Chapter 2509

This is not the first time for Ning Zijing to come to Hong Kong, and he also works in Qiong Lianfa, so naturally no one will doubt his judgment.

Ha Jianyi smiled and asked: "Then do you think we should accept it or politely decline it?"

"You decide for yourself, don't have any worries." Ning Zijing obviously didn't want to bother with this kind of thing, so he dismissed it with just one sentence.

"In my opinion, if you give me souvenirs or something like that, there is no harm in accepting it. As for the other things, forget it, so as not to cause any complications. We must remember that our trip this time is not for sightseeing, but because we have a mission.

We must put official duties first." Tao Hongfang was steady in his conduct and immediately reminded everyone that he had a mission during this trip.

When he said this, it was hard for the other three to refute. It was the first time for them to be sent by their fathers to work far away from Hainan Island. Naturally, they wanted to complete the task beautifully. If anything went wrong along the way,

, that will only make the parents feel disappointed.

Although this place is far away from Sanya, they don't think that their whereabouts outside can be hidden from their all-knowing fathers. No one knows if there are eyes and ears working for Victory Fort in Qiong Lianfa. They are not afraid of ten thousand, just afraid of the worst.

, it is better to be more cautious in your words and deeds.

Bai Letong immediately expressed his agreement: "Hongfang's words are reasonable. I think it's better to rest early tonight to recuperate and set off early tomorrow morning."

No one had any objections, and they didn't even dare to drink more. After eating, they sat for a while and then went back to their rooms to rest. Ning Zijing also specially called the steward over and asked him not to make other arrangements so as not to disturb him.

Everyone rested. The steward knew what was going on and immediately took the order and asked his men to quickly prepare hot water for bathing.

The whole night was silent. Early the next morning, everyone had breakfast at the inn and immediately drove to the pier. Although the official ship had no scheduled departure time and would definitely wait until they boarded the ship, they had no intention of staying in Hong Kong anymore.

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And just as Ning Zijing expected, the steward of Qiong Lianfa actually sent gifts before they set off, and they were delivered directly to the ship. These gifts were not expensive, and they were basically some products produced in nearby areas.

Just fresh fruits and seafood.

However, it is obviously easier to pass the test if you give this kind of gift. If you give real money, I am afraid that these second-generation wearers who are not short of money will directly block it.

The next stop for the official ship is Kaohsiung Port, located in the southern part of Taiwan Island. According to the captain, the ship will dock briefly at Kaohsiung Port to unload a batch of official letters and supplies sent from Sanya to the local area.

The construction of Kaohsiung Port began at the end of 1632, and it has been more than 20 years so far. However, what is different from other colonial areas under Haihan's rule is that Haihan did not complete the development and construction of the local area from the beginning.

The Xu family in Fujian and the participation of many private capitals in Guangdong and Guangxi regions.

This situation also made the construction speed of Kaohsiung Port much faster than some overseas colonial areas developed before Haihan. In just a few years, a port city with thousands of people and various basic industries was formed.

The alluvial plain near Kaohsiung Port has fertile soil and superior water conservancy conditions, making it suitable for large-scale agricultural development. Therefore, agriculture has been the main construction direction from the beginning. Food crops and cash crops have gradually become

It has become the leading industry in Kaohsiung area and has formed a large-scale development effect. It is currently the agricultural demonstration area with the largest planting area on the island of Taiwan.

The Kaohsiung government has also promptly promoted the construction of supporting deep-processing industries for agricultural products, producing rice, noodles, oil, sugar, wine, canned goods and other products. The profits that can be obtained after selling these commodities on the market far exceed those of raw materials, so

Soon it was favored by various capitals, and they invested in building food processing plants in Kaohsiung.

The stable development of the industry and the increase in the income of employees have attracted more immigrants to Kaohsiung, driving the development of supporting industries such as the service industry, transportation industry, and construction industry, thus bringing the local economic and social development into a new stage.

A state of virtuous cycle.

“Kaohsiung has much more room for development than an island trading port like Hong Kong. According to the Executive Committee’s estimates, if the Kaohsiung Port and Pingtung Plain area south of Damuan Port are fully developed, agriculture alone will be enough.

It can support 300,000 to 400,000 people. But now the local population is only around 100,000, and there is still a large labor gap."

Tao Hongfang had access to a lot of information about Kaohsiung in his daily work at the Ministry of Commerce, and he briefly introduced the local situation to several other people on the way.

Ning Zijing said: "According to the information I know, there are many dignitaries from the Ming Dynasty who chose to invest in buying land and operating plantations in Kaohsiung in the past few years."

Tao Hongfang nodded and said: "There are indeed many cases like what you mentioned, especially those upper-class people who are married to Chinese officials. Almost all of them have purchased real estate in Kaohsiung."

Tao Hongfang did not specify the identities of these people, but these people here have access to internal information, so they naturally know who he is referring to.

The Ma family in Shandong, the Qu family in Zhejiang, the Xu family in Fujian, and the Li family in Guangdong... the first people to spend heavily on real estate and land in Kaohsiung were basically related households who could get inside information.

These families all have deep interests with Haihan. They were the first group of upper-class social forces in the Ming Dynasty to seek refuge with Haihan. They also received a large amount of dividends during Haihan's rapid expansion.

Especially in new colonial areas like Kaohsiung, these private capitals seized the initial blank period, spent heavily to participate in development, and obtained the management rights of large tracts of land at extremely low costs. This was almost impossible in areas ruled by the Ming Dynasty.

It's something impossible.

Bai Letong added: "I have also seen some promotional materials from that year. In order to stimulate investment and immigration, the local government in Kaohsiung really worked hard and provided many preferential policies, such as plantation tax exemptions and immigration settlement.

Dividing fields and the like. During that period, there were constant disasters and man-made disasters, so many people were transported overseas by our country through various means to settle down, and Kaohsiung was one of the main destinations."

Tao Hongfang said: "The entire island of Taiwan received at least 200,000 immigrants during that period. Even Miaoli, which had only a resident population of more than 1,000 at the beginning, was later upgraded to a county due to population growth."

Among these people, only Ha Jianyi was born in an overseas colonial area. When he was young, his family sent him from Manila to Sanya to study and live. Therefore, he knows less about this period of history on the island of Taiwan, and he is still listening to it with gusto.
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