Chapter 1590 Danzhou Style

However, Xun Pengcheng is a person who has seen the world and knows how much the Haihan official attaches great importance to public security. Since he can safely hand over the management of this area of ​​dozens of miles to such a police station, it must be because the public security situation here is well maintained.

Being able to manage this area with a very complex social structure with such a small number of personnel shows that the police here must have some special methods.

If Xun Pengcheng was still working in his old profession, he would have visited such a situation to interview and record it as news material. But now he is quite afraid of yamen that belong to the judicial system, such as the police.

He was unwilling to have any form of contact with these yamen unless necessary.

Therefore, although the coachman Lao Gao claimed that one of his nephews worked at the police station and could take Xun Pengcheng to visit him, Xun Pengcheng was still grateful. Besides, he had not yet made up his mind to invest here, and it would be easy to burn incense at the door.

It was too early, and it would be inappropriate to leave too many traces. However, he didn't mind listening to Lao Gao talk about the situation of this police station and understand how the police here manage this area.

Lao Gao did not shy away from this topic and answered readily: "It's very simple. There are plantations of all sizes in this area for dozens of miles. Plantations only have two things. One is that they have no legal status.

There are many slaves, and secondly, there is a lot of money. The foreign slaves who are most likely to cause public security problems are also very direct. The methods of the police station are also very direct. Wherever trouble occurs, fines will be paid, and the fines are heavy! Whoever cannot control his own people

, then the punishment will be until bankruptcy!”

Xun Pengcheng did not expect that the police station here would use such a simple and crude method with no technical content at all. After hearing this, he was a little confused. But he soon remembered that the jurisdiction of the Haitou Town Police Station was basically full of money.

Large-scale plantations, which may seem like a large sum in the eyes of ordinary people, may not necessarily be such a big sum in the eyes of these operators.

But the fines mentioned by Lao Gao are obviously not a small amount. The fines can make the operators of these plantations feel pain, and its intensity can be imagined.

Lao Gao continued: "The default rule of the plantation is that as long as the slaves make mistakes, they will be shackled, and even if they want to run away, they can't run very far. Moreover, each family has its own garden guard team to deal with those who are disobedient.

Slaves who want to escape will usually not report to the police station if they can handle matters on their own. If it is a bigger disturbance, such as if slaves organize themselves to riot, the garden guard teams of each family will also join forces to take action."

When Lao Gao said this, Xun Pengcheng understood the mystery. The method of the police station is to allow each plantation to carry out joint defense and autonomy to a certain extent, and distribute the task of maintaining public security to each family. In this way, it can certainly be effective.

It can greatly reduce the work intensity of the police and strengthen local management of slaves, a high-risk group for public security. If there are signs of problems, the plantation operators who are the first to notice them can deal with them as soon as possible.

But Xun Pengcheng is much more knowledgeable than Lao Gao. He can see the benefits of this plan, but of course he can also realize that there are many disadvantages in this way of handling. First of all, this gives the plantation a reasonable excuse to have certain rights.

Large-scale private armed forces, and these private armed forces themselves will also become a certain security problem. Secondly, this method of joint defense and autonomy gives plantation operators too much power, and they can even decide on their own to kill or kill their slaves, which is obviously neither

It is in line with humanity and not in line with the spirit of rule of law advocated by Haihan officials. Once out of control, it is likely that a culture of disregarding human life will gradually form among the people.

Although according to what Lao Gao said, the Haitou Town Police Station has kept the nearby area in good order, and there have been no major disturbances in the past year or two, and the plantation's self-organized garden guard team is not qualified to be equipped with muskets.

They are mainly weapons such as sticks. However, Xun Pengcheng always feels that this way of dealing with it is not a long-term solution. He does not know whether the top brass of the Police Department understand the situation here and what kind of attitude they will have towards the private armed forces owned by the plantation.

manner.

Thinking of this, Xun Pengcheng felt that he had made the right decision not to follow Lao Gao to the police station to meet his younger relative. There were also many plantations in Yacheng, Lingshui and other places near Sanya, but he had not heard of the plantations there.

Dare to blatantly establish a private armed organization like this. Although the practice here is temporarily allowed by the government, Xun Pengcheng always feels that the hidden dangers are too great, so it is better not to get involved yet.

