Chapter 461 Changhua’s policy towards Lebanon
Of course, what Huangque knew was not the whole story. Although Haihan gave excellent treatment to the Li people in Fushandong, it did not mean that all Li people could be treated equally. The main criterion for this issue is whether they are willing to accept the arrangements of the Haihan Executive Committee and actively strive for opportunities to integrate into the Haihan social system. Fushandong is the first Li village to cooperate with the executive committee, so the treatment they receive is almost the best. The purpose is to make it a benchmark within the region, so as to satisfy those Li who are hesitant. Miao Shanzhai had already made up its mind.
However, latecomers may not necessarily follow Fushandong's standards. For example, they may allocate an exclusive residential area for Fushandong, and continue to provide Fushandong residents with nearly half a year after moving out of the mountainous area. Free living security, similar treatment almost never appeared again in the subsequent relocation of Li and Miao villages. Most of the mountain people who moved out after that could only enter the residential areas designated by Haihan and live together with naturalized people of other ethnic groups. As for living security, these mountain people must obtain it through labor.
After the people of the Li and Miao ethnic groups moved out of the mountainous areas, the fastest way to earn income was to sign up for the militia. As long as they passed the physical examination, they would be given a settling-in allowance when they joined the army, which was enough for a family of five to live in Sanya for two months. . Moreover, as long as one member of the family joins the army, the whole family can obtain naturalized citizenship, which is much easier than slowly waiting for qualifications and other qualifications in other jobs. Therefore, among the people from Limiao Mountain who submitted to the Executive Committee in the past two years, the proportion of young men joining the army is extremely high, often more than 50%. They are a force that cannot be ignored in the Haihan Militia.
Those who are not willing to eat military food but want to get income quickly can also apply for the numerous jobs in Haihan Industrial Zone that do not require skills. Of course, these positions are often dangerous or toxic to the body, such as metallurgical workshops and chemical workshops. There are many positions with extremely high elimination rates waiting for newcomers who know nothing about their prospects.
Of course, in addition to these risky positions, there are actually many low-risk but relatively low-paying jobs to choose from. For example, if you are engaged in positions that require a lot of physical strength, such as logging and transportation, you can get job opportunities even if you do not have a naturalized citizen's place of origin. However, those who engage in these low-skilled jobs often have a limited number of naturalized places assigned to their units each month, and it takes longer to obtain the place of birth of a naturalized citizen.
Huang Que will not have this trouble, because his identity background is rather special. As long as he is willing to apply for naturalization, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will probably complete the relevant procedures and issue him an identification device as soon as he receives the application. Give it to him. But for the vast majority of people who have just left the mountainous areas, obtaining Haihan naturalized citizenship is the first step on their new journey in life. If they do not obtain this precious identity, their lives after leaving the mountainous areas will not be the same. There will be huge changes from before, and they will always be at the bottom of this social system.
In addition to these Li and Miao villages who are willing to cooperate with Haihan, there are also mountain kings who are arrogant and do not take Haihan in their eyes. As long as such a person does not have a conflict of interest with Haihan, once he becomes involved and refuses to obey the arrangements of the executive committee, he will soon become the target of violent suppression. From the second half of 1627 to the end of 1628 alone, in the mountainous area of southern Hainan Island, there were as many as seven Limiao and Miao villages that were wiped out by the Haihan militia for various reasons. These villages were often small in scale and wanted to gain follower status. Other Dazhai were treated as equals and refused to abide by Haihan's rules of the game during the negotiation process. Some even declared that they would adopt a hostile attitude towards Haihan.
As the saying goes, if you don't do something, you won't die. Although the executive committee subjectively hopes to make full use of the human resources of these cottages, it will not retreat when it encounters difficult targets. The muskets of the Haihan militia soon appeared in these cottages. Outside, they were truly taught the principles of life. The hook knives and bamboo arrows in the hands of the mountain people could not pose a substantial threat to the armed militia, and the charge launched with bloody courage only consumed dozens of cheap lead bullets. Several armed actions by the militia killed more than 100 recalcitrant people in total, and all the remaining adults were sent to hard labor camps as war prisoners. Taking into account the feelings of the local Li and Miao ethnic groups who had surrendered to Haihan, except for some children who were not yet sensible enough to be kept and sent to the Youth Military Academy, all the other prisoners were shipped to the Black Earth Port, where they would work in the coal mines for several years. Only then can they be released - if they are still alive by then.
