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Part One: Penghu Chapter 272 The New Taiwan

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    The drought came as promised.

    Natural disasters are something that no one can avoid.  However, the drought this time did not make Taiwanese show any panic. A large amount of drought relief work had been fully prepared before.

    The most critical step in disaster response is to identify disasters early, and Taiwan has undoubtedly done an excellent job in this regard.  As early as last year, Su Yangqiuyuan and Luo Mande had accurately predicted that Taiwan would still have a severe drought in the spring this year. Before that, all the work to combat the disaster had been in full swing.

    Drought is mainly concentrated in the central and western regions. Therefore, last year, Taiwanese in the central and western regions, following Su Yangqiuyuan¡¯s call, began to plant drought-resistant crops such as wheat, sweet potatoes and potatoes to fight against natural disasters.

    At the same time, Su Yangqiuyuan began to actively open waterways and divert water to the central and western regions. He established hundreds of water storage points of various sizes and sent people to guard them day and night.

    For these water storage points, Su Yang Qiuyuan personally ordered that every time one is successfully established, there will be corresponding rewards.  The order issued by Su Yang Qiuyuan is nothing more than a promise to the Taiwanese people, and no one will have any doubts.

    When drought strikes, these water storage points begin to play a role, greatly alleviating the pressure caused by drought.

    Su Yangqiuyuan led the people to fight against the disaster, and Ding Yunyi, who had just returned to Taiwan, was not idle. After a long period of rainless weather, Ding Yunyi issued a rare, perhaps first time in the history of the Ming Dynasty, "Taiwan-wide disaster relief"  make"!

    Since the drought is mainly concentrated in the central and western regions of Taiwan, Ding Yunyi began to use a large amount of manpower and material resources to transport water and grain to the area.  And assigned Qin Yun to make arrangements personally.

    Those victims who moved to Taiwan from the mainland came in handy at this time.  The enthusiasm they showed was unimaginable.

    ¡°The one who saved me, Ding Yunyi,¡± these six words have become words passed down from mouth to mouth among the victims.  Among these victims from the mainland, Ding Yunyi is their reborn parent.  It is the Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering.  Now Taiwan, governed by Ding Yunyi, is also in trouble. How could they not do their best to help?

    Shoulder picking your hands and sending all disaster relief materials to the Midwest!

    A mighty disaster relief team.  You can't see the end at a glance and it looks extremely spectacular.  And these mainland victims who took the initiative to participate in disaster relief did not even ask for any compensation.  As long as they can ensure that they can eat two meals a day, it is enough.  This alone saved the once-complaining General Manager Qin Yun a huge amount of money.

    The benefits of Ding Yunyi¡¯s relocation of disaster victims from the mainland are beginning to appear.

    In the mighty team, Ding Yunyi was riding on a horse, and Xiaotu, Duan Saner and several other guards were also among them.  He recognized the disaster victim next to him, named Wang Bo, who migrated to Taiwan from Laichang County. On this long journey, everyone thought that Wang Bo would not be able to survive, but what they did not expect was that when they arrived in Taiwan.  Some of the young men fell down, but Wang Bo was still alive and well.

    "Uncle Wang, how are you doing? Can you tolerate it?" Ding Yunyi asked on his horse.

    Seeing that it was Master Ding, Wang Bo smiled and said: "Master Ding, even if you lead troops to fight, you are invincible, but when it comes to carrying burdens and working hard, you are not as good as me. You have to care about me eating enough, I  I can carry these two buckets of water back to Shandong."

    Ding Yunyi burst out laughing: "Not as good as you, not as good as you. I can't even carry these two buckets of water for three miles, let alone carry them to Shandong."

    "Master Ding, you said you would give us farmland, is that true?"

    "Really, really." Faced with this question raised by the team of victims, Ding Yunyi said loudly: "There is a lot of wasteland in Taiwan for you to reclaim. For example, in the east, there are forests everywhere, and you have plenty of opportunities to eat. Logging, farming,  You can do whatever you want. The reclaimed wasteland will be tax-free for one year and half-taxed for one year. As for taxation, it will be taxed according to my Ming Dynasty for the time being. "

    The victims cheered.

    The reason why the victims have no objection to taxes is because Ming Dynasty¡¯s taxes have always been maintained at a low standard.  On average, the tax allocated to each person is less than fifty cents, which is a quite low standard.

    But Ming¡¯s economy eventually collapsed.

