The central plateau in the cool season is actually very comfortable. The temperature is not high, and you don’t have to be like a sauna all day, but it’s not low, and you don’t even need thicker clothes. In fact, in New China Island, if someone tells you to "bring more clothes", it is definitely not the meaning of wearing more clothes when the weather is cold, but the literal meaning is to simply bring a few more clothes, generally referring to thin clothes such as shirts.

At this moment, the suitcase of Xiaofeng was filled with these types of clothes, including large Southeast Asian shorts. A dark-skinned servant stood respectfully behind him, carrying the suitcase. Two guards with dark skin and Malay appearance surrounded the left and right, watching each stranger who was trying to get close to him with vigilant eyes.

In fact, they don’t have to do this. In Da'an County, public security is quite good. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has set up a branch here, and more than 400 police officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been stationed all year round. There are police stations in each street, dozens of police stations, and there are similar number of patrol officers. Every day, these people can be seen patrolling with rifles on the street.

Many city (civilian) and civilians (officials) have said that it is great to see the police maintain public order. They are so kind than the army soldiers with a arrogant and rude attitude. If you do something wrong, you can directly ask them to make rectifications. To put it bluntly, whether the police are stationed police, patrol officers, the Ministry of Internal Affairs police or the secret police are part of the government, while the soldiers are not. The Joint General Staff Headquarters is an organization on par with the Government, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Procuratorate, and the Honorary Court. No one can give orders to them except the Executive Committee.

"Why do I feel that there are more policemen than ordinary people on this street?" Man Xiaofeng was a little puzzled when he looked at the sparse pedestrians on the street.

"Boss, have you forgotten? I have walked too many island Eight Banners in the past year, and even the Melina people under their control have moved away. There are actually not many of us on the East Coast alone." A guard replied.

According to the latest statistics from relevant departments, the population of Xinhuaxia Island that has obtained overseas national status on the east coast has a total of about 700,000 people, including the offshore Xinyue County (the county area is generally the four Comoros islands in later generations, more than 2,000 square kilometers), and Seba County (the Zanzibar Islands in later generations). Such a population, scattered on the land of several provinces in eastern China, does seem to be sparsely populated. What's more, because of priority colonization of coastal areas, most of the 700,000 people still live in these areas. Therefore, even if the central plateau has been immigrated repeatedly, its population density is still not good. This phenomenon is particularly prominent after the large number of Malays have been moved out.

"Haha, I remember. There are only a few people, and the market is also depressed. I remember that many low-level jobs and even many craftsmen in New China Island are all served by the Eight Banners tribes of the island? They left, and the impact on the economy is quite large." Man Xiaofeng said.

In fact, as he said, Xinhuaxia Island is an island with people from the east coast, but in order to maintain the operation of this large colony, the Eight Banners people of the island were also used in large quantities to participate in the work. Although it is mostly low-end jobs such as docks, restaurant waiters, sewer cleaners, forest farm lumberjacks, construction team workers, logistics and transportation practitioners, to be honest, they are all indispensable for urban construction. Not to mention, there are also a considerable number of craftsmen, low-end industrial workers (such as brick kiln workers), sailors and servant soldiers, and the losses of these people's departure in the short term are completely irreparable. The economic damage caused by New Huaxia Island in the past two years is proof of its severe damage.

Man Xiaofeng was buying goods at Port Bella, run by the British a few days ago. As a result, he received news from others. Captain Wang Dazhuang asked him to mobilize ships as soon as possible and get a group of immigrants from the East. This made him difficult, but Wang Dazhuang is his biggest political backer now. He could not violate the requirements of the Wang Brigade, so he decided to allocate four ships, carry goods to the Far East for sale, and use the payment received after the goods were sold to recruit immigrants.

Generally speaking, this kind of behavior of going to the Far East for trade requires first understanding from the Bank of Taiwan, because the company holds a license issued by the Ministry of Trade to monopolize the export of various commodities in the Far East. However, because Man Xiaofeng's ships do not intend to purchase any Chinese specialties locally, okay, if you cheat, they will definitely secretly purchase a batch of high-value goods such as silk, but the quantity will definitely not be too many. Considering the relationship between the New China Development Team, Taiwan Bank will most likely turn a blind eye, assuming that you should not overdo it and just recruit immigrants purely, so you do not need to apply for an agent license from the Bank of Taiwan.

Man Xiaofeng came back today, actually to deal with this matter. He took a boat to dock at Tacheng Port on the east coast, then arrived at the Alautra Lake area of ​​the grain base, and then drove to the carriage to the capital Da'an City.

