Chapter 444 The husband and wife both return the home
The Taiping Holy Army was able to establish and stabilize the Assam region, which was an excellent thing for Dong Shuheng.
This shows that the chess piece he originally threw has been successfully placed.
Moreover, a situation has been opened up, and a living eye has been opened in this corner.
Soon, the Taiping Holy Army's new request also reached the new capital, much faster than their envoys reporting their victory.
"Yuxiang, we can agree to what Shi Dakai said about relocating their tribesmen in Guangxi, but these people must agree. In addition, tell Shi Dakai's people that I allow them to recruit immigrants in Guangxi and Yunnan. As long as they can
Just provide conditions so that the people can go to Assam voluntarily."
"But, President, will this affect the development of our immigration work? If their conditions are too high, will our immigrants also have such a comparative mentality?" Wei Yuxiang said with some worry.
"Yuxiang, are you still afraid that our conditions are not as good as those of the Taiping Army? We will follow up on whatever conditions they can offer." Dong Shuheng said.
Wei Yuxiang is worried that if the Taiping Holy Army also recruits immigrants from within China, it may increase the cost of immigration for the Renaissance Army. At the same time, it will also lose a large number of potential immigrants.
However, in Dong Shuheng's eyes, as long as the people of China can spread their branches outside, then moving to somewhere is not migration?
As long as Shi Dakai did not abandon the ancestral heritage of China and did not say that he was not a Chinese citizen, in Dong Shuheng's eyes, the land of the Taiping Holy Kingdom was similar to the land newly opened by the Renaissance Army.
"In addition, let people from the Ministry of Industry talk to Shi Dakai's men about industrial support. As long as they pay the starting price, we can not only sell them the rifled gun production line, but also sell them several small steel plants.
Even some old machinery factories can be sold to them."
"President, this...will this create trouble and allow the Taiping Holy Army to escape our control?" Wei Yuxiang asked again. He faithfully performed his role as secretary.
"Yuxiang, these are just our backward production capacities. Starting from next year, we will completely eliminate the production capacity of muzzleloaders. These equipments are just scrap metal here. We might as well sell them to Shi Dakai and the others. At least to the British and Indian colonial authorities.
Before it falls, this tiger is still tied to our hands."
"I understand, President. What's holding this tiger is not the chain in our hands, but another tiger in the forest."
"But, President, what if one day another tiger is killed? Then will this tiger turn against its owner?" Wei Yuxiang asked.
"Yuxiang, it seems that your political wisdom has improved again, and your analysis is very reasonable. At that time, we will regard him as our opponent. You should know that one is born in sorrow and dies in happiness. The Renaissance Army needs a
Opponents. We still have many opponents now, but one day these opponents will defeat us one by one. At that time, we will have to create an opponent for ourselves, or even cultivate an opponent."
"Then, if there is destined to be an opponent, I naturally hope that this opponent is my brother who is also from China. Because no matter who wins in the end, our Chinese clan will be rejuvenated."
From Dong Shuheng's words, Wei Yuxiang heard a hint of danger for the first time.
For the first time, he felt that Dong Shuheng was not only the founder of the Renaissance Army. He might also be the enemy of the Renaissance Army, because he was the only one who knew how to defeat the Renaissance Army.
Even people within the Fuxing Army do not understand many of the things Dong Shuheng is doing now.
For example, why didn't he proclaim himself emperor? Why did he spread the stalls so big? Why would he rather convert the land on both sides of the Yellow River from farmland to forest than move the population out? Why would the people of China be scattered everywhere?
From what he said just now, Wei Yuxiang felt that Dong Shuheng didn't seem to care at all whether the Renaissance Army could stay in power.
He doesn't seem to care about this kind of power to control everything. What he cares about is whether this nation can move towards glory.
Such a person can be said to be great, but to the Renaissance Army, he is also a potential danger.
Wei Yuxiang did not express his feelings. He just took notes and went out to arrange the work.
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In a blink of an eye, the Spring Festival has arrived.
The Renaissance Army completed the busiest summary work of the year.
In Siberia in the north, the Baath Army has reached a comprehensive ceasefire with Tsarist Russia.
This is not just a phased outcome of the negotiations in St. Petersburg.
At the same time, it is also because the winter in Siberia is not suitable for fighting. It is not even possible to conduct normal outdoor activities.
Even the Tsarist Russian troops who were accustomed to this severe cold environment could only stay in their own log cabin with a fireplace.
The same is true for the soldiers of the Renaissance Army. Most of the troops have retreated to the rear to spend the winter.
Only a part of the remaining troops were stationed in the original Tsarist Russian fortresses and cities.
They felt that the fireplace was not warm enough, so before the cold winter came, they added a fire pit in the house.
The soldiers on duty have been moved to one-hour shifts. Although there are stoves in the guard booths, it is not easy to keep warm. After staying for a long time, the soldiers will still be frozen, so the frequency of rotation can only be increased.
Further back, cities in Yuehu and the Heilongjiang Basin have also stopped most of their production activities.
Except for some factories and schools with heating, they are still running.
Loggers, farm workers and rural farmers in the suburbs are basically spending the winter in warm houses. Some people also took advantage of the winter vacation and returned to the south to visit relatives.
Most of them are young people who immigrated to the Northeast. They all carry large and small bags back to their homes of origin.
