If you want to compare the living conditions, the Changhua Port Area, which is still a large construction site, is far from being comparable to the base camp, and even the production unit of Yingge Haiyan Farm, which is gradually on the right track, cannot be compared. From Qiao Zhiya's point of view, the conditions in the area where the naturalized migrant workers live are only similar to the immigration isolation camp on the other side of the base camp. However, the construction speed of many supporting living facilities, such as sanitation, culture and education, has not been able to keep up with the pace of introducing population here.

Of course, no matter how difficult the objective conditions are, the Executive Committee still gives sufficient attention and support to the traversers who are sent here to lead and preside over the work, and provides the best possible living conditions within the scope of its ability. The prefabricated houses here were dismantled and shipped from Fort Victory, and the roofs were equipped with large solar power plants and water heaters. In addition to fresh seafood and vegetables and fruits, almost all of the food is regularly delivered from the main operation, Qiao Zhiya escorted the two boats, there are more than a dozen fat pigs and nearly 100 chickens and ducks sent by the logistics department, the Ministry of Agriculture also sent a commissioner here, here to guide the construction of a poultry and livestock breeding center, in order to solve the growing local population demand for meat in the future.

In the first two years of foreign expansion, Haihan has built and developed a number of sub-bases, these large-scale colonial development projects have allowed various departments of Haihan to accumulate a lot of relevant experience, so the current construction of Changhua Port is only busy but not chaotic, as long as the follow-up capacity and material supply can be guaranteed, Liu Shanxia and others, who are responsible for organizing the construction, are very confident that they can turn this place into another black soil port in a few months.

Qiao Zhiya came to his residence, took a hot bath first, and used the special soap provided inside to eliminate the smell of the sea on his body. This handmade soap sells for five taels of silver per piece in the city, and only a few powerful and wealthy merchants can afford this luxury, but for the crossers, this is only one of the many labor insurance benefits enjoyed by their special status.

After Qiao Zhiya came out of the bath, the orderly had already brought a bowl of hot seafood noodles, and the aroma of flower crab and fresh shrimp immediately made him appetite. Ordinary naturalized people could not eat this special food, because the practice of "Yi noodles" had not been invented in this era. In the original history, Yi Mian was inadvertently invented by the chef of Yin Yi Bingshou in Huizhou Prefecture in Guangdong Province in the Qing Dynasty, and the person who named it "Yi Mian" was the poet Song Xiang. If it is based on the principle of making zuò, this thing can be regarded as the prototype of instant noodles in later generations. Because of its simple method of making zuò and long shelf life, the logistics department of Haihan also used it as a ration supply for special departments such as shipping, army, and field operations.

However, since Hainan Island does not produce flour, raw materials must be imported from the far north, and the cost is considerable after including freight, and the import volume is limited, so this product is only stored on the list of "special supply for chiefs". Of course, the bowl of noodles that Qiao Zhiya eats, although the noodles are operated from Daben, the shrimp and crabs in it are locally caught, very fresh, plus chives, garlic, Huadiao wine, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, pepper and other ingredients, its deliciousness is not comparable to instant noodles.

Qiao Zhiya put down the bowl, wiped his mouth contentedly, and was about to go back to the room to make up for his sleepiness, when things came to the door.

"Report to the chief, there is a situation on the construction site, and the head of Liu Shanxia has asked the base to send at least one company of armed personnel to support!"

Qiao Zhiya's sleepiness immediately woke up, and he bounced up from his chair at once, and while he began to put on his tactical vest, he ordered the orderly soldiers to quickly give the order to assemble the team. Although it is not clear what happened on the construction site, Qiao Zhiya knew that Liu Shanxia was a treasure in the eyes of the executive committee, after all, it was difficult for an experienced and skilled person in charge of a construction project like him to find a replacement, and if something went wrong, it would be difficult for him as a local military chief to explain to the executive committee.