Not to mention Huangque, even Fu Li knew very little about these things. The militia tried their best to avoid involving soldiers from the Li and Miao tribes during their operations. The outside world did not know what happened to these cottages that disappeared silently. situation. Shizidong, where Huangque is located, is undoubtedly lucky because an experienced person like Fu Li participated in the negotiations between the two parties from the beginning and helped Shizidong see clearly the strength gap between the two sides more quickly. Otherwise, Huang Sanmu would have lost his mind. If they want to be non-cooperative or even hostile to Haihan, then those who come to Shizidong will probably not be the various living supplies promised by Haihan, but the militia troops who have been ordered to destroy them.
Of course, after Huangque went to Sanya to see the true strength of Haihan, it was no longer possible for Shi Zidong to make such an unwise choice. After all, the powerful military and economic strength possessed by the Haihan people were controlled by the Ming Dynasty government on this island. Far less than that, any leader with a right mind would not lead his people against such a force that has actively shown favor to him. It is a normal reaction to hug this thigh tightly.
For Huang Que, he is not as keen on joining a violent organization as Fu Li. Compared with units with lower thresholds such as joining the army or joining the police, Huang Que hopes to understand why Haihan is so powerful. He learned from the local naturalized people in Sanya that this group of Haihan people had only been here for two or three years from overseas, but the situation they created was beyond the reach of the officials of the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Huang Que believes that if he can understand the secret, he will be able to help his relatives and friends get better living conditions.
If you want to know all kinds of information about Haihan, the most effective way is to enter a school run by Haihan people. However, admission to such schools often requires naturalized citizen status issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Haihan, and this is precisely Conditions that the oriole does not have now. So when Qiao Zhiya said that she could help him with the enrollment issue, Huang Que was particularly excited.
"Let's get down to business, how is the situation in the cave after the master of Huang Cave expressed his attitude?" Qiao Zhiya didn't want to take the topic too far. After all, recommending Huang Que to enroll in school may only require saying hello, but recruiting workers from Shi Zi Cave is not. It involves the coordination of several departments. As the local interim chief executive, he must personally deal with this matter.
"The cave master has spoken, so naturally everyone will obey." Huangque took another sip of coconut juice, and then continued: "But the cave master said, our people can come out to work, and the pay cannot be lower than others."
"Of course, equal pay for equal work is no problem." Qiao Zhiya nodded immediately. Although a considerable part of the Li people in Shizidong have not yet obtained naturalized citizenship, this does not prevent Qiao Zhiya from saying equal pay for equal work, because these Li people do not have any professional skills, and what they can do on the construction site is It is also the most clumsy form of pure manual labor, commonly known as moving bricks. This kind of work is usually done by free labor in hard labor camps, and there is no remuneration at all. The Li laborers who join in only need to be paid a moderate amount of remuneration, so as not to let them work in vain. As for the higher-paying technical positions on construction sites, they are basically handed over to trained naturalized laborers. These Li people cannot do them even if they want to.
Huang Que continued: "If Brother Qiao finds it convenient, can you tell me how much remuneration you can get?"
"Two meals a day, work every day, and two yuan of circulation coupons a month. If you are injured or injured on the job during this period, we will be responsible for the treatment." Regarding the issue of employment benefits, Qiao Zhiya had already known the secret and answered it immediately.
Huang Que has lived in Sanya for a while, so he naturally knows the conversion ratio between currency such as circulation notes and silver. Two taels of silver per month is not a small amount for Li people like them, not to mention that it also includes two meals a day. As for living, there is no problem. The current construction site is not far from the Li people's new residence, and walking is enough to get to and from work every day. Being able to treat injuries and illnesses for free is already an additional benefit in Huangque's opinion.
