Chapter 460 Cultural Penetration

Ten miles east of Changhua County and less than one mile away from the Changhua River, there is a six-meter-high pergola in the wilderness. This pergola is made of bowl-sized logs, and the floor is nearly four meters high from the ground.

You have to go up through an escalator. At this time, Qiao Zhiya was sitting on a wicker chair in the pergola, holding a telescope in his hand to observe the situation on the surrounding construction site. The terrain nearby was very flat.

From a place that is not too high, you can clearly see the situation for several miles around.

Qiao Zhiya put down the telescope and stretched out his hand, and the attendant behind him handed the water cup into his hand. The cup contained fresh coconut juice, but the coconut was not produced locally, but was transported from the Sanya headquarters. There were no coconut trees in this place.

, after Hai Hanlai developed Changhua, he began to plant coconut trees on a large scale along the coastline here, but bearing fruit was not something that could be achieved in a short time.

Qiao Zhiya majored in chemical engineering when he went to college before time travel, and majored in engineering when he was in the army, so he actually doesn't have much interest in civil affairs management work. When he has free time, he would rather stay on the construction site as a supervisor. Although he doesn't have Liu Shanxia's major,

But after all, he had served as an engineer, and he knew something about civil engineering. He was much better than those naturalized civilian foremen who couldn't even read drawings. As for specific civil affairs matters, he preferred to leave them to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

People take care of it, instead of grabbing eyebrows and beards, and take all the power in their own hands.

According to the current project progress, half of the road construction project is expected to be completed by the end of the year, which is basically in line with the construction speed expected by the Ministry of Construction. Of course, there is no room for further improvement. There are thousands of slave laborers in the forced labor camps.

It can be squeezed. The only problem is that if the personnel attrition rate is too high, it may not be easy to explain to the executive committee.

Although the labor force in the hard labor camp is easy to come by and is often used as consumables on the construction site, after all, it is also one of the assets of the Cross Group. The normal loss rate is about 5%-8% per month.

If this number exceeds this number, Qiao Zhiya, the interim project director, has to write a written report to explain the reasons to the executive committee. Rather than squeezing the existing labor force, Qiao Zhiya is more inclined to find ways to continue to increase the number of local labor forces to speed up the progress of the project.

.As for where the unplanned cheap labor will come from, Qiao Zhiya has already made preliminary plans.

A militiaman came to Qiao Zhiya, leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear. Qiao Zhiya nodded and said, "Let him come up."

After a while, a dark-skinned Li boy came to the pergola. Qiao Zhiya pointed to the empty wicker chair next to him and said, "Sit down and say, come here, give Master Huang a glass of coconut juice!"

The person who came was none other than Huang Que, the representative of the Li people in Shizidong. This young man had been appointed as the representative by Huang Sanmu, the owner of Shizidong a few months ago. He followed the Haihan people out of Shilu Mountain and went to Sanya to visit the "Haihan" that the Haihan people boasted about.

"Han-style life". Although he only lived in Sanya for about twenty days, this young man's outlook on life has undergone earth-shaking changes during this period. Although he has lived in Changhua County for a period of time, he generally knows how Han people live.

What the environment is like, but the difference between the area under the rule of Haihan people and Changhua County is really huge.

In that place, everyone has a house to live in, clothing to wear, food to eat, and education to study. Han, Li, Miao, Annan and even blond and blue-eyed Westerners can actually live harmoniously in the same place. There are no disgusting people there.

In the Ming Dynasty government, everyone worked hard under the management of the Haihan Executive Committee, and their income was far better than that of ordinary people known to Huangque. In the local area, there are many naturalized people with an annual income of more than one hundred yuan, and in Da Ming

It was completely delusional for ordinary people under the Meiji Dynasty to want to earn a hundred taels a year, let alone Shizidong, which is located in the mountains. Compared with the difficult life in the mountains, the Sanya area under Haihan's rule was like a fairyland on earth for Huangque.

Generally speaking, if he didn't miss his relatives and friends in the village, he would be a little happy living in Sanya.

After going to Sanya, Huang Que realized how big the world outside Shilu really was. When he returned to Shizidong in Shilu with all his knowledge and thoughts, he had become the most loyal to Haihan values.

