Chapter 885: Indian Craftsman
Every day, a large number of ships from the East came to the coastal areas of India, and a large number of ships from the East anchored in the ports of Calcutta, Madgars, Diu, Surat, Puducherry, Mumbai, Lahari, and Dhaka.
A large number of displaced people are driven off the ships and then sent to the camps along the coast for purification and distribution of supplies, where they will immediately undergo literacy eradication and intensive training, and of course, all-round political and ideological education is indispensable.
However, for the time being, these tasks will be managed by the backbone of the Far Eastern Army units in the Indian theater, because the situation in India is complicated, and the standard of training for the Daming displaced people in the Indian region will be much higher than that of the Liaodong displaced people, and it will even catch up with the training intensity of the Far Eastern musket militia.
After several months of intensive training, the newly formed squadrons of displaced people are actually equivalent to formed musket militia companies, and each squadron of displaced people will be issued with more than a dozen front-loading muskets and a batch of cold weapons such as bows, crossbows, shields, knives and guns.
Every homeless is required to be proficient in the use of cold weapons and the essentials of musket shooting. The residence of each squadron of displaced people will also be designed as a simple walled city, and in the event of an invasion from other places, the squadron of displaced people can pick up bows, crossbows, guns and front-loading muskets to protect themselves, a bit of an armed pioneer regiment.
This year, the Far East Company will send more than 500,000 northern Ming displaced people to the Indian subcontinent, and starting next year, the company will gradually increase the number of people and build large-scale farms in the Gangetic Plain, the Indus Valley and Bangladesh in India.
But the problem also arises, that is, the arrival of the Ming displaced people is bound to squeeze the living space of the indigenous people in India. In particular, the Indus Valley, the Gangetic Plain and Bengal have been the most densely populated regions of the South Asian subcontinent since ancient times.
How to occupy the arable land resources of a large number of indigenous Indians is definitely a problem that cannot be ignored, and the number of displaced people in the Ming Dynasty is not large at present. It can also be dealt with temporarily, once next year, a large number of Ming refugees will arrive one after another, and then it will inevitably cause huge contradictions, and if it is not handled well, it will inevitably cause huge chaos in the Far East control area.
Faced with such a complex situation. The Far Eastern Company instructed the Intelligence Department of the Military Commission to solve this problem at any cost. The Ministry of Intelligence can use any means, even if there is no moral floor, and the company will not care, but only if it ensures the stability of the indigenous people of India in the control area, and does not go beyond it.
The Far East dispatched almost all of the company's maritime forces to unload large numbers of displaced people in India and then load large quantities of grain. Return sail to Liaodong. Before the freezing of the Liaodong region, the shipping forces of the Far East could still make two round trips, but the grain transported back to Liaodong was enough for the Far East to hold out until the spring of next year.
Although Liaodong and other northern coasts are frozen, the shipping forces of the Far Eastern Company will sail back and forth from India to the East throughout the winter, and a large number of ships will transport grain and other materials to Jeju, Jangsan Island, Yangyang Island and other places to stock up on them, so as to facilitate the transshipment to Liaodong next year.
Since the Far East has seized huge quantities of grain and other supplies in the Indian campaign. The members of the board of directors of the Far Eastern Company are all like they have been beaten with chicken blood. There have even been proposals to increase the acceptance of displaced people. Fortunately, Gao Jianguo, Wang He and others were quite calm and did not get carried away by the victory.
Far Eastern Group can no longer be too hasty in the future, and if it takes a big step, it will definitely pull the egg. Far Eastern Company has been sore for more than two years because of its big steps. The days of strangling the stomach, the Far East can no longer want to live. It's still down-to-earth. Let's move forward one step at a time.
At present, the company has finally come out of the predicament, and the main work is to digest the fruits of victory during this period of time, and vigorously develop all kinds of resources in the Northeast and Outer Northeast, so that the company can enter the fast lane of development as soon as possible. Lay the foundation and move forward gradually according to the predetermined plan. Within three years, the company's future Chinese territory will be completely controlled in the hands of the Far East.
There is also the development of agricultural resources in India, Nanyang and other places to ensure the company's food supply. In this era, there is no shortage of food, and once there is no food, nothing can be played.
Along with the large quantity of grain, a large number of Indian craftsmen were transported back to Liaodong, and as soon as they got off the ship, they were targeted by the various departments of the company that had been waiting at the docks.
These craftsmen from India are carefully selected by the Indian Theater Command from all over India, and their craftsmanship is extremely exquisite. There are blacksmiths, carpenters, stonemasons, jewelers, tanners, masons, coppersmiths, embroiderers, armourers, woodcarvers and stonecarvers, and many others.
These various craftsmen from India received registration, purification and other work before boarding the ship, shaved them one by one, and then were sent to the shower room, where they were ravaged by a group of daring officers and soldiers with stiff brushes, and almost lost a layer of skin one by one, but how these Ah San washed it was also black and not slippery.
Because the ships of the Far East were loaded with grain, these craftsmen had to be placed on deck. Born in the hot tropics since childhood, they were almost blown into dried chickens by the sea breeze, and they have suffered old age along the way.
Fortunately, the Far Eastern Company treated them as treasures and distributed a set of supplies to each of them. It includes a new set of clothes, a blanket, and a rucksack full of household utensils. And the standard of three meals a day is not bad, at least you can eat enough.
After these craftsmen disembarked in Liaodong, they were carefully screened and re-registered. And only then did the heads of the various departments come in. The heads of various departments in the Far East competed for these skilled craftsmen from India, and of course there was inevitably a war of tears.
Anyway, as long as the craftsmen from India just got off the ship, after registration and screening, they will be swept away by various departments in an instant. Most of the skilled workers in the Far East are craftsmen from all over the world, including the Ming Dynasty, Japan, Korea, and Nanyang.
Don't underestimate the craftsmen of this era, they may not know a single word, and they have not undergone systematic education. But they all have a common characteristic, they are all boiled out step by step. They were sent by their families to apprentice with the master master from a few years old, or they had a family inheritance and were taught by their own family members. If you don't have some talent, or can't bear hardships and stand hard work, you will be kicked away by the master and elders a long time ago.
Therefore, the craftsmanship of these craftsmen is not only solid, but also highly skilled. As long as you receive a period of training from various departments of the company, you can enter the role as soon as possible. Often less than a year can become an apprentice in various departments, and after a year or two of practice in various positions, they can often become qualified skilled industry workers in the company.
In recent years, various departments of the Far Eastern Company have developed very rapidly, but the lack of skilled industry workers has once again restricted the development of the company. Although the company has established a large number of technical schools for various employees in Vladivostok, it is still unable to meet the needs of the company's various departments.
This time, a large number of craftsmen sent from India just solved the urgent needs of various departments of the company. There has been no shortage of craftsmen in India since ancient times, and after the Far Eastern Army wiped out the Mughal Empire, it began to gather all kinds of craftsmen throughout India, and now they are being sent to Liaodong in a steady stream. (To be continued.) )