During this period, sea ships from Annam continued to send South Vietnamese prisoners of war to the port of Changhua at a frequency of five or six days. Nearly half a year after the Battle of Hue, the rate of importation of prisoners of war and emigrants from Annam has also decreased as the situation in the country has calmed down. The scale of transportation of more than 3,000 people per month during the peak period has gradually shrunk to about 1,000 people per month in the second half of last year. Although the Executive Committee handed over most of the population directly to the engineering department of Changhua in order to ensure that there was enough labor available on the Changhua site, for such a large project, even if this number was several times higher, it may not be able to meet the needs of speeding up the progress of the project.

In this context, Shi Zidong's few labor forces have also become a fragrant bun in the eyes of the site headquarters, Qiao Zhiya spent a lot of thought, and finally pulled the rest of Shi Zidong's labor force into the construction site, although it seems a bit of a drop in the bucket, but it finally adds a feasible way to the local labor source. In this way, when you use the same way to set other Li Miao cottages, you will have a successful model that can be displayed.

Of course, not all Li people are able to adapt to this change in living environment and working style, and there are also a small number of people who are unwilling to leave the mountainous area and do not join the industry of migrant people. However, due to the fact that Shizitong and the Haihan people had reached an agreement, these people could not continue to stay in the Shilu area, and could only switch to those Litong who were located deeper into the inland area.

On September 3, 1629, an "expedition-class" warship belonging to the militia navy slowly sailed into the port of Changhua and docked at the fifth berth dedicated to the military. Since several groups of military ships arrive here every month to patrol or transport personnel and supplies, it is customary for the staff at the docks to catch the cables thrown from the ships and tie them to the cement piles on the shore. But when the absent-minded sailor saw the man coming down from the gangplank from the boat to the shore, he immediately reflexively straightened up, put his right hand into a fist on his left chest, and reverently shouted: "Serve the Executive Committee!"

It was not the first time that Tao Donglai had enjoyed this kind of treatment similar to that of a "religious leader" outside, and he was not surprised, raised his hand slightly to signal to the dock worker, and left surrounded by a group of militiamen. However, this naturalized citizen's affection is still excited, not everyone can have the opportunity to serve Chief Tao at such a close distance, not to mention that the other party had a very obvious reaction just now, this matter is enough for him to brag in front of his relatives and friends for half a year.

Tao Donglai suddenly appeared in Changhua, on the one hand, because after Liu Shanxia was transferred to perform other tasks, the Ministry of Construction no longer had heavyweight cadres in Changhua to supervise the construction. Although Qiao Zhiya can also command general road construction projects, his establishment is in the military after all, and the Ministry of Construction is not very good at handing over all his work to other departments to complete.

Of course, with Tao Donglai's complicated duties, he is even less likely to be resident here than Liu Shanxia, and the main purpose of coming here is to inspect the progress of the project, and to give clearer opinions and orders to the managers here on some policy matters.

In addition, Tao Donglai has another small task, that is, to announce the formal establishment of the Changhua Port Management Committee, and on behalf of the Executive Committee, appoint Qiao Zhiya as the interim director of the Management Committee, and continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Changhua Shilu Traffic Line Project Headquarters.

Qiao Zhiya was also a little embarrassed when he received the letter of appointment from Tao Donglai, three years ago he was still a car mechanic in Detroit, and he followed a few good foxes and dogs to participate in the mysterious "time travel journey" to this unimaginable era. The skills he learned before the crossing in hardware, chemical engineering, engineering, navigation, combat and other skills gave him his own place in this team. However, being able to embark on the path of politics from other fields step by step is something that even he himself did not expect.

If someone had told Qiao Zhiya three years ago that you would be a county magistrate or something like that in some seaside fishing village in southern China, he would have thought that this guy was talking nonsense. However, today's seemingly ridiculous plot has really happened, and Qiao Zhiya doesn't know how to describe his current mixed feelings. To be honest, he doesn't have a particular interest in politics, but he is well aware that politics is undoubtedly a shortcut to the upper echelons of power in this group.

