Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1136 Kaohsiung City

Wei Bachi was not originally called Bachi, this name was obtained by himself after D-Day.He also kept saying: "Please call my name: Jinnan".His appearance is slightly fatter, and he has been a front-line construction worker in the construction company for a long time, so he has become a strong black fat man.

Wei Bachi used to be in the management consulting industry. He has a master's degree in economics and understands management, urban planning, and architectural design. He is especially good at business model design, but his ambition is very strange.In a survey conducted by the organization department on the veteran's personal intention to take office, Wei Bachi actually filled in that he was the director of the Labor Camp Management Bureau, and very enthusiastically proposed that he was willing to work on the front line.He also wrote a lyrical statement:
"...Under the infinite brilliance of the empire, there is endless darkness hidden. People who oppose the empire are growing all the time, and they are always ready to move. The judicial system of the empire is constantly suppressing them, which consumes a lot of resources of the empire. The Labor Reform Camp Management Bureau, It is to extract the maximum value from them, let them pay for their actions, and at the same time support the development of the empire. The jurisdiction of the General Administration is all over the world, from the wastelands of Siberia to the rubber forests of Southeast Asia, from the mines of the Americas , to farms in Africa, the General Administration of Management supports the expansion of the empire, and is the vanguard of empire building. I, Wei Bachi, are willing to devote myself to this cause and die..."

Of course, in Wei Bachi's secret diary, he described a more grandiose blueprint.Of course his imagination did not go beyond the All-Soviet NKVD.In his diary his ideal administration is itself an empire: with its own armies, laws, factories, farms, social organizations.And he, Wei Bachi, a veteran of the empire, is the chief designer, builder, manager, maintainer, and guardian of the General Administration of Management.Cold and ruthless decision-making machines, strict managers...

Because the Organization Department did not intend to set up this prominent position at all, coupled with the strong desire for power in the self-report.So Wei Bachi continued to work as a contractor at Lingao Construction Corporation.However, when "forced labor" was used, Wei Bachi was more often appointed as the organizer.At the beginning of the engine operation, Wei Bachi's skills and the dual role of the contractor's experience were appointed as the mayor of Kaohsiung to organize the development of the Kaohsiung area.

The reason why such a person was appointed as the mayor of Kaohsiung is mainly due to the current headquarters' positioning of Kaohsiung.At present, the primary purpose of the Kaohsiung base is to purify and transfer the population.A large number of refugees from Shandong, northern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang will be concentrated here for purification and quarantine, and then most of them will be transferred to Hainan to fill the schools, farms, factories and construction sites of the Senate. .

Wei Bachi's primary task is not only to manage the refugee camp well, but also to fully tap the labor force of the refugees in the quarantine camp - the planning institute does not like people to eat for nothing.So while the refugees were waiting for quarantine and transshipment, Wei Bachi had to arrange for them to work and develop the Tainan Plain—the Senate had great hopes for agriculture in this area.

This task is very difficult. First of all, the death rate of refugees is very high.In the late Ming Dynasty, there were frequent wars and plagues. Smallpox, cholera, typhoid fever... All kinds of infectious diseases that can be imagined were found in the refugee camps.In particular, severe smallpox, which is transmitted through the respiratory tract, has a very high mortality rate.In view of the warmer weather, various infectious diseases have begun to enter the outbreak period.For this reason, the Ministry of Health stipulates that the refugees accommodated in the shelter must undergo pre-isolation and quarantine at the host place, and they can board the ship after 12 days.Even this cannot completely isolate the transmission of infectious diseases.Secondly, most of the refugees transported are exhausted and weak, and it will take a considerable amount of time for them to recover before they can work.And when the refugees finally pass the quarantine period safely and their physical fitness has recovered, it is often time to leave Taiwan.

Therefore, although the total population under Wei Bachi's jurisdiction is large, the available labor force is not too much.In particular, there are not many people who can be used for heavy physical labor.Relatively speaking, only the refugees transferred from the refugee camps on Jeju Island can fully use their physical strength.This caused a serious delay in many Tainan development projects that Wei Bachi was about to carry out.

Standing on the observatory on the top of Fengshan Mountain, Wei Bachi can see the magnificent continuous wooden houses extending from the coastline to the inland. table, rarely below 4

Wei Bachi knew that these people could currently make very little contribution to the Senate, and the attrition rate in the refugee camp was also quite alarming.

In the quarantine camp, more than a dozen people are transferred to the isolation area every day.Once sent to the quarantine area.The isolation area is divided into various wards according to different infectious diseases.The scariest, most contagious isolation wards were built alone on sandbars.The people who died in the quarantine area were transported to a barren sandbank to be cremated. The quarantine area itself was set on fire every once in a while, and then a new one was built.

