The rhythm of Southeast Prefecture is lively, and one of its characteristics is that there are almost no idlers on the streets. People work in the fields, fish in the sea, the army trains, and factories are operating. Even children are helping out (there was no compulsory education at that time, so they did not have to go to school)

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If there are no idlers, there will be no beggars. As long as there is the ability to work, there will be work.

As Yan Changwu envisioned, it became a reality. Beigang Shipyard opened for business, mainly undertaking private ships and small government ships, while Kaohsiung Shipyard expanded its production capacity and started construction of six cruisers (sixth-class ships) at the same time.

situation.

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This is a land of fish and rice!

There is no land more fertile than here!

Tainan Plain!

The Tainan Plain stretches from a little more than Beigang in the north to Kaohsiung in the south. It is in the shape of a jujube pit. It is nearly 200 kilometers long from north to south, and up to 50 kilometers wide from east to west. It covers an area of ​​nearly 5,000 square kilometers and has an altitude of less than 100 meters. It is the third largest plain in Taiwan.

A large plain. The terrain within the plain

It is open, densely populated, and intertwined with streams and canals. It can be used as an agricultural area with rich products. The cultivated land area is vast. It was later found that it accounts for 40% of the entire island. Such a large plain is really impressive for an island that is isolated from the sea and is surrounded by mountains.

A treasure among treasures.

The Tainan Plain is composed of river deltas such as Dadu River, Zhuoshui River, and Zengwen River. It is a coastal plain that includes Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung and other counties and cities. It has a flat terrain, a vast territory, a developed water system, and crisscrossed rivers and ditches.

There is abundant water source, perfect for planting!

Coastal areas can be used as salt fields and fish ponds, and then go out to sea for fishing to develop a variety of economies.

Chen Zhongji, the chief administrative officer of Southeast Prefecture, had a lot of treasures in his heart and planned the place.

He first led the people to use the short streams on the plains to build dams and intercept water, build ponds, and irrigate farmland. Then he began to build reservoirs to store water for irrigation, forming an irrigation area.

The water sources of the Tainan Plain have their own characteristics. As for the streams, there are ten streams of various sizes from north to south, such as Huwei Creek, Beigang Creek, Puzi Creek, Bazhang Creek, Jishui Creek, Jiangjun Creek, Qigu Creek, Zengwen Creek, Yanyan Creek, etc.

There are many. These streams have different hydrological characteristics due to their different geological ages.

Among them, Zengwen Creek, Beigang Creek, Bazhang Creek, Puzi Creek and other rivers all originate from the western foothills of Alishan and were formed before the plains were uplifted. After the plains were uplifted, these streams continued to erode and extend on the plains, and finally poured into the sea, covering an average area of ​​​​water.

They are larger and have longer flow paths, most of which are more than 70 kilometers long. Zengwen River is 138 kilometers long and is the fourth largest river in Taiwan.

In addition, there are also some small streams distributed on the plain, such as Yanyan Creek, Qigu Creek, Jiangjun Creek, etc. They were formed after the coastal plain was uplifted. The drainage area is limited to the plain, with short flow and small flow.

, the main stream and tributaries are chaotic and indistinguishable, and most of them are seasonal rivers.

Two different streams have different effects on the economic development of the Tainan Plain. For rivers originating from mountainous areas, during the rainy season, the upstream water swells, carrying a large amount of sediment, rolling out of the mountain pass and flowing into the plain, causing flooding. If

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Powerful typhoons and heavy rains will cause more serious harm. However, during the dry season (October to March of the following year), there is very little precipitation, and the water levels of the rivers will drop greatly. And those short streams originating from the plains will

The flow has long since dried up.

It is not difficult to see that on the Tainan Plain, it is necessary to both drain floods and store water for irrigation, which is an indispensable measure for the development of agriculture.

Therefore, Chen Zhongji organized a large number of people to build the North-South Main Canal and Wushantou Reservoir.

The main line of the north-south main canal starts from Yunlin County on the south bank of Zhuoshui Creek in the north, passes through various streams in the south, and ends between Zengwen Creek and Yanyan Creek near Tainan. It is 90 kilometers long from north to south, plus branch canals and sub-canals, the total length is more than a thousand kilometers

, spanning Yunlin County, Chiayi County, Tainan County and Tainan City, forming a crisscross irrigation network. Once completed, it will become the largest irrigation network in Southeast Prefecture.

