() In Tokyo, Japan, the lights are brightly lit in the Admiralty Building, and numerous combat and staff personnel are like worker bees, passing various instructions and telegrams back and forth. The commander-in-chief of the Imperial Navy Combined Fleet is Vice Admiral Yoshihiro.
Sitting behind the desk in a deep and serious manner, next to him was a staff member who was making a report.
"Is there no news about Taiwan dispatching a fleet yet?" Youchipinzhiyun asked in a low voice.
"Yes, not yet. Since the fleet set off from Naha Port five days ago, we have not received any news from the fleet." The staff officer stood solemnly and answered briefly and clearly.
"Is there any news from the Army?" You Dipinzhiyun continued to ask.
"I just called the Ministry of War to confirm, but there is no news."
"Have you sent a ship to contact us?"
"Yes, the Ryukyu side has sent search ships to search near the Taiwan Strait."
"Prepare the car, I'm going to the military headquarters." You Dipinzhiyun ordered.
A few days after the disappearance of the Japanese landing fleet, neither the Japanese navy nor the Japanese army realized that this force might have an accident. Instead, they dealt with it according to the failure of contact. They sent three waves of ships to search for Taiwan waters. Not only did they fail to contact
The missing landing fleet was on board, and there was no news about the ships sent to search for it.
It was not until June 14th that the Japanese military realized that something was wrong. These more than 20 ships and more than 8,000 people might have been in an accident. But looking across Asia, apart from the British, French, and Germans, there were several decent ships.
Besides warships, who else can annihilate a ship with two
Where are the cruisers and the medium-sized fleet of three destroyers? People in the Japanese navy thought hard and couldn't figure it out. In the end, they could only blame the weather. According to their judgment, there should be bad weather such as a sudden hurricane.
Causing the landing fleet to deviate from the waterway or run aground on rocks.
However, it is not without understanding. Several staff officers from the Navy Ministry contacted the merchant ships that disappeared in the Taiwan Strait at the beginning of the war and felt that there should be a mysterious force near Taiwan. However, as soon as this statement was raised, the Navy Ministry
The ridicule and joke of most people here
Ah, in addition to the Nanyang Navy, the Qing Dynasty now has a few old ships barely called cruisers and some mosquito gunboats. How can there be any maritime force that can completely wipe out a medium-sized fleet? If the British, French and Germans come together
It's almost possible to do it, but it's basically impossible.
Since the analysis can't be done, just wait. Until the autumn of 1895, Japan did not send another fleet to occupy Taiwan. It was not that Japan did not want to send people, but after the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, Japan's combined fleet also suffered no losses.
Small, the main ships were basically injured, and there was still the Liaodong Peninsula that needed to be occupied. We had to dispatch the available ships to the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea first, and Taiwan could not take care of it for the time being. By the end of 1895, the Japanese government
fu officially announced that the fleet landing in Taiwan encountered a hurricane that had not been seen in a century on the west side of the Ryukyu Islands. A total of more than 8,000 army and naval officers, including the first Taiwan Governor Kawasaki Shiki and His Royal Highness Prince Kitashirakawa Palace Nohisa, were stunned.
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Taiwan ushered in a brief period of peace, but this peace was not peaceful. First of all, the British, French, and German governments refused to recognize Taiwan's new government that declared du li. Secondly, the Qing court, under pressure from the Japanese, sent
Li Hongzhang's son Li Jingfang is the special envoy and will come to Taiwan to negotiate the settlement of the withdrawal of troops.
For Liu Fu, he didn't care much about who the Qing Dynasty sent. He was just a trafficker anyway, so he could just find someone to deal with it. But Britain, France, and Germany would not recognize it, so it was a bit troublesome. Many combat materials and goods were
It is no longer possible to import and export from the territories occupied by Britain, France and Germany, which is a big blow to Taiwan's military industry. But fortunately, the US government
Fu was not busy refusing to admit it this time, but he didn’t admit it either. He just stood aside quietly. This result should be the result of David’s lobbying in the United States.
Taking advantage of the fact that the embargo was not yet complete, Liu Fu exported Taiwan's sugar, camphor and other crops to foreign businessmen in large quantities at reduced prices. He exchanged the money he earned and the money from selling refrigerators in the United States for strategic materials that Taiwan lacked, and there was a steady stream of them.
were transported to Taiwan from various countries. In addition, submarines were sent to escort the fleet of the "Helena" shipping company that transported ore from Qiongzhou Prefecture to Taiwan to prevent the British or French from suddenly turning their backs.
