It is snowing in Taiwan, to be exact, in the area of Taipei County, almost all of it is snowing, and the temperature has dropped rapidly, until it reaches a few degrees below zero, and many places that have never been frozen have begun to freeze.

If you put it in the north, this cold is nothing, and even the snow can make a good yield before coming. However, this is undoubtedly a disaster for Taiwan, which rarely snows.

The weather became cold suddenly in just a few days, and it snowed, and many people did not prepare winter clothes, as a result, many people in Taipei County suffered frostbite, and even some frail old people were frozen to death, and what is more serious is that many crops in the plantations could not stand the severe cold, and most of them froze to death in just a few days, and even slaves froze to death, causing countless people to suffer heavy losses.

"Your Highness, the steamship in Shanghai has been loaded with cotton clothes, and it will arrive in Taiwan within two days!" Cui Wei said with a serious face. The most severely affected is Taipei County, but Taichung and Taitung County are also involved, plus Taipei County is the political center of Taiwan, and the population is very dense, so the number of people affected by the disaster has reached almost half of Taiwan's total population.

Li Su nodded after hearing this, he didn't expect that just after the New Year, Taiwan actually encountered such a cold snap that is rare in a century, Taiwan is an island, the temperature is relatively warm, even if it is the coldest winter in Taipei, you only need to wear two single clothes to survive the winter. It is precisely because of this that there is no winter coat in Taiwan at all, and now the cold snap is coming, resulting in the lack of winter clothes on the market, and there is not much reserve in nearby Fuzhou and other places. After all, it is also affected by the cold snap, and it is not enough for itself. In desperation, Li Su had to send someone to Shanghai to transport a batch back.

"That's right. If Taiwan's losses are not counted, will it affect this year's harvest? Li Su suddenly thought of the statistical work of the loss, so he immediately asked.

Cui Wei's face immediately sank when he heard this, and at the same time he spoke: "Your Highness, the loss of a county in Taipei is very great, and all kinds of crops in the plantations are generally not cold-tolerant, so most of them are frozen to death, and many people have lost a large number of slaves, so even if the cold snap has passed." We want to replant but we don't have enough manpower, so it's certain that this year's harvest will be affected. ”

Li Su also sighed when he heard it, plantations are one of Taiwan's pillar industries, Taipei has suffered heavy losses here, and the entire Taiwan economy will also be affected, but this is also a helpless thing, and now we can only relieve the disaster first.

Cui Wei reported to Li Su about the specific situation of the disaster in Taiwan, and then thought of one more thing, and immediately said: "Your Highness." The matter of immigration from the mainland has officially begun, and it was originally planned to send them to Keelung, and then visit the plantations, so that they can see the prosperity of Taiwan. This strengthened their confidence in living in Taiwan, but now that Taiwan has been affected by the disaster, officials in Keelung City are also busy with disaster relief. So it's really not suitable for those immigrants to come now, and this matter still needs to be decided by His Highness! ”

After hearing this, Li Su thought for a moment and said, "This is easy to do. Send those immigrants to Tainan City first, where the prosperity is not worse than Keelung. In addition, Tainan's plantation industry is also more developed, and it has not been affected by the cold snap, you can send someone to notify Tainan City about this matter and let them arrange it! ”

"Wechen obeys!" Cui Wei said immediately. In fact, he also planned to do so, but he knew that sometimes in front of his boss, he couldn't think about everything, but he had to leave a certain amount of room for his boss to play, which was also the way to be an official.

The cold snap after the Chinese New Year not only brought a lot of trouble to Taiwan, but also affected the southern part of the Tang Dynasty in the same way, many places were affected, especially in some places where a lot of snow fell, and the roads were closed, resulting in poor traffic, and it was not until more than ten days after the snow that traffic was restored.

Although this natural disaster came very suddenly, but fortunately, with the development of commerce in recent years, the people in the Jiangnan area have also benefited, and generally have some food stored at home, plus the lush vegetation in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no shortage of fuel for the fire, so there are not many deaths, but some property losses.

However, this natural disaster did not disrupt the pace of Li Su's emigration, and the first batch of fugitives who were willing to emigrate had already begun to gather at their respective gathering places with the cooperation of immigration officials and local authorities, and then got into the horse-drawn carriage prepared for them by the Taiwanese government and began to set off for the nearest port, where there will be special migrant ships waiting for them.

On the concrete road covered with snow, a convoy was moving fast, and the carriages in the convoy were all specially made four-wheeled carriages, the carriages appeared to be extraordinarily wide, and on the tops of these carriages were piled with all kinds of salutes, and at the same time, the windows of the carriages were opened from time to time, and one or several heads poked out to look out.

