c_t; You Yihan said: "We really can't see what will happen in ten or twenty years, but it will definitely not be wrong to make plans early." Xiao Liang, if you have plans to start a family, I can help you pay attention to it. After all, you soldiers don't have so many opportunities to contact with the outside world, but I have met a lot of maritime businessmen from Fuguang and Guangzhou provinces here, and many of them are interested in having a relationship with our Haihan. ”

Xiao Liang smiled: "Director You, you are going to change your career to open a matchmaker!"

You Yihan responded: "This is also for the benefit of everyone! After all, there are so many bachelors in our circle, and there are only so many single women, and the internal resources are definitely not enough." The Executive Committee has always advocated the introduction of external resources, and we are also responding to the call of our superiors!"

"Although the executive committee advocates it, there are still some requirements for identity in this kind of thing, right?" Xiao Liang listened to You Yihan's persuasion, and was faintly moved. He was not yet 25 years old when he participated in the crossing, and he had been serving in the militia for several years, but he had not thought too much about starting a family. Now that five years have passed, he is nearly 30 years old, and starting a family should indeed be on his personal agenda.

You Yihan put down his chopsticks, wiped the oil stains on the corner of his mouth with a napkin, and then responded: "You are the right person to ask." By the time of the fifth anniversary, the Executive Committee had adopted a new policy on household registration, and the rules for naturalization were more specific than in previous years. ”

"Got stricter?"

"It's not very strict, in fact, as long as the other party's immediate family members don't have the Ming officials in office, it's easy to do. You Yihan squeezed his eyes and said, "You should understand the meaning of the executive committee." ”

Xiao Liang nodded silently, although Haihan and the Daming government of Fuguang Province had relatively close contacts, they were basically in the name of business-to-business, and there was no such thing as marriage and worship to win over personal relationships. This is also a red line drawn by the Executive Committee to avoid crossing as much as possible that some people in the public have betrayed the collective interests of Haihan because of their personal relationships.

The current situation of marriage with Ming nationals is not uncommon among the crossing groups, but no one has crossed this red line, and the Executive Committee's review of the naturalization policy this year is equivalent to an official explanation of this rule that everyone has acquiesced to. For the special status of military personnel, the implementation of this regulation will only be stricter. In a situation like Xiao Liang, if you want to marry a Ming woman and start a family, you must first report to the above, and the person who starts a family must first pass the identity review of the Guò Security Department.

Xiao Liang still had to ask a few words, but at this time, a subordinate came in to report that hundreds of immigrants from Huizhou had just arrived at the Causeway Bay wharf. In the past two years, the situation in Guangdong has gradually calmed down, and the immigrants who voluntarily moved to Haihan are not as good as in the early years.

In the past two years, with the end of the civil war in Annam, the suppression of bandits in Fuguang Province has progressed smoothly, and the two main sources of immigrants are slowly calming down, and the number of people who are willing to give up their existing lives to settle on Hainan Island is also decreasing year by year. Judging from the Executive Committee's plan for Hainan Island, the labor gap in the next few years is still quite large, and it may even affect the development process of some areas, which is the main reason why the Executive Committee wants to try to introduce war refugees from the distant northern Ming Dynasty.

Bringing in migrants from the Central Plains is a good idea, but due to the long distances and the complexity of the local situation, it is difficult to predict the effect of implementation. Of course, the Executive Committee did not intend to hang itself from a tree, so in addition to the Central Plains, the Executive Committee was also trying to obtain labor from other places.

May 26, the Anbuna Islands in the South China Sea.

Roger led his subordinates to spend more than half a month rushing back here from Penghu. He took over the management of the Ambuna Islands from Mushaber in August last year, and spent half a year building various fortifications on the island, further strengthening Haihan's defense capability on the island. By the beginning of 1632, the situation in the Ambuna Islands had eased by the signing of a peace agreement with the Dutch in October of the previous year. Roger was also able to lead the naval fleet under his command north to Fujian after receiving an order from the Military Commission at the end of March, and participated in the Battle of Penghu.

Compared to his army colleagues, Roger's luck was not bad, he sank and damaged several pirate ships in two naval battles on the way from Kinmen Island to Penghu, and only one of his ships needed to be repaired in the dockyard after the battle. In the next day's victorious pursuit, Roger's fleet once again made a contribution by sinking three ships and capturing two pirate ships. Such a long march of more than 3,000 nautical miles back and forth was not in vain.

Originally, there should have been a short vacation after the military exploits, but because the Anbuna Islands are far away, and the overstretched Military Commission almost sent all the capable generals to Fujian to participate in the war, and there was no other reserve personnel to be sent to the local area for a while, so Roger could only give up the vacation and hurried back to the station in the South China Sea. After all, the strategic value of the Ambuna Islands is relatively special, and although the Dutch have relented, they may not have let go of their coveting of the local area. To leave the Ambuna Islands under the management of naturalized people for a long time, not to mention the Executive Committee, even Roger himself is somewhat uneasy.

When Roger returned to the port of Ambuna, he went directly to the port center, and before his butt was hot, Li Dagui came in with a stack of materials to report to work.

Li Dagui had been a spy on the island for a long time earlier, and after Haihan took this place, Li Dagui was also retained because he was familiar with the local situation, and his subordinate department was also transferred from the Ministry of Security to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and was in charge of civil affairs and trade affairs on the island.

"Chief Luo, this is the registration information of the ships that have recently entered and left the port. Li Dagui put the notebook in front of Roger, and then explained: "During the more than 60 days of the chief's trip, the ships that docked in the local area, in addition to the ships belonging to our Haihan, included 37 ships of the Ming Dynasty, 11 ships of Portugal, 9 ships of the Netherlands, 2 ships of Annam, 1 ship of Champong, 1 ship of Persia, 1 ship of Siam, ......."

