Xinjin Island, after thousands of years, it should be called Okinawa Island. As the largest island in the Ryukyu Islands, the construction here is in full swing.

There are a lot of islands in the Ryukyu Islands, but there is no name at this time. Li Yue simply asked someone to come up with a lot of names, and then cast lots to name each island in the Ryukyu Islands.Originally there were indigenous peoples on Xinjin Island, and they initially formed their own language, but the number was very small.After Li Yue began to implement the immigration policy, he began to build cities on the island to encourage the naturalization of those aborigines.Although the original natives here can actually fill their stomachs, after all, this volcanic island with a tropical marine climate can fill their stomachs just by collecting various fruits when there are not many people. Primitive fishery production is actually fishing in the sea with very crude means.

However, the tropical climate is also prone to some diseases. The mosquitoes, snakes and ants on the island and some poisonous creatures in the sea are all threats to them.Immigrants brought more advanced production technology and high-quality medical guarantees. After the immigrants helped them deliver a few children, and then saw the lives of the immigrants, these aborigines were inevitably moved.

Those who are willing to immigrate are often older bachelors. When they arrive in a new place, they find that all the aboriginal women here have no major shortcomings except for a slightly dark complexion. As for things like not being able to speak Chinese , This can be learned. Therefore, the older bachelors who are full of enthusiasm and turmoil show off in various ways, just like those males in nature, showing their muscles and other abilities, plus some incentives given by Li Yue, such as If there is a girl in the family who marries an immigrant, she can get a lot of preferential treatment.Moreover, compared to the men of the same ethnic group, the immigrants looked a little hard even when they first came here, but after cleaning up, each of them looked very energetic and tall, and the immigrants could at least produce fine and exquisite Cloth is used as a dowry gift, which is still very attractive to the women in the aborigines.

Li Yue didn't want to engage in population extinction either. Aboriginal men can also work for immigrants, study literacy at night, know a certain number of Chinese characters, and make a certain contribution, and they can also become naturalized.Of course, if those are stubborn and only want to make trouble, this side will not tolerate them.The original population of the natives here was not very large. After a multi-pronged approach, in just five or six years, the permanent population of Xinjin Island has exceeded [-]. In later generations, this may be the population of two or three towns. However, in This is the case in many small cities in this era.

Immigrants made a big deal of infrastructure on Xinjin Island. There used to be original rice growing here, and the immigrants brought new rice seeds. There were also some specially trained agricultural students who tried to use local rice in Xinjin Island. Wild rice is crossed with other rice to produce new rice varieties.In short, in just a few years, Xinjin Island can export a large amount of rice.In addition, the immigrants also began to plant a large number of sugar cane and other fruit crops suitable for growing in the tropics.Cane sugar workshops and canning workshops were built on the island, and many people also began to deeply develop the palm trees and coconut trees that exist here.The use of palm trees in the Central Plains has long been very mature, and the same is true for coconut trees. On Xinjin Island, the aborigines still only eat coconuts and use coconut shells as containers. After the immigrants arrived, although they did not Note that these crops are used to the extreme, but are already very mature.Li Yue also asked people to study how to use palm and coconut fiber to make mattresses and other furniture, which are now very popular items.

On the Ryukyu Islands, there are hundreds of islands, but the main ones worth developing are the volcanic islands. On the one hand, the other coral islands are relatively small in size, and on the other hand, they are not very suitable for farming. They don’t have that many people nowadays, so , Li Yue didn't bother with that.

After reaching an agreement with the Yang family before, a group of members of the Yang family have been scattered to several large islands. When they first came, it was unbelievable. This is really a very rich and good place. A little effort to develop it is the foundation for a family to survive for a long time. Therefore, the Yang family has spent a lot of money to develop these islands through various channels over the years. They are just large-scale plantations on each island. There are seven or eight of them, and they earn a lot of income every year. Every time the principals of the side branches who come here write letters back to the Central Plains, they just urge the important people. As long as the population is enough, they can expand their own industry several times.

