Chapter 507: Niu Co Lu · Pungshen Indeok (2) Reform of Jeju Island
After a short conversation, the sailboat stopped at Jeju Island. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Originally, Fengshen Yinde thought that Jeju Island would be a wild and backward overseas desert island. It is also a pirate den of this era, and most of them are selected on desert islands with hidden terrain. So it's reasonable to have such a fixed impression.
But when the boat docked, he found that the houses on the island were just like them. All kinds of trading houses, row upon row. And the ground has also been leveled with cinders.
When you walk up, it's very wide and flat. Some of the new carriages, which were different from those of the Qing Dynasty, also passed freely on the road.
Listening to the endless Chinese dialect again, he thought that he was still in the Qing Kingdom.
However, if you listen carefully, you will still find that the Chinese dialect spoken by these people is different from the tone of the Qing Kingdom. This is due to the fact that the Ming Dynasty implemented a unified Chinese dialect throughout the country. Therefore, all immigrants are also subject to the official Chinese language of the Ming Dynasty.
Although Jeju Island has not yet been included in the rule of the Ming Dynasty, the Jinsha Pirate Group is subordinate to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, on Jeju Island, the official Chinese language of the Ming Dynasty is also promoted.
In addition, the signboards on the island are all in simplified Chinese characters. Traditional Chinese is very difficult to see. This is very different from the Qing Kingdom. In addition, men and women walk together in the city. According to the etiquette standards of the Qing Kingdom, this is barbaric and vulgar.
So this point made Fengshen Yinde very unhappy.
However, this is due to the atmosphere of Daming, and he is not qualified to judge here. But he secretly said in his heart: "A pirate is a pirate!" Even if you know how to do business, you still don't pay attention to etiquette. ”。
I don't know how much sourness there is in these words.
Zheng Yi observed the change in Feng Shen Yinde's face, and said happily: "Brother Tianjue! This is Jeju Island. In the vulgar and vulgar place, please also invite Brother Haihan. ”。
It's just that he says vulgar, but the arrogance on his face proves that he doesn't think so in his heart.
It is also the change on the island, which is indeed the credit of Zheng Yi.
After all, before this, the island was basically non-productive. Even if there is a small amount of arable land, it is also cultivated with the help of Korean slaves and Japanese slaves. For the rest, although the fields are owned, no one bothered to plant them.
So as far as the eye can see, it is all waist-deep wild grass.
In the end, Wang Chunfeng and the others are all capital and deep pirate leaders who wander the sea. I never ran out of food, and I robbed someone else's. I didn't think about it at all, and I produced it myself. Therefore, it occupies more than 1,800 square kilometers of land on Jeju Island and leaves it to be abandoned.
The whole island is very desolate.
Later, Zheng Yi came back from Mingjing, and his horizons broadened a lot. He took the initiative to suggest to Wang Chunfeng to change the atmosphere of Jeju Island.
First of all, the Korean slaves and Japanese slaves who were captured. There were more than 20,000 of them! Usually he serves as a slave and servant of the middle and high-ranking members of the Golden Evil Pirate Regiment, and a coolie on the island. Eating is the worst, living the hardest.
As a result, slaves and subordinates often run away on the island.
This is very detrimental to the stability of the island. So Zheng Yi proposed to turn their status into legal indentured labor. That is, to sign a contract with the Golden Pirate Regiment and work for it.
And worked out two options.
The first is a tenured indentured worker. That is, until death, you have to do things for the Golden Pirate Group. However, the advantage is that you will receive a certain salary and remuneration every month. If you behave well, marriage, food, housing, and pension are also taken care of by the Golden Pirate Group.
Their children can become members of the Golden Pirate Band. Enjoy free education, food, clothing, housing and transportation. The nationality of the Ming Dynasty is naturally at your fingertips.
The second is intened-term indentured labor. For a period of twenty years, there is a small salary remuneration. But food and lodging are the responsibility of the Golden Pirate Regiment. When the age is full, you can become a free person. When the time comes, it is up to them to decide whether to stay or leave.
After the two conditions were announced, most of the Korean and Japanese slaves chose the first option. After all, they all saw the treatment of their own people by the Golden Pirate Group. If it weren't for the fact that the Golden Pirate Regiment recruited only a small number of non-Han Chinese sailors, they would have volunteered to join them a long time ago.
Now that I have this opportunity, I will naturally grasp it firmly.
It is also Korea and Japan, both of which are traditional agricultural countries like the Qing Dynasty. With the growth of population, the development of society, the intensification of land annexation, and the contradiction between man and land have become more and more serious. Most of these Korean and Japanese slaves were poor peasants struggling at the bottom of society. So their lives before were not much better than they are now.
So that they finally had a place to eat, and they would not let it go.
As for the small number of those who choose the second option. Most of them are in Korea and Japan, where they have their own fields or industries. They were unfortunate enough to be captured while the Golden Pirates were raiding the coasts of Korea and Japan.
Compared with the current life, it is obviously a thousand times better than before. Therefore, seeing that there is an opportunity to leave, I don't want to miss it.
For these people, the Golden Pirate Regiment did not stay. In order to eliminate these hidden dangers, Zheng Yi also specially asked them to notify their families and take the silver to ransom people.
made the Golden Pirate Group make a lot of money.
The rest of the indentured workers who can't come up with money or can't contact their families are honestly under the arrangement of the Golden Pirate Group, and they can do things with peace of mind. Anyway, the Golden Pirate Group doesn't hold them back! As long as they have the ability, they can make a lot of money outside of the arrangement of the Golden Pirate Regiment.
You can use it to pay off your own ransom money.
At this time, the greatest hidden danger of Korean and Japanese slavery was eliminated.
Although the Golden Pirates paid some costs, they brought more rewards. If nothing else, let's just talk about work efficiency. Before, no matter what they did, it was for others, and they didn't get anything in return.
So although I look at it, the enthusiasm for labor is very low. The work efficiency is not high.
Now the Golden Pirates have given them a small reward for their labor. This makes a sharp contrast compared to before.
And human nature is mostly selfish. Therefore, stimulated by this, the enthusiasm of each worker has increased a lot. Moreover, their interests are tied to the Golden Pirates, which is enough to soothe the restless heart.
This result obviously outweighs the disadvantages for the Golden Pirate Group.
What's more, the Golden Pirate Group is doing a lot of business! After all, these Korean and Japanese slaves were all looted and plundered. From the beginning, not a penny was spent. Now to let these people do things for the Golden Pirate Regiment, in principle, is also groundless.
Now that they can be obedient and obedient, it is really the Golden Pirate Group that has taken advantage of it.
attracted Wang Chunfeng, and praised Zheng Yi for his ability. Some of the high-ranking members of the Golden Evil Pirate Group couldn't help but blush at Zheng Yi's ability.