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Composting techniques do not need to be taught, Tamil farmers know it themselves, but they only use cow dung.Now we have to slowly get used to human and animal excrement, and it may take two or three years to change our minds.

In the farmland of Siye, the tenants have been busy for a long time.

There is no need to rush to harvest the grain, everyone is hardworking, and they also know the importance of the harvest season.

As for the land rent, the Han people do not plan to change it, 80% for paddy fields and 50% for dry fields.After the landlord got the grain, he gave some of it to King Jin, and they didn't bother to care about the life and death of the peasants.Just follow one principle, the Han people have more children, and let the local aborigines die slowly.

After the harvest, about a month or so, Liu Datong, Zhang Dakun and others received the order to gather troops.

However, it is closer to the Han villages. The villages managed by several Brahmins, the amount of food handed over is not right, and the tax books are obviously less than before.

These Brahmins, seeing that the Han people did not understand the language, wanted to fool things.Villages farther away have not yet paid grain due to distance, and this trend must be killed.

Under King Jin, there are also Tamil officials who can speak Chinese, and they often go to Nanyang to do business.They were invited to serve as officials, responsible for translating official documents, and were often sent to deal with local people.

Most of these people belong to the Vaishya caste.

The king of Jin promised that as long as he became an official, three members of his family could speak Chinese, and he would let them be Han people in the future.These Vaishya officials who can speak Chinese are instantly motivated, because after becoming Han Chinese, it means that the whole family has been raised by caste.

Liu Datong ran to Taiwu City to report, and the battalion commander took them to collect taxes by force, and accompanied the army with a Tamil translator.

They rushed into several villages along the way, where the aristocratic managers were exempted from punishment as long as they paid taxes honestly.Just a few words of sophistry will directly exterminate the family, and the women's family members will be assigned to the Han people as concubines.Then, use these heads to collect taxes, and the remaining village nobles will be honest.

In the village communities in the actual control area, there are still many lands that are not divided, and the grains from these fields are owned by the public.

When Zhao Kuangchen sent a boat back this time, he had to go to Chittagong and Malacca to borrow boats.Emperor Zhao said that in the first year of capturing Tanjore, he would give King Jin a quota of material aid, and he could do whatever he wanted within the quota.

Zhao Kuangtang had to hurry up and bring the family members of the officials and soldiers.And get some more farm tools. There is no shortage of farming cattle here, but there is a shortage of iron plows, hoes and other items. Many tenants cannot afford plows.

Then, they have to recruit immigrants along the coast, and when they go to India, they will immediately divide the fields, starting with ten acres of paddy fields per person, and doubling the number of dry fields.

Dan people and citizens who don't know how to farm can also come here.Those who are willing to share the land will share the land, and those who do not want to share the land will live in Taiwu City. As long as they can read and write, they can serve as officials.

This policy is very attractive. Although you are far away from your hometown, you can become an official if you go there. You can become an official without graduating from elementary school!

Moreover, no matter whether you have a wife or not, you can marry a wife and take a concubine when you come here.The more children you have, the better. Taking concubines and having children is to contribute to the country.

Even Zhang Dakun, an ordinary soldier, took another concubine after the rice harvest.

He revealed the meaning of taking concubines, and the people in the village next door brought their daughters over one after another.Instead of dowry, give dowry, only to marry the daughter to the Han nobles.

Zhang Dakun carefully selected with a smile, and finally chose the one with the fairest complexion and the best appearance, and lived a happy life in India with one wife and one concubine.

Chapter 968 [Big Gold Mine]

The rainy season is coming.

Zhao Kuangchen stood on the balcony of the palace and observed the temple in the distance with a binoculars.

The Brihadin Shivaro Temple, which means "the great master", is dedicated to Shiva.There is a huge tower in the temple, 63.41 meters high, which is the third tallest building in India.

Whether it is the temple hall or the temple tower, they are all built of large blocks of granite without using any adhesives.For hundreds of years, after many earthquakes, not only did it not collapse, even no obvious cracks were found in the wall.The top of the temple tower is carved from two complete pieces of granite, each weighing 30 tons. It is hard to imagine how it was transported up.

Due to the open square inside the temple, it was requisitioned by the British army as a barracks in history, and it was used for more than 30 years before it was returned to King Tanjore.

After taking back the temple, King Sephoji II immediately cleaned the temple's dirt and held a grand celebration ceremony.

At that time, the British Viscount Valencia happened to be visiting Tanjore and was invited by the king to participate in the celebration.

The Viscount Valencia is a friend of the king. He expressed his doubts in his notes: "This king was forced into exile since he was a child and was raised by British missionaries. He is familiar with Western literature, proficient in European languages, and has a great knowledge of philosophy, poetry, and mathematics. , Dance has extraordinary talent. If he was in Europe, he must be an excellent scholar, how could he become a superstitious person in India?"

