Chapter Nineteen: The Light of Hope (3)
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The specific situation of the disaster in Shandong was not obtained from Chen Jiongming, which made Zhao Zhenzhong a little worried. However, thinking about the water conservancy facilities that had been built in the Yimeng base area and the summer grain he had harvested before he arrived in the United States, Zhao Zhenzhong felt that there would be basically no problem in the Yimeng base area, and he might even use sufficient reserves to take in orphans and victims from the surrounding districts and counties. He just didn't know how Gu Haichuan, Li Yuntian and others would cooperate. Compared with the people suffering from disaster in Shandong, the people struggling on the brink of death in Gansu, Shaanxi, Suiyuan and other severely affected provinces are even more worried.
From Heilongjiang in the northeast, Liaoning to Yunnan in the south, Sichuan, from Shandong in the east, Jiangsu to Gansu in the west, and Shaanxi in the west, the wide range of disaster areas, the large number of victims, and the miserable conditions of victims can be said to be the only one in China in the past three hundred years since the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Although what Chen Jiongming just mentioned was the general situation of several severely affected provinces and accounted for a small proportion of the 19 affected provinces in the country, everyone here was extremely shocked and angry at the actions of the local government and the central government. It was just that everyone was far away from the ocean and felt a little out of reach for the domestic disaster. Everyone fell silent for a moment, and a depressing and dull atmosphere filled the conference room of Anliangtang headquarters.
"Brother Huang, Brother Situ, Mr. Chen, I think we should do something for the domestic disaster victims. Everyone is descendant of Yan and Huang. We can't ignore the domestic disaster victims, right?" Zhao Zhenzhong broke his silence, "I suggest that we provide help to domestic disaster victims under different names."
"It's worth providing help, but I really can't trust the bastards in the domestic government." Situ Meitang was still angry. "They can even do human trafficking, let alone deduct disaster relief funds and supplies."
"Brother, it is very likely that we will be human traffickers," Zhao Zhenzhong smiled bitterly, "Looking at the actions of Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan and the Nanjing government, Nanjing wants to take this opportunity to make the two submit, and the two use this to threaten Nanjing. The people who were most severely affected and most miserable in the northwest have become their bargaining chips for each other. If we want to rescue the people there, it is better to use money to buy people with money. Besides, in addition to the northwest, if we want to take in disaster victims in other disaster areas in China and transport them to Nanyang, the virtues of those local government officials are probably not much better. I am afraid that Brother Kong Fang will have to impress those big and small officials."
"What kind of rules is this? The government doesn't care. People who are suffering from disaster relief have to pay the government!" Situ Meitang said unfairly.
"Brother, we are not for those animals in clothing," Zhao Zhenzhong explained. "In the broad sense, we rescue as many victims as possible to the country and the nation, and also to retain more hope for the future. From the small way, we rescue victims as soon as possible is also a good thing that is beneficial to the victims and the Nanyang National Founding Action. For domestic victims, if we take action one day earlier, they will be rescued one day earlier and die fewer people; and for Nanyang National Founding, if we can complete the Nanyang immigration plan one day earlier, we can make more preparation time, and the Nanyang National Founding Action will add more help and more guarantees for success."
"Besides, we are all sitting here discussing the founding of the Nanyang Kingdom. We just hope to provide overseas Chinese with a strong backing that we can rely on and a home where we can live and work in peace and contentment? We also want to give Chinese people of the same language and ethnicity as us a choice in the future when we are in danger? I think our efforts today are worth it."
"Brother Zhao is righteous and admires him." Chen Jiongming said in a calm manner, "It's just that what Brother Zhao said just now is to carry out disaster relief under different names, what exactly does it mean?"
"Zhigongtang is an American Chinese community. The headquarters of the Zhigong Party is now in Hong Kong and has a lot of influence among the Chinese in Southeast Asia. These two aspects are known to many people in China. Although Huamei Investment has not been established for a long time, it will definitely fall into the eyes of some people in China through cooperation with Rockefeller. If our three parties act together, the impact will indeed be great enough, but the attention it will definitely be great, and it may even alarm the Nanjing government. In that case, the price we have to pay will be greater. If we carry out activities in the name of American Chinese community, Nanyang Chinese community and American companies, we only need to clear out the main officials of some provinces in the disaster area, and the effect will not be bad." Zhao Zhenzhong explained, "Besides, if we jointly immigrate to Southeast Asia, it will be easier to attract the attention of the great powers, and it is relatively easier to import Chinese workers to the industries they run in Southeast Asia in their own names."
"It is better to be in charge of county officials now. Instead of transferring them to local governments in various provinces through the Nanjing government, it is indeed easier to deal with the local governments in the disaster area directly." Chen Jiongming nodded and said, "If you just act on your own, isn't the power too dispersed? Do you have to build your own life, production and military bases?"
"It's just a temporary dispersion. The real base should be placed in Borneo and nearby areas." Zhao Zhenzhong explained, "Disago victims who go to Nanyang will enter the local area in the name of Chinese workers required by our industries. In addition to some selected young and strong men who can secretly enter Borneo and open bases, other disaster victims will enter our industries separately. After a period of recovery and mastering life in Nanyang, they will also enter Borneo in batches after production skills. In doing so, first, the disaster victims can be familiar with the local situation and will not attract too much attention from the powers of the South China Sea. Second, they can cultivate and transport workers from multiple industries for Borneo bases, which is conducive to accelerating the construction of the base."
