1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 743 Immigration Handover
"Everyone take your personal belongings, line up, and disembark one by one, without crowding! Men follow the yellow flag, women follow the white flag..." The staff of the Ministry of Civil Affairs stood on the wooden box with a metal horn and told them that they had just disembarked. Refugees on the pier kept repeating the rules of conduct loudly.Although these refugees have heard about what to do when they arrive at the place and what kind of reception process there will be, no less than ten times during the voyage, but after arriving at the destination, there will still be tireless publicity to remind them repeatedly.

Haihan has been introducing immigrants from Daming since the time it traveled through, and it has been in operation for several years so far, and has encountered various emergencies, so it has already had a complete set of responses to how to control the newly arrived immigrants. plan.On the pier, there are not only the police force to maintain order, but also doctors who are responsible for checking the health status, healthy women who are responsible for taking care of women and children, civil affairs personnel who count personal belongings and register their names, etc., each of which performs its own duties. On the pier, some hidden dangers that may be hidden by the immigrant groups should be eliminated as much as possible.

Although Liu Zhenguo handed over the list to the port staff, he didn't relax immediately, and insisted on standing by to supervise Haihan's acceptance process.To him, each of these refugees is equivalent to real gold and silver. If the Haihan people pick out some unqualified ones, it will be a real loss.

It is not the first time that Liu Zhenguo has transported refugees from the north to Fujian. In fact, he has already made a trip in July, but the transaction process was not satisfactory. Nearly one-third of the refugees transported to Fujian One of them was judged as "disqualified" by the Haihan people because of illness, and the pay they deserved was also greatly reduced.But this did not affect Liu Zhenguo's enthusiasm for trading, because the profit he earned from this kind of human trading was much higher than other businesses.

All the food needed to recruit refugees in the north was provided by the Haihan people, and Liu Zhenguo himself did not need to spend much.And after these people arrived in Fujian and handed over to the Haihan people, the reward Liu Zhenguo received was not just silver, but the equivalent of various Haihan specialties that were very in demand in the market.Liu Zhenguo only needs to ship these things to the northern coast and sell them, and the profit will be doubled immediately.Therefore, after he sold the Haihan goods obtained from the first trip to the north, he immediately recruited a group of refugees from the local area and brought them back.But this time he was more careful, and specially selected refugees in good physical condition to ensure the "pass rate" when they arrived in Fujian and handed over to the Haihan people.

This trip went smoothly, and the refugees were in good physical condition on the way. Liu Zhenguo reckoned that the pass rate would be much higher than last time, but he had to think carefully about which goods would be more cost-effective to trade with the Haihan people.

Liu Zhenguo was thinking about it, when he heard the reminder from his subordinates: "Master, the head of Haihan is here!"

Liu Zhenguo came back to his senses and saw a young Haihan man walking in his direction surrounded by several guards.Liu Zhenguo straightened his clothes quickly, stepped forward to salute, and said, "Liu Zhenguo, a grassroots man, has met Chief Li."

"Boss Liu, you're welcome!" The director Li that Liu Zhenguo referred to was Li Dou, the director of civil affairs at the Penghu Base who had just taken office.

Both Li Dou and Chen Yixin received transfer orders from the Executive Committee after the Penghu Campaign ended in May this year, and were transferred from Hong Kong to Fujian to take up new positions.The two, one civil and one military, have been partners in Guangdong for several years, and they have gradually washed away the childishness in the early days of time travel, and gradually grew into capable leaders who can take charge of their own.The executive committee transferred these two people to work under Qian Tiandun, and the intention of cultivating them was also very obvious.

After Lidou arrived in Penghu, he was mainly responsible for civil affairs, infrastructure, and trade, and immigration work was undoubtedly one of the key tasks within his scope of responsibility. Therefore, although there were only a few hundred people in this group of immigrants, he still came here specially. Dock, personally supervise the receiving process.Of course, he came here for another purpose, which was to ask the merchants who transported the immigrants about the situation in the north, so that they could make timely adjustments to the local immigration reception methods.

"I heard that this group of people were transported from Huai'an Mansion?" Li Dou didn't intend to go around in circles with Liu Zhenguo, and after a few words of pleasantries, he cut to the main topic.

