While the immigrants in Shanghe Village, Xinhua Commandery, were introducing the local people to the situation in the eight northern commanderies of the Han Tribe, in mid-March, after Xue Qingyao and Dashu had made the arrangements, the second batch of immigrants sent to Qiongzhou Island also landed safely.
These immigrants actively contributed to the local area. They taught the locals how to plant various crops from the Han Tribe while promoting and spreading the Han Tribe's various customs and gradually assimilating the local people into a single whole.
In the villages throughout the six commanderies of Qiongzhou, the transformation of the paddy fields was also proceeding steadily. The first priority was to transform areas near rivers or places where Water Channels had already been dug.
Such places were easier to transform. Rice could be planted there first, while the more difficult areas could be left for the second batch. Once the transformation was complete, planting in the third quarter of this year would work just as well.
Although this might disrupt the local farming rhythm, these were all hardships that had to be endured for the sake of reform. Once the transformations in every region were complete, it would not be too late to coordinate everything uniformly the following year.
It was worth mentioning that the four Prefects Luo Chong had sent to serve as officials on Qiongzhou Island at the beginning of the year had finally landed on Qiongzhou Island along with the second batch of immigrants.
Niu Wei could be said to be revisiting an old haunt. He had grown up on this island and knew it like the back of his hand. This time, he had been assigned to serve as Prefect of Xianfeng Commandery, and he had already made his plans.
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