Da'an City currently has a population of more than 10,000, including public officials, merchants, enterprise workers, scholars, etc., and less than one-third of them engage in agricultural production around the city, and they even mainly plant vegetables, fruits and melons. Although the newly established villages nearby also produce grain, they have to conduct militia training and take time to renovate the old facilities left by the Melina people. Therefore, the grain is only self-sufficiency, and the food dilemma in Da'an City still has to be solved by importing rice from the Alautra Lake.

The October Avenue where Man Xiaofeng is currently located (many big cities on the east bank have the so-called "October Avenue", which is also a feature...) gathered the development team headquarters, Changchun Palace, Da'an Memorial Hospital and other buildings. It belongs to the core commercial street. The road is built wide and straight. After walking for more than ten minutes, I saw two carriages loaded with rice passing by, and the destination was a branch of the National Grain Reserve Depot.

This grain warehouse has a huge reserve because it not only needs to be consumed by the residents of Da'an City, but also by the construction teams to be dispatched to build highways. These construction teams are mainly for the construction of high-level roads. After all, Da'an City, which occupies a large amount of funds, has been almost fully built. Now it is time to develop the transportation network around Da'an City. The better the network is built, the better the development of Da'an City in the future. After all, these networks are all providing you with supplies, right?

Man Xiaofeng agreed with the construction of the national highway system, but he was also very curious, where did the people who built the road come from? You should know that the current environment is to divert the residents of Malay descent on the island, and to exchange for colonists of East Asian descent. As the saying goes, the bonus of the captives who defeated the Melina Kingdom was almost squandered. Those people were either sent to the yellow-black dividing line in South Africa or on the way to the yellow-black dividing line, and they are still on the central plateau. I wonder if there are 200,000 people?

There are 200,000 people, which sounds a lot, but two-thirds of them work in coal mines, stone mines, rivers, forest farms, brick kiln factories and various agricultural plantations. The remaining thirds still need to build residential buildings, factories and other buildings. How many people can be taken out to build roads? Not to mention, these people will also be sent to the Yellow-and-Black Dividing Line in batches in the next few years. In the event of failure, they will also be sent to state-owned farms in Yicheng area and Zimbabwe Pacification Office area, and they will be carried out while pioneering the territory to reduce the burden on future colonization.

The future labor force of New China Island is really worrying. Thinking of this, Man Xiaofeng has a deeper understanding of Captain Wang's request to recruit people from the Far East. No one, everything is empty! It's hard to say that this time I have to go there myself. Some things may not be given face if I send some things to others, even if he is your old classmate and old friend. Ningbo should be able to do something, but I can't count on too much. I heard that the situation in the mainland is quite chaotic, and it seems that you can find merchants with relatively high energy locally and let them find ways to recruit some people from the Qing or Shun Kingdom. Especially in the war zone, the local situation is chaotic, the government's dysfunction, and it may even be paralyzed. The people's sense of insecurity is also very strong. The city has a big king's flag, and anyone who comes to pick them up a handful of wool, and they should have a strong urge to immigrate.

In addition, Japan and North Korea should also focus on it. After nearly a hundred years of peace, the population of these two countries has surged. For example, North Korea, all the abandoned land during the Japanese turmoil in the Imperial Palace was already farmed, and there were not enough, so many local people went to sea to work in Hei Shui every year to make money. If the Black Water Management Committee had not driven them away, they would have even settled illegally in the local area. This group of people seemed to be able to fight for. And what about Japan? This country is undergoing fierce reforms.

The rural situation is very chaotic, and many people have become impoverished and have no food and clothing. The situation of samurai is even worse. The number of ronin in Osaka, Kyoto and Edo is growing almost every month. They have no fixed jobs at all. Many people do things like guarding the house or acting as thugs. After eating the whole meal, the total number is almost 200,000 to 300,000. These bankrupt samurai or ronin are also targets of immigration, provided that you have a way.

From this perspective, I mobilized four ships to the Far East and could be filled, and it would be no problem for more than 3,000 people to come back. According to the figures in the previous few years, the number of Eastern immigrants held in New China Island every year is less than 10,000, and more than 3,000 people are quite a lot. After all, my image in the New China Development Team will be greatly improved. In the long run, the benefits are still very huge. After all, some of my shameful businesses still need to be covered, and the umbrella on the official face cannot be lost.

"Boss, the development team has arrived." After another five minutes of walking, a guard whispered.
Chapter completed!