Chapter 364: The Submission of Indigenous Tribes (Asking for Subscriptions, Monthly Passes, and Various!! )
Chen Feng is now in urgent need of more labor, not only to liberate more Chinese young and middle-aged people, but also the newly established huge industrial zones in the northern part of the country are developing very rapidly, although only a few months, but under Chen Feng's huge amount of money, these industrial zones have begun to take shape, so there is an urgent need for a large number of labor.
In addition, the province is now building roads and railways on a large scale, which is also a large employer. In addition, Chen Feng planned to relocate some Chinese to the Nanyang Territory, so the population in the northern part of the country was extremely short.
In order to increase the population, in addition to stepping up the relocation of Jews, Chen Feng also ordered the provincial government of Saibei Province to introduce a series of preferential policies to attract more refugees, in addition to opening the checkpoints in Datong, Wuhai and Ordos, in addition, Chen Feng also promised that as long as they are willing to settle in the Saibei area, the Saibei provincial government will give each person ten acres of land, and the tax exemption will be reduced for two years, and the tax will be halved for two years.
With these preferential measures, a large number of refugees went to Saibei, and for a time the official road to Saibei was full of refugees with their families, and some of them were young students who came to admire it, and it is unknown whether there were Japanese spies in it.
The Saibei provincial government did not disappoint the refugees either, and soldiers from Saibei Province watched over the road from the north of Dai County to Gui Sui, and there was a porridge shack every 50 miles to provide free food to the migrants. The same is true for several other major roads, where every effort is made to ensure that the migrants reach the province without any problems.
Since the transportation facilities of the Nanyang Territory were not yet sufficient to meet the requirements of mass immigration, the Jews were temporarily confined to the province of Saibei. When the airport over there is built, you will be able to immigrate.
Chen Feng considered the issue of Jewish migration for a long time, and finally decided to adopt the principle of the "five-five-year system", that is, half of the people stayed in Saibei Province, and the other half moved to Nanyang Territory, and at the same time transferred an equal number of Chinese from Saibei Province to Nanyang Territory, which could not only meet the development needs of Nanyang Territory, but also better control Nanyang Territory, without worrying about Jews huddle.
Chen Feng found that good things had happened one after another since November, first the Jews had finally arrived in Saibei Province, and then good news came from various airports. With the joint efforts of all workers. The production capacity of J-5 and J-6 fighters, as well as Hercules transport aircraft, B47 strategic bombers and Wuzhi-9 has reached the design capacity.
Li Siguang, who was engaged in oil exploration in the Soviet Union two days ago, sent a telegram saying that after several months of hard work, they have now discovered a total of 22 oil fields in the Tyumen region, of which eight are large oil fields with reserves of 100 million tons. Now the Soviet government is vigorously developing the oil and gas resources of the Tyumen region. 12 Soviet drilling teams have been urgently stationed in the Tyumen region. So far, 13 wells have been injected.
In addition, the Soviet government intended to build an industrial city in the Tyumen region. It is expected that 500,000 people will be relocated from Eastern Europe to Tyumen, and a group of experts and professors from the petrochemical industry will be transferred from all over the country to Tyumen as the first exploration team to discover the Tyumen oil fields. Li Siguang and others were also appreciated and praised by the Soviet government.
This is good news for Chen Feng, the more oil and gas produced in the Tyumen region, the more oil he can get according to the agreement, and now there are 22 tanker trucks to and from Siberia every day, and more than 20,000 tons of oil are transported back to Suizhou every day.
Since history has changed dramatically, Chen Feng did not know when Hitler would implement the Barbarossa plan, so he took advantage of the opportunity to vigorously increase the oil and gas reserves in the war zone, just in case. According to the plan, by the end of 1940, the oil reserves of the Eighth Theater of Operations should reach 100 million tons, and he would not only buy oil from the Tyumen oil fields, but also from other oil fields in the Soviet Union.
At present, there are two factors that limit the storage of oil in Chen Feng's department, one is the production of the Tyumen oil field, and the other is the volume of transportation by the Suimeng railway. Although the reserves of the Tyumen oil field are amazing, there are only more than 10 wells producing oil now, and the daily output of crude oil is only 60,000 tons, and the smelting capacity is limited, so the Soviet side only allocated 20,000 tons of oil to Chen Feng's department.
In fact, the output of the oil fields in various parts of the Soviet Union can fully meet the domestic supply, and there is no need for the Tyumen oil fields, that is to say, all of these produced by the Tyumen oil fields can be exported, but according to the agreement between Stalin and Chen Feng, the oil produced by the Tyumen oil fields jointly developed by the two sides is divided into half of the oil produced by both sides. Of course, because the oil was originally buried in the territory of the Soviet Union, it can be said that it belongs to the mineral resources of the Soviet Union, so Chen Feng had to pay the Soviet Union an additional part of the money, but compared to the normal oil price, this money is simply not worth mentioning, so the Soviet Union is not willing to sell all the oil to Chen Feng.
The Suimeng Railway is only a two-lane broad-gauge railway, which can only run 20-30 trains per day, which greatly limits the transportation capacity of Chen Feng's department. If you want to increase the amount of oil reserves, you have to solve these two problems, these two problems cannot be solved, and 100 million tons is just a joke.
The first question Chen Feng needs to negotiate with the Soviet side, and he has already asked people to discuss this matter with the Soviet side, in principle, the price of the part of the oil field that originally belonged to the Eighth War Zone will remain unchanged, but if the Soviet Union is willing, Chen Feng will buy the additional oil at a price 5% higher than the market price.
The second problem, Chen Feng, is also actively solving, the Ministry of Railways is increasing the number of tracks on the Suimeng Railway and increasing the transportation volume of the railway.
