Chapter 1383 Majiazhuang Immigration Camp
Liu Shang originally wanted to find an opportunity to apply for a job in the military to senior military officials. He had even thought about how to mention the matter to Tan Wei, who would apply on his behalf. However, he did not expect that he had been noticed by the military's top brass and made specific work arrangements. Chen Yixin was not in a hurry to talk to him alone a few days ago, and he was probably secretly observing his work performance. Although the arrangement of going to the immigration camp was not to his liking, having the opportunity to gain a positive and capable impression on Chen Yixin might have unexpected benefits for his future career development.
After Liu Shang changed this idea in his mind, he felt a little surprised. Unknowingly, he had been subconsciously considering his official career in Haihan as a life plan more and more often. Even though he often used the excuse of "collecting intelligence" to convince himself, in fact, if you calm down and think about it, you can understand, what can he do if he collects Haihan's military and political intelligence? Can it be used in exchange for Ming's fame and fortune?
Liu Shang actually knew very well that the longer he broke off contact with the Ming Dynasty's intelligence agency, the less likely he was to return to the Ming Dynasty in the future. If a certain time limit is exceeded, even if you return to the Ming Dynasty and reveal your undercover identity, it will be difficult to gain trust again, and you may be even more likely to be regarded as a double agent. Compared with this kind of desperate career, the benefits of being an official in Haihan with peace of mind have become more and more prominent. Even if he is just a small official assigned to a "remote area" now, his future upward momentum is foreseeable, and there is no need to To fight for this wealth with your life, just complete the work at hand in a down-to-earth manner.
Which of these two paths is better, Liu Shang is not a fool, he has naturally understood it for a long time, but he has still lacked an opportunity to make up his mind. Even if his colleagues who were also lurking in Sanya died in a shipwreck, he still could not completely give up his original identity and mission. He actually didn't know what kind of opportunity he was waiting for, but he would inevitably follow his past habits and try to collect information.
Although the errands in the immigration camp are not challenging, the difficulty of getting started has been greatly reduced for Liu Shang, and there is almost no adaptation period. He may be more familiar with the rules and regulations that new immigrants need to know than the officers who were in charge of affairs before. After all, when he first arrived in Sanya, his main daily activity was to listen to the propagandists telling them over and over again. Haihan’s immigration policies and various regulations. This method has been proven to be extremely effective in many years of practice. The same operation is now carried out in overseas immigration points everywhere, and Shandong is naturally no exception.
Chen Yixin was very satisfied with Liu Shang's attitude and nodded and continued: "As you can see, the temporary resettlement site in Majiazhuang is not large in scale. After the preliminary selection, the immigrants received here will be sent to Zhifu one after another. On the other side of the island, we are waiting for the shipping department to arrange a shipping date to send them to the south. I believe you should be more familiar with the immigration at this stage than I am.”
Majiazhuang is considered a front-line institution for receiving immigrants, while the immigrant camp on Zhifu Island is a transit center. The more publicity immigrants receive at front-line institutions, the easier it will be to arrange them later. Especially for immigrants from Shandong who require long-distance migration across regions, if the situation is not explained clearly to the immigrants during the recruitment and acceptance stage, unnecessary misunderstandings may easily occur during the transportation stage. This is why it is necessary to equip immigration agencies with experienced and capable publicity personnel. With their assistance, the work of the civil affairs department will be at least 30% easier.
When Chen Yixin was in charge of civil affairs, there were far insufficient professionals in all aspects on hand. Many positions could only be temporarily filled by military officers, and the work results were definitely not as good as those of professionals. In addition, after the last assassination case, the Ministry of Security has been investigating loopholes in the immigration work, and the relevant personnel are more or less under suspicion. The cadres who arrived north at this time had a much cleaner background. Especially Su Yu, who was sent by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Within a few days of arriving in Shandong, he exposed the shady issues in the immigration work. This made Chen Yixin even more determined. He was determined to hand over relevant matters to the cadres going north as soon as possible.
