Chapter 3044
In the emerging seaport city of Jinshan, more than 80% of the permanent population are Haihan soldiers or military dependents. The remaining few are mostly immigrants recruited from the country through various means in recent years. .
However, the proportion of truly locally born indigenous people and European immigrants who originally settled near the Bay Area is only a fraction of the household registration in Jinshan City.
After all, it is not easy for them to overcome the barriers of language, culture and living habits and integrate into a society entirely composed of Han people.
Of course, there are shortcuts, which is to follow the tradition of rapid naturalization of Haihan for non-Chinese people and actively sign up to join the army. As long as you complete three years of military service, you can automatically obtain Haihan citizenship and enjoy national treatment.
Some flexible-minded indigenous young people learned that through this method, they could join the powerful "Haihan Tribe" and became the first batch of brave men to eat crabs.
For Haihan, although communication with these indigenous soldiers was a bit troublesome, the training process was far more cumbersome and complicated than that of Han recruits. But fortunately, indigenous soldiers are often not afraid of death, fight bravely, and are natural warriors. They only need to be strictly trained to learn to abide by military discipline.
Moreover, they were born and raised in Jinshan Bay and are very familiar with the local environment. These indigenous soldiers are obviously more qualified than Han soldiers for reconnaissance, patrol, and exploration tasks that need to be performed in the outer areas of the city.
However, there are only a very small number of indigenous people who are willing to take the initiative to join the Haihan Army. Recruiting them is not easy. Therefore, near the fishing ports where the indigenous people visit frequently, there have long been recruitment points specifically for indigenous people, and indigenous people who have already enlisted have been specially deployed. Bing acted as a lobbyist at the scene.
However, today's recruitment mission obviously did not go well. The indigenous soldiers made gesticulations in front of several compatriots for a long time, but in the end they were unable to keep them.
"Sir, they are only fishing, not soldiers." The native soldier explained the reason for the failure of recruitment to the officer sitting under the eaves watching with some frustration.
Due to his limited language ability, this indigenous soldier could only speak very brief sentences, but he could still be understood.
The young officer sitting just nodded slightly, indicating that he understood the situation, but did not blame him for his incompetence.
This kind of wait-and-see recruitment method is not very efficient. Recruiting a dozen indigenous soldiers in a month is considered a good result, but most of the time the performance is zero.
However, after several years of practice, the superiors also know that this is not easy to implement, so they are very Buddhist about it, and there will be no penalties even if no troops are recruited.
The most disappointing thing is probably the indigenous soldier who is responsible for the persuasion work. After all, if he successfully recruits a compatriot, he will get a corresponding bounty, but if the performance is zero, then today's work will be in vain.
Seeing that the indigenous fishermen on the pier had already left in boats, the young officer knew that today's recruitment task could only end here, so he let the indigenous soldiers return to the barracks on their own while he untied the reins tied under the porch and turned over. Get on your horse and walk slowly towards the south city.
Jinshan City is located on the northeast corner of Jinshan Peninsula. To the north of the city is the fishing port adjacent to the Kinmen Strait, to the east is the trade port and naval port, and to the west is a large area of farmland near the sea.
The current area of the entire urban area is similar to that of Sanya's old city, but the building density is much sparser. After all, the population of Jinshan City has not exceeded 10,000 so far, which is far less than that of Sanya.
But compared to the geographical environment of Sanya, Jinshan City is much superior. The seaside plain at the northern end of the Jinshan Peninsula alone is five times the size of Sanya's current urban area. This leaves ample space for urban construction planning. The existing urban areas are divided into neat checkerboard shapes by wide roads, and the housing floor area ratio is extremely low. Each household can build a separate house according to its own needs and financial resources. residence.
The area available for development in Jinshan Bay is far more than this. This huge, semi-enclosed bay is internally divided into three bays: north, east, and south. They share the entrance and exit channel of the Kinmen Strait, which is less than five miles wide. But the area of the bay within the strait is staggeringly large.
Haihan built Cam Ranh Port, the largest naval base in the South China Sea, and its bay area is only one-thirtieth of Jinshan Bay.
Nanwan, where Jinshan Peninsula is located, is the largest and longest coastline among the three bays. The surrounding coasts of this bay are all plain areas that can be developed, and it is easy to accommodate millions of people.
This bay, located in the gap between the coastal mountains on the Pacific side of North America, is huge and difficult to attack and defend. Of course, this is the main reason why Wang Tom chose this place as Haihan's first colony in North America.
But the development value here doesn’t end there. On the east side of Jinshan Bay, between the Coast Mountains and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, there is a narrow river valley alluvial plain that is 1,300 miles long from north to south and more than 100 miles wide from east to west.
The area of this plain is approximately equivalent to half of Hainan Island. In comparison, the coastal plain on the coast of Jinshan Bay is just a fraction.
Surrounded by the Coast Mountains and the Sierra Nevada, this valley plain has abundant water vapor and fertile land, making it the most livable land on the entire west coast of North America.
From here to Alaska in the far north, and to the Mexican region of Central and North America in the south, there are endless coastal mountains. There are no such large fertile plains.
Going east over the Sierra Nevada Mountains and heading deep into the North American continent, most of the area within thousands of miles is desert hills. It is not until you cross the towering Rocky Mountains that you can enter the grassland area of central North America.
It is no exaggeration to say that Jinshan Bay and its adjacent river valleys and plains are the first-class Feng Shui treasures on the west coast of North America. Taking Jinshan Bay as the starting point, there is no other place with comparable conditions within a radius of three thousand miles.
If I had to find a fault, it would probably be that the vicinity of Jinshan Bay lacks important mineral deposits needed for industrial development.
There are no coal or iron mines with mining value nearby, so all kinds of mechanical equipment, weapons and equipment, and even kitchen utensils and agricultural tools needed to create a new world here have to rely on Haihan's domestic supply.
Of course, since this place is named Jinshan Port, as the name suggests, gold mines are naturally indispensable.
It's just that the gold mines are located relatively far away. More than three hundred miles east of the Jinshan Peninsula, at the junction of the river valley plain and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, there are many gold mine veins.
In order to open up this golden road, Tom Wang has invested a lot of resources in the past few years. In addition to building mines, stations and roads must be built along the way, and troops must be stationed for garrison.
After all, money attracts people's hearts. Even the natives know that gold is valuable and they will snatch it whenever they have the opportunity. They must be on guard against it.
(End of chapter)