Qiao Zhiya quickly put on his combat uniform, put on his combat boots, equipped all the ammunition for long guns, short guns, daggers, and daggers, grabbed a baseball cap and put it on his head, and hurried out the door. At this time, the militia soldiers had just received the order and were running out of the barracks to assemble, Qiao Zhiya was afraid of delaying time, and ordered a naturalized civilian officer to stay and form a team, and he himself set off with the fastest platoon to assemble first.

The distance from the operation to the front construction site is actually very close, Qiao Zhiya led the team to run forward, but it took a moment to rush to the construction site. But there doesn't seem to be the chaos he imagined, and the workers on the site are still unhurriedly leveling the foundations of the road, and everywhere you can hear the horns of the workers working together to lay the foundation with wooden stakes.

"What about the person in charge of the construction site?" Qiao Zhiya, who was anxious, pulled a foreman nearby and asked, "Where is Liu Shanxia?"

"Chief Liu is in the east...... Outside the county seat......" The foreman replied in fear, and it seemed that he did not know what was happening.

Qiao Zhiya hurriedly led the team to continue eastward, but there was no need to worry about finding the wrong direction here, because this road from Changhua Port to the outer inland is the current construction site, and they only need to move forward along the road surface that is in the process of leveling.

About ten minutes later, at the end of this road, only more than a mile away from the county seat of Changhua, Qiao Zhiya found Liu Shanxia, who was staring at the city wall of the county town in the distance.

"Lao Liu, what's the situation now?" Qiao Zhiya was also a little out of breath when he ran over all the way, and when he saw that Liu Shanxia was safe and sound, he put down his heart and asked about the situation.

Liu Shanxia turned around and smiled bitterly: "You came fast enough...... Just now, more than 20 hard laborers escaped from the custody and ran into the county town! When we found out, it was too late to chase them, so we could only watch them flee into the city, and I didn't know what to do, so I could only notify the base to let people bring troops to arrest them. ”

"That's it?" Qiao Zhiya let out a sigh of relief, turned around and ordered the militiamen who had been running all the way to rest on the spot.

Things were far less severe than Qiao Zhiya expected, he originally thought that Liu Shanxia had encountered obstruction from some official forces in Changhua County, or had a conflict with the local people and even the people of Li Miao Mountain, but he didn't expect the situation of hard labor on the construction site to escape.

Due to the small number of militia garrisons currently deployed near Changhua, the total of two companies is about less than 300 people, and they are not only responsible for guarding the port and maintaining law and order in the garrison, but also taking care of the hard labor on the construction site, and also allocating some manpower to take care of the personal safety of the Haihan chiefs. However, the construction area has been more than three kilometers long, but the militia in charge of the garrison in the relevant area has only two platoons, and the average distance is about two soldiers per 100 meters.

Of course, this is just Qiao Zhiya's view of the current situation from his own point of view, and Liu Shanxia's feelings are obviously much more excited than his: "More than 20 people have escaped! This is the first time this kind of thing has happened in a forced labor camp, and there were also forced laborers to escape when the Black Earth Port was first developed, but there have never been more than five people, and no one has ever managed to escape! If these guys just escape, how can I explain to the executive committee?"

"Lao Liu, don't worry, it's okay, leave it to me to deal with. Qiao Zhiya patted Liu Shanxia on the shoulder and said, "Wait for my people to rest for a while, when the manpower is ready, we will go directly into the city to arrest people!"

"Go straight into the city?" asked Liu Shanxia with some uncertainty.

Before the construction began, Haihan and the yamen in Changhua County had reached a tacit understanding through underground means, the county government did not ask the Haihan people about building roads outside the city, and Haihan would not openly send armed personnel into the city, everyone managed their own areas, and those who should collect money collected and those who should build roads were not offended by each other.

It was precisely because of this underground agreement that Liu Shanxia did not take the liberty of leading his troops into the city to hunt down those fleeing hard laborers - of course, he did not have any armed men under his command to command, so he had to let people return to the base in the port area to report the news, and let people bring troops to reinforce them. Liu Shanxia didn't want to let the militia enter the city to arrest people, but let them watch the rest of the hard labor closely, lest some people follow suit, and if there was a big escape, then Liu Shanxia really couldn't control the scene.

