1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2152
Xiu Nian was lying on the cool straw mat. Although her body was very tired after the long journey, she still couldn't sleep peacefully, and her mind was still thinking about her current situation.

The camp on Zhoushan Island itself was built to receive immigrants. After many years of operation, all kinds of living facilities in the camp have also been built relatively well. The campsite is so much better.

As a grassroots manager, Xiu Nian's four-person room is of course much more comfortable than the 20-person dormitory for ordinary immigrants. Moreover, he can move around freely in the camp outside the curfew time, and even eat He also enjoys the treatment of an official - but he hasn't had time to experience it in detail.

After arriving at the camp this morning, Xiu Nian was busy under the command of civil affairs officials, registering documents for the refugees, allocating housing, distributing food, and handling chores. She was busy all day without ever touching a stool.During the period, I just ate a little food to replenish my calories. I talked more in this day than I used to chant sutras in Guangming Temple for a month. Until this time, my throat was still aching.

However, being able to help so many people complete the basic resettlement work in one day, Xiu Nian still has a special sense of accomplishment in her heart.Moreover, seeing that Zhoushan provides relatively complete living conditions, the refugees have begun to settle down. Haihan is willing to spend resources to resettle them. This at least shows that the official statement before is true, and they can start again under Haihan’s rule. Live, and even one day become a new citizen of this powerful country.

Of course, outstanding personnel like Xiu Nian undoubtedly have a great chance of obtaining naturalization earlier than others, and may even enter Haihan's bureaucratic system in the future.According to their self-introductions, the civil affairs officers who are directing the resettlement work in the immigration camp today are all new immigrants who were naturalized two or three years ago. The refugees here have great hope, and Xiu Nian is no exception.

According to the schedule announced to them by the civil affairs officer before the curfew, starting tomorrow, immigrants will be organized to learn Haihan's immigration management system and related regulations.The immigrants brought in in batches through official channels will go through such special arrangements. The civil affairs agency will instill the necessary knowledge in them from the very beginning, so that the immigrants can adapt to the social environment of Haihan as soon as possible and accept the management of the government.

Xiu Nian still doesn't know much about what Haihan society is like. The only thing that is certain is that this country does not reject immigrants from foreign countries too much. Otherwise, Zhoushan Island would not have built such a large-scale immigrant camps.This camp is obviously not newly built. It can be seen that Haihan Kingdom had taken measures to introduce a large number of immigrants before that. Xiu Nian couldn't help thinking, Haihan Army took thousands of people from the Hirado Domain so easily. Japan as a long-term target of looting operations?
Xiu Nian's guess is not entirely unfounded. In fact, during the eradication operation, some voices in the military believed that Japan could be a good source of population-of course, this did not refer to recruiting immigrants through normal channels.

Through this operation, the military has realized that with Haihan's military strength, it is completely possible to complete the attack on remote areas of Japan with relatively low battle damage, and to use war methods to bring back a large number of people.

A place like the Hirado clan with a rich family, a well-established navy and a large number of guns and artillery can't resist the offensive launched by the Haihan Army, so it can be roughly inferred that the local armed forces in other parts of Japan are unlikely to have No matter how strong the strength is, if a more targeted approach aimed at plundering the population is adopted, and military strikes are carried out on characteristic areas from time to time, there will be a great chance of success.

Considering the limited strength of the opponent, the military does not even have to worry about large-scale retaliation.With Japan's existing navigation capabilities, even if the shogunate came forward, it would be difficult to organize an organized armed fleet to carry out cross-sea operations, let alone afford the risk of failure.

At present, the cost of Haihan introducing immigrants from abroad through recruitment is getting higher and higher. If a large number of people can be obtained in a short period of time through military means, it is really worth doing a careful economic calculation.Therefore, Shi Diwen is already preparing to write a special report to the Executive Committee in the near future, detailing the possibility of obtaining a large number of people from Japan through military means.

