Chapter 458: Tricks to attract immigrants

For Haihan, who now has at least two 200-ton new ships launched every month on average, shipbuilding technology is no longer the main factor restricting the speed of maritime expansion. The lack of sailors with maritime navigation experience is currently the biggest problem for the Executive Committee.

A headache problem.

Even if the establishment of the militia navy is not included, the various cargo ships, fishing boats, etc. under the Ministry of Shipping require nearly a thousand sailors to ensure normal operation. After the navy was separated from the militia last year, the original crew members of the Ministry of Shipping

A large number of experienced personnel in the establishment have been assigned to the Navy. In addition, the shipbuilding direction throughout last year was mainly for military use, which resulted in a huge gap in the crew establishment of the Shipping Department. This year, the Victory Port Shipyard began

After the large-scale construction of civilian ships, the number of crews and sailors has begun to exceed demand.

Almost all people in the southern part of Hainan Island who have experience in sailing at sea have accepted Haihan's employment and have become naturalized citizens. Even some people in Yazhou Water Village have left their military status and joined Haihan. But even so, the crew members and sailors have become naturalized citizens.

The recruitment speed is still somewhat behind the pace.

After Gu Kai came to Hong Kong Island to learn about the local situation, he had already started thinking about recruiting people here. Among the hundreds of local residents, fishermen accounted for almost 70%. After excluding the old, weak, women and children, he selected

It should be reasonable to produce two to three hundred qualified sailors. If this number is recruited through the existing immigration introduction system, it may take three months or even longer to reach it. Some time ago, in order to arrest Jin Yiwei

The spies, the Li family and the Guangdong Office jointly set up a stall on the Pearl River Pier outside the south gate of Guangzhou for several days to recruit sailors. In such a large effort, in the end, only seventy or eighty qualified people were recruited.

If a group of sailors can be recruited here, firstly, it can solve the resettlement problem of local people after land acquisition, and secondly, it can also alleviate the pressure on the Ministry of Shipping's establishment gap in the near future. It will undoubtedly be a best-of-both-worlds solution for the Executive Committee.

Since Gu Kai discovered this opportunity, he naturally would not let it go easily. He immediately pulled Huang Sanyuan and explained the key points of Haihan's policy of recruiting naturalized citizens. Huang Sanyuan was stunned for a moment.

For Huang Sanyuan, a living situation with food, food, housing and high remuneration sounds much better than their current situation. These things sound better than the land treatment method Gu Kai mentioned earlier.

Much more sincerity. If the Haihan people can really achieve the treatment mentioned, then the hard life of the people in the fishing village will be over.

Gu Kai spent more than an hour discussing with Huang Sanyuan, and then asked his subordinates to take ten taels of silver and give it to Huang Sanyuan in the name of hard work. Huang Sanyuan declined a few words, but he still couldn't resist the temptation of this free money and finally accepted it.

As for how Huang Sanyuan will tell the local people after he returns, Gu Kai doesn't really care. The general trend of Haihan occupying this place will not change just because of the opinions of local people of this magnitude. Even if the people here are not happy,

Haihan still follows his own plan to turn this place into a new port. Of course, if the people here choose to cooperate, their future lives will definitely be better protected than they are now. As for how to choose, it all depends on their thoughts.

Time.

Compared with these ordinary people who can be dispatched with a small amount of money, Gu Kai still cares more about this group of wealthy businessmen from Guangzhou. After yesterday's briefing meeting, Gu Kai had a brief understanding at the dinner party in the evening.

The amount of foreign investment intention is at least more than 300,000 taels of silver. This amount of money is enough to develop the entire Hong Kong Island, not to mention the development of this bay.

Of course, Gu Kai will not be satisfied just because the Guangdong Office has attracted so much intentional funds. No one can have too much money. The more money is spent here, the more Hong Kong can be built in the future.

The more perfect the island stronghold is, even if we can build an extra section of breakwater and build an extra fort, that would be good. In fact, there is too much money to spend. In the future, we can also build a few holiday villas exclusive for travelers on Taiping Mountain, so that everyone can

Everyone has the opportunity to enjoy the feeling of being a wealthy person.

