Chapter 136 New Inspector (3)

"Barbarians?" Luo Shengdong almost laughed out loud: "It's not too late to comment after you go to Shengli Port and see the place. In my opinion, that place is much better than Yazhou!"

"I heard that the population of Victory Port is only over a thousand, and it is only close to Nanshan Town. How can it be compared with Yazhou City?" Wei Ping didn't quite believe Luo Shengdong's statement.

"Nanshan Town? If Shengli Port is similar to Nanshan Town, why do the people of Yazhou have to wait eagerly for the Haihan people to recruit workers? You are from the Inspection Department, so you should be well-informed. I think you must have heard a lot about Shengli

Something about Hong Kong?" Luo Shengdong asked.

Wei Ping thought for a while and then nodded: "Almost all the people who came back from Shengli Port went back to Yazhou to pick up people or move. According to these people, everyone in Shengli Port has work to do, food to eat, and children to read.

The sick should be taken care of by others. In my opinion, this is just a gimmick by the Haihan people to deceive these ignorant people. How can there be such a good thing in the world!"

"Whether there is such a good thing, you can only know it with your own eyes." Luo Shengdong did not continue to argue with Wei Ping on this issue. He had seen with his own eyes the rapid changes that Victory Port had undergone in the past few months.

Saying ten thousand words is not as effective as letting the facts speak for themselves.

Now the recruitment of Haihan people in Yazhou has been going on for more than a month, and six to seven hundred people have been recruited one after another. The dental dealer who originally recruited people for the Yazhou Office has now set up a special labor market outside the south gate.

A house with a sign saying "Haihan Recruitment Office" was hung at the door, treating this as a full-time job. And those people who could not find a livelihood near Yazhou would move to Shengli Port to work for the Haihan people.

It was considered a good way out. In order to attract more immigrants to come to Shengli Port, they would occasionally send some clever immigrants back to Yazhou to do some publicity work with their own experiences.

Luo Shengdong raised his hand and pointed forward: "Going around Yulinjiao, you can see Victory Harbor. The Haihan people are actually very easy to deal with, but there is a prerequisite, that is, don't go against them. If you can do this, you want to

It’s actually not difficult to make a little fortune in Victory Port.”

Wei Ping thought in his heart that I am the one in charge of this place. If the Haihan people disobey, I will arrest them all. However, although he was full of slander in his heart, Wei Ping did not say it out loud because he vaguely felt that Mr. Luo was in trouble.

Probably not sitting on his side.

The sailboat rounded Yulinjiao and slowly sailed into the harbor. Without exception, Wei Ping, like other newcomers, was stunned and speechless by the large number of large iron ships moored in the harbor. This

This thing that has transcended eras and surpassed imagination is indeed extremely shocking. Even the boldest people will be in awe when they see these huge iron ships on the shore.

However, Luo Shengdong noticed that there were many more sailing ships in the port. In addition to the previous Haicang ship and the two Guangzhou ships, there were four Dafu ships with at least 400 pieces of material parked on the pier.

Migrant workers are loading various supplies onto these ships with their hands and shoulders. It seems that these ships will set sail in the near future.

Luo Shengdong was very familiar with the merchant ships that often appeared on the Ningyuan River outside Yazhou. These large ships were obviously not from Yazhou. He was surprised at that moment and thought that the Haihan people were really fast. These ships were probably

They all come from the north. It seems that the Haihan people have already set up business in Qiongzhou.

These large ships are naturally not merchant ships here to load goods, but cargo ships preparing to sail to the Beibu Gulf to open a new port. One of them was bought and three were rented from Qiongzhou Fucheng. The executive committee plans to use these four ships

The ship, together with the two original sailing ships, carried out the first material and personnel transportation mission. As for the smallest Guangzhou ship, it was too severely damaged in the naval battle and was no longer suitable for going to sea. It could only be left as a sea transport.

Used by the ministry’s training ships.

After Wei Ping saw these ships, he had to admit that Victory Port was at least more prosperous than Yazhou in terms of shipping. At least it was extremely rare to see 400 ships at Yazhou's wharf, but here they were parked side by side.

Four ships. The scale of the wharf here is also astonishing. Although there are still hundreds of workers working on the wharf, the outline of the wharf has begun to appear. It is at least a hundred feet long in the east-west direction. The shore is all built with bluestones and mud is poured into the seams. It looks like

It is quite strong. Wei Ping estimated that if such a large pier is to be built on the seaside of Yazhou, the construction alone will probably take about half a year. However, these Haihan people have only been here for a few months, and they can actually complete such a large project. It seems that

Lai Luo Shengdong's admiration for them is not completely unreasonable.

After getting off the boat, Luo Shengdong was a little surprised to see Tao Donglai and others appearing. He did not expect that the Haihan people would pay so much attention to the inspection department sent by Yazhou officials, so he immediately introduced both parties. Luo Shengdong was on the way

Although the effect of the brainwashing was not ideal, Wei Ping put away his old rebelliousness, clasped his fists and said a few polite words to Tao Donglai and others.

