This year's spring came particularly early. It was only late May. There were still many ice-filled Miaojie Ports in the past. Now they are completely invisible. The people from the Port Authority have come to work at the pier. This important town in the northeast that has been frozen for several months can finally contact the outside world again.

Liao Xiaoyao, wearing a thick leather jacket and a seal-skin hat, looked at a large group of refugees who had just got off the ship with joy and sorrow. The number of these refugees was about four or five hundred, ragged, with a dishy face, and a bad mental state. He had just come down from the armed transport ship of the "Galicia Flying Fish" that was confirmed to be retired this year.

They set out from the Jiaozhou Fortress in Shandong Province. The old captain was experienced and could always find the one that was conducive to navigation in the chaotic and unclear near-earth currents. Then, they used the intermittent sea breeze from the southeast (May is the season when north and south winds alternately exerted their might) to cut through the waves. In addition to stopping in Yuanshanjin on the way to replenish supplies and letting out passengers, they just hurried to Miaojie Port, which was under the jurisdiction of the Hei Shui Development Team, on May 27th.

According to the agreement, there may be many batches of more than 400 refugees in this batch, which will be handed over to the Heishui Development Team to settle in the local area to relieve the pressure on Shandong. You should know that in Shandong, where locust plagues are everywhere, it is unlikely that you can organize manpower to open up land, and the cost-effectiveness ratio is extremely low, and in the end it is just wasted seeds and energy. Therefore, it is just a waste of these people from outside to reclaim land. The Heishui Development Team has received a lot of them since last year, and this year it seems that they will continue to accept them. I don’t know when the drought in Shandong will end.

"Last year, 5,000, maybe another ten thousand people came this year. Why did Shandong look like this? I heard that the locust plague in the four eastern and western prefectures of Shandong has slowly subsided, but the Denglai area is still happening, and the luck of the Qing Dynasty is good." Liao Xiaoyao looked at the victims and said helplessly: "Korean money, your Taiwan Bank has made a fortune with the help of the government over the years. It is not difficult for you to retreat at this difficult time. Let's do this. I know that you have just transported a ship of cotton coats from Ningbo to sell. Don't sell it for now, and put it on for such refugees. The weather is actually quite cold now, and they may not adapt to the climate here, so don't let people freeze. Well, just treat it as the government helps you sell it to these victims. It's affordable. Don't think that you will earn too much. Please wait until these victims are resettled and then slowly repay it with your own labor."

Han Qian was depressed again when he heard this. The benefits of these regional managers were actually closely related to their performance. As the person in charge of the Heishui District, Han Qian has been arrested by Liao Xiaoyao in recent years and has done a lot of things and spent a lot of money. For example, the goods were misappropriated to newly established villages, towns, ships were requisitioned, people were taken to help with work, such as paying bad debts for the government, etc. In short, it was a bunch of messy things, which made people helpless.

Especially after hearing the situation mentioned by the merchants of the Dutch East India Company, Han Qian was even more envious. As a result, it was also a large-scale trading colonial enterprise, why was the East India Company so powerful? Why was our Taiwanese bank like a stepmother who had to do dirty work for the stepmother all day long? Whenever he thought of this, Han Qian couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, he was also from the Ming Dynasty and had a very deep understanding of the saying that the people did not fight with officials. What's more, more than half of the shares of the Taiwan Bank were controlled by the government, and their relationship with the government was also complicated, and they also inherited a lot of government feelings (such as renting ships from the Third Fleet Okhotsk Sea Squadron, etc.), so he was destined to be unable to achieve the free status of the Dutch East India Company.

Therefore, after hearing Liao Xiaoyao's orders, Han Qian immediately stepped forward and agreed: "Don't worry, Commander Liao, there are 2,000 cotton coats in this batch, all of which are stored in the warehouse at Miaojie Wharf. Before I could distribute them to various places. I will ask the people below to bring the cotton coats over. Don't worry, all the two thousand pieces will be controlled by Commander Liao. This batch of disaster victims cannot be used up and then use them. There is no hurry to pay for the goods. I will wait until they are placed first. I can still bear it."