Viscount Valencia, concluded from this: this ignorant land conquered by civilization has never given birth to any flower of civilization worthy of careful study and praise!

Zhao Kuangchen put down the binoculars and said, "The Zhuluo Dynasty a few hundred years ago was really powerful. Not only did they dig irrigation canals along the river, but they also built such majestic temples and pagodas."

Wang Chongxi, who was standing next to him, said: "It was the same hundreds of years ago, and it is still the same after hundreds of years. It can even be said that it has been going backwards. I heard that the irrigation canals along both sides of the river have not been repaired for hundreds of years. Only serious damage , each village will repair its own section. Even if a small section of irrigation canal is repaired, it can be completed in two or three months, and it will take several years of delay.”

Zhao Kuangchen said: "I think it's because of the caste system. The nobles in various villages don't regard the land as private property, but just help the king manage it. Their thoughts are all used to fill their own pockets. And the people are even less persistent. No one wants to Fix things in the public house."

"But during the Zhuluo Dynasty, there was also a caste system, and the irrigation canal was built at that time." Ma Yu said.

Wang Chongxi said: "It's because the imperial court has no heart. Anyway, life is going well, so they don't bother to build water conservancy projects. In fact, the village communes under the well field system can easily levy corvee. They don't need to pay wages, just provide some food."

Zhao Kuangchen nodded and said, "Indeed."

The dilapidated water conservancy facilities here in Tanjore, in another time and space, had to wait for the thousand or so remnants of the Green Sect to seize power and establish a country before they could be repaired.Regardless of high or low, the whole village was demoted to slaves, and then they were whipped to repair the water conservancy.

Guan Xian said: "It will rain in a few days. Tamil officials said that after the first light rain, it is time to sow summer rice and wait for the rainy season to come. When it comes to the real rainy season, unless the farmland is flooded by floods, there will be no earing time." I will add fertilizer again. It is easy to grow rice here, not as exhausting as in the Celestial Dynasty."

Wang Chongxi said: "So, the farmers here are too idle. And during the slack period, the diligent ones can only do some part-time jobs, and the lazy ones lie at home every day, and only come out to lie down when the sun comes out. The farmers here are farmers and cannot do it. Carpentry, because carpentry is another sub-caste profession."

Ma Cheng laughed and said: "If there are more and more Han people in the future, and the land is not enough, will the Han peasants become carpenters and bricklayers? If they become carpenters and bricklayers, will the aborigines of these two castes feel that the Han people have robbed them? rice bowl?"

"Definitely," Zhao Kuangchen nodded, "As the number of Han people increases, conflicts will inevitably intensify, and maybe the aborigines will unite to rebel."

Wang Chongxi said: "Your Highness, I have a way."

"Tell me about it." Zhao Kuangchen said.

Wang Chongxi said: "Stable expansion bit by bit. If the expansion is too fast, the Han people will all become big landlords, and I am afraid that they will lose their spirit. If the expansion is too slow, the Han people at the bottom will have resentment, and conflicts with the indigenous people will intensify. Slowly Expansion out, keeping hope for the Han people at the bottom, allowing the Han people at the bottom to fight with the aborigines, but not out of the control of the imperial court. As the land is opened up and the number of Han people increases, it will prolong the time for the conflict between the Han people and the aborigines to intensify.”

Zhao Kuangchen said with a smile: "It's just cooking small fresh food, and master the heat well."

He has already sent a boat back to fetch Princess Jin from Nanjing.

Because they live in school all the year round, the princess and side concubine don't have many children, and they only have one son and one daughter at present.The pair of sons and daughters will stay in Nanjing for the time being. They will not come to India until they have graduated from middle school and received sufficient education.

In addition, he visited Ba Pai Yao, where my grandfather lived, when he went south.

Grandpa was in good spirits, and promised to help Zhao Kuangchen recruit people. Yao people and local Han people, who were willing to go to sea, should go to the government to register. This time, they will also come to Taiwu City by boat together.Maybe not one or two thousand, but a few hundred people should be able to make up, after all, there are more mountainous areas over there.

There are too few Han Chinese under Zhao Kuangtang's command. There are only more than 2000 civilians, generals, technicians, infantry, cavalry, and navy... all counted.Some will pick up family members, but most of them are wives and children. Parents and brothers are rarely willing to go to sea.

Anyway, by the time these ships come back, it would be nice if the number of Han Chinese could reach 4000.

This is unprecedented in India, just take the founding emperor of Mughal.This person was beaten into a dog in Central Asia, and came to India with more than a thousand remnants of soldiers. He subdued some Afghans on the way, and he would not exceed 3000 troops at all times.