"In the next four years, Huamei's industries in Australia, Nanyang and other places can provide at least 150,000 skilled workers in multiple industries, as well as hundreds of thousands of other ordinary people for the Nanyang National Founding Operation. Of course, in order not to expose the relationship between Huamei and the National Founding Operation, these people will secretly enter Borneo by boat in the name of rotating back to China."
"In addition, we must not ignore the victims who are rescued in China. All the people, regardless of gender, age, and young, are transported to Nanyang. Young and strong men and women and people with certain cultural levels can basically go to Nanyang, but the elderly and children should try their best to keep them in China. After the disaster, the elderly and children are weak in their bodies. If they are bumpy and unable to adapt to the climate of Nanyang, if there is a shortage of three or two, we will save people and harm them."
"Brother Zhao thought very thoughtfully, I think this is OK. With the workers trained by Brother Zhao, the future development of industry will have a good foundation." Chen Jiongming pondered, "For the victims who went to Nanyang, I think they would choose men and women between the ages of 18 and 45. As for the elderly and children, according to Brother Zhao, try to keep them in the country as much as possible."
Zhao Zhenzhong nodded in agreement and said, "Since Mr. Chen agrees to our actions separately, I think this is possible. The headquarters of the Zhigong Party is in Hong Kong, and the Zhigongtang has a significant impact in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Basin provinces. It can be responsible for absorbing the victims of the Yangtze River Basin and nearby provinces. Although these areas have a wide range of disasters, the severity of the disaster is not as good as that of North China, Northwest and other places. The physical condition of the victims is much better. After arriving in Nanyang, it basically doesn't take long to invest in various production activities."
"As for the victims in North China, Northwest and other regions, Huamei Company will be responsible for the rescue. However, the overall condition of the victims in these areas is not as good as that in the south, so it may take longer to be treated."
Zhao Zhenzhong's arrangement is obviously beneficial to Zhigongtang and Zhigongtang. In the disaster areas in the southern region, in addition to Sichuan's continuous disasters and severe disasters, although there are many victims in other provinces, it is much lighter than the tragic situation of feeding people and starving everywhere in North China, Northwest and other places.
"Brother Zhao's arrangement is indeed beneficial to Zhigongtang and Zhigongtang." Seeing that Zhao Zhenzhong bravely shouldered heavy responsibilities, Chen Jiongming was moved and hesitated: "But Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan are not easy to meet. Is Brother Zhao confident that they can agree to the outflow of the population in their jurisdiction?"
"It's not certain now." Zhao Zhenzhong shook his head and said, "However, I think Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan's character should agree with the operation of Huamei Company."
"From Yan Xishan's actions in Shanxi since the 1911, especially from his spare time to support Yuan Shikai as emperor, Yan Xishan is a Shanxi native rich man who lacks overall vision and is very careful about his own interests. However, Yan Xishan has a strong sense of locality, and the Shanxi under his control is much better than the provinces under the control of many warlords in the same era. If it is an analogy, Yan Xishan is somewhat like Liu Biao in the Three Kingdoms."
"Feng Yuxiang's experience shows that he is a fickle person who has milk and is a mother. In addition, Feng Yuxiang only knows how to plunder the people and does not know how to govern the place. If it is an analogy, Feng Yuxiang will be like Dong Zhuo in the Three Kingdoms."
"If these two people agree to the outflow of disaster victims under their jurisdiction, Huamei Company can only impress them with their interests. If they agree to let the outflow of disaster victims, Feng and Yan's troops will not only obtain material and financial benefits, but also relieve a big burden they bear, and also benefit their reputation. This is a good thing that is beneficial or not. I think they should agree."
"However, due to the tight transportation capacity, Huamei Company could not transport grain to the founding country of Nanyang. If possible, we can buy grain in the United States and shipped by Anliangtang's ship company. Of course, Huamei Company can also provide funds and purchased by Zhigong Party itself."
Everyone here heard that Zhao Zhenzhong was willing to shoulder heavy responsibilities and rescue North China and the Northwest victims admired each other. He also heard that he compared Yan Xishan to Liu Biao and Feng Yuxiang to Dong Zhuo. He was a little surprised at first, but after thinking about it, it was really appropriate. After Liu Biao occupied Jingzhou, in addition to some of the less-affected battles with the surrounding areas, he basically defended the formation. After Yan Xishan occupied Shanxi, in addition to the cheering and fighting for the attack during the Northern Expedition, he still looked at it. Liu Biao had contacted Yuan Shao, while Yan Xishan simply promoted Yuan Shikai to become emperor. In addition to his repeated defeats and did not care about the people, he also drove Cao Kun off the throne of the president because of his Beijing coup.
"Haha, Brother Zhao's metaphor is a bit interesting. Feng and Yan know it, but I don't know what kind of expression it will be." After thinking about it carefully, Chen Jiongming couldn't help but smile, "As for food, Brother Zhao doesn't have to worry about it. With the current Zhigong Party's family background, these are still not a problem."
Chapter completed!