"These villages are actually not big, usually only a dozen households, and some of them are not even there. We have investigated, and they usually operate agriculture, fishing and hunting, and there are not many other industries, and the industrial output value is very small. The only handicraft industry exists to meet the pitiful local market demand. However, after the company's large amount of industrial products were imported, these people were on the verge of bankruptcy. We have counted that they basically went to Vladivostok to work, where the market is larger and there are many job opportunities." On May 23, 1696, on the banks of the Ussuri River where the river was frozen, Shao Rujie, deputy general manager of the Bank of Taiwan, was inspecting the local business with a group of people.

The one I just spoke was Shao Rujie's secretary, an official in his early thirties, graduated from Yantai College, a cradle of the Five Families cadres in the Far East. He once served as the township chief in Boli County and was very familiar with various affairs in rural areas in the Northeast. Later, he resigned from public office and went to Taiwan Bank to serve as Shao Rujie's secretary, which surprised many people. It is indeed incredible for some people to abandon politics and business, but the salary offered by the Taiwan Bank is generous and the development prospects are not necessarily bad. After all, this company is the God of Wealth of the Manchuria Development Team.

"The Shandan people here live a very primitive life. They don't know how to grow crops and are not very interested in doing this. They prefer to hunt large wild animals in the forest - well, they are usually fur beasts, dig ginseng, fish sea fish, kelp, sea cucumber, sea crab and other seafood that can be sold at a high price. Sometimes they will go to the river to hunt sand gold, go to the forest farm to see wood, pick wild fruits, fungus and other mountainous goods." The secretary continued: "It is worth mentioning that although the development team and the county and township governments made it up for them.

They had registered their household registration and asked them to settle somewhere, but the mobility of these Shandan people was still very high. They chased deer and fish, and their belongings were very simple, with no property, usually hunting rifles, hunting dogs, tents - well, I bought them from us, originally a birch bark house, but now they have made some progress - sleds, fishing nets, and some fried rice and salted fish that serve as dry food. It is very convenient to move the house, and it is difficult for the government to monitor them, but in fact they have given up this effort."

"Immigrants from Ningshao from the south like to settle down. They usually build houses near the Shandan people's work, reclaim the local fertile black soil, plant grains and vegetables, and then rely on selling agricultural products to the Shandan people or providing rest places to obtain income. It has to be said that many of these people came without anything, but relying on their superb farming skills and flexible business minds, they made a lot of money from the Shandan people. After all, in remote primeval forests or beachfront areas, they were in remote primeval forests or beachfront areas.

There is no other person in the area, and the hunting teams of Shandan people can only be replenished through them. These people used to bring large bags of dry food when they went out, but now they have fixed villages to replenish their habits a lot. Overall, they are relatively wealthy now. Sometimes when they are busy in autumn, they will hire some Shandan people or North Koreans to do farm work. The daily remuneration is paid to the North Koreans, and the Shandan people are generally grain or sorghum wine."

"Have there been ethnic disputes?" Shao Rujie asked. In the past, he usually only lived in cities and handled commercial affairs. He was in contact with relatively high-end people, unlike the secretary who had rich local work experience. Therefore, when he heard the secretary's detailed explanation, he was actually quite interested.

"It is definitely a lie to say that there is no such thing as no lies, but it is indeed relatively small. The government has garrisons at important transportation nodes in cities or villages, with people ranging from dozens to hundreds. Because the reputation of defeating the Qing army and conquering the indigenous tribes before was still high, the deterrence was still relatively strong. Furthermore, the leaders of various hunting teams or fishing teams were famous and surnamed figures. Most of their families stayed in the town, and their children had to go to Han and Mongolia schools to study. As long as they had no unfaithful intentions, there was no problem in general. After years of rectification, they had basically accepted the rule of the East Coast government and the reality that the southern Han immigrants had one level higher than their economic status." The secretary replied.

Shao Rujie nodded silently after hearing this. The business practices of these Ningbo people are indeed good. They exchange agricultural products with Shandan people for valuable marten fur, fox fur, bear skin, ginseng, fungus, sand gold and other commodities through agricultural products. Then they can go to the Taiwan Bank purchase station in the town to sell these goods at a high price. The profit margin is still very rich. In addition, they sometimes return a little small commodities from the town, such as spirits, tobacco, gunpowder, salt, metal knives and other daily necessities. Those hunting teams or fishing teams cannot end the task and go to the town to replenish supplies, so they can only choose to buy them. These Ningbo farmers are actually the role of pocket boats in the fishing grounds. The middlemen make the difference, which is simply a pleasure.

Their experience of getting rich in Manchuria and Mongolia was soon passed back to their hometown intentionally or unintentionally, and soon attracted a new wave of immigrants in the densely populated Ningshao area. Those people originally found a job in the factory and worked casually. When they heard that the rich Northeast had many opportunities, they all yearned for it as if they were injected with chicken blood. Then they quit their jobs and took their families to immigrate to Manchuria and Mongolia. There were few people, vast land, fertile, rich resources, and low competitive pressure, so their attraction to people was naturally extraordinary.

