Seeing that Lin Rong was still worried, Wu Qun continued patiently: "Old Lin, please feel at ease. As far as you know, the number of red-haired thieves in the south is less than 1,000. If he wants to attack me, he will definitely leave the people guarding the city to prevent me from being trapped. In this way, if he comes to attack, the number of people should be between six and eight hundred. Lao Lin, although you are a civil servant, you don't know the soldiers, but you can calculate, who can win by two thousand to eight hundred??"

"Old Wu, although your words are not bad, I have read some miscellaneous books. There are many things that can defeat the more with less. Don't be careless!"

Lin Rong looked out of the hall and reminded him with concern.

"Hey! I said Lao Lin, where did you read these shit essays? If you win with the few, you have to see what the lineup is on both sides! It's not a joke. Even if I face ten thousand thieves, I can kill him seven in seven in seven out! This red-haired thief is also a musket and cannon, and we have no shortage of them. How capable do you think he is to defeat me?"

In the past two years since the ninth year of Chongzhen, Wu Qun and Lin Rong have gotten along well with each other in literature and martial arts, and they have cooperated well in most major and minor matters. The friendship between the two has continued to heat up until it has developed to the point where you and me are in no way different from each other.

After first finding out the situation on the island, the two used force to kill several leaders of the Zheng family left on the island, forcing others to surrender to the court, and then began large-scale infrastructure construction in the central and southern area of ​​the island.

It has to be said that Zhu Youjian first arranged for craftsmen to go to the island. With the efforts of these craftsmen and their families, with the cooperation of more than 2,000 immigrants on the island, four large villages ten miles apart were built at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Most of the houses and buildings in the village are made of wood. For this reason, Lin Rong specially returned to Fuzhou once. After consulting with Fujian Governor Zou Weilian, he stated the current situation on the island and asked for more support from the Fujian government.

Zou Weilian was promoted to the title of Grand Secretary of the Dongge by Zhu Youpin for his contributions to Zheng Zhilong and immigration.

As he heard, his days in Fujian might not be much. The emperor thought of his hard work and great contributions, so he was ready to send him to mainland provinces to avoid the suffering of the humid and heat in the south.

Of course, Zou Weilian knew the importance of Taiwan's immigration. In a good mood, he specially received Lin Rong. With a big stroke, he used the money allocated by Zhu Youjian to purchase a large number of urgently needed materials from Taiwan and hired ships to deliver them to the island in batches.

This batch of production and living supplies, including hammer, sickle, axe, iron nails, raw paint, lime rope, cloth, medicinal materials, mosquito nets, bricks, stones, etc., has greatly alleviated the scarcity of materials on the island and increased the speed of various construction projects a lot.

The officials from various prefectures and counties who came with the victims played a very important role in this. Under their control and command, the craftsmen dug wells and built canals, built roads and bricks, and quickly made every village have the most basic living conditions and facilities.

The reason why the four villages are built in such a standardized manner is due to the planning and layout made by the Fujian Governor's Office's yamen workshop sent people to the island.

The clerks and officials of these workshops marked the layout of the village with lime, especially the drinking water wells in strict and detailed arrangements.

A well is placed in the middle of each village and in the four corners of the village. The inner walls are all made of bricks and stones, the wellhead is arched and slightly higher than the ground, and all are paved with bluestone in a square radius to prevent soil and debris from entering the well to contaminate the water source.

Because Taiwan has a lot of groundwater resources, it doesn’t take much effort to drill wells, and each well is not deep. The water quality is clear and sweet, and the amount of water is abundant. The five wells are enough for daily use by 2,000 people.

Each village is built at a higher terrain, and the drainage ditches in the village are dug deep and wide enough. Even if it encounters heavy rains, it will not cause too much waterlogging.

Due to sufficient labor, the infrastructure of several villages was built in less than ten days, and then the residences of each company were built.

Under the unified deployment of Lin Rong and the officials, the immigrants and the young men who moved from the Zheng family formed several construction teams to help each family build houses and houses free of charge, while the elderly, weak, women and children were responsible for washing clothes and cooking. In just a few months, all the immigrants moved into their new homes.

The warm and humid climate conditions in central and southern Taiwan also provide the best conditions for land reclamation and farming.

