Chapter 2715
After visiting the small urban area, everyone found a nearby restaurant to have a simple lunch, and then went on to see the local farming situation.
The Sasebo River is the main water vein near the port, so when planning the land, the government used the valley along the Sasebo River as agricultural land at this stage. Immigrants who are naturalized locally can apply to the government for a piece of land for farming, and receive grain and agricultural tools provided by the government, as well as basic agricultural technology guidance to ensure a minimum livelihood. This has also become an attraction for Japanese immigrants. A great tool.
"As you can see, the terrain here is not too open, the area that can be used as cultivated land is relatively limited, and there is not enough labor. It is difficult to carry out large-scale agricultural development by forming collective farms like other places. . Therefore, local agricultural products have basically no advantages. The current output is mainly to supply the local market and reduce dependence on foreign countries as much as possible. ”
When it comes to agricultural development, this is not Amakusa Shiro's strong suit. Although the Ministry of Agriculture has also sent officials here to guide production, due to local objective conditions, it is not easy to pursue specialty agriculture or deep industrial processing. At present, we can only focus on food production. , and strive to ensure local food supply, so that at least it can save the cost of external procurement.
Rice, corn, and potatoes are the main local food products. Supplemented by fruits and vegetables, livestock breeding, and fishery, the output can basically meet local demand. When the production capacity of food crops is higher, some processing industry chains such as wine making can be gradually developed to obtain more economic benefits.
In the final analysis, the problem lies in the shortage of labor force. The existing labor force is simply not enough to implement various government plans, and the Sasebo authorities must give priority to the operation of bases and ports, and the demand for agricultural construction can only be ranked second, so as to achieve local food self-sufficiency. Being self-sufficient is pretty good.
Zhu Zian, who was accompanying him all the way, was thinking that Haihan had already built such a large port and military base in just a few years since he settled here, and with the supporting ancillary industries, the operational efficiency was not very high. . With such a mature operation method, it is no wonder that Wang Anguo and his son dared to go to the other side of the ocean thousands of miles away to open up territories in foreign lands for the Haihan Kingdom.
Japan is not far away from China, nor is it close, but no matter how prosperous the dynasties were in the past, they have not been able to achieve what Haihan has done now. More than two hundred years ago, the Mongols organized two expeditions across the sea to the east, but both ended in haste. From this point of view, Haihan is indeed much more powerful than his predecessors.
It has only been more than 20 years since the founding of Haihan. If the trend continues, perhaps in one or two generations, Haihan's territory will be so vast that no previous dynasty can match it.
Although Zhu Zian is a descendant of the Ming Dynasty nobles and has not even officially been naturalized as a Haihan citizen so far, he still feels a little excited when he thinks that he is in the process of making history. If he had a preliminary understanding of Haihan's strength when he was in Hangzhou and Zhoushan, then after this mission to North Korea and Japan, he had a more realistic understanding of Haihan's influence in overseas countries. The attitude shown by the two neighboring countries in the East China Sea towards Haihan seems to be far more submissive than before towards the Ming Dynasty. This may be due to the gap in strength.
After all, Sasebo is just a small place that has not yet formed a climate. In one day, I basically visited everything inside and out. It's just that the garrison handover of the troops was not completed so quickly. Both Shi Chengwu and Wang Anguo had to participate, and the mission could not leave. Amakusa Shiro was afraid that these young people would be bored, so he asked his two sons to take them into the mountains to hunt to pass the time.
On the fourth day after the mission arrived in Sasebo, Shiro Amakusa invited them to the base headquarters and said that someone from Nagasaki Port was coming and hoped to meet the mission. To be able to receive such attention from Amakusa Shiro, the identity of the visitor will certainly not be an ordinary civilian. According to Shiro Amakusa, the visitor was Seijiro Kosaki, a close retainer of the Nagasaki magistrate Yuta Kosaki. This man had a wide network of contacts and was responsible for handling the external affairs of Nagasaki officials. As for why he came to Sasebo to see the mission, he obviously got relevant information and came here specifically to find out.
Sasebo and Nagasaki are not far apart, and the two sides must have maintained a certain degree of communication. However, a huge armed fleet suddenly came to Sasebo. It is normal for Nagasaki to react like this after receiving the news.
Kosaki Seijiro did not mince words, he stated his intention straight to the point, hoping to confirm Haihan's purpose of suddenly increasing his troops in Sasebo. Amakusa Shiro probably invited the envoys out specifically to gain the trust of the other party, so that they could explain the purpose of the trip to the other party.
Haihan's decision to send a mission to Japan within the year had been notified to Japanese officials a few months earlier, but he did not mention that a large armed fleet would accompany him. Shi Chengwu told Seijiro Kosaki that the fleet's trip was not hostile and was mainly to protect the safety of the mission and take this opportunity to complete ocean-going training. At the same time, it also showed the Japanese shogunate the willingness of Haihan to defend international peace.
"According to what this gentleman said, this fleet may pass through Nagasaki Port next?" Seijiro Kosaki keenly grasped the key points of Ishige Takeshi's words. He didn't care about the fancy reasons, but if this armed fleet was to visit Nagasaki Port, it would have to be handled carefully. Therefore, he was very careful when asking questions and specifically used "passing" instead of "visiting".
But Shi Chengwu didn't care about such details. He nodded and said: "After we have completed our rest in Sasebo, we are going to visit Nagasaki Port at the next stop. I believe Mr. Kosaki will not welcome us, right?"
Seijiro Kosaki's expression changed slightly and he said: "The capacity of Nagasaki Port is limited. I'm afraid there won't be enough docks for your fleet to dock at the port!"
When he entered the port just now, he paid special attention to the parking situation of the Haihan warships in the port. As expected, it was consistent with the information he had received before. The size of the fleet that came to Sasebo even far exceeded the fleet originally stationed there. If this group of people breaks into Nagasaki Port and refuses to leave, then no one can invite them out.
Shi Chengwu heard what the other party meant and responded with a smile: "Don't be nervous, your Excellency. Our visit to Nagasaki Port is not malicious. On the contrary, our visit will bring several trade cooperation projects to Nagasaki and establish multiple The plan to fix cross-border trade ship schedules should be of great benefit to the future development of the local area. ”
(End of chapter)