Chapter 1586 Great changes in Changhua

"The changes in Changhua County are really big!" As a native, the coachman Lao Gao naturally has the most personal experience of the changes in his hometown: "Since the second year of Chongzhen... bah, it's the third year of Haihan.

That’s right, ever since the leaders came to Changhua in the third year of Haihan’s reign, this place has changed dramatically!”

Although the Haihan official has always used the Western calendar of the original time and space, and has not announced 1627, the first year of arrival in this time and space, as the first year of the Haihan calendar, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the people spontaneously recorded the date when the travelers arrived in Sanya.

One year marked the beginning of the Haihan chronology, and the Changhua-Shilu construction project, which started in June 1629, was naturally recorded as the third year of Haihan by local people. Xun Pengcheng understood this kind of folk chronology, but

This was the first time for him to hear a Changhua local talk about the changes here.

Haihan was eager to develop the small fishing port of Changhua before Hainan Island was unified. The main purpose was to seize time to exploit the Shilu iron ore in the inland area of ​​Changhua. The Changhua cargo terminal and Changhua to Shilu were built in the early stage.

Despite the busy railway transportation line, Haihan invested a lot of manpower and funds, which greatly promoted the local infrastructure and economic development, turning it from an unpopular fishing port to an executive committee implementation in a short period of time.

One of the central areas of industrialization. Even the county town, which was only a few miles away from Changhua Fishing Port, quickly fell peacefully under this tide and became a material transfer station on this large construction site.

With the continuous investment of a large amount of resources, Haihan opened the land passage from Changhua to Shilu in just one and a half years, and Changhua County became the biggest beneficiary of this process. Tens of thousands of new people continued to move in.

Immigration has completely changed the face of Changhua County. Originally, the livelihood of the people here was mainly based on fishing and planting. However, after Haihan intervened, a large number of smelting furnaces and metal processing workshops were built, and the main working population quickly changed from agriculture.

For the sake of industry, the entire social structure has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Under the rule of Haihan, the only place other than Sanya that had long-distance steam freight railways was Changhua. The new social structure and transportation that transcended the times quickly changed the worldview and values ​​of the people here. For ordinary people,

The arrival of the Haihan people gave them a more stable life, higher income, richer material supplies, and most importantly, a foreseeable better future. What the Ming Dynasty can give, Haihan will only give more

Even better, and there are too many conditions that Ming Dynasty cannot provide.

Changhua is not like the capital of Qiongzhou or large places like Danzhou, where a large number of landlords will resist foreign powers like Haihan because of their own interests. The vast tracts of ownerless land here are simply a waste to Haihan.

It is an excellent environment for building an industrial base. There were only a few land ownership disputes encountered during the development of Changhua, and it was far from forming a situation that could compete with Haihan.

The coachman Lao Gao's family used to make a living from farming. It happened that a smelting workshop that Haihan was going to build needed to occupy more than ten acres of his family's land. After receiving a compensation and resettlement payment from Haihan, Lao Gao transferred his family's land to a smelting workshop.

The land was given to Haihan. Of course, if he didn't know how to promote himself as a key household, not only would his land be expropriated, but he wouldn't even be able to get any compensation. At that time, he had seen with his own eyes a few ruffians in the village who were stubborn.

Ling, was eventually captured by Haihan and sent to Shilu for mining. He was never seen alive again. It is said that they all died in the mine during the riot in the Shilu labor camp.

There are many local people like Lao Gao who hand over land and get money. After having this money in hand, many people gave up their past farm livelihood and began to engage in the service industry under the guidance of Haihan. Changhua local

Most of the operators in the catering, accommodation, transportation and other industries are from local origins. The carriage and horse racing business where Lao Gao works was jointly run by seven families in the village who are related by marriage. It seems that he is also one of the shareholders.

As for the income, Lao Gao did not disclose detailed figures to Xun Pengcheng. He only said that about half of the horse-drawn carriages currently running on the road from Changhua to Danzhou are operated by his horse and carriage company.

When Xun Pengcheng heard this, he couldn't help but asked curiously: "If that's the case, then why don't you be a good boss and still drive the car?"

Lao Gao raised his arm, and the tip of his whip fell gently on the horse's buttocks. He said in his mouth: "I can't wait any longer, so I went to Danzhou to see my daughter and son-in-law."

