Chapter 871 Recruiting Immigrants
After reading the report, Xue Qingyao immediately wrote back to Tiezhen, agreeing to promote his government plan. Qiongzhou Island will still plant corn in the first quarter of next year, and begin to transform paddy fields, and then start to plant rice in the second quarter.
In terms of land reform, it is all done in Tiezhen's way to avoid conflicts with local people.
Regarding immigration, he said that he would immediately propose it to the leader, so that people willing to immigrate can be recruited before the beginning of spring, and then take a boat south in the beginning of spring, so that immigrants can arrive in Qiongzhou Island by the end of February, settle down in the local area in March, and officially promote rice in April. The
next morning, Tiezhen received a reply from Xue Qingyao, and he was very happy. It was not about political achievements or meritorious service, but mainly because his plan was recognized, which made him feel very proud. He seemed to have the potential to be a county governor!
On the other hand, Xue Qingyao's letter to Luo Chong was sent out that night, and after two days of transportation by the giant eagle, it finally arrived in Luo Chong's hands.
This letter directly attached a copy of Tiezhu's report, and then added some of Xue Qingyao's ideas, as well as information about the overall situation of the entire Qiongzhou region.
It can be said that Xue Qingyao did this very well. He did not monopolize Tiezhu's credit, claim this idea as his own, and then present it to Luo Chong. Instead, he directly attached the original copy of Tiezhu's report.
Originally, he was the governor of Qiongzhou. In theory, he also had some credit for the achievements of the officials below, but he did not do so, which seemed very sincere.
The officials of the Han tribe during this period were generally simple. They had not learned so many tricks in the so-called officialdom, but it was really hard to say what would happen in the future. We can only think of a more reasonable system to restrain them.
For example, the governor, a frontier official, should be changed from time to time.
Luo Chong obviously did not have time to study these at this time. The management system of the Han tribe was not perfect, and it was useless to set up so many departments.
At this time, Luo Chong looked at Tiezhen's report and couldn't help but applaud. Luo Chong had never been to Zhudao, so he naturally couldn't think of the specific situation there, but Tiezhen's report was quite targeted and also took into account the situation of the Han tribe.
For example, the promotion of rice could be postponed to the second or third quarter, so that Luo Chong would have enough time to deploy immigrants.
However, Tiezhen's idea was still not perfect, or the details were not good enough. For example, the matter of each village immigrating one family, under the situation of the strong local clan power, how difficult would the life of this family be? If they cursed a few words while teaching the locals to farm, wouldn't they be squeezed to death by the locals?
Immigration is indeed a good thing, which can quickly promote the integration of the people of the two places, but only one family in each village is too few, and more must be done.
According to Luo Chong's idea, at least one five-tenth of a small village should be sent, and at least one ten-tenth of a large village should be sent. Only if there are five or ten families living together with the locals can the integration be faster.
This arrangement is much more practical than Tiezhen's idea, which is too idealistic.
Oh, if we go to one family in each village, and this family must be able to farm, raise livestock, cook delicious food, and be educated and able to read and write, isn't this difficult for people? Where can Luo Chong find such a family?
But after separating these specialties, it is much easier to gather these skills. Each specialty only requires one family, and then five families form a small group, and they can meet the tasks mentioned by Tiezhen.
A larger village has ten families, and all kinds of specialties are gathered together to meet local needs.
Luo Chong also immediately wrote a reply letter, expressing his agreement with their plan. He will arrange for immigrants to board the ship in the early spring, and go there with the people who make ID cards and equipment, and let them communicate with the local people in advance, and prepare the land for cultivation and housing for these immigrants, otherwise they will not even have a place to stay after they go there, which will be too miserable for the immigrants.
In addition, Xue Qingyao also added a little bit of his own opinion, that is, about education.
The existing teaching model of the Han tribe is to open a school and let all students go to school.
But the situation on Qiongzhou Island is quite different. There are no cities there, but basically villages. The people live in a very scattered manner, from one village to another. It is not easy to build a school to gather all the children together, not to mention the cost and man-hours of building a school, and even to let the local people send their children to the school opened by the Han tribe.
The local people have not yet fully integrated into the Han tribe. Will they feel at ease to send their children to the Han tribe? Are you sure you are not kidding?
Another reason is that the villages are too scattered, and the children have to go far away from home to go to school. It is not realistic to go to school on foot. Everyone can't ride a horse to go to school, right? Collective accommodation is another expense, and the local people probably don't want to
do it. So Xue Qingyao's idea is to arrange a teacher in each village and directly open a village-run primary school. There are only one or two hundred school-age children in a village, and two or three classes are enough. Anyway, they don't expect them to teach well. Let alone literacy, even if it can popularize Chinese, it is worth opening this school.
This coincided with Luo Chong's idea. He originally wanted to arrange more families in one village. It was just right to arrange a teacher's family in each village.
According to this idea, after Luo Chong wrote a reply to Xue Qingyao, he immediately drafted an immigration order. Anyone who thought he had good farming skills, or could make various Han tribal foods, had just graduated from school, could weave or cut clothes, could raise various livestock, could grow mulberry and raise silkworms, could register with the local government as long as he met one of the conditions.
