Dragon Sea Empire

The northeast monsoon has been blowing the earth for some days.

Around Taiwan and Hong Kong, the harvest of the Chinese company's Tuntian farm this year is very good.In this fertile land that has not been cultivated for millions of years, various crops transplanted from the mainland grow wildly.In the rice fields between the several streams, the rice stalks piled up like mountains after the late rice was harvested.On this newly reclaimed land, the rice introduced by Yin Feng from Hainan Island can be ripened three times a year, and has already achieved the prosperity that later generations call "one year, seven years".During the harvest season, the old farmers in the crop fields looked at the rice in the warehouse and smiled

All the land in the Tuntian Farm is owned by the China United Company, and all cultivators must hand over one-fifth of their harvest to the company every year, and otherwise belong to themselves.As long as the land assigned to the farm households is cultivated continuously for 10 years according to the company's requirements, they can have permanent tenancy rights. They only need to sell one-twentieth of the total harvest at the price of the Chinese company every year, and then they can pass it on to future generations.Most of the areas around Taiwan and Hong Kong are still in the territory of the aborigines. The company does not occupy and reclaim many fields. Therefore, the company is not allowed to sell the land. It is only allowed to lease the company's land. All farm tools, cattle and housing for the farmers are provided by the company. .

The board of directors of the Zhonghua Company clearly stipulated that all employees of the company, except women, should help fight in wartime, and implemented a mixed conscription system in which all people were conscripted and recruited.During the slack season, farm households have to participate in military training, and during wartime they serve as auxiliary soldiers.

The soldiers participating in the escort team are all recruited from the farm households and coolie laborers. As long as they have served in the China United Company for five years, they can be discharged from the army. A share of dry stock can participate in dividends.You can also continue to work in the guard. After ten years as a soldier, if you don't become an officer and don't want to do it, you can get three times the land or shares.

The busy farming season has come to an end these days, and a large number of farmers have brought a year's harvest into the city to trade in exchange for some money.They are not used to Taiwan as their home.After earning money, they will take a boat back to their hometown on the other side.Farmers who have resettled their land, or bought the lost land and cultivated it - they will not come to Taiwan again in the next year; ——This group of people regard Taiwan as a place where they can make quick money, and they may even cross the sea to farm in the next year.

According to the latest regulations issued by the Tuntian Division of the Company’s Internal Affairs Department, each Tuntian household must send one person to participate in winter military training. However, considering the actual situation of Tuntian households, only a few more than 100 people participated in the military training.

There are only a small number of farm households who have nothing in their hometown, or have no care, so they still stay on the island of Taiwan.

Many of the artisans working in various factories are from across the strait, and many of them have already gone home to prepare for the New Year.

The port was still very busy. Although the fishermen along the coast had all returned home, the merchant ships returning from Japan, driven by the northeast monsoon, arrived at the port one after another.There are also ships from smugglers around Zhejiang, bringing goods for next year's trading season.Therefore, the only busiest place in the city these days is the wharf, and the flow of people on the streets and in residential areas has decreased significantly compared to usual.

Within a year, Yin Feng worked day and night, spent a lot of money like water, and recruited thousands of people for infrastructure construction. Miraculously, on the basis of the original settlements of several pirates, a permanent population was built. A small port town with more than 5000 people.Moreover, the city is still expanding, and its walls are expanding outward every month.

Therefore, there is no city wall in Taiwan Port.Moreover, building a city wall is indeed a costly and laborious project, so Taiwan Harbor is still guarded by a circle of wooden fences; four multi-angular fortresses were built on the east, west, north, south, and west sides of the urban area, and the west fortress on the side facing the sea was built with 24 pounds. Four cannons.

On the street near the headquarters of Zhonghua Company, a restaurant opened a few months ago.

Today, the restaurant has gathered a lot of farmer brothers who have entered the city, and some coolie-looking men are drinking on the ground floor.The private seats on the second floor are almost full, and those who are feasting are company accountants dressed as scholars and teachers from various schools; their high-spirited voices are by no means lower than those of the coolies and peasant brothers downstairs.

The third floor is the VIP box with a viewing platform. The most ornately decorated wing facing the street is never used by anyone; it is specially reserved by the owner of the restaurant for Mr. You or your family can come anytime.The name of this restaurant is "Leshan Tower", which is said to be taken from the sentence "The Benevolent Leshan" in "The Analects", which means that the owner of Yin Feng is a "benevolent man" with countless living people.Zhang Wan, the owner of the restaurant, originally opened the first Chinese restaurant in Balian, Luzon. During the Luzon War in the 31st year of Wanli, he escaped from Balian alone with Yin Feng. kill.After arriving in Taiwan, he had no means of livelihood, and thanks to Yin Feng's relief and sponsorship, he was finally able to reopen the restaurant.Therefore, in Zhang Wan's mind, Yin Feng's status is second only to the Heavenly King Lao Tzu.Zhang Wan reserved the best location and best-decorated wing room in the restaurant for Yin Feng, although Yin Feng and his family only visited twice in a few months.

