Chapter 325: Tents
Wu Shizhong gives people the feeling that he is a gentle gentleman, and his statement at this time is also the same.
The people present in the room were not his opponents in total, but his speech was straightforward and unpretentious, and even in the matter of school, he frankly admitted that he could make mistakes, and did not intend to be arbitrary.
In this way, Li Yi and the others all laughed, and everyone said at the moment: "When Mr. Wei Xiu first arrived, we stopped at the door and talked so much, so we still went to the other courtyard, and when the banquet was held, we talked calmly and slowly." ”
Xu Zixian was also satisfied with Wu Shizhong's statement, and was about to lead everyone into the courtyard, when Chen Zuocai approached Xu Zixian's side and whispered a few words.
Xu Zixian accused Wu Shizhong and others, and asked Li Yi, Fang Shaoqun, Fu Qian, Kong He and others to go with Wu Shizhong first, but he wanted to go out for a while.
This is also a common thing, and everyone does not care.
Chen Zuocai and Lin Shaozong, the leader of the guards, accompanied Xu Zixian on horseback and went to the resettlement site for the new immigrants.
Lin Shaozong is also a young tooth general, this year's seventeen, upright, deep and silent, thick and simple, when he was high, he came and went as the deputy of Zhang Huchen of the cavalry battalion, Tian Heng went to the water division to be in charge, Jin Jian presided over the military intelligence, trained new people every day, and arranged manpower to set up intelligence points.
The Military Intelligence Department has been established for a long time, but there has been no effective result, but Xu Zixian is not in a hurry, and even he has arranged for Jin Jian to buy some pirates, Japanese pirates, Luzon, and the future trends between the major pirates.
It may take several years for the Military Intelligence Department to bear fruit, and Xu Zixian is not in a hurry.
From the courtyard forward, through a main road, and then to the side of the gallop, there is a large hilly area in front of it, all burned out, only some turf has not been burned out, a large area of burned land isolates the hills and woodlands from people's living areas, and minimizes the influence and harm of mosquitoes.
A tributary of the Nan'an Creek passes through the stream, and the water is so clear that many women starch their robes by the stream, carry some round stones and put them on the shore, and beat the robes soaked in soaphorn with sticks.
Amid the thud, there were about 300 newcomers who had just arrived, and some of the house clerks set up tables for the newcomers to line up and register them.
Wu Shizhong and Zhang Mingliang's family members also have to register and make a register, but they will be treated preferentially and do not have to queue up here, and the people in the household will collect the information, make waist cards and household cards for them, and then send them to the door.
Each settlement is organized into 100 households, and each household has an information household card, and then every official household and private household, from the elderly to the young and children, has a famous brand waist card, so as to eliminate the meticulous work to the greatest extent.
At the same time, it is also a kind of deterrent, such management is much stricter than that of the Great Wei, in all settlements and trading houses, there can be no prodigal and scoundrels in every factory, everyone's information is registered, age, appearance, residence, place of origin, joint guarantor, and what kind of work to be engaged in.
Anyone needs to have a job, and if they have been on the island for a long time without acreage or farming, and at the same time they are not a guard, nor have they worked in factories, nor are they sailors at the docks, then after a long time, it is generally not more than three months, and such a person will be really taken away from the island.
Xu Zi first opened up the Eastern Domain, and in order to make it a rather attractive place, it was necessary to take into account all aspects, and the atmosphere and security of the entire Eastern Domain had to be taken into account.
Seeing the prince coming, the officials only looked at him, even if they had said hello.
This is also Xu Zixian's rule, he traveled around, at the beginning of the people would leave what they were doing to salute him, interrupt the work to his side, and then simply ordered, when anyone saw the prince, nothing to salute, if there is something to continue to do, must not violate.
Behind the clerks' tables is a large tent area.
There are many settlements that have been built, but not just those who have just arrived on the island have a mansion to live in, and they must be screened, evaluated, and then distributed, taking into account whether they have the ability to pay off their debts.
Immigrants were largely family-based, and bachelor immigrants were acceptable, but single women and children were unlikely to be brought into the Eastern Domain.
It is difficult for families who have lost their strong labor force to find suitable jobs in the fields or factories, and their ability to repay debts is weak, mainly because they lack the ability to stand on their own feet.
In a family, ideally, there are two adult men working and in good health, two healthy women, and two or four children.
Such a family of male farmers and female weavers will be able to completely stand on their own within two or three years.
After it becomes self-reliant, it will promote the economy of the island and form a virtuous circle, and the entire ecological chain of trade, industry, agriculture, fishery, animal husbandry and the whole island will be completely established.
If you are widowed and lonely, unless you are a family member of a warrior sailor, you can go to the island's almshouse and Salesian capital to live.
