Recently, there have been significantly more ships departing from New China Island to Yicheng area, and there are almost all ports.

The ships departed from Xinhua Port were loaded with a large amount of corn, cassava, building materials (including wood boards, bricks, cement, lime, etc.), and the ships departed from Mianhe Port were loaded with livestock, leather, cured meat, peanuts, and the ships departed from Tacheng Port transported a lot of fuel (coal), sisal, honey and dried fruit. The output of these materials strongly supported the colonial activities of the East Coast people in the Yicheng area, and of course, it also maintained the economic development of some areas of New Huaxia Island on the other hand, such as the Tacheng Port area, which has been increasingly in trouble and declining in recent years.

Tachenggang, a city that played a crucial role in the early East Coast development, has gradually competed for its main coal output due to high costs in recent years, due to its high cost, the shipment volume of fine coal from local Montenegro, Heijin Island and other places has been declining, which has a great negative impact on local economic development.

Although local government officials have been encouraging transformation, this kind of thing is so difficult. Malay or black slaves working in the mine cannot divide the land and settle down. The supervisors, guards, coal washing workers, transporters and a large number of other staff at the mine do not know much about farming. It is really difficult to arrange their livelihoods.

What's more, local officials in Tachenggang did not intend to give up the coal industry because they insisted that there were many markets on the island. However, this seems to be more or less wishful thinking, lacking two major coal-consuming farmers in industry and transportation. The output of Tacheng coal mines has been in a slow decline over the years. Even though the population on the island has increased (there are more than 100,000 people at present), due to the relatively abundant timber resources of New China Island (even in the grassland area along the western coast, there is no shortage of firewood due to the large amount of cotton and firewood), the demand for coal among the people has always grown weakly, which undoubtedly puts Tachenggang in a painful situation.

In the end, Huang Yi, the captain of the development team who was responsible for the entire island affairs, could not bear it anymore. He replaced the chief and deputy chief officer of Tacheng Port, and then appointed a middle-aged official from the Dayuhe Youth Cadre School as the mayor of Tacheng Town, requiring the local government to start economic transformation immediately. The Tacheng Mining Bureau formulated a production plan from January 1, 1668, and the excess personnel were diverted to the Duofan Town and Daze Township in the south. There were some conflicts with the natives recently (without the common enemy of the French, the honeymoon period of the local natives on the east coast had officially ended). It was the time to require manpower, and it was time to divert these people.

As for the slave miners in the mine, they conducted a unified inspection of their working years. Those who have been seven years old will be given to the Black Eight Banners as citizens of the Free State to replenish fresh blood; those who have been more than five years or less will be sold and half will be given to the nobles of the Black Eight Banners. Basically, they will have a four-legged sheep and exchanged for one "two-legged sheep" rhythm; those who have been less than five years or less will not need much, and they will all work in the plantation, without a word!

These plantations were opened under the order of Huang Yi. In the scope of Tacheng Town, most of them are pepper and sisal plantations to avoid the increasingly fierce competition of sugarcane, coffee, cocoa, tobacco and other commodities. Thanks to the economic development of the East Coast and the increase in population in recent years, the demand for excellent fiber materials such as sisal is increasing. More than ten commodities such as cables, rigging, industrial ropes, fishing nets, and sacks require this kind of fiber material with good toughness, corrosion resistance and wear resistance. Therefore, in the past few years, people who invested in sisal plantations made more or less wealth, and had the urge to increase investment and expand the scale of the plantation.

This is the case with sisal, let alone pepper. This cheapest spice is in a long-term bull market on the east coast today. The explosive growth of meat production has given rise to a huge market demand for pepper. This demand is so great that it cannot be met by relying on a new China Island alone. It also needs to be imported from Peru by the Nantel Railway Company and re-exported from India by the Dutch East India Company. This shows the popularity of this commodity. Therefore, from an economic perspective, the newly opened pepper plantation in Tachenggang will not lose money. In the future, we should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings - although there are now large and small pepper plantations on almost the entire east coast, and the competition is becoming increasingly fierce, but the market is also expanding.

In addition, although the competition in the coffee market is very fierce, given that Tacheng Coffee has gained a certain popularity in the East Coast, many old citizens miss this brand very much. Therefore, Huang Yi plans to take the lead in by the pioneering team government to conduct statistics and inspections on the existing coffee plantations (mostly located in the mountainous areas on the edge of Tacheng Town, intertwined with native forces), and then help coffee planters solve some practical difficulties, such as security, transportation, financing and loan issues, and focus on supporting this industry, striving to make the Tacheng Coffee brand bigger and stronger, compete with coffee from Peru, New Spain and even the north of China to compete for market share.

In order to further support the development of Tachenggang, a core city with a large population, Huang Yi also specifically consulted the local executive committee and obtained approval, namely, merged Tacheng Town, Songshan Township, Lingchuan Township, Langxi Township, and Guihua Township, and officially established Tacheng County, the third county-level administrative unit on the island.

After the establishment of this county, it will have a population of more than 17,000, and produce a variety of commodities including coal, wood, pepper, honey, dried fruit, coffee, and sisal. From the perspective of paper, it still has certain economic strength. Moreover, Xinhuaxia Island has also followed the "land finance" policy of local counties and sold arable land to private people at a price of ten acres. The price of Potang forest land may increase or decrease depending on the actual situation. I believe it will bring great income to the local government. Therefore, the establishment of Tacheng County is also the strong support of the pioneering team government for them, because only by establishing a county, most of the income from selling land in the local area can be attributed to the county government, otherwise the money will be included in the finance of the pioneering team government.

