Chapter 523: Developing Liaodong (9)

Liu Hancheng helped Qiao Ergou clean up the salute, he was happy for the other party, but also had a trace of reluctance in his heart. He met Qin Ergou on the road, the two helped each other all the way, and almost died on the road several times, Qin Ergou also saved his son's life, and now he has finally settled down, but he is going to separate again.

"Brother, if you are a soldier in Daming to eat food, brother, I will persuade you not to go, but if you follow the owner as a soldier, I won't say anything, my brother is happy for you." The proprietor is our benefactor, and it is worth working hard for the proprietor. ”

Qin Ergou nodded heavily, and said in a muffled voice: "Brother, don't worry, Lao Tzu is desperate to make a future." You two take good care of yourselves in the future, and I will come back to see you. ”

At this time, there were bursts of shouts from outside the tent, and Liu Hancheng patted Qin Ergou on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's time to go......"

Liu Hancheng sent Qin Ergou to the playground and watched him and a group of homeless people leave the camp. The surrounding homeless people all looked at them with envy on their faces, and everyone knew that from now on, the fate of these people would change.

The Military Council is currently expanding its army and will form the newest four garrison brigades. Unlike in the past, this time the recruits will be selected from among the Shanxi refugees. Most of the troops of the Central Military Commission and the army are mainly Liaomin, and in the long run, it is bound to be detrimental to the development of the troops.

The Admiralty has done a better job in this regard, and the soldiers are composed of the Dongjiang Town Naval Division, the Nanyang Pirates, the Zheng Pirates and the pirates under Liu Xiang's hands +, and the composition is complex and relatively average, so that it will not create a regional dominance.

Therefore, the Military Commission decided after study that the recruits recruited in the future will be mainly from other areas of the Ming Dynasty. It happened that this time the garrison brigade was expanded, so that Qin Ergou caught up with this opportunity and became a recruit in the four newly built garrison brigades.

The next morning, various departments of the Ethnic Affairs Committee also came to the camp of the displaced people, according to the information registered by the displaced people. Recruit them into their own departments. Although the company's industrial focus is on Vladivostok, some low-tech enterprises will be built in eastern Liaoning, mainly for the company's development and construction of eastern Liaodong services.

This year, the majority of the displaced people in Shanxi are still farmers. But there are still some craftsmen from all walks of life, who will be selected as apprentices by various departments of the company. All departments of the Ethnic Affairs Committee will conduct systematic training for them.

Liu Hancheng's ancestors have been carpenters for generations, and although he dare not say how exquisite his craftsmanship is, his skills are extremely solid. He was also taken away by employees of the Ministry of Industry. Liu Hancheng, who was confused, carried his bags. He left the camp with a large group of homeless people, and he did not know exactly where they went.

This year, nearly 200,000 people from Shanxi Province will go to various parts of Liaodong, and they will start their new lives in Liaodong after all the hardships. Most of the people will be engaged in agricultural production and various infrastructure construction in Liaodong, and contribute their own strength to the development of Liaodong.

In the future, the company will also immigrate a large number of people from all over Daming, and the number will increase year by year. Liaodong and the outer northeast are vast and sparsely populated, and millions of people can't even make a splash if they are scattered. The Far Eastern Company is also stepping up plans to strengthen its presence in various parts of Daming. Strive to carry out large-scale migration in the past few years of the great drought in Chongzhen.

Since 1637, it has been the famous Chongzhen drought in history. It began in northern Shaanxi in 1637 and ended in Hunan in 1646. The duration of the drought and the extent of the drought have not been seen in the past 500 years.

Twenty-three provinces in the south and north of the Ming Dynasty have been hit by severe drought. The main areas of drought and lack of rain are in North China, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, these areas have been dry for more than 5 years, and Henan Province, where the center of the arid area is located. The drought lasted for seven years, with the drought being the most rampant in 1640. In the early stage of the drought event, there was a pattern of drought in the north and flood in the south. And the arid area is expanding to the east and south year by year; After 1640, rainfall increased in the north, turning into flooding in the north and drought in the south. During this period, plagues and locust plagues were rampant.

Within two years, the company will set up a large number of intelligence stations in Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Shandong provinces in the north to prepare for the company's large-scale immigration. The company will reserve a large amount of materials in two years and prepare to welcome a large number of displaced people.

The first is food, and in the next few years, Liaodong will receive a blowout of displaced people. The amount of food needed will be astronomical. In recent years, with the establishment of large farms in the southern part of Xingkai Lake in the Far East, and successive bumper harvests, the grain reserves are very sufficient. The company has built a large number of grain depots in various parts of Liaodong, and also imports a large number of grains from Siam, North Korea and Southeast Asian countries every year. Crazy to store grain in various grain depots.

After Liaodong implemented the policy of guaranteeing production to households, hundreds of thousands of Liao people have been able to become self-sufficient in grain, and these Liao people will also pay taxes and loans every year, which is also a large number in total. It is expected that in two years, the company's stored food supplies will be able to meet the food supply of large-scale displaced people.

In addition to food supplies, there are also cloth, daily necessities, production tools, cattle seeds and other materials, which must be fully prepared.

After the company swept the Liaohetao, the Mongol tribes there had already migrated west and north. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the company organized a large number of Mongolian prisoners, and established the company's pasture by using the technology of modern society to carry out agricultural and animal husbandry production scientifically and systematically.

And trade with many Mongolian tribes in the north, using various production and living materials in the Far East to trade with these Mongolian tribes. In exchange for a large number of cattle, sheep and horses. However, in order to meet the future needs of cattle cultivation in eastern Liaodong, it is still far from enough, and a large number of horses can only be supplemented for horse farming production.

The Russian military uniforms brought by the company in modern society have long been exhausted, and the clothing, shoes and hats worn by new immigrants in recent years are from several light industry enterprises in Vladivostok. Every year, a huge amount of cloth and cotton is imported from Southeast Asian countries and Daming, and all light industrial enterprises in Vladivostok are now operating at full capacity and carrying out production.

In addition, in the next few years, the company's demand for various daily necessities and production tools will also be very huge. From small dishes, chopsticks, spoons, to large ploughs and carriages, they must be well prepared. Fortunately, the company's iron and steel complex in Bac Ninh Town, Bac Ninh Coal Mine, petrochemical base in Sakhalin Island, and major enterprises in Vladivostok Development Zone have trained a large number of mature industrial workers after several years of development, and all major enterprises are on the right track.

The equipment brought by the company from modern society has finally come into use, and it is still training skilled industry workers. The first batch of graduates of various industrial technical schools in Vladivostok also entered the company's various enterprises for internships, and in the future they will be the backbone of the first batch of skilled workers in the Far East.

Far Eastern Company's positioning of the Vladivostok Development Zone is actually the company's high-tech industrial zone, heavy industry zone and talent training base. In the future, the company's industrial workers from all walks of life, high-tech and technical personnel and graduates of colleges and universities at all levels will come from there.

Although the company's industrial center is bound to move westward in the future, high-tech industries and technology research and development units, as well as colleges and universities at all levels, will remain in Vladivostok. The main reason is that the company has already laid a strong foundation there, and it is also due to various considerations such as safety. (To be continued......) R1292