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"Let's make a second announcement." Li Guangdi put down the list of officials in his hand and then continued. "A few years ago, I asked each town and village to count the number of young people who could join the army, and I also got the report of each town half a month ago. You have done a good job in this article, although the immigrants have already counted the information once when they came to Luzon, but after the division of villages and towns, there have been some changes, and this joining the army is not a forced task, it is all voluntary. Looking at the report you submitted, the people in each village are still very enthusiastic, and the number of young people who are interested in signing up has reached 50,000. ”

"Now it is officially announced that the Luzon recruitment plan has officially begun, and only 10,000 people will be recruited this time. Wait for the meeting, the mayors of each town will receive detailed selection rules in the governor's palace, and this rule will also have a copy in each town police station, and when the selection is made, the town police station will assist in recording the name that meets the requirements, and those who fail to meet the requirements will wait for the next selection. Li Guangdi announced the matter in one breath, and then returned to his position, and it was time for Geng Jingzhong to continue to speak.

"You have all heard the words of Chief of General Staff Lee. This recruitment is related to the development of our Mawei Army, and we must not be sloppy. You all know about the newly built horse farm here, and these 10,000 people are the elite cavalry of the Mawei Army in the future. We have a strong navy at sea, but we don't have the strongest branch of the army, the cavalry. Therefore, selecting young men with good physical qualities and training them can also enable our cavalry to be trained as soon as possible. ”

"Also. This king is in Fujian. I learned from the report. The new immigrants themselves are from the Central Plains and belong to the north, and they are not used to the weather in the south, and this Luzon Island is still in the south of our mainland, the weather is humid, and many people are sick. However, there are very few Chinese medicine practitioners among the more than 300,000 people who emigrated, so the king ordered a group of doctors and medicine farmers from Fujian and Guangdong to come here. These healers will not stay here for a long time, for a period of one year. A year later, they will return to the mainland. During the year, I will distribute these doctors to each town, and each town will set up a hospital. Oh, the hospital is also the clinic, and all the people in the town who are sick can go to the clinic. Geng Jingzhong's expression was a little stern, this water and soil are not convinced, whether it is heavy or not, and it is not light, and many people have died because of this in the past few months.

"The king felt that it was not enough to find a doctor from outside, so he had to recruit a group of apprentices in the hospitals set up in the towns. When you go back, you must not only do a good job of recruiting. The apprenticeship is just as important, of course. You have to recruit some young and literate people, so that they can learn faster. As for the medicine farmers who came with them, the doctors saw the doctor and prescribed medicine, and without medicine, they could not cure the disease. Today, all the medicinal herbs are brought in by caravans from the mainland, and only a very small part is grown locally. These medicinal farmers recruited now are all good at planting medicinal herbs all year round, and the next step is to divide a fertile field from the Department of Agriculture to grow medicinal herbs. ”

As soon as Geng Jingzhong's words were finished, an official below stood up and said: "The prince cares about the people, and his subordinates are very grateful. At present, the population of each town is quite large, there are 30,000 people. In the past few months, there have been many sick people in the town, and there are only a few people in the towns including the countryside, and many people have died because of lack of medical treatment. But I don't know how many doctors the prince has recruited this time, and if he sets up a hospital in each town, will he not be able to cope with it? ”

At present, more than 300,000 immigrants have been divided into a total of 12 townships and townships, and the number one mayor of each township has just been appointed, which can be regarded as a "party leader". Geng Jingzhong remembers these twelve mayors very clearly, the question is the mayor of Xinzhoukou Town, Zhou Zheng, who is fifty years old, born in poverty, and was promoted in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen in the former Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately Chongzhen died in the second year, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs. Zhou Zheng can also be regarded as a patriotic person, and did not follow his example of those who joined the Qing court in the same year, but returned to the village to become a teacher. Then he married a wife and had children, and he was ready to live his life like this. The previous disaster in Henan, the student had no food at home, and he had no source of repair, so he had to follow the arrangement of the Sanlang Xianghui with the people. Who knows, in the end, he came to this Luzon Island.

He was born in a person, which can be said to be the only one among hundreds of thousands of immigrants, and his identity can't be concealed if he wants to, as soon as he came here, he was elected as the mayor of New Zhoukou Town. This knowledgeable person is still different, with strong receiving ability, and soon the new Zhoukou Town will be governed in an orderly manner. He still didn't want to take up the post, and he didn't have a good impression of this Jingnan Palace. But this is in a foreign country, and he also dragged his family with him, and he didn't dare to resist when he was appointed. With the change of time, he also found that the policies issued by the Jingnan palace were all for the sake of the people, and a series of measures soon resettled hundreds of thousands of people. Dividing the fields into households, providing cattle seeds, tax reductions and exemptions, etc., he assisted in doing these things, and he completely recognized the Mawei Army and even the Jingnan Palace.

