Chapter 2373
Of course, subsidizing freight is just a joke. The Haihan Army is a special department. Even if the Executive Committee wants to deploy the naval fleet to perform certain non-military tasks, the relevant military expenditures will definitely be borne by the national treasury. However, in order to ensure that the military ships of the Northern Fleet can carry out combat missions at any time, it is also necessary to allow areas in the south that need personnel to provide their own transportation capacity.
Wang Tom said: "The current situation in Liaodong is unclear. The size of the garrison in Fushan County may not be enough to cope with the influx of large numbers of refugees. It seems that we will have to send some people over to help."
Qian Tiandun nodded in agreement: "My brothers have also been off for two or three months, and I just want to find something to do for them. Then send a battalion to each side to help the locals stabilize the situation first."< br>
Wang Tom said: "I think you'd better go to Jinzhou yourself and let Chen Yixin go back to Shandong first."
Qian Tiandun slapped the back of his head and said, "I almost forgot about this, thank you for reminding me!"
Chen Yixin's wife's natal family is in Fushan County. If there is a wave of refugees in the area, the Ma family will probably be affected as well. The Ma family has received a lot of support and care from Chen Yixin in the past two years, which shows that he is still very concerned about the Ma family's affairs. Although Chen Yixin did not mention the defense change in the message, he must still be very concerned about the situation in Shandong.
The two of them have a relationship with Chen Yixin that is both a teacher and a friend. As a junior, Chen Yixin naturally cannot ask them for help. However, the three of them have been working together in the north for many years, and their personal relationship is actually quite good. Even if Chen Yixin did not mention it, they have already thought of it. , intending to take the initiative to help Chen Yixin share his worries.
The domestic situation in North Korea has basically stabilized, and local officials in every county across the country have sworn allegiance to the new king Li Zhi. There should be no major disturbances for the time being. Some of the troops stationed at the Datong River base will be transferred to Jinzhou. There should be no problem in dealing with emergencies with Shandong.
It didn't take long for the two of them to discuss and make a decision. Foreign officials at their level have the power to make final decisions on most affairs in the areas under their jurisdiction, so they don't need to spend a lot of time considering various issues. For departmental coordination issues, their decisions are orders, and all departments at the station only need to execute military orders.
However, regarding the plan to send refugees to the south for resettlement, the Executive Committee still needs to coordinate the transportation capacity. After all, the Northern Fleet does not have so many idle ships that can be used to transport refugees over long distances. It is time to let private transportation capacity play a role.
This kind of operation is actually not unfamiliar to Haihan. When the Denglai Rebellion occurred, Haihan's sphere of influence had not yet expanded to the north, so many civilian ships were hired to transport refugees from the northern coastal states to the south. Although the transport capacity available at that time was relatively limited, at least 20,000 to 30,000 people were picked up from the north intermittently, which greatly alleviated Haihan's urgent population needs at that time.
After that, the Haihan Army went north to open up territory in Shandong, and these refugees from the north also played a big role. For example, Sun Zhen, the captain and battalion commander of the Special Forces Regiment, was a refugee who escaped from Shandong. People like him were far more familiar with and adapted to the local area than those from the south. Therefore, several detachments stationed in the northern region were later The military also prefers to recruit from the local area.
With the successful examples from that year, it is not that difficult to restart private transport capacity. Moreover, the private shipping industry in Haihan is also developing extremely rapidly. Large private shipping companies have sprung up in recent years, and some of them have time-travelers taking stock or even directly operating them. If there is sufficient time to organize transportation capacity, it is not impossible to transport a large number of people from the north to the south in the short term.
Even Chen Yixin's father-in-law followed the trend and opened a shipping company, specializing in shipping business between Fushan County and Jinzhou. Because Chen Yixin took care of him and contracted some of the official transportation tasks, the business volume was relatively stable, and he could make a lot of profits every year. The business in Jinzhou is managed by Chen Yixin's wife, Ma Yuling.
However, after giving birth to a child, Ma Yuling did not have so much time to take care of the shipyard's affairs. Most of the time, she left it to her shopkeeper. She was only responsible for accounting.
