Chapter 33: Candlelight Night Talk (Asking for Votes and Support)
It was late at night, and the backyard of the Nong District Autonomous Government was still brightly lit.
There is a certain reason why the Chaozhou people are called "Oriental Jews", the innate genes of doing business, and the Chaozhou Gang attaches great importance to education.
The household registration materials and account books sent by the administrative officials of Nong District were piled up, and Ah Cai, Xiao Lin and others were fiddling with the abacus while flipping through them, and the sound of "crackling" abacus was particularly crisp in the quiet night.
Time is urgent, and many details were not clearly stated at the meeting just now.
It was a matter of life and death for hundreds of thousands of villagers, Huang Yasheng couldn't rest assured after all, and let Huang Duqing take full responsibility for formulating the evacuation plan, while he took Major General Zhang Yinggui, who had just returned from Hanoi, and sent people to invite Principal Wang of Nong District Primary School, Editor-in-Chief Xu of Nong Sheng Bao, and Mr. Cao and Mr. Xu, who were highly respected, to come to the backyard to talk with Li Weimin and Qian Xinlin by candle.
"Although Phu Quoc Island is remote, it is isolated from the sea, so it can avoid the Viet Minh elements lurking in the south, at least for a short time, there is no need to worry about safety, and with the barracks and reclaimed fields left by Huang Jie's corps before moving to Taiwan, it should not be a problem to resettle 50,000 or 60,000 people. In addition, there are very few natives on the island, only two or three hundred people so far, so there is no need to worry about being excluded by the locals. ”
It is difficult to leave his homeland, Mr. Cao has lived in Mong Cai all his life, and he doesn't want to leave.
However, his family owns hundreds of acres of fertile land, and according to the Viet Minh's standards for land reform, it is enough to shoot him three times.
Old Man Cao let out a long sigh, put on his reading glasses and looked at Phu Quoc Island on the map again, and asked again and again: "Mr. Li, although the island is safe, the traffic is inconvenient after all. What other places can you find for us besides Phu Quoc? ”
Li Weimin picked up the pen and marked more than a dozen places on the map, and said sincerely: "Mr. Cao, the younger generation thinks that safety is the first priority, and at the same time, we must consider whether there is enough land, so the younger generation will try every possible way to relocate the villagers from south to north to the line from Jinou Peninsula to Dishi to Hexian."
All of them are along the coast, where they can be cultivated and fished, and they are connected from south to north, and the resettlement villages can take care of each other. In addition, the younger generation will raise enough funds to focus on the development of Phu Quoc Island and use it as the base camp of Tan Nong District. ”
Major General Zhang Yinggui carefully studied the map for a while, and couldn't help but smile: "The coastal villages serve as a barrier, and the focus is on the development of Phu Quoc Island. Advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, if you can't hold on, you can also withdraw, Kampong Son Port (Sihanoukville) is close at hand, you can withdraw to Cambodia, coastal or land route to Thailand is not difficult, Mr. Li has good intentions! ”
You can eat food indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, at least in the next few years, otherwise you will really die.
Li Weimin didn't want to expose his intentions too early, so he shook his head again and again: "Surviving in troubled times, how can you talk about offense and defense?" General Zhang, for the sake of hundreds of thousands of villagers, this joke must not be made. ”
There are more than 10 million Vietnamese in the south, how many are overseas Chinese?
Besides, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and the current Nong people are like lost dogs, it is not easy to find a place to live and survive in the troubled times. If you behave ambitiously, you will be self-defeating.
Zhang Yinggui reacted like an empowerment, and said embarrassedly: "What Mr. Li said is very true, Zhang Mou opened his mouth and made Mr. Li smile." ”
"What did General Zhang say, you are a professional soldier, of course you will look at the problem from a military point of view."
Li Weimin waved his hand, glanced up at the east wing, and continued: "It is not easy to evacuate more than 300,000 people, and it is even more difficult to resettle. The opposite side is being carefully calculated, and the younger generation roughly estimates that if you want more than 300,000 villagers to settle down initially, you need to invest at least 600 million Vietnamese dollars. At the current black market exchange rate, at least $30 million is needed. General Huang, General Zhang, all the seniors of Nong District, this is not a small number.
In the next period of time, the younger generation needs to find ways to win government resettlement funds, need to raise funds from many parties, Xidi must be engaged in large-scale fundraising activities, foreign countries should also be engaged, especially Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia and other countries and regions with more compatriots, and at the same time need the help of all seniors. ”
People are doing it for the people, not for themselves.
Huang Yasheng knocked on the ashes of his cigarette and muttered: "In recent years, Nong District has only collected grain and not taxes, and almost all military salaries and various expenses have relied on the French. There is not much money in the public account, and even if there is, it is a drop in the bucket. However, Huang has some savings over the years, and he turned around and let him take it out. In addition, I will go to the headquarters of the expeditionary force, for so many years of service for them, so many people have died, they must give me an explanation. ”
"General Huang, I'm embarrassing you."
"Don't be embarrassed, it's all what I should do."
As soon as they finished speaking, Old Man Cao leaned on his crutches and said: "The grain can't be taken away horizontally and vertically, and all the old decay is taken out for the villagers to eat on the road." In addition, he donated another 300 taels of gold and 30,000 Vietnamese dollars. ”
Mrs. Xu was even more generous, with 500 taels of gold, 50,000 yuan of Vietnamese currency, and all food donations. At the same time, Huang Yasheng sent someone to his house to kill cattle, killed all twelve of his family's cultivated cattle, and dried them into bacon for the villagers to eat on the road.
Li Weimin was deeply moved, and took over the conversation and said, "Seniors, in addition to government funds and donations, the younger generations plan to involve the Bank of East Asia. After the villagers arrived safely at the resettlement sites, the bank issued low-interest loans to the villagers to ensure that every family could survive the most difficult period and that no one would starve to death.
In addition, we will try our best to mobilize teachers from Xidi Chinese schools such as Nghe On Middle School, Ming Dao Primary School, Nanqiao Middle School, and Fude Middle School, as well as doctors and nurses from Xidi hospitals such as Ngee Ann Hospital and Liuyi Hospital, to set up schools and clinics in each resettlement site.
More importantly, we will mobilize Chinese businessmen in Xidi to invest in industry and set up factories in various resettlement sites. When the time comes, those who are willing to farm the land, those who are willing to work in the factory, the children have books, the adults have money to earn, and the sick have a place to heal. It is conceivable that in less than three or five years, the villagers will be able to live a good life in the south. ”
Others must be bragging when they say this, how can there be such a good thing in the world?
But the person in front of him is no one else, but the son of Li Guanyun, an overseas Chinese billionaire in Xidi, the son-in-law of Wu Dayuan, the "shipbuilding king", and the nephew of Ma Guoxuan, the head of the Chaozhou Gang! With the Teochew and Hokkien gangs as their backings, these are not impossible to achieve, because they have developed an exceptionally prosperous embankment.
The more everyone chatted, the more excited they became, the more they thought about it, the more relieved they became, and when they walked out of the room, it was already dark.
Huang Yasheng and Zhang Yinggui returned to the headquarters to discuss with Huang Duqing and other bigwigs, and unanimously made a decision, ordering Chen Runwei and other 28 officers below the rank of major to report to Young Master Li and listen to Young Master Li's command from now on.
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PS: Collection, resentment!
In order to have a good recommendation next week, I once again ask for a big collection that I forgot to collect. There are also recommended votes, keep them for waste, and don't spend money, smash them to death, and the shepherd is grateful o(∩_∩)o