Chapter 2421

Of course there will be land allocated to immigrants on a per capita basis, but that is a matter for the future. At present, immigrants must first serve as laborers and immediately join the project of building settlements. The temporary residences that have been built so far can only guarantee the placement of the first batch of immigrants.

However, a large number of immigrants will be transported in the future, so the construction of settlements will continue.

Haihan has rich operational experience in how to organize and direct immigrants to participate in infrastructure projects. Although local civil affairs officials are slightly lacking in ability in this area, manpower transferred from other places does not have this problem. They have just arrived and settled.

The refugees at the site were immediately assigned jobs. The women, children, old and young were engaged in cooking, cleaning and other logistical tasks, while the young and middle-aged were given labor tools distributed and brought to work on the construction site.

The newly arrived immigrants do not have the conditions to make a living on their own. They have to rely on the local government in Haihan for food, housing and personal safety. Therefore, even if they are not willing to participate in this kind of labor, they have to obey the arrangements in order to survive. Moreover, the civil affairs department has

This was also arranged in advance. Before boarding the ship in Shandong, the people sent to Miaoli were briefly screened to ensure that these people were ordinary people who had lost their property, so as not to send some pampered uncles over and instead give Miaoli people

Adding trouble.

In colonial areas like Taipei Jilong Port and Tainan Kaohsiung Port, which organize their own fleets to transport people to Shandong, there will be no such problem. The development and construction level of these colonial areas is far better than that of Miaoli, which has always been closed.

Not only does it have the ability to organize the transportation and resettlement of immigrants on its own, it even has the spare capacity to support Miaoli. Those immigrants with better family backgrounds are generally arranged to settle in such areas with relatively better living conditions. The local society has become mature.

The environment allows such immigrants to skip the construction period and enjoy the construction results directly.

As for those special immigrants with deep pockets and even certain backgrounds, their destinations will only be places like Zhoushan, Hong Kong, and Hainan Island where they can guarantee safety and continue to enjoy a life of superiority. What they have

The wealth will allow them to obtain a living standard in these places that is not inferior to that of their hometown, and even live more comfortably than before - living in areas under the rule of Haihan, at least they no longer have to worry about leaving their hometowns due to war.

Of course, these Mingren who were sent to Miaoli did not know that there would be so many differences in immigration destinations, but they were not dissatisfied with their situation. Although the place they were in now seemed very desolate, at least they no longer had to worry about themselves.

survival and safety issues. Moreover, it is said that the village houses being built are all used to resettle Shandong immigrants like them. This also prevents them from having too much resistance to the assigned labor tasks. Instead, they will build new villages with their own hands.

Home is a source of motivation.

Liu Shanxia is no longer supervising the work at the temporary resettlement site at this time. For him, building a basic project such as the resettlement village does not need to be overseen personally. There are many people under him who can do the job. He can just leave it to a few apprentices. Right now, he must prioritize it.

It still deals with the task of building roads.

The terrain along the planned route of this main road is relatively flat, so the surveying and mapping work is quite easy. Although it covers an area of ​​more than 40 miles, the preliminary mapping work was basically completed in a few days. Then based on the local soil quality

Conditions and environment, determine the details of roadbed, pavement, protection, drainage and other components, calculate the project quantity and cost, and formulate a specific construction plan.

However, this is just preparation work. Before starting to build the road, the area that the road will pass through must be cleared first. Fortunately, there are basically no households and farmland where the road passes, so there is no trouble of land acquisition, and

Some road sections will be renovated on the basis of old dirt roads, so these road sections will no longer need to be cleaned.

According to the plan, this road is one foot and two feet wide, so the planned road surface and the trees within a few feet of both sides of the road must be cut down before road construction can begin. Considering that the construction scope is relatively large, Liu Shanxia notified Wang Hui and asked him to

Withdraw locally registered workers from the construction site of the temporary settlement first, and transfer them all to complete the logging work of clearing the road. The cut trees can also be transported to the nearby resettlement site for use as building materials.

Wang Hui obeyed Liu Shanxia's request. On the one hand, this was because he had received instructions from the Executive Committee before to fully cooperate with the infrastructure project organized and implemented by Liu Shanxia in Miaoli; on the other hand, he was about to leave office, and to be honest, he didn't have much

He was thinking carefully about whether Liu Shanxia's request would affect his local authority. Whatever the other party wanted, he could just agree. After waiting for the successor to arrive in two days, he would no longer be responsible for these work coordination matters.