The rice on the island can be cooked three times a year, and the Zheng family had already stocked up rice in several granaries built on the island.

With the construction of villages and the development of land and fields, the grain and rice on the island are enough for more than 10,000 people to eat, and there is no need to rely on the Zheng family fleet to transport grain from outside the island.

After the disaster victims' house was built, it was located in the center of four villages and the simple regulations of Taichung County Government was finally built, and Lin Rong finally found the feeling of becoming an official.

Subsequently, two barracks of different sizes were built one after another.

After repeated consideration, Wu Qun built the Central Army Barracks in the southwest direction of the southernmost village. The purpose of this was to guard against threats from the Dutch people in the south.

After the completion of this barracks, Wu Qun personally led 1,500 people to station them.

In addition to the direction of the sea, the barracks had three spacious turrets built on the other three sides, each equipped with six Flang machines. Under such powerful firepower, it would cost a huge price to break the barracks and advance towards the immigration area.

Another smaller barrack was built in the northwest and near the sea. This was designed to prevent the enemy landing from the sea from taking a back route. The regulations of the two barracks were basically the same.

Today, Wu Qun ran from the central army thirty miles away to the county government office, asking Lin Rong for doctors and medicinal materials to prevent injuries during the war, and he also had a meal here.

Lin San, the chef beside Lin Rong, cooked good dishes. The exquisite Minnan cuisine made Wu Qun, a northern local bun, never get tired of eating it.

"I said Lao Lin, where is Lin San? I haven't seen him for some days. Could this guy go out to find the widow again, right? It's almost noon, so why don't this guy get back quickly!"

"Bah! You just came to my place a few days ago and you still have the face to say that you haven't seen Lin San for a long time! Don't worry about Lin San's lack of finding a widow. He is now busy in the kitchen!"

Just as the Ming army was preparing to resist the possible invading enemy on the island, located in the city of Jelancha from Taiwan to the southeast of Taiwan, Putman, the highest commander of the Netherlands, was convening relevant personnel in the Chief Office to discuss the Ming Dynasty's immigration to the island.

The city of Rhelanzha is a typical modern European bastion, with trenches surrounding them, and the sloped earth embankment is the base.

The wall is made of red bricks, made of sugar water, glutinous rice, oyster shell ash, sand and stick. The inner city is square, with two layers above and below, both of which are 120 steps in length and width. The city wall is about three feet high and more than four feet thick. The four-angle ridge ridge is five feet thick. With such thickness and hardness, it cannot be bombarded even with cannons.

The basement in the city of Rhelanzha is a warehouse for storing ammunition, grain and debris. The upper floor has facilities such as the Chief Office, the church, the lookout, the soldier barracks and other facilities.

The outer city (four corners attached city) is rectangular, about 200 steps long and nearly 100 feet wide, slightly lower than the inner city, and has dormitories, offices, conference halls, hospitals, warehouses and other public buildings.

"Everyone, after our scouts approached and reconnaissance several times, what is now certain is that in addition to the more than 2,000 people moved to the island by the Count Zheng family over the years, the Ming government is organizing large-scale immigration to Taiwan Island, and even sending a large number of troops to protect the safety of these immigrants. These actions of the Ming government have seriously threatened the interests of our Netherlands in Southeast Asia, and our Governor's Office must take appropriate measures to prevent the continuation of such actions!"

Putman, who was in his forties, had a very serious expression on his face, and there was a hint of anxiety and worry in his words.

Since the second half of last year, various news has been heard from merchant ships and fleets traveling across the ocean in the Netherlands.

They found that ships of all sizes and large numbers of ships flying the Zheng family flag frequently traveled across the Taiwan Strait, constantly transporting a large number of various materials to the island, and similar behaviors did not decrease in the first half of this year.

When they reported this situation to the Taiwan Governor's Office, Putman was highly vigilant.

Putman had known on the island that there were thousands of people moving from the Zheng family from the Ming Dynasty, but due to the small number of immigrants, the Dutch did not take this matter seriously.

However, the recent actions of the Zheng family fleet were somewhat abnormal. Putman decided to send a small group of scouts to the near Zheng family dock to check the specific situation.

After several close reconnaissances within several months, the news sent back made Putman realize that something was wrong.
Chapter completed!