It sounds simple, but in fact, the promises made by Lin Daoqian when he recruited people to join the group can no longer be fulfilled.

At that time, Lin Daoqian promised to give all the people who were willing to immigrate to Taiwan a house, a working ox, and a year's rations for each family, and guaranteed that as long as they worked hard, they could get 20 dan of grain every year. If they got less than this amount, he would not only not take any grain, but also make up 20 dan for each household!

He tightened his belt and gritted his teeth to fulfill his promise in the first year. For this, he invested almost all of Xiaweicheng's income in Takao. Fortunately, it is warm here all year round and there are bamboo forests everywhere. Building houses with bamboo is fast and economical, otherwise the Lin brothers and sisters would have gone bankrupt.

Lin Daoqian comforted his subordinates and himself, just like when he built the tail city, initial investment was necessary. Without going through the bitter cold, how could the fragrance of plum blossoms be so strong?

As for why we need to provide a guarantee for the people? In the eyes of the people of Ming Dynasty, Xiaoliuqiu Island is like the gate of hell. If you don't provide a guarantee, who would be willing to take this risk?

In his opinion, the land in Dagou is wide and abundant, and it is not a problem for each family to open up ten mu of land. Moreover, the temperature is high and irrigation is convenient, so rice can be harvested twice a year, and it is easy to harvest thirty or forty shi every year. He took the lowest number of thirty shi, and took one out of five, so the people still had twenty-four shi left, which was far more than he promised. So as long as he could survive the first year, everyone would be happy. The people praised General Lin for keeping his promise and letting everyone live a good life. He could also earn a steady income of more than 100,000 shi of grain, and he could recover his capital in one year!

Then let these benefited people go back and recruit more people, so that their population and land can be doubled, and they can become bigger and stronger and become Taiwan's Nanbo Bay!

Unfortunately, ideals are full of hope, but reality is too harsh. His beautiful dream was ruthlessly shattered by reality. A large number of people were not used to the climate and soil on the island, and were invaded by miasma when they were reclaiming land. They became sick and lost their ability to work. There were also aboriginals whose land was taken away, who persevered in attacking the Han people. As long as the people were slightly away from the camp, they might be ambushed. There was even a tragedy where a team of 50 people formed to reclaim land, but all of them lost their heads.

This caused the people to panic extremely and they dared not move away from Dagou Fortress, so the area of ​​land that could be reclaimed was naturally limited.

Moreover, to survive normally and maintain the ability to work, people need more than just wild vegetable soup and brown rice. They also need salt, medicine, needles, thread, brains, and women... Everything has to be imported from the mainland, and the cost is high, which has completely drained Lin Daoqian's family assets.

However, the land in Dagou is indeed good, and the Chinese are willing to endure hardships and have high farming skills. If the autumn harvest can be guaranteed, each household can still barely get 20 shi. It's a pity that Maka Taoist burned most of it...

Now Lin Daoqian not only had no taxes to collect, but also had to subsidize each household with 10 or 80 shi of grain. Adding up, that's 150,000 or 160,000 shi! Even if the Lin brothers and sisters were sold, it wouldn't be enough to fill this hole!

Lin Feng had run away because she had no other options. She was so active in arranging her surrender, and she was also thinking about getting rid of this heavy burden.

Besides, given the current situation where there are so many complaints, how could these people still work for me? If a fight really breaks out, I'm afraid they will tie me up and open the gates to surrender, right?

As long as I surrender quickly, my subordinates won't have a chance to help me surrender...

~~

After listening to the farmers' complaints and Lin Feng's explanation, Zhao Hao had a general understanding. He was not surprised by this. Immigration and reclamation is a highly skilled job that requires strong organizational skills to coordinate. Although Lin Daoqian and Lin Feng are the most outstanding pirates of this era, the specialty of pirates should be on the sea, not governance.

Just like Master Zhao can’t get pregnant and give birth to a child, no one is a jack of all trades.

After thinking for a moment, he announced to everyone that this place was now under the management of Jiangnan Group. Although most people had never heard of this name, it didn't matter. As long as they knew that Jiangnan Group would fulfill Lin Daoqian's promise, and reduce the tax on grain from 5% to 10%, and would purchase farmers' grain at a protective price, they would definitely not let the low price of rice hurt farmers!

The common people looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering whether the words of this Mr. Zhao who appeared out of nowhere would be effective. Could he be a hired help by the treacherous Lin Feng to fool them?

But Mr. Zhao has the money. This year, Jiangnan has another bumper harvest, and the Jiangnan Group is worried about where to use the full warehouse of grain. After the group took control of Ryukyu, he ordered a portion of the grain to be transferred to Naha Port. 150,000 or 160,000 koku is just a drizzle.

He promised everyone that he would pay off all the subsidies within half a month. If they were still not satisfied, they could take Ma Yishan away. If he failed to pay, he could be killed or sliced ​​to pieces. It was up to them!

"Okay!" The common people were also scared by the Lin brothers and sisters' tricks, and actually thought this was a good idea. "Just let Master Ma suffer for a few days!"

"Boss?" Ma Yishan's nose was running and he looked at Lin Feng eagerly.

"How about I stay?" Lin Feng asked.

"Then I'll stay..." Ma Yishan said in a crying voice.

"Good job, I knew you were the most loyal." Lin Feng patted his shoulder and said with relief: "Don't worry, they will take good care of you for at least the next half month."