In contrast, although joining the army can also quickly accumulate military merits and get promoted, there are still risks involved. Since the establishment of the militia group, although there has not been a situation where a traverser officer has been killed in battle, injuries are inevitable. Qiao Zhiya himself was heroically wounded in the battle of Heng Son in Annam for the first time - although he was only cut in the arm by a cold arrow fired by the South Vietnamese army, it is difficult to imagine the consequences of that arrow if it deviated half a foot further. No one on the battlefield dared to say that his life was hard enough to deal with a situation, and Qiao Zhiya didn't want to become a professional soldier in the army for a long time. The current path is really suitable for his current situation and mentality.

At Tao Donglai's initiative, the reception banquet was arranged very short. It's not that Tao Donglai consciously wants to advocate honesty or anything like that, but that his time in the local area is relatively limited, and there are a lot of tasks that need to be given to Qiao Zhiya, so it's better to save the time to eat and drink and do some practical things.

One of the tasks that Tao Donglai wanted to explain to Qiao Zhiya was about the arrangements for receiving the Qiong Lianfa delegation in the near future. In view of the fact that the number of immigrants from Annam is beginning to decline, the Executive Committee believes that the source of labor in this area of Changhua can no longer rely on the transportation of Annam, and there are some channels that can be used, so it must be fully utilized, such as the local Li Miao aborigines, such as using the influence of Ming merchants in the mainland, to hire a large number of laborers to participate in the construction.

Of course, whether it is the railway from Changhua to Shilu or the large-scale mineral deposits that will be exploited in the Shilu area, the executive committee will not allow outsiders to directly participate in the operation of these important projects related to the national economy and people's livelihood in the future of Haihan. But since you want the Ming businessmen to contribute money and efforts, it is definitely not possible to give no benefits at all. Based on some examples of operations in another time and space, Schneider came up with a more practical approach for the Executive Committee, which was to issue bonds for related projects.

Bonds are no stranger to traversers, but in this era, they are a relatively advanced way of capital operation. However, Schneider's idea is not entirely to raise project funds, and the current economic situation of Haihan Group does not need to absorb funds from the outside to build large-scale projects, to put it bluntly, this is actually exactly the same as the means used in the development of Sanya and the project investment, but in order to circumvent the ban that important industries cannot allow external funds to participate in the operation, Schneider proposed the method of bonds as a compromise and will not touch the forbidden area. If done properly, it can even solve the problem of labor shortage by the way.

This problem is not complicated to solve, that is, to add a purchase right threshold to bonds with good returns and promising market prospects, that is, the purchase authority is directly linked to the number of immigrants provided by the buyer, and whoever pulls in more immigrants per unit time can buy more "Jonesy Development Bonds". Of course, in this process, the cost of recruiting and transporting immigrants is borne by Haihan, and the handler only needs to pull the person to the designated place and sign an employment agreement with Haihan.

Although many businesses are constantly absorbing skilled immigrants for Haihan, for the booming Haihan, the population will always be in short supply. The Executive Committee also hopes that this new approach will stimulate the large businesses that maintain close cooperation with Haihan, so that they can devote some of their energy to the field of immigration, and make full use of their influence in the mainland to absorb and transfer the population needed by Haihan.

Tao Donglai crossed Erlang's legs and tasted hot tea, this is the mountain wild tea picked by the Li people of Shizitong from their former station, although it is not as mellow as the Fujian Anxi Tieguanyin that Tao Donglai likes very much, but there is also a very simple mountain taste.

Tao Donglai put down the teacup and began to cut to the chase: "Qiong Lianfa's inspection team will arrive in Changhua in about two or three days, so I specially came over a few days in advance to standardize the administrative establishment here, so as not to keep the responsibilities and powers of the stalls on your side unclear......"