Advocate. If the Li people want to live a good life and win respect as equals to the Han people, they must first walk out of the mountains. This is one of the concepts that Huang Que was repeatedly instilled during his stay in Sanya.

Compared with the Ming government's always defensive attitude towards the Li people, the Haihan people were undoubtedly much friendlier. They took the initiative to propose various ways to Shi Zidong to help the Li people get out of this mountain and usher in a new life.

The most important way is to build a new settlement for the Li people on the coastal plain. For this purpose, the Ministry of Construction specially allocated a group of workers to build a boat-shaped house in a mountainous area east of Changhua Port and north of Changhua County.

, and also sent commissioners from the Ministry of Agriculture to guide the Li people in planting some tea, sisal, oil palm and other economic crops in this area to maintain their future livelihoods.

Of course, planting crops is a long-term plan, and there will be no benefits in the short term. During this period, we cannot just sit back and watch the Li people sit back and eat. Therefore, Qiao Zhiya proposed another supplementary plan to Shi Zidong, which is to let the Li people come to the construction site.

They work on the job. They are paid monthly for food and accommodation. Although the salary is not much, just the same as that of junior laborers, it is definitely better than the meager income they could get from hunting and selling mountain products in the past.

Once this plan is implemented, it can be promoted to other Lidong Miao villages around Shilu in the future to absorb as many of these simple mountain people as possible into Haihan's social system. Qiao Zhiya did not discuss it with Huang Sanmu in person

, but handed over this responsibility to Huang Que, who had been coming to the construction site frequently recently. Huang Que immediately gave Qiao Zhiya a heartfelt promise, promising that the matter would be done well.

Before this, the Military Commission came here specifically to conduct a recruitment event for the local Li and Miao villages. At that time, Qiao Zhiya also asked Oriole to help with publicity. Later, during the half-month recruitment, the Military Commission raised 300 soldiers from the Shilu area.

Having so many qualified soldiers is a big gain. After all, the total population of the Li and Miao people in this area is only two to three thousand people, and a voluntary recruitment activity took away almost one-third of them.

The population of young people is already quite an ideal result.

In this process, Huang Que, who was responsible for publicity and momentum in the mountainous area, was indispensable. After the recruitment event, Qiao Zhiya also presented the "Special Contribution Award" medal and prize to Huang Que on behalf of the Military Commission - a Kaba 1217 produced in Yangjiang.

Although the saber is only a replica, it is considered a rare sharp blade in this era. Only naturalized civilian officers who have achieved military merit have the opportunity to receive such a reward. Naturally, Huangque is also right.

I couldn't put it down so much that I kept this treasure hanging around my waist. Whenever I think of it, I would show it off.

Huang Que took off the sun hat on his head, wiped the sweat from his forehead, sat down in the wicker chair, then took the coconut juice from the attendant, drank half the cup, and then sighed: "

Brother Qiao, your place is so comfortable, you don’t have to bask in the sun, and you have ready-made juice to drink. You can just tell me what you want to do and someone will run errands for you. I’m so envious of you!”

Qiao Zhiya shook his head and said: "What's there to envy in this? You only saw me enjoying the blessings, but you didn't see me taking the blame. Previously, a group of hard laborers on the construction site escaped and entered Changhua City. I led the team into the city to arrest them.

I came back. During the arrest process, I killed several guys who were stubbornly resisting. After I came back, I wrote a full five-page action report to the executive committee. If the explanation of the matter is not clear, or the solution is not satisfactory, I, a little

The small sesame official will probably be removed by the executive committee. With great power comes great responsibility, do you understand?"

Huang Que had a vaguely understanding expression on his face. During his stay in Sanya, he only saw all kinds of scenery in Haihan. Prosperity and order were the deepest impressions of Sanya in his mind. However, he did not understand Haihan's bureaucracy, rules and regulations.

I don’t know much about it, and I don’t know how it differs from the Ming Dynasty’s official system. As for killing a few escaped slave laborers, Huang Que believes that this is purely a matter within Qiao Zhiya’s authority. Of course, if he was also there at the time

After witnessing what happened, his attitude toward Qiao Zhiya would probably be as respectful as that of Mr. Xiao in the county town.

"You will understand gradually in the future." Qiao Zhiya also knew that Huang Que was not deeply involved in the world and might not be able to understand the meaning of what he said. Then the conversation changed and he said: "I asked you to go back to the cave to recruit workers. How did things go?

