Chapter 743: Immigration Handover
"Everyone take their personal belongings, line up in line, and get off the boat in turn, and there must be no crowding! Men follow the yellow flag, women follow the white flag...... "The staff of the Ministry of Civil Affairs held an iron horn and stood on a wooden box to repeat the rules of action loudly to the refugees who had just descended to the dock. Although what to do after arriving at the place and what kind zw.com of reception link will there be, these refugees have heard it no less than ten times during the flight, but after arriving at the destination, there will still be tireless propaganda to remind them repeatedly.
Haihan has been introducing immigrants from Daming since the year of crossing, and has been in operation for several years so far, and has encountered all kinds of sudden situations, so it has already had a complete set of response plans for how to control the new arrivals. There are not only police officers who maintain order on the wharf, but also doctors who are responsible for checking the health of women, healthy women who are responsible for taking care of women and young children, and civil affairs officers who take inventory of personal belongings and register their names.
Although Liu Zhenguo handed over the list to the port staff, he did not relax immediately, and still insisted on guarding the side to supervise the reception process of the Haihan side. For him, each of these refugees is equivalent to real money, and if some unqualified ones are singled out by the Haihan people, it will be a real loss.
This is not the first time that Liu Zhenguo has sent refugees from the north to Fujian, in fact, he has already made a trip in July, but the transaction process was not satisfactory, and nearly one-third of the refugees transported to Fujian were judged to be "unqualified" by the Haihan people because of illness, and the remuneration they deserved was also greatly reduced. But this did not affect Liu Zhenguo's enthusiasm for trading, because the profits he earned from this kind of human exchange were much higher than those of other businesses.
The food needed to recruit refugees in the north was all provided by the Haihan people, and Liu Zhenguo did not need to spend much on himself. After these people arrived in Fujian and handed over to the Haihan people, Liu Zhenguo's remuneration was not just silver, but the equivalent of all kinds of Haihan specialties that were very in demand on the market. Liu Zhenguo only had to use a ship to transport these things to the northern coast and sell them, and his profits immediately doubled. Therefore, after selling the goods obtained from the first trip to the north, he immediately recruited another batch of refugees to transport them back. This time, he was more careful, and specially selected refugees in better physical condition to ensure the "pass rate" when they arrived in Fujian and handed over to the Haihan people.
The trip was smooth, and the refugees' physical condition on the way was also good, Liu Zhenguo estimated that it could at least be much higher than the last time, but he had to think carefully about what goods would be more cost-effective to trade with the Haihan people. ε «δΈ Chinese w net w eight w say .8 say 1 small z net w say .eight c say o say m
Liu Zhenguo was making a small calculation, so he heard the subordinates next to him remind: "Master, the head of Haihan is here!"
Liu Zhenguo came back to his senses and saw a young Haihan man walking in his direction, surrounded by several guards. Liu Zhenguo hurriedly dressed upright, stepped forward and saluted: "Liu Zhenguo, a grass man, has seen Li Chang. β
"Boss Liu is welcome!" Director Li as Liu Zhenguo said was Li Dou, the civil affairs director of the Penghu base who had not been in office for a long time. Sister-in-law Suo Ke Er said the Internet, and the most suspicious Yan Qing girl said
Li Dou and Chen Yixin both received orders from the Executive Committee after the Penghu Battle ended in May this year and were transferred from Hong Kong to Fujian to take up new positions. These two people have been partners in Guangdong for several years, and they have slowly washed away the childishness of the early stage of the crossing, and gradually grew into cadres who can take charge of themselves. The executive committee transferred these two people to work under Qian Tiandun, and the intention of cultivating them was also very obvious.
After Li Dou arrived in Penghu, he was mainly responsible for civil affairs, infrastructure and commerce, and immigration work was undoubtedly one of the key matters within his scope of responsibility, so although there were only a few hundred immigrants, he still came to the dock to personally supervise the reception process. Of course, he also came for the purpose of asking the merchants who carried the immigrants about the situation in the north, so that he could make timely adjustments to the means of receiving immigrants in the locality.
"I heard that this group of people was transported from Huai'an Mansion?" Li Dou had no intention of going around in circles with Liu Zhenguo, and after greeting him, he cut to the main topic.