Since the news of the 530 naval battle was blocked, the people in Taiwan did not know about the demise of the Japanese landing fleet. They thought that Zhengfu and Japan had reached an agreement after du li. Anyway, it was Japan himself who did not come. This credit should go to the new
zheng fu. There is not much resistance to zheng fu’s export of sugar and camphor at reduced prices. After all, new zheng
FU was just established, and no one would admit it. You had to give others a little sweetness before they would buy it. Bribing foreigners with some sugar and camphor, and making friends is also a good thing. Besides, although the price is lower, the quantity is huge, and it is not as different as before.
Export losses are too great. Even if there are a few unwilling landowners and businessmen, after seeing that several businessmen who want to secretly go out to sea to find people for smuggling can no longer be seen, they can only complain and complain privately, not daring to do anything out of the ordinary.
action.
While strengthening patrols in the waters near Taiwan and increasing various material reserves to cope with possible larger battles in the future, Liu Fu launched cooperative farm experiments on the island of Taiwan. The base for the first batch of experiments was set to be close to
Yilan County in Keelung.
Yilan is located in the northeastern corner of Taiwan. It is an alluvial plain surrounded by mountains on three sides and one facing the sea. Affected by the northeast monsoon, it has abundant rainfall and numerous rivers, making it a good place for growing rice.
Yilan has a population of less than 150,000, mainly composed of the local Pingpu ethnic group and Han Chinese who later immigrated. Due to Keelung's vigorous development and construction in recent years, many local young people have gone to Keelung to work, which has brought Yilan's agriculture to a standstill.
Liu Fu's plan was to imitate the rural cooperatives of later generations, where a few or dozens of families would use simple machinery to replace animal power and manpower, and plant a large area of land intensively to increase food production and reduce labor intensity.
The first is the land issue. Due to the late development of the local area, land annexation is not very serious. Liu Fu plans to use the redemption method to provide land that can be cultivated to farmers who have no land. The specific method is that the government will pay for it and obtain it from the landlord according to the price.
Land is purchased at market price and then sold to farmers without land, and organized into cooperatives of different sizes according to the location of the land.
Zheng Fu provides loans for the purchase of land, machinery and pesticide seeds. The borrowers use grain to repay part of the loan after harvesting, and pay off the loan within the specified period. After the loan is repaid, the land and machinery will be jointly owned by the cooperative, and the cooperative will
The land will not be bought or sold by you, it can only be purchased by the government, and private transactions are not allowed.
This policy not only solved the problem of land annexation, but also improved production efficiency and costs, liberated part of the labor force, and united most of the poorer people at the bottom. As long as it is a New Deal, there will be different voices, and this cooperative system has received great attention.
It is welcomed by some poor people and recognized by some middle-income earners, but it is opposed by some landlords. For the new government
As far as fu is concerned, it is okay to object, and Liu Fu does not intend to respond in one fell swoop, but to oppose with actual actions is beyond Liu Fu's ability. Liu Fu doesn't have any good ideas for resolving this contradiction, so he is still a stormtrooper.
Above all, killing one person to serve as a warning to others is the simplest and most effective method.
In addition to the pilot cooperatives, Liu Fu also established a free nine-year education system in Taipei, Keelung, Yilan, and Hsinchu. All school-age children are required to enroll in school, and the fees are paid by Zheng Fu.
The implementation of the New Deal also created many new departments, such as the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Education, banks, etc. The first minister of the Ministry of Agriculture was Lin Hansheng, the former county magistrate of Yilan County. This county magistrate of the Qing Dynasty volunteered during the Great Purge.
Those who stayed in Taiwan were reinstated as county magistrates after identification. Because Lin Hansheng was relatively clean in governance, proficient in government affairs, and handled conflicts between local ethnic minorities and Han people very well, he was favored by Liu Fu and promoted to the post of county magistrate.
Ministry of Agriculture.
The first Minister of Education was a foreigner, Tom Jones, who was one of the three American college students who sold Liu Fu a sewing machine. After the three-year employment period ended, he did not return to the United States with his companions, but continued to stay in Taipei.
He served as the principal of a primary school. This time he was appointed as the Minister of Education.
The first president of the bank was a woman, and she was an acquaintance, David's second wife, Helena Amalia. This daughter of a German aristocrat fell in love with David after traveling throughout Europe and the United States.
Got finance and helped David handle it
This time, Liu Fu asked David about the bank. His wife volunteered and used more contact with Sandru as bait to persuade David to recommend her to Liu Fu. Liu Fu was very emotional.
