Chapter 888 Xu Yi’s new job
After these three rounds of selection, a total of seventy or eighty people were intercepted. Although the number is not large, these people are currently in urgently needed positions in Zhoushan, and they can play a much greater role than just a few dozen laborers.
After Xu Yi successfully passed the written examination, the job he was assigned was to assist the civil affairs department in registering temporary workers on the island, and he was allowed to start work immediately the next day.
Early the next morning, Xu Yi was taken to a courtyard after breakfast and arranged to wait in the west wing. There is only one desk and two chairs in this room. There are pens, ink, paper and inkstones on the desk. Xu Yi noticed that this set of stationery was actually a glass product made by Haihan, and even the ink used was high-quality custom-made Jixi Hui ink. This set of stationery alone could have been sold for at least twenty or thirty taels of silver in Dengzhou Prefecture before the war, which shows the generosity of the Haihan people. Of course, if he knew how cheap it was for Haihan to make glass stationery, he probably wouldn't think so.
After a while, a staff member wearing a Haihan-style cardigan brought a stack of books, put them on the desk, opened them and explained to him: "I will ask questions later, and you will be responsible for filling them in. You can read the contents first. Get familiar with it.”
Xu Yi took it and took a look. Each page in the book had already been printed in columns, such as basic personal information such as name, gender, age, place of origin, etc. All he had to do was compare the specific content with the blank spaces at the back. Just fill it in one by one. This work can be said to be quite simple, and there is no difficulty for Xu Yi. He nodded and sat down to polish the ink in preparation.
Not long after, Haihan soldiers led a group of people and started to register one by one. Xu Yi thought he could rest for a while after asking these dozen people, but he didn't expect that when he was about to finish asking, another group of people came in from outside to follow him. Going back and forth like this, I didn't even get any chance to rest all morning. The man sitting next to Xu Yi just asked, turning over and over just a few questions. It didn't take much effort, but he was really tired after holding his pen and writing all morning.
At lunch time, Xu Yicai finally took a break, put down his brush and stretched his sore wrist. During the past period of his escape, he had no chance to write at all. He was really uncomfortable writing for a long time all of a sudden. The staff member next to him was obviously quite satisfied with Xu Yi's work performance during the half day, and praised him: "Your name is Xu Yi, right? Your handwriting is good. There should not be so many people in the afternoon, so it will be easier. Now. Come to dinner with me!”
Xu Yi quickly handed over his hand to thank him and asked for his name. When the other party came before, he had a cold face and didn't pay much attention to him. He didn't dare to take the initiative to ask the other party's identity. After all, this man had short hair and his clothes were very different from those of Ming people. Xu Yi couldn't tell whether he was a Haihan or a naturalized citizen who worked for him.
"My name is Ruan Qing."
"It turns out it's Chief Ruan. I'm so polite." Xu Yi quickly stood up and bowed.
"I am not the chief." Ruan Qing quickly waved his hand and said: "I am a naturalized citizen of Annan origin. My current position is the Chief of the Information Section of the Civil Affairs Office under the Dinghai Port Management Committee. Just call me Chief Ruan."
"Yes, yes, Chief Ruan is so polite!" Xu Yi couldn't figure out for a moment what level of management this section chief was, but the people in Daming Yamen who were responsible for registering people's files were generally not as high as Where to go. If he were in Dengzhou before the war, Young Master Xu might have been a bit arrogant when dealing with such people, but after a long period of wandering life, he was very clear about his current situation and the humility he needed to show, even if Zhima Guan is much better than me, an outsider with no foundation. At least he has the status of a naturalized citizen, but now I am just a temporary worker who works day by day.
Ruan Qing is an Annan naturalized cadre who was naturalized in Heitu Port in his early years. He has experience in civil affairs work in Heitu Port and Sanya. This time he applied to go north to Zhoushan. But after arriving here, he found that it was really difficult for him, the polished commander, to support the entire department. The population of residents on Zhoushan Island reaches tens of thousands, and there are thousands of temporary workers arranged to work as laborers in Haihan controlled areas. For safety reasons, these people living under Haihan's rule even if they are not naturalized It is also necessary to register them all, and this work is quite arduous for the information department.
