Chapter 272 Changes in Lidong
"There is another thing. I was wondering whether I should give it to you." Yu Dashan looked hesitant, but in the end he reached into his arms and took out something and handed it to Yu Xiaobao: "I'll give it to you. Come on! This is a knife that Fu Lituo brought to you. He said he couldn’t come to give it to you today.”
"This is the knife he carries with him!" Yu Xiaobao recognized his good friend's belongings at a glance: "When I met him the day before yesterday, he said he would come to the dock to see me off. What's going on?"
This dagger was a gift given to Fu Nuo, the owner of the cave, when the Li District Working Group first visited Fushan Cave - Yangjiang Kaba 1218. Although it was just a knock-off product produced by Dayangjiang in later generations, Li Dong in this era was nothing less than a peerless magic weapon. This dagger has always been carried around by Fu Li as a treasure.
"The executive committee plans to recruit another group of Li militiamen as soon as possible. Fu Li went back to his cave to help recruit people. This was brought over yesterday by his cousin who was working at the dock." Yu Dashan paused. He said softly: "I heard that the chief has approved Fu Li to join the militia. This boy... probably is not ready to take his grandfather's position!"
"No wonder he gave me the knife. If you join the militia, you can use the uniformly distributed weapons!" Yu Xiaobao is also happy that his good friend can realize his long-standing dream. As for whether Fu Li will succeed Fu Li The position of the cave leader is not what he cares about now: "Dad, you said it would be great if I could join the militia and wear military uniforms with Fu Li!"
"You kid, stop daydreaming!" Yu Dashan slapped Yu Xiaobao on the forehead, as if to wake him up from his dream: "Stay in Guangzhou and take good care of Mr. Shi. Learn more skills! Don’t think about being a soldier all day long and just doing things for the Executive Committee. Your job now is much better than that of Fu Li. You should cherish your blessings!”
Yu Xiaobao giggled a few times and was about to speak when he saw a familiar figure appear behind Yu Dashan: "Uncle Zhang is here!"
When Yu Dashan turned around, he saw Zhang Tiangui, the naturalized civilian foreman of the shipyard. Although both of them were highly regarded naturalized cadres and were quite competitive in private, they still said hello when they met.
Yu Dashan saw that Zhang Tiangui was holding a big package in his hand behind him, so he took the initiative and asked: "Old Zhang, do you have something to bring to your son?"
Zhang Tiangui smiled awkwardly and said: "Yes...I originally wanted to ask a chief to take him there, but this time our shipping department does not have a chief to go to Guangzhou..."
Zhang Tiangui's youngest son, Zhang Qianzhi, along with Yu Xiaobao, joined the staff of the General Office in September last year as the second batch of members. However, what is different from Yu Xiaobao is that Zhang Qianzhi works with the intelligence chief He Xi and does not spend much time in the Guangdong Office. This time Schneider returned to Shengli Port to report on his work, and He Xi, the deputy director of the Guangdong Office, was stationed in Guangzhou as the temporary leader. Therefore, Zhang Qianzhi, a small follower, was not able to return home to visit relatives this time.
Before Yu Dashan could finish speaking, he said to Xiaobao, "Why don't you take the package for your Uncle Zhang?"
"This...how is this so embarrassing?" Zhang Tiangui probably didn't expect that Yu Dashan would be so proactive, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
"There are only two juniors in the Guangdong Office. They are both people from Shengli Port. How can we not take care of each other?" Yu Dashan said and gave Yu Xiaobao another slap on the back: "Xiaobao, are you right?"
"Dad, please be gentle!" Yu Xiaobao couldn't help shouting, and then took the package from Zhang Tiangui: "Uncle Zhang, don't worry, I have a good relationship with Qianzhi! I will definitely help you bring the stuff to you .”
"Then thank you Xiaobao!" The expression on Zhang Tiangui's face also became relaxed: "Please give me a message to ask him to work honestly in Guangzhou and learn his skills from Mr. He. Everything at home will be fine and there is no need to worry... …Well, that’s it.”
