Chapter 202: Taiwan Golden Industry
Speaking of tobacco, it seems that both the old and the young are well-known both at home and abroad. In fact, it is not. For most countries, tobacco is an imported product, not a native product, and it is not ancient.
Tobacco's origin is in Ecuador and its vicinity in Latin America, and its range may extend from Mexico in the north, Bolivia in the south, and Venezuela in the east.
After the European era of great navigation began, the Spaniards entered the Americas and found that tobacco was refreshing and spread quickly.
From France to Germany in 1565, then to Russia, Japan, Britain, Indonesia, India and the Philippines.
After the 17th century, the trend of smoking spread all over the world. Tobacco was introduced to China during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1620), and it was introduced into Xiamen from Luzon Island in the Philippines, so it was called "Luzon Smoke" at that time. Zhangzhou was the first to be planted. However, some people think that it was first introduced to Taiwan, and then to Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. The exact time and year of the introduction is no longer available. The earliest version is believed to be in the third year of Wanli (1578).
From the Wanli period to the end of the Ming Dynasty 25 years ago, smoking has become very popular in China. Otherwise, Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, would not strictly ban tobacco and smoking. Tobacco is an annual herb, and the part used to make tobacco is tobacco leaves. Products made before the 17th century were mainly cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff and chewing tobacco.
Taiwan is a newly opened land, and it has been busy growing rice and sugarcane. Yan Changwu focused on the military, while Chen Zhongji was both military and political. Others, due to the real shortage of manpower and lack of work, turned out that Liu Zhifeng was also idle. Now, hoarding his thoughts, even let him have the first opportunity.
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Tobacco is better than opium. Although tobacco can cause various problems, if you don’t grow tobacco, others will also grow it. After you plant it, your people will give white flowers to outsiders.
If you grow tobacco, you charge a little tax on your own tobacco, and you charge a heavy tax on imported tobacco, and the local people will smoke local cigarettes.
Otherwise, if you don’t grow tobacco, foreign people grow tobacco and sell it locally. No matter how heavy the tax is, local smokers will smoke foreign cigarettes unless you completely ban smoking.
how can that be? Thinking about the tobacco revenue of my Datian/Chao Dynasty, Yan Changwu red eyes and immediately supported Liu Zhifeng to grow tobacco!
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So Liu Zhifeng became very busy, and the people of the Taiwan government were also busy. They got an additional 20 acres of land from the Southeast government to develop diversified businesses: in addition to planting sugar cane and rice (these two items have a deadly area), the people They grow tobacco, vegetables, sweet potatoes, potatoes, fruits, fish, livestock and poultry, etc. They are full of vigor and blossom.
After inspection by Yan Changwu and Chen Zhongji, they felt that the economy was more dynamic.
Some matters were handed over to Liu Zhifeng. He did his best and rushed forward, and he soon saw results.
Breeding and raising seedlings, inviting masters and experts from the mainland to impart experience, and mobilize the people to work.
There are more pond fish, fruit trees and tobacco!
Liu Zhifeng was very busy. Fortunately, another county official came over from the mainland, but Liu Zhifeng’s family was called Liu Guangshi, whose name was Xiaohe, and he was born in the Yongan family.
Juren’s status is high, and the local people’s “contributions” can often make Juren not exhausted. But Tingzhou is not near the sea, and there is no profit from the fish and salt trade. There are many mountains in the region, and it is not easy to eat on the mountains. In addition, he was not up to the level, unable to win a Jinshi, and had no money to honor his superiors. When he was in his 50s, he was still wasting years and accomplishing nothing.
This time Taiwan’s election of officials was not the turn of Liu Guangshi, but it was impossible to prevent no one from going. Although Taiwan’s thieves’ den was well-known, Liu Guangshi wanted to come even more miserable but he was not as good as his current situation. The government issued a card order to let him go to Taiwan to take up his post.
It's really good. Three counties, Tainan, Kaohsiung, and Chiayi, can be chosen, so he can go wherever he wants. In the end, he chose Tainan. The county office and the government office are in the same city.
arrived in Tainan and was immediately assigned by Liu Zhifeng to drive the ducks to the shelves. Later, when he recalled the experience, he felt unbearable to look back, but he finally survived.
And Liu Zhifeng also thanked Liu Guangshi for sharing the responsibilities for him, otherwise he alone would not be too busy...The administrative center of the Southeast Mansion did not provide enough assistance for him. First, there were few people in the administrative center, and secondly, he would not be waiting to see him. This alternative.
During those hard days, two Ming officials were in the "thieves' den," and they made extraordinary achievements. They did a real thing.
The number of fish in ponds has increased and people’s lives have improved. Although marine fish are delicious, fishing in the sea is not as secure as raising fish on the shore.
When going out to sea to fish, there will be wind and waves, and safety is a big problem.
If you look at the sky and eat, sometimes the fish is full, and sometimes there are very few fish.
Fruits are grown everywhere, and the market is not a problem. The army has introduced a large number of them, and finally a food consequence system has been formed in the food!
Whenever possible, there must be fruit on the military table. It is not a problem to supply it in the military port. When it is outside the sea, it is supplied with dried or candied fruit.
With the guidance of public opinion, people in Southeast Prefecture generally like to eat fruits, which greatly enriched everyone's table.
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The bigger change comes from the tobacco industry. Taiwan is located in the tropics, suitable for tobacco cultivation, and its output is increasing year by year.
and Yan Dashao has two big tricks in a row:
One is cigarettes. The shredded tobacco is wrapped in paper and smoked. A convenient, fast and easy-to-carry smoking method was born.
Young Master Yan deliberately established a paper mill!
In addition to providing paper for the military and government, it is mainly for cigarette production.
The cigarette paper produced by Dongnan Prefecture has been tested for many times to find the most suitable paper~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It has no peculiar smell and burns out. No one can compare to other papers!
The second is flue-cured tobacco. Using charcoal to roast the tobacco leaves, the tobacco leaves with golden color and better taste are obtained. A softer tobacco is widely spread afterwards.
Because of its color, the tobacco industry is called the golden industry.
Two-pronged approach, cigarettes are out!
With the knowledge of Yan Dashao, Taiwan tobacco leaf immediately became a brand, and promoted the three major cigarette brands of "Special Alcohol Southeast", "Jian" and "Coconut Taiwan" with upper, middle and lower quality to ensure the quality.
respectively printed the "Mountain Peak", a "deer" and a "coconut tree" in the logo of the Southeast Prefecture as trademarks, declaring that "a cigarette after a meal is happy like a fairy"!
Planting tobacco has become a "noble crop", and the income earned in one year can make the family live comfortably. Some farmers who do not grow tobacco are jealous. Those neighbors who grow tobacco say that "your family grows tobacco a year, which is three times better than ours. The annual income from growing vegetables is even higher.” Taiwan’s tobacco has entered a period of prosperity.
Young Master Yan first poisoned the northern captives with cigarettes. Since he had a stronghold in the north, he exported cigarettes, rum, and silk to the northern captives in exchange for ginseng and fur from the northern captives, and shipped them back to the mainland for sale.
The second poison is his old friend, the Edo Shogunate. When he meets Tokugawa Hidetada next time, he finds that his Royal Highness is swallowing clouds with cigarettes in his fingers. Young Master Yan secretly applauds. Give him a large package of top-notch special alcohol southeast immediately.
The third poisoning was his old friend, the British. The British sold a large number of cigarettes to all over the world, believing that Taiwanese cigarettes are comparable to Caribbean cigars!
In this way, the southeast government has one more fist export product, which has earned cramps and turned it into a source of wealth for Yan Changwu to expand his arms and prepare for war.
