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Chapter 21 Bamboo Wind and Orchid Rain

In this month, it is not easy to go south from Keelung, whether it is going to the Taiwan Strait or the east coast of Taiwan. The powerful dark tide and the prevailing south wind make sailings last hundreds of miles a day.

Maybe this is also the reason why Ryukyu is the key to the galloping and sailing technology tree.

He heard that the elder sister who understands people's hearts is the most considerate. While asking him to go to Yilan, he also arranged a sailing fleet to wait for Mr. Zhao in Keelung Port.

The person who led the fleet was Zheng Dao, the younger brother of Zheng Xi. When he heard that the great king left Ryukyu, he led the fleet to protect it.

Now the Zheng family is backed by Jiangnan Group, especially the coast guard base in Naha, and has completely grasped the military and political power of Ryukyu, making Shang Zongxian and others completely a decoration. The only thing they fear now is that they can hear the Lord.

I heard that the great king was not only the religious leader of Ryukyu, but also the Wang Mei, but also the 10th century in the dual ruling system of Zhongshan Kingdom. As long as she is there for one day, the Zheng family will not even shake the status of the Shang royal family. If they can stand up to the sky, they will be a powerful minister.

The Zheng family and Wen De Dajun were originally destined to have a conflict, but Mei Nan seemed to be ignorant of the world, but in fact she was an old driver who was very stable. Before the Zheng family could react, she hooked up, or took on Zhao Hao.

Although Wen De Dajun never admitted that he became Mr. Zhao's lover, the intimate relationship between the two is obvious to all, and they have been together.

After returning to Ryukyu, the senior women beside her revealed intentionally or unintentionally when they were having tea and gossip with the noble ladies that they heard that the Lord had had a negative contact with Mr. Zhao, and that they were in the sky, and the kind that the goddess had permission from...

Mei Nan also asked the Ming Dynasty to enthrone her nephew, Shang Yong, the second son of King Shangyuan, to be the prince of the King of Zhongshan, and included it in the Celestial Chronicle. He also sent Shang Yong to Yufeng Middle School to study, which completely cut off the Zheng family's wish to support the eldest son of King Shangyuan.

In this confrontation, Mei Nan was good at dancing and did not move, and he won the Zheng family. For a moment, he heard that the great king was so powerful that he could turn the world around the islands of Ryukyu.

However, Mei Nan stopped when he saw the good news and offered to promote Zheng Zhaozuo to the prime minister of the country, allowing him to open a government office and take charge of the national affairs in a legitimate manner.

Since then, both parties have reached a tacit understanding. The Zheng family no longer interferes in divine power and covets the royal power. The Ryukyu Shinto also supports the Zheng family to take charge of the military and political power of the Zhongshan Kingdom. Its system is quite similar to that of the Japanese Emperor to the Shogunate.

This is the limit that Mei Nan can win for the royal family. If it were others, now there will be no one who will die in the Ryukyu King.

Mei Nan also consciously accepted the surveillance of the Zheng family to dispel their unnecessary speculation about their behavior.

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Mr. Zhao happily boarded the sailboat arranged by Sister Mei and sailed towards the east coast of Taiwan.

As we all know, Taiwan Island has a long and narrow terrain, and the towering central mountains run across the island from north to south, isolating both the east and west sides.

Unlike most plains, the west coast of the platform and the east coast are full of mountains, only the Yilan Plain in the northeast corner and a narrow and long Taitung Long Valley Plain are suitable for farming.

Compared with the narrow and remote Taitung Long Valley, it is located in the northeast of Taiwan Island, only 80 miles away from Keelung in a straight line, and only 120 miles of sea route. It has excellent harbors and vast plains, Yilan will obviously be developed earlier.

A breakwater has been built outside Wushiwan, the northernmost part of the Yilan Plain. There are countless fishing boats hanging with the sun and moon flags in green spaces, scattered in the near sea, and there are as many as two or three hundred.

"So many fishing boats." Zhao Hao was shocked. He had only immigrated here for a few years? Where did so many fishermen come from?

"Yilan is a good place. Not only is the land fertile and abundant precipitation, there is also a super fishing ground near the sea," Tang Youde explained proudly: "I heard from Mr. Bei that it is because of the dark tide. We can't understand the specifics. Anyway, we know that there are a lot of fish here, such as flags, mackerel, bonito, flying fish, and even if we change the season, we can't find any missing."

"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded. Taiwan's east coast is steep and deep. It is a must-pass place for migratory fish. In short, you can catch fish from the entire North Pacific Ocean at the doorstep. At the current fishery level, of course it is inexhaustible.

"But the heat and cold currents of the Taiwan Strait meet, and the fishery resources are as developed, so there is no need to go around here to catch fish, right?"

"What the young master said is that we really had some brains. At that time, Danshui had only been open for a year and had immigrated more than 100,000 yuan, but no one in Yilan was willing to settle down." Tang Youde smiled bitterly: "Those southern Fujianese ghost spirits, the management committee praised Yilan to heaven, so they recognized that Danshui was close to the local area, and the land would definitely be more valuable than the east in the future."

"It makes sense." Mr. Zhao smiled and nodded. In another period of time and space, Fujian immigrants also cleared the land along the Tamsui River and went deep into the Taipei Plain. Until the first year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, Western Taiwan had been occupied by first-comers, and Han people entered Yilan.

