The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 493 Tax [-]%
According to the agreement between the two, Ding Yi should give him 5 taels of silver.

But it is definitely not possible to carry it right now, and Putesman does not dare to carry it.

"After returning to the Netherlands, I passed the investigation of the East India Company. If you come back again, I will give you a penny of your money." Ding Yi said sincerely: "You should believe in my sincerity."

Putesman thought to himself, there is nothing I can do if I don’t believe it. He smiled bitterly: "I should believe you. You are my good friend, General Ding. May our friendship last forever."

Facts have proved that Ding Yi is very trustworthy, and he can completely refuse to give the 5 taels of silver.

After Putesman returned to China, he was investigated and questioned. A year later, when he returned to Daguan, Ding Yi filled his boat with silver and gifts.

Since then, the Putersman family has lived a happy life. Many years later, when he mentioned China, he would say that he had a very good friend there.

Lieutenant Commander Pirout finally chose to stay.

Because he needed a lot of money and a lady from the Ming Dynasty, although later he married a Japanese, a Ming Dynasty, and a Korean.

In this way, Ding Yi can be organized into a large naval force.

Based on the 4th Battalion of the Xuerxian Marine Division and the Dutch warships, there are a total of ten or 14 ships, with the Pross as the flagship.

Usually, Xu Erxian is the chief officer of the water division, and Pilut and Qiu Zhentai are the deputies.

When not fighting, Pilut is more training Ming people's naval warfare skills. When fighting, Pilut temporarily commands the Pross and all the ships driven by the Dutch.

All Dongjiang Army sailors, including sailors, have to take turns to train on the Pross for more than three months to learn how to control and fight.

In order to stabilize the morale of the troops in Dongjiang Town, Ding Yi increased the food and salaries of the soldiers and horses stationed in Taiwan, adding one tael for soldiers and two taels for officers.

After all, everyone is far away from home.

Considering that the environment here is different from Jeju, there are enemies inside and outside the island, and soldiers and horses who understand the local conditions are needed here, so in the future, one-third of them will be rotated every year, and two-thirds of the island will always be familiar with the local area. veterans.

After settling down the Dutch, Ding Yi began to settle down with the locals and local Han people.

At this time, there were about 4 mainland immigrants among the top officials.

More than 1 people are in the north, and more than 2 people are in the west. These 3 people were all immigrated by Zheng Zhilong. Right now, they don't care. The Dutch don't care, and Zheng Zhilong doesn't care.

Here in the southwestern city of Zeelandia, there are more than 1 Han Chinese who immigrated from the Netherlands, close to 2.

There are also many local original residents here, divided into raw and cooked.

The cooked fans are those who know how to farm like the immigrants and live in the plains, while the raw fans are those who do not farm and live in the mountains.

In the early stage, the Dutch eliminated some of the original residents who resisted fiercely nearby, and those who remained were relatively docile, but there were still a large number of raw and cooked farmers in the mountains and farther away.

At present, under the influence of Zeelandia City, there are about 3 Dutch, Han Chinese and locals. This is also the population that Ding Yi can currently control, with a total of 14 mu of land.

Of course, this is due to the fact that the Dutch have fewer soldiers and less places to cover.

Deeper in Dayuan, deep in the mountains and forests, there are still a large number of original residents.

Ding Yi quickly summoned the chiefs of the original residents and the elders of the Han people to overturn the various treaties established with the Netherlands before and re-established the rules.

When the Dutch were there, the annual rent for each Jiatian (approximately [-] mu) was [-] shi for the upper field, [-] shi for the middle field and [-] dou, and [-] shi for the lower field.

Ding Yi made a small change, and the rent for each Jiatian, regardless of whether it is upper, middle or lower, is [-]%.

As soon as the news came out, everyone was in an uproar and excited.

Because the Dutch charge too much, and it's unreasonable.

You can’t have a [-]% high yield in farming. Sometimes natural disasters and man-made disasters may not be able to harvest one acre of land and one stone, and the Dutch require a fixed amount of grain, which seems very unreasonable to them.

