Chapter 369 New Immigrants

"So many people died on the road..." Qiu Yuan, who just took over the position of director of the Victory Port Management Committee half a month ago, couldn't help but take a breath when he saw the number of immigrant deaths reported by the medical department.

Although Qiu Yuan had been staying in Yacheng before this, he had been involved in immigration work in the early stage, and he probably had some understanding of the losses of immigrants during transportation. Previous immigration work would select people's physical conditions before transportation, and also

It is rare for immigrants to be transported as densely as sardine cans. Generally speaking, immigrants transported from Yacheng back to Victory Port can control the mortality rate during transit to about one thousandth. After all, the two places are not far apart.

It takes half a day to get there by speedboat. The mortality rate for immigrants transported back from North Vietnam and the mainland was slightly higher, but rarely exceeded one percent. The death rate during the largest immigrant transport in history exceeded one percent.

Fifth, if it were placed in the usual immigration work, it would definitely be handled as a major incident.

"So...where are the bodies of these people who died on the way?" Although he could roughly guess the result, Qiu Yuan still asked one more question. After all, this also involved the subsequent funeral arrangements.

"There is no extra space on the ship to store corpses. There is no way to bring them back. They are basically thrown into the sea on the way." Morgan pointed to several wooden boxes being unloaded from the ship and said in a deep voice: "Only the ones that died when they were about to arrive at the port.

It took several people to transport the body back. Fortunately, no signs of the disease have been found so far, and I can finally report it to the Executive Committee."

Morgan is the head of the medical department of this immigration transfer operation. He needs to manage the medical and epidemic prevention work of the entire immigration fleet. He has been floating at sea for almost half a month and looks quite tired. The person he led

The medical department is trying its best, but after all, the manpower and objective conditions are limited, and the executive committee is tight on the transfer time. It cannot conduct physical examinations on the people who need to be transported one by one in advance, so that they will appear during the transportation process.

Such a high mortality rate. Of course, Morgan does not need to bear the blame. He only cooperated with this operation led by the Executive Committee. As for the number of people who died on the way, compared with the number of immigrants transported back this time, in fact

There's nothing particularly worth complaining about.

Of course, not everyone can maintain a calm mind like Dr. Morgan, who is used to seeing life and death. When we got off the ship, there were many family members of the deceased who were reluctant to find an explanation from the person in charge - after all, their relatives were still there.

After passing away, not even a body was left behind, but was thrown directly into the sea. It was useless to cry on the boat, but after arriving at the destination, it was natural to bring this matter up again and demand an explanation.

"Okay, now I leave the trouble to you. I have to go back and sleep for a while..." Morgan yawned widely, stretched and said, "I haven't slept for seventy-two hours.

If I don't sleep, I'm afraid I might die suddenly here."

Qiu Yuan frowned and said, "What if there are difficult patients later?"

"Johnson will be here soon, let him handle it..." Morgan waved his hand without looking back and quickly left the dock.

The most upset person at this time was not the naturalized cadres who organized the gathering of new immigrants on the dock, but Wei Ping, who was surrounded by a group of new immigrants and asked for an explanation. Because of work needs, he had to stand in his official uniform.

Acting as a facade on the pier, a group of people who had failed to cause trouble with the naturalized cadres immediately surrounded this conspicuous official.

"What's the use of you guys surrounding me? What I'm in charge of is arresting thieves and stealing. The bodies of your relatives are gone, and it's not like they were stolen..." Wei Ping was so noisy by this group of people.

The first two were big. Due to the reputation of the Haihan people, he did not dare to violently expel these people. He could only patiently explain to them, but it seemed that the effect was not good.

At first, these people just surrounded Wei Ping, but then they became agitated, and someone slowly grabbed Wei Ping's sleeves. Before he could struggle, someone else knelt down and hugged his thigh.

Fortunately, Yu Tiezhu, the militia platoon leader who was cooperating with the operation, saw that the situation was not good and immediately asked a group of militiamen to come over and help Wei Ping out of the predicament. Although these people were excited, their physical condition was not good, and the militiamen did not expend much effort.

Then he pulled Wei Ping out of the circle.

Wei Ping was so anxious and angry that he didn't bother to thank Yu Tiezhu for his help. He pointed at this group of people and cursed: "You unscrupulous people, if it weren't for the great kindness of the gentlemen in Haihan, who provided money and food for disaster relief."

, I’m afraid you have long since starved to death in the countryside! Do you know how much silver it costs to transport thousands of people from Guangzhou to Qiongzhou Island? The rice and grain support you people, and let you come to Qiongzhou Island.

Are you making trouble?"

The originally agitated people gradually became quiet after being scolded a few times. They really could not deny Wei Ping's statement. Without the active solicitation of the Haihan people, the vast majority of these people would really have no choice but to

You will end up starving to death. Although you don’t know what you will encounter after arriving here, at least the Haihan people can provide basic food and accommodation, which is better than being homeless.

Wei Ping was about to curse a few words when someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder from behind. When he turned around and saw Qiu Yuan, he quickly bowed and said, "Director Qiu is here!"

