Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1186 Emergency transportation and resettlement ([-])

The early morning in Xunwei Port was still a bit cold, and Liao Jiangong, who got up early, was discussing the resettlement of new immigrants with his cadres.

"Stand at attention, salute!" The clear voice of the password suddenly caught his attention, and Liao Daxiang raised his head and saw a group of more than 20 reform-through-labour prisoners respectfully standing tens of meters away, so he waved his hand to let These prisoners carrying coal bags on their shoulders continue to work.

Today, a small boat from Heishui County came to the pier and brought more than a dozen tons of coal and some livestock to the people in Xunwei Port. They were used as winter supplies for everyone, so Hou Yongqiang, the deputy mayor, organized some reform-through-labor prisoners. We went to the pier to carry them, just met the batch on the road - according to the regulations, they must stand at attention and salute when they meet military officers or cadres in the reform through labor, so this scene just now happened.

Speaking of this, I have to mention that with the increasing population of the East Coast Republic of China, the number of criminals is also increasing every year, and with the central government's clear policy of exile and reform a few years ago, the exile of criminals has become a reality. A large-scale operation, in the past five years, more than [-] criminals of various types have been exiled overseas (among them, "cult elements" account for a considerable proportion).As for the whereabouts of the criminals, there are not only the cold islands in southern Chile (that is, the area around Qingfeng County), but also the hot plantations on Xinhua Island, and of course remote places like Tahiti, Australia, and even Sakhalin Island. In short, there are more or less everywhere.

Right now, these 20 people are the reform-through-labour prisoners who have been exiled here. Some of them serve in a certain place, and some of them work on the move, such as laying roads, logging, quarrying, digging coal, growing rye, and raising Livestock and so on, the work is still very tiring-of course, these people have no special skills. If you have skills, you can usually find a regular job in various villages. Some people even expire after serving Later, they can marry wives and have children (there are not a few people who illegally marry wives and have children before the expiration of their service period).

For example, the executive manager of the Xunwei Township Supply and Marketing Cooperative is an Italian exile named Brienza, who was accused of participating in a cult, and was later captured by the Mei Agency and sentenced to exile for 11 years.This fellow is currently in charge of various businesses of the supply and marketing cooperative. For example, the local popular kelp harvesting industry is monopolized by the state-run supply and marketing cooperative; in addition, there is also the franchise of seaweed and oyster mining, which is also given by Brienne with a pretty good deal. The price was sold to a few merchants from Dengzhou. In short, he looks very knowledgeable, and he does his job well. He is currently married to a widow who is widowed, and his life is quite good.

In addition to business talents like Brienza, there are also some agricultural talents among the local exiles. They guide the farmers in the village to grow cabbage, radishes, potatoes, cucumbers, alfalfa, onions, soybeans, and rye. —The temperature here is much warmer than that of Heishui County in the north. The average temperature here is roughly 2 degrees warmer in summer and 5 degrees higher in winter, so it is very suitable for the growth of crops. Rye can grow in the warmest month of summer The crazy growth of dozens of centimeters shows that the climate is suitable and the land is fertile, so the existence of these agricultural experts (only compared to the local poor agricultural technology) is still very necessary.

Of course, the exiled reform-through-labour prisoners were a small number. After the immigrants from the collective farms boarded the boat to go to the mainland on the east coast, the local population dropped sharply, often to less than 200 people.At this time, the deserted streets, the bleak late autumn, and the boring life all make people complain that compared with the immigrants who need their guards, they themselves are the prisoners in the prison-living in a city called Sakhalin Island. Prisoners in a large prison.

Only when the port thaws at the end of spring every year, a large number of laborers (often as many as 800 people) from Terengganu, North Korea, Ezo and even Japan come to the local area to dig kelp, seaweed, and oysters under the organization of businessmen. The loneliness that has plagued the residents for months will only slowly subside.Business often reaches its peak in summer, with wood, mushrooms, fungus, ginseng, honey, tallow, mink, and fox fur in the forest, salmon, shrimp, crab, and sea cucumber in the sea, and antler and deerskin in the circle. All kinds of specialty commodities are transported to the mainland through small piers all over the west coast of Sakhalin Island, while grains, small handmade products, salt, sugar, tobacco, wine, medicinal materials, handicrafts and even a small number of luxury goods in the mainland will also arrive by boat In Sakhalin Island, the trade volume will undoubtedly hit new highs at this time, and tax officials from all over the world are soft on collecting taxes. In short, this is a good time that is nostalgic.

Far away, it has been half a month since Liao Jiangong became the mayor of Xunwei Township.In the past half a month, the most he did was to organize the new immigrants to renovate the houses of the collective farm to make them more heat-insulating. It is said that the previous farm was expanded on the basis of a prison. Yes, the house is not only not enough, but also damp and cold, which is obviously not acceptable.Therefore, after Liao Jiangong took office, he took advantage of some building materials in the village and embezzled a batch of timber stored on the wharf, and immediately organized manpower to rebuild the houses to ensure that the immigrants could survive the winter smoothly.You must know that at the coldest time in Xunwei Township in winter, the outdoor temperature will drop to minus 20 degrees, and it is obviously impossible not to take precautions against the cold.

