Angnan Zheng Chao Hongji District, Camp No. 1.

What was once a desolate area is now a dense jungle that has been developed, trees have been cut down, swamps have been drained, weeds and shrubs have been removed, and the silhouette is gradually revealed!

This place has been leased by the Southeast Prefecture for a period of 30 years!

At first, the Zheng Dynasty did not plan to lease it to the Southeast Mansion, but after the "patient" enlightenment of the Southeast Mansion (intimidating them, do you still want the Grand Fleet of the Southeast Mansion to come as a guest?). bribing their officials; Convince them that with their ability, they will not be able to develop it in a hundred years, and even if they develop it independently, I don't want your coal in the southeast province! Who do you sell to? In the end, the two sides signed a land lease agreement, the investment was from the southeast government, and the manpower was also from the southeast government, and the harvest from the development was 7 into 5 in the southeast province and 2 into 5 in the Zheng Dynasty. (Changes from previous agreements)

The land in the southeastern province was short and manpower was limited, so the land of the Zheng Dynasty was leased, mainly for rice cultivation and the development of local coal mines.

As long as the Annan coal mine is transported to the southeast province and the supply is stable, Yan Dashao will close the mountain to the southeast province for afforestation!

Yan Dashao did a good job, and in eight years, the population of Southeast Mansion has reached the million mark!

In fact, it is the population of the mainland, when the people of the mainland are poisoned by wars and disasters, Yan Dashao "thanks" them, and it is they who force the people to leave their hometowns and arrive in the southeast to seek peace and happiness.

These millions of people need a lot of fuel for families, and Yan Dashao alone implements "everyone drinks boiled water", and the fuel for boiling water is used every day, which is considerable.

And what about boiling sugar, smelting copper, casting guns, and casting cannons?

The fuel sources in the southeast province are trees and coal, cut down the trees in the wild fields of the province, cut down the land is bare, and then there are imported trees, and there is also coal in the local area, but it is not easy to mine, the quality is ordinary, the smoke is large, and the people do not like to use it. In addition, the development of coal mines requires a lot of labor and high costs.

Hongji has excellent anthracite, which is in the open air! Low ash and smokeless, high calorific value, easy to use, and can be transported in large quantities by sea vessels in the near sea, which can help the southeast government solve many problems.

In fact, there is a lot of good coal in the mainland, but Yan Changwu doesn't want the mainland to control his own fuel, otherwise he will buy too much coal in the mainland, in case the mainland is unhappy and block the import of his own coal mines, can he send a fleet to fight the mainland?

Compatriots and folks, not well!

And if the Annan people have itchy hands and want to strangle Yan Changwu's use of coal?

That Yan Changwu will give them a license plate: "00544" (move me to try), and teach Annan monkeys to understand the truth of being a man in minutes!

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A convoy of sea-going ships brought in the first group of Japanese slaves, about a thousand men, and they were finally able to leave their aggrieved cabins, and they washed ashore like apples poured out of a cracked pocket.

They breathed in the hot air and observed with curiosity the environment, which was very different from that of the Wa Kingdom.

A group of uniformed Akito overseers were waiting for them, and on the periphery, there was a group of musketeers, but they did not wear military uniforms, they belonged to the staff of the Hongji Development Company, and a few of the overseers knew Japanese, and shouted loudly for them to assemble, and if they moved slowly, the leather whip would be beaten to remind them to be obedient!

To their surprise, they lined up and received a tin military kettle that they could carry on their backs and a lunch box, the kettle was full, and when the lunch box was opened, the eyes of the Japanese people instantly froze: there were two rice balls inside, white rice balls!

In ancient times, the Japanese people did not have a good life, and they ate rice balls mixed with brown rice (partially hulled rice, which had a bad taste and pierced throat) and wheat, and white rice had to be eaten only by the best people!

The side dish is salted fish and green vegetables, and the taste is close to the taste of the Japanese people, and they ate their first meal in Annam with relish!

The meal left a deep impression on them, and the Japanese gradually settled down and no longer feared that the new owner would abuse them, and if they could, they would not be given white rice.

They set out on a dusty, unshaded road to a place called "Camp No. 1", where they had eaten, gained strength, and walked quickly.

The overseer urged them forward, but they were not whipped, and those who were too weak to walk were loaded into wagons and carried to Camp No. 1.

When they finally reached Camp No. 1, a crooked complex of buildings spread out on a wide, dry plain with only a few trees, and as they approached they saw that most of the barracks were unfinished, some without roofs, others with bamboo shelves and straw roofs.

This was left by the Annan people who were stationed in the No. 1 camp before, and it was originally stipulated that the southeast government would contribute money and investment, and Annan would contribute manpower, but later found that the Annan people were too lazy, and the southeast government spent money but had no effect, so it re-signed a contract with the Zheng Dynasty, and this time the Japanese were dispatched to develop.

Earthen walls and ditches were erected around the camp, with wooden watchtowers added from time to time, and well-dressed and well-nourished overseers peered at the emaciated, filthy widows.

They were first driven to a place outside the camp where a canal led to bathe and were given soap and towels, as well as three sets of clothes, buckets, etc.

Even the coarse cloth garments, which were better than those they wore in the Wa Kingdom, were washed and refreshed, and then taken by the overseers to a square in the middle of the camp, where a high official was waiting for them.

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The former Waren Bai looked at his compatriots with complicated feelings, silently wishing them good luck, and the words that came out of his mouth were the words of the people of the Southeast Province.

"You will work and live here, and if you work actively and do well, you will be able to eat white rice, otherwise brown rice.

You have to obey the arrangement of the overseer, those who do not obey will be whipped and imprisoned, do not try to escape, this place can shelter you, the Annan people outside will let you know what life is worse than death, we will not go to rescue you, because we are not short of manpower! Bai Ping loudly threatened them.

"You're going to be numbered, your number is called, you have to answer loudly, or you'll be deducted points! Implement a 'point system' for your management, according to your performance scores, the higher the score, the better the treatment, when the score is high to a certain level, you can leave here, become a free man, go to the southeast to live! "Beat a stick to give a sweet date, and Bai Ping announced the way of practice.

From then on, the Japanese began their exotic life in Camp No. 1!

They built roads leading to the mining area, and then built a double-track railway---- which was pulled by manpower, and later the southeast government sent a batch of cattle, mules, and donkeys, and used animal power to transport coal on the railway.

The construction of camps and the development of places continued, and the number of Japanese people also increased.

Advance to the mine and start digging coal!

High-quality anthracite coal from the Hongji area is continuously transported to the port, loaded onto sea ships, and transported back to the southeast province.

Then they opened up the wasteland in the designated places, planted crops, raised pigs, chickens and sheep, and organized a part of the Japanese people to go to sea to fish.

The southeastern province did not break its promise, and the hard-working Japanese people were treated better, in addition to white rice, fish and meat to eat.

And the rest of the Japanese people were surprised to find that life here was better than in the Japanese country!