That day, Ma Yuling was supervising her son's literacy when she heard a report from a servant that Chen Yixin was back. She quickly came out of the room to greet her. Seeing Chen Yixin's face was happy, she curiously asked: "Did something good happen to my husband today?"
Chen Yixin smiled and said: "Didn't you keep saying a few days ago that you haven't returned to your parents' home for a long time? Now you have a chance."
Chen Yixin loved Ma Yuling very much. As long as Ma Yuling revealed her thoughts of homesickness, even if he could not leave, he would arrange a boat to send Ma Yuling back to Majiazhuang to stay for a while. Jinzhou is not too far from Fushan County, less than a two-day flight, so Ma Yuling goes back several times every year. The last time she went back was before winter last year, which actually wasn't too long ago.
Ma Yuling said: "Is it possible that my husband can accompany me back this time?"
Chen Yixin nodded firmly and said: "Yes, I will go back with you this time."
Ma Yuling suddenly thought of something, her face changed slightly and she said, "Is it because the Qing army has invaded Dengzhou, so they want to go back and take my family out of Fushan County?"
Chen Yixin laughed dumbly and said: "How can there be such a thing! I happen to have official business to go back to Fushan County to handle, so I can go home with you to see and stay for a while."
Ma Yuling said: "What should we do here in Jinzhou?"
"General Qian will come from North Korea to take care of it for a while." Chen Yixin sighed: "The next time I meet him, I have to thank him properly."
Chen Yixin did not elaborate on the reason for this to Ma Yuling. After all, it involved many undisclosed military secrets. Especially information about troop mobilization must not be shared with outsiders at will, not even family members.
Although Ma Yuling didn't know why Qian Tiandun made a special trip to North Korea to replace Chen Yixin, since the family could go back to Shandong to visit relatives together, it was a good thing to be happy about. So she didn't break the pot and ask the truth to find out what kind of arrangement there was.
Of course, Chen Yixin is responsible for many things. Even if he doesn't wait for Qian Tiandun to come to Jinzhou to take over, he still has to straighten out the things at hand first and hand them over to his subordinates to handle them one by one. In particular, the large amount of supplies needed to prepare for the next wave of refugees, as well as related personnel and troop adjustments, all had to be made accordingly before he set off. Qian Tiandun arrived in Jinzhou four days later, and his troops would depart a little later from the Datong River base along with combat supplies.
At this time, Chen Yixin had not yet left Jinzhou, so he happened to meet Qian Tiandun in person to hand over the local defense, and by the way, they communicated some information that had not been detailed through telegrams before.
The most important problem here is the last time the Qing army sent envoys to seek truce and peace talks. Although nothing happened after the last encounter with Chen Yixin, both Chen Yixin and Qian Tiandun believed that the matter would not end there. There was no response from the Qing army, perhaps because the conditions proposed by Chen Yixin in the end were too exaggerated, which was gratifying He also had no power to make a decision, so he could only report it to Shenyang and wait for Huang Taiji to make a decision.
However, since Qian Tiandun and the special forces have reinforced Jinzhou, even if the Qing army wants to take tough measures as a reply, Jinzhou's armed forces are enough to cope with it.
After handing over matters in Jinzhou, Chen Yixin and his family finally set off from Jinzhou to the south. In addition to his guard platoon and servants, they also included secretary Zeng Xiaowen and Liu Shang, who was specially transferred back to Shandong to take over civil affairs affairs.
"To be serious, I haven't been back here for a while." Chen Yixin said with emotion as he looked at Zhifu Island, which had appeared on the sea level in front of him.
Although Fushan County is not too far from Jinzhou, Chen Yixin is usually busy with official duties and it is difficult to spare a lot of free time to go back here to visit relatives. Usually, he leaves everything to the Ma family to handle. It has been at least more than a year since he last came back here.
Today's Zhifu Port no longer functions as a military port. A large section of pier has been built on the coast south of Zhifu Island to provide cargo for merchant ships traveling from south to north. Although the scale of operations is far less than that of large trading ports such as Dinghai Port and Shengli Port, if the scope is limited to the Shandong Peninsula, the cargo throughput of Zhifu Port is already one of the best in this period.
Chen Yixin notified this place by telegram before setting off from Jinzhou, so when their ship arrived at the port, in addition to local military and political officials, people from the Ma family had also arrived at the dock.