"Is the son-in-law a local from Danzhou?" Xun Pengcheng might have to settle down there when he goes to Danzhou, so he pays great attention to all kinds of information. If Lao Gao's son-in-law is from Danzhou, then maybe he can make friends with him in the future.

But Lao Gao shook his head and said: "My hometown is from Yacheng in the south. I followed the chief to Danzhou. Now I can be considered a minor official, but I don't have any real power."

Xun Pengcheng's eyes lit up, and he thought that a junior official would be more suitable to get acquainted with. With his own conditions, it was impossible to get to know the local senior officials as soon as he arrived in Danzhou. If he could build a bridge through this coachman, he could get in touch with the grassroots officials first.

Maybe it will also be beneficial to living in Danzhou in the future.

So Xun Pengcheng took the initiative and asked: "I wonder which yamen your son-in-law holds a high position in? When I was in Sanya, I knew a lot of officials in the yamen, and maybe we have some friends in common."

Xun Pengcheng deliberately said that he had official connections. This was also to arouse Lao Gao's interest. After all, Xun Pengcheng came from the "capital" and claimed to have official connections, which might have some influence on his son-in-law's future career.

Help. Xun Pengcheng estimated that if he said this, Lao Gao would cooperate and introduce his son-in-law's situation.

But he never thought that Lao Gao did not follow his wishes, but waved his hand decisively and said: "Sir, please don't ask about this!"

Xun Pengcheng was stunned and said: "Could it be that Weng and son-in-law don't get along?"

"That's not true. My son-in-law is still a very filial man. He even bought me a house in Danzhou City... It's just that I'm used to living in the countryside of Changhua and don't want to move into the city." Lao Gao Buwu.

He proudly showed off: "My son-in-law is still trying every possible means to beg me to go!"

Xun Pengcheng didn't quite understand now. Since this was not a matter of the relationship between Weng and his son-in-law, why didn't Lao Gao want outsiders to know about his son-in-law? He still refused to give up after thinking about it, and coughed dryly and said: "Actually, if

Your son-in-law is capable, and he may have the opportunity to be transferred to Sanya to work in the future. Only when he gets there can he really enter the officialdom."

When Lao Gao heard this, he sighed and said: "His errand is not so easy to change... Forget it, my son-in-law asked me not to mention his errand in front of outsiders. I'd better not talk about it, sir."

Xun Pengcheng smiled and said: "Since your son-in-law, Lao Gao, is an official in a government office, why is he so shady? As far as I know, among the many yamen in our country of Haihan, there is only one who is shady.

Ministry of Security…”

When Xun Pengcheng said this, his voice suddenly became quieter, because he saw Lao Gao's hand holding the riding whip visibly shaking. It was obvious that he also knew what kind of existence the Security Department was. If the coachman Lao Gao was not in the Security Department,

If my subordinates turned somersault, it was probably related to the topic being discussed at the moment.

This old Gao used to be just a farmer, but now he is just a rickshaw puller. He does unskilled menial work. He doesn't look like he can be related to the Ministry of Security, which is hidden in the dark. Xun Pengcheng said

The reason I can think of is that the yamen where Lao Gao's precious son-in-law works is probably a prophecy he made.

They were the only two people sitting in this carriage, one behind the other. After falling into silence, the atmosphere became a little awkward. Xun Pengcheng coughed dryly and said: "Lao Gao, don't worry about it. I'm just asking casually. Since it's inconvenient, I won't say anything."

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Lao Gao suddenly turned around and asked: "Your Majesty, even the security department knows about it. Could it be that he has a relationship with a big shot in this yamen?"

"No friendship, no friendship! How can I, a commoner, climb up to the top of the Security Department?" Xun Pengcheng quickly waved his hand to express that he had no intention of continuing the conversation on this topic. What a shrewd person he was, when the other party asked him, he had naturally already

I guessed the general situation, so I didn't dare to cause trouble.

The most important reason why Xun Pengcheng left Sanya was to avoid the Ministry of Security as much as possible. Even if his affairs were cleared and he even received the endorsement of the Ministry of Security, he did not intend to continue to stay under the nose of the Ministry of Security.

Of course, the Ministry of Security did not want to let him stay in Sanya to cause trouble anymore, and wished to get him as far away as possible. When Xun Pengcheng left by boat from Sanya, the Ministry of Security specially sent people to the dock to "send him off"

He has a ride.

