manynovel Chapter 286 Development
Chapter 286 Development
Chapter 286 Development
PS: The previous chapter was blocked. It mainly talked about the protagonist completing the operation and preparing to go to Yizhou Island.
On this day, on the pier of the Qiantang River, a large group of people were saying goodbye to Zhang Qingfeng, including Zhang Qingfeng's parents, relatives, friends, and Zhang Qingfeng's fiancée Tian Ling and the Tian family.
"Sanlang, you go there, you must take good care of yourself..." Mother Yang told Zhang Qingfeng with tears in her eyes.
"I know mother, I will take care of myself." Zhang Qingfeng said.
"Sanlang, when you go over there, you must remember to write a letter and come back, we will all miss you." Tian Ling who was on the side also said to Zhang Qingfeng.
"I see, don't worry." Zhang Qingfeng replied.
"It's getting late, I'm leaving first, and when I'm not around, the business here will be handed over to you." Zhang Qingfeng said to his parents and relatives.
Afterwards, Zhang Qingfeng boarded the ship bound for Quanzhou Port under everyone's watching farewell.
Together with Zhang Qingfeng, there are hundreds of imperial navy ships going to Quanzhou Port. The first batch of 5000 people will go eastward from Quanzhou Port and cross the strait to Yizhou Island.
For the rest of the day, the fleet moved along the coastline, sailing during the day and looking for a port to pay attention to at night.
In this way, it took a week for the fleet to arrive at Quanzhou Port.
After arriving at Quanzhou Port, the fleet rested here for a few days, mainly to replenish the fleet.
A few days later, under the leadership of a businessman familiar with the strait, the fleet crossed the strait, and finally landed at the mouth of a river in the southwest of the island.
"Everyone is not allowed to drink boiled water casually, are not allowed to poop or pee anywhere, and are not allowed to move alone..."
In a estuary in the southwest of Yizhou Island, hundreds of ships docked here quietly.
On both sides of the river, countless people were working hard to cut down trees, and they used them to build simple houses.
The fleet will stay here for half a month, and will not leave until everyone has built their homes and transported the supplies ashore.
On the river bank at this time, Zhang Qingfeng was discussing with the generals of the Five Thousand Chamber Army about setting fire to the forest.
In Yizhou Island, which has a tropical and subtropical climate and where miasma and plague are rampant, setting fire to the forest will undoubtedly be able to effectively isolate mosquitoes and the spread of some diseases.
Moreover, opening up wasteland also requires cutting down the forest. Instead of doing this, it is better to burn a fire first, and then open up wasteland.
Under Zhang Qingfeng's command, he soon organized many people to set fire to the forest.
However, even if Zhang Qingfeng wanted to lead people to light fires everywhere, it would be difficult to form a continuous fire in the rainy spring season of Yizhou Island.
Zhang Qingfeng led everyone to burn for half a month before burning less than a few hundred square kilometers.
However, such a large site is enough for 5000 people to cultivate here.
The policy given by the court is that everyone owns the land cultivated by them, with an upper limit of one hundred acres.
If the family members are brought over to cultivate together within two years, the upper limit can be increased to [-] mu.
Five hundred acres of land is definitely considered a landlord in the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, in the first three years, the imperial court would not collect any tax from them. Instead, it would help them purchase farm tools, cattle, seeds, etc. at cost prices.
During this process, even if he died suddenly, the land he reclaimed would be inherited by his relatives, and the court would not touch a single bit of them.
Under such a policy, almost everyone worked very hard to reclaim the land.
Land has been the lifeblood of the Han people since ancient times. Now that they have the opportunity to get [-] acres of land for free, they will naturally not give up.
Although [-] mu of land is not so easy to reclaim, they can settle down and bring their families over to reclaim it together.
Zhang Qingfeng asked the court to draw a big cake for everyone.
He told everyone that as long as they work hard to reclaim the land, they will become landlords and live a good life with rich clothes and fine food.
Many people listened to Zhang Qingfeng's words and fantasized about a better life in the future, and each of them became more motivated to work.
However, none of them could figure out Zhang Qingfeng's other thoughts.
For one person, planting more than ten acres of land throughout the year is already the limit, and no amount can be taken care of.
So when the soldiers of the Xiang Army suddenly got [-] acres of land, they couldn't plant it, what would they do?
It is not so easy to be a master if you want to be a master. At that time, they can only fool people from their hometown to work here.
Compared with the court forcing the people to emigrate, it will never be as good as the people willing to emigrate spontaneously.
Zhang Qingfeng must also benefit all those who come to develop it within his three-year term. Only in this way can more people be attracted to develop here.
In the following time, after Zhang Qingfeng led 5000 people to develop almost [-] mu of land, he planted seeds.
The imperial court's support here will only be supported until the grain is ripe for a season.
After the development of Yizhou Island, food must be self-sufficient, so Zhang Qingfeng is also under great pressure.
With more than 5000 troops, I still admire Zhang Qingfeng, a young county magistrate.
Mainly because Zhang Qingfeng knew many farming methods, and he was able to share the joys and sorrows with ordinary soldiers. Together with his medical team, he treated many people's diseases.
So in a short period of time, Zhang Qingfeng has become the backbone of all your Xiang army soldiers. By this time, even some of the original Xiang army generals are not as prestigious as Zhang Qingfeng.
Under the leadership of Zhang Qingfeng, in just over four months, the first season of rice on Yizhou Island has matured, and everyone can eat the grain grown by themselves.
Next, Zhang Qingfeng led everyone to plant the second season of food non-stop.
At this time, the imperial court once again transported five thousand Xiangjun soldiers.
With the experience of the first wave of development, Zhang Qingfeng easily arranged the second wave of developers.
Historically, the Han people developed Yizhou on a large scale, mainly during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it was a spontaneous act by the people.
However, the development of Yizhou at that time caused heavy losses to the Han people.
At that time, the Han people left a song: "I advise you not to cross the bend. It is like the gate of hell. Thousands of people have gone and no one can turn around. It is difficult to know life and death..."
It can be seen that the Han people paid a heavy price for the development of Yizhou at that time.
Moreover, there are two ocean currents in the middle of the strait, which require high navigation skills to pass through. If you have no experience in crossing the ocean currents, you may be washed into the vast sea by the ocean currents and lose your way. This is also a big challenge for the Han people to develop Yizhou obstacle.
There was a saying at that time: "Ten times go, six die, three times stay, one turn back."
It roughly means that on average, six out of ten people will die at sea, only three will arrive safely, and the last one will turn around and give up crossing the sea. Of course, this number is a bit exaggerated, but it also shows how difficult it is to cross the strait.
In addition, Yizhou Island is prone to diseases and plagues, which caused heavy losses to the Han people.
There was a ballad at that time: "I know death when I am sick, I want to hire a husband but I have no money, I sleep in the grass and no one asks, the ghost who loves tea and water goes first."
The gentleman in the ballad is a doctor. What the doctor means is that after the Han people arrived in Yizhou, they were prone to diseases, but they had no money for treatment, so they could only lie in the grass nest and wait to die.
The reason why Zhang Qingfeng dared to bring the people of Song Dynasty to develop Yizhou Island was mainly because it was an action supported by the power of the state.
Whether it's sailing skills, or facing the island's diseases and controlling the plague, Zhang Qingfeng has done his best.
Therefore, tens of thousands of people developed Yizhou Island, and within half a year, there were less than 50 casualties, which is a miracle.
However, as Zhang Qingfeng led tens of thousands of people to develop a large-scale area on Yizhou Island, conflicts broke out between the Han people and the aborigines on Yizhou Island.
(End of this chapter)