The Manchurian and Mongolian pioneer team is also very generous to these immigrants from the south. They stipulate: 1. No one can only pay four yuan to obtain one acre of land, with the upper limit of 100 acres. This price can be said to be very cheap, less than half of the local price; 2. When allocating land, you can live in a unit of treasury or single-family settlement. Generally speaking, most people choose to live in a unit of villages. Even if a single-family settlement is settled, it is not far from the village; 3. The allocated land is completely exempt from taxes in the first ten years, and the tax is reduced by half in the second ten years; 4. The purchased land must be cultivated within three years, otherwise the government has the right to confiscate it; 5. If an immigrant who purchased a ship ticket at his own expense, he can be exempted from military service ten times, and the houses can not be borrowed to passers-by.

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Such conditions were unavailable to other vassals in the Far East, and even the Imperial or Brunei in Southeast Asia were a little worse, so it attracted immigrants from Ningbo. Shao Rujie once saw an immigrant ship carrying more than 200 people at the Vladivostok Port. The ship was taken from Ningbo Dinghai Port and was collectively funded by more than 200 Ningbo immigrants on the ship. This surprised those who were used to immigrating by the government, and then lamented that Ningbo was really rich and the locals really had the will to make a desperate move.

"The newly moved immigrants are mostly adult men. Of course, this is understandable. In these sparsely populated places, people have to fight against the primitive nature, requiring people to work hard physical labor, especially when they were initially cultivated. Male immigrants accounted for the majority, making people's marriage a problem. In order to solve this problem, the Manchuria and Mongolian pioneer team formulated policies to encourage women to immigrate. For those who have women in immigrant families, the women's own journey and settlement costs are paid by the official fee. This is a considerable fee, and I won't mention the boat tickets, and it is not cheap. If you want to settle in a ready-made village, families with women can be exempted from settlement fees. This fee is not small, because you are free of charge.

After enjoying the roads, schools, Taoist temples and agricultural irrigation systems built by early immigration, compensation must be made." The secretary said: "In addition, marrying an indigenous people is also a good choice. The government has issued orders many times, requiring the heads of tribes not to prohibit women from marrying immigrants from the south, and violators will be fined. It should be said that cross-ethnic marriages are still very frequent, because the economic status of the two is not equal, and people always yearn for a better life. Moreover, this seems to be conducive to assimilation. There are more than 500,000 indigenous people in the entire Manchuria and Mongolian Development Team. How to assimilate them is a very important issue. Education and intermarriage are two very effective means, and the government highly recommends it."

"How many people are there in the entire Manchuria and Mongolia pioneer team now? Is there a million?" Shao Rujie suddenly asked.

"Of course there isn't." The secretary replied quickly: "According to what I have mastered, even if those Mongolians are added, there are only about 700,000 people. Fortunately, the population has been slowly increasing, and the situation is developing in a positive direction."

"There are only 700,000 to 800,000 people living in millions of square kilometers of land. The word "large and sparse population" is really not a discount. The fertile black soil, dense forests, rich fishery resources, herds of cattle and sheep, as well as medicinal materials, gold, coal and fur. The resources are so rich, no wonder the immigrants here are quite rich, and the pressure of life is really small." Shao Rujie sighed: "The textile factory in Dinghai County is exhausted in one month.

I only made a few dollars. But if I came here, I might get it back after reselling two or three fur goods. I heard that farmers who farmed in the Tuanjiehe Gold Mine made a lot of gold by selling grain, vegetables, and fruits. Their pockets were all big, and the rural areas of Manchuria were not bad. Hehe, a high-quality mink or bear skin could be sold at a sky-high price in the local area. Those Shandan hunting teams often sold at a low price with a bag of grain. This business is too easy to do."

Of course, Shao Rujie did not mention the huge profits of Taiwan Bank. Because of the largest share of Manchuria and Mongolia's foreign trade, their acquisition stations all over the country bought fur and other goods from immigration or hunting teams, and sold them to the local area would be twice or even several times the profit. The efficiency of this money was naturally incomparable to those second-hand dealers (immigrants), but it doesn't need to be said explicitly, everyone understands it.

"The people are so rich, but why is the Manchuria and Mongolian pioneer team so poor? The Ningshao pioneer team will provide them with 300,000 yuan a year, and at the same time, it will allocate a considerable amount of cloth, labor tools, salt, and tea. The Denglai pioneer team will provide 200,000 yuan a year, and will also provide a large amount of grain, guns and ammunition. There is no charge for training cadres. The sent teachers will also pay for them. Even our company has been sent several donations. This is really not true!" Shao Rujie murmured to himself: "Yes, the war may be expensive. In addition, immigration
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