Qiu Yuan nodded to him, stretched out his hand, and a naturalized citizen attendant immediately handed him a metal microphone. Qiu Yuan took the hand, stepped onto the wooden box next to him, and said loudly: "Fellow folks, I know

You are feeling heavy because of the death of your family members. It is not what we want to see happen. If possible, we hope to bring everyone to Victory Port intact, so that you will no longer have to worry about food and clothing.

And I am worried that we do not allow you to preserve the remains of the deceased because we are worried that an epidemic will break out at sea. By then, not only the current people may die, but also all of you present and the crew and sailors we sent to rescue you.

Everyone will suffer misfortune, is this the result you want to see?"

Seeing that no one below had any intention to refute, Qiu Yuan continued: "The deceased has passed away, and the living should cherish the opportunity to live. Only by living well can you be worthy of the sacrifices made by your deceased relatives! Although your relatives have left behind

The bones have not been transported here, but we will build tombs for them one by one so that you can have a place to worship. If you must do something for your loved ones, then obey our arrangements and settle down here first.

.We will try our best to meet your reasonable requests, but if someone tries to coerce us by making trouble, then don't blame us for being rude. We have the ability to rescue you from the gate of hell, and we can also send you back again.

go back!"

After Qiu Yuan finished speaking, he threw the microphone to the people next to him, nodded towards Yu Tiezhu and Wei Ping and said, "I'll leave this to you."

"The chief still speaks well!" Wei Ping sighed sincerely, unaware that there was anything wrong with using the title "chief" from his own mouth.

With Haihan's top figures showing up to express their attitude, these people basically gave up their intention to continue making trouble. Maybe some of them were not too convinced, but they saw Haihan policemen in black everywhere.

And the Haihan militiamen in gray clothes could only give up the idea of ​​challenging the Haihan people's bottom line.

In order to resettle this group of immigrants, the Ministry of Construction built a large number of temporary residences between the north and south mountains of the Luhuitou Peninsula. After the immigrants saw this stretch of hundreds of acres of shacks, they once again realized that the naturalized immigrants

How powerful is the "Executive Committee" that the gods are talking about. Many of them had doubts about the strength of the Haihan people before coming here, but reality tells them that this mysterious force is far away.

It is much more reliable than the Guangdong government. Not only did it send a large fleet to Panyu County to pick up people, but it also built residences and living facilities for them at the destination. This thoughtful arrangement even surpassed theirs.

imagination.

After seeing this residential area, the immigrants truly felt at ease, convinced that they were not sold to Nanyang as piglets by unscrupulous businessmen. The residential area was divided into several camps according to the scale of a thousand people, and each area was divided into several camps.

The camps are separated by wooden walls and have independent entrances and exits. On the gate of the camp here, notices from the Yacheng government and the Haihan Executive Committee are posted, and a dedicated person stands by to explain to the onlookers.

and Q&A.

After reading the two notices, a literate new immigrant couldn't help but blurt out: "In this place, does the Yacheng government have the final say, or does the Haihan Executive Committee have the final say?"

The person responsible for answering questions here was Lu Ting, who was temporarily recruited from the militia. He usually worked as a commentator in the honor exhibition room in the camp. He was also an eloquent person. He immediately replied: "Of course this is the land of the Ming Dynasty.

, who do you think has the final say?”

"Then why is the notice from the Haihan Executive Committee larger than the government notice, and the regulations in it are more detailed?" the man continued to ask.

Just looking at the size of these two notices, I am afraid that most people will regard the larger one as a government notice, but in front of them it is exactly the opposite. The government notice is only two feet square and contains only a few words. It only warns the public to abide by the regulations here.

Regulations, compliance with management and so on, with the big seal of Yacheng government and the private seal of Zhizhou Zhang Qing stamped below. However, the notice issued by the Haihan Executive Committee is more than three times larger. It not only stipulates immigration

The camp's living rules are also marked with the persons in charge of civil affairs, medical, logistics and other projects - of course these people are all naturalized cadres, who will directly manage the new immigrants.

"The Haihan Executive Committee is a local management organization recognized and authorized by the Yacheng government. It has full authority to manage all affairs in this area!" Lu Ting didn't care whether the other party could understand or not, so he memorized it according to the description in the study materials.

Again: "In other words, the Haihan Executive Committee is the government here. All matters are decided by the Executive Committee, including your future work and life. Everything is arranged by the Executive Committee. Do you understand?

?”

"Then we will be the permanent workers hired by the executive committee from now on?" someone in the crowd asked aloud.

"You are not working for the executive committee, you are working for yourself!" Regarding this issue, Lu Ting has received special training and has a clear understanding of publicity methods: "You want to make money to support your family and live a better life.

To live a good life, just work according to the arrangements of the Executive Committee. Everything you see here was built by us under the leadership of the Executive Committee. How much work you put in, how much reward you will get, whatever you want to get.

The future is up to you to work hard for!"

"Then if we don't want to work here anymore, can we leave?" someone asked timidly.