After leaving Sanya, Xun Pengcheng thought that it was unlikely that he would have to deal with the Ministry of Security again, so he felt very relaxed along the way. However, he never thought that the driver he hired in Changhua might be the father-in-law of a certain uncle in the Ministry of Security.

.Xun Pengcheng was about to cry but had no tears. He felt that his experience was a bit like emerging from a tiger's den and entering a wolf's den.

Naturally, he did not dare to discuss this topic in depth with Lao Gao. Otherwise, if Lao Gao really begged him to help pave the way for his son-in-law to find a solution, would he still be able to turn around and go back to Sanya to find Xu Qiqi? Even if there were not so many things,

Xun Pengcheng really didn't want to have any more contact with people from the Security Department. As for Lao Gao's son-in-law, Xun Pengcheng just wanted to bring this topic over quickly and completely erase the matter from his and Lao Gao's minds.

When Lao Gao wanted to continue talking, Xun Pengcheng had already taken the initiative to change the topic: "Lao Gao, I heard that there are collective farms and plantations along the way to Danzhou. Can you tell me about the situation here?

?If there is any familiar place, it would be best if you could take me to see it."

The purpose of Xun Pengcheng's trip was to inspect the situation of the plantation, and he had already stated his intention when he hired Lao Gao in Changhua, so it was not unexpected to make a request at this time.

Lao Gao never imagined that Xun Pengcheng had so many twists and turns in his heart, but he knew very well that the special yamen where his son-in-law worked was like a devil in the hearts of ordinary people. Seeing that Xun Pengcheng did not want to talk anymore, he could not force him to

.The errand I took this time included the cost of acting as a tour guide along the way, so Lao Gao couldn't refuse Xun Pengcheng's request.

"Then let's talk to the guest officer about the situation here." Lao Gao raised his arm and pointed forward with his riding crop, and began to introduce Xun Pengcheng to the situation along the way.

Leaving Changhua County, we passed through several mountains and entered the coastal plain area on the west coast of Hainan Island. In the past, there were not many people living in this area. There were only six or seven villages between Changhua and Danzhou.

, but since Haihan began to introduce the plantation model here, plantations began to appear dotted in the area near the official road. The small ones ranged from a hundred acres to thousands of acres.

There are a wide variety of tropical economic crops, and the categories with the largest planting area are oil, sugar, spices, hemp, grain, fruits, etc.

The downstream deep processing industries generated by these plantations have also sprung up in Changhua and Danzhou. Especially in the Changhua area, which has a relatively higher degree of industrialization, many workshops engaged in deep processing of cash crops have begun

Using more professional machinery and equipment to improve production efficiency, its production capacity far exceeds the level of other countries at the same time. Of course, with Lao Gao's knowledge and vision, he cannot understand these cross-era advantages, but he can also realize that Hai

The production technology brought by the Han Dynasty has amazingly improved productivity.

"Have you ever seen sugar cane pressed? The larger sugar factories in Changhua have already used steam engines. That guy is really powerful. He drives it almost all day long. If he had to switch to mules and horses, he would be tired.

Dead. And the stainless steel roller is much easier to use than the previous stone roller. It only needs one squeeze to squeeze out the juice... If there is anything wrong with it, it is too expensive. I heard that this machine

It costs several thousand, and you have to keep burning coal, which is also a big expense..."

"This steam engine can not only press sugar cane, but also press oil. My brother's oil mill has already used it. The oil produced in one day lasted seven or eight days. He ordered another oil press last month, but it is said that

Because there are so many people buying, we have to wait three months to get the goods..."

Lao Gao was very talkative and talked endlessly about the plantation-related industries. Xun Pengcheng listened with great interest. In fact, he had seen more uses of steam engines than Lao Gao. Sugar extraction and oil extraction were just applications of deep agricultural processing.

But since so many people here have begun to try to invest in steam engines to improve productivity and have tasted the benefits, it shows that the "technology" advocated by Haihan has also had a very significant impact on ordinary people.

Xun Pengcheng also knows that the income from deep processing of agricultural products is actually higher than that from plantations, but the problem is that the upstream and downstream industries involved in deep processing have many links that need to be connected, and there are more things to worry about. He wants to outsource them all like plantations.

It was almost impossible to go out. Between making more money and enjoying life, Xun Pengcheng decided to choose the latter.
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