In a relatively secluded wing beside Yin Feng's private room, there are two men, one is tall and thin, with a square face, dressed as a Confucian scholar; dress up.The two of them sat drinking and chatting uncoordinatedly, talking quietly while watching the movement outside the window.The loud noise downstairs covered up their conversation, and the guy who delivered the food couldn't hear what they were saying at all.

The tall Confucian scholar named Chen Dong, whose name is Xuri, is from Quanzhou. He teaches in the literacy school run by the Zhonghua Company, teaching literacy and reading to various people every day; and all other illiterate people.

The black short fisherman is Guo Yi, who has traveled to and from both sides of the Taiwan Strait many times, and is the private intelligence officer of Shen Yourong, the general manager of Fujian Dusi and Wuyu Shuizhai Qinyi.

Guo Yi carefully looked at the headquarters of the Zhonghua Company diagonally across the street, and asked Chen Dong on the opposite side in a low voice: "Sir, what is a shareholders' meeting?"

Right now, the first general meeting of shareholders of China United Company is being held in the compound of the headquarters.Therefore, the gate of the Chinese company is also very lively with people coming and going.

Chen Dong took a sip of his wine, snorted and said, "It's just a ghost idea that these businessmen came up with, that is to let all the people who have invested money in the company sit together for a meeting, saying that they are discussing major issues of the company. It is said that Only shareholders who have invested more than 10000 taels can participate. Ordinary shareholders can gather themselves to make up 1 taels, and then elect representatives from these people to attend the meeting, and they can get the same treatment as major shareholders.” Chen Dong pulled out a note from his pocket, handed it to Guo Yi, and said in a low voice: "This is the list of all Fujian coastal businessmen who participated in the meeting that I saw when I entered and exited the company headquarters in the past two days. Keep it carefully. Don't let anyone see it!"

Guo Yi carefully folded the note into small pieces and stuffed it into his arms, then took a sip of wine and said, "When I came over, my lord asked, how is the situation of the guard?"

Chen Dong thought for a while, then said in a low voice: "This matter is not easy to handle. The guards have strict access control, and idlers can't get in. Those guards who come to the literacy school for literacy classes are mostly farmers in western Fujian, or Some of the local fishermen are ignorant people brought by Yin Feng from Luzon Island. They worship Yin Feng wholeheartedly and have no second thoughts. My brother-in-law hit the board,..."

Guo Yi didn't dare to compliment him on what the ignorant people said, and asked in a low voice, "Slapping my brother-in-law? Why?"

"It's just an act of fishing for fame. It is said that during the battle between Penghu and the Hongmaoyi, the commander of the warship, Mai Dahai, violated the order, and even brought random people onto the warship without permission, so he was punished; that was in the guards. The military law was publicly enforced on the colonel's field, and his position was downgraded afterwards."

Guo Yi was speechless: "Didn't the Chinese company win the Penghu battle? Just because of such a trivial matter, he beat his brother-in-law. Hehe, isn't this military discipline too strict?"

Chen Dong said indignantly: "This young man, what do you know about military discipline? Successive leniency, kindness and strength are the way to be a general... Hmph, how can this kind of businessman understand military affairs! This Captain Yin pretends to be a dignified supervisor , spend the whole day with the soldiers in the barracks, practicing some kind of military formation, heh heh!"

Guo Yi couldn't help feeling disgusted with this scholar, and couldn't help saying: "Captain Yin has already defeated the Hongmaoyi and Lusonggan Greeks..."

Chen Dong sneered: "Hmph, who doesn't know, the red-haired barbarians were only greedy for business with my Ming Dynasty, and they didn't try their best to fight Yin Feng. Those barbarians admired our dynasty culture, and they should have been treated with our dynasty's gloomy literary spirit and the spirit of a saint. Dao influence! Yin Feng is fighting with swords and soldiers, and he is basically in cahoots with the barbarians. How is this kind of behavior of convincing people with force different from the barbarians?"

Guo Yi's brain was a little overwhelmed, and he didn't understand what the other party was talking about.I had to bury my head in drinking

Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes sounded, several fast horses rode from far to near, and the knights galloped on the street holding red flags, and quickly passed the street where the restaurant was located, attracting a group of coolie craftsmen on the ground floor to rush out of the store to watch the excitement.Everyone saw the knight rushing to get off his horse at the gate of the company's headquarters, and rushed into the gate. They couldn't help being curious, and they all went over.

It is rare for a fast horse to gallop on the street. Guo Yi could not help but lie on the window and look around curiously.Then Chen Dong was still speaking there: "Yin Feng is not a villain, but he doesn't understand the truth; the guards who take care of the home and the nursing home are paid more food and money than me and other students who have read sage books." , really... what's going on?"

At the gate of the company headquarters, several guards in black uniforms rushed out, hurriedly running in several directions.After a while, Yin Feng appeared at the door with his guards, and the people who watched the excitement shouted loudly: "Captain Yin!"

"Big boss! What happened?" Someone asked.These watch craftsman coolies surrounded Yin Feng, and Yin Feng greeted them with a smile.Guo Yi said curiously: "This ship owner is really arrogant!"

Chen Dong snorted with a straight face, and said coldly: "It's probably something wrong!"

Something went wrong.The Japanese appeared in Jilong and Danshui areas in northern Taiwan, and were massacring the local aborigines.