"Yes, the executive committee will not restrict people's free entry and exit." Lu Ting seemed confident about this issue: "But I must say, I have been here for more than half a year, and I have rarely heard of anyone

Those who want to leave here. It is useless to talk about this issue. You only need to live here for ten days and a half, and you will naturally dispel this doubt. After two or three months, even if someone drives you away, probably no one will move.

Already."

"Sir, I heard that you are not allowed to farm here. Is that true?" Someone else asked.

"The land here is owned by the Haihan Executive Committee. No one is allowed to occupy it privately, including farming and building houses." Hearing the whispers from the crowd, Lu Ting continued to explain: "However,

Don’t think there is anything wrong. Not everyone here needs to farm, and no one will suffer from the oppression of squires and landlords. The remuneration you get from other jobs is enough to support you and your family. In Haihan

In the areas governed by the Executive Committee, no one will ever suffer from lack of food and clothing due to low income."

"Is there a school here? How to arrange for children to enroll in school?" Some parents who care about the next generation also raised related questions.

"All children under the age of fourteen will enter school for education. The Executive Committee attaches great importance to cultural teaching. By then, not only the children, but also all of you present will probably enter literacy classes in batches. If any of you want to

If you want to have a good future, save your time trying to flatter your boss and focus on reading and literacy. In this place, as long as you can write and read, you can have a better future." Lu Ting is very patient.

explained.

Questions and answers like this are ongoing at the gate of every camp. New immigrants here always have countless questions, ranging from weddings and funerals to eating, drinking, and defecating. The rules here are all the same.

There are many differences in Ming Dynasty, which made the new immigrants feel a little uncomfortable. At the same time, they were gradually impressed by the executive committee's thorough consideration. It seemed that the executive committee had already prepared for all the problems that the immigrants could think of.

There is a solution. And these naturalized citizens who are responsible for explaining the policy will also inadvertently reveal various preferential treatment policies after obtaining naturalized citizenship, triggering the people's yearning and pursuit of naturalized citizenship.

However, no matter how fanciful the words are, no matter how anxious the new immigrants are, they must stay in this temporary residential area for seven to fifteen days, and only after receiving approval from the health and epidemic prevention department will they receive further job assignment opportunities.

After entering the unit, they still need to rely on their work performance to obtain the right to apply for naturalization.

Nowadays, as the population in Sanya increases day by day, naturalization is no longer as easy to obtain as it was a year ago. At that time, due to a large manpower gap that needed to be filled, the Chuanchuan Group had to open its doors to recruit naturalized people, no matter what cats or dogs they were.

Let’s get them in first. Nowadays, this civil affairs policy has changed. In addition to the most convenient way of joining the army, naturalized citizens must work in the unit for 30 days through other channels before their application qualifications are issued based on their performance - this

Of course, qualifications are not 100% obtainable, but are distributed monthly based on a certain proportion.

Some units with higher technical content will have a larger proportion of application rights. For example, the proportion of application rights for educational institutions often exceeds 50%. And those units with lower technical content that purely exchange labor for remuneration, such as road construction teams,

, logging teams and the like, the monthly application rights acquisition ratio will be slightly lower, generally controlled at one-third to one-fifth.

This method, which is similar to thirsty marketing, has achieved quite good results after being tried for a period of time. People who have already obtained naturalized citizenship will definitely feel proud when they see the status of their naturalized status rising. And for a better future

The vast number of new immigrants who work hard to obtain naturalized citizenship will cherish their hard-won status even more.

The Executive Committee has also made preliminary plans for the whereabouts of these new immigrants. About 2,000 to 2,500 of them will be assigned to farm areas in the upper reaches of the two rivers in Sanya to cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture's large-scale development plan.

Farmland will be reclaimed and planted locally. The remaining people will be transported to the southwest of Qiongzhou Island to open up the next colonization point - the Yinggehai Salt Farm that the Executive Committee has been planning for a long time and had been thinking about a year ago.

Having said this, I have to mention the salt production status of Chuanchuan Group again. Now under the leadership of the great steward Anxi, the production capacity of Haihan Salt Industry has basically reached saturation. The production capacity of Shengli Port Salt Field and Tielugang Salt Field

In addition to meeting local needs, the output has basically occupied the entire salt industry market in Qiongzhou Island. This directly led to the bankruptcy of the official salt farm in Danzhou in the north, and salt workers fled to the south to join the sea industry.

Under the banner of Han Salt Industry. In addition, dozens of tons of salt are shipped to the mainland every month by various maritime merchants. Nowadays, what is most seen in the cities and towns in the Pearl River Delta region is no longer high price but low quality.

Instead of official salt, it is low-priced Haihan salt with the name "Sanya Refined Salt". Even the Salt Department in Guangzhou City now has nothing to do with the Haihan private salt that is blooming everywhere - although these private salts are

The origin of salt is no secret in Shengli Port, but the mountains are high and the water is far away, and the gentlemen in Guangzhou really can't reach here.
Chapter completed!