Wang Hui's successor arrived in Miaoli three days later than expected. It is said that it was because the sea conditions were not ideal, so the ship did not sail directly to Miaoli after entering the Fujian Strait. Instead, it diverted to Zhangzhou for a few days to wait for the weather.

After getting better, we crossed the strait and came to Miaoli. During this period, the other party also sent a telegram from Zhangzhou to explain the situation to Miaoli.

Although it was only delayed for a few days, Wang Hui was very anxious about waiting. In the end, he no longer wanted to stay in the oil production area, so he simply went to the seaside pier to wait, lest the other party was on his way from Zhangzhou.

What else will happen? Of course, if something happens, Wang Hui has nothing to do in Miaoli and can only wait and see.

Fortunately, nothing went wrong this time. After the ship carrying the successor set off from Zhangzhou, it arrived in Miaoli smoothly. Wang Hui, who was waiting in a tea shed nearby, heard that a government ship had appeared on the sea in the distance and put down his hands.

He quickly walked to the pier after taking the tea cup. The official ship that would come to Miaoli at this time should be his successor. If Liu Shanxia was here at this time, he would probably have a knot in his heart when he saw this scene. After all, he had been

When Tian arrived in Miaoli, Wang Hui didn't go all the way to the beach dozens of miles away to greet him.

However, when Wang Hui saw the ships approaching from the sea, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, because there was not only one ship on the sea, but a small fleet. In this fleet, except for one official ship

, there are actually two expedition-class warships and a comprehensive supply ship, which are even larger than the fleet that transported immigrants last time.

The first thought that flashed through Wang Hui's mind was that the Executive Committee had transferred troops from nowhere to reinforce Miaoli. However, there were already four to five hundred soldiers stationed in Miaoli at this time, which under normal circumstances could protect twenty times the population.

area, and besides, this is not a war zone. Is it really necessary to continue to increase troops here?

But he soon realized that his idea was wrong. Naval warships were constantly burning money if they went to sea. Therefore, as long as they were not performing combat missions but simply mobilizing garrison troops, they would usually just dispatch them in order to save military expenses.

Troop transport ships, and the current population of Miaoli is less than 2,000, there are no opponents around, and there are no large military bases for more troops to be stationed or supplied, so how can there be warships coming here.

Unless, the mission of these two warships is actually to protect a certain important person on the official ship. But this possibility does not seem reasonable, because the recent telegrams did not mention that any important person will come to Miaoli for inspection.

, can this kind of thing still involve a surprise attack?

With doubts on his mind, Wang Hui watched the fleet slowly arrive at the pier. However, because the pier at the pier here was too small, it could not accommodate all the fleet to dock, so the official ships could only be docked with them.

One warship docked on the trestle, and the other two ships could only lean on the other sides of the two ships, and the berthing positions were fixed by cables and anchors.

After the ship was parked, a springboard was set up on the side of the ship. Several Haihan soldiers disembarked first to confirm that the environment was safe. This is also one of the security measures that travelers will enjoy during their business trip.

Wang Hui tidied up his appearance a little, then walked forward slowly, preparing to greet his successor. As far as he knew, there was a small episode in the arrangement of the successor this time. The person who was supposed to take over was leaving.

I suddenly had appendicitis and had to undergo a surgical operation in Sanya to solve the problem. Naturally, I couldn't travel far away in a short period of time. The superiors could only make temporary adjustments and replaced Wang Hui with another person who was stationed in Miaoli to take over Wang Hui's position.

However, the new one was one of Wang Hui's few friends, so Wang Hui also showed a different enthusiasm than usual for his successor. When he saw the other person appearing on the side of the ship, he immediately raised his hand.

He waved. But before he put his hand down, he saw another person appear. He was stunned for a moment to make sure his eyesight had not been blurred. The two people stepped on the gangplank one after another and got off the boat.

Wang Hui took three steps at a time and rushed over to greet him: "Mr. Tao, Lao Lu! Thank you for your hard work along the way!"

