The next day, Wang Qi appeared in front of the immigrants of Brigade 58 in high spirits and personally saw them off just as he had brought them here.
The immigrants came with nothing, but left with a lot of bags. Although the team had collected the farm tools a few days in advance for the next batch of immigrants, they were still asked to take all the clothes, mats, pots, pans, etc. that were distributed, which were not worth much... The most expensive large iron pot only cost a hundred coins.
Although they will be distributed when you arrive at the administrative district, the quantity is limited after all, so it is better to have double copies for replacement.
The immigrants reluctantly took a last look at Wangqingao. They saw that the rice seedlings they had transplanted were now almost mature. The heavy rice ears bowed their heads and swayed slightly in the wind, as if bidding them farewell...
After coming out of Wangqingao and walking five miles along the ring road around the island, you will arrive at Pier No. 1.
Several large ships with a capacity of thousands of tons heading to Taiwan, Luzon and Sulu had been waiting there for a long time.
The dock was crowded with immigrants who were assigned from various brigades to these three administrative districts.
Wang Qi personally sent Li Shouzhong, Gaoda, and more than twenty immigrant families on board the Alishan bound for Taiwan.
Before parting, he took the trouble to say goodbye to each family, and told them to live a good life in Taiwan. He even knew the problems of each family and used the last time to do some ideological work.
For example, if the man in this family is a little cowardly, he will be told to stand up straight and ask his wife to pay more attention to things.
That family had a very stubborn person who liked to compete in everything, so he advised them to be harmonious. Once they joined the production team, they would be villagers for life, and distant relatives were not as good as close neighbors, so they should pay attention to unity.
When he saw Li Shouzhong and Gaoda, Wang Qi looked at them as if they were his own sons. He hugged the two boys one by one, and finally whispered in Li Shouzhong's ear: "Boy, you have a secret in your heart, right? Don't hold it in, tell me and I'll help you figure it out."
"..." Li Shouzhong was struck by lightning. He hesitated for a while and shook his head, saying, "It's no use talking about it."
"How would you know if I don't tell you?" Wang Qi patted his face hard and said with a smile: "Okay, when you want to tell me, write to me. You won't forget about your uncle, will you?"
"How could that be possible? I will never forget Seventh Master in my life." Li Shouzhong bit his lips tightly, turned his head away and wiped his tears with the back of his hand.
I almost told my secret...
At this time, the horn urging the departure sounded on the boat. Wang Qi patted the two men on the shoulders and said, "Okay, get on board! Have a safe journey!"
Although kneeling was forbidden within the group, the two brothers kowtowed deeply to Wang Qi at the same time, and then boarded the boat, looking back every few steps.
When the two of them got on board, Deputy Captain Liu appeared beside Wang Qi and asked, "Captain, are you really going to let these two guys go?"
Wang Qi waved to Li Shouzhong and the others who were already on the deck, and sighed, "We already know everything we need to know. What's the point of arresting two more kids?"
In addition to being under the leadership of the Immigration Committee, these training cadres also had to secretly report to the Bureau of Secrets. Their main task was to conduct a detailed investigation of the identities and origins of the immigrants in their brigade during the training period and to cooperate with a series of actions by the Bureau of Secrets.
Through the preliminary review by the Immigration Office and the investigation of other teams, the Bureau of Secret Affairs initially found some elements with ulterior motives. After interrogation, it was learned that it was the East Factory that trained a considerable number of spies who intended to infiltrate the overseas territories of the group through immigration.
But the East Factory's actions this time were extremely cautious and meticulous, which was beyond their level - all the spies did not know each other, and did not know who their superiors were.
Their task is to observe and listen as much as possible, try to collect some valuable evidence, and send a message home after settling down. Someone will naturally contact them in the future.
After consulting with the Special Operations Department about the case, the Bureau of Secrets decided not to alert the suspects for the time being, but to monitor them secretly and wait for them to show up.
At the same time, the Bureau of Secrets ordered all brigades to intensify their investigation efforts and find out as many spies as possible.
All training cadres have received professional training and can identify spies without leaving any trace through observation, chatting and heart-to-heart talks.
Don’t be fooled by Wang Qi’s carefree and innocent appearance. He is the best person to find out people’s true colors. Because people are easily defenseless against him…
Li Shouzhong and Gaoda were under his nose all day long, and Wang Qi had already seen through their hearts, livers, spleens, lungs and kidneys.