Once admitted, he would be directly promoted to the second level of nobility. This nobility could be inherited for three generations, and he would be rewarded with a donkey, two piglets, two sheep, a cage of rabbits, chickens and ducks, a pair of cats and dogs, a flying shuttle loom, a foot-operated spinning machine, a hundred yuan resettlement fee, and a set of commemorative photo albums.
The commemorative photo album was just something Luo Chong had come up with. The Han tribe had just begun to promote civilian photography. These people had left their homes and moved to strange places. Perhaps they would never have the chance to come back. Giving them a set of photo albums would be a little comfort. This was all the Han tribe could do.
After drafting the recruitment notice, Luo Chong sent it to the eight counties of Hanyang and began to let local governments publicize it.
With such good welfare benefits, even if they were immigrating to other places, it would be attractive. When did the Han tribe not immigrate? It was just that in previous years, immigration was because they wanted to build new cities in the surrounding areas, so they would get some young couples who had just reached adulthood to immigrate to the border. But overall, it was not far from their original homes. If they wanted to go home and visit, from the westernmost Muye County to the easternmost Dongxin County, it would take at most half a month to go there. In fact, that was not considered immigration.
But this time was different. This time they said they were going to the newly occupied Takeshima Island, and they were going to live with the local aborigines. When they got there, they were also responsible for teaching them to do various things. Obviously, this generous welfare was not so easy to get.
Because of the concern that someone might want to get the title and various benefits by filling in the numbers, Luo Chong also set up an assessment mechanism.
All the people who think they can meet one of the conditions can go to the government to register, but after registration, the government will send people to the village where the person is to investigate the situation.
For example, a person says that he is particularly good at farming, but who can prove it?
Luo Chong's method is that the government must send people to his hometown to investigate. At least nine people from the same ten in the local area must guarantee it, and there must also be a guarantee from the head of the village before they can be included in the immigration list.
At this time, the benefits of the ten-five system are reflected. Whether you have any problems or not, the neighbors will supervise each other directly. If something goes wrong, no one can escape, and naturally no one dares to tell lies.
The announcement has once again sparked widespread heated discussions among the people after the ID card incident and the photo incident. In addition to listing the benefits of immigrants, it also lists the specific time of immigration.
Registration is completed within ten days after the New Year's Day, and then we will start organizing commemorative photos and making commemorative photo albums. In the last ten days of the New Year's Day, each family will start visiting relatives, packing personal belongings, and then gather in Liuyang County. They will officially board the ship in the spring of the following year. After more than a month's journey on the road, they will finally arrive at the village they are going to immigrate to at the end of February of the following year.
After the announcement was issued, many people from all over the country signed up, mainly because the titles and benefits were too attractive. The titles were directly promoted by two levels and could be inherited for three generations. You must know that the titles of the Han tribes are basically not hereditary. Even if they are inherited, they must be downgraded. For example, the first generation is a third-level title, and after it is passed on to the second generation, it becomes a second-level title, and after another generation, it becomes a first-level title. After the fourth generation, it becomes a commoner.
The welfare is even more exaggerated. Even cats and dogs are given. Is there no cats and dogs over there?
In fact, it is true. There are dogs in Qiongzhou Island, which is similar to the situation in the Han tribe. They were also introduced from the grassland. The history of herders in the grassland domesticating dogs is indeed longer than that of the Han tribe and the Xin tribe. The Xin tribe has long been in communication with the grassland, so it is natural for them to introduce sheepdogs.
However, the artificially domesticated cats are really only available in the Han tribe. Cats are a good weapon for catching mice, so they are naturally introduced to Qiongzhou Island.
Another point is that for those who are already a little older, such as those around 30 years old, who do not have any carpentry or blacksmithing skills, cannot read or write, and can only farm and have children, if nothing unexpected happens, they will never have the opportunity to be promoted to a noble title in their lifetime, but this time it is different. Even if they can cook, they can get a quota.
The threshold is set low, the benefits are still so high, and the quota is limited, so there are a lot of people who sign up. From the issuance of the notice to the promotion, it took less than three days for thousands of families to sign up, including young people who have just been engaged. Their so-called family is only two people, and they just start working hard in the new place.
Moreover, if they are successfully selected, it means that they will start their lives with a second-class title, and they will have all kinds of livestock at home, as well as a loom, and a resettlement fee of 100 yuan. It would be a waste. Anyway, people of their age, even if they don't immigrate to Qiongzhou Island, if Luo Chong wants to continue to build new cities in the surrounding areas, they will also be immigrated there.
I've postponed it. I promised to post two more chapters, but there was a sudden power outage. The laptop still has 50% power, and it is estimated that it will not last for more than an hour. There is no network, and I have to use the mobile phone to turn on the hotspot to synchronize and save. There is no air conditioning or fan. I sweat three pounds when writing one chapter. I really can't stand it.
I've postponed it, coo coo coo, I'll see if I can make it up tomorrow.
Please reward me.
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