African Nationhood

Chapter 168 Internal Affairs Meeting-Immigration (Part )

“These are several important ports for our free navigation, among which Hong Kong, the magical capital of the Qing Dynasty, and Shantou can all be classified as ports of entry for immigrants.

This is the starting point of our immigration journey. Heading south to Singkawang or Pontianak Port in Lanfang Company, this will be a relay point for our immigration.

The idea of ​​our Immigration Bureau is to open the population input port from the starting point to the relay point, that is, to pay the Dutch or businessmen from other countries to help us transport immigrants from the Qing Dynasty.

As for the source of immigrants, they can be recruited by civilians here, or purchased by the Dutch or businessmen from other countries.

We can relax restrictions as long as they are healthy immigrants, both men and women of childbearing age.

In addition, we must also pay attention to exploring new sources of immigrants, such as the Mingxiang people in Vietnam.

They are all Han Chinese who entered Vietnam from the late Ming Dynasty. These people obviously meet our immigration requirements.

In addition, Koreans, Vietnamese (King ethnic groups), and Burmese ethnic groups (Shan ethnic groups, Ji ethnic groups) can also be introduced.

These ethnic groups have been influenced by the Confucian culture of the Central Plains, and with a little training and enlightenment they can become very good citizens. "

When Shi Jintang heard this, he nodded in agreement.

Futong felt relieved when he saw Shi Jintang nodding.

As for the Japanese side, it was not mentioned because Shi Jintang clearly opposed it.

“The thinking of our immigration bureau is that the journey from the source to Lanfang Company counts as one large immigration storage point.

Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shantou and Hongji Port are all small immigration points.

In addition, our Immigration Bureau would also like to emphasize the issue of the origin of immigrants, and it is best to expand the sources of immigrants.

If most of our immigrants are from the coastal areas of the Qing Dynasty, it will easily lead to the convergence and exclusivity of our citizens, which is not conducive to our rule. "

After hearing Fu Tong's suggestion, Shi Jintang nodded, "Director Fu's suggestion is very good. Remember to remind those transporting recruiters to give priority to sending recruits back from the interior of the Qing Dynasty.

The recruitment of recruiters in coastal areas will be suspended or reduced. You can discuss it later.

In addition, after the immigrants arrive, attention should also be paid to dispersing the immigrants in the same area during distribution to avoid being too close to each other and easily clumping together. "

Futong nodded, "Okay, Mr. Shi, we will consider it."

Futong continued to speak: “After talking about the source of immigrants, the next thing we want to talk about is the staged transfer of immigrants.

As I said before, with Lanfang Company as the first transit station for immigrants, we named the route from the Far East to Borneo as the initial section.

Our suggestion is to allow transportation to external merchants as much as possible, supplemented by our transportation capacity.

From Lanfang Company to the Chagos Islands is the middle section. This section is operated by the Peninsula and Oriental Shipping Company as the main force for transporting immigrants.

After coming from the Far East, they are often transported by air, which allows us to make full use of our precious transportation capacity.

The cruise ships operated by the 'Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company' will make every effort to transport immigrants from the ports of Singkawang and Pontianak of the Lanfang Company to Diego Garcia, the main island of the Chagos Archipelago.

This island is an annular coral reef with a total length of 65 kilometers, a width of only 0.5 kilometers, and a total land area of ​​27.2 square kilometers. It is easy to accommodate 1 to 3 people here.

Moreover, the Chagos Islands are not affected by typhoons in the Indian Ocean. The environment of the entire archipelago is very calm. Except for being a bit hot, other conditions are excellent.

However, it is necessary to invest in advance to build houses and other facilities for resettling immigrants. This needs to be considered by colleagues at the construction site. "

After listening to Futong's words, Cai Jinzhang took the initiative to answer, "We already sent people to Diego Garcia half a month ago.

The British government sent a group of black slaves there to grow coconuts and cocoa.

We have taken over the work of the plantation, but what are we going to do with the black slaves? Hearing this question, Shi Jintang frowned, "Let's monitor it for the time being. If there are too many immigrants, we will drive the black slaves to other islands." "

After rushing over, no one cares about the issue of life and death.

Shi Jintang's words were the imperial edict, and no one objected.

Futong nodded and continued to speak: "Peninsula and Oriental Company's passenger cruise ships will unload immigrants here, and then they will return to the normal shipping route from the Red Sea via the Suez Canal, so that there will be no delay in both.

The route from the Chagos Islands to Mapu Port is very simple for us. With the two large cruise ships of Henry Shipping Company, we can basically make a round trip in a few days.

In addition, in view of the overlap in the European operations of the Peninsula and Oriental Company and our Henry Shipping Company, I propose to merge the passenger operations of the same routes.

At the same time, the valuable transportation capacity of Henry Shipping Company will be reasonably allocated to the starting and ending sections. "

Futong's suggestion was feasible, and Shi Jintang nodded in agreement.

After talking about the immigration transportation issue, Futong continued to take out the chart.

“This is a progress chart for transporting immigrants, which shows the incremental changes in the number of immigrants transported each year.

We are making a five-year plan, which is an incentive and also requires a lot of cooperation from colleagues. "

Everyone in the conference room responded in unison, "You must do your best when it comes to your duties!"

Shi Jintang looked at the progression chart made by Fu Tong. This chart was based on the number of immigrants from Nanhua Company last year, which was 5.4. This chart was broken down in detail, including how many immigrants were transported every month.

As time goes on, the more immigrants are transported every month, the more transport capacity will be needed here. Shi Jintang has informed Futong about ordering new ships in the UK.

He should have taken the capacity of these new ships into consideration in advance.

The promotion table lists in detail whether natural disasters such as storms and typhoons will be encountered every month, and provides specific solutions.

For example, avoidance of typhoon season in advance, self-rescue training in distress, etc., or when developing sources of immigrants in the initial period, specifically finding those forces to buy and sell people.

Futong's new official took office with great care.

But as a boss, he can't be too spoiled for his subordinates. He has to make demands when it's time to make them, and he can't let his subordinates have an easy life.

“Director Futong’s speech was wonderful, taking into account the company’s reality and planning ahead.

It can be seen that Director Futong has a good overall view and planning, but I think a population of 5 million in 8-100 years is a bit too conservative.

We can be more courageous, how about 8 million in 200 years? "

Futong's face tensed up when he heard this. He couldn't bear it. Boss Shi's request was a bit high, but he still nodded in agreement.

"I will revise the immigration plan. In terms of specific transportation capacity, I need more support from Mr. Shi."

Shi Jintang nodded, "Don't worry, we haven't relaxed our investment in immigration, so your burden will be heavier!"

"Now, I would like to ask Mr. Tie to speak about the farmland reclamation situation in various regions in Southwest Africa, as well as our future reclamation plans."

Since Tie Lan published an article supporting the company's policies, Shi Jintang transferred him to the Agricultural Bureau, letting him take charge of reclamation in various places and guide the development of the Agricultural Society.

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