In one of the carriages, there were more than a dozen people sitting very crowded, both young and old, both men and women, and one of them, a young woman, snuggled up to a dark and thin young man, and asked with some anxiety: "Brother Shi, is this the way to Taiwan?" ”

"Toon rest assured, this road is to Fuzhou, only when we arrive at Fuzhou Port, we can take a sea boat, and then arrive in Taiwan, as long as you arrive in Taiwan, I will definitely let you and your father, little brother and sister live a good life." The black and thin young man said very calmly.

"Well, it's still a well-informed stone, but I just hope that after arriving in Taiwan, it can really be as good as those adults say." The stone father next to him praised his son, but in the end, it still exposed his lack of confidence.

In this carriage sat the stone family and his father-in-law Tieshan family, when the stone heard the news of immigration from his father-in-law's house, he immediately decided to move to Taiwan with his father-in-law. It is also worth mentioning that most of the people in Luoshizhai also agreed to relocate to Taiwan under the instigation of the stones, after all, they had enough of the hard life in the mountains.

Hearing his father's words, although the stone face was silent, but in fact, there was no bottom in his heart, after all, he was only working in a small town on the outskirts of Jianzhou last time, although he usually deliberately inquired about the situation outside, and also learned a lot about the situation there from a businessman from Taiwan, but this is hearsay after all, when he first came out, he relied on a lot of blood, but now when he really went on the road, he was also the same as his wife Toon, who had just married, and he was very worried in his heart, but he was a man, and he was also the pillar of the family. Therefore, it is natural not to show it, otherwise the family will be even more worried.

"Stone, tell us about Taiwan!" At this moment, Toon's eldest brother, Tie Shan's eldest son, Tie Da, spoke. Tie Da is the same as his father, he is a good hunter, he is also very stout, and he usually befriends with the stones, and the last time the stone went out, he wanted Tie Da to go with him, but there were many people in his family, and they all relied on their brothers to hunt for a living, so he really couldn't leave, so he didn't go.

Shi also felt that the atmosphere in the carriage was too stuffy, and instead of letting everyone sit here and think about it, it was better to say something relaxed, so when he heard Tie Da's words, he immediately smiled: "Okay, today I will talk about a major feature of Taiwan, that is, there are many slaves, speaking of slaves, it is estimated that you have all heard of toons, and Taiwan is the same as our Datang, using foreign slaves, and at the same time prohibiting Datang people from becoming slaves, so if we have money in the future, we can also buy some slaves to help us work......"

Sure enough, when he heard the stone tell him about the strange things he had heard, the people in the carriage were all interested, and they all listened with wide eyes and relish. In fact, what the stone knows is also heard from others, and some of them only know a rough idea, and they don't know what's going on, but it doesn't matter, he just needs to use his imagination and make up for it like making up a story, anyway, no one knows, as for being debunked after arriving in Taiwan in the future, he can also infer that he heard about it.

There were more than 200 large cars in the whole convoy, and there were more than a dozen people sitting on each car, and in addition to the officials in charge of escorting, the number of these immigrants was enough to 2,000, and they were all fugitives from the vicinity of Jianzhou.

In the evening, the convoy arrives at a rest point for immigrants, which it says is a rest point, but it is actually a village on the road, and the villagers of the village are hired by immigration officers to provide food and accommodation for the migrants.

The food of the immigrants is prepared by the Taiwanese government, which is very rich, but because of the snow, the traffic is a little poor, and the original stored grain is not enough, so the immigrants can only drink rice porridge, and they can also eat two steamed buns, as for pickles, they can eat as much as they want. Although these meals do not look very good, for these fugitives, being able to drink rice porridge and eat white flour steamed buns is already a food that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year.

After a day's journey, I naturally have to rest after eating, but this village is not too big, and the villagers themselves also need housing, so there are not many rooms that can be vacated, so in the end we can only let women, children and the elderly live, as for the young and strong men, they can only live in the car, fortunately the village has prepared a lot of stoves and bedding, so I don't worry about freezing.

Stone and Toon were married a few years ago, just after the New Year began to prepare for immigration, it has not been a month yet, it is the time of glue, so he does not want to be separated from his wife in his heart, but now the conditions do not allow, and he can't let Toon sleep in the carriage with him, and finally has to reluctantly separate.

However, to Shishi's relief, he had learned from the immigration officer that they would arrive in Fuzhou tomorrow, and that they would get on the boat at once, and then after another night on board, they would be able to reach Taiwan, and as soon as they arrived, they would have their own place to live and land, and he would never have to be separated from his wife again. (To be continued.) )