Liu Zhenguo immediately responded: "The grass people recruited this group of people in Huai'an Haizhou, and most of them fled south from Anqiu, Zhucheng and other places in Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province to avoid the war. These people's homes have been destroyed, and they don't know when the Denglai rebellion will end, so they can only flee for refuge. Due to the influx of a large number of refugees in Haizhou, the government was already embarrassed, and the grass people went to the local area to recruit refugees to go south, and the government was very happy to see it. β
The rebellion of Kongyoudebu, which began in August 1631, has been going on for a full year. The rebels not only occupied the cities of Denglai and the two states, but also attacked and looted the places from time to time, which seems to be more difficult than the original history. The entire Jiaodong Peninsula was almost unspared, and most of the prefectures and counties were involved in the war. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes to the west and south. The Jianghuai region, which is adjacent to Shandong, was not directly affected by the Denglai Rebellion, and was relatively wealthy, so it naturally became the destination of choice for some refugees. Bayi Chinese w net w w.81zw.com
Haizhou, Huai'an Prefecture, is the Lianyungang of later generations, and its jurisdiction borders Junan, Shandong, so it is logical that it has become the first stop for Shandong refugees to enter Jianghuai in the south. According to Liu Zhenguo's description, there are at least 50,000 or 60,000 Shandong refugees stranded in Haizhou, and the scale is almost on par with the local population.
With such an influx of people into the local area, it is obviously difficult to rely on government relief alone for a long time, and social resources are not enough to afford the sudden explosion of the population. Therefore, it is not unusual for refugees to sell their children and daughters to sell themselves in order to get a bite to eat. Liu Zhenguo didn't even need to carry out too much publicity to recruit immigrants in the local area, as long as he guaranteed that he would have food on board, and many people were willing to choose to gamble with the ship south when the future was uncertain. No matter where you go, it's better to survive than to starve to death on the streets.
Halfway through the voyage, these refugees learned that their destination was a large island near Fujian, where they would be hired by a group of wealthy people who were willing to do work or farm, and they would not have to worry about food and clothing in the future. Although there are some people who want to regret it after knowing the destination, how can Liu Zhenguo let these people who have already been on the boat go, as long as they are alive, they will all be transported to Penghu and handed over to the Haihan people to take care of. He also knew that the Haihan people had many unique tricks in this regard, and the thousands of men on Penghu Island who obeyed their orders were an example.
After listening to Liu Zhenguo's story, Li Dou didn't feel much relaxed. Although there seem to be many war refugees in the north waiting to be recruited by Haihan, this situation is very likely to change in a very short period of time, and Haihan does not have much time to slowly operate this matter.
According to the original history, at this time the Denglai Rebellion was nearing the end, in September the rebels had been surrounded in Dengzhou City, in October Kong Youde led his troops to break through, abandoned the ship and fled to the Liaodong Peninsula, and surrendered to the Guanwai Tartars in the second year. If the war situation in Shandong is not much different from history, then the war will probably end soon. At that time, after the people who fled abroad got the news, they would definitely still choose to return to their hometowns to rebuild their homes, rather than leaving their hometowns and going to a completely unknown environment.
What Haihan had to do was to bring in as many immigrants from the north as possible before the effects of the war were over. However, up to now, the total number of refugees from the north received by the Penghu base has not exceeded 10,000, and the average number of people arriving in Hong Kong every day is less than 1,000, which is not even comparable to the flow of migrants at the peak of the Lijiazhuang Migrant Transfer Center in Panyu, Guangdong.
Of course, the specific environment in Guangdong is also different, after all, it is only a few hundred miles from the war-torn area to Panyu, and it will not be too difficult for refugees to go there. However, these northern refugees need to be more determined to go south, coupled with sufficient maritime capacity, to meet Haihan's demand for migrants.
However, due to the fact that the voyage was too long, and the sea conditions and the environment along the way were unfamiliar, Haihan did not dare to send his fleet north to transport migrants so far away. This is not comparable to the original transport of immigrants on the coast of Annam, at that time the people of Annam had almost no sea power, even if they knew what the Haihan people were doing, they could only turn a blind eye, and there were more or less sailors in various places along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and the huge Haihan fleet entering the northern coast of the Ming Dynasty would definitely attract attention, and it was not necessarily that every local government would be willing to cooperate with the Haihan like Fuguang. Even if Haihan is not afraid of the Daming Sailor, he doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble because of this.