Huang Que had nothing to criticize about the conditions offered by Qiao Zhiya - in fact, before he came here, Huang Sanmu only proposed the condition that each person's monthly remuneration should not be less than one tael of silver. This is because in the previous recruitment, the military promised the young Li people who came to apply for an income of three yuan per month. After completing three months of military training and becoming a formal militia, the income would be improved on this basis. Huang Sanmu After referring to this standard, I boldly shouted out the price of one tael of silver. But what he didn't expect was that Haihan was not stingy with the small amount of money at all, and directly offered twice the price before Huang Que put forward the conditions.
"Brother Qiao, then the matter is settled. I will ask the people in the village to come to work as soon as possible. As long as you have all your hands and feet, you can come and carry anything you can, right?" Huang Que asked.
"Anyone with the ability to work can come, and women are no problem. Our logistics department also needs many people to help with laundry and cooking." Qiao Zhiya wished he could bring all the able-bodied people in Shizidong to work on the construction site, so that The progress of the project is accelerating and accelerating.
Although the appointment of the Executive Committee has not yet been announced, Qiao Zhiya has roughly learned through the channels of Yan Chujie and others that the Executive Committee will appoint him as the chief executive of the Changhua region in the near future, and he is originally the top official of the local armed forces. Commander, after the relevant appointments are made, he will become the first local governor in a foreign agency to combine civil and military power. This is definitely a very rare treatment. Of course, this appointment method that is not in line with the executive committee's governing ideas is just a temporary measure due to the shortage of human resources in Changhua and the limited range of choices. It will probably not be long before other people are sent to take away some of them. Administrative power, but for Qiao Zhiya, this period will be an excellent opportunity. He must take advantage of this opportunity to make as many achievements as possible to be worthy of his luck.
The most significant achievement is to speed up the progress of road construction projects. As long as the labor intensity cannot be excessively squeezed, the only feasible solution is to find ways to increase the number of laborers. After excluding the young men who enlisted in the army, less than a thousand people who relocated from Shizidong can still be used as labor force. For a huge project, the construction speed that this labor force can drive is still very limited. However, Qiao Zhiya's idea is to use Shizidong's operation examples to attract young people from other Li and Miao villages in the interior to join him as soon as possible.
This was not Qiao Zhiya's delusion. When Fushandong moved to Shengli Port, it also led a group of Li and Miao villagers to join Haihan in a short period of time, and most of the young people among them were absorbed into Haihan. The effectiveness of various institutions in Han Dynasty and the effect of assimilation can be said to be quite good. During this process, the relevant departments of Haihan gradually developed a set of effective management methods to help these mountain people who lack the concept of abiding by laws and regulations adapt to the various rules and regulations under Haihan's rule in a short period of time.
Qiao Zhiya was initially assigned to the chemical industry department. He stayed alone in the fields for a long time and spent a lot of time dealing with the Li and Miao people. He witnessed with his own eyes how the relevant departments gradually attracted these originally wary mountain people to work in Haihan. Come into the system. What he is doing now is basically copying Haihan's various successful experiences in Victory Port, adding a little bit of his own performance, and it has already achieved excellent results.
The oriole rested in the pergola for a while, and when the sun got a little lighter, he said goodbye and returned to the Li camp. Huang Que's work efficiency did not disappoint Qiao Zhiya. The next morning, more than 200 Li people came to the construction site under Huang Que's leadership and began to accept Haihan's employment to do some simple work.
Qiao Zhiya did not leave Huang Que idle. He had to count and register the identities of these Li laborers, so that the wages could be calculated in the end so that they could be identified one by one. Although Huang Que was not interested in this, when he heard Qiao Zhiya said that these management methods were also one of the reasons for the rise of Haihan, he happily took a pen and paper to register the Li workers one by one. Although this job is a bit boring, Huang Que is still happy to complete it since he can learn what he wants to know.
(End of chapter)