When Lao Gao saw that Xun Pengcheng insisted on his own opinion, he didn't force him anymore. He just couldn't help but say a few words, saying that Xun Pengcheng didn't understand the ways of the world. Xun Pengcheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this, and he didn't bother to explain his thoughts to Lao Gao.

With so many plantations supporting it, the richness of this police station is probably enough to make colleagues elsewhere envious. The money collected in this kind of place will never be clean. If it is not investigated, it will be fine. Once it is investigated, there will definitely be problems.

Of course, perhaps the superiors turned a blind eye to the situation here and were unable to invest more security resources in this place. Xun Pengcheng even maliciously speculated that perhaps their superiors had also received a lot from it.

If there are few benefits, they will be allowed to do whatever they want in the area at the junction of Changhua and Danzhou.

Xun Pengcheng would not express his thoughts to Lao Gao. He knows people well but does not know his heart. Who knows whether Lao Gao will turn around and betray him. After a series of things, Xun Pengcheng is now very vigilant.

, I will always be wary of others.

After spending two days on the road making a casual inspection of many plantations along the way, Xun Pengcheng finally arrived in Danzhou. Following Xun Pengcheng's instructions, Lao Gao drove straight to Danzhou City without continuing to inspect Danzhou.

The agricultural situation in the state has changed. Xun Pengcheng has already figured it out clearly that the cost of developing plantations dozens of miles away from Danzhou is already unacceptable to him, and the costs here in Danzhou are even higher, so then

Basically, you can just cancel the trip to visit the local plantations. It is better to use the time saved to go to and around Danzhou City to see what other businesses are available.

Danzhou City is an important town in Qiongbei that Haihan captured in 1630. After six years of construction, it has become one of the most prosperous ports on Hainan Island. There are an endless stream of various ships entering and leaving Danzhou Bay every day.

Various materials shipped from northern Annan and Lianzhou Prefecture in Guangxi are mainly destined for Danzhou Bay. The Baimajing Freight Terminal located on the south bank of Danzhou Bay has become one of the ports with the largest cargo throughput in the Beibu Gulf.

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If the huge coal fleet that Xun Pengcheng saw at Changhua Port was spectacular, then the scene at Baimajing Wharf in Danzhou Bay can be described as prosperous. If we look at the number of ships entering and leaving the wharf alone, this place is more

There is no need to give in to Victory Port. Of course, there are not as many merchant ships, cargo ships and passenger ships as there are in Victory Port. The largest number are fishing boats. The rich fishery resources of Beibu Gulf allow Danzhou’s fishing industry to maintain excellent profits.

, some of the specialty fish caught here are even frozen and sent to Sanya by speedboat as a special benefit for travelers.

According to Lao Gao's introduction, the size of the fishing fleet in Danzhou should be second only to Sanya, and it is the second largest fishing base on Hainan Island. As for how much fish can be caught here every month, the size of the fishing fleet

Lao Gao really couldn't tell what the income would be, but so many fishing boats coming in and out of the port would not deceive anyone. Such a prosperous industry must be supported by huge profits to develop.

Xun Pengcheng looked hot and asked: "Lao Gao, is the fishery here similar to the plantation, and it is getting bigger and bigger?"

Lao Gao nodded and responded: "That's the truth, but the fishing fleets here are not as many as the plantations, only a dozen or so. The small fleets have basically been merged, and those that can stay now

They are all at least twenty or thirty ships in size.”

Xun Pengcheng did not continue to ask any more questions. It was obvious that fishing was not feasible. He could afford twenty or thirty fishing boats, but the question was where could he, a foreigner, recruit so many people who were familiar with the sea conditions and conditions of the Beibu Gulf?

A sailor in the fishing season? Unless he directly pays to take over someone else's fishing fleet, including the boats and people, but the possibility of such an operation is extremely slim.

Another sight that attracted Xun Pengcheng's attention was the huge billboard standing next to the official road. It was three stories high and more than three feet wide. In order to prevent it from being easily blown down by strong winds, the billboard was composed of many bamboo pieces with a middle

There are gaps to allow air to circulate, and there are triangular brackets made of logs on the back to fix it. Even if a typhoon occasionally blows off some bamboo pieces, the cost and difficulty of repairing them is relatively low.

