Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 552 The Maid Arrives
Hearing that the repair period of Ship A is very long, all parties who had been eyeing Ship A have all turned their backs.In addition to the navy that is bound to win, the long-range exploration team and the special investigation team are eager to try the ownership of this ship.

In the period before the arrival of spring, preparations for the "Giant Project" that were interrupted by the General Assembly continued on all sides.In order to ensure that the laborers and immigrants who were about to board the ship to work as coolies were not shaken in their minds, all relevant departments started their horsepower to "strengthen their minds."The puppet troupe rehearsed a new play "Promised Land": with the theme of developing barren land and building a beautiful new home, it toured repeatedly.

The script of the puppet show is roughly based on the Soviet novel "The Reclaimed Virgin Land". A large number of characters and plots are copied from it, and the background is naturally set in Australia.

The puppet show depicts that "on the vast wilderness of Australia, a group of poor farmers who had no land and wandered to Australia reclaimed the land under the leadership of the Australian chief, fought against the sky, built farms, planted endless wheat and rice, and raised many cattle. sheep, the people live a happy life.”

Of course, the "Australian chief" who always grasps the right direction, always unites the masses, educates the backward elements, and fights resolutely with the hostile elements, the hesitant and selfish small farmers, the old people who are full of stale ideas and do not want to make progress, dare to think and do, full of enthusiasm. Ideal young people, activists who use self-sacrifice for the collective benefit and the safety of the chief... Naturally, all kinds of bad elements are available: from the bad guys who steal public property and cause the dam to burst, to the bad guys who have ulterior motives, incite the discontent of the masses, and try to destroy The "enemy" of the people's good life - the enemy did not specify who it is, but this puppet figure speaks standard official Chinese, and from time to time, a few words such as "my lord, master, and emperor" appear.

It is not enough for Ding Ding to even just exaggerate the bright prospects, so he always plays "Test" one day before and "Promise" the next day, in order to make a full comparison.

The appeal of literature and art is huge, and the performance of the puppet show is far better than everyone's expectations.Most of the immigrants are farmers, and they don't have much knowledge, but they are not afraid of hardship, and they value the land and a stable life. As long as they can meet this point, they can fully stimulate their enthusiasm.

While drawing a picture of the beautiful and splendid South China Sea Paradise to the laborers and immigrants, the Planning Institute is working out a weekly death toll schedule.The death index is determined according to the weekly work tasks and changes in the surrounding conditions.

The death index is related to the overall planning of the Planning Institute: how much new labor needs to be added to Sanya every week; how much food, clothing, and tools to be transported to Yulin.It also affects the speed of Guangzhou's transfer of newly arrived immigrants to Lingao and whether the scale of the quarantine camp needs to be expanded.In this great cause of developing Sanya, people are just a number on the document.

In addition to positive publicity, the internal security work has also been strengthened. The State Administration of Political Science and Security has established a work network among the laborers to constantly feedback the sentiments of the masses so that they can make timely adjustments to their work.Some "low-key elements" who spread pessimistic and panic speeches about the development of Yulin were secretly arrested.Zhou Dongtian is interrogating every day to find out whether any of these people have external backgrounds and internal connections.This is a point that Zhao Manxiong is very concerned about.

Zhao Manxiong doesn't think that Ming's spy organization is high enough to send people into this group of immigrants to engage in propaganda activities, but he must be very careful about forming various small groups within the immigrants.He highlighted this in his memo to the Sanya Development Leading Group.

Geographical groups, in particular, are very harmful.In the memorandum, he made it clear that regional groups linked by a common dialect and customs are strongly exclusive. Once a larger regional group is formed, there is no doubt that the rights and interests of "outsiders" with a small number of people will be affected. Violations are common in many places.

Once a regional group is formed, there will be a leader who controls the "villagers" either explicitly or secretly.And regional groups will strengthen the tendency to use a common dialect. Some dialects are difficult for outsiders to understand, and are close to the "black language" within the group. This will not only challenge the authority of the elders, but also contain the danger of instability. .

Under the strict control of Lingao's regime belonging to the Traveling Group, this situation can be effectively prevented and contained. After arriving in Sanya, the control is relatively loose, and people will inevitably have activities such as "finding fellow villagers" in a difficult environment.

Zhao Manxiong reminded the attention of the Big Five in Sanya that it is necessary to absolutely curb the possibility of slowly linking up into small groups through fellow countrymen. If necessary, the most severe measures must be adopted to prohibit them until they are physically eliminated.Among those who were secretly arrested were laborers who attempted to organize fellow countrymen's associations. No matter what their motives were, Zhao Manxiong wrote "indefinite labor reform" on all of his handling opinions.

