1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2439
Although the current situation in Fushan County is relatively tense and the supply of materials is also very tight, this will not affect the various special treatments enjoyed by the traversers.Chen Yixin still set up a rich welcome banquet for Tao Donglai. It is hard to imagine that there are tens of thousands of refugees who lack food and clothing a few miles away.

"There have been too many refugees entering Dengzhou recently, and the live animals that can be eaten in the wild have basically been eaten up, so there is no game. Fortunately, there is also a farm on the island for the garrison troops. Poultry There are a lot of livestock and all kinds of fruits and vegetables, and I can barely handle this period of time." Chen Yixin poured wine for Tao Donglai, while explaining the origin of the ingredients on the table.

Tao Donglai asked, "Is the local grain reserve sufficient?"

Chen Yixin nodded and said: "The reserves are enough. During this period of time, the food shipped from the south should be 50 million catties. People will definitely not starve to death in the short term. And now that the weather is getting warmer, it is convenient for fishing boats to go to sea. Seafood It can also be used as a supplement.”

Although Fushan County is currently facing enormous pressure from refugee resettlement, the main problem is that the scale of institutions such as refugee camps is still not large enough to manage and control all the refugees who have poured into Fushan County, so that there is a relatively large number of people in the county. Big security risk.As for the food reserves, the situation is not bad. Although it is unlikely that everyone will be fed enough, the food supply has been maintained for the past few months without food shortages, allowing the refugees to survive this cold winter.

At present, more than half of the food consumed in the local area depends on overseas transportation, so the food provided by Haihan to the refugees is basically only in accordance with the minimum survival standard, so as to ensure that the existing food reserves can be used even if the external transportation is cut off. It can last for at least 20 days.

Tao Donglai said: "I heard that many wealthy businessmen and dignitaries came here to take refuge. How are these people arranged?"

Hao Wanqing took over the topic and said: "Speaking of this, I really have to say that there are a lot of rich people in Shandong. The first batch of people who came to Fushan County bought houses and land with money as soon as they arrived here, as if they wanted to take root. As a result, the local prices were quickly inflated. By the end of February, the housing prices in the county had risen by more than ten times. All inns, commercial stores, and private houses can be rented The houses bought were basically sold out in early March. You can ask Chen Yixin, his father-in-law is the largest landlord in Fushan County, and he has made a lot of money by taking advantage of this wave!"

Chen Yixin said with a smile: "Take fun of me again! The money earned by the old man will not go into my pocket, so I have nothing to be happy about."

Hao Wanqing said that Ma Dongqiang was the largest landlord in Fushan County, but he was not just talking about it.The Ma family was originally one of the largest families in Fushan County, with thousands of acres of fertile land. After being close to Shanghai and Han, the property quickly expanded its business content from agriculture to commerce, transportation, service and other industries.It can be said that as long as one enters the territory of Fushan County, one must deal with the Ma family's industry. If the wealthy businessmen and dignitaries from outside want to find a place to live here, they naturally cannot get around it.

Tao Donglai joked: "Your father-in-law has so many industries in the local area, I'm afraid it will also attract people's envy?"

Chen Yixin responded lightly: "It is true that there are some who are not good-looking, but after I dealt with a few lunatics, no one dared to break the rules anymore."

The Ma family owns so many properties in the local area, of course it will inevitably cause trouble. Some people think that their status is far higher than Ma Dongqiang, a country rich man, and ask him to donate a house for his own use, or plan to use it for a very low price. The price is strong buying and strong selling.However, this kind of person often doesn't know Ma Dongqiang's background, and he doesn't know that Hai Han is behind him. Naturally, such rude requests cannot be fulfilled.At first, there were a few incidents that tried to threaten Ma Dongqiang to submit. When Chen Yixin heard about it, he sent someone to drive the troublemakers and their families out of Fushan County, and said harshly - Fushan County is under the jurisdiction of Haihan, No matter who you are in Daming, you have to abide by Haihan's rules when you come here.

