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    It's snowing in Taiwan, to be precise, it's snowing in almost all areas in Taipei County, and the temperature has dropped rapidly, reaching several degrees below zero. Many dif¨¡ng that never freeze have started to freeze.

    If it were placed in the north, this coldness would not be considered a shime at all, and even snow would allow for good yields before coming.  But for Taiwan, which rarely snows, this is undoubtedly a disaster.

    The weather suddenly turned cold in just a few days, and it started to snow. Many people wanted to prepare winter clothes. As a result, many people in Taipei County suffered frostbite, and some frail elderly people even froze to death. What's more,  What's serious is that the crops in many plantations cannot withstand the severe cold, and most of them freeze to death in just a few days. Even many slaves froze to death, causing heavy losses to countless people." "Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better updated.  Faster! .

    "Your Highness, the steamship Yijing in Shanghai has been loaded with cotton-padded clothes and will arrive in Taiwan within two days!" Cui Wei said with a serious face.  Taipei County was the most severely affected, but Taichung and Taitung counties were also affected. In addition, Taipei County is the political center of Taiwan and has a very dense population, so the number of people affected by the disaster reached almost half of Taiwan's total population. Cui Wei, a Taiwanese  The governor naturally had to take charge personally, and even Li Min came to Keelung to take charge.

    Li Min nodded after hearing this. He did not expect that just after the Chinese New Year, Taiwan would encounter such a cold wave that had never happened in a century. Originally, Taiwan was an island and the temperature was relatively warm. Even in Taipei, which is the coldest place in winter, you only need to wear warm clothes.  You can get through the winter with just two single pieces of clothing.  It is precisely because of this that there is no stockpile of winter clothes here in Taiwan. Now that the cold wave is coming, winter clothes are not available on the market, and nearby places such as Fuzhou do not have much stockpile.  Bijing is also affected by the cold wave, so even the weather is not enough.  In desperation, Li Min had to send someone to Shanghai to transport a batch back.

    "By the way. Once Taiwan's losses are calculated, will it affect this year's harvest?" Li Min suddenly thought of the loss statistics, so he immediately asked.

    Cui Wei's face immediately darkened when he heard this, and he said at the same time: "Your Highness, a county in Taipei has suffered huge losses. The various crops in the plantations are generally not cold-resistant, so most of them froze to death, and many people lost their lives."  There are a lot of slaves, so even if the cold snap passes. If you want to replant, you still don¡¯t have enough manpower, so this year¡¯s harvest will definitely be affected.¡±

    Li Min also sighed when he heard this. Plantation is one of Taiwan's pillar industries. Taipei has suffered heavy losses, and the entire Taiwan economy will also be affected. However, there is nothing that can be done. Now we can only provide disaster relief first.

    Cui Wei reported the specific situation of the disaster in Taiwan to Li Xin, then thought of another thing, and said immediately: "Your Highness, the matter of immigration from the mainland has officially started. Originally, Shihou planned to send them to  Keelung, and then visit the plantation to let them see the prosperity of our Taiwan. This will strengthen their confidence in living in Taiwan. However, now that Taiwan is affected by the disaster, the officials in Keelung are busy with disaster relief. So it is really not suitable to let those people live in Keelung now.  Immigration comes, this matter still needs to be decided by His Highness!¡±

    After hearing this, Li Min thought for a while and said: "This is easy to handle. Send those immigrants to Tainan City first. The prosperity there is not worse than Keelung. In addition, Tainan's plantation industry is also more developed, and it will not be affected by the cold wave.  Impact, please send someone to notify Tainan City about this matter and let them make arrangements!"

    "Wei Chen obeys your order!" Cui Wei said immediately.  In fact, he also planned this, but he knew that when there is a situation in front of his boss, he should not think everything through, but should leave a certain amount of room for his boss to perform. This is also the way to be an official.

    The cold wave after the Chinese New Year not only brought a lot of trouble to Taiwan, but also affected the southern region of the Tang Dynasty. Many dif¨¡ng were affected, and there was a lot of snow in some dif¨¡ng, which blocked the roads.  It was closed, resulting in traffic jams, and it took more than ten days after the snowfall to resume traffic.

    Although this natural disaster came unexpectedly, fortunately, with the development of commerce in recent years, the people in the Jiangnan area have also benefited. Most families have some food reserves, and with the lush vegetation in Jiangnan, it is not easy to  There was a lack of fuel for the fire, so no matter how many people died, there was only some property damage.

    However, this natural disaster did not disrupt Li Min's immigration pace. With the cooperation of immigration officers and local officials, the first group of refugees who were willing to immigrate began to gather at their respective gathering places, and then boarded the trains prepared for them by Taiwanese officials.  The carriages began to set off for the nearest port, where specialized immigration ships would be waiting for them.

    On the concrete road covered with fresh snow, a convoy is moving forward quickly. The carriages in the convoy are all specially made four-wheel carriages. The carriages are extremely wide, and the tops of these carriages are filled with various kinds of things.  At the same time, the windows of the carriage were opened from time to time, and one or more heads poked out to look outside.In one of the carriages, there were more than a dozen people sitting in a very crowded carriage. These people were old and young, both men and women. Among them, a young woman cuddled up next to a dark and thin young man and asked with some uneasiness: "Brother Shitou, where are you going?"  The road to Taiwan?"