The [-] troops were the original foundation of the Mughal Empire, and they belonged to different races.When they came to India, they could only integrate into the caste society, and then recruit local troops to expand.

The Portuguese, Dutch, French, and British came to colonize India just like that.In a colonial port that has been developed for hundreds of years, at most two to three thousand Europeans have reproduced, and most of them are descendants of mixed blood.

In comparison, Zhao Kuangchen's immigration speed is completely unreasonable. He directly brought in 4000 Han Chinese in a year.

As Zhao Kuangchen gained a firm foothold in Taiwu City, more and more Chinese merchants would come to trade in the future.He has already contacted the merchants along the coast and asked them to help spread the news and pick up people, and the boat tickets and meals along the way can be reimbursed.

You can become an official if you can read and write, and you can divide the land when you come. Presumably the mountain people and Dan people cannot withstand the temptation.

Zhao Kuangchen didn't think too much about it. He was already content with a hundred or so new immigrants every year. After all, Nanyang was also absorbing immigrants.

And those businessmen, if the trade is stable, will also set up a trading company in Taiwu City, leaving the branch manager and buddies to buy cotton and other goods from Jin State, and at the same time contact the Dutch about shipping issues.

While emigrating and giving birth, within 20 years, Zhao Kuangchen hopes to have [-] Han people.

If the population is larger, that is naturally the best.

When the number of Han people is over [-], Zhao Kuangzhen will expand and take down the neighboring country of Madurai!

"Da da da da!"

There was a sound of hoofbeats, but Sun Kewang, who led troops to collect taxes by force, returned.

In the villages near the river, infantry can go to collect taxes.For places farther away, cavalry had to be used, and this year they had to be beaten, otherwise the local nobles would be dishonest when paying agricultural taxes.

"Your Highness, General Sun seeks an audience!"

"Bring him in."

Sun Kewang went out to sweep around and killed more than a dozen nobles. At this time, he was in high spirits and had already ushered in the second spring of his life.

"The final general will see Your Highness!" Sun Kewang saluted as he marched.

Zhao Kuangtang asked: "Are there still people who are not convinced by Wang Hua?"

"Kill more than a dozen people, let the cavalry carry their heads, and wander around the villages, and those nobles will be honest," Sun Kewang said suddenly, "Your Highness, there is a gold mine near Canmei City, which can be controlled within a few seconds. In the hands of the nobles of Dili!"

Canmei City was changed by Zhao Kuangchen to the ministers. Its original name was Ali Kamedu, and it was the second largest city in the country.It is not far from the border between Jin State and Jin Ji State, and it is also a port city near the sea. The city lord there is obedient in name, but he is self-respecting and unwilling to pay business taxes.

The whole of South India is a gold mining area in the Indian subcontinent.

But Zhao Kuangchen's state of Jin had only one large gold mine, which was not far from Canmei City.The rest are sporadic and small mines, and not much can be mined in a year, so there is no need to go to war for that little gold.

Mysore, the neighbor to the northwest, has four large gold mines!

Wang Chongxi said: "Kanmei City is the second largest city, and the owner of the city is not very obedient. Sooner or later, he will occupy it. Now there are gold mines, and they must be captured. But we can't be anxious for the time being. We have too few Han people, and there are still many It's not completely stable."

Guan Xian said: "The most urgent thing is to wait for the rainy season to repair the irrigation canals along the river. Even if we want to attack Canmei City, we have to wait until next year to send troops, and we must find a suitable excuse to send troops."

"The excuse for sending troops is ready-made. Canmei City does not obey the king's order and is unwilling to pay the city's commercial taxes." Ma Yu said.

Zhao Kuangchen asked, "How many troops are there in Kanmei City and its surrounding areas?"

Sun Kewang said: "I have already found out that there are only a few hundred soldiers in the city. Once you want to fight, you must be fast, and you cannot let the nobles go to the village to gather troops. Otherwise, you will not fight hundreds of people, but tens of thousands. Kan The nobles in Meicheng have great influence, controlling at least one-fifth of the villages in the country."

Zhao Kuangchen nodded and said: "If you want to send troops, go there by boat, surround the city, and don't give the enemy a chance to gather troops in the countryside. Even if you can gather troops, don't let them enter the city. Fighting in the wild, no matter how many enemies there are."

Zhao Kuangchen is not only not enough Han people, but also not enough Han officials.

Even many official positions in the city are held by Tamil nobles.A large number of soldiers can also read and write, but the army cannot be dispersed, half of them are stationed in the city, and the other half are thrown to manage the village.It will be fine next year, as long as you can read and write, you can be an official. Han officials will gradually increase, and the national documents will be written in Chinese characters.

