The migrants found the climate to be moderate and the land fertile, and many later decided to settle here, becoming some of Taiwan's first ethnic Chinese inhabitants.
他們在做工之餘，發現台灣氣候溫和、土壤肥沃，適於耕作，有的就接來家眷，在此落戶；有的還回鄉招兵買馬，一起來墾荒，成為台灣早期的移民。