Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 758 Steadily Growing Economy

After the beginning of spring, Yantai looks much more lively.Half of the total of 16 immigration transport ships have begun to berth in Yantai Port, preparing to bring a large number of immigrants from Qingzhou Prefecture stranded here to Australia.These immigrants were all taken away by the East Bank army when they voluntarily retreated from the Qingzhou and Yanzhou prefectures last year. The number is about 8000, and the proportion of handicraft workers is quite high - and this is exactly what the East Bank natives have put forward emphatically. .

And with the arrival of these immigrant ships, there are piles of materials: more than 45 gun barrels (this is the most consumable part of the gun parts), [-] artillery pieces (there is a lack of gun mounts, which are planned to be built in the Jeju Island workshop) land reconstruction), more than [-] sets of machinery and equipment (with certain spare parts), [-] sets of armor and other daily luxuries.

With the strengthening of the Far East's self-sufficiency, there are now fewer and fewer weapons and equipment shipped from the mainland.The Yangma Island workshop under the jurisdiction of the Blackwater Pioneering Team currently has nitrates to make nitrate and gunpowder. The Jeju Island workshop also uses abundant raw materials (ranches) to manufacture leather armor, bows and arrows, and can also simply repair firearms, artillery, armor and logistics. vehicle.The enhancement of these capabilities has greatly eased the local transportation pressure, enabling transport ships to carry more cotton-padded clothes, wine, dyed leather goods, high-quality metal utensils, shredded tobacco, sucrose, cocoa, soap, etc. For daily consumer goods, the transportation cost can be subsidized to some extent.

Now the economy in the Heishui area is really developing better and better under the rectification of the people on the east coast.During the whole of last year, Shao Shude farmed in Yantai, Ninghai Prefecture, Dengzhou, Weihaiwei and other lands effectively controlled by people on the east coast, and harvested more than 8000 tons of corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, wheat and other grains throughout the year.In addition, various strongholds in the Amur River region have now produced about 2500 tons of grain, basically achieving self-sufficiency; mature sites such as Heishui Port, Dabo Port, Rishiri Island, South Sakhalin Reclamation Bureau, and Jeju Island have produced a total of 1.09 tons of black grain. Wheat and oats.The above-mentioned annual output totals about 2.14 tons. Even without counting the 9400 tons of grain traded with North Korea, Japan, and the Netherlands (most of which come from North Korea, the mandatory purchase price is 80 yuan a stone), the food self-sufficiency rate of the people on the east coast It also reached more than 12.8% (3.15 soldiers and civilians in the Heishui area consumed a total of [-] tons of grain throughout the year).

From these figures, it can be clearly seen that the annual food shortage in the Heishui area is about 1 tons.These grains were made up by the [-] tons of rice stocks shipped by the Dutch last year (technology transfer fee), as well as the grain harvested by the army on the east coast in dozens of counties in Laizhou, Qingzhou, Jinan, and Yanzhou.In addition, Shao Shude's plan of "restraining the powerful and equalizing the land" was fully rolled out in Terengganu Prefecture. Because it is a raw land, almost all soybeans or alfalfa were planted in the first year, but these soybeans and alfalfa effectively supplemented the eastern The shortage of livestock feed and edible oil on the shore strongly supported the frontline operations.

Steady development on land, people on the east coast have also made great progress in utilizing the extremely rich sea granary of the Thousand Islands fishing grounds.The medium-sized fishing boats built by Heishui Shipyard with Sakhalin pine and oak trees (full load displacement is about 150 tons, which is the largest ship that Heishui Shipyard can manufacture at present. Canvas, ropes, nets, anchor chains, skins, etc. Imported from the mainland) the number has continued to climb to 38.

These fishing boats take advantage of three big fishing seasons a year: the saury (autumn species) fishing season that migrates from the Kuril Islands to the eastern coast of Japan, the Far Eastern sardine school that also migrates from north to south, and the outbreaks in the Sakhalin Islands, the Kuril Islands, and the Amur River Basin In addition to the largest annual fishing season of the year - the salmon fishing season, together with some miscellaneous fish usually caught, a total of 3297 tons of marine fish were caught throughout the year.You must know that these are cold-water fish rich in fat, unlike those freshwater fish and warm-water fish with extremely low calories. One of the important substitutes for grain consumption by the military and civilians on the coast.

I believe that with the in-depth training of sailors and the increase in the number of fishing boats, there is little suspense that the annual fish output will be quite [-] tons this year.Last year, the army on the east coast fought east and west in Shandong, and a large number of ships were transferred to transport military supplies, which greatly affected fishery production.It is still unknown how this year's war will be, but in the view of Shao Shude and others, it will not be bigger than last year, so this year's fishery output should hit a record high.

Part of the fish caught is processed on-site at Heishui Port, and then stored in an underground ice cellar as a strategic reserve.Sometimes the local government of Heishui Port will also be instructed by its superiors to clear out a batch of last year's inventory after the beginning of spring, and sell it publicly in the market to return some of the currency.In addition, a considerable part of the fish was sent to the canning factory in Dabo port for further processing. With the help of local technical experts, this small factory specially developed several kinds of canned food for field military use. Food, such as canned sea bream mushrooms, canned salmon braised in soy sauce, canned Xueao crab meat and so on.The products produced by this kind of factory are not only supplied to the army, but also sold in small quantities in the market. Most of the buyers are residents of Dabo, Heishui and other places.Occasionally, some Japanese people come to buy these canned fish and meat. It is the first factory in the Heishui area to meet the needs of the people, and the benefits are not bad.

