Chapter 796 Immigration and Construction

It took five days to formulate a detailed combat plan, which was difficult but not difficult for Takahashi Minami.

The difficulty is that he has no experience in independently commanding units above a company to perform combat missions before, which will limit his overall view when formulating combat plans to a certain extent. Moreover, he did not need to consider marching formations when performing missions in the past.

For issues such as logistics and supply, one only needs to complete them step by step according to the battle plan drawn up by his superiors. But now that he has to be the commander who coordinates the overall situation, he has to take all these things into consideration when formulating the battle plan, and his skills in this regard are

Execution experience can be considered a shortcoming.

It's not difficult because he has been with Qian Tiandun since he joined the army. Over the past few years, he has fought a lot of large and small battles. He has seen how Qian Tiandun makes plans and directs operations.

Seventy-eight points. What’s more, Qian Tiandun didn’t hide anything from him, and taught him a lot of practical tactics that he might not be able to learn in the military academy. Compared with officers of the same level in other units of the militia, Gao Qiaonan was more effective in actual combat.

The experience accumulated in the army is also rarely matched by others. If he hadn't been determined to follow Qian Tiandun, he would have been assigned to other troops to take charge of his own role.

Gao Qiaonan knew very well that Qian Tiandun assigned him this task, which was both a trust and a test. Only by passing this level would he be able to gain room for further advancement in the future. He took the information provided by Qian Tiandun and immediately

He returned to the camp headquarters and gathered a few capable men to study the map. Five days was short or long, but he was not willing to waste a minute.

Of course, Qian Tiandun would not really place all his hopes on Gao Qiaonan. Although he did trust Gao Qiaonan, this matter was related to Haihan's expansion process on the island of Taiwan in the future. Qian Tiandun

Don still didn't dare to be careless at all, and immediately sent a telegram to inform the base camp of the latest developments, and also reported his own thoughts. Although he also knew that the executive committee might not approve the attack on the Spaniards in the near future, but

This registration work still had to be done first. Moreover, the geographical information in his hand was not detailed enough, so he had to rely on the base camp to provide more detailed military maps as a reference.

At the same time, the construction of Kaohsiung Port in Tainan is also in full swing. Although Haihan adopted an "unfair" attitude towards Fujian at the beginning of development and deliberately gave Guangdong businessmen a first-mover advantage, it still occupied a favorable location

The Fujian business community soon sent a large number of laborers to the local area, intending to trade the advantage in quantity for the disadvantage in time.

I have to say that the effect of this trick is very good. For projects like port infrastructure that require a lot of labor, whoever has more people can complete it faster. Guangdong businessmen who cannot quickly replenish manpower can only watch their Fujian counterparts work every day.

Catching up with the progress of the project at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This situation not only occurs on dock construction sites, but also in the development process of plantation projects that also require a lot of labor. Guangdong businessmen are also faced with a similar situation. In order to attract more people to Taiwan Island for reclamation, it is said that the Guangzhou market

The price of recruiting immigrants has obviously increased by at least 30%. This has even affected the operation of Haihan's immigration base in Guangzhou. Starting from the beginning of 1633, the number of newly recruited immigrants in Panyu immigration base has plummeted, and the population with the tendency to immigrate has plummeted.

Many people regard accepting employment and going to Taiwan as their first choice for survival. This effect is a change that no one who originally formulated the Kaohsiung Port development plan expected.

The Executive Committee is not dissatisfied with this. Since the businessmen are willing to spend the money to organize hired labor, Haihan has no reason to obstruct it. Anyway, after these people settle down in Kaohsiung, they will choose to become naturalized sooner or later. Compared with

The immigrants Haihan recruits on his own are only a matter of time for naturalization.

However, the number of immigrants accepted by the Penghu base has increased instead of falling, because the situation here is completely different from that of Guangdong. Most of the immigrants accepted are not from Fujian, but from the war-torn areas in the north of the Ming Dynasty. Due to the large number of immigrants provided by Haihan,

The returns were relatively generous. Fujian maritime merchants who used to run the northern route changed their banners and joined the ranks of errands. They transported war refugees from the north to Penghu in exchange for various types of in-demand goods produced in Haihan, and transported them back to the Jianghuai area for exchange.