    The objective reason is the subglacial period that began in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.  The sharp decline in climate at that time caused the agricultural foundation in the north to gradually collapse, and the farming system in the northern frontier could not be effectively implemented. The refugees in Shaanxi and Shanxi were even more desperate and seriously damaged the social and economic development.

    The reason for the system is that most of the taxes are paid to the poor, causing the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer.  Landowners not only evaded land taxes, but also demanded land rents that were several times higher than the national tax revenue.  As the land annexation proceeds, the naturalThe fewer the people and the more tenants there are, the heavier the burden will be on the people.

    In addition, the Ming Dynasty did not have a complete Ministry of Finance, and the amount of taxes payable in various places remained unchanged for hundreds of years, which also caused adverse consequences to a certain extent.

    "If we only look at the taxes that normal people should pay, then the people can completely bear it. Even if God does not come to make trouble, after paying the taxes, they can live a very comfortable life and have some savings.

    Ding Yunyi is clear about this.

    The policy of one year of tax exemption and one year of half tax will to a large extent ensure the enthusiasm of farmers to reclaim wasteland and ensure that these new immigrants can survive the early difficult stage.

    On this basis, Ding Yunyi, together with Qin Yun, Xie Xuan, and Sun Xiyu, added a series of safeguard measures on the basis of tax exemption and half tax.

    Farm tools, seeds, and necessary funds were provided to each household. Dozens of teams were formed, headed by Romande, to guide these new immigrants on crops suitable for planting in Taiwan.

    Not only did he reclaim wasteland, Ding Yunyi also recruited a large number of craftsmen, young laborers, and women among the victims. Some of them were strictly selected to join the army, and most of them were recruited into shipyards, firearms bureaus, logging bureaus, Daming Ocean Company, and textile bureaus.  , Garment Bureau, etc.

    Ding Yunyi believes that as long as Taiwan can survive the disaster years, Taiwan can fully absorb the more than 200,000 or even more victims.

    There will be no external use of troops in the short term.  The dual-track development of military and economy has become Ding Yunyi's current focus.

    ¡°Except for Taiwan and Penghu, many people in Fujian are waiting to see Ding Yunyi¡¯s jokes, but Ding Yunyi is convinced that they will only be surprised to see a new Taiwan.

    On the sea, trade is carried out almost every day, even before Ding Yunyi left Taiwan to go to the border.  Three groups of people have been sent to try to open new routes to Mexico and other places.  However, there is still no news about the subordinates who explored the new route.

    Ding Yunyi is not in a hurry. It does not matter if these three groups of people did not succeed.  He can send another three or thirty batches.  The road ahead is always full of hardships, but once they succeed, they will bring huge and valuable wealth later.

    New Taiwan!  It will appear under the leadership of Ding Yunyi soon!  Sooner or later, Taiwan will prosper.  With the abundant financial resources of maritime merchants, the situation will be completely opened up.  And this will be the foundation of Ding Yunyi Group!

    "Xiaotu!" Someone in the team shouted.

    Xiaotu looked there suspiciously, and then shouted in surprise: "Sister-in-law Agen!"

    That was the former neighbor of Xiaotu¡¯s family. Xiaotu never expected that he would meet here.

    Xiaotu jumped off the horse, hugged Agen's wife, laughed and jumped, and kept asking Agen's wife how she ended up here.  Agen's sister-in-law told Xiaotu that she couldn't survive originally, but later she heard that many people went to Taiwan.  As long as he got there, he would have a chance to survive, so he took his two sons and one daughter on an unknown road.

    They also succeeded.

    Xiaotu knew that Sister-in-law Agen originally had three sons and two daughters. Later, they died in the famine, and Uncle Agen also died.  But now at least there are so many people alive.

    "Her two sons, one went to the shipyard, and the other stayed with Mrs. Agen, and planned to go east with their mother to build a new home with their own strength.  Her daughter was selected to go to Golden Eagle City to learn female red with Ding Yunyi's wife Deng Lianyu.

    The miserable days have gradually faded away.  A new beginning is unfolding in front of Agen's family.

