1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 420 Exploration Complete
Before departure, the executive committee had already held a special meeting, and had warned Qiao Zhiya about some precautions. Therefore, although Fu Li's persuasion seemed to have achieved certain results, Qiao Zhiya's attitude was still relatively cautious.

Qiao Zhiya exhorted: "We can provide them with a place to live, teach them to grow food or do other work to support themselves, but we will not directly give them money and fields. You must make this clear to Huang Sanmu. As for other The conditions, such as the supply of food, can be appropriately relaxed. Shizidong is our primary goal. If this place is settled after negotiation, it will be relatively easy for us to contact other Lidongs.”

After discussing with each other, they went back to their tents to rest.

In the next two days, the two sides will start to discuss some specific conditions. For example, the livelihood issue after moving outside the mountain must be detailed to how to solve the residence of all people. Before the obtained cultivated land can be harvested, everyone can How much food subsidies he received, and whether Shizidong should be loyal to the Ming court or to the Haihan Executive Committee in the future, and so on.

Some of these problems are very simple to solve, such as food supply. It will not cause too much burden to feed a few hundred people in Shizidong for a period of time. Shengli Port now has at least a thousand new immigrants every month. Eat up the logistics department.Once these people move out of the deep mountains and move to the area under the jurisdiction of the Executive Committee, they will naturally become immigrants during the inspection period, and they will also receive special funds from the Executive Committee financially, so their livelihood will definitely not be a problem.

But some things are more difficult to solve now. For example, the land policy implemented by the Executive Committee is somewhat unacceptable to Huang Sanmu.He believes that since Haihan's relocation plan is to use other land to replace the existing jurisdiction of Shizidong, the new land should be owned by the Li people in Shizidong, not the superior Haihan executive. Committee.

Why does the executive committee insist on carrying out collective land ownership? Fu Li has also attended related training courses, but the theories he has learned are too shallow, and the depth of understanding is also very limited. For the Li people who have been out of the mountains a few times, the promotion of Fu Li is really tantamount to playing the piano with a cow, and once one of the parties admits to death, it will be difficult to continue this kind of discussion.

As a last resort, Fu Li had no choice but to change his argument, saying that as long as the Li people in Shizidong were willing to be brought under the rule of the executive committee, the cultivated land they cultivated would also be granted after obtaining the native place of naturalized people. The protection and recognition of the Executive Committee - of course, this recognition is not land ownership, but the right to use.But this kind of word picking is a detail that Huang Sanmu will not notice at all. As for how he will react if he finds something wrong in the future, Fu Li is not worried.When these people are truly incorporated into Haihan's social system, they will soon discover that the power of an individual or a very small number of people is simply not enough to fight against this powerful system.Even though there are hundreds of people in Shizidong, they are just a small screw in the huge machine in the Haihan social system, and will not affect the operation of the entire system.

Whether it was persuasion, coaxing or deception, in short, with Fu Li's efforts, the special mission team finally reached a preliminary agreement with Huang Sanmu.The Haihan Chamber of Commerce will provide Shizidong with a residential area of ​​no less than [-] mu of arable land in three months, and will build houses and basic living facilities in the local area in advance. After the Li people move to the local area, they will teach Their more advanced food farming methods.Before the first harvest, the food and production tools of these Li people will be provided free of charge by the Haihan Chamber of Commerce.

What the Li people in Shizidong need to do is to cooperate with the Haihan Chamber of Commerce in the exploration and development of the nearby area within three months, and move out of this place when the agreement takes effect. After settling in the territory, he swore allegiance to the Haihan Executive Committee.

Regarding the last point, Huang Sanmu still has some scruples. After all, Li people have been unable to go out, largely because they cannot compete with the Han court, and the image of the Ming court in their minds is still a giant, and it is by no means the Haihan Chamber of Commerce. Such a group of people with unknown strengths can be compared.But Fu Li finally persuaded him to accept this, because Fu Li begged him to send an envoy to personally go to Yazhou under the Haihan Executive Committee to have a look at the local situation and see which side's rule is more powerful.

