Chapter 2152
Xiunian lay on the slightly cool straw mat. Although her body was very tired after the long journey, she still had trouble falling asleep peacefully. Her mind was still thinking about her current situation.
The camp on Zhoushan Island itself was built to receive immigrants. After many years of operation, the various living facilities in the camp are also relatively complete, and the conditions are indeed better than those in Seogwipo, a temporary camp with few tents. The campground was so much better.
As a grassroots manager, the four-person room Xiunian lives in is certainly much more comfortable than the twenty-person dormitory for ordinary immigrants. Moreover, he can move around freely in the camp outside of curfew hours. The food also enjoys the treatment of official personnel - but he has not had time to experience this aspect in detail.
After arriving at the camp this morning, Xiunian was busy under the command of the civil affairs officials, registering information for the refugees, allocating accommodation, distributing food, and handling chores. She was busy for a whole day without touching her buttocks. During this period, I just ate something to replenish my calories. I talked more in the whole day than I did in Guangming Temple in a month. Even now, my throat still hurts.
However, being able to help so many people complete basic resettlement work in one day gave Xiunian a special sense of accomplishment. Moreover, seeing that Zhoushan has provided relatively complete living conditions, the emotions of the refugees have begun to calm down. Haihan is willing to spend resources to resettle them. This at least shows that the official's previous statement is true and they can start over under Haihan's rule. life, and even one day become a new citizen of this powerful country.
Of course, people with outstanding performance like Xiunian will undoubtedly have a great chance of obtaining naturalization earlier than others, and may even be able to enter Haihan's bureaucracy in the future. According to their self-introductions, the civil affairs officials directing the resettlement work in the immigration camp today are all new immigrants who were naturalized in the past two or three years. Whether these situations are true or not, such vivid examples are indeed a reminder to those who have just arrived here. The refugees here have great hopes, and Xiunian is certainly no exception.
According to the schedule announced to them by the civil affairs officer before the curfew, starting tomorrow, immigrants will be organized to learn Haihan's immigration management system and related regulations. Immigrants introduced in batches through official channels will experience such special arrangements. Civil affairs agencies will instill necessary knowledge into them from the beginning so that the immigrants can adapt to Haihan's social environment as soon as possible and accept government management.
Xiunian still doesn’t know much about what Haihan society is like. The only thing that is certain is that this country is not too repellent to immigrants from foreign countries. Otherwise, there would not be such a large-scale building on Zhoushan Island. migrant camps. This camp is obviously not newly built recently. It can be seen that the Kaihan Army has taken measures to introduce a large number of immigrants before this. Xiunian couldn't help but wonder if the Kaihan Army kidnapped thousands of people from the Hirado Domain so easily. Will it be used in the future? Has Japan become a long-term target of looting?
Xiunian's speculation was not completely unfounded. In fact, during the eradication operation, there were already some voices in the military who believed that Japan could be a good source of population. This certainly did not mean recruiting immigrants through normal channels.
Through this operation, the military has realized that with Haihan's military strength, it can complete attacks on remote areas of Japan with relatively low battle losses, and use war methods to capture a large number of people.
A local power like the Hirado clan, which has a rich family, an established naval force and a large number of guns and artillery, cannot withstand the offensive launched by the Haihan army. From this, it can be roughly deduced that local armed forces in other areas of Japan are unlikely to have With so much strength, if we take a more targeted action with the purpose of plundering the population, and carry out military strikes on specific areas from time to time, we will have a high chance of success.
Considering the opponent's limited strength, the military does not even have to worry about incurring large-scale retaliation. With Japan's current navigation capabilities, even if the shogunate intervenes, it will be difficult to organize an organized armed fleet to conduct cross-sea operations, and it cannot afford the risk of failure.
Haihan's current cost of bringing in immigrants from abroad through recruitment is getting higher and higher. If a large number of people can be obtained in a short period of time through military means, it is really worth calculating the economic accounts carefully. Therefore, Shi Diwen has prepared to write a special report to the Executive Committee in the near future, detailing the possibility of obtaining a large number of people from Japan through military means.