On the other side of the Central Plains, although everyone knows that the Yang family has separated a few tribesmen, they all think that they have gone to Yizhou Island. The situation in Yizhou Island is actually somewhat different from other places. The number of natives here is comparable There are many Ryukyu Islands, and the terrain here is more complicated, so even though many people know that Li Yue hired someone to mine giant trees on Yizhou Island, everyone is not very interested in this place, because compared to Yizhou Island, Qiongzhou Island is more convenient, but they don't know that Li Yue has completely included Yizhou Island under his rule these years.

The reason why the Yang family sent people there before was because they were severely suppressed by those aristocratic families in the court, and several members of the clan had to resign from their posts and became more and more low-key.Under such circumstances, it is normal for the Yang family to separate out some clan members to make other plans.They also had some properties in Anton and Anxi before, and they were targeted before, but now they simply changed hands and went to join the son-in-law of the Yang family.

Both the emperor and the empress have a tacit attitude towards this. They have thought about keeping the power of the aristocratic family away from the center as much as possible before, and it is best to run out to open up all of them. Those who go out are all side houses, and the interests in the court are also unwilling to leave behind. Of course, compared with before, the large number of tenants and trilogy they controlled before were sent out. After all, it is impossible for them to let those The clansman ran to a strange place, started with a dog, and all the equipment depended on picking it up. They had to have a certain amount of strength before they could keep their land and wealth there.

In fact, in Anton and Anxi, a relatively strong force today is criminals who were exiled in the past, some rangers who committed crimes and ran away, and some ran to pan for gold with dreams of getting rich.Gold mines have been discovered in the northeast of Anxi before. In fact, the Western Regions in Anxi have been operating for a long time. Even if there are gold mines, it is not up to others to mine them. However, many people found jade in the river there. Raw stones and high-quality Hetian jade have always been expensive in the Central Plains, so they also attracted a group of people who dreamed of getting rich overnight.These people are not very good ways, in the wild, when encountering a single or a small team, they actually don't mind being a guest robber.After all, it is faster to rob others than to dig through the rough stones in the river and wash the sand.Therefore, even those aristocrats of aristocratic families must have enough manpower if they want to guarantee their local interests.

Those aristocratic families teamed up to isolate the Yang family, and even found someone to disrupt the Yang family's property. When the cotton field in Anxi was about to be harvested, the Yang family was almost burned to the ground, and they were so angry that they smoked.If it weren't for this matter, the Yang family might not be willing to give up the benefits there. After all, one mu of cotton land can earn at least a lot of money every year. Their family has planted thousands of hectares of cotton alone, which is worth [-] yuan a year. What a pity to lose more than [-]% of income in vain.

It's not a pity now, in the Ryukyu Islands, their plantations can reap hundreds of thousands of benefits every year from sugar cane alone, not to mention other benefits, and there is no risk.It is winter in Anxi for the first half of the year, and there is nothing to do in winter, and a lot of food has to be consumed in vain, but what about the Ryukyu Islands?Plantations are profitable all year round, and sugar cane is much easier to serve than cotton.What's more, besides the Yang family, there are other aristocrats in Anxi's East. In addition, the small countries and nomads in the Western Regions are unwilling to be occupied by the Tang Dynasty. They often make troubles. The guards are eager to weaken the power of nobles from their families, so they rarely intervene in the end. They have to use their own parts to fight against those resistance forces, and sometimes they are exhausted.

But here, the natives are much more docile, they can work more quickly, and the atmosphere here is much more free. Although at the beginning, everyone was not used to the climate here, but after a long time, everyone found that the Except for the difficult rainy season, other times are quite comfortable. Although summer is hot, the sea breeze blows on the body is actually very comfortable, and it is still very warm here in winter.Now, these old men who are used to enjoying themselves have begun to regard the beach as a hot spring bathing place, and they often bask in the sun and take beach baths on the beach.

That is to say, the transportation is not convenient these days. Otherwise, Li Yue really wants to develop some tourism in the Ryukyu Islands, and there are probably quite a few people who are willing to join in.