Huang Sanmu considered again and again, and finally decided to send his most trusted nephew, Huang Que, to follow this group of people to see if the legendary Haihan ruled area was really that powerful.Huang Que is eighteen now, one year older than Fu Li. When he was a child, he was sent to Changhua to study in a Han private school for two years. He is a rare cultural person in Shizidong.Usually Dongli organizes to go to Changhua City to sell local products and buy daily necessities, all of which are under the sole responsibility of Huang Que.

When Fu Li saw this candidate from Huang Sanmu's faction, he knew that the event had been accomplished.He himself has been there, and he knows that there are many fascinating places in the Haihan system. People at the age of seventeen or eighteen are the period when their curiosity is at its peak. As long as they go to the place where the Haihan people are, it is easy to get addicted to the grotesque. It is difficult to extricate themselves from Haihan culture.Fu Li can now conclude that when Huang Que returns to Shizidong in a month or two, he must have become Haihan's loyal supporter, and Huang Sanmu will naturally have another lobbyist by his side.

Some words from outsiders like Fu Li may not be useful, but if the same words are said from people close to Huang Sanmu, the effect should be different.After entering the Ministry of Justice, Fu Li mainly worked with the Li and Miao ethnic groups, and he had accumulated a certain amount of work experience in this regard. After seeing the oriole, he had already made it his next job target in his heart.

The special task force paid [-] catties of salt, [-] catties of sugar, [-] bottles of liquor, [-] thousand catties each of pig iron, and rice as deposits in exchange for the right to move freely in Shizidong in the near future.However, the special mission team did not bring so many supplies into the mountain, and Shizidong had to send people to the Changhua fishing village to carry most of the items in this transaction.

After gaining freedom of movement, the special mission team finally started exploring the veins of Shilu Iron Mine on the fourth day after arriving in Shizidong.In the information about the Shilu Iron Mine in the large database, there are not only detailed latitude and longitude records of mining sites, but also satellite images as a reference. Although there is a time span of hundreds of years in between, it can still reduce a lot for the exploration operations led by Tian Yeyou. difficulty.

For this operation, the executive committee also specially used the prospecting equipment in stock. This thing was used once when the Tiandu Iron Mine was developed, and then it was sealed in the warehouse.With this good thing, it is easier to determine the status of the veins near the surface without digging around.

In addition, the special mission team also hired 200 young men of the Li nationality from Shizidong at a "high price" of [-] taels of silver to dig out ore samples.Originally, Liu Shanxia was a little worried about this method. What if the Li people refused to move after discovering the iron ore veins, but Fu Li gave a guarantee, saying that the Li people kept their promises very much, since they had promised to move in the future If you leave this area, you don't need to worry about any major changes in the future.

The 200 taels of silver was very worthwhile. The hired young men not only worked very hard, but also took care of the transportation tasks during the process.Of course, this is also directly related to their income level. For a Litong cottage like Shizidong, there is only a small town like Changhua County, which is not prosperous, for a hundred miles around. Don’t expect to sell many mountain products. This is a simple and primitive way of trading, and the income of the whole village is only 400 taels of silver a year. This move by the special mission team means that Shizidong's harvest has been harvested for almost half a year. Naturally, Huang Sanmu will not be stingy and let his subordinate Erlang pay a little more. strength.

In the past, Huang Sanmu had heard the rumors that the Haihan people spent a lot of money, but he didn't really feel it.In his opinion, being generous is probably better than the Han merchants in Changhua County, for example, a piece of buckskin can be added from five cents to eight cents of silver.But when the real Haihan people came to the door, he understood the meaning of the word lavish. The agreement deposit for Shizidong alone has far exceeded their expectations. The value of these goods is at least enough for all the people in Shizidong. People have struggled for several years.