"What if the food doesn't arrive half a month later?" Ma Yishan asked timidly.

"There is no such possibility, just go with peace of mind..." Young Master Zhao waved his hand, signaling the farmers to take him back to the village... This also made the people believe that the Jiangnan Group is now in charge of Dagou.

~~

After sending away the troublesome farmers, Lin Feng apologized to Zhao Hao in shame.

"It's okay. If there is a problem, just solve it." Young Master Zhao was very tolerant of her and smiled, "Other problems are easy to solve. The only difficult one is the indigenous people, but it's not a big problem."

According to the documents of the Dutch, Ming Zheng, and Qing Dynasty, the people living in Tainan, Takao, and Pingtung plains were all cultivated aborigines, or the so-called Pingpu people. Specifically, they can be divided into three major groups: Siraya, Makadao, and Daman. Among them, Siraya and Daman were both very obedient people. The Dutch called the former "the most friendly ally", and the Daman were also obedient people who never caused trouble.

As for the Makadao people, when the Dutch arrived in Takao, they had already disappeared from here. They only found eight Makadao villages in the lower reaches of the Lower Tamsui River. Because their strength was greatly damaged by the attack of the Lin Feng Group and they were unable to recover, they also adopted a close attitude towards the Dutch in order to seek shelter.

In short, they are all tribes that can communicate and know how to weigh the pros and cons.

Zhao Hao glanced at Fatty Tang, and Tang Youde, the relationship expert, leaned forward and said, "Sir, put it down. I'll take care of this matter."

"We should treat the Siraya people and the Manchu people with courtesy. We might as well give them more benefits so that they can communicate with Taoist Maka." Zhao Hao instructed: "As for Taoist Maka, in addition to the normal treatment, we can give him compensation. As long as we put aside the feud, we can still be good friends."

"I understand." Tang Youde nodded. Of course he understood the young master's implication - if the grudge could not be resolved, then there was no need to be polite to them.

Seeing how Master Zhao made light of difficult problems that he had thought were unsolvable with just a few words, Lin Feng could not help but admire him even more and vowed to become someone like him in the future.

"Sir, let me stay with you and study hard for a few years." She asked Zhao Hao: "I feel that compared to you, I am like a tongue licking the tip of the nose."

"What do you mean?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but smile.

"There's still a long way to go." Lin Feng said sincerely: "Please accept me as your disciple, Master!"

Since a frontal attack is not going to work, then change the strategy and make a detour... She heard Lao Ma and the others say all day that if you want to learn, you should sleep with the master first. If you want to learn well, you should give the master a bath first. It is estimated that if they become a master and an apprentice, it will be easier to get along... Oh no, it will be easier to get the true teachings.

As she said this, she kowtowed to Zhao Hao. Mr. Zhao wanted to help her, but how could he be so inappropriate as to fight with a girl?

"Get up quickly, get up quickly." Zhao Hao could only smile bitterly and said, "What can't you say while standing?"

"I won't get up if you don't agree!" Lin Feng was about to cry. This was the first time in her life that she pretended to cry.

"Okay, okay, I promise, I promise." This hand really worked. Young Master Zhao smiled helplessly and said, "Can you get up now?"

"That's great!" Lin Feng kowtowed three times to Zhao Hao, then jumped up from the ground, grabbed his shoulders, and kissed him on the cheek.

"Stop messing around." Young Master Zhao wiped his face with disgust. He couldn't get over it and until now it was still difficult for him to think of her as a woman.

I always feel that the great hero Lin Feng should be a real man, which fits the image of Captain Drake of the East in my mind.

~~

The next morning, Master Zhao was on the boat, building a relationship with his female apprentice... They were having breakfast together, don't think too much. The guard came up to report that Lin Daoqian arrived outside Fengshan Port by boat, and the patrol boat asked whether to let him go.

"Oh, you came quickly." Zhao Hao wiped his mouth with a napkin and said to his female apprentice with a smile: "Your brother is smarter than you. Go and pick him up."

"Yes, Master." Lin Feng responded and went down the stern deck. He went back to change into a convenient warrior robe, and then took a small boat to the sea gate to meet his elder brother.

"Oh, sister, are you okay? I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay." Seeing Lin Feng jumping around, Lin Daoquan felt relieved.

"Brother, why are you here?" Lin Feng asked.

"Mr. Zhao's men sent some coconuts to Xiawei City. Where else can you find this stuff? Don't you have it here?" Lin Dao wiped the sweat off his forehead and said with lingering fear: "It's terrible, terrible..."

If it weren't for these coconuts, he almost agreed to Lin Hongzhong... He had to stop at the brink of death, it was very dangerous!

"Don't talk about me, let's talk about your casualties first?" Seeing that his sister was fine, Lin Daoquan was worried about his husband again.

"Zero casualties, no losses."

"Wow, you're so amazing, you're worthy of being my sister!" Lin Daoqian praised first, then was stunned and said: "Fuck, you're not going to surrender directly, are you?"

"Wrong." Lin Feng said without any shame: "It is submission, which is different from surrender."

"What's the difference?" Lin Daoqian's face darkened, and he was about to blame her for not discussing such a big thing with him first. But suddenly he realized that although the girl was wearing men's clothes, she had a woman's bun and had her eyebrows and eyes painted.

"Oh my god, you're not going to get yourself involved, are you? This is such a huge loss..." Lin Daoquan felt heartbroken.