Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2519 West Indian Ocean ([-])

The Central Plateau in the cool season is actually very comfortable.The temperature is not high, so you don't need to be in a sauna all day, but it's not low, and you don't even need thicker clothes.In fact, in Xinhua Island, if someone tells you to "bring more clothes", it definitely does not mean that you should wear more clothes when the weather is cold, but the literal meaning is simply to bring a few more clothes, usually referring to shirts and the like Thin clothing.

At this moment, Man Xiaofeng's suitcase is full of this kind of underwear, and there are even big shorts in Southeast Asian style.A dark-skinned servant stood respectfully behind him, carrying a suitcase, and two guards who were also dark-skinned and Malay-looking surrounded him, watching every stranger who tried to approach with vigilance.

In fact, they don't have to.In Da'an County, public security is quite good.The Ministry of Internal Affairs has set up a branch here, with more than 400 Ministry of Internal Affairs police stationed all year round.Every street has a police station, with dozens of police stationed there, and a similar number of patrolmen, who can be seen patrolling the streets with rifles on their backs every day.

Many city civil and civilian officials said that it's great to see the police maintaining law and order.They are much more amiable than the domineering and rough-looking army soldiers. If something is wrong, you can directly ask them to make corrections.To put it bluntly, the police—whether they are stationed, patrol, interior police, or secret police—are part of the government, and the military is not.The Joint Chiefs of Staff is an institution at the same level as the State Council, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Procuratorate, and the Court of Honor. No one can issue orders to them except the Executive Committee.

"This street, why do I feel that there are more police than ordinary people?" Looking at the sparse pedestrians on the street, Man Xiaofeng was a little puzzled.

"Boss, have you forgotten? In the past year, too many islands and Eight Banners have been moved, and even most of the Melina people under their control have moved away. There are actually not many people on the east coast alone." The guard replied.

According to the latest statistics from relevant departments, there are a total of 70 people in Xinhuaxia Island who have obtained overseas national status on the east coast, including the offshore Xinyue County (the area of ​​the county is roughly the four islands of the later Comoros, more than 2000 square kilometers) , Sheba County (later Zanzibar Islands).Such a population, scattered on the land of several provinces in eastern China in later generations, does appear to be sparsely populated.What's more, due to the priority of colonizing the coastal areas, most of the 70 people still live in these areas. Therefore, even after repeated immigration, the population density of the Central Plateau is still not enough.This phenomenon is especially prominent after the mass emigration of Malays.

"Hehe, I remembered. There are fewer people here, and the market has become more depressed. I remember that many low-level jobs in Xinhua Island, and even many handicraft craftsmen, are filled by the island's Eight Banners, right? They left, and the impact on the economy is not small," Man Xiaofeng said.

Actually, as he said.Although Xinhuaxia Island is an island owned by people from the east coast, in order to maintain the operation of this large colony, people from the Eight Banners of the island were also heavily used to participate in the work.Although most of them are low-end jobs such as port coolies, restaurant waiters, sewer cleaners, forest loggers, construction team workers, and logistics and transportation practitioners, they are all indispensable for urban construction.Not to mention, there are also a considerable number of handicraftsmen, low-end industrial workers (such as brick kiln workers), sailors and servant soldiers and other senior practitioners among them. The loss of these people in the short term is It is completely irreparable, as evidenced by the severe economic losses suffered by Xinhua Island in the past two years.

A few days ago, Man Xiaofeng was buying goods at the port of Beira run by the British, but he got the news from others that Captain Wang Dazhuang asked him to mobilize ships as soon as possible to bring a group of immigrants back from the east.This made it difficult for him, but Wang Dazhuang is his biggest political backer now, he could not go against the request of the Wang brigade, so he decided to allocate four ships, full of goods to the Far East for sale, and use the money received after the sale of the goods to recruit migrant.

Generally speaking, such an act of going to the Far East for trade needs to first obtain the understanding of the Bank of Taiwan, because the company holds a license issued by the Ministry of Trade to monopolize the export business of various commodities in the Far East, but because Man Xiaofeng's ship does not intend to Purchase any Chinese specialties locally - well, it’s a lie, they will definitely purchase a batch of high-value goods such as silk and satin secretly, but the quantity will definitely not be too much. I will turn a blind eye to it, provided that you don't go too far - it's just purely recruiting immigrants, so there is no need to apply for an agency license from the Bank of Taiwan.

Man Xiaofeng came back today, in fact, to deal with this matter.He took a boat to dock at Tacheng Port on the east coast, then took a train all the way to the grain base in the Alautra Lake area, and then took a horse-drawn carriage to the capital Da'an City.

