1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2421
Of course there will be land allocated to immigrants according to their head, but that will be a matter of the future. Immigrants must first act 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, but a large number of immigrants will be transported in the future, so the construction of settlements will continue.

Haihan has very rich experience in how to organize and direct immigrants to participate in infrastructure projects.Although the local civil affairs officials are slightly lacking in this aspect, the manpower transferred from other places does not have this problem.Refugees who had just arrived in the settlements were immediately assigned jobs. Women, children, old and young were engaged in logistical tasks such as cooking and cleaning, while young and old were given labor tools distributed and taken to work on the construction site.

The immigrants who have just arrived do not have the conditions to support themselves. Food, lodging and personal safety have to be provided by the local government of Haihan. 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 also made arrangements in advance for this. Before boarding the ship in Shandong, the people who were sent to Miaoli were simply screened, trying to ensure that these people were ordinary people who had lost their family property, so as not to send some pampered uncles over. Instead, it will cause trouble for Miaoli.

However, such problems will not exist in colonial areas like Taipei Jilong Port and Tainan Kaohsiung Port that organize their own fleets to transport people to Shandong.The level of development and construction of these colonial areas is far superior to that of Miaoli, which has always been in a closed state. Not only are they able to organize the transportation and resettlement of immigrants by themselves, but they even have the spare capacity to support Miaoli.Immigrants with better family backgrounds are generally arranged to settle in areas with relatively better living conditions. The mature social environment in the local area allows such immigrants to skip the construction period and directly enjoy the fruits of construction.

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 the life of a superior person.The wealth they possess will enable them to obtain a standard of living in these places that is not inferior to that of their hometown, and even live a more comfortable life than before-living in the area under Haihan's rule, at least they don't have to worry about leaving their hometown due to the war.

Of course, these Ming people who were sent to Miaoli did not know that there were so many differences in the destinations of immigrants, but they were not dissatisfied with their situation. Although the place they were in now looked very desolate, at least they did not have to worry about themselves. survival and security issues.Moreover, these village houses under construction are said to be used to resettle Shandong immigrants like them, which also prevents them from having too much resistance to the assigned labor tasks. Instead, they are motivated to build new homes by themselves.

And Liu Shanxia is no longer supervising the construction site of the temporary resettlement site at this time. For him, the basic project of building an immigrant village does not need to be supervised personally. Still dealing with the task of building roads.

The terrain on the planned route of this main road is relatively flat, so the surveying and mapping work is relatively easy. Although there are more than 40 miles of land, the preliminary mapping work has basically been completed in a few days.Then, according to the local soil conditions and environment, determine the details of components such as roadbed, road surface, protection, drainage, etc., calculate the engineering quantity and cost, and formulate a specific construction plan.

But this is just a preparatory work. Before starting the road construction, the area where the road will pass must be cleared.Fortunately, there are basically no households and farmland where this road passes, so there is no trouble of land acquisition, and some sections of the road will be renovated on the basis of the old dirt road, so there is no need to clean up these sections.

According to the plan, the road is one foot and two feet wide, so the planned road surface and the trees within a few feet on both sides of the road must be cut down before road construction can begin.Considering the relatively large scope of construction, Liu Shanxia informed Wang Hui to ask him to withdraw the laborers with local registered permanent residence from the construction site of the temporary settlement and transfer them all to complete the logging work for clearing the road.The cut trees can also be transported to the resettlement site nearby as building materials.

Wang Hui is obedient to Liu Shanxia's request. On the one hand, he has received orders from the executive committee to fully cooperate with Liu Shanxia's infrastructure projects in Miaoli; I was thinking about whether Liu Shanxia's request would affect my authority in the local area. I just agreed to what the other party wanted, and waited two days for the successor to arrive, and I no longer had to be responsible for these job connections.

Wang Hui's successor arrived in Miaoli three days later than expected. It is said that because of unsatisfactory sea conditions, the ship did not sail directly to Miaoli after entering the Fujian Strait, but turned to Zhangzhou for a few days to wait for the weather. After getting better, I crossed the strait and came to Miaoli.During the period, the other party also sent a telegram from Zhangzhou, explaining the situation to Miaoli.

Although it was only delayed for a few days, it made Wang Hui wait anxiously. In the end, he didn't have the heart to stay in the oil production area, so he made a special trip to wait at the seaside wharf, lest the other party come from Zhangzhou on the way What will happen.Of course, if something goes wrong, Wang Hui has nothing to do in Miaoli, he 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 nearby tea shed, heard that there was an official ship on the sea in the distance. He put down his teacup and hurried to the pier. The official ship that would come to Miaoli at this time should be his successor.If Liu Shanxia was here at this time, seeing this scene would probably cause a knot in his heart. After all, when he arrived in Miaoli a few days ago, Wang Hui didn't go to the beach dozens of miles away to greet him.

However, when Wang Hui saw the ships coming from the sea, he couldn't help being a little surprised, because there was not only one ship on the sea, but a small 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 are four to five hundred soldiers stationed in Miaoli at this time, which is enough to protect an area with twenty times the population under normal circumstances. Besides, this is not a war zone. Is it really necessary to continue to increase troops here?
But he soon realized that his thinking was wrong. As long as naval warships go to sea, they are burning money, so usually as long as they are not performing combat missions, but simply mobilizing garrison troops, in order to save military expenses, they will usually only dispatch A troop carrier, and the population of Miaoli is less than [-], there are no opponents around, and there is no large military base for more troops to station or supply, 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 seems unreasonable, because the telegrams received recently did not mention any important person who will come to Miaoli for inspection. Could such a thing still be used for a surprise attack?