"Aye, I like it here!" On the beach, Mingzhu, who was wearing a simple dress, kicked off the clogs on her feet, stepped on the sand with bare feet, feeling the rough touch of the warm sand, Mingzhu couldn't help cheering up.

Li Yue didn't think that Mingzhu didn't look like a lady, he just smiled and said: "If you like it, you can play for a few more days, but we should go back after a few days!"

Mingzhu is no longer the same as she was when she was a child. She was depressed when she heard that there was no time to play. She looked into the distance with confidence, thinking that in the future, she must have a beach that only belongs to her, and she can play as she likes at that time!But since she could still play for a few more days, she simply asked someone to bring a beautiful bamboo basket, and was going to pick up some shells on the beach and go back, and Dong Zhi, who was playing with the sand, also followed suit behind her.

Yang Yao walked over holding a parasol, and she felt a little headache when she looked at Mingzhu: "This girl, she is really wild now, she doesn't look like a girl at all!"

Li Yue said disapprovingly, "What is a girl supposed to look like? I think she is pretty good now!" Mingzhu had a whim the year before last, and wanted to become a strange woman like Mrs. Xian and Princess Pingyang. Therefore, She specially selected a group of older girls who were not too different in age from herself, and formed a women's army. After consulting with others, she began to train in a serious manner. The profits from the two industries she tried were included, and she had to ask Li Yue to borrow a large sum of money. Yang Yao was so angry that she deducted two years of makeup and jewelry money, but Mingzhu didn't care about it at all. , She felt that the female general didn't need to put on makeup.

Because of some concepts instilled by Li Yue, Mingzhu attaches great importance to naval warfare. After training on land for a period of time, Mingzhu also built two ships to prepare for training on board.

This time when Li Yue came to inspect the Ryukyu side, she also brought the women's army here softly and stubbornly. Before that, she was just playing around in the waters near Quanzhou. She has really sailed on the sea, and this time at sea, Mingzhu also led a group of women's soldiers to learn from the sailors how to identify the direction on the sea, and how to control the trebuchets on the ship.

The girls selected by Mingzhu are also very particular. Originally, in the coastal areas, many girls would train them to be pearl girls from an early age, let them get familiar with water, and then go to the sea to fish for pearls. The thing is, in the past, many pearl girls would drown because of the wind and waves and being entangled in seaweed and the like, but they just returned in time. will bring great benefits.Among other things, although the price they sell for a fine pearl is far less than its real value, it is still enough for a large family to live a prosperous life for a year or two.That is to say, after Li Yue came, all the families who used to fish and pearl for a living were incorporated, and some went directly into the large fishing boats under Li Yue's hands. Women were selected to mend fishing nets, and girls were also able to learn weaving. In this way, the whole family has a more secure and reliable source of income, so naturally there is no need to let girls do this kind of business again.Like now, there are almost no people here in Minyue who are dedicated to picking pearls, but Nanyue produces more pearls.

Mingzhu mostly chose such families. Although these girls are no longer engaged in pearl fishing, they are also familiar with water since they were young, which also makes them more adaptable to sea warfare.Mingzhu paid a high salary for the army and included food and lodging. Those people didn't think that the king of Fujian would really let this female army fight, so they only thought it was their own girls playing with the princess, so they were very active about it.Mingzhu is really caring, she has always emphasized in daily training that women are not inferior to men, especially in sea battles, most of them do not rely on strength, so their future achievements may not be inferior to others.Mingzhu said that in the future, she will lead them to create a new world and establish a place where women are the masters of the house and so on.Although many people think that Mingzhu is delusional, there are still some people who look forward to it.

Li Yue is very supportive of Mingzhu's actions. Not only did he find someone to teach Mingzhu's art of war tactics, but he even managed to get a copy of Li Jing and Li Ji's art of war. Ming Zhu will learn all the books on the art of war. In addition, he will personally teach Ming Zhu some political and economic knowledge he knows. He sincerely hopes that Ming Zhu can really break into a new world as he said.

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