Chapter 457 Fishermen petition

Gu Kai heard a noise in his daze. He opened his eyes and saw through the small window on the side of the ship that the sky was already getting brighter. Gu Kai raised his hand and looked at the time. It was just after 7 o'clock in the morning, which was just right.

It was usually when I got up to wash up and have breakfast while listening to the "Soviet March" played on the loudspeaker.

But now that he was on a business trip on Hong Kong Island, he no longer needed to abide by Sanya's schedule. Gu Kai closed his eyes and planned to sleep for a while. However, the noise outside did not seem to stop. Instead, it became louder and louder. During this period, it seemed that

There were also sounds of quarreling.

Although there were people from the militia on duty on the shore, and it was impossible for other people to approach the dock where the "Lightning" was docked, Gu Kai still turned over and sat up, intending to go out and see what was going on outside.

Gu Kai came to the deck and saw a group of Ming people on the shore. There were about sixty or seventy people. They were stopped outside the dock by the militiamen on duty. Although the number of militiamen was not large, they still looked like they were armed with live ammunition.

Due to the deterrent effect, the people did not dare to get too close, but they seemed to have no intention of retreating.

"What's going on?" Gu Kai asked the sailor on the trestle who was arranging the cables.

The sailor quickly put down what he was doing and responded: "Report to the chief, I heard that these people asked to see the chief, and the people from the militia were afraid that the situation could not be controlled, so they kept them out."

There is nothing wrong with the actions of the militia. Their duty on this trip is to protect the safety of the people traveling through time. Naturally, they will not let these people pass by at will. The people traveling through time will not deliberately create an image that is close to the people. Consciously keeping a distance can actually create a good image.

Gives a sense of authority.

Gu Kai thought for a while and told the sailor: "Go and tell the people in the militia and ask the people to elect a representative first and then bring him over to meet with me."

The sailor responded and trotted over. After receiving the order, the militia platoon leader followed Gu Kai's wishes and asked the people to elect a representative. After a while, the group of people elected an elder and the militiamen

After a simple body search, he was brought to Gu Kai.

"Young man Huang Sanyuan, I have met Mr. Haihan!" When the elder came to Gu Kai, he bowed his head and bowed.

Gu Kai saw that his hair was gray and he was probably in his fifties or sixties, so he quickly reached out to support him: "No need to give such a big ceremony!"

The militia platoon leader next to him introduced: "This is Mr. Gu of our Haihan Executive Committee!"

"Old man, what's the matter with you guys making trouble at our door so early in the morning?" Gu Kai didn't intend to chat with him slowly and got straight to the point.

"Master Gu, I am a villager from a nearby fishing village. I heard that the masters from Haihan are going to start building a port locally. Is it true?" Huang Sanyuan asked cautiously.

Haihan's plan to develop this area was originally not expected to be kept secret due to the large number of people involved. However, the two inspection teams had only been here for a day, and the news had already spread among the local people. Look,

The spread of gossip news in this era is not at all behind that of the time and space before Gu Kai traveled through it.

Gu Kai did not deny it, nodded and replied: "We do have this plan. If everything goes well, construction will probably start soon."

"I would like to ask you a little more. Most of the land around here is owned by local people. How do you masters from Haihan plan to deal with it?" Huang Sanyuan asked worriedly.

The land issue is undoubtedly the most basic social contradiction of this era. It can be said that the root of most civil conflicts between farmers and landlords, between landlords and the government is on land. And what Haihan implemented in the areas under his rule

The public ownership of land is completely different from the land system of the Ming Dynasty. When the Hai-Han system expands outward, it is very likely that this system will become one of the social conflicts that are most likely to break out.

The Executive Committee has always attached great importance to this hidden danger that may become an obstacle to Haihan's expansion. For this reason, it has held study classes since the first half of last year to train naturalized cadres from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Help them correct their thinking and improve their theoretical level. However, when this kind of thing involves specific parties, there will often be a lot of trouble. For example, when the Sanya New Port was first opened, the troublemakers sent out by the militia to suppress them secretly were not just one household or two households.

Chen Yixin, a young officer who is now in charge of Wanshan Port, rose to power through his outstanding performance in suppressing troublemakers.

