So how can the food problem be solved as the population increases?

Don't forget, there's a tough crop in the Masarashi Territory. [~]

That's right, it's sweet potatoes. Different from rice, wheat these crops, they have a relatively high requirements for the growth environment, and sweet potato is not, as long as there is a place with soil, the temperature is suitable, it can grow, the only difference is that the soil environment is better, the yield is higher. In addition, the latitude of Japan is just right for the temperature required for the growth of sweet potatoes, so with a coarse crop such as sweet potatoes, combined with other crops, the problem of food can be solved.

With a larger population, the reclamation and utilization of the territory land will be accelerated, and the supply of troops will be more sufficient, so that once a war breaks out, a large number of young and strong people will be transferred, which will affect the construction and development of the territory. Moreover, the physical fitness of the immigrants from the Ming Kingdom is obviously superior to that of the local Japanese population on the whole, and as long as the two are reasonably combined, the combat effectiveness of the Luo family's troops will inevitably increase by leaps and bounds.

Of course, things don't go as smoothly as expected.

The first question is how to find more immigrants. And make the immigrants believe in you and be willing to cross the ocean with you to settle in a strange place. In order to solve this problem, Masahiro first targeted the main group of immigrants as homeless and dying street orphans. Children's thinking is not yet fixed, and it is easier for them to accept new ideas and new environments. More importantly, these underage orphans are all vulnerable groups in society, and in such an environment, if there is no good fortune like a stone to meet Zhengliang, it is estimated that most of them will not survive in the end. After all, they are not like ordinary homeless people, and they are still cared for by adults.

Because of this idea, Masara decided to accept the stone as a small surname. He is quite familiar with the environment, and he is the same age as the other orphans, so it is easier to contact and communicate with other orphans. With him as the head snake, he will be able to gather more helpless orphans.

As for the ordinary homeless, they can only take their time. Not to the end of the mountain. They don't leave home.

The first problem was solved, and there was a second problem, which was how to send these people to Japan. After all, the Ming Dynasty is now implementing a sea ban. This depends on Wang Hai. I believe that after Zhengliang cedes part of his interests, the other party will also agree and cooperate.

The third issue is how to accommodate these immigrants who have arrived in Japan. Again, this is a big problem. After all, two different peoples, two different languages. Even two different cultures, it is not a simple matter to merge. To this end, Zhengliang has prepared to increase the intensity of cultural education of the Luo clan in the territory, and vigorously promote the education of simplified Chinese characters and Mandarin. But. This kind of policy will not work immediately, it will take long enough to brew. In this regard, Zhengliang has been mentally prepared enough. At the same time, we are also considering countermeasures to deal with some of the contradictions caused by the collision of the two cultures.

So, from this point of view, Masahiro is a bit like playing with fire, and if you are not careful, you will burn yourself. But Masa-liang was not afraid, since God had brought me here. You have to do a vigorous career. Zhengliang hugged me. Gone to do it with the spirit of never returning.

Of course, if it succeeds in the end, it will be quite a great thing. The integration of two different cultures, especially a more advanced culture, will inevitably lead to the sublimation of the original culture, and even bring about the reform of the system. This is exactly what Zhengliang wants to see. In addition, the deeper purpose is: Once the culture was sublimated, these immigrants originally came from the Ming Kingdom. After learning a more advanced and excellent culture in the territory, Zhengliang did not mind letting them return to the Ming Kingdom, so that they could form an advanced trend in the Ming Kingdom to promote the development of Ming Dynasty society and avoid historical tragedies. This can be regarded as a little indirect contribution of a wandering person from his hometown. Of course, this is only incidental, after all, his roots are still in Japan. …,

The ideal is quite beautiful, but now it is more important to be down-to-earth and let yourself have the capital to become the stirring person of this history.

Retracting his thoughts, Masarashi once again set his eyes on the little boy named Stone. From his stubborn eyes, Masahiro could see that he had a different experience.

Stone, what about your parents? Masaro asked. At this time, in order not to disturb the little girl's sleep and absorb the medicinal power, everyone went to another corner of the courtyard under the leadership of Masaliang.

As soon as he heard Masayo's mention of his parents, Shishi's expression suddenly became sad. Then he intermittently described to Masaliang the tragic experience of his two siblings.

The stone family was originally a small family in Ningbo City, and his father was the head of a warehouse in the Ningbo craftsman camp, responsible for taking care of the warehouse materials. The family was living a peaceful life, but suddenly one day his father was arrested, and along with his father, there were several artisan households, who were said to be secretly selling warehouse materials. Although there is no real evidence, his father, who was wrongfully imprisoned, committed suicide that night, leaving three orphans and widows. In order to make ends meet, their mother was only offered a large family as a servant to support the family.

Unexpectedly, two months ago, Shi Shi, who was at home, suddenly received a notice from a neighbor who was working as a servant in the same large family with his mother, and his mother had fallen into the well and drowned in the large family's house. When he received this notice, the stone was stunned. Ignorantly, he followed the adults to bury his mother's body in a wasteland outside the city, and he came to his senses. That night, he cried in front of his mother's grave for a night. The next day, he returned to the city and brought his sister, who still didn't know that his mother had died, and was temporarily housed in a neighbor's house.

The two siblings, who had no labor, have since lived a life of borrowing rice for four weeks. However, they always borrowed rice from place to place, and once or twice the neighbors would lend a little bit for the pity of the two siblings, but the number of times was too much, and they could not return it for a long time, and the neighbors gradually closed their doors and disappeared. At this time, their cousin, who was also in charge of the craftsman's camp, appeared, and not only helped the two siblings pay off their debts, but even offered to give them 50 taels of silver, but allowed them to continue to live in the house, provided that the house was sold to him.

The two siblings, who had no social experience, agreed in a vague way and drew handprints on the contract. The cousin was also quite cheerful, and gave them 50 taels of silver that day. Just when they were happy that they had money and didn't have to live a life of borrowing rice for the time being, two masked men suddenly broke into their home that night, looted their newly obtained money and left. On the morning of the second day, the cousin, who was originally smiling, suddenly changed his normal behavior and directly kicked the two siblings out of the house and took the house for himself.

In the end, no one from the surrounding neighbors reached out to help.

Since then, the two siblings, who have called heaven and begged for the land, have lived a life of wandering on the streets.