Chapter 107: Immigration to Taiwan
Banxi at the junction of Zhangzhou and Tingzhou, Fujian.
The mountains are many strange and steep, with water converging into a river, called Banxi, flowing down, meandering, flowing through two places in Longyan, Zhangzhou.
The water flow is not small. In the past, people in the two places used water to irrigate the land and plant crops by themselves.
There is a severe drought in Fujian this year, rivers in various places have dried up, wells have bottomed out, and a thousand miles of red land!
Banxi still flows, and the water volume is not reduced by half!
This is a life-saving river. Zhangzhou people intercepted the river and only flowed to Zhangzhou to meet the needs of drawing water and farming.
Tingzhou people are furious, if you want to survive, we deserve to die?
So the villages and towns urgently mobilized, knocked the gong and shouted, and gathered thousands of people!
They flocked to Banxi in a dark cloud, and the people of Zhangzhou were also nervous. They mobilized likewise. The people of all villages and towns, holding hoes, shovel, steel forks, sentry rods and other "weapons", rushed formidable. Banxi!
ready to fight!
The farmers are also crazy, this is a Chinese characteristic!
The scale of ancient Chinese wars is often very alarming. According to the literature, it is not uncommon for the two sides to add up to tens of millions of troops. Ming and others are not all literary exaggerations.
Even the spontaneous civil fighting can be described as shocking. In the past, Zhangzhou people and Tingzhou people fought fiercely for water. In the most tragic moment, more than 500 people were killed on the spot. The wounded had no chance, and the fight was miserable. It is not uncommon for dozens or hundreds of people to be killed or injured in battle.
Seeing that there are more and more people facing each other, it is almost like a flood of mountains and plains. After a battle, some old people will not think about the tragic past, and their faces will change.
There is no shortage of social elites and enlightened gentry in the two places, who stand up to persuade everyone to stop fighting, and if you have something to say!
But the leaders on both sides were grumpy, and said to them: "You can't grow crops without water, and you can't live without confiscation. If we don't fight, if we don't have water or food, will you help us?"
Just kidding, so many people want relief, and the landlord’s family has no surplus.
Suddenly those people were speechless, so they had no choice but to stop talking.
The local officials and Baojia tried to persuade them in vain, but the local officials disappeared.
How dare they provoke these red-eyed farmers, what if you let them know that they have deducted the relief food?
ignited civil upheaval, isn't it a matter of irritating the upper body and letting them fight for life and death, and when they are tired, our government will go to clean up the mess.
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Both sides shouted violently, clamored, arguing endlessly, what do you want to do, throwing up, throwing up, and doing all kinds of national curses, mixed with Fujian dialect, it became a pot of porridge.
Just as the heat was blazingly heated, preparing to repeatedly fire the guns, and then fight, a horn was blown, and then a group of majestic Musketeers escorted several people to appear in the middle place.
The people on both sides looked at the team in amazement, but saw that the team occupied the high ground, and the two stood up and appeared. They were all beautifully dressed and handsome, but the rustic flavor could not be concealed.
Sure enough, a person spoke with a mouthful of Zhangzhou accent: "Guys, many of you should know me, I am the second brother of Yao in Dongxi Village..."
There was a rough voice among the Zhangzhou people in the east and said: "Yes, you are a second dog!"
Yao Er (Ergou is his nickname) had a cramp on his face. He didn’t care about the rude remarks. He said loudly, “Yes, I’m Ergou. People, give me a cow, a hundred acres of land, and food, farm tools, and seeds!
Only two percent of the harvest a year, two percent of the harvest! "He held up **** to emphasize.
"I have been planting land for a year, and I have got enough food. I bought a small sailboat. I usually farm, go fishing in my spare time, and work part-time." He showed off his clothes generously and said, "This is the silk and satin that I bought. Everyone, look at my complexion." In the sun, he squeezed his chin and said, "I have white rice, meat, and fish!"
"Now, the Southeast Government is recruiting people to cross the sea and go to Taiwan to farm. As many people as there are, they will pay one or two dollars for the settlement. When they go to Taiwan, they will grant 50 acres of land and give each household one cattle. Apart from building houses for free, the Southeast Government is responsible for the rest of the farm tools and seeds, as well as food rations!"