Of course, the situation in Hong Kong Island is definitely different from that in Sanya. When the Executive Committee annexed the Sanya area, it had already reached a secret agreement with the Yazhou government. The conditions for negotiation were almost the same, and the benefits that should be given were also similar.

Everything is in place, and there will not be any pressure from the official side. However, the limited resistance of the people can't make waves in the face of powerful armed forces, and it can't stop the Executive Committee from promoting the new land system in Sanya.

However, the location of Hong Kong Island is quite far away from Haihan's actual control area, and Haihan's influence is not enough to directly control this area under the jurisdiction of Xin'an County, Guangzhou Prefecture, Ming Dynasty. Although the local residents may only be a few hundred people,

However, if disputes or even conflicts arise over land during the development process, it will inevitably attract the attention of the government if the matter becomes serious, which is the last thing the executive committee wants to see.

As the saying goes, as long as no one makes trouble, Haihan can close the door here and slowly build a social system with Haihan characteristics, just like what was done before in Heitu Port, Changhua Port and other places.

But the problem is that Haihan's previous influence did not cover this area. The local residents have at most heard of the Haihan people's reputation, but do not understand their rules. If they rashly implement public ownership of land here, they will inevitably be criticized by the local people.

Resistance from residents. In order to properly solve this problem, the executive committee has prepared corresponding plans in advance.

Gu Kai said in a deep voice: "As for the land under local names, as long as we can get the title deed, we can buy it at an additional 20% of the market price, and we can choose to live a better life in Yazhou, and we will be responsible for transporting it.

"

The method Gu Kai mentioned seems reasonable and fair, but if you think about it carefully, it is actually a semi-forced transaction. If the market price is increased by 20%, even if the limited cultivated land in the southwest coastal area of ​​Hong Kong Island is given to all in one go,

Buying it is not a big expense for Haihan, not to mention that there are a lot of Guangdong rich people waiting to pay. In this process, money is not an issue at all. And most of the people living on the island are

The cultivated land cultivated by fishermen is really very limited. At most, they can only grow some fruits and vegetables. The food is basically purchased from the mainland.

Of course, that's what it says, but the money may not actually be paid out when the time comes. There is another very important element in the conditions Gu Kai said, that is, the property deed must be produced. Hong Kong Island is far from Xin'an County.

Far away, the government agencies on the island are all in the north, while the seaside area in the south is completely autonomous. Most people do not go to the government to apply for special house and land deeds in order to save some tax expenses, and the tax collectors of Xin'an County Government do not

I would like to come to this smelly fishing village just for a little money. There is not much cultivated land cultivated by the people here. If they were asked to show legal proof of land ownership, they might not even have ten households.

If you can't get the land deed recognized and issued by the government, then to put it bluntly, this is unclaimed land. But Haihan has already obtained the official document issued by the Guangzhou government office. All he needs to do is circle the land and pay a sum of money.

All the land nearby has the surname "Haihan". Therefore, what Gu Kai said about spending money to buy land actually just sounds good. In fact, local people can get money from this kind of transaction.

, probably not even one out of ten.

However, most of the local people are fishermen and do not completely rely on the land for their livelihood. Even if they lose their land, they can still rely on the sea. Therefore, the following content was added to the conditions mentioned by Gu Kai - those who stay here will live here in the future.

People must abide by Haihan's rules and regulations. If they fail to do so, they will bear the consequences at their own risk.

These seemingly mild conditions actually did not leave much room for choice for the local people. After hearing this, Huang Sanyuan was stunned for a while and said: "Mr. Gu, what should the locals do if they can't get the government-stamped house deed?"

?”

Gu Kai responded calmly: "It doesn't matter if we can't take it out. We won't shun the villagers. But the government has allocated this land to us. If you continue to occupy our land here, you won't be able to take it out."

Doesn’t it make sense? How about this? Anyone who is willing to work for Haihan can continue to live here. As for the land, you don’t have to worry about it. People who work for us will never do it for the sake of no place to live and no food to eat.

Don’t worry about things, we can provide all these things and pay commissions to all employees on a regular basis, provided that you obey the arrangements.”