However, as soon as Qiao Zhiya came, he said that he would lead the team into the city to arrest people, which made Liu Shanxia feel a little uneasy. This kind of thing can be big or small, and if the Changhua County government closes its eyes and admits it, then it will be fine, but if the other party does not allow this kind of behavior, won't it be very easy to tear up its face? The executive committee has repeatedly ordered that it must properly handle the relationship with the local government and the indigenous people in the Shilu development project, and avoid contradictions and conflicts as much as possible, especially armed conflicts that are likely to cause subsequent troubles.

Seeing Liu Shanxia's nervous look, Qiao Zhiya somewhat guessed what he was thinking, so he comforted him and said, "Don't be nervous, you go and do your thing, just leave this matter to me to negotiate." ”

Liu Shanxia was also a little grateful when he heard him take the initiative to take the matter down, and nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you here." When we finished work in the evening, our brothers and I had some drinks, and I still had bottles of Wuliangye in stock. ”

sent Liu Shanxia away, and the follow-up militia troops also came. Although the size of the team is not large, and there are only more than 100 people in the group, Qiao Zhiya has full confidence in his own strength. After regrouping the team, Qiao Zhiya led the team to the south of Changhua County.

When it was still two or three hundred meters away from the county seat, the defenders in the county town had already discovered the group of men and horses outside, and someone immediately rushed to inform the highest-ranking local military attache -- Xiao Laosan, the commander of the county guard stationed in Changhua County.

Not too many people know what the name of this Xiao Laosan is, because his family has been here as a guard for generations, and he has been called "Xiao Laosan" and "Xiao Laosan" since he was a child.

As a member of the Weisuo Army who inherited his father's business, Xiao Laosan's growth process actually has many similarities with Luo Shengdong in Yazhou Water Village, but the difference is that his luck is not as good as Luo Shengdong, and he met Haihan, a group of "nobles", early, which provided a huge boost to his promotion and fortune. The Changhua county town where Xiao Laosan stayed can be described as remote, if nothing else, the rest of his life is probably mixed until retirement and then will pass on the general position to his next generation.

However, the arrival of the Haihan people made Xiao Laosan see some hope, his brother-in-law's own brother used to eat military food in Yazhou Water Village, and later followed Luo Shengdong to make a little fortune, and now the family has moved to Sanya. Xiao Laosan has also heard of the various ways of making money by the Haihan people, but because the business of selling smuggled salt has been monopolized by the Yazhou Water Village with unique conditions, it is not easy to make a small fortune with the light of the Haihan people. It was not until the Haihan people appeared in the fishing village of Changhua and sent people to contact the local government of Changhua County, that Xiao Laosan finally found his own way to make a fortune.

The conditions that the Haihan people gave Xiao Laosan were that he would turn a blind eye to in the future, and just ignore Haihan's actions, and every year he could get a remuneration more than ten times his military salary. Although this figure may not be a good price in the eyes of nouveau riche like Luo Shengdong, a smuggler of salt, it is an irresistible temptation for the Changhua garrison, which is so poor that it can't eat enough every year.

After Xiao Laosan took the lead in agreeing to the Haihan people's exchange conditions, he even matched the Haihan people and made a similar deal with the county lord who rarely showed up in the county government. Soon the Haihan people sent people to Changhua County, where they began to sell illicit salt, rice, coal, and various daily necessities and agricultural tools produced by the Haihan at low prices. The fishing port of Changhua by the sea has also quickly transformed from a dilapidated small fishing village into a commercial port, where several cargo ships belonging to Haihan dock every month.

A month earlier, the Haihan had brought in a large number of laborers and began to build the official road to the inland mountains in sections, as they had previously called. Xiao Laosan didn't understand why the Haihan people spent so much manpower, material and financial resources to build this seemingly useless official road, because the area where this road led was only the cottage where the Li Miao mountain people lived, and even if the road was built, these barbarians probably would not leave the mountainous area where they had lived for generations.