In addition to fish products, various animals raised in free range on Rishiri Island, Rebun Island, and Okushiri Island were used to supplement animal protein for the military and civilians in the Blackwater area.These islands are lush with vegetation, but small in size, which is a natural prison for these free-range animals.In the past few years, people from the east coast released a large number of cattle, sheep, moose, reindeer and roe deer to the island every year. After several years of breeding, the population has grown greatly, including 1435 roe deer and 4218 cattle. , more than 12800 sheep, more than 300 moose, and 769 reindeer.According to the hunting plan, it can probably provide hundreds of tons of meat for the Blackwater Pioneering Team every year.

On Jeju Island, after receiving the heritage of the Koreans, the people on the east coast have also begun to work hard in recent years.The number of North Korean ponies, donkeys and mules on the Halla Mountain pastures has dropped sharply for several years, and has recovered for two consecutive years since 47, and the total number has exceeded 1.3 (heads).The steady production of a large amount of leather, horns, and tendons each year provides sufficient raw materials for the island's weapon manufacturing workshops, effectively guaranteeing the supply of military supplies for the frontline servants.

All of the above are the family property laid down by Marshal Mo Mingmo when he left office, and after he left office, Wei Boqiu also painstakingly expanded it, which made the economic production of the Heishui area develop in the long run.After the new leader of the pioneering team Shao Shude took office, Wei Boqiu received further support. The development of new territories such as the Amur River Basin, eastern Hokkaido, and the Southern Sakhalin Reclamation Bureau was carried out against such a background.

In order to attract the morale of the army, Shao Shude not only distributed the land equally to the officers and soldiers of the servant army in Dengzhou, but also distributed a large number of disabled soldiers to the fertile river valley land around the Southern Kuril Reclamation Bureau, and at the same time allocated them houses, livestock and wives. These people will become the backbone of the East Coast people to control this new territory.

All in all, today's Heishui area has begun to enter the recuperation of the Shao or Wei era after experiencing the turbulent advances of the Mo era.Although the front line is still fighting repeatedly, about 1.6 permanent residents in Heishui Port, Dabo Port, South Sakhalin Reclamation Bureau, Rishiri Island and other places in the rear have always lived in peace.Together with more than [-] temporary residents (immigrants waiting to be transported), they created a lot of wealth with their hardworking hands and indomitable will, which strongly supported the consumption of the frontline battles.

Shao Shude went to Jeju Island and Busan after the thaw in Yantai Port in the middle of last month (February), and then went to Rishiri Island to discuss economic work with Wei Boqiu.After completing these, he hurried back to Yantai by boat to start another important work this year-the construction plan of the bastion and simple port in the Jiaozhou Bay area.

In fact, this plan has been launched one after another in 1648. At that time, the army on the east bank was galloping and advancing in Shandong. The newly appointed Shao Shude, under the suggestion of Mo Ming, captured a large number of civilians and demolished the dilapidated Jiaozhou City. , and began to find a deep-water coast in the bay to build a fortress.The scale of this fortress is slightly larger than that of Yantai, and the bastion of masonry and cement structure is used to guard the safety of the wharf.

After all, Liaohai freezes for about one or two months during the coldest period of winter every year. At this time, the transport ships of the navy on the east coast will not be able to dispatch, which greatly affects the supply of logistics supplies for the troops.Therefore, building a new wharf on the coast of the Yellow Sea, which does not freeze in winter, has become a new policy that Shao Shude strives to promote.

From the beginning of 48, building material enterprises such as brick kiln factories, lime factories and cement factories in Heishui Port began to deduct a considerable part of their monthly production plans, and then shipped them to Jiaozhou Bay for the local construction of bastions and For the pier.After entering 49 years, Shao Shude felt a little dissatisfied with the construction progress of the bastion and the wharf, so he decided to increase investment here, that is, to use more construction materials (the insufficient part was obtained by demolishing the city wall of Jiaozhou, and recruiting civilians to quarry by the seaside. ), invest more manpower, with a view to completing the construction of the bastion and the wharf before the end of this year.

At that time, [-] officers and soldiers of the newly formed Fourth Brigade of Standing Up Team, together with some artillery, will be stationed in this strong fortress on the coast of the Yellow Sea, firmly controlling the waist of the Shandong Peninsula.At present, the fourth brigade has just finished recruiting troops and is still training in Yantai.Shao Shude himself was very concerned about this army. He even went to Dabo Port to inspect the recruited Shandan and Japanese soldiers. Make sure that no splatter gets into the troops.During the training in Yantai, he even took the time to ask each officer to ask about their health and understand their thoughts, so as to know what they were doing.

After completing this whole set, the combat power of the officers and soldiers of the fourth brigade of the stand-up team was provided quite quickly, and the morale was also maintained at a very high level.Shao Shude thought, when the spring sowing in Yantai is over, if the situation on the frontline is good, he will take [-] officers and soldiers of the Fourth Battalion to personally conquer Jinan and Dongchang, and let these young men go to accumulate some combat experience. Give yourself a sense of presence.

(End of this chapter)