However, even if Tacheng is established, in many people's eyes, its future economy will be like that, and it will not be as outstanding as before the first seven or eight years. The production environment of its coffee planting is not as good as that of Dufan Castle in the south, and the environment of spice planting is not as good as that of the East Coast. Recently, people in the East Coast have set up a series of towns on the East Coast, Xiachuan Township (located near Manakara City in later generations), Danchuan Township (located near Mananzari City in later generations), Gaodu Township (located near Mananzari City in later generations), and Gaodu Township (located near Houshan City in later generations),

Near Sinasivarika City) and other places. The above three places attracted a large amount of domestic capital to influx. Those merchants begged their grandfather to hire combat experience (former members of the non-branded army who became regular customers suddenly became popular), and then rented a boat to the east coast of New China Island, rented a large area of ​​wild land from the pioneering team government at a surprisingly low price. While dealing with the natives, they opened spice plantations, which greatly promoted the development of the East Coast.

Therefore, since Tacheng County is not outstanding in all aspects, it is expected that it is at a disadvantage in future competition. The future of this city is probably still in the central plateau, which is currently under the control of the feudal kingdom of the Melina. Only when the East Coast people completely occupy the essence of the island and develop it, Tacheng Port can usher in the opportunity for great development due to its special geographical location. Before that, it could only endure slowly, because the East Coast people probably have no plans to enter the inland plateau for many years that can be seen.

If Tacheng County maintains its economy because of trade with Yicheng area, then the people of the East Coast have just entered the southeastern region for a few years have greatly benefited from this kind of trade. In particular, Daze County, which is said to be established (under the jurisdiction of Duofan Town, Daze Township, Qinshui Township, Yangcheng Township, and two other former French colonial towns that may be brought from the local people in the future), has the greatest benefits. This county has early development, large population, and excellent geographical location (which is often used for ships traveling south or going to Australia), so it has a certain economic foundation, with rice, taro, corn, banana, and wood.

The yield of potatoes, fruits, vegetables and vegetables is very large. This time, the French merged the core colonial towns on the island, and had a certain industrial foundation (inherited the French mills, wood processing workshops, blacksmith shops, winemaking workshops and other facilities), and obtained a certain amount of land from the natives through commercial purchase, and economic crops also developed rapidly. Therefore, this time, by exporting various foods, woods and wines to the Yicheng area, a considerable amount of income was obtained - the special funds allocated by the Government Council to subsidize the development of the Yicheng area, a considerable part of the special funds allocated to subsidize the development of the Yicheng area through such trade, which is also a skill.

Even in the end, due to the extreme scarcity of materials and even the lack of labor force, the Yicheng area began to export Swazi or Tonga slaves to merchants in Daze Township and Duofan Town, which was helpless. You should know that the Yicheng Regional Administration once estimated a while ago that the total population of the entire Swazi-speaking tribe was about 40,000 to 50,000 (when later European colonists came to Swaziland in the first half of the 19th century, there were about 63,000 Swazis in the local area), and although the number of Tonga people was more than 50,000, there were also many.

It doesn't matter where they go, at most 70,000 to 80,000 people. Therefore, to be honest, the construction of Yicheng area cannot enslave enough black slaves. In such an embarrassing situation, they also export black slaves to the plantations of Xinhuaxia Island (at the same time, they also export black slaves to the Black Eight Banners in the Hezhong area for sorghum rice and livestock). It does sound incredible. Of course, this may be related to their highest commander, Regional Commissioner Qiu Haiyang, who is a guy who is more hostile to black people. He doesn't like to see a large number of black people living on his territory.

I believe that as the East Coast people's activities in Yicheng area become more and more intense - the biggest trouble that prevents the East Coast people from swallowing the land is not the resistance of the blacks, but the extremely serious malaria epidemic on the Swazi territory - this total of more than 100,000 Swazi people, Tongjia people and even Zulu people should not have a good end. Those with less luck will probably be exhausted and beaten to death on the construction site or plantation of the East Coast people. If they are more lucky, they will do seven times.

After working hard for a year, they dragged their sick body and took a pitifully small amount of severance expenses to survive in the Free State. This is also their best destination. With these black people vacant, the Yicheng area will also become the paradise for the people of the East Coast. In other words, the happiness of the East Coast people is based on the endless pain of the Black people in Bantu, but the competition between these races is extremely cruel and there is no warmth to speak of, isn't it?

This treasure land of South Africa is naturally "virtuous". How could it be given to the Bantu blacks? What's more, for the indigenous Koisan Reds in South Africa, the Bantu blacks from the north are also outsiders. Over the past few hundred years, they have robbed countless lands and killed countless compatriots. Since this is the case, the Bantu blacks are not qualified to accuse the East Coast people who are also outsiders. Everyone's methods are the same, and they are all fighting for the continuation of race and the survival space.

Well, let's get back to the point. Huang Yi, the captain of the New China Development Team, has also seen the local long-term plan for the Yicheng area. In this area that will sooner or later be classified as a key construction in the local area, many industries that can only be drooled but cannot be involved due to status issues, such as the wool textile industry, leather processing industry, coal chemical industry, metallurgy, machinery manufacturing, deep processing of agricultural products, etc. Therefore, how to adjust its economic structure in time in the development process of the Yicheng area to complement it is almost a compulsory course for officials in charge of the New China area.

To put it bluntly, New Huaxia Island is not a local area, but a colony, so it is not allowed to develop industry, let alone "advanced industries" such as coal chemical industry, metallurgy, and machinery manufacturing. Therefore, for example, if it originally planned to develop iron ore for smelting, the processing projects can be rested. Otherwise, even if they develop in the future, they will definitely not be able to confront industries supported by state-supported industries in Yicheng area, and they will only waste manpower, material resources and time in vain, which is very unwise.
Chapter completed!