Moreover, the amount of rent collected by the Dutch is roughly equivalent to 5-6% per mu of land, or even higher.

Ding Yi's harvest is not counted, which is really popular.

Whether it is local familiar fans or immigrants, they all praised it.

Of course, Ding Yi also made a lot of money. He earned [-]% in Dongjiang, Dengzhou and other places.

The key point is that there are 14 mu of land here, all of which have been plowed by others. It is simply a waste of money.

Moreover, the output here is high, with 14 mu of land at the moment, if there is no natural disaster, the annual commission and tax can provide Ding Yi with at least 15 shi of grain.

Ding Yi also encouraged the people of all ethnic groups to hoard new land. From now on, the rent for hoarded new land will be [-]% for the first year, [-]% for the second year, and [-]% for the third year onwards.

If you encounter harassment from local raw and cooked fans in the farmland, Ding Yi will send troops to solve it.

Ding Yi figured out a way to lend the cattle to them at a low price, so the people became more enthusiastic.

After stabilizing the people in the Netherlands and nearby, Ding Yi immediately started his big construction, big immigration.

He had a falling out with Zheng Zhilong in June last year, and Zheng gave him two years, and now nearly a year and a half has passed.

So Ding Yi desperately started to build and strengthen the defense line.

First of all, Zeelandia City was renamed Tainan City, Promincia City was renamed Xingang City, and focused on expanding Xingang City.

The original city of Promincia was to protect the town of Promincia (Chihkan Street, it was just a small bastion, with more than 100 troops stationed there, and it would be full if only two or 300 people stayed inside.

In history, when Zheng Chenggong attacked Taiwan, he divided his troops into three groups, one of which was landed and fought at Heliao Port upstream here.

Ding Yi will be expanded into a large city, covering an area of ​​more than 5000 mu. In the future, 3 troops will be stationed, with a population of more than [-].

This kind of city is in Lushun, and he can build it within a year, but it is estimated that with the manpower and material resources of the generals, it will take at least two to three years, so he divided it into several phases and first built a large fort on the coastline to prevent ships from landing here. .

But the cannons on the fort here don't need to be big, just more.

Because the landing waterway here is very shallow, only small boats can come here.

In history, Zheng Chenggong also brought more than 100 small ships.

So cannons are useless, you need more cannons.

Ding Yi planned to build forts along the coastline, and then connect the city with a city wall, then surround the city wall, connect the original Prominian city bastion, and then wrap the Prominian town inside, thus forming the immature shape of the city. Improve the inside step by step.

In addition, a large number of small forts were set up along the Heliao port where they could land.

As long as there are thirty forts here, and thirty 24-pound and 32-pound guns are prepared, it is basically impossible for ships of various types to land.

Build a bastion behind the fort to guard the road leading to Father John's farm. This is the place where the infantry must pass after landing. The former Zheng Chenggong's soldiers and horses disembarked from here.

Assuming the fort couldn't hold back and the infantry came up, as long as Ding Yi's soldiers guarded the bastion, this road would be impassable.

Ding Yi is still setting up a shopping mall in the east of Tainan City for trading. One is to trade with the local aborigines, ordering them to cut down big trees, which will be used to build ships in the future, and at the same time sell salt, cloth, ironware and other materials they need with them.

The goods provided can also recycle the military pay issued to improve the quality of life of the local people.

According to Ding Yi's preliminary plan, he will operate the area from Tainan to Kaohsiung in the first five years, develop to the central part after five years, and go north in the next five years.

Of course, if his population increases fast enough, he can also advance appropriately.

Right now, he roughly assessed that the main problem is that the population is too small and the labor force is insufficient.

He has now seized all the territory of the Dutch, with a population of only about [-].

These people not only need to farm, but also need to make sugar, and also need to build the city of Zeelandia, which is really not enough.

After Ding Yi came, he could plan effectively and maximize the use of manpower.

(End of this chapter)