Li Dou frowned and said: "Boss Liu, is it possible to organize a larger fleet and transport more people over at a time?" As for the price, you can rest assured, we will definitely not start to lower the price just because there are too many people to send." β
Liu Zhenguo responded: "Back to the long, the grass people also have this intention. On their return to Fujian, the grass people have already contacted a number of maritime merchants with good relations and rented ships from them. When this transaction is completed and the grass people go north again, it will be not just these three boats, at least thirty boats! Next time I come to Penghu, I will send you at least three or four thousand people. β
"That's pretty much it. Li Dou nodded when he heard this, and encouraged Liu Zhenguo: "If you can transport more than 3,000 immigrants at a time, I can apply to my superiors and give you the concession rights of Huai'an Mansion for several commodities." Boss Liu understands what I mean, right?"
"I understand, I understand, I understand! The grass people thank you too much!" Liu Zhenguo immediately nodded in response.
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He also knew that the Haihan people had many unique tricks in this regard, and the thousands of men on Penghu Island who obeyed their orders were an example.
After listening to Liu Zhenguo's story, Li Dou didn't feel much relaxed. Although there seem to be many war refugees in the north waiting to be recruited by Haihan, this situation is very likely to change in a very short period of time, and Haihan does not have much time to slowly operate this matter.
According to the original history, at this time the Denglai Rebellion was nearing the end, in September the rebels had been surrounded in Dengzhou City, in October Kong Youde led his troops to break through, abandoned the ship and fled to the Liaodong Peninsula, and surrendered to the Guanwai Tartars in the second year. If the war situation in Shandong is not much different from history, then the war will probably end soon. At that time, after the people who fled abroad got the news, they would definitely still choose to return to their hometowns to rebuild their homes, rather than leaving their hometowns and going to a completely unknown environment.
What Haihan had to do was to bring in as many immigrants from the north as possible before the effects of the war were over. However, up to now, the total number of refugees from the north received by the Penghu base has not exceeded 10,000, and the average number of people arriving in Hong Kong every day is less than 1,000, which is not even comparable to the flow of migrants at the peak of the Lijiazhuang Migrant Transfer Center in Panyu, Guangdong.
Of course, the specific environment in Guangdong is also different, after all, it is only a few hundred miles from the war-torn area to Panyu, and it will not be too difficult for refugees to go there. However, these northern refugees need to be more determined to go south, coupled with sufficient maritime capacity, to meet Haihan's demand for migrants.
However, due to the fact that the voyage was too long, and the sea conditions and the environment along the way were unfamiliar, Haihan did not dare to send his fleet north to transport migrants so far away. This is not comparable to the original transport of immigrants on the coast of Annam, at that time the people of Annam had almost no sea power, even if they knew what the Haihan people were doing, they could only turn a blind eye, and there were more or less sailors in various places along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and the huge Haihan fleet entering the northern coast of the Ming Dynasty would definitely attract attention, and it was not necessarily that every local government would be willing to cooperate with the Haihan like Fuguang. Even if Haihan is not afraid of the Daming Sailor, he doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble because of this.
Li Dou frowned and said: "Boss Liu, is it possible to organize a larger fleet and transport more people over at a time?" As for the price, you can rest assured, we will definitely not start to lower the price just because there are too many people to send." β
Liu Zhenguo responded: "Back to the long, the grass people also have this intention. On their return to Fujian, the grass people have already contacted a number of maritime merchants with good relations and rented ships from them. When this transaction is completed and the grass people go north again, it will be not just these three boats, at least thirty boats! Next time I come to Penghu, I will send you at least three or four thousand people. β
"That's pretty much it. Li Dou nodded when he heard this, and encouraged Liu Zhenguo: "If you can transport more than 3,000 immigrants at a time, I can apply to my superiors and give you the concession rights of Huai'an Mansion for several commodities." Boss Liu understands what I mean, right?"
"I understand, I understand, I understand! The grass people thank you too much!" Liu Zhenguo immediately nodded in response.