1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2632
"It turns out that our country has recruited so many immigrants from North Korea and Japan!" Hearing the statements of these two officials, Bai Letong couldn't help expressing emotion.Of course, this is only because he seldom has access to this information. Because of their work, Tao Hongfang and Ning Zijing are not so surprised that they know something about the status of immigration affairs.

However, Zhu Zian silently calculated in his heart. If this is the base number, then the number of immigrants Haihan introduced from these two countries over the years should already be in the tens of thousands.We have brought in so many foreigners, and we don't know how Haihan arranges them. If this is not properly arranged, it will easily damage the interests of the people of the country.

Yang Yun interjected: "Master Bai doesn't know something. In the early years, due to the huge demand for labor force in our country, we had to continuously introduce immigrants from various countries. However, Japan and North Korea have the same culture as Han, and their races are also similar, so after opening the sea route , has been recruiting immigrants from these two countries. However, in recent years, the domestic situation of these two countries has tended to be stable, and our country’s population growth rate has been able to meet its own development needs, so the number of immigrants from North Korea and Japan is also increasing. It is decreasing year by year. Nowadays, it is basically necessary to submit an immigration application to the Foreign Affairs Office first, and then we will give the chance of naturalization to those who pass.”

Hearing this, Zhu Zian's heart was moved again. Why Haihan's population growth rate accelerated, this should also be related to Daming.Back then, Haihan only occupied some remote places along the coast of the South China Sea, with a small population, so it was natural to need to introduce a large number of immigrants. However, as Haihan’s external expansion accelerated, more and more areas of Ming Dynasty were controlled by it. There are more than one million people in the land, and since Haihan has enough Han people available, the demand for recruiting immigrants from other countries will naturally be reduced.

Xiu Nian and Yin Changxing continued to introduce the work content of the Foreign Affairs Office. Although the scale of Haihan's introduction of foreign immigrants has slowed down, in fact, the number of people who came to Zhoushan Island from North Korea and Japan on their own initiative in recent years has not decreased significantly. They are engaged in cross-border trade. The number of businessmen and literati who came to study abroad has even increased compared with previous years, so their work has not become easier, and they still have to deal with a lot of foreign affairs every day.

Yang Yun asked the two to back down, and then continued: "Perhaps you have noticed that there are also many shops on the island opened by merchants from Japan and Japan. These people are resident in Zhoushan. Although they are not naturalized, they are no different from Chinese citizens .”

Tao Hongfang showed his database in a timely manner: "According to the data we have, about [-]% of the trade between North Korea and my country is completed through Zhoushan, and the proportion of Japan is even higher, about It accounts for [-]%. Although Zhoushan is not the origin of most of the commodities, it has incomparable geographical advantages, complete infrastructure and institutional guarantees, so it has become the largest trade center in the East China Sea.”

Bai Letong said: "Why is North Korea's ratio so much lower?"

Tao Hongfang smiled and said, "Le Tong, you forgot that North Korea is divided into North and South, and their trading channels with our country are not limited to Zhoushan."

Bai Letong suddenly realized: "I forgot about this!"

With the existence of Zhoushan as a trading hub, almost all Haihan products sold overseas can be found in the market here, and businessmen from Japan and Japan no longer have to travel thousands of miles south to Hainan Island to purchase.

The impact of the North-South division of North Korea is reflected in all aspects, and trade is no exception.The more developed areas of North Korea’s maritime trade are concentrated in Jeollanam-do and Gyeongsangnam-do in the south, and these areas are relatively close to Zhoushan, so Zhoushan is naturally the first choice as the destination.

As for the northern part of North Korea governed by Fenglin Dajun Li Hao, it has long been attached to the northern Haihan region. The main targets of trade are naturally Shandong Peninsula and Liaodong Peninsula, so it also accounts for a considerable part of the trade share between the two countries.

In Japan, there are not so many choices. Zhoushan Dinghai Port is the nearest Haihan Port.The price of the goods sold by Haihan merchants to Japan will inevitably be much higher than that of the local market. Therefore, in order to obtain lower purchase prices, many Japanese merchants are more willing to take the initiative to cross the sea to Zhoushan to purchase, which is why Zhoushan The completed trade volume accounts for [-]% of the trade volume between the two countries.

Zhu Zi'an asked curiously: "Master Yang, how have the immigrants introduced from North Korea and Japan over the years been resettled? It's impossible for all of them to settle on this Zhoushan Island, right?"

Knowing Zhu Zian's identity, Yang Yun didn't care about his question, and patiently explained: "Zhoushan Island has limited space, so of course we can't resettle all of them. Most of the immigrants brought in from Korea and Japan are poor people. They come to our country to find a way out, so as long as they can provide them with a stable living environment, most of them don’t care where they go.”

"According to our country's immigration plan, most of them were arranged to go to Taiwan Island. The land area there is more than 70 times that of Zhoushan. The area is enough for them to live a stable life. As long as they have stayed in the local area for a certain number of years and have not made any mistakes, they can be naturalized smoothly."

After listening to Yang Yun's explanation, Zhu Zian also felt that such an arrangement was the most reasonable.If these immigrants were sent to Hainan Island, or the former Ming Dynasty ruled area, they would have to set aside land to resettle them, which would inevitably create a conflict of interest with the local residents.He has no definite understanding of Taiwan Island, which is limited to some books and records he has read in the past, but Yang Yun's explanation is very intuitive. Since it is more than 70 times the size of Zhoushan Island, it can accommodate at least a few hundred thousand people. up.Only in an environment like Taiwan Island can it be easier to accommodate so many foreign immigrants.

Zhu Zi'an said: "I have another question. Over the years, they have openly recruited immigrants from North Korea and Japan. Could it be that these two countries have been ignoring this and allowing the population to drain?"

Before Yang Yun could speak, Ha Jianyi rushed to answer: "Why do you need to ask this kind of question again? They pretend to be deaf and dumb. It's not that they don't know the disadvantages of population loss, but they are powerless to stop it. Just like our country in the early years The Ming Dynasty introduced a large number of people, and the local government of the Ming Dynasty could only pretend to be ignorant, so as not to trigger armed conflicts, and the situation would be even more difficult to deal with."

Zhu Zian was stunned, but at the same time he couldn't help feeling a little ashamed. He should have thought that the biggest source of immigrants from Haihan was Daming. Asking such a question is really self-defeating.However, Tao Hongfang and the others didn't care at all, and didn't respond to what Ha Jianyi said, but this made Zhu Zian feel a little disappointed, because it was obviously because they all took this situation for granted, and Daming was in Haihan. In front of him is just a weak person.

(End of this chapter)