Da’an City currently has a population of more than 1, of which there are a large number of non-agricultural people such as public officials, businessmen, enterprise workers, and scholars. Less than one-third of the people engaged in agricultural production around the city, and even mainly grow vegetables and melons fruit.Although the newly established nearby villages also produce food, they have to carry out militia training and spend time renovating the old facilities left by the Melina people. Therefore, the food is only enough for self-sufficiency. The area around Lake Lautera is settled by importing rice.

The October Avenue where Man Xiaofeng is currently located (many big cities on the east coast have the so-called "October Avenue", which can be regarded as a special feature...) gathers buildings such as the team headquarters of the pioneering team, the Changchun Palace, and the Daan Memorial Hospital. It belongs to the core commercial street, and the road is wide and straight. After walking for more than ten minutes, I saw two carriages full of rice passing by, and the destination was a branch of the National Grain Reserve Depot.

This grain depot has huge reserves, because it not only needs to be consumed by the residents of Da'an City, but also consumed by the construction team that will be dispatched to build roads.These construction teams are mainly for the construction of high-grade roads. After all, Da'an City, which has taken up a lot of funds, has almost been built. Now it is time to develop the transportation network around Da'an City.The better the network is built, the better the future development of Da'an City will be. After all, these networks are delivering supplies for you, aren't they?

Man Xiaofeng was in favor of the construction of the national road system, but he was also very curious, where did the people who built the roads come from?You must know that the current general environment is to divert the residents of Malay descent on the island and replace them with colonists of East Asian descent.The rewards for the captives who broke the kingdom of the Melina people have been almost squandered. Those people were either sent to the yellow-black dividing line in South Africa, or on the way to the yellow-black dividing line. They are still in the central plateau. I don’t know. Are there 20 people?

20 people sounds like a lot, but two-thirds of them work in coal mines, stone mines, river courses, forest farms, brick kilns and various agricultural plantations, and the remaining one-third still need to build houses, factories, etc. How many buildings can be spared to build roads?Not to mention, these people will also be sent to the yellow-black dividing line to settle in batches in the next few years.At worst, they will also be sent to the state-run farms in the Yicheng area and the Zimbabwe Pacification Commission area, where they will start construction while pioneering wasteland, so as to reduce the burden on the colonized local area in the future.

The future workforce of Xinhua Island is really worrying.Thinking of this, Man Xiaofeng had a deeper understanding of Captain Wang's request for him to recruit people from the Far East.No one, everything is empty!No way, this time I have to take a trip myself, some things may not be given to others by sending someone down, even if he is your old classmate or old friend.Ningbo should be able to do a little, but we can't expect too much.I heard that the situation in the mainland is quite chaotic. It seems that we can find local businessmen with relatively strong energy and let them find a way to recruit some people from the Qing Dynasty or the Shun Kingdom.Especially in war zones, the local situation is chaotic, the government is dysfunctional, and may even be paralyzed. immigrant impulse.

In addition, Japan and North Korea should also focus on it.After nearly a hundred years of peace in these two countries, the population has exploded.Like North Korea, all the land abandoned during the Imjin Japanese Invasion had already been cultivated, and there was not even enough, so that many local people went to sea every year to work in Heishui to make money.If the Blackwater Management Committee hadn't driven them out, they would even have settled there illegally.This part of the people seems to be able to win.And what about Japan?This country is currently undergoing drastic reforms, and the rural situation is very chaotic. Many people have been reduced to abject poverty and have no food or clothing.The situation of the samurai was even worse. The number of vagrants in Osaka, Kyoto, and Edo increased almost every month. They had no fixed jobs at all. There are almost 30 to [-] people in jobs such as thugs, and there is no next meal.These bankrupt samurai or ronin are also candidates for immigration, provided you have a way.

Looking at it this way, the four ships I mobilized to go to the Far East should be full, and the return of the entire 3000-odd people should not be a problem.According to the figures of the previous few years, the number of oriental immigrants intercepted by Xinhua Island every year is less than [-] when it is small, and more than [-] people are quite a lot.With this vote, his image in the New China Pioneering Team will also be greatly improved. In the long run, the benefits are still huge.After all, some of his shady businesses still need someone to help cover them up, and the official protection umbrella cannot be lost.

"Boss, the pioneer team has arrived." After walking for another 5 minutes, a guard reminded softly.

Man Xiaofeng looked up at the two majestic stone lions in front of him, nodded, and strode over.

(End of this chapter)