At the same time that Saibei Province was busy, there was also good news from the Nanyang Territory, after many considerations, the indigenous people, led by the Milanesians and Aspartians, were willing to accept Chen Feng as the lord, but put forward some conditions, they hoped that they could keep the land and property they owned now, and at the same time hoped that Chen Feng, the lord, would not interfere in the internal affairs of their tribe, and in addition, they should ensure that they had warm clothes and sufficient food.
These three conditions are very real, not harsh at all, so Yan Changxi agreed to those indigenous people for Chen Feng, of course, some of them have been refined and adapted.
After tripartite negotiations, an agreement was reached between the local indigenous people and the Nanyang Territorial Council. Politics: The Nanyang Territory recognizes the status of indigenous peoples, enjoying the same status and rights as other races, and indigenous people can also become local officials or serve in the army, etc. At the same time, the indigenous people should also accept the leadership of Chen Feng, the lord, be loyal to the Nanyang Territory, and earnestly fulfill the responsibilities and obligations of the people.
In the economic aspect, the existing property of the indigenous people is inviolable, including their houses and the tools of production and life, but they only have the right to use the land, not the ownership, and all land is prohibited from being sold. At the same time, the indigenous peoples should cooperate with the South Sea Territory in the rational planning and development of the island of New Guinea, and work hard for it. In addition, the indigenous people are required to ensure that their taxes are paid to the Government Council on time. The main responsibility of the owner is to ensure the reasonableness and fairness of the taxes collected. It cannot be more than the indigenous population can afford.
In the military aspect, all subjects between the ages of 18 and 45 were required to participate in military training and to perform military service, which was mandatory for both indigenous and other ethnic groups. Of course, the consul will ensure that the soldiers of all ethnic groups have the same conditions for promotion. At the same time, it is important to ensure that indigenous people are not used as cannon fodder.
In addition, the Nanyang Territory has supplemented the cultural agreement of various ethnic groups: first, the official language of the territory is Chinese. However, residents are allowed to communicate in the local language, Babu and English. Babu and English language courses are also allowed in schools. Second, the right to education is guaranteed to all ethnic groups.
In addition, the Nanyang Territory emphasized that the Nanyang Territory will soon introduce its own territorial law, and the Government Council and the lord can not interfere in the internal affairs of the indigenous tribes. However, indigenous tribes must also abide by territorial laws, and all activities must be restricted by territorial laws.
In addition, both the lord and the indigenous people must respect life, and it is never allowed to arbitrarily deprive the people of their lives, especially the bad habits of the indigenous tribes must be broken. Moreover, the descendants of the Western colonizers could not attack the indigenous tribes at will and rob them of their property, and if anyone dared to violate it, the armed forces of the Nanyang Territory would send all the lawbreakers to the gallows.
This supplementary agreement and special emphasis was signed by Chen Feng to Yan Changxi with the indigenous people and the descendants of the colonists, and he had a certain understanding of the fighting between the indigenous people on the island of New Guinea.
New Guinea is inhabited by hundreds of indigenous tribes, fighting each other with unimaginably brutal wars that come to mind with only two words – "blood". Whenever a war began, the men and women of the tribe worked together to prepare. By this time, the women had also become inhumane, and men were encouraged to fight bravely, to kill as many people as they could, and when everything was ready, the men took advantage of the cover of night to sneak into each other's villages in small canoes, killing as many men and women as possible.
The means of killing are clean and clean, and they do not ask for mercy after the resistance of the killed is ineffective, because both sides understand that there is no mercy to each other. After cutting off the head, the scalp is removed, and then a sharp object is used to cover a small hole in the temple, and the brain is poured into a stone bowl to drink. The victors put every part of the hunt to use: the jaw was cut open and used as an ornament for necklaces, the skulls were hung in rows of bark in front of the stilted houses, and in the evening, they were taken off to be used as pillows.
The island's many tribes and customs are so varied that some tribes even celebrate sharks on major festivals. Sharks are revered as gods in this tribe and have supreme status. The sacrificial ceremony is the grandest festival of all, and on this day, men, women, and children are dressed beautifully, men with feathers of the bird of paradise on their heads, revealing their proud bodies, and women wearing tinkling ornaments, gather to the seashore early in the morning singing and dancing. When the sun rises, the ritual begins. The leader of the tribe used a sharp knife to cut open the belly of the live pig that the tribesmen had worked so hard to raise, and took out the pig heart, liver, intestines and belly and threw them into the sea. The smell of blood immediately attracted a swarm of sharks, which devoured it greedily, and in a short time the entrails of the Gongfu pig were gone. At this time, the pork had been cut in pieces, and the tribal leader threw countless pieces of pork into the sea like a scattered flower. The water is red, and the sharks feast on the red waters of pig blood.
At the climax of the shark festival, seven children jumped into the sea and frolicked among the sharks. Men, women and children on the shore began to sing and dance. Since the sharks are already full or busy devouring pork, they don't care about the children in the water. But there are also insatiable sharks that attack children, bite them to death, and then tear them apart mercilessly.
Incredibly, the tribesmen saw the situation as a deserved sin of the children because they had insulted the shark deity. The islanders wanted to show friendship to the sharks through shark worship rituals in order to avoid shark attacks when they went out to sea to fish, so they fed the sharks all the pork they usually did not want to eat.
Chen Feng's biggest shortage now is labor, what he lacks is population, so this bad habit of violating human nature and disrespecting life must be stopped, which is also Chen Feng's strictest requirement for the indigenous people, and he does not want the precious population to be wasted in this meaningless bad habit. (To be continued......)