Ten miles east of Changhua County, less than a mile away from the Changhua River, there is a pergola up to six meters in the wilderness. The pergola is made of thick logs, with a floor nearly four metres above the ground, and can only be accessed by an escalator. At this time, Qiao Zhiya was in this pergola, sitting on a wicker chair, holding a telescope in his hand to observe the situation on the surrounding construction site. The terrain around here is very flat, and the pergola, which is not too high, can be seen for miles around.

Qiao Zhiya put down the binoculars, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, the attendant behind him handed him the water glass. The cup is filled with fresh coconut water, but the coconut is not locally produced, but is operated from Sanya. Originally, there were no coconut trees in this area, but after Haihanlai developed Changhua, he began to plant coconut trees on a large scale along the coastline near this area, but it was not possible to bear fruit in a short time.

Qiao Zhiya was a hardware technician in the automobile industry before the crossing, and he was an engineer during his time in the army, so he didn't have much interest in civil affairs management. He prefers to stay on the construction site as a supervisor when he has free time, although he is not as professional as Liu Shanxia, but after all, he has been an engineer, and he knows some about civil engineering, which is much better than those naturalized migrant foremen who can't even read drawings. As for the specific affairs of civil affairs, he prefers to leave them to the people of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to take care of, rather than grasping all the power in his own hands.

According to the current progress of the project, it is expected that half of the road construction work will be completed by the end of the year, which is basically in line with the construction speed expected by the Ministry of Construction. Of course, it is not that there is no room for further improvement, there are thousands of slave laborers in the hard labor camps that can be squeezed, and the only problem is that if the attrition rate is too high, it may not be easy to explain to the executive committee.

Although the labor in the labor camp is easy to obtain and is often used as consumables on the construction site, in the final analysis, this is also one of the assets of the group, and the normal depreciation rate is about 5%-8% per month, and if this figure is exceeded, Qiao Zhiya, the temporary project manager, has to write a written report to explain the reason to the executive committee. Rather than squeezing the existing labor force, Qiao Zhiya is more inclined to find ways to continue to increase the number of local labor force to speed up the progress of the project. As for where the unplanned cheap labor will come from, Qiao Zhiya already has a preliminary plan.

A militiaman came to Qiao Zhiya's side, leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear, Qiao Zhiya nodded and said, "Let him come up." ”

After a while, a dark-skinned Li teenager came to the pergola, and Qiao Zhiya pointed to the empty rattan chair next to him and said, "Sit down and say." Come on, bring a glass of coconut water to Young Master Huang!"

The person who came was Huang Que, the representative of the Li people of Shizitong, who was designated as a representative by Huang Sanmu, the lord of Shizitong a few months ago, and followed the Haihan people out of Shilu Mountain to Sanya to visit the "Haihan-style life" boasted by the Haihan people. Although he only lived in Sanya for about 20 days, the three views of this young man have undergone earth-shaking changes during this period, although he has lived in Changhua County for a period of time, and generally knows what the environment of the Han people lives in, but the difference between the area under the rule of the Haihan people and the county seat of Changhua is too great.

In that place, everyone had a house to live in, clothes to wear, food to eat, and a place to study, and the Han, Li, Miao, Annan, and even the blonde and blue-eyed Westerners could live in the same place in harmony. There was no obnoxious Ming Mansion there, and everyone worked hard under the management of the Haihan Executive Committee, and their income was far better than that of the ordinary people known to Huang Que. There are many naturalized people with an annual income of more than 100 yuan, and the ordinary people under the Ming Dynasty want to earn 100 taels a year is completely delusional, let alone Shizidong, which is located in the deep mountains. Compared with the hard life in the mountains, the Sanya area under the rule of Haihan is like a fairyland for Huang Que, if it is not for the relatives and friends who remember the cottage, he really lives a little happily in Sanya.

After going to Sanya, Huang Que understood how big the world outside Shilu was, and when he returned to Shizitong in Shilu with a head of what he had seen and heard, he had become the most loyal advocate of Haihan values. In order for the Li people to live a good life, to win respect and to be on an equal footing with the Han Chinese, they must first get out of the mountains – one of the concepts that Huang Que was repeatedly instilled during his time in Sanya.

