Chapter 723 Immigration Operation
The successful release of the sky lanterns made Zhuang Mengdie and the others so excited that they couldn't sleep at all. Later on, they simply stayed awake and started researching all night.
However, Zhou Xu was not that energetic. After setting out from Green Forest City, he traveled for five consecutive days. When he arrived in Black Stone City, he immediately discussed the design of the hot air balloon with Zhuang Mengdie. In order to make it easier for the other party to understand, he even made a sky lantern on the spot.
He was feeling sleepy and tired at the moment. As soon as his head touched the pillow, he fell asleep immediately. When he opened his eyes again, it was almost noon the next day.
After a simple meal, Zhou Xu didn't rush to find Zhuang Mengdie.
He had already told Zhuang Mengdie last night about the hot air balloon design he had drawn, some manufacturing ideas, and even the material requirements for each component.
There wouldn't be much progress in one night, and he didn't have any new ideas, so there was no need to make another trip so soon.
This afternoon, Zhou Xu spent most of his time listening to Shi Lei's report and inspecting the situation in Black Stone City.
There is nothing much to say about Shi Lei's report. Nothing is happening in Blackrock City. Everything is peaceful and stable.
At the same time, over this period of time, as the reputation of their Great Zhou among the people continued to grow, they gradually gained the trust of the people of Black Rock City, and their immigration work became more and more smooth.
The large-scale immigration of people not only provided new population and labor force to the emptied Huangsha City, but also reduced the burden on Black Stone City.
At this stage, the people who immigrated to Huangsha City live a much better life than those in Black Stone City.
The reason is very simple. Once you go to Huangsha City, you will be assigned a job directly. A ready-made job, two meals a day, and accommodation are all included for you.
Basically, all you have to do every day is to work hard and you don’t need to worry about anything else.
On the other hand, in Black Rock City, when war and famine broke out, there was no food and everyone was starving. The workplaces in the city also collapsed. As a result of all this, the people lost their jobs.
Although the Great Zhou's troops have now occupied Black Stone City and gradually stabilized it, avoiding the impact of war, recovery and development must still be done step by step.
The famine problem in the city has not even been solved yet, and now it has to rely on food aid from within the Great Zhou to continue to survive. The people who stay behind can basically only survive on porridge every day.
Comparing the two sides, life in Huangsha City is like heaven.
Although Zhou Xu did not disclose the matter directly, he did not keep it secret either. Similar news has spread among the people recently.
When the people heard this, they were all dumbfounded and rushed to the registration office, where they saw the long queue.
If you didn’t know, you would think they were queuing up to get porridge.
Obviously, everyone has reacted.
There is no time to think about it, just line up quickly.
Unexpectedly, within two minutes of waiting in line, a soldier in charge of maintaining order at the registration desk started shouting...
"This batch of places is full. Those who have signed up, please wait for notification soon. Those who have not signed up, please disperse and wait for the next batch!"
In an instant, the people complained.
The staff didn't care at all. They just packed up the table and went home.
But the people gathered here were reluctant to leave for a long time.
The main reason is that many of them have nothing else to do except queuing up for porridge every day.
At this moment, they were so regretful! Some even knelt down and pounded the ground, their faces full of regret!
You know, there wasn't even anyone queuing at the registration office!
Thinking of this, the people at the scene felt even more upset.
During this time, after receiving the latest immigration list and confirming the population that had already immigrated to Huangsha City, Zhou Xu spoke...
"That's about it. For the time being, the population of Black Rock City should not continue to migrate to Yellow Sand City."
The purpose of his immigration operation was to disrupt the social structure of the original people here.
If all the people in Black Rock City were transferred to Yellow Sand City, then this operation would be meaningless.
What he needs is to disperse the population even more! "Next, we will open immigration to Green Forest City and send the people who want to immigrate there. At the same time, we can also select a group of suitable people from within the Great Zhou to send there."
Spring is almost here. According to convention, they should have already started preparations for spring plowing in the Great Zhou. In addition, they have to transport supplies here continuously, which requires a large number of transport personnel. Therefore, labor will definitely be in short supply in the future. It would be a good idea to send another batch of people over to supplement the manpower.
As for Green Forest City, as the name of this city suggests, there are large tracts of forest resources in the area.
Although it is a border city, due to the large forest area, Green Forest City can be considered a city with abundant natural resources.
At the same time, this large forest area also provides many jobs for the people in the city.
Not to mention the resource collection work inside the forest, the logging work alone is enough to solve the employment problem of a large number of people.
After all, logging efficiency was not high in this era, and it was also a physically demanding job. If you wanted to improve efficiency, you had to increase manpower investment.
Under this premise, Green Forest City itself has a logging site and corresponding wood processing plant.
All they need to do now is to transfer the population of Black Rock City there and let them engage in logging and wood processing.
After all, he was going to start large-scale development and construction, and he would never have too much of wood, an important infrastructure material.
In addition, the existence of woodlands also means that the Green Forest City area has good soil.
Simply put, the area is suitable for farming as it has large tracts of farmland.
The combination of the two is enough to absorb a large number of external immigrants from other cities.
As for the population of Green Forest City, immigration was immediately allowed there after they occupied it.
The population of Green Forest City can migrate to Yellow Sand City and Black Stone City respectively.
Huangsha City is building a city-wide project and requires more manpower. Even if another two or three thousand people are sent over there, they can be absorbed. At this stage, most of the immigrants from Green Forest City can be sent to Huangsha City, and the rest can be resettled in Black Stone City.
As mentioned earlier, Blackrock City is also a city with good development resources.
According to Zhou Xu's subsequent understanding, in addition to the coal mine, there is also an iron mine here.
In this era, mining is similar to logging. Whether the efficiency can be improved depends entirely on how much manpower is invested.
Black Rock City can provide a large number of jobs just with this mine.
While the mining industry is developing here, the land is not as barren as that of Huangsha City. It can be considered a city with development potential.
(End of this chapter)
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