Infectious diseases have always been a ticking time bomb in Wei Bachi's mind.The land reclamation and water conservancy construction statistics table sent by the Planning Institute made him even more frowning.

What's more terrible is that every ship from Lingao brought documents, notices, and statistical forms from various ministries and commissions.Wei Bachi found himself caught in a terrible sea of ​​documents,

Wei Bachi is not so excited about being the "Governor of Taiwan" now.Although he has the most "subjects" and the strongest force, the situation he faces is also the most complicated.Thinking of the pile of documents on the desk and the locked "confidential briefcases" full of ships entering the port, Wei Bachi groaned in despair—he hadn't been interested in letting the life secretary enter the port for many days. The bedroom is gone.

"If the knife is not sharpened, it will rust soon." He muttered, looking at the convoy entering the port.He had received a telegram from the general office a few days ago, informing him that some veterans were coming to Kaohsiung to work on several projects.

"What kind of lighthouse do you want to build? Do you think I don't have enough things?" Wei Bachi's mood became more and more bad.

A puff of white smoke rose from the fort in Kaohsiung Port, and the artillery roared.This is the salute fired to welcome the arrival of the elders.Wei Bachi stood up, tidied up his cotton and linen blended tropical uniform, put on a rattan helmet, and walked quickly to the trestle where the "Spanish prostitute" was moored.A group of life secretaries and entourages followed one after another.

Wei Bachi, Liu Zheng and the others only had acquaintances at the annual meeting and the Senate meeting, and they didn't have much communication at work. In contrast, he was very familiar with Zhong Lishi, and Zhong Lishi's Taibai The observatory was built by the prisoners of the labor camp under the command of Wei Bachi.

Several elders greeted each other on the trestle bridge.Dr. Zhong reminded me to be extremely careful when unloading the cargo.Then, surrounded by his entourage, he got into Wei Bachi's "official car"—thanks to the strategy of Jeju Island, more than 100 horses were transported from Jeju.Li Chiqi and Minister Hong immediately reported all the "official" carriages in stock to the general office for distribution to various places.Wei Bachi was allocated two cars here because it involved diplomatic matters with the Dutch and other foreigners.

Dr. Chung took a look at the newly built Kaohsiung Customs Building before getting into the car.As usual, a bell tower was built on the double-story red brick building—this time it need not be vacant.

After the carriage was started, it galloped along the road paved with cinders. Kaohsiung, as a naval port and coaling station for the navy, had piled up a large number of cinders and coal ash used by warships, and the road hardening work was done relatively well.On both sides of the road are newly erected telegraph poles.Workers wearing Lingao Telecom on the back are climbing on poles to lay telegraph lines.

The carriage drove along the newly paved "Senate Avenue" all the way to the "City Hall" - which is also the "Mayor's Mansion" of Wei Bachi.This building was designed by Zhang Xingpei of Lingao Construction Company, and it looks no different from the town halls in European and American towns in old times.Zhang Xingpei is best at building with prefabricated wood structures.Because of the quick assembly, beautiful and practical room type, it has been widely used in the development of new districts.From the Kaohsiung City Hall to the dormitory longhouses in the refugee camps, there are all such buildings.

The city hall is built on a half-person tall stone building, and the outside is painted with white lime, which looks magnificent and beautiful in the sun.Even according to the eyes of the senators, this official residence is quite good.Of course, this city hall also has a clock tower.

In front of the City Hall is the Kaohsiung Municipal Plaza, half of which has been paved with gravel.A deep ditch runs through the middle.Workers are laying bricks on the bottom of the ditch.Bamboo poles and white lime lines have been used to divide the land around the square, and various public and commercial buildings are planned to be built one after another.Temporary bamboo sheds have been erected on some plots, while others are already under construction.Stones, cement, yellow sand and lime are piled everywhere.Professional construction workers and labor teams from Lingao shuttled back and forth, and steam pile drivers and labor chants echoed one after another.

"This is a big drainage canal. The new city has to be solidified from the ground." Wei Bachi was depressed at first, but he did all this by himself, so he couldn't help bragging in front of the elders.So he pointed to the construction site from time to time, "There is a lot of rain in this place, and if the drainage is not done well, there will be problems." Then he pointed to the surrounding buildings and introduced their respective functions.The two largest building plots are for the COA and the Navy.Both the Navy and the Council of Agriculture have offices here.At present, local construction in Kaohsiung is mainly carried out around these two departments.

On these two plots, temporary bamboo sheds have been built, and the sign of "office" has been erected. Naturalized civilian officers and cadres come in and out, and correspondents come here constantly with documents, looking very busy. .

(End of this chapter)