Compared with the immigrants introduced from Ming Dynasty, although the Japanese people have certain differences in language and culture with Haihan, the difficulty of naturalization is not too great. Back then, Haihan imported a large number of war refugees from Annan, and now they have already integrated into it. In Haihan society.Of course, if Shi Diwen can successfully resettle the Japanese people who were snatched back from Hirado in Zhoushan, it can provide more references for the future introduction of Japanese population.

For these considerations of the upper class, Xiu Nian, who has limited knowledge, can't imagine at all. He can only look at the current situation from his own standpoint.My current value to Haihan lies in my ability to assist the government in managing these Japanese people. If these Japanese people gradually integrate into Haihan society in the future, my role in this special field will gradually be weakened.

From this point of view, if Haihan continues to use military means to plunder Japan's population, Xiu Nian, who already has a certain amount of work experience, will undoubtedly have more opportunities to play a role.Ideally, the more people Haihan brings back from Japan in the future, the greater the benefits he can get from it.

What Xiu Nian is not sure about now is how Haihan will accommodate these Japanese people including herself, and whether they will encounter various difficulties in Haihan country because of their Japanese identity in the future.However, he heard that there were actually Japanese generals who were naturalized in the early years among the Haihan army who went to Hirado, so he should have a chance to come to the Japanese.

In short, we must keep the current job first, and then we can slowly plan for future development. As for how far we can go, it probably depends on fate.After all, Xiu Nian couldn't bear the fatigue, and slowly fell asleep.

At this time, in an inn on the island, Yin Changxing was packing his luggage.Although he came to Zhoushan as an attendant of businessman Yu Chengli, he did not live with other people under Yu Chengli's subordinates, but opened a room by himself.

It's not that Yin Changxing has any habit of living alone, nor is he deliberately trying to put on airs, but it's mainly because he also brought his savings from working in Seogwipo, a huge sum of nearly one hundred taels of silver, in his carry-on luggage. .With such a large sum of money, Yin Changxing was naturally worried about living in the same room with other people, and would rather spend a few more money to open a room and live alone, so as to be at ease.

However, Yin Changxing had already inquired during the day that there was an official bank near the port where he could save money. He planned to ask Yu Chengli for leave tomorrow and deal with the money on his body first, so that he could return the room and save some money. .

The reason why Yin Changxing brought this money was to see if he could find a small business opportunity in Zhoushan, but he didn't want to leave Yu Chengli and start working alone for the time being.Yin Changxing does not want to take risks with his hard-earned money. He needs some time to adapt and get familiar with the situation in Zhoushan before judging whether there is a chance to start his own business.

Yin Changxing found an opportunity to ask Yu Chengli on the way to Zhoushan. After arriving in Haihan, there is a small business that is suitable for him. Yu Chengli also knows that the North Korean under him has certain abilities. What reservations, I told Yin Changxing everything I knew.

But the problem is that Yu Chengli has only been to Zhoushan once, and the degree of dealing with Haihan is limited, and he only has a half-knowledge of the commercial system under Haihan's rule, so the advice he can give Yin Changxing is not very clear.

The easiest way out is to go back to the old business here in Zhoushan, but Yin Changxing will be unwilling to buy a boat to be a fisherman or work for others. He can do better in Seogwipo, and Why travel all the way to Zhoushan to do the same thing.

Of course, if his capital is strong enough, he can buy more boats, or open a shop selling seafood, and hire people from the local area to work for him.However, based on his current savings, the amount is obviously still relatively large, and it is far from enough to achieve such a scale of operation.

In fact, if he just continued to run errands for Yu Chengli and rely on the limited salary to maintain his income, he might not be able to save enough capital in another three to five years.So he has to think about how to accumulate more capital in the shortest possible time.

Of course, if Yin Changxing's ambition is not so big, then his current capital is enough to start a small business like a food stall or a tea stall.However, even for these small transactions, it is possible for him to operate after he is familiar with the local conditions. Right now, he still has to be patient for a while.