His saliva sputtered and said: "Thirty years after the contract is signed, the land will be yours for thirty years!"
"Ration!" Yao Er announced: "When you go to Southeast Mansion, you don't have to worry about rations. As long as you are hardworking, you will have a good time..."
He was slobbering, and people watched him intently and listened to him. Many people were moved.
Instead of fighting here for life and death, or even failing to produce a result (the fighting continues for years), and sending death for nothing, it is better to go to the Southeast Mansion to fight!
As for the situation in Southeast Mansion, there has been more news in recent years. Everyone knows that many things in Southeast Mansion are not joking, but truthful.
But someone still asked suspiciously: "If you only collect 20% of the rent, you don't need anything?"
"Ah, one month of military service!" Yao Er said honestly.
"Let's just say it!" However, people nodded, and one month's military service was nothing.
"What else?" The person was really interested, and continued to ask.
"Compulsory military service!" Yao Er admitted.
"what?"
"It means that all males of the right age must go to the soldiers!" Yao Er explained: "After you become a soldier, the land is still yours, but you don't have to pay the rent. You will never be deducted for more than two taels of silver a month!"
"I know!" the man replied unexpectedly.
"Will you go to Taiwan?" Yao Er asked curiously.
"Go, why not?" The man said, "Go, maybe you will die later, if you don't, you may die this year!"
"Besides, there is someone in our village serving as a soldier in the Southeast Fleet. He said that it is good to be a soldier in the Southeast Mansion. He regrets serving as a soldier for a while, but he regrets it for a lifetime if he doesn't serve as a soldier!"
"Oh!" Yao Erxin thought that your kid is not a "care"!
While he vigorously recruited the people of Zhangzhou, there was another Tingzhou from the southeast province who also recruited people from Tingzhou.
The lens shifts and zooms in everywhere in the land of Bamin, and the same thing happens in every state and county.
Since Xiong Wencan’s arrival, the forces of the Southeastern government who have been dormant for a while, once again attacked with strong gear and recruited people to cross the sea and cultivate the fields on a large scale!
There is a severe drought in the world, but there is no drought in Taiwan?
is also dry! However, Taiwan's water conservancy projects have played a role. Despite the severe drought, there is still water in the fields.
The key is that Fujian Province is overcrowded and has few water resources per capita, while Taiwan is underdeveloped ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It seems that there are more water and fewer people!
There is water to irrigate the land. In addition, Taiwan’s land farming adheres to the three-three system. One-third of the land is planted with rice, one-third of the land is planted with sugarcane, and one-third of the land is planted with grains, vegetables and fruits.
There was a bumper harvest of agriculture the year before and last year. Some people asked to change to the two-to-one system, that is, to reduce the planting area of miscellaneous grains, a variety of sugar cane and rice, but Yan Changwu was unmoved.
Kind of miscellaneous grains, mainly sweet potatoes, accompanied by white rice, are rations for new immigrants!
Sweet potatoes are easy to grow and have high yields. Otherwise, there would be so much rice for new immigrants to eat, and the landlord’s family would have no surplus food, regardless of the financial account.
Existing, Dou Mien is enmity, new immigrants, don’t think they are so good at first, just don’t starve to death!
With the sweet potato cooked rice, plus fishing in Shanghai, the new immigrants have dealt with it for a year, and it will be fine after one year of farming!
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Xiong Wencan finally lost his conscience. He gave the green light, and the local government received the money from the Southeast Mansion. He had long been unable to restrain it and let him go.
Groups of people arrived at the harbour, boarded the sea-going ship of the Southeast Province, and headed for Taiwan.
When I went there, I settled down well, the news was returned home, and more people went.
Therefore, the population is flowing and the pressure is drastically reduced. Ironically, Fujian performed well before the natural disasters. There were very few people who died of starvation. There was no civil commotion. It was one of the outstanding performances among the provinces. . . If you don't want to starve to death, you can go to the Southeast Mansion. Why do you want to rebel?
The severe drought in Fujian Province, but it was the time of the southeast prefecture. The number of people who arrived in Taiwan was over 120,000, which was the largest population ever.
The population of Southeast Mansion swelled like a balloon, approaching 300,000 people!
New immigrants mainly settled in Tainan, and some of the population went to Taipei!
Southeast Prefecture occupied Taipei!