In fact, why did Wang Qi need to step in? Any confidentiality officer who spent a few days with these two would be able to see that there was something wrong with them.
How can a brother fuck your sister and your elder sister all day? And your mom and my mom are so clearly distinguished...
However, Wang Qi found out after getting to know these two guys that they really were from poor backgrounds and didn't have any bad intentions. In fact, if you relax the standards a bit, you can even say that they are two good kids...
I hope they can turn back...
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The two brothers didn't know yet that they were already on the secret service's yellow list.
As soon as Li Shouzhong got on the boat, he started to feel dizzy and kept vomiting and couldn't get out of bed. Gaoda had disappeared and he couldn't even rinse his mouth.
It took a long time before Gundam came in.
"Where did he die..."
Gaoda poured him some water while saying, "They said that the mountain we just passed by is the temple of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Everyone kowtowed to the Bodhisattva from afar. I also kowtowed on behalf of my father, mother, sister, younger sister, and nephew. My head is so swollen."
Li Shouzhong rolled his eyes secretly and said, "Damn it, he didn't kowtow to me."
Gaoda fed him two sips of water, and suddenly said sadly: "Brother-in-law, if we do this, we won't end up hurting ourselves..."
"You just came out of the literacy class, and you're already full of jingles?" Li Shouzhong rolled his eyes at him, looking around, and there was no one in the cabin. He was also short of breath and said, "Alas, I almost told the Seventh Master the truth when I was not on the ship. But he holds more than ten lives of our two families in his hands, what do you think we should do?"
"Oh, there's nothing I can do." Gundam put down the bowl in frustration and squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.
"Let's take it one step at a time. Who knows if someone else has completed the task, and then there will be nothing for us to do." Li Shouzhong comforted him and himself.
At this time, the immigrants in the same cabin also came in after worshipping Guanyin. Seeing Gundam's actions, they scolded him, "No shitting in the cabin! How did you learn the rules?"
"You're the one who's shit!" Gundam quickly stood up and let them see that he was still wearing pants.
There were too many people in the rear cabin and the two had no chance to discuss this dilemma.
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Five days later, the Alishan arrived in Tamsui City.
Today, Taiwan has ten cities. In addition to the five cities of Keelung, Tamsui, Fengshan, Yilan, and Tainan, five more cities have been added: Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Changhua, and Yunlin. The total population has exceeded three million.
This is called "the one who is close to the water gets the moon first". Taiwan itself has excellent endowments, and it is across the sea from Fujian. It is also the only way for the group to go south. It is also the favorite of Chairman Tang of Nanhai Group. It is natural that the development speed is the fastest among the 18 overseas provinces.
The faster the development, the greater the demand for population, and all ten cities are trying their best to attract talent.
Before the Alishan arrived at the shore, the cities had already divided the spoils. As soon as the immigrants got off the ship, the staff sent by each city took them directly to their own boats and headed back home, as if they were afraid that they would be robbed by other cities.
It was fine for others, but Li Shouzhong's life was in danger. Before he could even catch his breath, he was carried back to the ship bound for Tainan.
The Taiwan Strait was already undercurrent, and in June there was a strong southerly wind. It was a bumpy journey southward against the wind, and this guy finally went into shock.
As soon as the ship arrived in Tainan, he was taken off the ship and sent to the hospital for a month. Fortunately, he didn't have to worry about any expenses, because he got sick during transportation, so the city hall paid for it.
On the day he was discharged from the hospital, Gundam came to pick him up.
Li Shouzhong signed the paperwork at the counter while Gaoda helped him carry his clothes. He sat on a bench in the hall and looked around.
He saw female nurses wearing light blue swallowtail hats, short-sleeved nurse skirts with small lapels, their white arms exposed, and they walked past him carrying trays, talking and laughing softly.
Looking at the white arms, Gundam felt his heartbeat become irregular and his breathing unsteady.
Until he received a loud slap on the back of his head from Li Shouzhong.
"Why are you hitting your forehead?" Gundam covered the back of his head, annoyed that he had lost face in front of the nurses.
"What are you looking at? What are you looking at with those thief eyes?" Li Shouzhong snorted, picked up his bag and walked out, while preaching: "I tell you that marriage is not a joke, you have to be loyal, my sister is waiting for you."