Compared with the Ming government's precautionary attitude towards the Li people, the Haihan people are undoubtedly much friendlier, and they took the initiative to propose a variety of ways to Shizitong to help the Li people get out of this mountain and usher in a new life.

The most important way is naturally to build a new settlement for the Li people on the Linhai Plain, for which the Ministry of Construction specially dispatched a group of laborers to build a boat-shaped house in a mountainous area east of Changhua Port and north of Changhua County, and also sent a commissioner from the Ministry of Agriculture to guide the Li people to plant some economic crops such as tea, sisal and oil palm in this area to maintain their livelihood in the future.

Of course, planting crops is a long-term plan, and there is no benefit in the short term, and during this period, you can't sit back and watch the Li people sit and eat empty, so Qiao Zhiya proposed another supplementary plan to Shi Zidong, that is, let the Li people come to work on the construction site. Although the salary is not much, it is only on par with the junior laborers, but it is certainly better than the meager income they can earn in the past by hunting and selling mountain goods.

Once this plan is implemented, it can be promoted to other Litong Miao villages around Shilu in the future, so as to absorb as many simple mountain people as possible into the social system of Haihan. Qiao Zhiya did not go to discuss with Huang Sanmu in person, but handed over this responsibility to Huang Que, who has been coming to the construction site often recently. Huang Que immediately patted his chest and gave Qiao Zhiya a package ticket, promising that he would get things done.

Prior to this, the Military Commission had come here to conduct a recruitment activity for the local Li Miao cottage, and Qiao Zhiya also asked Huang Que to assist in propaganda at that time. Later, during the half-month recruitment, the Central Military Commission recruited more than 300 qualified soldiers from the Shilu area, which can be regarded as a great gain. After all, the combined population of the Li and Miao ethnic groups in this area is only two or three thousand, and a voluntary recruitment activity has taken away almost one-third of the young and strong population, which is already quite an ideal result.

After the end of the recruitment activity, Qiao Zhiya also specially presented the medal and prize of the "Special Contribution Award" to Huang Que on behalf of the Military Commission -- a Kaba 1217 saber produced in Yangjiang. Although it is only an imitation, it can be regarded as a rare blade in this era, and only naturalized civilian officers who have made military merits have the opportunity to receive such a reward. Huang Que naturally can't put it down, and he keeps this baby on his waist, and he will take it out to show off when he thinks of it.

Huang Que took off the sunhat on his head, wiped the sweat on his forehead, sat down in the rattan chair, and then took the coconut water handed by the attendant, and poured half a cup of it, and then sighed: "Brother Qiao, you are still comfortable here, you don't need to bask in the sun, and there is ready-made juice to drink, if you want to say something, someone will run errands, the little brother is really envious!"

Qiao Zhiya shook his head and said, "What is there to envy about this? You only saw me happy, but you didn't see me when I was behind the pot." I led a team into the city to arrest the people, and in the process of arresting them, I killed a few stubborn guys, and after I came back, I wrote a full five-page action report to the executive committee. If the matter is not explained clearly, or if it is not resolved satisfactorily, I am estimated that this little sesame official will be removed by the executive committee. With so much power comes great responsibility, you know?"

Huang Que had an expression that seemed to understand or not, he only saw all kinds of scenery of Haihan during his time in Sanya, wealth and order were the deepest impression of Sanya in his mind, and he didn't know much about Haihan's bureaucratic system, rules and regulations, and he didn't know how this was different from the official system of the Ming Dynasty. As for killing a few escaped servants, Huang Que thought that this was purely a matter within Qiao Zhiya's authority. Of course, if he had also witnessed what had happened at the scene, his attitude towards Qiao Zhiya would probably be as humble as that of the county town.

"You'll understand later. Qiao Zhiya also knew that Huang Que was not deeply involved in the world, so he might not be able to understand what what he said, so he changed his words and said: "Let you go back to the mountain to recruit workers, how are things going?"