Geng Jingzhong recognized Zhou Zheng, this shriveled little old man was indeed a little capable. "Hehe, Mayor Zhou, this question is a good question, which shows that you really care about the people. The 3560,000 immigrants on the mainland are the population of two or three counties. Of course, the number of healers can't be too small, and this time I brought a total of 100 healers, and there are also a few famous doctors. He was accompanied by more than 200 apprentices, and it is understood that he will be able to become a teacher in a few years. These apprentices are all treasures, and they are not very old, if you have the means, you can keep them. You have autonomy in the town, and you can do it yourself on whatever conditions you can offer! ”

The mayor of each town below calculated that a hundred formal healers, plus more than two hundred apprentices, that is, more than three hundred, were scattered into twelve towns, and each town could have about thirty people, which was also very good. Coupled with the few Langzhong who originally existed in this town, the situation will definitely improve greatly. Just now, the prince also said that letting the towns select apprentices is more important to them than the task of selecting soldiers. The stick guy was selected to join the army, and when he left, he left, and the clever apprentice was selected to study medicine. In the future, I will have to see a doctor

The meeting lasted a full morning. It's over. The newly appointed officials have just taken up their posts and started their new jobs. In fact, there are not many changes in positions, and most of them have only changed from temporary positions to actual positions. At present, there are only two counties in Luzon, Xinhenan County and Xinhubei County, and there are six towns under their jurisdiction, and the officials of the two counties have basically not changed, but half of the original candidates for temporary mayor have changed.

It was already noon after the meeting, and the governor's palace did not leave the officials for dinner. I ran to the restaurant in the city, had dinner, and rode back home together. Geng Jingzhong, Li Guangdi, Xu Shan and others finished their meals, and continued to discuss major matters in the governor's palace. He had only been in Luzon for two days, and there were still many things he had not yet understood, and in the following days, in addition to presiding over the recruitment of cavalry, inspecting the towns was the most important, which was also related to the development of his overseas territories.

"Further north of Xinhubei County is our newly established ranch. For months. There are plenty of manpower, and the ranch construction is also very fast. The hot and humid climate in Southeast Asia is very suitable for the growth of alfalfa, which has only been sown for less than a month, and has grown half a foot tall. It is expected that in another month and a half, there will be no shortage of pasture grass on this side of Luzon. This ranch is the northernmost part of the southern plains of Luzon, and so far, we have developed these places. On the wall of the small conference room in the Governor's Palace hung a map of the entire territory of Luzon, and Xu Shan pointed to this map and explained to Geng Jingzhong. Needless to say, this map was left by the Spaniards, and the surveying and mapping technology of Western countries is now far ahead of China, and the Spaniards have occupied this place for nearly 100 years, and they have set foot in every part of Luzon, and this map is still relatively detailed.

Although the maps of this era cannot be compared with the satellite maps of later generations, the terrain of the entire island of Luzon has been clearly delineated, and the terrain of various places is also marked on it. Originally, it was all in Spanish, but now it has been changed to Chinese characters. However, for the sake of understanding, except for the places that are now occupied by immigrants, the rest are still Spanish names.

"We have such a small space? Looking at the above marking, there is a lot of land in Luzon, just the west of this new Hubei County and pasture, this is still a plain area, it is too wasteful. Look, it's funny to pass through this small mountain range in the middle, which occupies more than half of the northern area of Luzon, and there is still a long mountain range in the middle, which is too long. And the easternmost coast, which is also full of mountains. Geng Jingzhong carefully identified the map, looking at this map, how can he feel more worried than the mountainous areas of Fujian! The terrain of the northern part of Luzon is really too similar to Taiwan, and I remember that the map of Taiwan shows that the whole is run through a long mountain range from south to north.

"Lord Wang, take a closer look at the part between these two mountain ranges in the north, my subordinates have already sent marines to investigate. The Spaniards here marked the Central Plains, and there were also a large number of estates run by Spaniards, and a small number of original Chinese estates, most of which were cultivated by local natives, but all of this arable land was less than one-third of the entire Central Plains. Over the years, the Spaniards have been letting the indigenous people open up the land, but the manpower has been insufficient, and there is still a lot of land that has been cultivated and wasted! Xu Shan saw that Geng Jingzhong's attention was attracted by the long mountain range on the map, and hurriedly pointed to the central plain and said.