Compared with the immigrants introduced from the Ming Dynasty, although there are certain differences between the Japanese people and Haihan in terms of language and culture, naturalization is not too difficult. Back then, Haihan introduced a large number of war refugees from Annan, and now they have already integrated In Haihan society. Of course, if Shi Diwen can successfully resettle this group of Japanese people snatched back from Hirado in Zhoushan, it can provide more reference for the introduction of the Japanese population in the future.
Xiunian, who has limited knowledge, cannot imagine these considerations of the upper class. He can only look at the current situation from his own standpoint. My current value to Haihan is that I can assist the government in managing these Japanese people. If these Japanese people gradually integrate into Haihan society in the future, my functions in this special field will gradually be diluted.
From this perspective, if Haihan continues to use military means to rob Japan of its population, Xiunian, who already has a certain amount of work experience, will undoubtedly have more opportunities to play a role. Under ideal circumstances, the more people Haihan brings back from Japan in the future, the greater the benefits he will be able to derive from it.
What Xiunian is not sure about now is how Haihan will settle the Japanese people, including himself, and whether they will encounter various difficulties in Haihan country in the future because of their Japanese identity. However, he heard that among the Haihan army that went to Hirado there were Japanese generals who had been naturalized in the early years, so he thought that the Japanese would also have a chance to get ahead.
In short, you have to keep your current job first, and then you can slowly plan your future development. As for how far you can go, it probably depends on your fate. After all, Xiunian couldn't resist the fatigue and slowly fell asleep.
At this time, in an inn on the island, Yin Changxing was packing his luggage. Although he came to Zhoushan as an entourage of businessman Yu Chengli, he did not live with other people under Yu Chengli. Instead, he opened a separate room to live in.
This is not because Yin Changxing has any habit of living alone, nor is he deliberately trying to put on airs. It is mainly because he also brought the savings he earned from working in Seogwipo with him in his luggage, a huge sum of nearly one hundred taels of silver. . With such a large amount of money, Yin Changxing was naturally worried about living in the same room with other people. He would rather spend a few more dollars to open a room by himself to live alone, so that he could feel at ease.
However, Yin Changxing had already inquired about it during the day. There were official banks near the port where he could deposit money. He planned to ask Yu Chengli for leave tomorrow and dispose of the money first, so that he could return the room and save some money. .
The reason why Yin Changxing brought the money was to see if he could find any small business opportunities in Zhoushan, but he didn't want to leave Yu Chengli and start working alone just yet. Yin Changxing does not want to take risks with his hard-earned money. He needs some time to adapt and become familiar with the situation in Zhoushan before he can judge whether there is an opportunity to start his own business.
On the way to Zhoushan, Yin Changxing took the opportunity to ask Yu Chengli for advice on what kind of small-scale business he could run after arriving in Haihan. Yu Chengli also knew that the North Korean under him had certain abilities, and it was only a matter of time before he left and started working alone, so he didn't Without any reservations, he told Yin Changxing all the information he knew.
But the problem is that Yu Chengli has only been to Zhoushan once, has limited dealings with Haihan, and only has a partial understanding of the business system under Haihan, so the advice he can give Yin Changxing is not very clear.
The easiest way out is to resume his old career here in Zhoushan, but Yin Changxing may not be willing to buy a boat to become a fisherman or work for other people. He can do better in these ways in Seogwipo, and Why go all the way to Zhoushan to do the same thing. Of course, if his capital is strong enough, he can buy a few more boats, or open a seafood shop and hire local people to work for him. However, judging from his current savings, the amount is obviously still relatively large, and is far from enough to achieve such a scale of business.
In fact, if he just continues to run errands for Yu Chengli and rely on his limited salary to maintain his income, he may not be able to save enough capital in another three to five years. So he must consider how to accumulate more capital in the shortest possible time.
Of course, if Yin Changxing's ambitions were not so big, his current capital would be enough to start a small business such as a food stall or a tea stall. However, even these small transactions can only be carried out after he is familiar with the local conditions. For now, he still has to be patient for some time.