Liu Zhenguo responded immediately: "The grassroots recruited this group of people in Haizhou, Huai'an. Most of them fled south from Anqiu and Zhucheng in Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, and entered the territory of Huai'an Prefecture to avoid war. These people's homes have been They were destroyed, and they didn't know when the Denglai Rebellion would end, so they had to go out to flee. Haizhou was overwhelmed by the influx of refugees. The grassroots went to the local area to recruit refugees to the south, and the government was very happy to see the success. "

Kong Youde's rebellion, which began in August 1631, has been going on for a full year.The rebels not only occupied the cities of Denglei and the two states, but also raided places from time to time, which seemed to be more difficult than in the original history.Almost nowhere in the entire Jiaodong Peninsula was spared, and most of the prefectures and counties were involved in the war.As a result, there are as many as 8 people who left their homes and fled west and south.The Jianghuai area adjacent to Shandong was not directly affected by the Denglai Rebellion, and it was relatively rich, so it naturally became the first choice for some refugees to escape.

Haizhou, Huai'an Prefecture is the later Lianyungang, and its jurisdiction borders on Junan, Shandong. It is logical that it became the first stop for refugees from Shandong to enter Jianghuai.According to Liu Zhenguo's description, there are at least [-] to [-] Shandong refugees stranded in Haizhou, and the scale is almost equal to the local population.

With so many people flooding into the local area, it is obviously difficult to afford it for a long time only by relying on government relief, and social resources are not enough to afford the sudden surge in population.Therefore, it is not uncommon for refugees to sell their children and daughters to sell themselves in order to earn a living.Liu Zhenguo didn't even need to make too much publicity when he went to the local area to recruit immigrants. As long as he was guaranteed to have food on board, many people were willing to choose to go south with the ship to gamble when their future was uncertain.No matter where you go, it's better to stay alive than starve to death on the streets.

And these refugees basically didn't know that their destination was a big island near Fujian until halfway through the voyage, where a group of benevolent and wealthy people would hire them to work or farm, and they would not need food and clothing in the future. Worry no more.Although there were some people who wanted to go back on their word after knowing the destination, how could Liu Zhenguo release these people who had already boarded the ship? As long as they were alive, they would all be transported to Penghu with their own brains and handed over to the Haihan people to take care of them.He also knows that the Haihan people have many unique skills in this regard, and the thousands of subordinates on Penghu Island who are under their orders are examples.

After listening to Liu Zhenguo's narration, Li Dou was not in a relaxed mood.Although there seemed to be many war refugees in the north waiting for Haihan to recruit, this situation was likely to change in a very short period of time, and Haihan didn't have much time to slowly operate this matter.

According to the original history, the Denglai Rebellion was coming to an end at this time. In September, the rebels were besieged in Dengzhou City. In the second year, he surrendered to the Tartars outside the pass.If the war situation in Shandong is not much different from the history, then the war will probably end soon.At that time, after the people fleeing abroad got the news, they would definitely choose to return to their hometowns to rebuild their homes one after another, instead of leaving their homes and going to a completely unknown environment.

What Haihan had to do was to bring in as many immigrants from the north as possible before the impact of the war ended.But so far, the total number of northern refugees received by the Penghu base has not exceeded [-], and the average number of people arriving in Hong Kong every day is less than [-].

Of course, the specific environment in Guangdong is different. After all, it is only a few hundred miles from the war-torn area to Panyu, and the refugees will not have too much difficulty going there.However, these northern refugees need greater determination to go south, coupled with sufficient sea transportation capacity, in order to meet Haihan's needs for immigrants.

But because the voyage is too far, and the sea conditions and the environment along the way are not familiar, Haihan currently does not dare to send his own fleet to go northward to transport immigrants so far away.This is nothing compared to the time when immigrants were transported along the Annan coast. At that time, the Annan people had almost no sea power. Even if they knew what the Haihan people did, they could only turn a blind eye and close their eyes. The huge Haihan fleet entering the northern coast of Daming will definitely attract attention, and it is not necessarily true that the government in every place will be willing to cooperate with Haihan like Fuguang.Even if Hai Han is not afraid of the Daming Navy, he doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble because of it.

