Soon, the meal was finished, and the women rested a little and got back to work. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At this time, the pulp that had been put into the cauldron before eating was also cooked, and the female workers extinguished the fire cover, and the water in the pot gradually stopped boiling. As the level in the pot calmed down, a thick layer of oil could be seen on the surface of the water.

Several female workers chatted while receiving coconut oil into the bucket with a long-handled coconut scoop: "Auntie, have you heard?" I heard that in half a month, we will be able to arrange for them to come to our side. ”

"I've heard about it, too," another female worker responded, "and I heard from my parrots that they worked in Chinese quarries, and the Chinese said they did heavy work, but they ate better than us." They also said that this time there were three women and children who did the best work to be able to go over and have a look. ”

"What else has your parrot heard?" Several women knew that his eldest daughter, Parrot, had recently become very close to the young man in charge of the machine, and had even learned a lot of Chinese. Therefore, she can always inquire about some news that others do not know, and get some benefits that others can't. Many people are jealous and disdainful of this. However, in the eyes of the parrot's mother, this is simply a lack of grape sourness.

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Half a month passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was time to calculate the total workload. Although Jia Da had long known that his workload had always been number one, when the Lord of the Island Wang announced the candidate for the first place, he was still so nervous that he held his breath.

However, the owner of the island refused to report who had won the top three and thus the opportunity to visit his relatives on a free boat, but talked about some other things first.

"You've been working with me for a month." "Our rule here is generally to have one day off every month, so everyone can take a break tomorrow, and in addition, everyone can eat something good tomorrow, three meals tomorrow, and everyone can have a fish for each meal!" ”

The news did not excite the University, because he could eat fish almost every day, and he was most concerned about whether his wife and two children could come to the island to meet him. But everyone else around cheered.

"In addition, at noon, everyone can also get a glass of wine." The king said again, and the cheers rang out again.

When the cheers went down, the island lord Wang smiled again: "In addition, tomorrow, the families of our three people who work hardest here, Jia Da, Ding Si, and Ding Liu, will go to the island to reunite with them, and the time is two days. So after a while, I have to trouble everyone to do it themselves, and come out to them in a few small single rooms in the house where they live. ”

"No problem, Island Master Wang, I promise it will be completed before dawn tomorrow!" The people below shouted, although they won't be able to see their wives and children tomorrow or anything, but at least they can be used to find out about the condition of their relatives. Although, comparing their current situation, they estimate that the condition of their wives and children should not be too bad, but it is always a good thing to hear those who live with their families talk about their situation.

The island lord waited with a smile for the people below to talk nonsense, and after a while, he finally spoke: "Finally, there is one more news for you. At the end of the year, we will also count the amount of struvite mined. The top three will directly receive the status of third-class reserve Chinese. ”

"Island Master, what is a pre-Chinese?" A Da immediately asked.

The lord of the island replied, "You are now a captive, so you cannot leave this island and work with me, although you have food and drink, but you will not get a penny." Because your wages go directly to the army. Right? "You see, Chinese hired workers like them, in addition to food and drink, I have to pay them every month. After becoming a third-class reserve Chinese, you will not be considered a prisoner, you can leave this island and do whatever you want. You can go back to Luzon and do some helper or something, and then you will have a salary to pay. For example, you can move to a place where your family is still working, find a job, and make a living. Originally, according to the regulations, you had to work on the island for two years before you could become a third-level preparatory Chinese. ”

Jia Da nodded, and was about to continue asking, but heard Ding Si ask: "Island master, I don't know if there are second-class and first-class Chinese in addition to the third-class preparatory Chinese?" ”

"Yes, yes." "The third-class preparatory Chinese were given the freedom to work, to do business, to buy land, to send their own children to school, to be protected by the imperial court, to pay taxes a little lower than those of non-Chinese, and to be eligible to serve in the army—of course, only as auxiliaries, and to take the second-class preparatory Chinese examination." If a third-class reserve Chinese has a record of serving in the army and has obtained a second-class or higher score in the second-class preparatory Chinese examination, he can be promoted to a second-class reserve Chinese. If you become a second-class reserve Chinese, you will have to pay less tax, and you don't have to pay the poll tax, and your family can also be exempted from half of the poll tax. Moreover, the eldest son can also directly become a third-class preparatory Chinese without taking the exam. And I also have the qualifications to serve in the combat army - that is, to be a soldier. ”

"So, what about the first-class pre-Chinese?" Someone hurriedly asked.

"First class? It's not easy. The island lord shook his head and said, "This requires meritorious service, such as being a soldier and making a certain amount of military merit, or gaining merit in other aspects. If you become a first-class preparatory Chinese, your son will automatically be counted as a second-class preparatory Chinese. Well, do you want to ask how about going further? If you go further, you need to have more military exploits, or pass the Chinese qualification examination - I don't think you can pass it in your life - if you do all this, you can remove the previous preparations, and you will directly become a full-fledged Chinese, and your son will automatically become Chinese, and the rest of your family will automatically become first-class preparatory Chinese. Becoming an official Chinese, it is not only a tax benefit, but also the ability to buy some restricted materials, and there are people who are bullied and have support, and they also have the qualifications to be officials...... The benefits are really endless, when the time comes, maybe, you will be able to mix better than me, so work hard, maybe you may not be able to get to this point in this life, but you can give your son a better position, right? By the way, if you make military merits and die, your son can inherit the benefits. ”

This set of things is mainly borrowed from the Eight Banners system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which also refers to some methods of the Arabs and Queen Isabella of Spain (mainly tax means), plus some of the examination systems with the most Chinese characteristics. And its main purpose is to assimilate the natives.

In later generations, assimilating other peoples or something would be absolutely politically incorrect. Generally speaking, for those ethnic groups in backward areas, you should not say that you want to assimilate them, even if it is just to teach them a little science and technology, so that their way of life of drinking blood will change slightly, in some of the Virgin White Lotus, it is called racial discrimination, called destroying cultural diversity; Of course, if you let them go untreated and let them continue to live a natural life where they can die if they catch a cold, and the average life expectancy is less than 20 years old, then in the same batch of Our Lady White Lotus, it is also called racial discrimination, and it is called not related to the well-being of the people. Fortunately, although there is already the Virgin Mary in this era, there are very few Virgin White Lotus. Even strictly speaking, being willing to use assimilation instead of slaughter to deal with backward peoples is already a very virgin white lotus in this era.