Speaking of what he handled, Huang Que became interested: "After I went back and said it, everyone was not interested, after all, we have no other strengths except hunting, and farming is not as good as those Han people outside the mountains, and everyone is worried that even if they come to the construction site, they still won't do anything." But then the lord stood up and spoke, since he wants to be on an equal footing with the Han people, then he has to learn what he can't do, and if he doesn't even want to learn, then what are you going to do in the mountains?"

Qiao Zhiya nodded slightly and said: "Lord Huang Dong is indeed a person with vision, when he sent you to the county seat to study and read, he hoped that you could bring back more of the skills of the Han people and help the villagers live a better life." ”

Huang Que said with a scowl on his face: "But I didn't understand this truth before, and I didn't study very seriously, so I knew hundreds of words, and I didn't even learn the Four Books and Five Classics." ”

"That's okay, if you have a basic knowledge of literacy. Qiao Zhiya encouraged: "Our Haihan school will open here in Changhua soon, and I will write you a recommendation material when the time comes, and you can go in and learn some skills." ”

Although Haihan's schools mainly recruit naturalized people, they have the right to recommend children who have not yet obtained naturalized citizenship to enroll. Of course, this kind of measure is not suitable for everyone, and it is mainly aimed at those children who are gifted and smart, so as to avoid missing out on good seedlings because of household registration problems. Of course, family background is also an important consideration, for example, a Li nobleman like Huang Que, who has been designated as the successor of the next generation at a young age, will naturally be more likely to receive special care.

Fu Shan Shaotong, who entered the naturalization system before Huang Que, is now the Li Affairs Commissioner of the Police Department of the Ministry of Justice, and it is not a small cadre, and in Qiao Zhiya's opinion, Huang Que's comprehensive conditions are no worse than Fu Li, and if he is allowed to go with the flow, he will most likely be reduced to ordinary people in the future, but if he can be allowed to enter the Haihan social system to be trained, he should also be able to become a role model among the Li naturalized people.

Sure enough, as soon as Huang Que heard this, his eyes immediately lit up and said, "Brother Qiao, are you serious?"

"Of course it's serious, how could Brother Qiao lie to you?" Qiao Zhiya responded with a smile: "You have been in Sanya for so long, Fu Li should have told you a lot of things, right?"

Huang Que nodded heavily, his mind was able to change in just a few days, and the talisman power of the whole escort in Sanya was also indispensable. They are all pure Li blood, similar in age, and very similar in social status in Yuli, both are young representatives of the older generation with high expectations, and have the same curiosity about the outside world, so the two soon became friends who talked about everything, and Huang Que also received a lot of information about Haihan from Fu Li.

Fu Li took his own personal experience as an example, and gave Huang Que some very practical advice, telling him how to get along with the Haihan people, and how to let the Li people smoothly integrate into the social system created by the Haihan people. If someone else said these words to Huang Que, he might not believe it, but Fu Li's identity was clearly placed there, and there were often Li people outside who took the initiative to greet Fu Li, and Huang Que had no reason to doubt Fu Li's statement. And the living standards of the Li people in Sanya also confirmed what Fu Li said, Haihan did give the Li people the opportunity to go out of the mountains and integrate into the world, and gave the Li people very fair treatment in all aspects, whether it was employment, schooling, salary, all kinds of treatment are the same as the Han people, and there is no difference.

And Fu Li emphasized to Huang Que that one of the suggestions he had many times was to enter Haihan's school. At the beginning, Fu Li and his friend Yu Xiaobao enrolled in Shengli Harbor Primary School, although the time was not too long, but they also learned a lot of useful things, and then Fu Li worked while still studying the curriculum of Haihan Educational Institution, and after two years, he also had a little cultural foundation. However, in Fu Li's view, how much to read, how much to write, can write, these skills are secondary, and the biggest gain after receiving primary education in Haihan is to know what he can do, what to do, and how to fight for better living conditions for himself.

Fu Li may not have realized that his thoughts are constantly moving closer to the mainstream Haihan values, and this consciousness is unconsciously spreading and influencing the people around him, such as Huang Que, who has just walked out of the mountains, and is full of longing for Haihan culture because of his descriptions.