Chapter 49 Immigration
Old Man Jiang is an authentic farmer. His family has been digging food and eating in Dawangzhuang, Dongfeng County, Henan Province for generations. For Old Man Jiang, he would have no worries as long as he served the ten acres of thin fields he passed down from his family. When he was young, he married his wife and raised his six boys by relying on the harvest of the ten acres of thin fields he passed down from his ancestors. This is one of the few things that Old Man Jiang can be proud of in his life.
But in recent years, Mr. Jiang has had troubles. The six boys in his family have gradually grown up over the years and are at the age of getting married. However, Mr. Jiang found that the ten acres of thin land in his family were not enough to share.
The reason was that some time ago, Old Man Jiang asked someone to tell his family to marry his boss. Originally, the other party's parents nodded when they heard that Old Man Jiang had ten acres of thin land at home, but later they found out that Old Man Jiang's family actually had six boys.
According to the other family members' original words, "The ten acres of thin fields in your family seem to be quite large, but what I want to ask is how much of these ten acres of thin fields can be left after being distributed to the boss. After my daughter gets married, can he support my daughter and their future children?"
Now Old Man Jiang is in a dilemma. His old Jiang family has no tradition of inheriting the elders but not the younger ones. He can't share all the fields with the eldest son in order to marry a wife for the eldest son. If this is the case, the remaining five boys will drink the northwest wind in the future, the ancestors said that there are many children and good fortune, but there are times when there are too many sons. Alas, the palms and backs of the hands are flesh, which makes Old Man Jiang's head white.
Today, Wang Datong, who went to the city to do business in the same village, came back. Wang Datong is one of the few people in the same village who know a few big characters and is a cultured person in the village. He told Old Man Jiang that recently Governor Su of Chahar posted a notice in the county to recruit people to open up land in Chahar, and each person can get 20 acres of wasteland. Zhengfu is also responsible for distributing seeds and ploughing tools. The grains that are reclaimed do not have to be paid taxes for the first two years, and the grain tax will be reduced by half in the next three years.
What's so good about Old Man Jiang has not encountered such a good thing in his life, but Wang Datong said confidently that there was also a seal of Chahar's political axe.
After returning home, Old Man Jiang told the news, and everyone in the family started to yell. The second brother was silent, the third brother and the fourth brother agreed. Although they had never studied, they knew that when it was their turn to ask for a wife, the ten acres of thin fields might not even be left.
The fifth brother is still young and is still crowded with his mother to act coquettishly. Finally, Old Man Jiang gritted his teeth and said that instead of his family being trapped here and worrying about death, it is better to go to Chahar to take a try. Maybe he can also find a better future for the child.
Finally, after several days of discussion, the family decided that the eldest and second brothers would share the ten acres of thin land equally. The rest followed the old man Jiang to register for the local immigration site established by Chahar Zhengfu as stated in the notice, and arranged for them to open up land at the farm formulated by Chahar.
Such scenes have been staged one after another in Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Anhui, Sichuan and other provinces, causing a lot of sensation across the country.
Chahar is vast and sparsely populated, with an area of 278,957 square kilometers in the province with an area of only 2.11 million people. Many places may not be able to see a family, which is very unfavorable to the development of Chahar. Therefore, after consultation with the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, Su Tong decided to immigrate on a large scale from surrounding provinces to change the population structure of Chahar. In the future, Chahar is really in need of people whether it is to build roads, run factories or start mining.
After more than half a year of hard work, by the beginning of 1936, the Chahar Civil Affairs Department finally moved nearly 8 million people from the surrounding provinces, finally meeting Su Tong's minimum population demand.
Since the outbreak of the economic crisis from 1929 to 1933, the economies and financial systems of all countries have been severely damaged, and the gold standard has completely collapsed. In March 1933, under the pressure of a large number of bankruptcies and gold outflows, the United States announced that it would stop exchanging gold and ban gold exports. Until 1935, this capitalist country, which claimed to be the most liberal in the world, had not recovered from the financial crisis, and a large amount of surplus goods and machinery were piled up in warehouses and factories without anyone to care. When the purchasing personnel sent by Su Tong suppressed Su Tong's large amount of gold extracted from the lunar base and arrived on the west coast of the United States, the Americans regarded them as God.
What do you want to buy wheat flour? God please forgive me. I just poured a ship of food into the river last month. I will give you as much as you want. You still want machines. I will contact you immediately. You need a lot of machines. As long as the price is right, I will transport all the machines that were ready to ship to the Soviet Union to Chahar. As for the contract they signed with them, who still remembers it? My father and mother are not as good as gold. What do you fear that the Japanese will intercept them at sea? No problem. As long as you pay a suitable freight, our navy of the United States of America is happy to contribute a meager to maintaining world peace.
In this way, relying on the blood transfusions from the United States, Chahar is now like a huge construction site roaring constantly every night. So much so that domestic newspapers call Chahar the economic engine of the Republic of China, and even though I heard that the "leave, go to Chahar to work" from Su Tong has become a popular language in the country.
Buleji is a small county near Mongolia in Chahar. It was originally a remote small place, but in recent months it has become lively because many merchants have to go to Mongolia to buy wool and mutton. Buleji has become a transit station. The huge crowd has caused the current prosperity. However, several inns have been added here in a few months.
Boss Huang is a second-deao dealer who specializes in purchasing wool. However, now second-deao dealer like him is the most popular among herders. The useless wool has become a popular raw material.
Chahar Zheng Axe made beautiful and warm scarves, wool sweaters and other clothes with these wools. As soon as these items were launched, they were warmly welcomed by all walks of life, especially the young woman's surname. They even floated across the sea to the United States, Britain and other places.
The surname Tian, who loves beauty, does not distinguish between national boundaries. Being able to throw away thick cotton coats in winter and wears light and fashionable wool sweaters has become a popular trend for the surname female. Even the economic crisis cannot stop the spread of this trend. This made Chief Su, who was hiding at home and cultivating feelings with two prospective daughters-in-law, sigh how accurate the sentence of the woman's wardrobe is always missing a piece of clothing.
Chahar from August of the 24th year of the Republic of China to March of the 25th year of the Republic of China, a total of more than 11 million immigrants from other provinces, all of which were distributed around Chahar with the Lingol League as the center. This is a preparation for the expansion of factory recruitment and military expansion in the future.
After half a year of efforts by Chahar, led by Chief Su, Chahar is now a vibrant city to at least outsiders.
The first update today was originally updated last night, but the child was too naughty last night and didn’t sleep at 12 o’clock. Ah Ding had to do that, and he was very annoyed.
Chapter completed!