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Chapter 338 Year-End Inventory (Second update, please subscribe)

Sometimes unexpected gains are truly unexpected.

For example, this harvest in front of you.

Gently pushing aside the file containing the documents, Li Yi stood up from the desk and paced around the office.

Then he walked to the window and stood there, meditating for a while, and then turned around. Li Yian looked at Tian Chengwei. As the head of the Prisoner of War Affairs Bureau, he was responsible for managing these prisoner of war camps. Then he took a few puffs of the cigar, then sat down at the table, nodded his head at the file, and asked:

"Well, what do you think of this?"

"Sir, this matter is unusual, so I have to verify its reliability in many ways. The Secret Intelligence Service has confirmed his identity. Although the Japanese Military Department burned many files, we still found his information."

It has to be said that the Japanese are better at hiding evidence than Santoku - before the surrender, they burned almost all the files, and the personnel only retained some basic files, but this is okay, as long as you want to check, you can definitely check it. from.

Sometimes, a confession is enough.

"We confirmed that he indeed served in the Philippines. As an engineer, he should have participated in the construction of some projects. Judging from the confession, it should be true. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that he provided false information in order to survive."

After a pause, Tian Chengwei added.

"However, I think we should send a covert operations team to investigate this matter."

"really."

Li Yian pulled the confession in front of him again and browsed it again. The confession of the prisoner named Haradazawa was not complicated. Before the defeat, he was ordered to participate in the construction of many secret bunkers. The bunkers built in caves were used for storage. Gold and other valuable materials.

In fact, in later generations, there has always been a saying of "Yamashita Fengbun Treasure". During World War II, the Japanese invaders carried out burning, killing and looting in Southeast Asia without restraint, arresting famous overseas Chinese and their family members, regardless of men, women, old and young, and transporting them to the suburbs in trucks. , or shot with machine guns or even buried alive.

Many wealthy overseas Chinese have been plundered of their centuries-old accumulation, including gold, jewelry, antiques and works of art. However, as the war came to an end, Yamashita realized that he could not transport the treasures back to Japan and decided to bury them on site. Therefore, this batch of buried treasures is called "Yamashita Fengwen Hidden Gold".

Whether this treasure trove is real or not has always been a matter of debate, but in the 90s, former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos claimed that most of her husband's wealth came from Yamashita's gold.

This seems to confirm the existence of "Fengwen hiding gold under the mountain".

After walking in silence for a long time in the office, Li Yi stood at the table and said:

"If this is true, then this gold should be our wealth! After all, it is basically plundered from the homes of overseas Chinese..."

When he mentioned the experiences of those overseas Chinese families, Li Yi'an lowered his eyes, and his expression was more angry. In fact, his official identity now...is also an overseas Chinese.

Li Yian nodded to the table and said.

"Then, send the Rangers!"

No matter what the outcome is, if you have the opportunity, you can't miss it. After all, the construction of Borneo requires a lot of money.

After Tian Chengwei left, Li Yian picked up another report. Everyone was very busy at the end of the year. Those below were busy with assessments, while those above were also busy reading various year-end summaries.

Sometimes, it is not only necessary to read the report, but also to listen to the report. Among all the year-end inventory, the most important thing is not the construction of industrial projects such as factories and mines, because the construction of industrial projects has corresponding progress tables. You only need to develop a progress table based on funds, equipment and other aspects, and then Just make steady progress. As long as there are sufficient funds, there will basically be no problems, and it may even be ahead of schedule.

So this thing seems important, but in fact, it’s not important at all!

Of all the jobs, what is the most worrying thing?

It is the importation of labor. Of course, this is an official term, but it is actually the recruitment and importation of immigrants.

"Currently, the Nanyang Labor Service Company has been fully deployed in the country. Basically, all cities along the railway lines and coastal and riverside cities within the customs have established offices. According to the November report, all 11 offices recruited 379 immigrants, both male and female. The ratio is 447865 to 1.16, 1 are prime-age men and women aged 368345-14, and the rest are teenagers under 40 years old, the male to female ratio is 14 to 1.52..."

When reporting the immigration recruitment and transportation situation over the past year to the president, Lin Jiachao did not look at the report. All the numbers were in his mind. He was born in the expeditionary force, relying on his extraordinary memory and work ability, He won Zhu Yihai's trust. After arriving in Borneo from China last year, he entered the secretary's office to handle immigration-related matters.