Yesterday, he heard that a new group of immigrants had arrived, so Ruan Qing took the initiative to find his boss to ask for someone. Finally, a dozen scholars who claimed to be literate were selected from the dock. After reading the written test materials, Ruan Qing selected Xu Yi as his temporary assistant. Judging from the work situation this morning, Ruan Qing was quite satisfied with his vision. Not only did this assistant write well, but he also obeyed the instructions. He didn't take much rest all morning and didn't complain aloud.
The food for Haihan's internal employees was obviously much better than the food that immigrants could enjoy. Xu Yi held a wooden tray in both hands and looked at the two meat and two vegetarian dishes and white rice on the tray, and his mouth was almost watering. In the past, when he saw these small fish and shrimps, he might have looked down upon them, but now being able to eat oil and meat is already a dream enjoyment for him.
Almost all the people eating in this public canteen were staff from the Administrative Committee and the Port Authority. Xu Yi listened to other people chatting while eating, and soon learned a lot of information.
It turned out that the Haihan people had not taken over this area for a long time, and the civilian armed forces that originally occupied this area had been eliminated by them, and everything was in a state of exhaustion. For Haihan, this is just a bridgehead that has just begun to be built. However, the control area where Haihan was really built, with various supporting facilities and welfare benefits being very complete, was actually the south, which the refugees were very resistant to from the beginning. In the words of Haihan and other staff, the Sanya Port in the South China Sea is like a paradise, and immigrants who can settle there are truly lucky. Moreover, when educated people get there, the treatment they can receive will be much higher than here in Zhoushan.
After hearing this, Xu Yi couldn't help but regret a little, feeling that his decision to stay was a little impulsive. If you are patient, you may have a chance to settle down in the legendary Sanya Port.
Seeing the uncertain expression on Xu Yi's face, Ruan Qing took a guess and asked proactively: "Xu Yi, do you think you should not stay in Zhoushan, but follow the immigration ship to the south?"
Xu Yi quickly defended: "I have no such intention!" Ruan Qing said with a smile: "Although Sanya is good, the chance that you new immigrants will be directly assigned to settle in Sanya is not even 1%. It might have been okay two years ago, but now to settle down in Sanya, you need to obtain naturalization first.”
With the expansion of Haihan's territory, its economic strength has become stronger, and Sanya, as the administrative capital and economic and trade center of Haihan, has become more and more prosperous in the past two years. With the large influx of foreigners, various problems began to arise in local civil administration. After all, the population structure under the rule of Haihan was relatively complex, and the collision of multiple ethnic groups and cultures, especially the completely different social systems and values between Haihan and Ming Dynasty, made it difficult for many first-time immigrants to adapt. Therefore, in order to better control immigrants, relevant departments have begun to adjust the status of people who are arranged to settle in Sanya. In principle, new immigrants will no longer be directly arranged to settle in Sanya. Only returnees transferred from other areas will be accepted. Transform the people.
Since Haihan’s current naturalized citizen policy already has relatively high requirements for naturalization, naturalized citizens who are deployed to settle in Sanya do not need to learn Haihan’s various management systems from scratch, and the speed of integrating into the local area and the difficulty of management are also greatly improved. New immigrants with a completely blank slate. New immigrants like Xu Yi are most likely to be intercepted in Penghu and then sent to Xingang on the island of Taiwan for resettlement. As for the jobs that can be done, they will probably be similar to what they are now. It is very likely that they will do some back-office word processing work in the civil affairs or commercial and trade departments.
After listening to Ruan Qing's explanation, Xu Yi asked hesitantly: "Then my subordinates will settle down here from now on?"
"That's not necessarily the case." Ruan Qing shook his head and said, "It mainly depends on work needs and personal choices. For example, if we want to develop in the north in the future, you can apply to your superiors to be transferred to work in your hometown. This application is approved. The probability is very high. After all, we are new to a new place, so it is best to have some people who are familiar with the local conditions to act as pioneers.”
"So Haihan will also go to Shandong in the future?" Xu Yi became excited immediately after hearing the news.