In addition to rebuilding the houses, Liao Jiangong also organized some people to level the fields. The main work was to repair and maintain the original farm land (reclaimed land left by the previous batch of immigrants) for the benefit of the next spring. Afterwards, spring sowing can be carried out—although they have 100 tons of Qingjiangpu grain on hand, dozens of tons of rye, more than 45 barrels of salted fish in their own warehouse in Xunwei Township, and hundreds of livestock in the livestock pen, but the mountains are empty. Certainly not, there must be supplementary sources of food.After all, 7 tons of grain is only enough for them to eat for one year. If it is not their turn to board the ship to the east coast after one year (this is a high probability event, because the total number of immigrants is as high as [-], and the transport capacity is less than [-] people), they don’t want to eat and live?Therefore, it has become a very natural thing to grow the land to support oneself (even if it is impossible, at least provide a considerable portion of food for consumption by oneself and the family).

But there is a new situation today. After a motor sailing boat from Dabo sent a large amount of salted fish and vegetables to Xunwei Township, it also brought them a new news, that is, the South Kurhalin Reclamation Bureau A fire broke out in the collective farm house a while ago, which damaged a lot, so a considerable number of immigrants need to be transferred to other places. Although Xunwei Township is small, it has been forced to have more than 900 places. The ship is on board.

Liao Jiangong was very annoyed at this kind of temporary change of the plan, but he also knew that this was an accident and there was no way to do it, so he had to bite the bullet and bring in this batch of immigrants from Shuyang County.At this time, the motor sailboat had already moored in place, and the immigrants from Shuyang County silently carried their small bags (the only property inside), and slowly descended the gangplank to the wharf road paved with cinders, and then felt a little uneasy. Standing aside, waiting for the police from the police station to take him away—there are fifty heavily armed gaucho guards behind the police. They were brought by Liao Jiangong when he took office. We don't have any ideas that we shouldn't have.

In order to speed up the transfer of materials and personnel (the weather outside is getting worse and the sea is getting stronger), Liao Jiangong ordered the director of warehouse management, Ba Sanqiang, to find someone to draw several sampans. At this moment, the prisoner rowed cautiously close to the large motor sailboat in the gradually surging harbor, and then carefully loaded the salted fish, melons, fruits and vegetables on the boat into the sampan, and the barge back and forth was also slightly speeded up. Speed ​​of transfer of goods and personnel.

The loading and unloading work was finally completed not long after nightfall, and the sailors on the motor sailing ship were quietly transporting a case of smuggled wine (the wine mostly came from Ming Dynasty, North Korea and even Japan, the quality is relatively low, but the price is cheap, so there is quite a market) After being transported into the port, it is planned to raise the sails and set sail.Lin Sen, director of the Meteorological Observatory of Xunwei Township, advised them to take shelter here for one night, but was rejected by the captain of the motorboat on the grounds that the transportation task was tight—but the captain of the motorboat was soon slapped in the face by nature, leaving Not long after Hong Kong, the 1150-ton large-scale sailing ship returned in embarrassment in the sudden strong wind and waves, and then anchored behind a sheltered forest in the port. Lin Sen, the director of the Meteorological Observatory, recorded the weather data and scolded these birds. ****.

Liao Jiangong, who had finished all this work, took everyone back to the township government compound. At this time, his full-time chef—this is an exiled prisoner from the Ming Dynasty, with excellent cooking skills. He was charged with manslaughter. It is said that he was arguing He was exiled here for killing Lao Wang, who was having an affair with his wife, and served a long sentence. He had prepared a rich dinner for him: cold mountain fungus, stewed salmon, roasted deer preserved and beet soup , the staple food is a large pot of rye steamed buns, almost all of which are made from local materials, rich in nutrition and quite good in taste.

After dinner with steaming soup, the Ainu wife of the watchman (also an exile, from the local Zhenhai County, charged with smuggling) brought Liao Jiangong foot-washing water, and waited for him to finish washing. After stepping, lightly lighted a cigarette for him, the service can be described as meticulous.

Liao Jiangong casually took out a dime from his pocket to send away the thankful husband and wife, and lay down on the warm fire pit, reading a book sent from the mainland with a thick whale oil candle—— ——Hejian travel notes written by Wang Dali, a famous writer and geographer on the east coast.

In the lonely cold night of Sakhalin Island, after a busy day at work, it is very pleasant to fall asleep slowly while reading the books in my hometown.After falling asleep, Liao Jiangong had a dream, dreaming that he was returning to his hometown, hunting with his friends on the grassland, and the background of the dream was the famous song "Uruguay River" - Uruguay is not a river, but a floating river. past blue sky...

(End of this chapter)