Li Dou frowned and said, "Boss Liu, is it possible to organize a larger fleet and transport more people over at a time? As for the price, you can rest assured that we will never start lowering the price just because there are too many people here."

Liu Zhenguo replied: "Reporting to the chief, Caomin also has this intention. When returning to Fujian this time, Caomin has contacted many well-connected maritime merchants and rented ships from them. When this transaction is completed, Caomin will go north again. , it’s not just these three boats, at least thirty boats! Next time I come to Penghu, I’ll send at least three or four thousand people to you.”

"That's pretty much the same." Li Dou nodded upon hearing this, and encouraged Liu Zhenguo: "If you can transport more than 3000 immigrants in a single trip, I can apply to my superiors and give you the Huai'an Mansion franchise rights for several commodities. Does Boss Liu understand what I mean?"

"Understood, understood! Caomin thanked the chief first!" Liu Zhenguo immediately nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice.

Liu Zhenguo wanted to do business with the Haihan people, of course he had already worked hard to study the management methods of the Haihan people.Haihan goods are so in demand in Daming. On the one hand, it is because of its exquisite craftsmanship, which makes it difficult for others to imitate. On the other hand, it is also related to its unique business strategy.Each kind of Haihan goods is often only sold by one or two commercial firms in one place, and this also ensures to the greatest extent that the operator has no other competitors in the local area, thus providing a disguised form for the profits that can be obtained from operating these goods. Guaranteed.

Any merchant who can obtain the franchise rights of Haihan products in a certain place can often make a lot of money in a short period of time.Even for fast-moving consumer goods such as matches, which have a relatively low unit price and do not seem to have such lucrative profits, if you carefully calculate their sales, it is still not difficult to find the huge benefits brought by this mode of operation.

The Jianghuai area is the most affluent area in Daming, and its consumption capacity is still higher than that of Fuguang and Guangxi provinces.Most of the local Haihan products were sold by merchants from Fuguang and southern Zhejiang, and a more standardized business model in Fuguang has not been formed.If he can win the regional franchise right earlier, even if it is just one or two commodities, the profit he can earn is a number that Liu Zhenguo can't even hope for at present.Hearing Li Dou's offer of such a condition, he naturally agreed in a hurry, and he had already started thinking about where he could rent more large sea-going ships, so that he could bring back thousands of people in one trip, maybe the Haihan people would be more happy when they were happy. Give yourself the right to operate several state capitals.

Of course, based on the safety principle of not putting all eggs in one basket, Liu Zhenguo was not the only one who offered similar conditions to Li Dou.At present, there are as many as seven or eight merchants in Fujian that are engaged in immigration transportation for Haihan, the largest of which is naturally the Haishang Group under Xu Xinsu.Currently, nearly two-thirds of the immigrants arriving in Penghu are carried out by the Xu family.In addition to the maritime merchants in Fujian, two or three maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang realized the business opportunities contained in this transaction and began to transport the population needed by Haihan between the two places.

The original plan formulated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs hoped to bring in at least 1632 to 20 immigrants from the north before the end of [-]. Judging from the current speed of transportation, the guarantee is basically safe, but it will take a long time to break through the upper limit. Big effort.For this reason, Haihan also suffered relatively heavy financial pressure. Haihan needed to pay a price of [-] to [-] yuan to complete the whole process of transporting an immigrant from the war-torn area to Penghu and then to Hainan Island.And this is just an estimate of basic freight and food costs, and does not take into account other additional expenses such as the construction cost of the immigrant camp on Penghu Island.

Qian Tiandun, the supreme commander of the Penghu base, said with a smile before that Haihan can at least build a complete and full regional fleet for the cost needed to complete this immigration goal this year.Considering that the Haihan military's plan to deploy a complete fleet in Fujian has been postponed until next year, this can actually be regarded as an indirect impact of the immigration plan on the expansion of the military's strength.Of course, population is the most important thing, and Qian Tiandun will naturally not disagree with the executive committee, so it is just a few verbal complaints, and he did not show any resistance to the immigration plan.

(End of this chapter)