District, to protect agriculture. Another key project is the Wushantou Reservoir in the upper reaches of Zengwen Creek. This reservoir is formed by intercepting the valley in the middle reaches of Guantian Creek. Because of the many forks of the river and its shape like coral, it is also called Coral Pool. Its maximum storage capacity

With a capacity of nearly 200 million cubic meters, it is the main water source in the irrigation area. Once completed, the farmland in Tainan will rely on this reservoir for water supply and irrigation, and will benefit greatly.

Irrigation conservancy was overhauled here, and the famous three-three system was implemented there, that is, one-third of the fields were planted with rice, one-third of the fields were planted with sugar cane, and the last one-third of the arable land was planted with miscellaneous grains.

The water requirements and irrigation time of these three crops are different. Rice requires the largest amount of water, mainly concentrated in summer; sugarcane requires water for a long time, but it can only be irrigated in the dry season; miscellaneous grains are crops that do not require irrigation.

.Combine these three crops in one irrigation area for rotational planting and irrigation.

In this way, there is rice to eat, important sugar cane crops to exchange for silver, and high yields of miscellaneous grains such as sweet potatoes.

Thanks to good planning and hard work, the crops grown were pleasing and there was no problem with the harvest.

Just when everyone was working hard, on a lovely day on the eighth day of the third month of the lunar calendar, Yan Changwu, who was based in Kaohsiung, received an urgent report that four large red-haired ships were found on the sea outside Kaohsiung!

Now he has been staying in Kaohsiung, so he receives reports very quickly.

The relay of this news was delivered by patrolling clippers and horses, "It's not even the autumn harvest yet, and the Dutch are here?" Everyone was puzzled. The red-haired fan couldn't afford to be early, so he wanted to come to eat sugar cane so early.

Have they become Thai? (transgender)

I didn’t say anything, prepare for war quickly, the alarm bells in the military port rang, and the four warships started hurriedly.

Officers and sailors rushed to their fighting positions because military regulations stipulated that when a warship is in port, the crew must be basically fully equipped to maintain combat effectiveness at all times.

Deployed in an emergency, the preparations were satisfactory. The soldiers were in their respective positions and maintained high energy.

The four ships advanced at a slow speed and soon waited for Yan Changwu and Storm who arrived by speedboat (the other six warships were training offshore). They boarded the Kaohsiung No. 3 and immediately raised the flag representing the admiral.

flag.

Then he met the incoming ship at high speed and saw the incoming ship from a distance, four against four.

It seems to be a false alarm. The flags on the other four warships are red crosses, white rice characters and blue background. These are the British!

"What are the British doing here?" everyone wondered.

Although they are not Dutch, everyone still dare not neglect their preparations for the battle, because the two large ships in the opponent's formation give people a great sense of oppression:

A large ship with a double gun deck, plus a forecastle and a poop. The exterior is decorated with colorful carvings. Everyone counts the gun holes, one, two, three...

There are 13 gun holes on the gun deck on each side of each floor, plus 9 gun holes on the gun positions on the forecastle, poop and open deck, then the number of guns reaches 26+26+18=70!

The two large ships have 140 guns, plus the other two fifth-level cruisers with 44 guns each, for a total of 228 guns.

For comparison, Yan Changwu's fleet has a fifth-level sailing cruiser with 44 guns, and the other three are sixth-level cruisers with 28 guns. The number of guns is 74, totaling 118, which is better than that of the British.

Twice less.

The other party is getting closer and closer. If you look closely, you can see that their cannon muzzles are thicker than ours!

The guns on Yan Changwu's fleet gun deck are 12-pounders in caliber, and the deck guns are 6-pounders, while others should have 24-pounders in caliber!

Why did such a large fleet end up in my small place?

"What the hell!" Yan Changwu felt aggrieved, feeling like Admiral Guan who fought against British warships in Guangzhou.

What is a big cannon ship? Today he fully felt it!

Bigger than your dick, thicker than your dick, more dick than you!

depressed!

He said to everyone: "If you can't fight, then run away. Concentrate your forces and fight again. Notify the shore to prepare to strengthen the wall and clear the country. As soon as we start fighting here, we will immediately sound the alarm!"
Chapter completed!