1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 3208
On April 1657, [-] in the Haihan calendar, in the east of Hangzhou City, beside the Qiantang River.

As one of the major events of this year's National Day Celebration, the official weapons and equipment exhibition opened here.

With the preheating of the series of activities in the past few days, the public has also shown great enthusiasm for this exhibition. Tens of thousands of people have come to the riverside early in the morning, waiting for the official opening.

The executive committee attached great importance to this event. Defense Minister Yan Chujie personally attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech to thousands of onlookers on the spot.

"Everyone, the Haihan Army has been invincible and invincible in the past 30 years, thanks to the most advanced and powerful weapons and equipment in the world!"

"Any young people who aspire to make great achievements should join the Haihan Army to serve the country. What you will learn in the army is not only military skills, but also all the conditions required for success!"

Yan Chujie used a lot of space in his speech to promote the conscription, and took this opportunity to attract more young people to join the army, which was also one of the main purposes of his attendance at the event.

However, most of the people's attention was already attracted by the row of naval ships behind Yan Chujie.For ordinary people, these big ships beyond their cognition are the real highlights of the exhibition.

The military has arranged more than [-] naval ships including the "Zhoushan" for this exhibition, most of which are from the East China Sea Fleet.These naval ships docked along the north bank of the Qiantang River, with a distance of more than two miles from the beginning to the end.

Some of the ships will be open to the public for boarding and viewing in batches and time-sharing, which is one of the reasons why so many people come to watch.

In addition to the navy, part of the artillery that was unveiled at the West Lake military parade the day before yesterday was also transported here for public display.The regret at the military parade that I couldn’t see it clearly because it was too far away can finally be made up for.

The entire exhibition will last for seven days, during which, in addition to the equipment display, one or two special lectures will be held every day.Some combat heroes selected from various combat troops will tell the public about their military life and combat experience here.

For ordinary people, such opportunities are rare.Normally, they can only learn about wars through news in newspapers or performances by storytellers, and rarely hear descriptions from those who have experienced it.

In addition, the essential recruiting link will also run through the entire exhibition period, and it is not only the East China Sea region that recruits recruits here this time, other overseas regions will also set up recruitment points here to attract recruits with generous treatment.

Wang Anbang directed his subordinates to set up conscription points, while listening to Yan Chujie's speech in the distance.

One of the important tasks of his return this time is to recruit as many immigrants and recruits as possible.This task is easy to say, but it is not easy in practice.

How to recruit immigrants and recruits in overseas regions has long been a relatively mature routine.

How to carry out effective publicity, what kind of conditions are attractive, how to arrange the recruited personnel, each link has a variety of plans for reference.

Wang Tom was worried that the young Wang Anbang was not experienced enough, so he specially sent several veteran recruiters and immigration officers to go back to China with him.Therefore, the specific operation process does not require Wang Anbang to bother too much.

Wang Anbang originally wanted to find another way and set the conscription point near the beautiful West Lake, but under the strong opposition of his subordinates, he finally compromised and honestly came to the arms exhibition to set up a stall.

However, near them, there are several other conscription points in the big area, and the competition is almost to the point of face-to-face, which also makes Wang Anbang a little dissatisfied with the persistence of his subordinates.

If you can set the conscription point by the West Lake according to your own ideas, where there are many tourists and there is no competition from peers, will it be easier to recruit immigrants and recruits?
However, the North American region also has its own unique advantages, that is, the group of Spanish prisoners of war that Wang Anbang escorted back from the other side of the ocean.

Wang Anbang ordered someone to drive a few wooden stakes on the ground, and fastened the prisoners of war to the wooden stakes with shackles, which soon attracted many people to watch.

Ordinary people may not know what kind of record the Haihan Army in North America has had, but the presence of a large group of prisoners of war with deep eyes and high noses is enough to show that this army is not a show, but an overseas battlefield. The strength of a combat force that has achieved brilliant military exploits must not be underestimated.

Seeing that the number of onlookers increased, Wang Anbang and several of his subordinates quickly took out the leaflets printed in advance and distributed them to these curious people.

There are two types of leaflets, the content is to recruit immigrants and recruits.Immigrants automatically obtain local household registration from the day they arrive at the settlements in North America, and can apply for private land from the local government according to their own needs.

This is slightly different from the practice of some overseas regions that allocate [-] to [-] mu of land to immigrants per household. The North American region does not even set an upper limit for the area of ​​land applied for.

Those who choose to join the army directly, if they choose to retire after the service period expires, in addition to enjoying the same treatment as ordinary immigrants, they will also receive a very considerable settling allowance linked to the number of years of service.

Sure enough, some people soon noticed the description of the land distribution policy on the leaflet, which was unimaginable to ordinary people. If they went to the local area, wouldn't they become big landlords overnight?
Immediately, someone came to ask whether the land distribution could really be as stated in the leaflet, and the government could give as much land as it wanted.

Wang Anbang gave an affirmative answer: "Our North American region is currently following this rule, but the premise is that the land allocated to you must be used to the fullest. The government will conduct random checks on a regular basis. If a large area of ​​the allocated land is abandoned, then The government will also take back the abandoned land."

"In short, you can have as much land as you have. It is not uncommon for us to run farms and pastures, and it is common for a family to have thousands of acres of land."

Someone tentatively asked: "Master Jun, in this way, how much land there is, isn't it very worthless?"

Wang Anbang said with a smile: "You misunderstood, our land is sparsely populated, and there are few land transactions. As for the value of the land, the country has spent so much military expenditure and sent troops to the other side of the ocean to fight against the Spaniards. It takes a lot of money to build settlements locally so that immigrants can enjoy this kind of treatment, do you think these lands are worth anything?"

The current population size of the North American region is completely out of proportion to the area under its control, which is why this seemingly unlimited land distribution policy has been formulated.However, in order to prevent people from taking advantage of loopholes and maliciously enclosing land, the officials still hold back, stipulating that the land applied for by immigrants must be effectively used.

But even so, such a land distribution policy is still very attractive to ordinary people in China who do not own land.They also seemed to immediately understand why some people would leave their hometowns and follow the Haihan army to settle in such a far place.

(End of this chapter)