Turn it into money, and then use the money to recruit more refugees.

This operation method is very simple, and the profit is also quite generous. If a ship with a cost of 400 yuan can run back and forth between Penghu and Huai'an every month, it can make a net profit of more than a thousand taels. Only a small part of this

The profits came from the refugees themselves, but the bulk of them came from the Haihan goods obtained in exchange for immigrants, which were shipped to Jianghuai and sold to those salt merchants who were not short of money. The profit was much higher than what they used to sell other local products.

After some people tasted the benefits, more and more maritime merchants began to join the ranks. In the last month of 1632 alone, seven companies with a total of 26 ships joined the business.

Among them, the number of immigrants transported has skyrocketed by 300% compared with the previous month. Compared with the situation encountered in Guangdong, Penghu's achievements can be said to have improved by leaps and bounds.

Of course, this difference does not mean that the immigration work in Penghu is really better than that in Guangdong. The reason mainly comes from the influence of the general environment. If it were not for the outbreak of war in the north, which produced a large number of refugees, and there are many immigrants in Fujian,

Merchants were attracted by the huge profits of this business, so Penghu's introduction of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty may not be any faster than that of Guangdong.

In addition to the Ming Dynasty line, the population trade between the Dutch and Haihan also began to take effect. According to the agreement at the time, the Dutch had to transport 800 immigrants back from Ryukyu, Japan and North Korea in Northeast Asia every month.

In the hands of Heihan. Although this service is not free, because the Dutch are in a passive position in this transaction, the transaction price is severely suppressed by Heihan, and there is almost no profit at all. It is completely to make the big players

Hong Kong has to compromise in order to continue to survive.

Taken together, these two main immigration introduction channels will probably bring nearly 3,000 new immigrants to Penghu every month, and the transport capacity and volume are continuing to increase. Although this number looks good, the Executive Committee

It is still a pity that the current navigation capacity is limited and cannot organize transportation from the north on its own. Think about when Haihan rushed to transport war refugees from Annan, which month did not thousands of people make money? The population base of Ming Dynasty far exceeded Annan. If this time

If you can organize your own fleet to transport people northward, the efficiency will definitely be much higher than that of people from outside.

Due to the construction needs of Kaohsiung Port, about half of these immigrants will be transferred to Kaohsiung for resettlement after completing the isolation and observation period, the remaining small number will stay in Penghu for local resettlement, and the rest will be transported back to Hainan Island for distribution. Of course,

Among them, those who signed up to join the army in Penghu, as well as a small number of people who were selected and detained among the official slaves smuggled from Northeast Asian countries, will not be reported to the Executive Committee for approval, and will be decided directly by Penghu.

January 15, 1633, the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month in the sixth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty.

Takahashi Nanzhan cautiously completed his combat plan report, and conducted a tactical deduction on his combat plan in front of Qian Tiandun and Chen Yixin, who had temporarily returned from Kaohsiung. Although he was singled out by two superiors in the process

There were many imperfections, but in the end it was recognized.

"The plan made at the base camp is similar to yours, and is more secure than yours. However, there are a group of people from the staff department at the base camp who come up with ideas. You are on your own. It's pretty good to be able to do this.

"Qian Tiandun praised Gao Qiaonan without hesitation.

Takahashi Minami wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, not even daring to do so. He felt that even when he faced enemies several times his own on the battlefield, he was never so nervous when facing an assessment by his superiors.

"In the final battle plan, I plan to combine the two plans and learn from each other's strengths. Although the plan made by the base camp seems perfect, they are planned on paper after all, and some details cannot take into account the actual local conditions like you do.

After all, they are just combat staff, and you are the front-line commander." Qian Tiandun suddenly raised his voice when he said this: "As a commander, what qualities must you possess?"

"You must have confidence!" Gao Qiaonan suddenly straightened up and responded loudly. Qian Tiandun's shout made Gao Qiaonan wake up. If he looked like he lacked confidence, how could he let his superiors rest assured to take command?

Put the heavy responsibility of fighting in your own hands?