Now there is no other way but bilingual office, otherwise the Tamil officials in the city will not be able to understand.

Chapter 969 [Enemies on all sides]

Jin Wang Zhao Kuangchen didn't know that a crisis was slowly approaching.

The Dutch have played tricks in secret!

This year in history, the Netherlands and Portugal signed the Hague Agreement.The two sides delineated the colonial scope, the east coast of India belonged to the Netherlands, and the west coast belonged to Portugal.The Netherlands recognized Portugal's sovereignty over Brazil, and Portugal paid 400 million reais in compensation to the Netherlands, to be paid in installments over 16 years.

This led to the fact that after the Anglo-Portuguese marriage, Portugal remained neutral and did not intervene in the second Anglo-Dutch war. Maintain suzerainty over Brazil.

The Netherlands seized the coastal ports of India with all-round means, not only by force, but also in collusion with the Indian princes.

Now that China and Portugal are married, Portugal has not signed the "Hague Agreement", and the economic situation in the Netherlands is even worse.Zhao Kuangchen expanded under the nose of the Netherlands again, how could the Dutch still sit still?

They dare not fight in person, but they still have the courage to sabotage secretly.

In Madurai, it was raining heavily.

The old king passed away two years ago. The only thing he remembered for future generations was the construction of the magnificent Tirumalai Nayak Palace.This palace is named after the king.

Madurai is a Hindu country ruled by a sultan!

Only 1.5 kilometers away from this magnificent palace is the Meenakshi Temple, one of the holy places of Hinduism.There are four gate towers around the temple, the shortest is 45 meters and the highest is 50 meters.

The palace seems to want to compete with the temple, covering a vast area and exquisite architecture.It's a pity that in another time and space, it became the granary and arsenal of the British, and only a small part remained after hundreds of years.

King Udaji Nayak received the Dutch envoy Rheinster in the palace.

Leinster said a lot, but the king was unmoved. He continued to say: "The Chinese are different. Whether it is Portugal or the Netherlands, we only want to get ports to do business. But China has countless Tens of millions of people, they not only want to do business, but also occupy the land here. There will be more and more Chinese people, and the land in Tanjore can’t satisfy their appetite, and they will come to attack Madurai at that time.”

Udaji Sultan said: "China is far away and very powerful. I don't want to take the initiative to provoke them. Of course, if the Chinese invade Madurai, of course we will rise up to resist and drive the Chinese out of here."

"It will be too late by then," Rheinster said. "There are more and more Chinese people. When they attack, no country can resist it."

Udaji Sultan asked: "Will the Netherlands send troops together?"

Rheinster said: "The people of Ceylon are rebelling, and Dutch soldiers need to quell the rebellion. We are short of troops and cannot send troops together for the time being, but we can help."

"Help of what?" Udaji Sultan asked.

Reinster said: "300 matchlock guns, two artillery pieces, and some ammunition are sold at [-]% off the previous price."

Udaji Sultan sneered: "I thought it was a free gift."

Rheinster said: "The king of Mysore in the north of your country has agreed to send troops. Prince Alikamedu of Tanjore has also agreed to send troops. If His Majesty sends troops together, the Chinese will be attacked from three sides. At that time, Tanjore The city of Jor and its surrounding areas belong to His Majesty."

Sultan Udagi suddenly felt a little moved. It was the rich city of Tanjore and the fertile river delta.

It's just that his father built a majestic palace and tossed the whole country for more than ten years. The people's livelihood in the country is withered, and he has no ability to expand abroad.It has only been two years since Udaji succeeded to the throne, and he has barely settled the domestic nobles. It is unrealistic to dispatch a large army at this time.

But as a young Sultan, Udaji has the desire to expand his territory, and the bait given by the Dutch is also irresistible.

"I promised to send troops, but you have to send the muskets and artillery first," Udaji said. "I will pay half of the price first, and the balance will be paid after the war is won."

"Of course." Leinster smiled.

Both sides are playing tricks!

Udaji wanted to wait and see after getting the arms, when Chen Bing and Chen Bing bordered the two countries.If the Chinese are really besieging, he will take advantage of the situation and kill them.If the Chinese were not besieged, he would find an excuse to withdraw his troops, buy weapons at half the price of [-]% off, and refuse to pay the rest of the balance.

As for the Dutch, it doesn't matter, as long as Madurai sends troops symbolically.Regardless of the outcome, as long as the Chinese can be disgusted, the Chinese will always be on guard against their neighbors, and they will not be able to develop with peace of mind.As for the balance of the weapon, if you refuse it, you will refuse it, just treat it as a meat bun and beat a dog.

At the same time, Dutch envoys also appeared in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Kingdom of Jinji, and the city of Kanmei, which nominally surrendered to Zhao Kuangchen.