With Chen Yixin, his son-in-law, escorting him, Ma Dongqiang naturally lost a lot of scruples.At least half of the rich people who are temporarily renting places in the local area live in properties under the name of the Ma family.There are houses of various grades ranging from luxury mansions covering an area of ​​several acres with complete living facilities to small single rooms in inns with only one bed, but the prices are of course extremely expensive compared to usual times, and most ordinary people simply cannot afford them.

But you get what you pay for, and the service advantages here are also obvious, that is, a safe environment that is hard to buy.Not to mention the Qing army in this Fushan County, even the Ming army could not enter without permission. In the troubled times, it is difficult to find other places that are safer than here.

And as long as you can afford it, you can buy all kinds of goods here, including food, even meat, wine, and fresh fruits and vegetables. The rich can still continue to enjoy the life of others.

However, there are not many people who can afford to live in these places. From February to now, among the tens of thousands of people who came to Fushan County to seek refuge, less than [-] people live in private residences outside the refugee camps. Most of them are just followers serving their masters, and the real benefactors are only a hundred or so people.

Strictly speaking, the actions of the Ma family can be regarded as making money for the country, but at the same time, the Ma family is also responsible for a considerable part of the organization of the resettlement of ordinary refugees, and thousands of refugees have also been able to survive because of this. Chance.

Tao Donglai didn't ask in detail how the Ma family made money from the rich people who took refuge. In his opinion, this kind of behavior is actually quite normal. If there is not enough oil and water, how can local tycoons like Ma Dongqiang be driven to participate in the resettlement of refugees? Come in action.What he cares about is actually another matter.

"I heard that you set up a chamber of commerce with these wealthy businessmen who took refuge here?" Tao Donglai asked.

Chen Yixin nodded and said: "That's true. I set up a Shanhaihui, and as long as you join, you can get a [-]% discount on all local fees, so these people are quite active in joining the club, and dozens of members have been accepted so far. "

Expansion of trade channels by taking the lead in organizing chambers of commerce is Haihan's traditional method of operation, and it has been tried and tested repeatedly in the southern coastal areas.Although Chen Yixin had planned for such a long time ago, he has never found the right time to cut in, because the environment in Shandong is not as good as that in the south, and Haihan's control area is limited to Fushan County. This time it was a coincidence, and many people worthy of contact came to Fushan County on their own in order to avoid the war. Chen Yixin would not miss such a godsend opportunity.

These people may not have had business dealings with Haihan before, so Chen Yixin also gave up using preferential trade measures to attract them, but gave more practical conditions.And the effect of the actual operation is quite good. These people heard that they can enjoy all the expenses halved, and the request of Haihan people is only to join the chamber of commerce and become Haihan's trading partner, so why not do it?

It's just that they don't know that Haihan's chamber of commerce has no threshold to join, only need to sign two documents to be considered as a member, but it is impossible to quit in the future.As long as they care about economic interests, Haihan has plenty of ways to pull them into the water, just as easy as pulling them into the club now.

Tao Donglai nodded and said, "It's a good thing. If it's done properly, after two or three years, this might be the next Zhoushan."

Chen Yixin said: "Mr. Tao, don't give me a high hat. I am very clear about how Fushan County is. It certainly cannot be compared with Zhoushan's conditions. Besides, I have a serious lack of professionals here. Many things are I’m just doing it, let’s see when you can send me more people who know how to run trade associations.”

"It's easy to say, when I go back to Sanya, I'll let Schneider pick some useful people for you to send over." Tao Donglai will inevitably be chased and asked for various resources wherever he goes, and he is already familiar with dealing with such situations , Two sentences pushed the matter to Schneider.

After eating and resting for a while, Tao Donglai proposed to take a look at the local refugee camp, and also went to Majiazhuang to pay a visit to Chen Yixin's family.And Hao Wanqing had other official duties, so he took his leave first and left.

"Mr. Tao, isn't your itinerary to be kept secret? Is it okay to make a public appearance locally?" Chen Yixin did not immediately agree, but asked Tao Donglai to confirm again.

