Chapter 2631
Suddenly, thousands of people were about to go overseas on Zhoushan Island, which immediately made the city here a lot more lively. Although the officials are responsible for the food and accommodation of these personnel during their stay in Zhoushan, there are still many people who are willing to spend money to enjoy themselves here. After all, after leaving here, even if they want to spend money, they may not be able to spend it.
In particular, these people who were about to cross thousands of miles of ocean to the colonial areas of North America became the main force in the assault on the island. Even the newly recruited immigrants have already roughly learned about the situation in the new colonial area from the returning crew members. Although there is vast land for new immigrants to cultivate and countless treasures that need to be developed, the living conditions are It’s still far behind the country. Once you go there, there’s nothing to enjoy.
For a time, the restaurants, pubs, gambling stalls, shops, and fireworks venues on the island were all overcrowded. Moreover, these people have just received the official immigration subsidy, have a lot of cash in their hands, and have extremely strong spending power. Many of them spend money without blinking an eye.
Naturally, Tao Hongfang and others would not behave like such nouveau riche, but their visit to the island was not unaffected. They wanted to find a place to eat in the city, but found that almost every restaurant was doing good business. Long queues. Fortunately, the people sent to receive them by Yang Yun, the chief executive of the island, were quite smart and kept queuing up everywhere. They simply invited them to have dinner in the public canteen of the Zhoushan Administrative Committee. The people who came here were all people from the government office. , you don’t have to worry about it being as crowded as eating places outside.
Yang Yun had already finished his meal and returned to the Yamen. When he heard Tao Hongfang and others coming to the cafeteria, he rushed over to keep him company. Seeing that the group of them didn't order a few dishes, Yang Yun quickly asked someone to go to the kitchen to say hello and cook a few decent dishes for them. Tao Hongfang and others said a few polite words and did not continue to refuse. They originally wanted to keep a low profile so as not to attract attention, but since Yang Yundu came to accompany them in person, it was impossible to keep a low profile.
Ning Zijing joked: "Nowadays, all the places where you can eat on the island are full. Why don't Master Yang order the canteen to be opened to the public and take advantage of this opportunity to make some money to subsidize expenses."
Yang Yun smiled and said: "Master Ning is joking. If this place is opened to the outside world, it will definitely be said that it is competing with the people for profit, which is not allowed."
Tao Hongfang said: "With so many people holding back their energy to spend money on the island recently, I'm afraid this will cause a lot of trouble. Mr. Yang needs to be more careful."
Yang Yun responded: "Please rest assured, Mr. Tao, this is not the first time. We have experience in dealing with similar situations. In addition to strengthening the military and police departments on the island, we have also temporarily mobilized thousands of people's regiments to patrol key areas." Assist in maintaining law and order. In addition, firefighting, ambulance, rescue and other departments have also increased their manpower to prevent accidents, and normal order will be restored on the island soon."
Yang Yun is not bragging. As Haihan's leading shipping, trade and military hub in the East China Sea, Zhoushan has experienced sudden outbreaks of this kind of floating population from time to time over the years. Therefore, the government's emergency measures in all aspects are relatively complete. It is also easy to deal with various emergencies. When necessary, the regular army and militia groups on the island can gather thousands of people, enough to implement comprehensive military control over the entire Zhoushan Island in a short period of time.
Bai Letong also asked Yang Yun a question: "Master Yang, there are so many foreigners on the island, are there any special control measures for them?"
Yang Yundao: "What Mr. Bai wants to know is probably how we manage the foreigners stationed on the island on a daily basis, right?"
Seeing Bai Letong nodded, Yang Yun continued: "Our approach here is actually similar to Sanya's. There is a Foreign Affairs Office under the Management Committee, which is responsible for managing the affairs of foreigners on the island, such as Registering for entry and exit, supervising their behavior on the island, and solving daily difficulties for them." Bai Letong nodded repeatedly. The Foreign Affairs Department does exist in Sanya, and its administrative level and operational authority are quite high. , as far as he knew, some of them even held concurrent positions in the intelligence and security departments, but it was unclear whether the Foreign Affairs Office of Zhoushan Island would have a similar establishment.
At this time, Yang Yun called two officials from the side and introduced them to everyone present: "These two are officials from the Foreign Affairs Department. The bald one is named Xiunian. He is a naturalized Japanese citizen. He is originally from Hirado." Monk. The man next to him is Yin Changxing, a naturalized Korean. He was a fisherman on Jeju Island before immigrating to Zhoushan. If you have any questions about the work of the Foreign Affairs Office, you can let them answer them on the spot. "
As soon as everyone heard that these two people had such special identities, the Foreign Affairs Office's curiosity immediately shifted to these two people, and they immediately sat them down and asked them in detail.
After the Kaihan army attacked Hirado in 1638, in order not to leave a chance for the Tagawa clan to resurrect, they took all the local people captive, and Xiunian was one of the civilians taken away as prisoners of war at that time. Because he obeyed the arrangements of the Haihan Army and helped organize the people to evacuate Hirado, he soon got an errand in the government office after arriving in Zhoushan, specifically responsible for managing the Japanese immigrants who were resettled in Zhoushan.
Although Yin Changxing was born in Jeju Island, his coming to Zhoushan was also related to the Battle of Hirado. At that time, the Haihan fleet that attacked Hirado used Jeju Island as its advance base. Yin Changxing became a civilian servant of the army at that time, and thus got the opportunity to immigrate to Haihan. However, after arriving in Zhoushan, he did not immediately enter the government office like Xiunian did. Instead, he worked in small business for a long time. Later, the government needed someone to manage the increasing number of Korean immigrants on the island, so he was able to become an official.
More than ten years later, these two people have naturally become Haihan citizens and have become genuine Haihan citizens. However, the work they do is still inseparable from their ethnic origins. Their daily job is to manage the personnel stationed on the island by North Korea and Japan.
After the two described their backgrounds and experiences after coming to Zhoushan in detail, they finally returned to their work.
Since the Battle of Hirado, Haihan's activities of introducing immigrants from North Korea and Japan have never stopped, and Zhoushan Dinghai Port is the closest Haihan port to the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago, so it has also become the largest port of Haihan. The preferred destination for immigrants.
According to official figures, the number of immigrants from North Korea and Japan who enter the country through designated seaports every year has remained at more than a thousand for a long time, and may even increase to as many as three or four thousand in some years. This figure only counts official official recruitment channels for immigrants, and does not include those who enter the country for business, shipping, visiting relatives, etc., and then look for another opportunity to naturalize. The actual immigration number is actually much higher than this.
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