Fenghou

Chapter 1406 Female Workers
"Where is that woman?"

"She's just under the boat. I'm afraid that something will happen to her, so I keep her with me."

Chen Qing walked to the side of the boat and looked down the boat. Sure enough, there was a Japanese woman in a white kimono, about 20 years old at most, standing alone on the shore. Other prostitutes should be a good family woman, otherwise it would not be the first time.

"You really want to marry her?"

Chen Qing smiled faintly: "Aren't you afraid of being pointed behind your back?"

Zhong Hui shook his head, "Don't be afraid of a lowly position, I beg Your Highness to help you!"

"Did you redeem her body?"

"Not yet, but the bustard asks for fifty guan, which is affordable for a humble job."

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "It's not about money. Once you redeem her, her background will be determined. I don't want my generals to bear this reputation!"

Chen Qing turned his head and said: "Nian Xiaowu, Li Hu!"

"The humble position is here!" Two soldiers stepped forward and said.

"You bring a dozen brothers to find that old prostitute, beat me, and force her to confess to kidnapping a woman from a good family, and then publicly behead her. Each of these new prostitutes will be given ten pennies, and all will be sent back to the country."

Chen Qing said to Zhou Tao again: "You will arrange this matter!"

Zhou Tao went with a dozen of Chen Qing's soldiers, and Chen Qing smiled and said to Zhong Hui: "Clear her identity, and you can marry her and have children with peace of mind."

Zhong Hui knelt down and sobbed, "Your Highness is so kind, I can't repay a humble job."

Chen Qing said lightly: "If you really want to repay me, you can make your home in Ryukyu!"

"Humble official swears that the descendants of the humble official will guard the sea for His Royal Highness!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Based on your oath, from now on, you will be officially promoted to commander!"

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During dinner, Chen Qing told the second daughter what happened to Zhong Hui today, and the two women really became interested. Yu Lian smiled and said, "Newspapers often publish such things, and we are most interested. I thought it was a made-up story. , I didn’t expect it to happen.”

Yao Mei also said: "General Zhong's late wife passed away ten years ago, and he still can't forget it. He is really a man of temperament. This time is also his fate."

Chen Qing shook his head and said with a smile, "Amei always likes to think of things beautifully."

Yao Mei pouted and said, "Officer, is it wrong?"

"It's not wrong to be wrong, it's just a little too exaggerated."

Chen Qing said indifferently: "The essence is that these island guards are too empty and lonely. When a young woman smiles at him, he can't help himself. In fact, looking like a dead wife is just an excuse."

Yao Mei said indignantly: "Even if it's an excuse, but he hasn't married for ten years, it's also a memory of his dead wife!"

Chen Qing waved his hand and said: "The thing I'm thinking about now is not this Zhong Hui, but other soldiers. I'm thinking about whether I can bring their family members here together, let their families get used to this place slowly, and then like it here, even if Soldiers can stay after retiring from the army, being able to stay is the key!"

Yu Lian smiled slyly and said, "I'll give my husband an idea, to ensure that many soldiers will stay in the end."

"Tell me, what's the best way?"

"You can recruit some young women from Japan to work on Ryukyu Island, and then let unmarried soldiers choose women from them to marry. When they have children here, have children, and have family property, these women are definitely not willing If they leave, they will be afraid to live in a new environment, fear of being excluded, I am a woman, I understand women's psychology, wives and children are unwilling to leave, soldiers will finally stay with peace of mind."

What Yu Lian said made Chen Qing thoughtful.

The next morning, when Chen Qing and Zhou Kuan talked about this matter, Zhou Kuan said with a smile: "Madam's suggestion is very reasonable. In fact, we have experience. Many of the party women we captured at the beginning were married to soldiers of the Western Army. These soldiers After retiring from the army, most of them stayed in Lingzhou, and the reason was just like Madam said, the soldiers chose to stay because their wives and children were unwilling to leave. To increase the population of Ryukyu Island, it is a good way for soldiers to leave the army and stay.”

Chen Qing nodded, "If soldiers who already have wives and children at home bring their families over and grant them land and real estate, will they also stay in the end?"

Zhou Kuan shook his head, "That's not necessarily the case. We Han people pay attention to returning fallen leaves to their roots. In the end, even if they don't go back, their children will go back to their hometown, unless there is nothing left in their hometown."

Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said to Zhou Kuan: "When I chatted with the villagers yesterday, I realized that most of them are from the Yellow River Flooding Area, and they are all willing to come to Ryukyu. People are tenants and coolies. At that time, I had an idea that we can recruit people from the Yellow Flood Area, and the soldiers are the same. Let the soldiers whose hometown is in the Yellow Flood Area come to Ryukyu to station, take their families over, and they will stay and settle down. It's very likely."

"Your Highness, that's a good idea!" Zhou Kuan praised.

Chen Qing laughed again: "But recruiting young Japanese women to marry unmarried soldiers is also a good way."

Chen Qing immediately ordered Chao Kun to be found. Not long after, Chao Kun came in a hurry, and Chen Qing talked about his idea of ​​recruiting young Japanese women.

Chao Kun thought for a while and said, "It's totally doable. At the time of recruitment, many families wanted to send their daughters as well. We only wanted young and strong men. If we were recruiting female workers, I knew there would be many girls who would come. The first batch There is no problem recruiting 2000 people."

Zhou Kuan asked again: "But will it cause disturbance among Japanese laborers?"

Chao Kun said with a smile: "Don't worry about participating in politics. After the city is repaired, [-] Japanese laborers will move north to open a new settlement at another river mouth hundreds of miles away. When the Japanese female workers arrive, these men will not be here long ago. These women workers are good at weaving, and with young women, soldiers can start families, have children, and stay in peace.”

Chen Qing made a final decision, "That's it, the next time I go to Japan, I will recruit the first batch of [-] female workers!"

Chen Qing stayed in the big island of Ryukyu for three days. He didn't wait for the leader of the Gaoren natives to come to see him, so he authorized Chao Kun to sign a non-aggression agreement with the Gaoshan natives as his representative.

This is actually a very pragmatic approach. If Chen Qing regards the mountain natives as his own people, then there will be no agreement to be concluded. Although it saves face, it leaves hidden dangers.

The Gaoshan natives are not actually the citizens of the Yong Kingdom, and they will not listen to any laws and regulations of the Yong Kingdom, they only consider their own interests.

At the beginning, there were not many immigrants, and they might be able to live in peace, but when there are more and more immigrants, the suspicion and insecurity of the native people in the mountains will increase day by day, and conflicts will break out sooner or later.

Therefore, a non-aggression agreement was concluded early, and both parties strictly followed the agreement. This is of great benefit to dispel the suspicion and insecurity of the other party. This is equivalent to setting a limit. As long as the immigration does not exceed this limit, the other party will have nothing to do. worry.

Of course, when the immigrants are strong enough, the treaty is meaningless, and the natives of the high mountains will naturally take the initiative to attach themselves and become the subjects of the Yong Kingdom.

Three days later, Chen Qing left Ryukyu Island and returned to Quanzhou.

(End of this chapter)