Although Gu Kai was not an engineering professional, he still responsibly followed the engineers sent by the Ministry of Construction to conduct a survey of the local topography and landforms related to Haihan's development plans in the mainland.

The bay between Hong Kong Island and Ap Lei Chau undoubtedly has excellent port conditions. In another time and space, Aberdeen Bay, Sham Bay, and Tai Shue Wan all had large-scale wharves, while Ap Lei Chau Island faced

Port areas have also been built in both directions to the northeast of Hong Kong Island. If a fort is built on the commanding heights of Ap Lei Chau according to the plan submitted by the military team of the General Office of the People's Republic of China, then the small island of Ap Lei Chau will be built in the future.

It will definitely be assigned to the military as a military zone.

In addition to the commanding heights on Ap Lei Chau, the mountains in the southeastern part of the bay are also excellent observation points. The location of Hong Kong Ocean Park in another time and space can be used as a lookout to monitor the southern sea area.

If there is any shortcoming in the natural conditions here, it should be that the area of ​​the plain area near the sea is too small. According to preliminary calculations by the engineering staff, this long and narrow sea-facing area is surrounded by mountains from the northeast and two directions.

It only has an area of ​​less than two square kilometers. Even taking into account the pitiful flat terrain on Ap Lei Chau, it is at most about the same size as Victory Harbor when it was first developed.

These conditions are barely enough to establish an overseas cargo transshipment port or a military base, but if you want to build a commercial and trade center, it will obviously be greatly restricted. Therefore, in the long run, occupying the entire Hong Kong Island is still a strategic choice for Haihan.

It is a move that must be taken within a period of time. However, neither the Guangdong Office nor the Executive Committee are too eager to take this step. As long as they take root in one corner of Hong Kong Island first, it will only take time to control the entire island in the future.

Just a problem.

As for the Ming naval force stationed in the north of the island, the executive committee is not actually worried about conflicts with it. After all, the Liu Xiang pirate gang has been entrenched in nearby waters for several years, and the navy has not dared to take any action. As long as

If the navy of the militia does not take the initiative to knock on the door, I believe that the people of the navy will play the role of little transparent people in a tacit understanding. Based on the previous successful examples, within a year or two, this water village will probably be like the Yazhou water village.

It is like a stronghold, it has been penetrated and only a shell is left empty.

On the afternoon of the third day when the inspection team stayed locally, Huang Sanyuan approached Gu Kai again and said that after discussions with the local fishing village people, they were willing to accept the crew employment agreement offered by Haihan, but hoped that Haihan would allow these fishermen to continue to retain their rights.

Local land and properties.

After hearing this, Gu Kai shook his head and said: "Old man, your request is unreasonable. First of all, the government has handed over this area to us. Legally speaking, this area already belongs to us Haihan. If you want to go to the government

We will definitely be responsible for the lawsuit. Secondly, as long as you are willing to work for us, we will properly solve your housing and living problems, so that you will not have livelihood problems, and you will no longer need to rely on the land to survive. I still say the same thing

, As long as we can produce the property deed issued by the government, we will accept it. If we are willing to sell it, we will spend money to buy it. If we are not willing to sell it, we will not force it."

Seeing that Huang Sanyuan remained silent, Gu Kai continued to persuade: "We could have ignored this at all, but out of morality, we are willing to give the people living here a better way out. As long as we follow our guidance, everyone can have a chance.

Isn’t it a good thing to live a more prosperous life?”

Huang Sanyuan hesitated for a while before speaking: "Mr. Gu, it's not that I don't believe what you said, but it's unfounded. This is related to the livelihood of hundreds of people..."

"Aren't you just worried about your future life after joining us? This is easy to handle. You will know if you go and see it with your own eyes." The executive committee has long been familiar with a set of handling methods for this situation, and Gu Kai naturally also uses it.

It was very pure: "You can recommend a few representatives to return to Qiongzhou Island with our ship to see our local business conditions, ask the tens of thousands of local people working for us, and find out about our

Have there ever been times when promises were not fulfilled? Hearing is false, seeing is believing. I am just blowing the air here, it is not as intuitive as you going to see for yourself. As for the cost, there is no need to worry about it. The representatives you elect will come and go.