Roger quickly scanned the information and saw that there were no obvious flaws, so he nodded and asked, "The Dutch aren't causing trouble here, are they?"

"According to the instructions of the chief before leaving, the Dutch ships have limited the number of people disembarking and the scope of activities during their docking, and the militia army has always maintained vigilance, so there is no overstep. Li Dagui responded.

"Count them honestly!" Roger was much more relieved to hear this answer. During his war in Fujian, what he remembered most was whether the port of Ambuna would be able to cope with the Dutch merchant ships docked here in the absence of a family member. However, judging from Li Dagui's reply, there should be no major problems. While the Dutch may have been unhappy with the restrictions they had been subjected to during this stop, who had made them the vanquished?

"How's the rest going?" Roger continued.

Li Dagui immediately opened another book and explained to Roger: "Last month, the Ministry of Agriculture sent people to guide the local people to plant sugarcane, tea trees, coffee trees, oil palms, rubber trees and other crops in the inland mountainous areas. ”

Hearing this, Roger couldn't help but ask with some surprise, "Is there so much labor on the island to clear the wasteland?"

Li Dagui responded: "In the time that Chief Luo left, the Portuguese and Dutch brought in a lot of Kunlun slaves, and the labor force was sufficient. ”

Kunlun Nu generally refers to the darker-skinned indigenous people of Southeast Asia, as well as the black people from Africa. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Haihan and Portugal, the Portuguese have been trafficking these foreign slaves to Haihan at the request of Haihan, but the scale is not very large. However, in consideration of the issue of race, the Executive Committee did not introduce a large number of black slaves to Hainan Island, and most of the black slaves purchased were placed in overseas territories of Annam as laborers.

Roger was also aware of this, but Li Dagui's words still surprised him a little: "The Dutch are also trafficking blacks to us?"

"That's right, and it's a fraction of the price lower than the Portuguese. Lai explained: "The Executive Committee has been consulted with the Junior Position, and the leaders mean that they can purchase it at their discretion to fill the gap in the local labor force. ”

Because of the remoteness of the Anbuna Islands, there are not many people willing to immigrate here, even though the Ministry of Civil Affairs has issued conditions including land allocation and naturalization preferences before this, but it has not attracted many immigrants. The Executive Committee also counted on the development of the Ambuna Islands through Guò to recoup the previous investment, and naturally hoped that there would be more labor on the islands and that the development process would be faster. At the request of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce, the island of Ambuna was specifically approved as a pilot area for trade with the Dutch.

In the list of goods that the Dutch can provide, there are not many things that Haihan really needs, and most of the goods have the ability to be produced on Hainan Island, and the scale of production of some things is even far greater than that of the Dutch. In the end, Haihan chose the introduction of labor as the main body of the transaction.

These Kunlun slaves who were sold from overseas were much easier to settle than immigrants, and as long as there was a house to shelter them from the wind and rain, and food to fill their bellies, it was enough for them to work. Therefore, although it costs money to buy, the actual cost of use is much lower than for immigrants. By the time Roger left the Ambuna Islands, the Portuguese and Dutch had already sent more than 1,000 Kunlun slaves, and as soon as they arrived, they were immediately used as the main labor force for the plantations.

"More than a thousand?" Roger was taken aback again when he heard this number, he didn't expect that the population situation on the island had changed so much after only about two months of going out.

"According to the contract signed by the Ministry of Commerce with these two companies, at least 3,000 Kunlun slaves will be sent to the island this year. Li Dagui introduced: "If Chief Luo is interested, he can lead the way to the plantation to see the work of these Kunlun slaves." ”

"Then let's go check it out. Roger really wanted to see how well the naturalized cadres had done the pioneering work assigned by the Executive Committee during his absence from the island.

Li Dagui bowed down and went out to prepare. Roger got up and put on his riding boots, inserted the pistol into the holster at his waist, and put on the Yankee baseball cap that never left his body.

Due to the limited conditions on Ambuna Island, only the main road from the port to the town is slightly decently maintained, and after leaving the town, it is almost all wilderness trails, and horseback riding is the most time-saving and labor-saving means of transportation. However, the horses assigned to the island are not the war horses carefully bred by the head of the riding instructor, Ha Lugong, on Hainan Island, but just ordinary pack horses.

Roger's mount is already a specially selected "tall horse", but the horse's head is not as tall as Roger himself. However, he was not too picky about this, and after turning over his horse, he gave the order to set off. As the local second-in-command, Li Dagui is also equipped with a mare as a mount. The rest of the accompanying guards were not so good and could only follow on two legs.

Li Dagui led the way, starting from the port all the way inland to the southwest for about five or six miles, and after passing through a dense forest, he could already see the plantations cut down from the woods on the slopes in the distance.

As he got closer, Roger noticed that the laborers in the area were indeed almost all dark-skinned aliens, and that on the outskirts of the plantation there was a company of militia fighters guarding over them.

"How big is the area, how many laborers are there? Roger asked the militia company commander who had just appeared in front of him.

After the company commander saluted, he began to explain: "Report to the chief, this is a rubber tree plantation planned for 300 acres, and it is expected to plant 9,500 to 10,000 rubber trees. At present, all the Kunlun slaves who are working here are transported last month, a total of 874 people. ”

"What about the labor discipline of these people?" Roger continued.

"Report to the chief, this Kunlun slave is also a different region, and those born in the South China Sea are often more lazy, and if they don't use scolding, they will stop quickly. On the other hand, the Kunlun slaves from the west of Persia and as black as charcoal were slightly better, and most of them were very strong in physique and more efficient in their work. The company commander replied.

Roger turned his head to Li Dagui and said, "Write down what he just said, and the next time Kunlun Nu sends it, he will make a clear request to the other party." ”