Chapter 1308 Similarities and Differences

Although Qiu Yuan is not an official in charge of immigration affairs, he has access to a higher level of information and is very clear about the way Haihan has obtained immigrants in the past few years. When Haihan was founded, he relied on acting as a mercenary

Assisting the Annan royal family to quell the rebellion, they received a large number of Annan immigrants in return. Afterwards, the Denglai Rebellion broke out in the north of the Ming Dynasty. Haihan also made full use of this opportunity and transported a large number of war refugees from the local area. Only these two major events

A large-scale immigration operation has brought tens of thousands of people to Haihan, and the cost is much lower than the daily recruitment of immigrants. As long as there are ships and food, immigrants can continue to be moved in. Such an immigration plan is very popular in Qiu

Yuan seems to be the most cost-effective method.

Of course, Qiu Yuan was not from the military, and he did not have a clear idea of ​​how much money it would cost to launch a war or how much time it would take to prepare. He believed that wars conducted overseas could bring a lot of bargains to Haihan.

population, but whether participation in it is beneficial to Hainan State, the decision-makers of the Executive Committee must not only consider population issues, but also must consider the impact on international relations. Otherwise, Leizhou, which is only separated from Hainan Island by a strait,

The peninsula had long been taken over by Haihan as its own as Qiu Yuan said.

Qiu Yuan is a relatively pragmatic person. In a brief meeting, he gave a general introduction to the recent development of Haikou, and then invited the inspection team to visit some key local projects. This is basically a routine task of the inspection team every time they visit.

, everyone is accustomed to this arrangement.

Haikou's local basic industry is still dominated by agriculture, with planting and fishery accounting for the majority. Similar to other places in Hainan, there are also a large number of collective farms and plantations within the jurisdiction of Haikou City, and Hainan Island has achieved scale

Almost all kinds of cash crops cultivated by farmers can be found here. The rich water conservancy resources in the Nandu River Basin provide excellent natural conditions for farmland irrigation, and the plain area in the east of the Yangtze River has become one of the main grain-producing areas on Hainan Island.

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"Last year, about one-third of the grain stored in our country was produced in Haikou. I believe that this proportion will further increase after thousands of acres of new rice fields are reclaimed this year." Qiu Yuan proudly introduced the local food to the visitors.

Food production status: "If you can stay here for a few more days, I am going to take you to the Jiangdong area to see the farms there. As far as you can see, you will see endless farmland. The scene in this season is still very spectacular."

Yu Xiaobao responded: "I'm afraid the schedule is a bit tight. We stayed in Danzhou for three more days, which affected the rest of the schedule. If we stay here for too long, we won't be able to get back to Sanya as scheduled.

Already."

Liu Shang felt relieved when he heard this. He could return to Sanya earlier and his psychological pressure could be slightly relieved. Although Haikou's agricultural development sounds very powerful, Liu Shang believes that it is just a larger planting scale.

In essence, it is not much different from the agricultural development model elsewhere on the island.

Liu Shang has indeed gained a lot of knowledge during this trip. In the past, he only knew how to operate the small farmer economic model. After seeing it in various places in Haihan, he realized the power of this large-scale operation. Its development and operation costs are as high as

It is much lower than the traditional model, and it is easier to control the social group of farmers.

Although the top officials of Haihan all talk about "industrialization", in fact this is still a country based on agriculture, but the production efficiency is much higher than that of traditional agricultural countries like Ming Dynasty. And the people who constitute the main force of society are

The agricultural population still accounts for the majority of the agricultural population. A large part of the civil strife that Ming Dynasty is facing is due to the loss of control over the agricultural population, which has led to widespread domestic wars. Haihan has done an excellent job in this regard, through the land

, a series of systems and policies such as agricultural development and national labor classification, which firmly bind the agricultural population to national interests.

Liu Shang has limited ability to interpret specific policies and does not fully understand some of Haihan's policy intentions. However, after seeing it in various places, he has clearly realized that the grassroots agricultural population of Haihan Kingdom is better than the Ming Dynasty in daily life.

Farmers are much more stable. Although it is impossible to get rich overnight, they will never lose their livelihood due to a reduction in food production or social unrest, or even end up with their families destroyed or their families fleeing their homes.