But the busiest time for the State Security Bureau has just begun.They will soon face more heavy inspection and identification work. At the end of January 1630, the ship brought the first batch of "special goods" that everyone was looking forward to - women from Guangzhou.

The purchase of women was purchased by Zhang Xin through the channel of Qiwei Escort.Sun Kecheng had doubts about this task, but he knew with his feet that he was buying a woman for an Australian.Buying women from overseas is already a crime, and in the traditional concept, it is suspected of separating people's flesh and blood.

Zhang Xin explained to him: All these women were sent to Lingao, and they promised that they would not be sent to Australia, so they would not be "separated". Make proper arrangements.

Zhang Xin promised again and again, and specifically brought Zhou Shidi back to explain, which dispelled Sun Kecheng's worries.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, please forgive me!" Sun Kecheng said apologetically, "You have come from a long way, and you have settled down in the backcountry of Lingao. You really need a woman to take care of you, but if you take the girl away, you will be far away from here." Australia is thousands of miles away, family members and children can no longer see each other, we really dare not commit this crime."

Zhang Xinxin thought it was really pedantic. If he sold it to a wealthy businessman and official from Beijing, he would be separated by thousands of miles, and he might never see him again. He would talk about "thousands of miles apart" and "separation of flesh and blood".

But he knew that shopkeeper Sun, an old-school bodyguard, had his own moral code. If it conflicted with his moral code, shopkeeper Sun would rather not make money and stick to it.From the good point of view, such a person is honest and reliable, but from the bosom point of view, some things are difficult to handle.

Under his repeated assurances and persuasion, Sun Kecheng finally agreed to handle the matter.However, he declared that bodyguards would not do this, and the specific handling would be handled by the steward on the outer cabinet.The standard given by Zhang Xin is: a woman from a good family, unmarried, under the age of 25, without footbinding.

"It's best not to buy it from someone else's hand. The value should not exceed ten taels of silver each. If parents and relatives are willing to go together, they will be given two taels of settling expenses. All people will be escorted by the bodyguard bureau."

Sun Kecheng knew that the aesthetic taste of Australians is tall, long-legged, thin-waisted, big-breasted, and big-eyed, so he asked competent personnel to go to various foreign cabinets to handle the matter according to this standard.

In the end, more than 400 people were purchased from Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi provinces through Qiwei's business network.This is rough selection.After arriving in Guangzhou, a second screening will be carried out according to the standards of the Maid Countermeasures Committee.

Under the direct care of Wen Desi, chairman of the Maid Countermeasures Committee, several special measuring tools were specially produced and distributed to Guangzhou and Leizhou.One of the measuring tools is "standard height" and "alternate height", which are actually two rulers, one is 1.60 meters and the other is 1.55 meters.The latter is a backup size in case the former cannot find enough suitable candidates.

This method is simple and intuitive, very suitable for indigenous staff to master, and it is completely hard.In addition, three soft rulers are provided, which are used to define bust, waist and hip respectively.It also provides a comparison table of height and measurements, listing the qualified standards.The last item is the body scale scale: some women are quite tall, but their upper body is too long.

Generally speaking, the standard set by Mr. Wen is quite low, not only the height is 1.60 standard, but also the bust is only the level of a B cup.Even the body proportions are quite loose.As for the skin color, there are no requirements at all, just a general rule of "white and clean", but this is the same as "big eyes", which is a guiding standard, not a hard target.

However, this set of standards still made the members of the Maid Countermeasures Committee feel that the standards were too high-as far as the standards of indigenous women in this time and space they had seen, almost none of them met everyone's aesthetic standards.If there was one, it would be Colgate.It's just that they have long legs and a well-proportioned figure.

"Since it's going to be done, it has to be done." Wen Desi said, "Or else just pull a batch of chicks from the quarantine camp and distribute them to everyone. Why bother to go to the mainland to buy?"

"Can you do so much..."

"China is a big country with a large population, and we can always find qualified people." Wen Desi is not worried about this.

Among the more than 300 people transported to Guangzhou, there were about 100 people who barely met the standard, and then they were selected from the refugee camps in Guangzhou according to this standard, and less than 100 people were selected. In this way, the first batch of more than 200 people was shipped to the city. I went to Lingao, accompanied by more than 100 family members.

Those who are not selected will not be wasted, and they will leave as alternates.

The arrival of the woman did not cause a big sensation. After the ups and downs of the previous stage, everyone has become a little indifferent to this matter.Even the discussion on this matter on the BBS became cold.

These women are directly taken over by the general office.A quarantine camp was set up.Completely isolated from other camps.

(End of this chapter)