Ruan Qing just smiled, but did not respond directly to Xu Yi's question. As for the major policies of the Executive Committee, a cadre at his level would not dare to discuss them in public. Moreover, Xu Yi's identity was just a temporary worker recruited from among the refugees, and he had not even obtained the place of birth of a naturalized citizen. Naturally, it is inconvenient to discuss the topic too deeply.
Although Ruan Qing didn't say anything, Xu Yi was a smart man. Since the other party didn't deny it immediately, it was probably something that had a chance of happening. If he continues to work in Haihan Yamen, and when Haihan goes to Shandong in a few years and needs to send people from the local area to work, then he will be very sure to get such an opportunity. Although the job he is currently doing is just a clerical job, his boss and the boss he saw just now are all naturalized citizens of Haihan. It is no better than his own background. They can climb up. , of course I also have a chance. You have to perform well in this clerical job now, otherwise if there are one or two like-minded people in the next batch of refugees shipped here, it will be easy for this temporary worker position to be taken away.
The work content in the afternoon was still the same as in the morning, and continued to register personal files for local temporary workers. Because Xu Yi accidentally learned that he would have the opportunity to return to his hometown in glory in the future, the fatigue in the morning was wiped away. After the work was over, he took the initiative to ask Ruan Qing if there was anything else to do.
After work in the afternoon, Xu Yi went to the staff canteen to have dinner, and then followed the flow of people back to his residence. His current residence is a dormitory converted from a local residence. Each room has two-story wooden camp beds. There are more than 40 people living in one courtyard, all of whom are immigrants from Shandong who were intercepted this time.
These people come from various prefectures and counties in Shandong, and there are also a few people who have escaped from the Central Plains. Being able to return to this peaceful world, many people feel as if they are separated from this world. Although the Haihan people have not yet talked about clear treatment with them one by one, being able to enjoy free food and accommodation here, and most importantly, the long-lost peace, is already a rare treat for them.
While they were talking, the civil affairs cadre responsible for managing their compound sent dozens of sets of laundry pants, and even called a tailor to come over and ask him to choose a number based on their body shape and distribute them to these new immigrants. Although this cloth is just the most common dip-dyed blue cloth, it is a very urgent need for these new immigrants.
Xu Yi didn't have any luggage or clothes when he got off the ship. The clothes he was wearing were picked up from the roadside when he returned to Dengzhou last time. At this time of year, as the temperature rises, he can no longer wear them. When he was working today I was sweating all over. Although the new clothes were delivered in an awkward style, they were better than nothing. The new immigrants who received the clothes expressed their gratitude to the civil affairs cadres.
"These are the benefits provided by the Executive Committee for you!" This kind of publicity for new immigrants is a basic skill that every civil affairs cadre must master, and this opportunity cannot be missed. The civil affairs cadres took advantage of the time when they were distributing clothes to publicize the various achievements of the Haihan Executive Committee to the new immigrants. Of course, the most important thing is to make these new guys realize that what they eat, what they wear, and where they live every day, including the safe and stable environment here, are all provided by the Haihan Executive Committee.
"This is really a Bodhisattva who saves the suffering!" Some of the new immigrants couldn't help but admire.
The civil affairs cadre also looked proud when he heard this: "In the south, the chiefs are living Buddhas in thousands of families. Many people have special shrines in their homes for worship. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are living Bodhisattvas."
Xu Yi is not the kind of uneducated country bumpkin who easily believes what others say. It is indeed a great act of kindness for the Haihan people to take the initiative to accept immigrants from the north, but their efforts are not free. At least these people, including themselves, have been working for Haihan since the second day they set foot on Zhoushan Island. According to what I heard in the cafeteria today, there are at least hundreds of thousands of people working for the Haihan people in the south. How much wealth can be created by so many people? Xu Yi’s knowledge is still not enough to make a conclusion. After all, he was originally employed by The Xu family's various hired workers and tenant farmers only add up to a few hundred people. Haihan is still absorbing immigrants in a steady stream to this day, and Xu Yi can't imagine the scale it has reached. However, this strict social structure is not just for the purpose of rescuing more people.
(End of chapter)