"It's exactly what my dad said!" Yu Xiaobao responded with a smile.
Yu Dashan and Zhang Tiangui looked at each other and couldn't help but shake their heads and smile bitterly. I'm afraid it will take a few years for these children to understand what it means to be a parent. However, they have already been working with the chiefs at a young age. After a few years, their status and achievements should greatly exceed those of their parents.
When the cargo ship on which Yu Xiaobao was riding left the Port of Victory, Fu Li was in Fushandong persuading his grandfather Fu Nuo to accept the conditions offered by the Haihan people.
Since recent military operations require the mobilization of a large amount of military power, Victory Port is about to face a period of defense emptiness. Some people who have always been opposed to the Military and Police Department’s military expansion plan finally realized their short-sightedness and began to change their attitudes and reconsider the Military and Police Department. previously proposed military expansion plans.
Before this, the Military and Police Ministry had proposed a recruitment plan targeting the Li and Miao ethnic groups, but it was not passed during the discussion of the Executive Committee and was therefore suppressed. The starting point of this plan is to use the Li and Miao people on Hainan Island as the main source of soldiers at this stage, because most of the settlements of the Li and Miao people are in inland mountainous areas, and their educational level is generally low. Whether they are industrial workers or professionals, Farmers must go through a long period of training to be barely competent. In fact, most of the Li and Miao people who go out of the mountainous area to work for the Cross-Training Group are engaged in simple heavy manual labor, such as logging, mining, road construction, etc., and very few are engaged in technical work.
However, some young Li and Miao people who joined the Haihan Militia in the early stage performed relatively well. Their bravery, tenacity and adaptability to the environment are all traits that the Military and Police Department values very much. Except for the occasional fights between the Li and Miao tribes in the camp due to their feud, it can be said that the other performances made the Military and Police Department very satisfied. As for feuding, the military and police department are not particularly worried - as long as they go to the battlefield a few times, the comradeship of sharing the same hatred and life and death will quickly dilute the original ********.
The Military and Police Department believes that recruiting a large number of Li and Miao young people to join the army has three benefits that cannot be ignored. On the one hand, it can ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops. These brave and fierce mountainous youths are indeed more aggressive than the children of farmers who grew up farming, and this is an important quality that soldiers should have. Secondly, by removing the young people of the Li and Miao people in the nearby areas, it can also reduce the worries of the crossing group. The security problems in the jurisdiction will be reduced by at least half of what they are now, and the Lidong Miao village after losing the young people will also be reduced. We can only rely more on the material supply of the Crossing Group. Third, the Li and Miao people have no one to rely on, and they only adopt an attitude of listening to the local government of the Ming Dynasty but not propaganda. According to what Mao Zedong said, "make few enemies and make many friends." This political principle should try to draw these two tribes into their own camp. It is obviously a good way to let their teenagers enter the Haihan military circles.
However, when this plan was proposed at that time, the objection was that a large number of young people should not be recruited into the military and police departments that were not so urgent to expand under the condition of labor shortage, and these native Li and Miao young people were recruited in batches. After mastering the barrel of a gun, no one can guarantee whether he will do something beyond the control of the military and police department. Therefore, for various reasons, this targeted military expansion plan of the Military and Police Department was not approved in the end. It is worth mentioning that Fu Li’s application to join the army has not been approved. In fact, there are indeed concerns in this regard. After all, he is the heir of Fu Shantong. This kind of person has a certain political status and influence in the local area. When people join militia groups, it may not be a good thing for cross-border groups.
But with the continuous expansion of the power of the time-traveling group, the situation is slowly changing. After the establishment of the Black Tu Port colonization site in North Vietnam, a large number of Li and Miao soldiers were consciously deployed to garrison overseas through defense changes. At the same time, a large number of North Vietnamese immigrants began to enter Victory Port, diluting the proportion of the local Le and Miao population. For the first time, the Military and Police Department has benefited from the demographic dividend brought about by a large number of immigrants. The labor force of the Li and Miao ethnic groups is no longer a resource that various departments are fiercely competing for. The Military and Police Department can once again advance the plan to recruit young people from the Li and Miao ethnic groups to join the army. on the agenda of the Executive Committee.