Compared with the turbulent Ming Dynasty in recent years, the people of Haihan do not need to worry about natural and man-made disasters such as wars, plagues, droughts and floods, and extortionate expropriations. However, this stable environment is helpless for those refugees who are eager to find a place to stay.

Resist the temptation. Among the common people, there are few cases of people moving back to Ming Dynasty after coming to Haihan. Even Liu Shang himself, after enjoying a comfortable life and fast and convenient transportation in Haihan,

We have to admit that Haihan's social system does have its advantages, and it is difficult to simply imitate it.

Liu Shang didn't understand. Since the two countries are both agricultural countries, why is the social gap so big? How come the accumulation of more than 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty is not as good as the development achievements of this island country on the border of the South China Sea in only eight years? Although the sea is

The Han people are indeed smart and capable, but he has met many genuine pure-blood Han people these days. They don't seem to be living gods. They eat, drink, have sex and sleep just like ordinary people. Why are these overseas people

What the barbarians could do, so many high-ranking officials with salaries in the Ming Dynasty could never do well?

Liu Shang had actually noticed the similarities and differences between the two countries in terms of political systems and social systems through observation, but with his political cultivation and academic level, it was impossible to interpret the differences between the two countries from the perspective of production relations.

This is exactly the dilemma that Ming Dynasty is currently facing - it already knows where the gap between itself and Haihan lies, but it just can't figure out the root cause of these gaps.

Haihan's daily propaganda is to promote how wise the Executive Committee is, but in Liu Shang's view, the role of the Executive Committee is actually not much different from the operation of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, that is, there is only one less emperor at the top who makes the final decision.

.But why is it that governments are governed through multi-person deliberative bodies, and Haihan's effect is so much better than that of Ming Dynasty? Is it the problem of the person above who makes the decision? Liu Shangke did not dare to think about this treasonous direction. If this is the case

If you say it in certain sensitive environments, it is very likely to be a serious crime that will cause you to lose your head.

As they spoke, the convoy had arrived at the first visiting location, a collective farm south of Haikou City and on the bank of the Nandu River. The main crops grown here are rice. The entire farm has more than 4,000 acres of arable land, and there are three farmers affiliated with the farm.

With a population of more than 100 people, the per capita cultivated land is almost ten acres. However, considering that the actual number of laborers is only slightly more than half of the population, the farming efficiency is not bad.

At present, rice farming in Haikou has two seasons a year. The first season is transplanted around Qingming Festival and harvested in mid-to-late June. The second season is planted in July and harvested around mid-to-late October. At this time, the second season

The rice transplanting has been completed a long time ago, and everywhere you look is green, which is very eye-catching.

The person responsible for accompanying him was the steward of the local collective farm, an immigrant from Zhejiang, whose surname was Zeng. He looked to be in his fifties or sixties. Qiu Yuan called him "Old Zengtou". Although Old Zengtou meant Hai.

He spoke Chinese Mandarin, but his accent still had a distinct flavor of Wu Nong’s soft dialect. When Yu Xiaobao listened to his introduction about the first rice harvest in the first half of the year, he unexpectedly asked an irrelevant question: "Old Zengtou, are you coming to Hainan?"

How long have you been Han?"

Old Zengtou responded: "Looking back at the leader, I immigrated from Ningbo Prefecture in Zhejiang Province in the sixth year of Chongzhen...that is, the year before last. I have been in Hainan Island for more than two years now."

In the sixth year of Chongzhen (1633), Haihan sent troops to Zhejiang in April of that year to attack the Zhoushan Islands. After gaining a foothold on the coast of Zhejiang, he began to recruit a large number of immigrants from the local area, and most of them were later transported to

Resettlement here on Hainan Island. In this way, Lao Zengtou can be regarded as an immigrant from Zhejiang who came earlier.

Yu Xiaobao asked again: "How is life here compared to your previous life in Zhejiang?"

Old Zengtou responded: "You are a stupid person. Don't blame me if you say something wrong. When it comes to food, clothing, and various welfare benefits for our citizens, our country, Haihan, naturally has better conditions. But all this land is owned by the state."

, private individuals can only contract and cannot buy or sell, and many newcomers still have opinions on this."

Yu Xiaobao nodded, changed the topic and asked: "Why did you leave your hometown and come to Haihan all the way?"