"Very good. Taiwan Bank, as a national enterprise, a trade pioneer and a sharp sword of colonization, should have such awareness. Manager Han, you are very good. Do your best in the future. I will mention this matter in front of your Vice President Shao." Liao Xiaoyao glanced at Han Qian, praised him in a salty tone, and then said: "I heard that the four 72-ton steamer you ordered at the Heishui Shipyard had arrived at the port before the frozen end last year? Well, you may also requisition it next and use these ships to transport some disaster victims to the Wudi River area on the west side to resettle."

Speaking of which, the Hei Water Shipyard is now building more and more ship types. In the first half of last year, the patent holder of the 72-ton inland/offshore general steamer was officially authorized by the Hei Water Shipyard to build such very useful ships (of course, many major components including steam engines, transmission equipment, propellers, etc. still need to be purchased from the local area). This means that the three major vassal states in the Far East will no longer have to do everything they can to purchase the eliminated old ships from the local area, but can order new ships nearby at the Hei Water Factory, which is undoubtedly a major improvement.

After hearing the news in the middle of last year, the Taiwan Bank raised funds to place an order to order four such ships, carrying out shipping business in the Amur River, Henggu River, Ussuri River and Jieya River, purchasing local wild cargo, sand gold, high-end fur, medicinal materials, salted fish and other commodities. Sometimes it also helps transport some building materials, grain, fuel, quilts, arms and other bulk goods, intending to completely develop the commerce on this vast land.

But now they look a little unlucky. These ships only took some building materials before the Amur River was frozen last year to Miaojie Port, and then they stopped in the dry dock for the winter. Unexpectedly, Commander Liao Xiaoyao was targeted by Commander Liao. This would be used to requisition and transport immigrants. They had nothing to say and could only obey their duties!

When it comes to the Wudi River, it starts with the fact that Liao Xiaoyao took office three years ago and ran to enclose land in the northeast. At that time, although the East Coast people signed a demarcation agreement for the Far East with Russia, the terms and conditions were quite vague. Many places did not stipulate it at all. There were countless actions between the two sides (actually it is hard to say whether it really crossed the line). Liao Xiaoyao thought about it and felt that if he wanted to truly and completely occupy this land, someone would have to live on it and establish an effective early warning and defense mechanism. The East Coast people's advantages in immigration are naturally not comparable to Russians. Therefore, this resulted in the later feat of enclosing land to swallow the entire line of the Wudi River-Jia River, of course, this also includes the factors of enclosing and slowly digesting the large number of indigenous people in the area. You must know that these people are all excellent soldiers.

This severe drought that was rare in Shandong in decades and the locust plague that followed, the two Denglai Prefectures could not grow food, so the large number of people gathered (it has exceeded 250,000 at present, which is the number obtained when the Qing court strengthened its interception) could only be diverted to other places nearby, such as Ningbo Prefecture, North Korea's leased land, the jurisdiction of the Black Water Development Team, etc.

Among them, Ningbo Prefecture has increased its population day by day in recent years and the sowing area of ​​cash crops is growing, so there are not many people that can be resettled. Don’t you see that when the Huai'an Prefecture was resettled to local salt fields, construction teams, and logging camps last time when the Huai'an Prefecture immigrated, the arable land area in Ningbo Prefecture is still limited, and most of them are offset by the new population. Therefore, Liang Xiangjian was very persuasive, and Jiang Zhiqing, the captain of the Southern Development Team, reluctantly agreed to accept 70,000 to 80,000 victims to open up the land, but no matter how many there are, there is no more, because it is difficult to resettle these 70,000 to 80,000 people, which is quite difficult.

In addition, after the Shandong New Army officers and their families on Jeju Island withdrew, it is conservatively estimated that more than 20,000 people will be freed up. If Busan, Wonsanjin and other places squeeze out and cross the line to "borrow land" to farm, another 20,000 to 30,000 people can be placed, which will be more than 40,000, which will solve a lot of trouble for the Denlai Development Team. c≡c≡c≡gec≡

Finally, there is the jurisdiction of the Hei Water Development Team managed by Liao Xiaoyao. Currently, there is a large area of ​​half-cooked land in the southern part of Sakhalin Island, which are all left by immigrants from Huai'an Prefecture who lived in collective farms. Last year, the two county governments of Nanku organized personnel to clean up the weeds that had grown slightly after being abandoned. The shrubs and seedlings can basically accommodate a large number of victims this year. Even the houses of the collective farms are ready-made, and they only need to be cleaned and repaired to move in.