At this time, the advantages of the Li and Miao ethnic groups in the military resources began to become prominent again. Because of their language and culture, the Han naturalized people were the targets of the Executive Committee's plan to cultivate a large number of industrial workers. However, the North Vietnamese naturalized people had just arrived, so they had to first Arrange some cumbersome tasks for them to complete. Organs with a certain political color, such as the militia, will not open their doors to them for the time being. At most, they will only select some relatively outstanding talents. The only organized unit of North Vietnamese naturalized civilians is the special operations company in Heitu Port, which has high hopes from the Military and Police Department and is led and trained by Qian Tiandun himself. In this way, the Li and Miao tribes have undoubtedly become the most suitable candidates for recruitment.
As for the security issues caused by the proportion of troops that some people are worried about, the Military and Police Department has also made better arrangements. With the expansion of the control area of the Crossing Group, the Military and Police Department can now selectively transfer local companies to other places for garrison, and units such as the Black Tu Port Special Operations Company, which are mainly North Vietnamese immigrants, can also be transferred back to Victory Port in the future. Regional garrison and remote garrison system are implemented to greatly reduce the possibility of uncontrollable problems at the bottom of the army. Under the conscious operation of the Military and Police Department, they finally opened their mouth and approved Fu Li's application for enlistment - something that was completely unimaginable three months ago. The attitude is still one of control first and support second. Members of the ruling families of the Li and Miao ethnic groups are not allowed to enter the militia system, lest the military and police department lose control of some low-level soldiers.
Of course, even so, Fu Li's arrangement is still very delicate - his company is basically composed of Han people, supplemented by a small number of North Vietnamese immigrants, and he is the only one of the Li and Miao people, so he is the only one in the largest group. To a certain extent, the possibility of him influencing other soldiers as the successor of Fu Shantong was eliminated. Moreover, while Fu Li is serving in the military, he must temporarily give up the power to inherit Fushan Cave Master. If he wants to choose to be the cave master, he must first retire and leave the militia. The two identities of soldier and cave master cannot be combined. .
In addition, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture have planned to relocate Fushandong as a whole. By then, the name of Fushandong may have to be changed, and the influence of Fu Li's successor status will naturally be weakened. The only person who regrets this is probably Ning Qi, who proposed to support a Li puppet leader.
Fu Li himself has no objections to this arrangement. For him, it is a great happiness to be able to join the Haihan Militia and put on this long-awaited military uniform. As for whether he should be the cave master of Fu Shan Cave, it is really Is it that important? If he hadn't received the mission this time, Fu Li would not have been willing to return to Fu Shandong when he had just joined the army and was full of freshness about everything in the army.
"Grandpa, Chief Haihan hopes that our entire Fushandong can be relocated outside the mountains, and will lead other Lidongs to slowly move to coastal areas. The Ministry of Agriculture has allocated a lot of land for us in Tiandu, and will also send People teach us how to grow spices, and food, iron tools, and other good things will be provided to us, and everyone’s life will be better and better in the future!" Fu Li sat next to Fu Nuo and patiently explained to him the functions of the executive committee. policy.
Fu Nuo shook his head and said: "The children want to live a good life and go out to make money outside the mountains. I don't object to this, but the Haihan people asked us to move. This is to break up Lidong. Fu Li, after moving out, Fu Nuo Shandong is no longer Fushandong!”
According to the plan of the executive committee, the Lidong Miao villages in the inland areas near Sanya will be gradually relocated outside the mountains to join the development of Hainan Island. Li people's villages like Fushandong will be resettled in the ten-mile valley from Tiandu to Tielugang. Women and the elderly are engaged in spice cultivation, young adults enter the civil society system, and children begin to receive orthodox Haihan-style education. The Executive Committee believes that it only takes a few years to completely transform these mountain people into supporters of the new regime.
