maximize profits, but to how much commercial agricultural products can be produced, and how many jobs and commodity markets can be generated.

In the case of achieving a large amount of profit, the treatment of workers must be improved, so that workers can have money to spend.

After the workers' money is consumed, most of the money will still flow into the hands of the consortium through various links, but in the process, it can drive a large amount of commodity consumption. Expand the size of the commodity market, thereby creating a large number of jobs.

The Royal Agricultural Company's farming activities in Taiwan are obviously very profitable, and the agricultural environment here is truly unique.

Basically, the ordinary workers of the Royal Consortium are better than the ordinary workers of other enterprises in terms of convenient benefits, and the management is also stricter.

In addition to the employees of the royal consortium, there are many other industries that also attract many immigrants.

Among them, Fujian is the main force of immigrants, and Fujian has relatively little arable land and a relatively large population. Therefore, it is very common to eat by the sea, and there is also the strongest tradition of immigration in China.

In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the navy was naturally not idle, and its strength increased greatly after it had a large number of gunboats. Immediately begin patrolling the South China Sea.

When you encounter the merchant ships of the Dutch and the Spaniards, you will directly intercept them.

Of course, that's not much. There were more coastal maritime merchants who traded with the Dutch and the Spaniards privately, among which the great pirate Li Dan was the main force.

At this time, Li Dan was really forced to be in a hurry, and in just a few months, they lost more than 20 merchant ships, and the losses were extremely heavy.

Under such circumstances, Li Dan, who had taken refuge with the Dutch, attacked several small fishing villages in Hainan in April in order to take revenge on the government, and slaughtered a group of fishermen.

And the pirate Liu Xiang, who had taken refuge with the Spaniards, led a group of people to attack Anping Fort in Taiwan with the support of the Dutch.

However, when climbing the city wall with a hook lock, he was discovered by the defenders, and hundreds of people were beaten and fled, and then the ship was sunk by the coastal defense battalion that rushed in, and the great pirate Liu Xiang was shot dead by the Ming army.

In fact, these pirates are only a small minions in front of the official power, and their power is not on the same level at all. Because these pirates are unable to call on the resources of the mainland, it is simply impossible to develop much maritime power. In history, the reason why Zheng Zhilong was able to develop was because he accepted the edict of the government and obtained the resources of the land.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong was still a pony, and it was impossible for him to develop like in history.

However, these vicious incidents soon angered Colonel Zhu You, and he immediately ordered the navy and coastal provinces to deploy defenses and establish a coastal defense force with rapid response.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered the opening of ports in all coastal ports, and the reorganization of the Municipal Shipping Division, and all coastal merchant ships went to the Municipal Shipping Division to register and make a register.

Under the reorganization of the Municipal Shipping Division, the customs anti-smuggling warship also began to be formed.

This is undoubtedly a decree that has touched the nerves of countless maritime merchants, and soon the tariff standards of the municipal shipping department were announced, which immediately caused the maritime merchants to cry wolf.

The import and export tariffs announced by the Municipal Department of Shipping are really crazy.

Overseas spices, rhino horns, gems and other luxury goods import tariffs are generally 50% ~ 100% heavy taxes, but the tariffs on imported grain, cotton, ore and other raw materials are very low, of which the import tariffs on grain and cotton are only 3%.

In terms of exports, the export tariffs on raw silk, sugar, and cotton cloth are as high as 30~40%, which is obviously to curb the export of agricultural products in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Tongcai was very dedicated after entering the tax bureau, not only showed outstanding ability, but also reported a lot of corruption within the tax bureau, and was appreciated and promoted by Zhu Youxiao, and this time he was transferred to the city port department, which was equivalent to the chief of customs in later generations.

Customs tariffs will become an important financial support for the next Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao bet on the treasure, Zhou Tong knew the importance of tariffs, and as soon as he took office, he established the provinces and cities as soon as possible. The first batch of ports to open ports was only about two in each province.

If those maritime merchants want to trade in the ocean, the merchant ship must register with the city shipping department if they want to go to sea, and they must be registered as an ocean trading enterprise, and they also need to pay an access deposit of 10,000 yuan to the city shipping department.

The maritime merchants were immediately dissatisfied and began to make a fuss. However, the imperial court did not pay any attention to it, and some maritime merchants decided to collude with the Japanese to disturb the coastal provinces, as they had done in the first place against the sea ban.

Sadly, they found that they could not recruit the Japanese at all.

The route to Japan was blocked by the navy, and the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan did not allow the ronin to go to sea. Moreover, pirates must have a place to hide, Taiwan has been included in the administrative area of the government and has become a province of the Ming Dynasty, and there is also a naval base on the Penghu Islands.

However, soon some maritime merchants still got in touch with Li Dan and these pirates, but they didn't know that the navy was also looking for the traces of Li Dan and these pirates...... (To be continued......)