Obviously these two people are the ones who take over them, one is Lin Cheng’s old team, and the other is Ahai’s confidant.

Li Shan unfolded a map of the entire island of Taiwan. The whole picture of Taiwan on this map was surveyed by the Dutch, but the information west of the Central Mountains was mostly perfect for the community. Hundreds of indigenous villages and communities of all sizes were marked from south to north. The large blank area in the east belonged to the development scope of the Huweilong Society.

Zhao Sandao reported the community's development work in detail to everyone present on this map. The community's trade scope has covered almost all villages and communities on the island, of course, except for areas controlled by the Dutch. The conquest of the pioneer camp was to advance north along the plains in the west. Just to cooperate with the trade activities, Zhao Sandao joined forces to head north after the Madou Club affairs were handled, and bypassed a large area and landed at the Danshui River mouth. He used the castle left by the Spaniards when they retreated to establish a support point, thus attacking north and south accelerated the development speed.

The clubs have changed their previous strategies to treat indigenous friendship. On the way north, all unofficial villages will be wiped out. The reason for this change is that in addition to the improvement of the club's military power, the most important thing is the urgent need for manpower in Taiwan.

The largest human resource supplement for the club is from Guangdong immigrants from Hong Kong. Since the opening of Hong Kong, the number of immigrants has exceeded 100,000. With the residents who were originally controlled, the directly controlled population of the club has exceeded 100,000. The land that Wang Yan Siqi and Daduban have reclaimed in Kaitai is obviously unable to meet the needs of these 100,000 people. The base camp needs more land to plant sugarcane and rice. Therefore, reclaiming wasteland has become the top priority of the club's work, and it is precisely on this issue that the club has encountered almost unsolvable difficulties - diseases.

Malaria and dysentery have become the biggest factor in the death of the community population. In the hot summer, the community even ordered middle and senior management not to go deep into the mainland. Some people in charge of important positions, such as Ah Hai and Lin Cheng, are not allowed to leave the city during the hot summer.

In fact, the community has occupied the right time, place and people in fighting malaria. The Little Ice Age reduced the temperature in Taiwan and reduced the occurrence of malaria. The higher hilly terrain and relatively dry environment in Taichung also made the outbreak of malaria lower than other parts of Taiwan. It is precisely because of this that the only regime among the indigenous people in Taiwan, Dadufan.

In the initial construction of the base camp, Chinese people occupied the dominant position, so the Chinese cities, villages and towns have complete drainage and drainage systems, which greatly reduced the number of mosquitoes on the transmission of malaria. However, as the cultivation deepened, a large number of Chinese people were forced to leave relatively safe and tidy towns and enter humid and stuffy jungles and swamps, causing the malaria problem to explode instantly.

The damage caused by diseases once restricted the development of the community. After all, every Chinese from the mainland is a valuable technical force. Even if they are not blacksmiths, carpenters and other craftsmen, compared with the natives, men are experienced farmers, and women can also work such as sewing and cutting.

The malaria problem was valued by the community from the beginning, but attention did not mean that it could be solved. Li Mingxun obtained the seeds of the cinchona tree from the British East India Company. As a magical medicine for treating malaria in this era, Li Mingxun was ecstatic, but the cinchona tree took seven years to mature and the skin could be used as medicine. Although Artemisia annua can also treat malaria, the effect is not so obvious.

After investigation, the club found that the most prone to malaria is logging and water conservancy construction, especially water conservancy construction. The work locations are mainly in rivers and swamps, where mosquitoes are gathered and the environment is harsh. Lumberjacks can also prevent and control mosquitoes, such as camphor smoked mosquitoes, which are specialty of Taiwan.

The club went to another extreme when it had no achievements in epidemic prevention and treatment of diseases and had to expand its territory, which was to capture a large number of slaves to carry out dangerous work.

The indigenous people who lived in a stuffy and humid environment for generations had a much greater ability to fight tropical and subtropical diseases such as malaria than the Chinese. So Ah Hai ordered Zhao Sandao to expand north as much as possible, one to seize land and the other to capture slaves. The community also purchased a large number of prisoners captured in the war as slaves through trade with various sultanate countries in Southeast Asia, and organized special slave camps to engage in plantation reclamation, water conservancy construction, and even mining activities. Although a large number of people still died in harsh environments, the losses of the community were greatly reduced.

For Zhao Sandao, Li Shan and others, this handover has ended. Li Shan, who succeeded Zhao Sandao, will continue to implement the pioneering plan formulated by Zhao Sandao, and pay attention to the Spanish in Keelung Port while capturing slaves. But for Li Mingxun, the problems caused by slaves have just begun.