Old Zengtou said: "The villain's wife is suffering from a serious disease, and the cost of treatment is very high. The villain's family does not have much money, so he can only mortgage the land under his name and borrow money from the landlord to treat her illness.

. Later, my wife was still not cured, and when she left, my money was gone, and my land was gone. I didn’t know how to do anything except farming. Without my land, I could only work as a long-term laborer for the landlord. Later, I heard the propaganda recruiting immigrants and told me to come to Haihan.

We can divide the houses and land, so the villain thought about giving it a try, so he simply took his two children and boarded the immigration ship together."

"Then after you came, did you get the house and land?" Yu Xiaobao continued to ask.

Old Zengtou said: "How can the decree of the Executive Committee be false? Of course the villains will get it! However, the house and land also belong to the state. The house can be lived in and the land can be cultivated, but it cannot be bought or sold."

"These are benefits provided by the state to immigrants, and of course they cannot be used by private individuals for profit." Yu Xiaobao paused and said, "If land can be bought and sold by private individuals, new landlords will soon appear and land annexations will continue.

, new immigrants like you will soon lose the land and property in their name. State ownership of land is a kind of protection and welfare for new immigrants by the state. Otherwise, how could it be possible for each batch of immigrants to arrive in Hainan Island?

Can you get the right to cultivate thirty acres of arable land per capita? If you farm land for the country, the country will also provide you with living security. Even if your family is in urgent need of money, you can borrow money directly from the bank without any mortgage.

The interest rate is also much lower than private borrowing. When you save enough money, you can buy a house in the city, and no one will take care of the house you want to buy or sell. If you think about it carefully, how beneficial is this state-owned real estate to you?

Or is it a big disadvantage?”

Old Zengtou quickly responded: "The villain naturally understands that the country is for the sake of the people, but no leader can explain it so clearly. If he meets new people who can't figure it out later, the villain will relay to them what the leader said today.

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Yu Xiaobao nodded. Old Zeng seemed a bit clumsy, but he was not stupid at all. He understood the meaning of his words. The nationalization of land was a special feature during the founding period of Haihan.

policy, Haihan must use this to achieve full control of Hainan Island. However, this special policy is not particularly acceptable to new immigrants, so the publicity and explanation of the land system has always been the focus of relevant departments.

content.

The reason why Haihan implements such a policy is certainly not as simple as what Yu Xiaobao said, but for the agricultural population who are not highly educated but highly dependent on land, this explanation is enough. Not to mention the promise

The thirty acres of land allocated to immigrants are usually divided into several rotational cultivations, and ten acres of land are cultivated every year.

Liu Shang naturally listened to this conversation. He was not so receptive to Yu Xiaobao's explanation. In his opinion, Haihan's land policy was just to treat the whole world as royal land.

, could it be that the name of the ownership rights of the royal subjects was changed to the country? This is because there is no royal family in Haihan, so naturally this name cannot be attributed to a certain person. As for the land use rights, Haihan’s laws and policies

In fact, the control is not as strict as it seems. Otherwise, there would not be so many foreign investors developing and building agricultural projects such as plantations in Haihan. As long as they have capital, private individuals can contract large amounts of land for self-development.

It's just that the land ownership still belongs to the state in name only.

I have to say that Liu Shang’s views on this issue are quite fundamental, and he sees it more thoroughly than most new immigrants. Of course, this is also due to the relatively high level of people and things he has come into contact with during this period.

relationship, if it hadn't broadened his horizons and increased his knowledge, then his views on this issue might not be any better than Lao Zengtou's.

The grain produced by this collective farm is mainly supplied to the local market. The results of the work of more than 400 people are enough to feed nearly ten times the population. And their farmland is not only rice. Haihan has long promoted rice field fish farming among the people.

Technology, the grass carp raised can be eaten by oneself or sent to the market for sale, which can be regarded as a relatively affordable and simple and easy-to-operate production increase project for farmers.

After seeing the farmland, Lao Zengtou took the inspection team to visit the residential area of ​​the farm. All the private houses here were built and distributed uniformly by the government. Although they are all ordinary farmhouse courtyards, they are free residences.

Immigrants would not have such good treatment in their original hometowns.
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