The two people who got off the boat were Tao Donglai and Lu Zhanpeng, Wang Hui's colleague at the Ministry of Industry. Lu Zhanpeng had temporarily taken over someone else's task and came to Miaoli to take up his post. Wang Hui had already learned about this from previous telegrams.

But why did Tao Donglai suddenly land in Miaoli?

Wang Hui has rarely left Hainan Island in the past few years except for business trips. As far as he knows, Tao Donglai should not have traveled as many times as him. Coming all the way to Miaoli this time should not be a small matter. Why did he do it before?

This matter was not mentioned in the telegram received?

As the initiator and main funder of the time-travel operation that year, Tao Donglai became the central figure of the executive committee after time-travel, and received special treatment as a lifelong executive committee member. It can be said that he is the nominal leader of Haihan Kingdom so far.

It is no exaggeration to say that the influence of his every move, word and deed is not much worse than that of the kings of the feudal dynasty.

Tao Donglai occupies an important position and needs to supervise many affairs, and the resolution of major national affairs cannot be separated from his participation, so he rarely leaves Hainan Island in the years after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Traveling with an identity like his must be done in advance

He should have notified various organizations to welcome him, but he arrived in Miaoli quietly. However, this can also explain why there were two warships accompanying him. This was probably a security measure specially provided for Tao Donglai.

"Lao Wang, please find a place nearby to rest for a while. Lao Lu is feeling unwell and a little seasick. Let him take a rest first."

After listening to Tao Donglai's words, Wang Hui noticed that Lu Zhanpeng's face was pale and he looked listless and a little weak. He quickly called the two of them to the place where he had just had tea. This tea shed was originally the private property of the port foreman, and he occasionally

The business was open to receive the sailors coming and going here, but they were requisitioned by Wang Hui early today, so there was no one waiting at this time. The three of them went to sit under the tea shed, and Wang Hui called his men and asked him to quickly go and have a drink.

A new pot of tea.

Seeing that Lu Zhanpeng was in good condition and that Tao Donglai was accompanied by a full-time doctor, Wang Hui knew it would be fine, so he asked: "Mr. Tao, why didn't you say hello in advance when you came? Look at me here

I’m really embarrassed that I didn’t prepare anything!”

"I have a special mission this time, and I didn't plan to make it public, so the itinerary was not notified in advance. Not only you, but also other places we will visit along the way. Don't worry, Old Wang." Tao Dong.

I briefly explained the reason, but did not talk about the specific content of the task.

Wang Hui was not a very curious person, so Tao Dong didn't mention it. He expected that this would probably involve military affairs, so he did not ask further questions about it, and instead asked about Tao Dong's purpose of coming to Miaoli.

Tao Donglai responded: "When I set out, I happened to catch up with Lu Zhanpeng who was coming to Miaoli to take up his post, so I came over together on the way, which can also save some money. It's a rare opportunity for me to go out. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry, so I stopped by.

Look at this place. Miaoli is going to introduce immigrants for development. Let’s see if there’s anything I can do to help.”

The industry that Tao Donglai was engaged in before crossing over was real estate-related, and development and construction was his specialty. In his early years, he also went to Annan to direct the action of absorbing war refugees, so he had little to do with immigration resettlement matters.

Wang Hui is much more experienced.

After Tao Dong finished speaking, he pointed at Lu Zhanpeng who was resting and said: "During his term of office, the local petrochemical industry will be technologically upgraded, and there will be higher requirements for production capacity and quality. I also have to go and see it on the spot.

Look at the development status of our only oil field."

Wang Hui thought to himself that if you go to see the scene, you will be disappointed, but since the executive committee has set the tone for upgrading the petrochemical industry, this is a good thing after all, and it is also what Wang Hui has been looking forward to. Although Liu Shanxia had already told

He had conveyed the news in this regard, but when he heard Tao Donglai confirm it in person, Wang Hui still couldn't help but feel excited.

Wang Hui asked tentatively: "Mr. Tao, now that we are arranging technology upgrades, have we already achieved breakthroughs in related applications? Has the engine been built?"

Tao Donglai shook his head and said: "Not yet. But the breakthrough should be very close. Yu Feng's machinery factory is currently doing the final technical research. The manufacturing plan has been finalized and the materials are in place. There are still some

The details of the craftsmanship need to be further improved, and the results should be ready in three to five months at the earliest, or in a year and a half at the earliest."
Chapter completed!