"This..." Huang Sanyuan showed an obvious look of embarrassment on his face. Who would want to suddenly become someone else's slave in front of a good free man? Being a fisherman here is a bit poor, but at least he lives a free life.

, Huang Sanyuan thought Gu Kai's suggestion was not very attractive. But he did not dare to refute the other party rashly. Haihan's reputation had already spread last year, and Liu Xiang and his gang, who had controlled the local area for many years, were beaten by this group of people.

They went back to Fujian in a hurry. How can ordinary people provoke them? At least we can negotiate terms now. If we anger these people, who knows whether they will be driven out of the area by their soldiers?

"Mr. Gu, can you please allow me to go back and convene the villagers to discuss this matter before making a reply?" Huang Sanyuan did not dare to refuse Gu Kai's proposal face to face, so he could only use delaying tactics.

Of course, Gu Kai could easily guess Huang Sanyuan's thoughts, and smiled and said: "Of course it is possible, but there is one thing I forgot to mention just now. Let me add it now. Those who are willing to work for us as employees will have their food and accommodation included.

Monthly wages start from two taels of silver."

"Two taels of silver? Food and accommodation included?" Huang Sanyuan's eyes widened immediately.

The living conditions of fishermen on the island are not comparable to those of farmers living on the mainland. The main output here is seafood, but due to limitations in preservation and transportation, they do not have the ability to send large quantities of fresh seafood to Guangzhou, which is their main source of income.

The seafood is sold to merchant ships passing by, but this pure buyer's market cannot achieve an ideal price at all. Therefore, the lives of these fishermen on the island have always been in a state of barely maintaining food and clothing. The income from selling seafood

With that little income, I can't save even a few taels of silver in a year. If a typhoon blows off the roof, or someone in the family gets sick, I often have to borrow money to survive.

What is the level of two taels of silver? For these fishermen on the island, if they can load a boat full of seafood every day, two taels of silver is basically the income from a month of hard work. Of course, this situation is not realistic, even if it is excluded

Every month when the weather prevents them from going to sea, fishermen still have to spend time maintaining their fishing boats and repairing their fishing nets. This is exactly what the saying goes: three days for fishing and two days for drying the nets. If you include the expenses needed for survival,

The treatment offered by Haihan is really not low. Judging from Huang Sanyuan's values, I am afraid that most local people will find it difficult to resist this temptation.

As for freedom? With current interests, what’s the point of that ridiculous freedom? You have to know that the monthly salary of working as a servant for those masters in Guangzhou is only a few taels of silver. The Haihan people can only offer you 2 taels of silver!

Looking at Huang Sanyuan's surprised expression, Gu Kai knew that his little trick had worked. Gu Kai snapped his fingers, and a sailor who was arranging the cables at the front of the deck immediately turned around and looked over - he had become accustomed to it during the past two days on the road.

Gu Kai's method of summoning.

"Sailor, please report your personal situation and current income." Gu Kai decided to show Huang Sanyuan a living example.

The sailor immediately stood up and replied: "The leader of the report, the villain Han Song, is nineteen years old. In September last year, he joined the Ministry of Shipping as a clerk. Now he is an exclusive sailor of the Lightning. The Ministry of Shipping has rated him as a second-class laborer, and his monthly salary is 100,000 yuan."

The coupon is five yuan, and the business trip allowance will be calculated separately.”

"Very well, tell this old man how to exchange circulation certificates and silver in the place under our jurisdiction in Haihan." Gu Kai continued to order.

"One circulation coupon can be exchanged for one thousand taels of silver. The villain's monthly salary is equivalent to five taels of silver." The sailor was well informed and understood what Gu Kai meant when he asked him to tell these situations, and he immediately

I said it very consciously.

"Five...five taels of silver!" After Huang Sanyuan heard this number, his breathing became rapid. Everyone knows that the Haihan people are rich, but working as an errand under the Haihan people can actually earn such a considerable income. This is

It was something he had never thought about before. These people in the fishing village had no other skills, but they grew up on the seaside. The ability to drive a boat was almost brought from their mother's womb, but Huang Sanyuan never thought that this skill would be so valuable.
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