Yin Changxing found a hand-copied "Heart Sutra" from the luggage, which was a gift that Xiu Nian gave him on the way to Zhoushan.However, Yin Changxing was not literate, so he only knew that this text was a Buddhist scripture, but he didn't know its content.

Only then did Yin Changxing remember that he had been busy carrying luggage and goods for Yu Chengli after disembarking today, and he didn't even have time to say goodbye to Monk Xiu Nian.He knew that Monk Xiu Nian should have gone to the immigration camp on the island, but in addition to the officially introduced immigrants there, it is said that only some desperate people would take the initiative to seek refuge there, and Yin Changxing didn't think it was necessary for him to choose this place yet. way.In his mind, "making money" is a higher priority than "naturalization", and he believes that after he has money, it will be much less difficult to apply for naturalization than it is now, so there is no need to rush to register for immigration status.

Although Yin Changxing felt a little regretful that he couldn't say goodbye to his friends properly, he was quite open to it, and maybe after a while, they would meet again somewhere on the island.

Early the next morning, Yin Changxing took his belongings and went to the "Haihan Bank" near the port.Although he was illiterate, he had inquired very clearly yesterday that there was a conspicuous gold-lettered signboard on the roof of Haihan Bank, which was the same in Hong Kong.

Sure enough, when Yin Changxing came to the vicinity of Dinghai Port, he saw several large golden characters made of unknown material on the top of a three-story building from a long distance away. Each character was at least seven feet square. , is indeed very conspicuous.

Fearing that he might find the wrong place, Yin Changxing asked passers-by in his half-familiar Haihan dialect, and confirmed that this building was the Haihan Bank he was looking for.

Yin Changxing walked near the bank, and saw that there was a large flat space outside the gate. On the left side of the gate, there was a row of tying posts and a water trough for drinking horses. Two carriages had already parked there.On the other side of the open space were parked a few soft sedan chairs and a few rickshaws, and a group of bearers and coachmen were chatting together.

The appearance of Yin Changxing didn't attract their attention. People like this kind of ordinary clothes are unlikely to be their potential customers.But Yin Changxing held his belongings and didn't dare to stay on the street for too long. Seeing that the door of the bank was open, he walked in quickly.

Yin Changxing had only heard of such an institution as "Qian Zhuang" in the past, and Yu Chengli had repeatedly mentioned to him several times to ask him to deposit his money in the official Haihan Bank for safety.But Yin Changxing didn't know how to save money.

He went in and looked around, not knowing where to start. Fortunately, at this time, a staff member came to ask him, and he carefully explained his reason for coming.

The staff brought Yin Changxing to the counter, opened an account for him, and explained to him how to deposit and withdraw money.

Yin Changxing actually doesn't understand these systems, he just wants to confirm whether the credit of this place is reliable, otherwise he will still worry about not being able to withdraw the money when he deposits it here.

"You can rest assured that the strength of our Haihan Bank is much stronger than that of a private bank. The bank is the treasury of Haihan. Do you think the treasury of my Haihan country can be short of silver? Don't say you have dozens of taels of silver. , even if it is tens of thousands of taels, you can take it away anytime you want.”

The staff member who handled the procedures for him also saw that Yin Changxing was in contact with this kind of financial business for the first time, so he patted his chest and promised him the reliability of the bank.Of course, in actual operation, if someone really wants to withdraw a large amount of more than [-] taels, then it is not easy to withdraw at any time. You have to make an appointment with the bank first. After all, the bank has a limited amount of cash, and a large amount of withdrawal The money had to be transferred from the bank located in the military base on the island.

However, this staff member has rich experience, and knows that to deal with a new client like Yin Changxing who is full of worries, he has to use strong medicine.

Another big customer came to the lobby during the conversation, and asked his subordinates to carry two large boxes of cash to the counter, and asked the staff to quickly come out to count and enter the account.

This scene finally made Yin Changxing make up his mind, and handed out the few ingots of silver that were already warm in his hands.

(End of this chapter)