"I noticed that starting from October this year, the number of recruitments has increased exponentially,"

Looking at the numbers on the report, Li Yian asked. "Sir, this year there have been successive famines in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui and other provinces. Many fields have been abandoned due to war. The famine in Hunan Province alone has affected millions of people. Therefore, the number of recruits is increasing day by day. According to Manager Zhu's prediction, By February and March of next year, when there is a lean period, the number of monthly recruits is expected to exceed 70, and may even reach one million. However, the current restriction on immigrant transportation is no longer recruitment, but transportation capacity!"

Hearing Lin Jiachao mention transportation capacity, Li Yian waved his hand and said.

"Don't worry about the shipping capacity. This time I bought 213 free ships from the United States. They have now begun to return to Nanyang. The first batch has arrived in Japan and is loading goods. After returning, I will let the shipping company draw another batch of ships. come over."

"Sir, the Liberty Ship is very good. It has a large displacement and a deep cabin. It is divided into several layers for transporting people. One ship can transport tens of thousands of people. But sir, what we need now is a ship that can sail within the Yangtze River, and can even reach the Yangtze River directly. Dongting Lake can transport ships upstream along domestic rivers such as the Xiangjiang River and Hanjiang River.”

Facing the president's gaze, Lin Jiachao continued.

"At present, the domestic Yangtze River waterway is blocked by shipwrecks before the war. Landing ships can only reach the lower reaches of Zhenjiang, and boats can only be used to go up. As for the free ship, it can only berth in the Wusong area. Therefore, according to the plan, the most suitable The ship used to transport immigrants on inland rivers should be LSM landing craft. It does not rely on ports. Its cargo capacity can reach hundreds of tons. Each ship can hold about 1500 people. Its displacement is only a few hundred tons. It is still very useful for connecting inland rivers in the Yangtze River. Not bad,”

Lin Jiachao, who once organized immigrant transportation in Tangshan, knew very well where the bottleneck restricting immigrant transportation was. It was not a matter of money or ships, but the failure to choose the right ship. He took out a report and said.

"Currently, the Allied Forces Command in Japan has as many as 378 idle LSM landing craft in Kyushu and other places. If 100 are purchased and put into the Yangtze River and other places, it is estimated that 50 immigrants can be transported out just through the Yangtze River every month. Thousands of people, plus the coastal ports, 70 people will definitely be no problem."

70 million!

That’s 840 million a year! Even if you work hard, you may even exceed million!

this number!

How many immigrants are there in Nanyang now?

After a year and a half of hard work, the number of immigrants only exceeded 300 million two months ago. According to statistics from the Labor Department, the total number of immigrants is expected to exceed 380 million this year, but still less than 400 million.

Tens of millions of people will be sent here at once, how could Li Yian not be happy! So he said with a smile.

"Your suggestion is very good. Now I am immersed in reviewing documents too much, and sometimes I overlook many things, so I need some suggestions from you."

Looking at Lin Jiachao, Li Yian continued.

"In this way, regarding the ship issue, I will let the company in the United States negotiate directly with the United States. 100 ships...may be a bit too few. If possible, buy them all! After all, we also need small landing craft for inland river transportation. Laborers, go deep into the rainforest to reclaim the rainforest.”

Later, Li Yian briefly learned about the famine in Tangshan. After discussing the recruitment strategy of replacing food with people, Lin Jiachao left the office.

"Ten million people a year! Oh my God!"

While feeling emotional, Li Yian leaned back on the large soft chair, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.

Ten million people!

This is more than double the original plan.

20 million people shipped out in two years!

And they are all in the prime of life between 16 and 40 years old. The arrival of these million people is not only a much-needed labor force in Borneo, but more importantly, their fertility. Their arrival will bring tens of millions of people. "Baby boom", and this baby boom is directly related to the future of Borneo.

With these 20 million people, it may even take just two generations for Borneo's population to exceed 100 million!

By that time, Borneo can hope to become a truly industrialized country!

After all, only 100 million people can truly support the industrialization of a country.

"Ten million is still too little, and we need to increase immigration as much as possible."

After thinking about it, Li Yian said to himself.

"We still need to bring out as many people as possible. There are so many people in Tangshan who don't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes all day long. We must bring them out and pull as many people as possible along the railways and rivers...Talent is the foundation. "

(End of this chapter)