With doubts all over his forehead, Wang Hui just watched the fleet slowly arrive at the pier.But because the pier trestle here is too small, it can't accommodate all the fleets to dock. Only the official ship and one of the warships can be docked on the trestle, and the other two ships can only be on the other side of the two ships. , the mooring position is fixed by cables and anchors.

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

Wang Hui tidied up his appearance a little, then walked forward slowly, ready to welcome his successor.As far as he knew, there was a small incident in the selection of the successor this time. The person who was supposed to take over suffered appendicitis before departure and had to undergo a surgical operation in Sanya to solve the problem. It was impossible to travel far, and the higher-ups had to make temporary adjustments, and another person was sent to Miaoli to take over Wang Hui's position.

However, the new one is one of Wang Hui's few friends, so for his successor, Wang Hui also showed a different enthusiasm than usual. When he saw the other party appearing on the side of the boat, he immediately raised his hand waved.But before he put his hand down, he saw another person appearing, and he was stunned for a moment to check if his eyes were blurred.The two stepped on the springboard one after the other and got off the boat.

Wang Hui rushed over in three steps and said in two steps: "Mr. Tao, Lao Lu! You have worked hard all the way!"

Two people got off the boat, one was Tao Donglai, and the other was Wang Hui's colleague Lu Zhanpeng in the Ministry of Industry.Lu Zhanpeng came to Miaoli temporarily to take over other people's tasks. Wang Hui had already learned about this from the previous telegram, but why did Tao Donglai suddenly parachute into Miaoli?
Wang Hui seldom left Hainan Island in the past few years except for business trips. As far as he knows, Tao Donglai should not have traveled far more often than him. It should not be a trivial matter to come to Miaoli this time. No mention of this in the telegram received?
As the initiator and main funder of the time-traveling operation, Tao Donglai became the central figure of the executive committee after the time-traveling, and received special treatment as a lifetime executive committee member. It can be said that he is the number one in name in Haihan Kingdom so far. .It is no exaggeration to say that his every move, every word and deed has no less influence than that of the king of the feudal dynasty.

Tao Donglai holds an important position and usually needs to supervise many affairs, and the decision-making of the country's major affairs cannot be separated from his participation, so he rarely left Hainan Island in the years after the founding of the People's Republic of China.Traveling with his identity, he must have notified the local organizations to welcome him in advance. How could he have arrived in Miaoli quietly.But this can also explain why there are two warships traveling together. This is probably a security measure specially provided for Tao Donglai.

"Old Wang, first find a place nearby to rest your feet. Old Lu is not feeling well and is a little seasick. Let him take it easy."

After listening to Tao Donglai's words, Wang Hui noticed that Lu Zhanpeng's complexion was pale, he seemed to be depressed, and he was very weak, so he hurriedly called the two of them to the place where he drank tea just now.This tea shed was originally the private property of the port foreman, and it was open occasionally to receive the crew and sailors who came and went here, but it was requisitioned by Wang Hui early today, so there were no idlers waiting at this time.The three of them went into the tea shed and sat down. Wang Hui called his men and told him to make a new pot of tea quickly.

Wang Hui saw that Lu Zhanpeng was in good condition, and Tao Donglai's entourage also had full-time doctors, so he knew that there should be no problem, so he asked, "Mr. Tao, why don't you say hello in advance if you want to come? Look at my side." I'm really sorry that I didn't prepare anything!"

"There is a special mission this time, and I didn't intend to make it public, so I didn't notify all places in advance of the itinerary, not only your place, but also other places along the way. Don't worry too much, old Wang." Tao Dong To briefly explain the reason, but did not talk about the specific content of the task.

Wang Hui was not a very curious person. Tao Donglai didn't mention it. He expected that it might involve military affairs, so he didn't ask about it. Instead, he asked about Tao Dong's purpose of coming to Miaoli.

Tao Donglai responded: "When I was leaving, it was just in time for Lu Zhanpeng to come to Miaoli to take up his post, so I came here along the way, which can also save some expenses. I have a rare chance to come out, anyway, I am not in a hurry, so I will drop by Take a look at this place. Miaoli will introduce immigrants for development next, see if there is anything here that I can help with.”

Before Tao Donglai crossed over, he was engaged in real estate-related industries. Development and construction were his specialty. In the early years, he also went to Annan to direct the operation of absorbing war refugees. He was quite incompetent in resettlement Wang Hui is much more expert.

After Tao Dong finished speaking, he pointed to Lu Zhanpeng who was recuperating and said: "During his term of office, he will implement technological upgrades for the local petrochemical industry, and he will have higher requirements for production capacity and quality. I also have to go and see Look at the development status of our only oil field."

Wang Hui thought in his heart that you might be disappointed if you went to see the scene, but since the executive committee has set the tone for upgrading the petrochemical industry, this is a good thing after all, and it is what Wang Hui has been looking forward to all along.Although Liu Shanxia had conveyed this information to him before, Wang Hui couldn't help feeling overwhelmed by Tao Donglai's own confirmation.

Wang Hui tentatively asked: "Mr. Tao, we are now arranging technology upgrades. Have breakthroughs been made in related applications? The engine has been built?"

Tao Donglai shook his head and said: "Not yet. But the breakthrough should be very close. Currently, Yu Feng's machinery factory is working on the final technical breakthrough. The manufacturing plan has been finalized and the materials are already in place, but there are still some The details of the process need to be improved, and it will take three to five months at the earliest, and a year or so at the slowest, and the results should be produced."

(End of this chapter)