"You are the only one who is devoted..." Gaoda followed behind unconvinced, muttering: "If it weren't for seeing your white arms, would you have stayed in the hospital for several months?"
Li Shouzhong was so angry that he turned around and raised his hands. Gaoda quickly covered his head and dared not say anything more.
The two walked out to the hospital lobby and were instantly enveloped by the scorching subtropical summer sun.
Li Shouzhong felt dizzy again, and Gundam quickly put his straw hat on him.
"Why did you shave your hair again?" Li Shouzhong found that Gaoda was bald again. He already knew that the group had no mandatory requirements for hairstyle, the only requirement was to avoid head lice.
The two brothers had been growing their hair for more than half a year. When they finally tied it up again, they didn't expect that Gundam would shave it again. "What? Do we need to shave our heads here?"
"No, it's too hot. I'll feel cooler if I shave my head." Gaoda pulled out a donkey cart from a bamboo mat shed nearby and said proudly, "The team leader knew I was coming to pick you up, so he assigned all the donkeys in the production team to me."
"Awesome." Li Shouzhong sat happily on the other side. It was such a great pleasure to have a car to ride in such a hot day.
Gaoda then pulled the donkey cart out of the hospital and handed a note to the guard when he left. The guard took a look at the back of the cart and then lifted the barrier to let the cart pass.
"What?" Li Shouzhong asked in confusion.
"A pass to leave," Gaoda said, "I gave it to you when you entered. You have to match the license plate number before you can pass. Otherwise, if the car is lost, who will be responsible for it?"
"License plate number?" Li Shouzhong found that he had missed a lot of things in the past month.
"It's the iron plate hanging at the back. It's issued by the City Hall. One plate per car. You can't go on the road without it." Gundam said.
"What's this?" Li Shouzhong saw an oilcloth bag hanging on the donkey's butt. There were some things in it, and they were still warm to the touch. "Why did you hang food on the donkey's butt?"
“Hahaha.” Gaoda laughed so hard that he fell backwards. “That’s a dung bag, used for donkey shit! If you don’t bring it, the urban management will catch you and punish you to death!”
"Wow, that's really exquisite." Li Shouzhong withdrew his hand embarrassedly. If his brother-in-law hadn't reminded him, he would have reached in to touch a piece and taste it.
Looking at the wide road, the horse-drawn carriages, donkey-drawn carts, and ox-drawn carts coming and going all have dung bags hanging on them. This is probably why the wide road can be kept clean.
There were tall palm trees and coconut trees planted on both sides of the road. Although Li Shouzhong didn't recognize them, he thought they were very beautiful.
Gaoda went to a roadside store, paid for two coconuts, had them cut open and stuffed with straw, then handed one to Li Shouzhong.
"Can this piece of paper really be used as money?" Li Shouzhong was stunned.
When they left Zhoushan, the brigade exchanged all their unused work points for silver notes. They worked hard and didn't spend much, so they got a full ten taels of silver.
However, Li Shouzhong never took those colorful pieces of paper seriously, thinking they were too deceptive. But now he saw his brother-in-law using a piece of paper with the smallest denomination of "10 Wen" to buy two coconuts and got eight copper coins in return, which surprised him again.
"Nonsense, when has the group ever cheated anyone?" Gundam rolled his eyes at him and started smoking and drinking happily.
Li Shouzhong also tried it and found it very delicious, icy and sweet.
"Has the land been divided?" he asked after drinking to cool off.
"It's divided. Each person gets 10 mu of dry land and 10 mu of paddy field." Gao Da sighed, "But we are at a loss. The women, the elderly and the children are all worth their weight in gold. They can only get 100 to 200 mu."
"Why are you feeling sorry? Are you really planning to farm?" Li Shouzhong rolled his eyes and said, "You don't want to go home? I want to go home to see my baby."
"That's perfect." Gao Da wiped his lips and said, "Our captain said that the top priority of our city is to build a canal. Every production team needs laborers. If we go, the team will plant the land we are allocated, and the harvest will be ours. We can also get extra wages, and meals are provided."
"Go, why not!" Gundam clapped the coconut in his hand and said, "Since this piece of paper can be used, it's better to make money than farming!"
"Then let's sign up when we get back?"
"Report!"
As the two brothers talked, the donkey cart moved farther and farther away and disappeared on the steaming road.
ps. This time it's really over...