The senior executives of the club are very supportive of their attitude towards hard work. After all, this almost free labor can greatly reduce the costs of various departments. However, slaves are not just male labor, but also female slaves. It is obvious that the club employees who have full control over female slaves can do whatever they want. This problem has not yet appeared, but in the near future, a large number of mixed-race children will appear.

In the distant America and near Southeast Asia, colonists from Europe did not object to the birth of mixed races, but simply placed their status behind native Europeans and colonial birthers. They were far higher than slaves and local residents. The Dutch even encouraged intermarriage with Chinese and Japanese.

However, Li Mingxun knew that well-known people did this to gain loyalty to their population as soon as possible, but the community did not have this urgent need. In the future, there would be a steady stream of mainland immigrants to Taiwan, especially when the Ming Dynasty was shaking, the immigration wave would only become more and more surging. By the time immigrants from the mainland filled Taiwan, perhaps the mixed races of Chinese and indigenous people had not yet grown up.

Therefore, Li Mingxun is cautious about the use of slaves. He stipulates that within all areas controlled by the community, all slaves belong to the community, private ownership of slaves is prohibited, and naturally, the buying and selling of slaves is prohibited. The community's partners use slaves by renting.

Li Mingxuan did not prohibit citizens from combining with slaves at all, but required that once a female slave becomes pregnant, the perpetrator must take responsibility for the slave and his womb and take it as a concubine. He also purchases citizenship for the female slave and the womb children at three times the original price. Citizens who cannot afford the redemption money will be listed as slaves and confiscated all their property.

The price of community slaves is very high, but the rent is very low. In fact, the price of slaves in this era is unpredictable. The price of slaves from Africa to the Americas is more than 50. Such a high price is enough for most people to think twice.

Overall, Li Mingxuan encourages the use of slaves, but does not encourage intermarriage with slaves. Of course, this is just a slave, and there are a large number of indigenous residents within the control of the community. Li Mingxuan encourages Chinese, especially company employees, to intermarry with senior executives of various villages and communities, so as to control their villages and communities more and speed up the indigenous people's integration into Chinese society.

Zhao Sandao watched Li Mingxun write and draw on paper. He knew that those words would eventually turn into laws and regulations, affecting the fate of hundreds of thousands of people in the community territory, and in the future, its scope of influence will continue to expand.

In the 15th year of Chongzhen, in early February, Jinshanwei.

Li Mingxun stood on the deck of the stern of the White Shark and patted the teak railing with satisfaction, unable to hide his compliment.

The construction of the White Shark took nine months and used more than one thousand teaks. It was the result of the efforts of nearly two thousand craftsmen in the shipyard and created this super warship that was enough to dominate the East.

Like the Tiger Shark, the White Shark can be classified as a fourth-class ship. Although the White Shark takes the Tiger Shark built by Spain as a model, it is by no means a clumsy imitation. The White Shark is more slender and elegant, with extraordinary combat power.

Without the bowsprit, it has a length of 36 meters, with a width of more than ten meters, three masts and a full sail, with a displacement of more than 750 tons.

The White Shark has very powerful firepower, with twenty-two cannons on one side. Near the main mast of the lower artillery deck, there are eight most powerful and heaviest 24-pound Koufeilin long cannons. The artillery deck extending forward and backward are eighteen-pound cannons, while the upper artillery deck is all eighteen-pound cannons. The White Shark has canceled the almost useless bow and stern cannons, but has a large number of circumcision cannons.

Of course, in an emergency, small and medium-caliber artillery can also be installed on the upper deck of the White Shark. Before the fact, Li Mingxun proposed to install the newly imported and produced six-pound copper cannons from the eight-gun casting gun factory. However, due to insufficient production, a large number of double-brigged schooners were still waiting for the six-pound cannons, and then he gave up.

Compared with the Tiger Shark, the biggest improvement of the White Shark is the sail installation, which allows its maximum speed to reach ten knots. The reduction in the tail building makes the rear mast more convenient to rotate, and the steering is more agile with the support sail between the masts.

"What a good ship!" Li Mingxun couldn't help but exclaim again.

"It's a pity that she is not worthy of the high cost." Simmons, who rushed from the Tiger Shark, poured cold water without hesitation.

Li Mingxun smiled and ignored this guy. Although the cost of the White Shark is three times that of this level of warship, it mainly costs to cultivate craftsmen and shipyard facilities. What really makes Li Mingxun regret is the service life of the White Shark. Generally speaking, the built ships will be dried in the dock for one to two years before they can reach a service life of more than ten years. However, the White Shark does not have that sufficient time and is destined to have a service life of not exceeding ten years.
Chapter completed!