"But after the teachers of the Agricultural College inspected, it was found that the land here in Yilan was the fattest and it rained frequently, unlike the west side. Sometimes it didn't rain for several months, so the difficulty of reclamation was the lowest." Tang Youde said again.

Zhao Hao nodded, and the towering central mountains blocked the water vapor brought by the tropical monsoon, so there was a significant dry season on the west coast of Taiwan.

Yilan is an impact plain surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on the east. Not only does it have Lanyang Creek with abundant water and many tributaries, but this dustpan-shaped terrain is particularly prone to terrain rain.

Even in winter, under the blowing of the northeast monsoon, Yilan can still absorb all the rain and moisture, which is called "Bamboo Wind and Orchid Rain". Therefore, when you look at the Yilan Plain from afar, you can see dense forests. You can first develop forestry and then develop agriculture. Isn't it fun?

But the people of southern Fujian are not as obedient as refugees in the north, and they are a little stubborn. They decided that Danshui was good and joined the farms by the Danshui River, not to worry about your Yilan Paradise.

"But the young master gave the management committee so much authority and freedom, so old Tang can't control them?" Tang Youde took a sip of the orange soda prepared on the boat and said proudly:

"I'll get three cards and let them come to Yilan right away!"

"What are the three moves?" Zhao Hao also asked, sucking soda.

"One move is to prepare for Japanese dynasties, and all fishing boats must be hung with the Fisheries Department of the Management Committee, and the offshore fishing flags issued by the Management Committee can go out to sea to fish." Tang Youde showed off: "We instructed the Fisheries Department to only issue one hundred flags to Danshui. However, Yilan is open and unlimited. Then we went back to Suzhou, begged President Jiang with shameless face, and approved a canning factory."

"Then you have a good face. The canning factory is now very popular. The leaders of all counties are asking me to come." Mr. Zhao laughed and said, "It's a pity that this kind of thing is not under my jurisdiction."

"Hehe, President Jiang still has to give me some face to you." Tang Youde smiled with a shy face: "I have known for a long time that the lives of the people in Jiangnan are getting better and better, and the demand for meat will become greater and greater. Jiangnan has a large population and fewer land, so it is impossible to develop animal husbandry. But there are endless fish in the sea. As long as the problem of long-term preservation is solved, there will definitely be great prospects!"

"So you built this canning factory in Yilan?" Zhao Hao smiled.

"Yes, the Yilan Canning Factory directly operated by the Management Committee." Tang Paul presented a canned fish like a treasure and said, "It was built on Wushi Port. The boat caught fish, processed on site, and then sent it to the canning factory, and it became this..."

Zhao Hao took it and saw that it was a slightly rough black sauce-glazed porcelain jar, which looked no different from an ordinary wine jar.

In fact, it is just an ordinary wine jar, which is cooked everywhere along the coast of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian. The biggest advantage is that it is large and cheap.

Glass is not affordable, and clay pots are breathable. This cheap porcelain, which is slightly more expensive than clay pots, has a thinner glaze, but is enough to ensure sealing, so it becomes the most suitable can bottle.

After knocking off the mud seal at the can, Zhao Hao found that there was a large cork inside.

Tang Youde carefully turned the choke and said with a little distress: "Actually, if you sell locally, you can do not need a choke. But the canning factory mainly supplies Jiangnan, and only by selling it to rich people can it be sold at a high price."

"Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded, remembering Tang Youde's reselling sugar, he thought he had made a gimmick, but he gave him a nice name and a luxurious version. He made several times more profitable after he lost his hand. It was a big dog dealer who was stupid and had a lot of money...

"So you have to add this plug, otherwise you will be banging on the sea, and the canned mud smell is too strong and you can't buy it..." Tang Youde popped and pulled out the plug, and a strong smell of salted fish came to his nose.

"Only in this way can you sell it at a price!"

"Damn it, you're selling salt here!" Zhao Hao looked at the canned salted fish with white salt foam inside, and suddenly realized. No wonder this guy's canned food can be sold at a high price!

"In the words of young master, this is...the market demand-oriented. The canning factory has tried canned foods such as braised, fermented black beans, smoked..., but the sales volume is far inferior to this." Tang Youde laughed and said, "We had to produce them all as they were."

"I think you just can't get the salt and feel uncomfortable." Mr. Zhao glanced at him.

How could he not understand the little bit of Tang’s intestines? As the cloth bag salt farm directly operated by the Management Committee was put into production, the white salt was sold in full warehouses and stockpiles, but it could not be sold to the mainland. It could only be used as industrial salt to send it to the chemical factory on Xishan Island at a low price.

For Fatty Tang, what is the difference between this and begging for Jinshan?

Tang Youde was anxious. He had many tricks. Suddenly, he thought, oh, I am not an official salt farm, and I can't sell salt to China without salt. But I don't need salt to buy salt, right?

So he set up pickle factories in all cities under his jurisdiction to produce various meat and vegetables that are terrible.

Of course, pickles are definitely not as popular as the canned food in Jiangnan. Moreover, this guy named the canned fish "Salty Fish Canned Sea Water", for fear that the people would not know that there are three or two of salt in one can!

Can ordinary people not buy it crazy?
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