    "Don't worry, Toon. This road leads to Fuzhou. Only when we reach Fuzhou Port can we take the sea ship and then reach Taiwan. As long as we reach Taiwan, I will definitely let you, your parents, your little brothers and sisters live a good life."  The dark and thin young man said very calmly.

    "Well, Shitou is still well-informed. I just hope that after arriving in Taiwan, I can really be as good as those adults said." Pangbi¨¡n's Shitou's father praised his son, but in the end, his lack of confidence was still exposed.

    Sitting in this carriage were Shitou's family and his father-in-law Tieshan's family. When Shitou heard the news about immigration from his father-in-law's family, he immediately decided to move to Taiwan with his father-in-law. At first, Shitou's father was a little opposed to it, but he couldn't get over it.  Shitou finally had to agree to move the family.  It is also worth mentioning that under the instigation of Shitou, most people in Luo Shi Village agreed to move to Taiwan. They were fed up with bijing's hard life in the mountains.

    After hearing his father's words, Shitou's face remained calm, but in fact he was unsure of himself. Last time, he only worked in a small town outside Jianzhou. Although he usually deliberately inquired about the situation outside, he also  I learned a lot about the situation there from a businessman from Taiwan, but this was just hearsay. When I first came out, I relied on a lot of enthusiasm, but now that I am really on the road, he is also very uneasy with his newly married wife Xiangchun.  , but he is a man and the pillar of the family, so naturally he cannot show it, otherwise the family will be even more uneasy.

    "Shitou, tell us more about Taiwan!" At this moment, Toona's eldest brother, Tieshan's eldest son Tie Da, said.  Tieda and his father are both good hunters and very strong. They usually have good friends with Shitou. Last time Shitou went out, he wanted Tieda to go with him, but there were many people in his family, so they all relied on them.  My brother made a living by hunting, so he couldn't leave, so he didn't go.

    Shi Tou also felt that the atmosphere in the carriage was too stuffy, and instead of letting everyone sit here and think, it would be better to talk and relax, so when he heard Tie Da's words, he immediately smiled and said: "Okay, today I will talk about Taiwan.  One of its major features is that there are many slaves. Speaking of slaves, I think you have all heard of Toon. Moreover, Taiwan and our Tang Dynasty use foreign slaves. At the same time, people in the Tang Dynasty are prohibited from becoming slaves, so in the future if we have  If you have enough money, you can also buy some slaves to help us work"

    Sure enough, everyone in the carriage became interested when Shitou was talking about the strange things he had heard. They all opened their eyes and listened with interest.  In fact, what Shitou knows is what others say, and some of them only know a rough idea and don't know what's going on. But this doesn't matter. He just needs to use his imagination and make up a story to complete it.  , no one knew about it anyway, and as for being exposed after arriving in Taiwan, he could just say that it was just what Ziji heard about.

    There were more than 200 large vehicles in the entire convoy, and there were more than a dozen people sitting in each vehicle. Except for the officials responsible for escorting, the number of immigrants in this group was 2,000. They were all refugees near Jianzhou. First, there were  Assemble in Jianzhou City, then send them to Fuzhou, and then take a boat from Fuzhou Port to Taiwan.

    In the evening, the convoy came to a resting point for immigrants. It was said to be a resting point, but it was actually a village near the road. The villagers in the village were hired by immigration officials to provide food and accommodation for the immigrants.

    The immigrants' food was prepared by the Taiwanese government. It was originally very rich. However, due to the snow, the traffic was a little slow, and the food stored in the original food was not enough. Therefore, Shitou's group of immigrants could only eat rice porridge, and they could also eat two ounces.  A steamed bun, and as for the pickles, I can eat whatever I want.  Although these meals don't look very good, for these refugees, rice porridge and white flour steamed buns are only foods that can be eaten during the Chinese New Year.

    After a day's journey, it's natural to rest after eating. However, the village is not too big, and the villagers also need to live in houses, so there are not many rooms available, so in the end only women, children and the elderly can be accommodated.  Go live. As for the young and strong men, they can only live in the car. Fortunately, the village has prepared many stoves and bedding, so there is no need to worry about freezing.

    Shitou and Xiangchun got married a few years ago, and they started preparing to immigrate just after the Chinese New Year. It has not been a month yet, and they are inseparable. Therefore, from the bottom of his heart, he does not want to separate from his wife, but now the conditions do not allow, he  He couldn't let Toona sleep in the carriage with Ziji, so in the end he had to reluctantly separate.

    But what makes Shitou happy is that he learned from the immigration officer that they will arrive in Fuzhou tomorrow, and they will get on the ship immediately, and thenAfter spending another night on the ship, they can reach Taiwan. Once they arrive in Taiwan, they will have their own place and land, and he will never have to be separated from his wife.  (To be continued.)
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