The candidate recommended by Yu Xiaobao should be relatively reliable in Chen Yixin's opinion. Although Liu Shang has only been naturalized as Haihan for more than half a year, he has been favored by the Propaganda Department and the Youth League one after another. He has also followed the inspection team around the island to conduct official duties. This experience is enough to prove that this person's professional ability is not bad. , and has shown high enough loyalty for the official to trust it. Despite this, Chen Yixin still carefully conducted observations for several days, and it was not until yesterday that he decided to use Liu Shang.
Because Liu Shang's cooperation was high enough, Chen Yixin no longer had to spend more time explaining the work content to him in detail. He immediately asked: "If you have no other questions, you can start working as soon as possible."
Liu Shangying said: "There is only one problem with this humble position. How should we deal with the political work that was handed over to the Zhifu Island military camp?"
Chen Yixin waved his hand and said: "You don't have to worry about this. I have already said hello to Qin Wei. You should take charge of the work in Majiazhuang first. When the publicity work here is on track, it will not be too late to take over other affairs."
Liu Shang quickly agreed. He was not sure whether Chen Yixin wanted to use this to test himself again or if he had any longer-term plans. However, at present, he could only obey orders and had no right to question the senior officials' work arrangements for him.
Chen Yixin called an orderly in and asked Liu Shang to report to the immigration camp with him. This way, he no longer had to write a letter of introduction to Liu Shang, and the orderly could convey it orally.
The orderly took Liu Shang to the place, called the steward over and introduced Liu Shang's identity and mission. The mission was considered completed. The person in charge of managing this immigrant camp is a man named Ma Bo, a native of Majiazhuang and the nephew of Ma Dongqiang, the leader of the Ma family. Considering his seniority, he is still somewhat close to Chen Yixin, the son-in-law of the Ma family. He was able to get this job mainly because of his status. In fact, in many organizations inside and outside Majiazhuang, many errands are indeed handled by Ma clan members. To a certain extent, this can be regarded as one person achieving enlightenment and ascending to heaven.
Mabo used to be a small landowner, with more than 200 acres of land under his name, several long-term workers, and a three-in-one yard. After Haihan took over this place, the Ma clan people saw the situation and joined the new master one after another, and Ma Bo was no exception. However, he had no business acumen, so he ended up taking the job of managing the immigrant camp. Although it is not a fat job, in this world, being protected by a strong man like Haihan is far more reliable than having a mountain of gold and silver at home. Moreover, he also received a promise from Haihan. In the future, when his family moves to the south, the land they can obtain will be several times that of Shandong. With this escape route, Ma Bo no longer has to worry about his service to Haihan being settled by the Qiu Hou of the Ming Dynasty.
Although in terms of seniority, Ma Bo and Chen Yixin are equals, he does not dare to show off in front of Haihan officials, even if this new official is not an authentic Haihan person. He is obviously naturalized halfway and has not even cut his hair. He was a naturalized Han Chinese, and he did not dare to neglect him in the slightest. After all, there is a fundamental identity difference between the naturalized official Haihan and the non-staff Akito like him.
Ma Bo led the way and said: "Mr. Liu, I heard that you are a high-ranking official from the capital of Haihan. If you have time, please tell me, a countryman, more about the customs and customs of Haihan country, so as to avoid having to go to Haihan in the future." I can’t even figure out the southeast, northwest and northwest of the country.”
Liu Shang couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Don't listen to the nonsense of that little soldier just now. I am just an errand boy. I am not a high-ranking official. I don't need to mention this title. You and I will work together next time. If Brother Ma doesn't mind it, Just call me Brother Liu.”
Liu Shang didn't want to pretend to be a big shot in front of this country rich man, and the orderly who just brought him here also explained Ma Bo's identity on the way. He didn't want him to turn around and report to Chen Yixin. It was better to be cautious here. Very necessary. But while he lowered his status to build relationships, he did not deny that he was from Haihan Capital, and he still retained a sense of psychological superiority to some extent. The experience of being in the market for many years allows Liu Shang to quickly win the favor of all kinds of people, especially a rich country man like Ma Bo who has never seen the big world. , a few words made Ma Bo feel that the envoy from the capital was approachable. Originally, Liu Shang came in a hurry, and his luggage was not packed and he had no place to live. However, Ma Bodang readily agreed and allowed Liu Shang to live in his home first, with all the new daily necessities.
