Chapter 899: Qiongzhou Island Reception Preparation
The immigrants lined up to get off the ship and looked around at this coastal city that also belonged to the Han tribe. The salty sea breeze blew the rice fields on the shore, raising waves of green rice.
The Takumi County clerks who were prepared here in advance were responsible for receiving and guiding them. Due to the large number of people, Takumi County did not prepare carriages, but just took the immigrants to walk into the city.
They have been stuck in the cabin for a month and a half, and being able to walk at this time is also a relief for the body and mind.
Takumi County prepared all the posthouses and schools for them to live temporarily, and for this reason, they specially gave the students a few days off, otherwise there would not be so many places to accommodate these nearly 4,000 immigrants.
Not long after, this huge team of immigrants arrived at the temporary residence. Everyone went to the posthouse to take a bath in batches. The school also prepared a large number of toiletries for the immigrants to wash their own clothes. The original school square was temporarily turned into a clothes drying field. Thousands of clothes were hung here to dry, which was spectacular when viewed from the teaching building.
Not long after, the immigrant dinner organized by Dashu was ready. The school desks were put together to form a long dining table with benches on both sides. It was simple but affordable. Pots of food were placed directly on the table, making the immigrants drool.
It's not that they haven't eaten good food before, after all, they came here after the New Year at home, but in the more than one month on the ship, because the fuel on the ship is limited and it is not convenient to cook, the daily meals are extremely simple. Now that they have encountered such a rich food, of course they can't help but want to eat more.
While the school was entertaining the immigrants, Dashu was also in contact with Xue Qingyao on Qiongzhou Island, asking about their specific arrangements for immigration, how to cooperate on his side, and various livestock supplies.
In fact, the Han tribe began to mobilize livestock here before the New Year, but they have always been fostered in Takuhai County. Dashu is also under a lot of pressure. He hopes to get these things to Qiongzhou Island as soon as possible to save himself from being upset. Anyway, they are not his county in the end.
After Xue Qingyao learned that the immigrants had arrived in Tuohai County, he also hurriedly asked about the preparation progress of the counties below, whether the most basic resettlement houses were ready, and which places were ready to receive immigrants.
He asked this question not only about the situation of the resettlement houses built for the immigrants, but also about the attitude of the local people towards the Han tribe. Are they looking forward to the arrival of immigrants like Shanghe Village, or are other villages more repulsive to immigrants from the Han tribe?
Speaking of this, Tiezhen is undoubtedly the best in terms of the local people's hearts. He has lived in Qiongzhou Island for several years and is very familiar with the local situation. His long-term undercover work has made him very good at figuring out people's hearts, so he is also very comfortable as the county governor.
Other places are not so smooth. In those areas where the garrison Sima temporarily replaces the county governor, their way of governing is a bit rough. They just do what they are told from above, but their control of people's hearts is definitely not as delicate as Tiezhen.
Fortunately, the basic resettlement work has been carried out well in various places.
The best completed one is Xinhua County of Tiezhen. Although the population and farmland here are the largest in the whole Qiongzhou Island, the management is also the best.
In addition, the situation here in Chaoyang County is also good. There is only one fishing tribe in Chaoyang County that is a big clan, which is now the Yu clan.
The Yu clan had a good relationship with the mission led by Shouya from the beginning, and later they joined the Han tribe in advance, so they didn't have to worry about immigration, as they were already full of Han people.
Needless to say, Yashan County was originally the base of the mission and the area where the mission had worked the most. The local people were friendly to the Han tribe. In addition, it was now the location of the governor's office and was under the direct supervision of Xue Qingyao, so the current situation was not bad.
The most troublesome was Jiahai County. Although Zhuping was the governor, he was just a figurehead. In addition, the local area was originally the home of the Xin tribe, and the influence left by the Xin leader was very deep. Even now, the administrative management of Jiahai County has been under the high-pressure control of the military.
However, immigration was not a problem. The people here were always afraid of the Han tribe and dared not refute any decision made by the local government. They would do whatever they were told to do. However, if they wanted to completely identify with the Han tribe, they would need time and a more gentle way of governing to heal the trauma brought to them by the Han tribe.
At the beginning, the Han tribe had a good time chopping people here, which did intimidate the local people, but it seems that the intimidation was too much, which led to the current situation.
Xue Qingyao even thought about whether to wait until the situation in Xinhua County stabilizes, and then give suggestions to the leader next year to see if Tiezhu can be transferred to Jiahai County for two years. This guy's ability to govern and his understanding of the local situation are not even comparable to Xue Qingyao himself. Although he is the governor of Qiongzhou, he admires Tiezhu very much when it comes to local officials governing. Maybe this is a talent.
Due to the limited transportation conditions in Tuohai County and the different preparations in various places, Xue Qingyao finally decided to transfer 600 households first, and put these people in Chaoyang, Yashan, and Xinhua counties first, and wait until the situation in Jiahai County stabilizes a little, and then send the rest of the people over. Guanhai
County has a small population and is still in the mountains. Xianfeng County mainly focuses on drying salt, and Jiahai County is engaged in mining and metallurgy. Anyway, the arable land area there is not much, so it doesn't matter if it's a little later.
In addition, Xue Qingyao wanted to wait for the four county governors sent by Luo Chong to arrive and take over the ruling work of the garrison Sima, and then make a good rectification. It would be best if they organized themselves to go to Xinhua County to learn from Tiezhen before they took office.
After receiving Xue Qingyao's reply, Dashu immediately prepared and asked people to bring the immigrants' files and select suitable skills as the first batch of immigrants to land on Qiongzhou Island.
In the early stage, most of the immigrants were mainly engaged in agricultural planting and breeding. Now it is mid-February of the first year of Daming. After they rest here for three days, they will take a week's boat to Qiongzhou and finally arrive at their new home. When they are completely settled, it will be the end of February.
At this time, the immigrants will start to lead the local villagers to transform the paddy fields, and then wait until the corn is harvested in March, and then they can immediately switch to planting rice.
In the schools of Takuhai County, the first batch of people selected for the immigrant list also received notifications, and they were both excited and nervous.
They are afraid of the bad conditions there. After all, they are immigrants. If the conditions are good, why would they immigrate there? In addition, they are looking forward to their future life. The tribe has given them so many subsidies and benefits to make them immigrate. They believe that as long as they manage well, their future life will not be bad.
(End of this chapter)
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