?”

When talking about the things he was doing, Huang Que became interested: "After I went back and talked about it, everyone was not interested at first. After all, we have no other strengths except hunting, and farming is not as good as those Han people outside the mountains. Everyone.

I was worried that even if I came to the construction site, I still wouldn’t be able to do anything. But then the cave owner stood up and spoke. Since we want to be on an equal footing with the Han people, we have to learn what we don’t know. If we don’t even want to learn, then why go out to work?

"

Qiao Zhiya nodded slightly and said: "Master Huangdong is indeed a visionary person. When he sent you to the county town to study and learn literacy, he hoped that you could bring back more of the skills of the Han people and help the villagers live a better life."

Huang Que said with a look of shame on his face: "But I didn't understand this before, and I didn't study very seriously. I only know a few hundred words, and I haven't even studied the Four Books and Five Classics."

"That's okay, as long as you have the basics of literacy." Qiao Zhiya encouraged: "Our Haihan school will be opened in Changhua soon. I will write a recommendation material for you then, so you can go in and study hard.

ability."

Although Haihan's school mainly recruits naturalized citizens, the public has the right to recommend children who have not yet obtained naturalized citizenship to enroll. This measure is of course not applicable to everyone, and is mainly aimed at those with good talents and smart minds.

Children, avoid missing out on good talents due to household registration issues. Of course, family background is also an important consideration. For example, Li nobles like Huang Que, who have been designated as the next generation's successors at a young age, will naturally be easier to obtain.

Special care.

Fu Li, the leader of Fushandong Shaodong who entered the naturalization system before Huangque, is now the Li people affairs specialist of the Police Department of the Ministry of Justice. He can be considered a moderate cadre. In Qiao Zhiya's view, Huang

Que's overall condition is no worse than that of Fu Li. If he is allowed to drift with the crowd, he will probably become an ordinary person in the future. However, if he can be allowed to enter the Haihan social system and receive training, he should be able to become a role model among Li people's naturalized people.

Sure enough, when Huang Que heard this, his eyes immediately lit up and he said, "Brother Qiao, are you serious?"

"Of course I am serious, how could Brother Qiao lie to you?" Qiao Zhiya replied with a smile: "You have been in Sanya for so long, Fu Li must have told you a lot of things, right?"

Huang Que nodded heavily. His thoughts could change in just a few days, and Fu Li, who accompanied him all the way in Sanya, also played an important role. They are both of pure Li descent, similar in age, and have similar social status in the cave.

They are very similar. They are both young and strong representatives who have high hopes from the older generation. They also have the same curiosity about the outside world. Therefore, the two soon became good friends who talked about everything. Huangque also learned from Fu Li.

Received a lot of information about Haihan.

Fu Li used his own personal experience as an example and gave Huangque some very practical suggestions on how to get along with the Haihan people and how to enable the Li people to smoothly integrate into the social system created by the Haihan people. If these words were

Huang Que may not believe it when others tell him, but Fu Li's identity is clearly there. Li people often greet Fuli outside. Huang Que has no reason to doubt Fu Li's statement. And in Sanya

The living standards of the Li people in the area have in turn confirmed what Fu Li said. Haihan has indeed given the Li people the opportunity to go out of the mountains and integrate into the world, and has given the Li people very fair treatment in all aspects.

The treatment, whether it is employment, admission, salary, all kinds of treatment are the same as those of the Han people, and there is no difference.

One suggestion that Fu Li emphasized to Huang Que many times was to enroll in Haihan's school. Fu Li and his friend Yu Xiaobao attended Shengli Port Primary School together. Although the time was not too long, they also learned a lot of useful things.

After that, Fu Li started working while still studying the courses of Haihan Educational Institution. After two years, he had gained some cultural foundation. However, in Fu Li’s view, knowing a certain amount of words, being able to write and do calculations are all skills.

Secondly, the biggest gain after receiving primary education in Haihan is knowing what I can do, what I should do, and how to strive for better living conditions for myself.

Fu Li may not even realize that his thoughts are constantly moving closer to the mainstream Haihan values, and this awareness is unknowingly spreading and affecting the people around him, such as just now

Huang Que, who had just left the mountains, was full of longing for Haihan culture because of his descriptions.
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