After witnessing the generosity of the Haihan people, Huang Sanmu and his people also had more expectations for the various generous treatment that Fu Li claimed.As Fu Li said, people in Quandong can eat delicious white rice every meal, and they don’t have to do hard labor and pay taxes for the Han government, and they don’t have to worry about being oppressed by the Han. It is a dream that has been longed for and has always been out of reach.Huang Sanmu's attitude also gradually changed from suspicion at the beginning to cooperation, and he even took the initiative to send a few old hunters in the village to act as guides for the special mission team's activities in the wild.

The time, location, and harmony of the people, the special mission team basically got everything in place, so the prospecting work went very smoothly. It only took five days to roughly determine the scope of the largest iron ore open-pit mining area in the future, and explored Identify the most convenient foundation location for excavation.As long as the manpower and tools are in place, this treasure can be mined immediately.In addition, Tian Yeyou also roughly determined the locations of several high-value metal veins of copper, silver, and gold in the process.Of course, Tian Yeyou deliberately avoided the young and strong laborers sent by Shizidong for the exploration of these mine veins. After all, money is touching. If these Li people know that there are gold and silver mines here Son, it's not worthwhile to make extra troubles.

On May 5, after basically completing the exploration work, the mission team finally embarked on the return journey.Together with them, more than 20 people from Shizidong walked out of the deep mountains of Shilu, and they went to the seaside to carry the deposit for this agreement.

It took two days for a group of nearly a hundred people to arrive in Changhua County. The special mission team asked Li people to stay in the county to handle the handover procedures of rice, salt, and sugar with the people in the office, and the rest had to go to the seaside. moved on board.

After resting in Changhua for half a day, a group of people came to the seaside fishing village to deliver the last batch of goods.According to Li people's rules, this agreement has officially come into effect since then.If the Li people want to go back on their word, they must return the deposit twice, and if Haihan backs out, then the deposit will automatically belong to Shi Zidong.

The Li people left with the iron ingots on their backs, and only one of them stayed behind, Huang Que, the envoy sent by Huang Sanmu.Although there was only the oriole, probably because he had been in a Han Chinese school since he was a child, the oriole who followed these Haihan people out of the mountain alone did not appear very nervous or at a loss.Of course, this is also related to Fu Li who has been with him all the time. With Fu Li, a person who is familiar with the culture and values ​​of both Hai Han and Li people, the work of the special mission team is indeed much easier, and there is no need to bother to follow Huang Que, the representative of Shizidong, slowly communicated, and everything was left to Fu Li to handle.

Although Tian Yeyou's main task has been completed, it doesn't mean that he can leave here immediately and go back to Heitu Port. Next, he has to follow the big team back to the base camp of Shengli Port. He still needs to be in charge of the analysis of these ores and the corresponding mining plan. If there is no accident, he will have to stay here in Hainan Island for at least half a year.

When Tian Yeyou received the transfer order from the executive committee, the above-mentioned work arrangement was already clearly written, so he also made some corresponding preparations when he was in Heitugang. Regarding the location change, the second is to arrange for his wife to pack up the belongings and prepare to move the family to Shengli Port.As for the residence, there is no need to worry. For a core technical backbone like him, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has already reserved a welfare house for him, and he can move in at any time when he comes back.

On May 5, the task force returned to Port Victory, and was immediately summoned by the Executive Committee for a face-to-face report on the operation.I don't need to mention the details of the mining plan. After all, it will take a certain amount of time to complete the analysis of the ore and the formulation of the plan.The main concern of the executive committee is the road survey from the coast of Changhua to Shilu, and whether the local Li people in Shilu have accepted the conditions proposed by our side.

In reaching an agreement with the Li people, Fu Li is undoubtedly the number one contributor.Seeing that Fu Lilian had brought back all the Li people's representatives from Shizidong, all the executive committee members also praised him.Gu Kai expressed his position on behalf of the Ministry of Justice on the spot, and wanted to give Fu Li credit.Tao Donglai also expressed on behalf of the executive committee that Fu Li will be awarded a special contribution award in the name of the executive committee at an appropriate time.

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