Of course, the billboard itself is not enough to attract Xun Pengcheng's attention, because billboards like this are actually not uncommon in Sanya. Nowadays, almost all of them are installed on both sides of the import and export channels of Victory Port and Sanya Port by merchants who spend a lot of money to set up them.

Large billboards can be clearly seen on ships entering and leaving the port. What interested Xun Pengcheng about the billboards beside the official road in Danzhou was the content on them.

The content of the billboard is actually very simple. There are only two rows of text painted in white paint. The first row is "XX miles away from Danzhou City" and the second row is "XX miles away from XX Academy". It looks like a road sign.

In fact, advertisements are unforgettable and the effect is very significant. Xun Pengcheng has seen all kinds of billboards in Sanya, but this is the first time he has seen such a trick to advertise the academy, and he can't help but admire it.

These Danzhou operators have actually turned teaching and educating people into a business.

After passing Baimajing Pier, we are only a few miles away from Danzhou City. When the weather is good, you can even see the arrow tower at the head of Danzhou City clearly with the naked eye. There are also a large number of neat buildings on both sides of the official road.

These buildings are all very regular with white walls and gray tiles. According to Lao Gao's introduction, this is the "Academy City" known as one of Danzhou's new sceneries.

Of course, it is an exaggeration to say that the city is a city, but in terms of the scale of the academies concentrated here, it is indeed the largest under the rule of Haihan. The number of students studying here at most is more than 10,000, which is larger than the high-end academies in Sanya together with

The total number of students in the military academy is several times more. Danzhou Academy is known as one of the local characteristics, and this academy city is the best example.

Xun Pengcheng was also very interested in this place, so he chose to get off the car and walk, wanting to feel the cultural atmosphere here. The gates of these academies are all built towards the official road, and each one is more grand than the other. The gatehouse here has two floors.

High, a three-story building will be built opposite. You asked the mayor of Danzhou to write a plaque for the academy, then I will bring Ning Qi, the Minister of Haihan Culture Department, to make a bigger plaque and hang it higher.

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Such signs of comparison are everywhere. Xun Pengcheng can see it clearly without asking Lao Gao. He can't help but shake his head at the moment, thinking that although Haihan advocates business, he treats the academy as a business. How can it be done?

Can it achieve the purpose of teaching and educating people through words and deeds?

Of course, since these academies can put on such a grand display on their facades, one can imagine how strong they are. This is not only the financial strength required to open an academy, but also the plaques hanging at the entrance of the academy.

This reflects the level of his connections. Xun Pengcheng couldn't help but imagine what kind of people he could invite if he opened an academy in Danzhou and asked a big shot to inscribe a plaque as a facade.

After much deliberation, Xun Pengcheng was frustrated to find that he had no personal contacts with the big figures in the officialdom. In the end, he probably had to write the plaque himself. And if this was compared to the place like Academy City, it would only look like a secret.

It has no reputation at all. Not to mention the faculty, teaching conditions, and employment resources, the appearance alone loses a lot. Who would come to study in such a college with no foundation?

"Sure enough, it still doesn't work!" Although Xun Pengcheng had roughly expected this situation before coming to Danzhou, he was still a little bit shocked when he came into contact with the reality. As a scholar, Xun Pengcheng couldn't understand it.

Does the way Haihan operates the education industry turn these academies into highly competitive commercial outlets, helping to improve the effectiveness of training?

"Lao Gao, do you think these students from the academy can pass the Ming Dynasty's imperial examination?"

But Lao Gao's answer made Xun Pengcheng suddenly enlightened: "The academies here are different from those in the Ming Dynasty. They are not all trained to educate scholars, and they do not need to take the imperial examination. It is inappropriate for you to compare like this."

Yes! The academies in Haihan offer a variety of strange majors. Xun Pengcheng was somewhat familiar with them, but he had forgotten that the educational direction of these academies was not to allow students to familiarize themselves with classics and history and then take the imperial examination, but to allow them to study for the imperial examination after graduation.

Get a job as soon as possible and become a part in the huge machine of Haihan.
Chapter completed!