Qian Tiandun said slowly: "No matter in terms of intelligence collection, troop strength, equipment level, combat experience, logistics supplies, or overall command, we are much stronger than our opponents. Losing in this kind of battle is better than winning.

It’s even harder, Takahashi Nan, you need to have more confidence in yourself. If you really think you can’t do it, then say it earlier.”

"I will fight to the death to complete the mission!" Although Takahashi Minami changed the habit of kneeling, she still retained the deep bow, and her head almost hit the ground when she got excited.

Chen Yixin smiled and said: "You have been in the army for several years and are now a battalion commander. Can you salute properly?"

Takahashi Minami realized that he had lost his composure, and quickly straightened his back and saluted the two of them with a military salute.

"Okay, okay, I know you are loyal." Qian Tiandun couldn't help laughing. This subordinate is good at everything, but this kind of retainer mentality cannot be changed. But fortunately, no one in Haihan took this to make an issue. The military

People turned a blind eye to this.

"This morning Philip from the Netherlands brought three large ships of immigrants to Magong Port. According to the registration information he provided, more than 400 of these people are from Japan, including many young women." After getting down to business, Qian Tiandun spoke up.

Suddenly, the topic was mentioned on completely unrelated immigration matters.

Although Gao Qiaonan didn't understand the reason, he still pricked up his ears and listened carefully. Qian Tiandun looked at him and said: "You are not too young. In the past few years, you said that I didn't get married, so you didn't dare to get ahead of me.

Now that I'm settled, it's time for you to consider your personal issues."

"Ah?" Gao Qiaonan never imagined that the purpose of Qian Tiandun's mention was actually to solve his own personal problems. He was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer.

Qian Tiandun continued: "Although you are now a Haihan citizen, after all, your hometown is Japan. You must have missed the customs and customs of your hometown very much after all these years. Now that there are channels to introduce immigrants from Japan,

Why don't you go see if there is anyone you are compatible with, pick out one or two to keep by your side, and take care of your daily life."

"But I'm living in a military camp now, so it's very inconvenient..." Takahashi Minami still wanted to decline.

"You don't have to worry about this." Qian Tiandun waved his hand and interrupted him: "The dormitories for officers above the company level are already under construction and will be delivered as soon as next month. You are now the commander of the special operations battalion. This officer

You must get a room. Although it is a small courtyard with a single entrance, it is much more spacious than the welfare houses in Sanya. It will definitely be no problem to accommodate the whole family. "

"If possible, if the special operations battalion is transferred to another place..."

"You really think long term!" Qian Tiandun said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "If the defense is transferred to other places, the family members of senior officers can also be transferred along with them. What a waste for you to worry about! Even if it's obvious that I can't be transferred, I will.

Arranged for you."

"Then I..."

"That's what, man, don't be coy. I'm telling you, go to the port center at the pier later and see if there is anyone suitable among the people sent here. If you choose, just follow Li directly.

Say hello to Dou and ask him to keep them. I can’t choose. I’ll wait until the Dutch immigration ship arrives next month. Anyway, they send a group of people every month. I don’t believe that I can’t pick out one or two.

Suitable." Qian Tiandun paused and then said: "Also, I heard that many of these immigrants were once servants in officials' homes. You should also choose two obedient and sensible ones to cook for you at home.

Do some laundry or something."

With Takahashi Minami's current income level, it would not be a problem to support a family of ten or eight people, not to mention two servants. However, he has been serving in the army in the past few years and takes care of everything by himself, although he is surrounded by

An orderly, but he always regarded himself as Qian Tiandun's orderly, serving many more people than being served. This situation was not until Qian Tiandun and Luo Wudan got together, because it was inconvenient.

Things have slowly changed. But now that Qian Tiandun asked him to select a few dedicated servants, Gao Qiaonan was indeed a little uncomfortable with it.

Before Gao Qiaonan could say a few words, Qian Tiandun had already seen his thoughts and took the initiative to ask: "Gao Qiaonan, do you know why our group of people have to say goodbye to their hometown and travel thousands of miles to Daming to start from scratch?

Isn’t it just to enjoy the glory and wealth after becoming famous and live a life of a master? Just enjoy the benefits that you deserve. If you work hard for Haihan, Haihan will not treat you badly!"
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