Yin Changxing found a handwritten copy of the Heart Sutra from his luggage, which was a gift Xiunian gave him on his way to Zhoushan. However, Yin Changxing was illiterate, so he only knew that this text was a Buddhist scripture, but he did not know its content.
Only then did Yin Changxing remember that after getting off the ship today, he had been busy carrying luggage and goods for Yu Chengli, and he didn't even have time to say goodbye to Monk Xiunian. He knew that Monk Xiunian should have gone to the immigration camp on the island, but in addition to the officially introduced immigrants, it was said that only some desperate people would take the initiative to seek refuge there, and Yin Changxing thought that he did not need to choose this place yet. road. In his mind, "making money" has a higher priority than "naturalization", and he believes that when he has money, it will be much easier to apply for naturalization than it is now, so there is no need to rush to register for immigration status.
Although Yin Changxing felt a little sorry for not being able to say goodbye to his friend properly, he was also very open-minded. Maybe after a while, they would meet again somewhere on the island.
Early the next morning, Yin Changxing took his belongings and went to find "Haihan Bank" near the port. Although he is illiterate, he already found out clearly yesterday that there is a conspicuous gold-lettered signboard on the roof of Haihan Bank, which distinguishes it from any other bank in Hong Kong.
Sure enough, when Yin Changxing arrived near Dinghai Port, he saw from a distance a few large golden characters made of an unknown material on the top of a three-story building. Each character was at least seven feet square. , indeed very conspicuous.
Yin Changxing was afraid that he was looking in the wrong place, so he asked passers-by in half-familiar Haihan dialect and confirmed that this building was the Haihan Bank he was looking for.
Yin Changxing walked near the bank and saw that there was a large flat space outside the gate. On the left side of the gate there was a row of horse tethering posts and a water trough for horses. Two carriages were already parked there. In the open space on the other side, there are several soft sedan chairs and several rickshaws parked, and a group of sedan bearers and rickshaw drivers are gathering around and chatting.
Yin Changxing's appearance did not attract their attention. People with ordinary clothes like this were unlikely to be their potential customers. Yin Changxing, holding his belongings in his arms, did not dare to stay on the street for too long. Seeing that the bank door was open, he quickly walked in.
Yin Changxing had only heard of such institutions as "Qianzhuang" in the past, and Yu Chengli had repeatedly mentioned it to him several times, asking him to deposit his money in the officially operated Haihan Bank for safety. But Yin Changxing didn't understand exactly how to save money.
He walked in and looked around, not knowing where to start. Fortunately, a staff member came to ask him, and he carefully explained his purpose.
The staff brought Yin Changxing to the counter and went through the account opening procedures for him. They also explained to him how to perform the deposit and withdrawal operations.
Yin Changxing actually didn't understand these systems very well. He just wanted to confirm whether the credit of this place was reliable, otherwise he would still be worried about not being able to get his money out if he stored his money here.
"You can rest assured that our Haihan Bank is much stronger than private banks. The bank is the treasury of Haihan. Do you think the treasury of our country, Haihan, can be short of silver? Don't talk about your dozens of taels of silver. , even if it’s thousands or tens of thousands of taels, you can take it anytime you want.”
The staff member who handled the formalities for him also saw that this was Yin Changxing's first contact with this kind of financial business, and immediately assured him of the bank's reliability. Of course, in actual operations, if someone really wants to withdraw a large amount of more than 10,000 taels, it is not possible to withdraw money at will. You have to make an appointment with the bank first. After all, the bank has a limited amount of cash. The money had to be transferred from the bank located in the military base on the island.
However, this staff member is experienced and knows that to deal with new customers like Yin Changxing who are full of concerns, they have to take strong medicine.
While they were talking, another big customer came to the lobby. He asked his subordinates to carry two large boxes of cash to the counter, and asked the staff to come out quickly to count and credit the money.
This sight finally made Yin Changxing make up his mind and handed over the few ingots of silver that were already warming in his hands.
(End of chapter)