The tent area is a newcomer, and the people of the house will prepare everything for them, and then the officials of the workshop and the farmhouse will screen them, according to the past experience of the man in charge, such as a pure farmer, or a sailor, a seaman, or a carpenter, a bricklayer, or a stove and other occupations, and then come to provide them with work, even if it is a barn and stove man, they are also eligible to receive the courtyard mansion, and apply to open up some acres, the number will not be too much, after all, they are not serious farmers.
Xu Zi dismounted first and then walked to the tent area first, and many people were watching, but not many people came forward.
These new immigrants are only full of fear of Xu Zixian and have some good feelings, but they are not as full of love for Xu Zixian as the old immigrants.
There were men, there were old people, but there were not many, there were many children, running and playing in the tent camp.
The hygiene of the camp is very good, after all, there are special officials in charge of supervision, hygiene and epidemic prevention is the first lesson for new immigrants, and in no more than ten days, they will get rid of all the bad habits formed in the rest of Fujian Road.
Not only is littering impossible, but open defecation is strictly forbidden, and spitting is also not allowed, and the epidemic is a spitting infection that was declared on their first day on the island.
It is necessary to wash hands and face in a timely manner, change dirty clothes, prevent mosquito bites, landfill garbage, and pay attention to hygiene in every household to prevent the outbreak of plague.
At first, people are not comfortable with it, but after a month they will be quite comfortable and prefer a clean and hygienic environment.
The tent was made of thick cowhide, one for each household, and the ground was made of thick straw mats, and linen cloth was spread on top.
It is certainly not as good as a decent house, but there is not much discomfort with this kind of tent for the poor who lived in thatched huts before that.
The food was a canteen system, and the newcomers did not yet have the ability to cook on fire, and they did not eat, only a small amount of copper coins to carry with them in case of emergency.
They brought with them some pots and pans and simple robes, and those shabby furniture could not be brought to the Eastern Domain, and it was not worth the shipping money.
If someone is reluctant, the Hou Mansion will also give some compensation appropriately, but there are not many people who are embarrassed to take compensation.
It's just some patchwork bed boards, tattered tables and chairs with broken legs, and there are many goods that can't be sold for a few pennies when they are taken out.
"I've seen the prince."
"The prince is well-being."
"I am from Qizhou, and I was miserable by Chen Yutai, thank you Junhou."
"The people of Zhangzhou don't thank Junhou again? Thank you, Prince! ”
The men were a little bolder, and when Xu Zixian was inspecting everywhere, many men finally came over and saluted Xu Zixian with fists, all saying some words of gratitude.
Xu Zixian smiled and waved his hand, and said loudly: "You don't have to be polite, you will meet often in the future, you may all become my official household, and everyone and I are all family." In the future, many generations of children and grandchildren must support each other. ”
People know that Nan Anhou is very young, but they didn't expect it to be such a young offspring in front of him.
Tall, not very handsome, it looks quite pleasing to the eye, looks clean, and the smile on his face is very sincere, which makes people feel quite comfortable and casual.
He was dressed in a blue quiver robe, with a soft-footed head on his head, a leather belt around his waist, and some practical objects, such as flints and knives, and a short knife hanging on the other side, longer than a dagger and shorter than a horizontal knife.
When Xu Zixian spoke, his tone was soft and his attitude was cordial, and after a short time of parading through the camp, many of the people had completely relaxed.
It's just that they can't get too close, and the guards in iron armor still faintly separate Xu Zixian from the people, but their attitude is not cold and hard, and they are not so vigilant.
Compared with the big names of this era, Xu Zixian is already low-key and affinity enough.
At this time, a woman with a boy about ten years old knelt silently to Xu Zixian on the periphery, but did not speak, and after kneeling, the mother and son turned around and left.
"Junhou, this is moved out of Qizhou Port." Seeing Xu Zixian's glance at the past, Chen Zuocai also glanced at it, and stepped forward to explain: "After Chen Yutai's death, there are still hundreds of women and their children who have nowhere to go, these women have been plundered, most of their families have been killed, or they are not allowed to return if they are free. Some of them sprinkled and cleaned in various workshops and helped in the back kitchen, some worked as servants and servants in other courtyards, or went to the homes of various officials to help, and some worked as cooks and servants in this camp or quarantine area. ”
Chen Zuocai sighed again: "According to the ancients, after punishing Chen Yutai and the group of thieves, most of them will raze their three clans, regardless of the old and weak, whether it is a dying old man or an infant child, they will be beheaded and abandoned in the city, including these poor women." The prince saved their lives and gave them things to do, so that they could feed themselves and their young sons and daughters, people said that the prince and the prince were murderous, and I think the prince's benevolence was no less than that of Emperor Renzong back then. ”
"It's a natural thing to do." Xu Zixian said: "If the killing is not necessary, it is weak and brutal, and it is not the martial courage of the warriors, but the shameful cowardice." How are these people doing on the island? ”