Ma Dongqiang and his family came to Zhifu Port early to wait. Although it seems a bit too flattering for his father-in-law to come so far to pick up his son-in-law, Chen Yixin has a special status and ordinary people may not be qualified to come to the port to greet him. Ma It seemed that there was nothing wrong with the family coming down to pick up my uncle.
Of course, anyone with a discerning eye knows very well that the main reason why the Ma family has grown from an ordinary country squire to one of the leading wealthy households in Dengzhou Prefecture is to recruit Chen Yixin, their son-in-law. Chen Yixin not only holds military power, but can also provide the Ma family with many special resources, which can be converted into wealth with a little use.
For example, most of the various Haihan products currently sold in the Majiazhuang market are operated by the Majia family. There are also civil docks and storage facilities in Zhifu Port, most of which were funded and built by the Ma family and then leased to various shipping companies and foreign merchants. The income that these two transactions alone can bring to the Ma family is more than the taxes collected by the entire Dengzhou Prefecture every year.
And with Chen Yixin as a strong backer, no one in Fushan County would dare to cause trouble with the Ma family. The team training organized by the Ma family last year has all been integrated into the local Golden Shield escort branch, and they have begun to receive paramilitary training provided by Haihan. In another year or two, even if the Dengzhou garrison is pulled out, they may not be their opponents.
The prosperity of more than a hundred members of the Ma family now depends on Chen Yixin, his uncle. After Chen Yixin was transferred to Liaodong, he rarely came back. After finally catching an opportunity, the Ma family naturally wanted to show off their family. Pay attention to Chen Yixin and his wife.
After Chen Yixin got off the ship, he first greeted everyone in the Ma family, then exchanged a few words with the military and political officials of Zhifu Island, then got into the carriage prepared by the Ma family, and headed to Majiazhuang for a few days.
According to Chen Yixin's own opinion, it might be more appropriate for him to live in the military base on Zhifu Island, so that he can more easily keep in touch with the outside world. But at the same time, he also has to consider the feelings of his wife and the Ma family. Nowadays, many affairs in Fushan County are left to the Ma family to take care of. He must maintain a good relationship with the Ma family both in public and private matters, which will be more conducive to his future career. Operated by forces in the northern region.
When Chen Yixin was transferred to Liaodong, he had already made a relatively clear plan for the development direction of Majiazhuang. Now it has changed significantly from when he left, but it is still developing according to his original setting. .
Nowadays, the large area from Majiazhuang to Zhifu Bay has become a standard Haihan-style business district. On both sides of a wide main road, various shops, shops, restaurants, and inns are lined up along the street. Its prosperity has not been the same. No less than a big city in this era.
Chen Yixin sat on the carriage and looked at the scene outside the carriage with great relief. This is a small seaside city that he personally planned and built. Now it has begun to bear fruit. In time, the size of the city here will replace Dengzhou, and even big cities like Jinan should not be mentioned.
According to civil affairs statistics compiled by the Ma family, the number of people who have moved to Fushan County has increased by at least 6,000 in the past two years. The reason for such rapid population growth is actually very simple. Trade has brought a large number of employment opportunities to Fushan County, and the income of these jobs is often much higher than that of traditional farming. Therefore, it has also attracted a large number of people from surrounding areas. Moved to Fushan County. There is no need to farm here, and there are many jobs that can provide a stable income, which is very attractive to poor people who have no land.
The booming development of commercial trade has led to the rapid growth of population, which is excellently reflected here. However, if tens of thousands of refugees flow into Fushan County without any preparation, the current good situation is likely to be ruined due to the collapse of social order.
Naturally, Chen Yixin would not allow such a situation to ruin his hard work. His main task when returning to Fushan County was to personally take command and make appropriate preparations before the arrival of the refugee wave. While accepting the resettlement of refugees, The trade here cannot be completely interrupted.
But it is not easy to implement the corresponding measures, and it may require the Ma family to sacrifice some short-term interests. Although Chen Yixin is sure of persuading Ma Dongqiang to cooperate, he is not sure whether his plan can be fully implemented in actual operations. . After all, there are some measures that are not enough to rely on the efforts of Fushan County alone, and require coordinated cooperation from other places to achieve results.
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