    "I didn't expect that we could survive." Agen's sister-in-law carried two bags of grain and said as she walked: "At that time, we all thought we were going to die. When we were approaching Fujian, my daughter really couldn't hold on any longer.  We were hungry and couldn't find anything to eat. Just when the two boys and I were crying and couldn't help it, we suddenly saw many porridge shacks in front of us. I thought it was because I was so hungry that my eyesight was dazzled. Who would have thought that it was true?  . The leader said that they came from Taiwan and were here to welcome us refugees under the orders of Mr. Ding and Mr. Qin of Taiwan. The porridge was really life-saving for me and the refugees.  While crying, I had never seen such a good official. I thought at that time, I would be happy if Master Ding asked me to die immediately. I remember that after eating, all the refugees knelt down and shouted in the direction of Taiwan.  I cried loudly at Lord Ding's name"

    These words fell into Ding Yunyi¡¯s ears verbatim, and it was the first time that he knew about this.

    Although Qin Yun was full of complaints about having brought so many refugees, he still faithfully carried out his orders. He had even arranged some things that he had not thought of.

    It is completely possibleIt's like, when a group of victims who were so hungry that they could no longer walk and were already struggling on the verge of death suddenly saw food that could keep them alive, how did they feel at that time?

    To win the hearts and minds of the people, you actually don¡¯t need to do much

    "My life was also saved by Brother Ding." In front of the villagers, Xiaotu said the word "I" again: "I was about to starve to death at that time, and it was my brother who gave me food  Sister Agen, please put the food on my horse."

    "No need." Sister-in-law Agen said with a smile: "I have the strength, I'm not afraid, I'm just a little hungry."

    Xiaotu hurriedly took out a steamed bun: "Sister-in-law Agen, you eat it."

    ????????????????????????? Agen¡¯s wife put the steamed bun into her mouth, and someone was already laughing and said: ¡°Xiaotu, we are all hungry too, you can¡¯t be so partial.¡±

    Xiaotu smiled and gave them all the steamed buns he was carrying. Ding Yunyi laughed and pointed forward: "Everyone, please work harder. If you walk forward for a while, there will be a place to rest and eat. Everyone is so  Work hard, I think I can have a good meal today, but if it¡¯s still porridge, don¡¯t scold me.¡±

    "It's okay, just have some porridge to eat." These new immigrants said loudly together: "When the disaster relief water and food are delivered, we can go to the east and then use our own strength to open up wasteland and plant crops.  "As long as God helps us a little, we won't starve to death."

    "God will not cause trouble again." Ding Yunyi said loudly: "My people have seen the celestial phenomena, and the drought will be over this year!"

    This is not what Ding Yunyi used to comfort these people. Those Thais led by Romande have carefully observed and studied that there must be rain in the central and western regions of Taiwan this year. Romande is even willing to bet with Ding Yunyi that if there is rain, then Ding Yunyi will  Pay him double salary, and if there is no rain, then he is willing to work for Ding Yunyi for free for three years.

    Ding Yunyi readily accepted the bet.

    "Master Ding, what do you usually eat at home? It must be big fish and meat."

    "I think so." Ding Yunyi said with a smile: "We can't live without meat for a day. We have to be full before we can go to war. If we don't eat meat, there will be no fat in our stomach, right? But those wives at home  Ah, I said that I would spend the hard years with you and eat porridge every meal. My dear, how could we stand this? Just last night, we were so hungry that we secretly went to find something to eat.  What's going on? Hey, I couldn't find anything to eat. We were wondering, was there a thief in the house or something? Later, we quietly killed and ate a chicken raised by our wife.  Ah Xi¡¯s wife is still looking for her chickens, and we don¡¯t know what will happen when we go back.¡±

    "Coaxing" bursts of laughter.

    Mr. Ding is honest and cute. Unlike other officials, who are obviously full of oil when eating, but in front of the victims, he still pretends to share the joys and sorrows with the victims.  But you still have to say sadly that you are worried about the victims and that you haven't eaten well in a few days, but when you say this, the meat residue is still in the gaps between your teeth!

    Lord Ding is different, he is honest and open-minded.  Some honest officials can win the support of the people, and some officials who do not appear to be honest on the surface can also win the support of the people as long as they are really dedicated to doing good things for the people, especially in an era like this.

    Ding Yunyi is such an official.

    ¡°When the disaster year is over, I¡¯ll treat everyone to a big meal.¡± Ding Yunyi raised his voice.

    The victims cheered again.

    At this time, Ding Yunyi sniffed, and suddenly pointed forward: "There, I can smell the aroma of rice. Folks, work harder and grab something to eat!"

    With that said, he gathered his war horses and was the first to rush out amidst the laughter of the victims.

    I have never seen this official before, but he is a lovely and good official in the hearts of the victims.
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