Fu Li argued: "Grandpa, you said before that we Li people do not do this because we like to live in the mountains. If we have a choice, we also want to live a life as prosperous as the Han people. But now such an opportunity has been It is before us. As long as we go out, the Executive Committee can provide us with everything and allow us to live a Han life. As long as we understand the care of the Executive Committee, the Yazhou government will not requisition us for labor in the future. Wouldn’t it be nice to collect our taxes?”
"But the Haihan people dragged all our young people to serve as soldiers..." Fu Nuo still felt uncomfortable.
"Grandpa, the Haihan people didn't drag anyone along. We volunteered to serve as soldiers!" Fu Li puffed out his chest proudly, and his brand new gray cloth military uniform seemed to confirm that what he said was true.
"If you become a soldier, who will inherit Fushandong..." Fu Nuo always felt a little dazzling when he saw the military uniform of the Haihan Militia.
"Grandpa, do you really think it is necessary to continue Fushandong?" A serious expression appeared on Fu Li's face that did not match his age: "We have more than 300 households in Fushandong, more than a thousand people, and we live here now. How many more are there? Five hundred or six hundred? Most young people like me have already left the country, and many have become naturalized citizens. Why do we still hold on to this place? Do you remember Mr. Ning? Why should we agree to cooperate with him when we come to visit Dongli? ”
"Remember." Fu Nuo certainly remembered how Ning Qi persuaded him nine months ago to let the people of Lidong Mountain go out to work for the Haihan people: "He said that we would no longer have to worry about food, so that young people can wear clothes Beautiful, so that children can read and write! ”
"Since the Haihan people have done what Mr. Ning promised, why can't we continue to cooperate with them and move to a better place to live?" Fu Li continued to persuade: "The leaders have said that when the time comes We can still live in a village, but for the sake of management, the name can no longer be called a cave, but will be changed to a commune. After we move there, a Fushan commune will be established, and everyone can still live together. ”
"Then the place where we live now is abandoned like this?" Although Fu Nuo was very moved when he heard this, he still felt very unwilling when he thought that Fushan Cave, which had been passed down for hundreds of years, would be wiped out.
"It is said that this place will be used to plant trees in the future. It is a big tree called... called a rubber tree. It has been planted in many places in Tiandu." Fu Li responded while thinking about it.
"Banana trees? Aren't they everywhere in the mountains?" Fu Nuo asked confused.
"It's not a banana, it's rubber... Anyway, it's very different from a banana tree. Grandpa, just go to Tiandu and have a look when you have time." Fu Li stood up and said, "I still have to talk to my third uncle about the relocation of Fushandong. Uncle Wu and the others discussed how to arrange it.”
"I haven't agreed to this condition yet!" Fu Nuo shouted angrily.
"Grandpa, tell me what you want?" Fu Li knew he had relaxed when he heard his tone.
"We have to build a village for us first. After we send people to check it out, we can move it if we think it's okay! In addition, the Haihan people must ensure our food supply! We must also continue to comply with the conditions promised to us before. !" Fu Nuo thought for a while and finally put forward a few conditions that he thought were necessary.
"Okay, the leaders will definitely agree!" Fu Li nodded heavily and said confidently.
From his own perspective, Fu Li didn't quite understand why the attitude of the executive committee had changed in the past few months, but it was obvious that this was an excellent opportunity for the folks in Fushandong to change their lives. . Fu Li has lived in Victory Port for several months, and has seen the rapid changes in the Victory Port area at close range. Even if he does not know the purpose of the Executive Committee arranging the relocation of Lidong Miao Village at this time and preparing to recruit a large number of militiamen, One thing Fu Li thinks is absolutely clear - only the Haihan Executive Committee has the ability to change the backward and impoverished living conditions of the Li people for hundreds of years, and can lead everyone to live a truly good life.
(End of chapter)