Geng Jingzhong immediately turned his gaze to the area that Xu Shan was referring to, in fact, he had already seen it here, and he had just paid attention to the direction of the mountain range in the north. "This central plain is not small! It looks like the area is even bigger than all these plains to the south combined! Geng Jingzhong said after careful comparison.

"Pretty much the prince! According to reports, this central plain is shaped like a long strip, with an average width of 100 li from east to west and 400 li from north to south, and the total arable area has reached 150,000 hectares, 15 million mu of land. We've only now developed the territory of two counties. There are also large tracts of land that can be used. What a treasure! Xu Shanyi said this. With excitement on his face, he was now appointed Governor of Luzon, and as the first Governor, if he could develop Luzon during his tenure, he would definitely go down in history!

"Hehe, Lao Xu, don't make this expression. The prince has no way to pull a large number of immigrants over now, wait two years, anyway, these two counties have not developed well. You develop these two counties first, and then in a year or two, when a large number of immigrants come, the speed of development will be faster! Li Guangdi smiled on the side and said.

"Brother Li is right, although this king covets this large piece of land, it is a pity that there is indeed no way to immigrate in large numbers now. But it won't be long, two years at most, and after two years, the king of this net can immigrate here for another million, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it by then. Geng Jingzhong stared at the map. He said without looking back.

"Really?" Xu Shan was surprised. He was not considered the decision-maker of the Mawei group, and he did not know that Geng Jingzhong's prediction of the battle of the three feudatories was just around the corner. When the world is in chaos, it is still the people who suffer, and when the world is in chaos, it is still very easy to recruit immigrants. There is a way that it is better to be a dog in a prosperous world than a person in a troubled world, and once the war starts, the human life will be worthless.

Geng Jingzhong turned around and said, "When did this king ever lie!" ”

"The prince forgives the sin, and his subordinates are just a little surprised!" Xu Shan hurriedly said.

Li Guangdi put down the tea bowl, smiled and said: "You, now it's better to govern these two counties first, first take these two counties as the foundation, and slowly expand outward and open up wasteland." After a while, I will return to Fujian with the prince, and you should be in charge of your own home, except for ensuring Manila's commerce, which is the task of clearing the wasteland. You don't have to worry about military matters, but if you need anything, contact Xu Yingyuan and them in time. By the way, there's one thing you'll have to do in the next two years. ”

"Chief of the General Staff, please!" Xu Shan humbly asked for advice.

"Don't you want the population, the prince just said that in a year or two at most, there will be millions of immigrants, millions of people! With so many people coming, where to live, what to eat and drink is a headache. This batch of more than 300,000 people has already made us scramble, and it is difficult to become like this, what should be the situation of millions of people? So, how to divide the place in advance, prepare bricks and stones, stock up on rice, etc., are all big things. Now in Luzon, some big things can be told to you. The imperial court had long been preparing to withdraw the feudal domain, and Wu Sangui had already prepared to rebel. And once the imperial court and Wu Sangui make a move, we in Fujian will definitely not be able to stay out of it. When the time comes, grain and grass will be the top priority. We are not short of silver in Fujian, but in times of war, silver cannot be turned into grain and grass. So, it's time to understand how heavy your burden is as governor of Luzon! Li Guangdi said earnestly.

Xu Shan and Haijing, who had been sitting on the side without speaking, all turned pale, and they all felt that their shoulders were suddenly much heavier. "Subordinates understood!"

"Hehe, it's good to understand, a few of you too, don't think that there are only two counties here now, it's easy to govern, and there are many things to do next!" Geng Jingzhong also smiled and said. "The next few years will be extremely important for my Mawei Army, but don't worry too much, just follow the steps. Organizing the people to produce and open up wasteland is your main task, and if you do this well, the storage of grain and grass will be naturally completed. As for preparing for large-scale migration in the later stage, this matter can be organized to be done by the natives of the island, isn't it too wasteful for hundreds of thousands of people not to use it? Our attitude towards them is excellent, if they don't know each other, unless we are forced to follow the example of the Spaniards, then we can't do it! ”

"By the way, there's one more thing I almost forgot. Before coming to Luzon this time, the guy from the shipyard Jason asked me to bring some timber back. This Luzon Island is said to produce hardwood, and in this deep mountain and old forest, hundred-year-old giant trees are everywhere, which is just the solution to the urgent need. The shipyard has not started for half a year. As long as we have wood, we can build a large number of warships, and the navy can become stronger and stronger. According to this development momentum, in another two years, no one in our Mawei Navy will have to be afraid! (To be continued......)