In fact, Mabo does not have to pay for this out of his own pocket. Majiazhuang Immigration Camp is a public institution, and the daily supplies and expenses are provided by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The cost of one more person is not a big deal. Mabo only needs to make room at home. Just leave a room. Of course, using this opportunity to build relationships is the fundamental reason why Ma Bo is so enthusiastic and proactive.
Liu Shang's thoughts were deeper. He was wondering why Chen Yixin had even sent a carriage to the dock to pick him up. How could he forget to arrange accommodation for him? This was probably to give Ma Bo a chance to show off. Of course, he would definitely not refuse Ma Bo's kindness. Otherwise, would he spend the night huddled with immigrants in these cold weather?
The scale of this immigration camp is not large, with only five rows of tile-roofed houses, and each row has ten rooms. According to the design standards, each room can accommodate ten people. The number of immigrants in the entire camp is about 500. Supporting facilities such as toilets, canteens, and bathhouses are all built in a unified manner, and a fence is built around the perimeter to isolate this place from Majiazhuang.
However, it is already winter, and the immigrants who meet the conditions have been transferred to Zhifu Island to wait for the next allocation. Currently, there are less than 300 immigrants living here temporarily. According to Ma Bo, about 100 of them are new immigrants who have just completed the procedures and moved in recently. Most of these people come from nearby Wendeng, Rongcheng, Rushan, Mouping, Haiyang, Laiyang, Zhaoyuan and other counties. There are also a small number of people from Laizhou Prefecture such as Lonely, Pingdu, Changyi, Gaomi and other counties.
When Haihan first arrived in Shandong, there were even refugees who had fled from Qingzhou Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture and other places further away. However, as the situation in Shandong has stabilized recently, the number of refugees from all over the country has gradually increased. reduce. Temporary resettlement sites like Majiazhuang are rarely overcrowded anymore.
Due to the lack of professional management personnel, the daily order in the camp only relies on a few long-term workers under Mabo, and the main means they use to restrict immigration is daily meals. Those who do not follow the rules will be punished by withholding food. As for more serious mistakes that even involve public security, they will be left to the Haihan garrison nearby to deal with them.
"How does the military usually punish those who are restless?" Liu Shang asked with interest. He himself has been in an immigration camp, but he also knows that the conditions in immigration camps are different. For example, the immigration camp in Majiazhuang was previously managed by the military, so it obviously would not be managed by ordinary means.
Ma Bo responded: "It's much easier for military men to do things. If you don't abide by the rules and don't want to repent, just clean them out."
"Just drive them out and that's it?" Liu Shangke didn't believe that the military's management would be so simple and crude. If these refugees who entered the Haihan-occupied area were not controlled, they would soon become a hidden danger to local security. Haihan has very rich experience in immigration operations, so it stands to reason that he would not make such a low-level mistake.
"No, he was sent to Fushan Copper Mine to work as a miner." After Ma Bo finished speaking, he asked again: "Does Brother Liu know this place?"
"I know, I know." Liu Shang nodded and responded.
According to the information he came across before setting off from Sanya, Haihan chose Fushan County as his base in Shandong. One of the reasons was that there were large copper mines available for mining. The labor force required to mine mineral deposits is obviously not a small amount. Haihan's sending those unruly refugees to mine is in line with their usual practice - most of the prisoners sentenced to imprisonment in Haihan are also sent to To do hard labor in a mine or something like that.
Ma Bo continued: "Generally speaking, these people sent to the mines are unlikely to come back in the short term, so this method can scare people. But according to my uncle...according to Chief Chen's wishes, it is still We should try our best to let these refugees understand Haihan Country’s immigration policy and reduce the number of mistakes made due to ignorance.”
Since Chen Yixin was mentioned, Liu Shang naturally had to echo the praise: "Chief Chen is young and promising, and he can also sympathize with the sufferings of the people. He is really a model for our generation to learn from."
(End of chapter)