All expenses are borne by us, and you don’t need to pay a single copper.”

Now Huang Sanyuan really couldn't find any reason to refuse, so he said goodbye to Gu Kai and went back to greet the villagers to elect representatives.

The business inspection team brought by Malico from Guangzhou only stayed here for three days before leaving. At this time, the survey work of the engineering staff was not over yet, so the merchants were unable to obtain more detailed investment plans in time.

However, all the merchants retained their intention to invest after this trip, and no one planned to apply for a refund of the deposit, which shows that these merchants have full confidence in Haihan. It is no exaggeration to say that the Guangdong Office

The investors from Ming Dynasty who were brought in this time relied entirely on the good business reputation accumulated by Haihan in the past and the words of Malik and others.

After the business delegation returns to Guangzhou, it will immediately start the process of establishing the "Hong Kong Island Joint Development Company". Although the project budget and detailed development plan have not yet been made, Malik plans to use the "Qiong Lianfa" model to apply it first

, let’s trap this group of investors first. If we make good use of the period before the project development details are officially announced, there may be opportunities to trap another group of investors from Guangdong. And the more local tycoons this project attracts, the more local tycoons will be attracted to this project.

In the future, Haihan will face less official pressure to annex Hong Kong Island.

After the expedition team led by Gu Kai stayed here for a week, they returned to Sanya. Before leaving, they also brought three representatives elected by the local fishing village with them. Their mission was to go to Sanya to visit the Haihan Executive Committee

The emerging social form under the rule of the Communist Party of China will confirm whether the various promises made by Gu Kai before this can be realized.

Fishermen on Hong Kong Island are not the first to have similar observations. In the process of Haihan's expansion of its strength, there have been many such operations. For example, the most recent one was to work in the Shilu area.

The team convinced the local Li Dong to send the envoy Huangque to Sanya to witness Haihan's true strength and ensure that the promises made by the working team to them were not just bragging.

What Huangque saw and heard in Sanya undoubtedly shocked him greatly, and just as the relevant departments expected, Huangque brought this shock back to Lidong in Shilu and convinced his fellow villagers

Accept the Haihan people's plan, gradually move their base to coastal areas when appropriate, and begin to learn to adapt to the Haihan-style social system and lifestyle.

Using this method to realize the plan of land acquisition and resettlement is undoubtedly much more acceptable than using force to suppress it. And this method has been gradually improved through repeated use. After these people's representatives arrive in Sanya, they will naturally

Someone from the Ministry of Civil Affairs will take over and use various propaganda methods to brainwash them with information bombing in a short period of time. In just a few days, these people will naturally be thoroughly washed away by repeated information indoctrination and psychological suggestion.

After all, if everything goes well, when these people return to the fishing village in half a month, they will probably have become loyal believers in Haihan civilization. They will spare no effort to persuade their relatives and friends around them to give up their current lifestyle and join the

Go into Haihan’s social system.

In the next nearly two months, the entire Ministry of Construction was operating at almost overload. Even Tao Donglai, a leader who rarely went out for foreign affairs, had to temporarily suspend operations due to the shortage of engineering and technical personnel.

Put down other part-time responsibilities and focus on completing the work of the Construction Department.

In late August, a sea-going ship carried three fishermen who had become Haihan fans back to Hong Kong Island. Also arriving with them was a project budget that the engineering department had rushed to produce with unlimited overtime. This project budget was divided into

There are three parts: civilian, commercial and military. The military has the highest degree of confidentiality. Although the project cost is very high, military projects never absorb external funding, and this time is no exception. The civilian and commercial parts will adopt joint investment.

To implement development through joint operation, simply put, each merchant jointly injects capital into a Hong Kong company, and then the Hong Kong company invests in construction, and then gradually recovers costs and generates profits through future operations.

Although the initial investment of this way of investing in industry will be much higher than other businesses, the advantage is that the returns are stable and the benefits are considerable. The most important thing is that for the businessmen who invest here, they can rely on their own investors in the future.

Identity in this place brings many conveniences and benefits. When this place gradually becomes prosperous, it will not be a perk that can be easily bought with money.
Chapter completed!