Wei Ping brought a total of twelve people under his command this time, ten of whom were outside yamen responsible for arrests, illegal investigations, dispatches, grain collection, and escorts. Two of them were specially sent by the state yamen to conduct inspections for the newly developed farmland here.

Officials who established contracts by measuring land. These outside yamen servants are not as good as the in-class yamen servants who are on guard duty in the yamen. Not only are their salaries low, but their work is tiring. Their annual salary is only a few taels of silver, and they often need to rely on gray income to earn jobs.

live.

"This time we heard that the Yazhou government was going to reestablish the Yulin Inspection Department. We were also very pleased. We fully felt the Ming Dynasty's care for us overseas wanderers!" Tao Donglai teased Wei Ping with a smile on his face: "Considering that

Since you are here for the first time, there are many inconveniences. We have prepared the office and accommodation of the inspection department in advance. Would you like Inspector Wei to take a look first?"

Wei Pingyuan, who was still a little nervous, suddenly relaxed, nodded and smiled: "That's great! Then please lead the way, Mr. Tao!"

He glanced at Luo Shengdong and thought to himself, this is what you call a tall Haihan man? It's nothing more than that. He still knelt down and licked me when he saw me. Luo Shengdong, however, had a calm face without any expression.

He was very aware of the Haihan people's way of doing things. The more polite the attitude, the more it showed that things were not that simple. Wei Ping might soon be in trouble.

Tao Donglai and others led the way, leading everyone out of the pier towards Base No. 1. The roads here are all flat and straight, not at all like the bumpy ones outside Yazhou City, except for the ox carts

, from time to time, you can see someone riding a two-wheeled car speeding past, and the subordinates Wei Ping led were all talking about it and were curious.

"Mr. Tao, the road is so wide, why not just walk in the middle and keep to the right?" Wei Ping noticed this detail and couldn't help but ask.

"Pedestrians and vehicles keep to the right, so there will be no collisions when facing each other, and traffic efficiency can be improved when the traffic flow is heavy." Tao Donglai explained casually.

There were so many uncommon words in these words that Wei Ping could only understand half of them, but he still nodded pretending to understand, and then pointed to the gate of Base No. 1 in front of him and said: "This is the stronghold you built.

Fort?"

Tao Donglai responded: "That's right. For convenience, the office space we prepared for the Inspection Department is here."

Tao Donglai pointed forward. Outside the ditch protecting the city, about 20 meters to the left of the gate, there was a prefabricated house and a large military tent. There was also a chest-high wooden tent built outside.

A fence was encircled to form a small courtyard facing the river, with a total area of ​​about 100 square meters. There was also a wooden sign hanging at the door of the small courtyard, with the five characters "Yulin Inspection Department" written in black letters on a white background. The most interesting thing is that

What attracted people's attention was that there were actually a few sentries in green standing straight outside the small courtyard. However, these sentries were not equipped with swords and guns, and only had a wooden stick more than two feet long hanging on their waists.

"Please, please come inside and have a look." Tao Donglai entered the courtyard first and introduced to the guests: "This room is for the daily office use of the Inspection Department. We have prepared tables, chairs, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and tents.

It is for your temporary residence. The manpower is too tight these days and we have not been able to build houses for the time being. Please bear with us for a few days and promise to solve your housing problems before the end of the month."

Wei Ping poked his head in at the door of the prefabricated house, looked back, and asked, "Are there other houses? Without a kitchen, how can we people eat?"

"Three meals a day will be delivered on time. You don't need to cook for yourself." Ning Qi took over: "If you need our help with anything, you can tell the security guards in green clothes outside the yard and they will help you.

Convey. As long as the request is not too excessive, we will handle it as appropriate."

"What do you mean?" Wei Ping vaguely felt something was wrong: "What is our inspection department going to do? Do we need to inform you first?"

"This is to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, which is good for everyone." Ning Qi pointed to the yard and gestured: "If you don't have anything to do, don't go out of this yard. If you feel like you have nothing to do, you can go to the creek.

Fishing while fishing and boxing in the yard are also good pastimes."

Wei Ping said angrily: "How dare you imprison the Ming Dynasty for inspection!"

"This is not a confinement, this is for everyone's safety." Facing the angry Wei Ping, Ning Qi's expression did not change at all: "Not only do we provide food and accommodation, but also during the period when you are stationed in Victory Port, we will

Referring to the remuneration you received from Yazhou officials in the past, we will give you double the allowance. In addition, our Haihan Executive Committee has also specially approved a monthly office fund of fifty taels of silver to the Yulin Inspection Department. As long as you are honest,

The money will be distributed on time on the last day of the month at the end of each month.”

Fifty taels per month! Wei Ping's heart skipped a beat. His current annual salary was only around 20 taels. The temptation of this number was too great! As for the subordinates around him whose annual salary was only a few taels, at this time

It was already silent.
Chapter completed!