Liang Xiangjian had been an official in Heishui area for many years. He built the collective farms and collective farms by him. According to his estimates, as long as Dabo and Nanku (in addition, there are collective farms in Heishui County and the Amur River Basin, but the scale is far less than the southern part of Sakhalin Island) the collective farms in the two counties did not have large-scale abandonment. This is not an unfair worry, because as the immigrants from Huai'an Prefecture who had been removed at the peak of that year, there were not enough people to farm, and the mature land slowly became more and more natural. So it is not a problem to place tens of thousands of people this time. Of course, this may require payment of the first year's rations in advance, otherwise it may be unsustainable. After all, there are few local people and limited surplus grains, so we cannot afford to support too many people.

After removing these places, there were only 70,000 to 80,000 people left in Shandong. With such a small population, finding some locust plagues in Dengzhou Prefecture is not so serious and water conservancy facilities are quite good. Slowly toss and endure slowly, you can always harvest some food. Although it is a little less, it is better than not. Who said that other places can't be resettled now?

"The Qing court, a corrupt court, had such a big disaster in China, but the relief was so ineffective. What else can the court do? I believe that the Qing people in Qingzhou, Jinan, Dongchang, Yanzhou, and Hejian are all celebrating the name of benevolence and righteousness on our Great East Bank? At this time, if all the troops attacked it, they would have achieved great achievements! It's a pity..." Speaking of this, Liao Xiaoyao shook his head and smiled, no longer talking in depth, and only heard him change the topic: "Now, Shandong drought locusts are experiencing continuous attacks, but the people are not.

Let’s talk about life, our Amur River Basin will also accept more than 10,000 disaster victims. This task is not easy. Cereals, fish and meat must be prepared, otherwise we will not be able to support so many hungry victims. Don’t talk. Many of you were unkempt and were not as good as them. Didn’t you survive by relying on other people’s help? Now, it’s normal to put your heart in it and help others. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Although this is a Buddhist saying, it makes sense."

"In addition, in the vast land in the northeast, the Bohai Kingdom, Goguryeo, Liao, Jin and other regimes emerged in history, but they were all Hu courts, but the Han family came here, especially the fertile land in the northeast. Since our East Coast Kingdom was inherited from the Song Dynasty, it was the responsibility to come here to expand its territory and strive for a new living space for our people. What's more, there are few competitors here and they are not strong. At best, they are only thousands of Siberian Cossacks. Can't you stop it?" Liao Xiaoyao said with great enthusiasm, showing that some of the habits of the emperor and Han people were attacked: "So, this group of immigrants were mainly placed on the Wudi River and Jieya River. First, confirm this control line and block the Russians. I think there is no 200,000 or more. If this is digested, it will also be a huge improvement in our own strength. Therefore, at this critical moment, we must work hard to do things. This time, a large number of victims from Shandong are both a burden and a wealth, and it depends on how you view it. If you can't stand it, you will naturally not be able to raise everything. If you survive, then our power will increase greatly. With one increase and the other decrease, the Russians will no longer have any chance of competing with us. They can only take back their claws in shame. How can this great place between the white mountains and black waters be cheaper than the vulgar Russians?"

"Commander Liao is far-sighted, I can't wait." Han Qian was the first to flatter, and then naturally aroused the echoes of others. Everyone shouted, "How can the tens of thousands of people on both sides of the Amur River not afford more than 10,000 victims? Even if they really can't afford it, let the Heixiazi Port give more seal meat and whale meat to come, they can still support it for a while. If it really doesn't work, just click on the troops and grab the native tribes that were attached to the Qing Dynasty Bogde Khan and the Tsar. It's a little more supplement, and I can't beat them if I don't believe it!

Speaking of this, everyone's emotions gradually became more and more enthusiastic. For men in the Amur River Basin, they have always retained "entertainment projects" and have always been "loved" for people!
Chapter completed!