Tao Donglai waved his hands and said, "No one here knows me. We don't need to declare our identity when we visit the refugee camp. You just need to keep your family members secret."

Now that Tao Donglai had expressed his attitude, Chen Yixin would not object, and even if he asked his secretary Zeng Xiaowen to arrange the carriage and guards, he would personally accompany Tao Donglai to Majiazhuang.

When it was several miles away from Majiazhuang, Tao Donglai saw the refugee camps on the side of the road from the carriage.The buildings in these camps are either military tents provided by Haihan, or simple shacks with wooden fences or barbed wire around them, leaving only one entrance and exit, which is a camp.

However, there are dozens of such small refugee camps in Fushan County at present, and Tao Donglai is not in such a good spirit to go through them one by one. He only needs to look at one or two representative places.

"Chen Yixin, find a newly repaired refugee camp and let's go and have a look." Tao Donglai had already made plans, and Dang even gave Chen Yixin an order.

After a while, Chen Yixin ordered the driver to park the carriage on the side of the road, then got out of the carriage with Tao Donglai, and walked to a nearby refugee camp.

"This camp was built yesterday. After the construction was completed in the morning, the refugees began to move in at noon. It was already full yesterday." Chen Yixin explained the situation of the refugee camp to Tao Donglai while leading the way: "The construction plan is based on the standard of 500 people. , but the actual number of occupants must be much higher than this number.”

There is not even a wooden fence on the outside of this camp, it is all relying on the barbed wire tied between the wooden posts as an obstacle, and the situation inside the camp can be seen from the outside.The camp is almost full of simple shacks, with only two large marching tents. According to Chen Yixin's explanation, these two tents are specially used to accommodate the elderly, weak, women and children.

After entering the camp, it can be found that although these shacks are extremely simple, their layout is fairly neat, and the size is basically the same. It can be seen that the construction is relatively orderly.Moreover, drainage ditches have been dug around the residence, and the normal rainfall should not turn the refugee's residence into a flood country.

This kind of simple building with a shallow pit in the ground and a roof on it is actually very fast to build. With sufficient tools and labor, four to six people can build a residence for the same number of people in half a day.In fact, all the buildings in this newly built refugee camp are basically completed by the refugees who were accommodated earlier.As for the people who were recently admitted to this refugee camp, they only had one day to rest, and then they also had to devote themselves to labor and participate in the construction of the next refugee camp.

Of course, there will be no economic rewards for participating in labor, but more food can be obtained.Ordinary refugees can only get one meal a day, but those who participate in labor can get two more meals, so the vast majority of refugees who are able to work will choose to accept official arrangements to ensure that they have more food intake .

Of course, living in such a rudimentary building is at best protection from the cold wind, but it is definitely not comfortable.A shack was originally designed to accommodate four to six people, but since the current number of refugees has exceeded the resettlement capacity, eight people are arranged to live in it, which is full of people.

The reason why the size of each refugee camp is limited to a few hundred people is also because Haihan officials have limited manpower and cannot manage large refugee camps. Even if there is a problem in a small camp with hundreds of people, the official can quickly fix it. deal with.In particular, the spies who were about to infiltrate Fushan County had been caught before, and Chen Yixin did not dare to be careless. He kept a close eye on the security situation in the refugee camps. , all sent to Fushan Copper Mine to do hard labor.

"We now have tens of thousands of free laborers, but we can't make full use of them. We don't have so many manpower to ensure the safety of the construction process, so we can only choose those who are in good physical condition and obey the command to work. The actual The number of people who go out to work may not even be one-tenth of the number of refugees. So up to now, the speed of our construction of refugee camps still cannot keep up with the speed of the increase of refugees.”

When it comes to the issue of refugee camps, Chen Yixin is also a little helpless.The vast majority of refugees have not yet undergone systematic discipline, and Haihan dare not arrange labor tasks for all of them. Otherwise, if someone makes trouble, it will not be so easy to control the thousands of refugees with labor tools live.So Fushan County now has tens of thousands of free laborers, but because there are too many scruples, the actual utilization efficiency is pitifully low.

(End of this chapter)