When Qiao Zhiya heard this, he not only secretly thought that his promotion opportunity could come so quickly, but also had the credit of this Qiong Lianfa in it. But. For this reason, the executive committee changed the original process of work, and Tao Donglai personally came to Changhua to play the front station, but from here you can feel the importance they attach to the matter of bond investment.

Since it is a project that the Executive Committee attaches importance to, it can basically be equated with the words "no mistakes". Qiao Zhiya didn't want his first project to be messed up after taking office, so he listened very carefully.

Tao Donglaijie continued: "The purpose of our construction of this railway, as well as the project to be developed in Shiroku, do not need to be kept secret by this expedition. Because the profit prospects of this project can only be reflected in the content of the guò project. ”

Qiao Zhiya nodded approvingly: "Actually, it's useless for outsiders to know what we plan to do here, how can anyone else have the ability to develop this place except us? ”

Tao Donglai responded: "Speaking of this, I heard that the military attache of the Ming army in Changhua has been dragged into the water by you?"

"The Ming army of Changhua County is always called Xiao Laosan, and he can be regarded as a clever person who can see the limelight. The last time I caught the fugitive, I showed my hand in front of him and stopped him, and then I chose to cooperate with us completely. This guy is not particularly greedy for money, and he is very satisfied with giving him a few dozen taels of silver a month. ”

If Xiao Laosan knew that Qiao Zhiya was commenting on himself like this behind his back, he would definitely feel crying and laughing. This price was originally offered by Qiao Zhiya tentatively, but it is really a lot of income for Xiao Laosan, you must know that if he only relies on military salaries to eat, the annual income will be about the same as the monthly price offered by Qiao Zhiya, Xiao Laosan is really strange.

However, if Xiao Laosan knew the sky-high investment amount of the Changhua project and the scale of the industrial base that Haihan was planning to build in this area, it was very likely that the tide would rise and raise the asking price. It is precisely because of this lack of awareness that Xiao Laosan also missed the opportunity to make more profits for his small treasury. Of course, if he really dares to knock Haihan on the head of Haihan, he will most likely become one of the few officials in the history of Changhua County who died in the line of duty.

"When the time comes, you invite this Xiao Laosan out and let him endorse the delegation, so that those Ming businessmen can be more at ease. Tao Dong came to see Qiao Zhiya and looked like he was eating the other party to death, and immediately gave him an advanced version of the task.

"No problem!" Qiao Zhiya immediately agreed. Although Xiao Laosan has not yet reached the point of obeying him, if there is any invitation from Qiao Zhiya's side, he will actively participate in it. Moreover, what Tao Dong said was about official business, and there would definitely be a hard fee to give to Xiao Laosan at that time, with his kind of behavior that would not let go of dozens of taels of silver, of course he would not refuse this innocuous task.

Allowing Daming officials to come forward and endorse various projects for Haihan's development has become the standard operating method for relevant departments to carry out development in the nominal Daming-controlled district. The first to start using this routine were the two official institutions of the Ming Dynasty, Yazhou Water Village and Yulin Inspection Division. At that time, the reputation of the official institutions was mainly used to calm the uneasy psychology of the immigrants who had just arrived in Victory Port. Later, this method of good effect was promoted, and even Haihan used the official documents issued by the Yacheng government to recruit immigrants in the countryside of Guangdong, in order to ensure that Haihan's solicitation was reasonable and legal, and it was completely a semi-official way to recruit immigrants, and it did achieve excellent results at that time, after all, compared with Haihan with a mysterious background, the name of the Ming court was more credible.

These successful experiences are constantly being summarized and then applied in various subsequent projects. Although the members of Qiong Lianfa's delegation are all senior partners of Haihan, they have a lot of confidence in Haihan, but if it is just a gesture to get the official endorsement, then Haihan will not hesitate to spend some money to do things more beautifully. And Qiao Zhiya's side naturally took this matter as an opportunity to show his ability in front of Tao Donglai.