They told their families about the various benefits of living in the Northeast, and spent a happy Spring Festival in their hometown under the envious eyes of their relatives and neighbors. This feeling was almost like returning home in rich clothes.
As an employee of Beidacang Farm, Liu Shuanzhu was ready to go home before winter came.
He just got married on the farm to a girl from Hebei.
After the autumn harvest of the farm was completed and the grain was stored in the warehouse, Liu Shuanzhu asked for leave from the farm director and took his wife with him to take a ship down the Heilongjiang River to his hometown in Shandong.
Most of the immigrants in the Northeast are from Shandong. Shandong is the most densely populated area. At the same time, years of war have also caused great damage to Shandong. People have been displaced and the desire to immigrate is strongest.
Shuan Zhu's daughter-in-law came to the farm before he did. In order to solve the marriage problem of young male immigrants, Heilong Province later recruited women of suitable age from various places.
In order for these women to settle down on the farm, each farm also pays a price.
Ordinary people raise their daughters in the hope that they can earn some money as gifts for their families.
Especially in the northern region, the daughter's bride price is the wife of the male member of the family.
Liu Shuanzhu's daughter-in-law is named Zhao Chunhua, and their names match up well. Zhao Chunhua can come to work on the farm, and his family can receive a one-time advance salary of 15 Chinese yuan.
Of course, this money comes from the farm. If Zhao Chunhua comes to the farm, she will have to pay it back slowly from her salary. The common people don't care if their daughter goes to work, as long as they can get cash.
Before leaving the farm to return to his hometown, Shuan Zhu specially brought his wife a piece of red floral twill and two kilograms of new seasonal cotton from the field office.
Chunhua made a new suit of clothes. But after the clothes were finished, Chunhua was unwilling to wear them.
"Why don't you wear it?" Shuan Zhu didn't understand what his wife meant.
"Shuan Zhu, can my mother and brothers and sisters wear new clothes?" Chunhua asked.
"Of course not." It's good to have an old cotton-padded jacket like this. How can I expect new clothes?
Shuan Zhu still remembers that when he was young, several brothers and sisters could only huddle on the kang every day in winter.
If you want to go out for convenience, you have to take turns wearing the same pair of cotton pants.
Although they are all under the rule of the Fuxing Army now, the changes at home should not be that big. Their village only has so much land. On the farm, the land he cultivates by himself is equivalent to that of their entire village.
Moreover, the land here is much more fertile than the land in their village. It is still difficult for people in the village who guard such a small amount of land to get rich.
Shuanzhu is a farming expert on the farm and naturally knows the land very well.
"What should we do, Chunhua?" Shuan Zhu is a dull man who usually relies on his wife to make decisions.
"I think we can bring less other things when we go back this time. Let's make a cotton coat for everyone at home." Chunhua said. This was also the first time for her to go to her parents-in-law's house. No matter what happened at her parents-in-law's house, she wanted to
Make a good impression on your parents-in-law.
Besides, it had been a few months since they got married and she was not pregnant with a baby yet, so Chunhua felt a little bit regretful.
"That's going to cost a lot of money, Chun Hua!" Shuan Zhu has only been working on the farm for a year, and he doesn't have much money at all.
"Shuan Zhu, we are both farm employees. We don't have to spend money on food and accommodation. What are you doing with the money? Besides, this is our first time going back to our hometown. You don't want your family to see you living on the farm.
It's better."
"Besides, our farm only produces cotton. The cotton here must be cheaper. We will use the work tickets issued by the farm to buy it at the field department."
Finally, at Chunhua's suggestion, the two spent their savings for a year to buy cotton and cotton cloth, and made cotton-padded clothes for everyone in the family.
I also bought some dry goods produced in the woods.
All the things were packed into two big bags. Fortunately, although the size seemed a bit larger, it didn't weigh much.
Zhuanzhu can be carried on one shoulder by one person. Chunhua only needs to hold the small items that two people carry with them.
The freighters heading south are all for both passenger and cargo purposes, and the conditions are not very good.
Two families were crammed into one cabin.
Another family in the cabin where Shuan Zhu and the others were was also a young couple.
The two men were both dull and silent as they sat on the boat.
On the contrary, the two women were chatting very happily.
"Sister, my sister is two years older than you, so she calls you sister. Where is your hometown from?" Chunhua asked another hostess.
"Sister, our hometown is Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province," the woman replied.
"Oh, we are from Laizhou Prefecture, so we seem to be next to each other." Chunhua glanced at Shuan Zhu with some uncertainty.
"He's the boss, isn't he?"
Shuan Zhu was a little embarrassed to speak because there were other women present, so he nodded and answered.
The ship went down the Heilongjiang River and stopped at Vladivostok so that the people on board could get off the ship and do some exercise.
Chunhua took Shuanzhu to see the Great Lighthouse in Vladivostok and the fort not far from the port.
This is the home port of the Beihai Navy, and there is a huge white lighthouse built on the port.
At night, it is said that the gas lights on the tower can be seen dozens of kilometers away.
Chunhua heard someone say it when she was at the farm.
Because ships going north have to transit through Vladivostok.
Therefore, many people have seen this lighthouse, and gradually everyone knows about it, so that this lighthouse has become a holy place to check in.
Unfortunately, it was broad daylight when the ship docked this time.
"Shuan Zhu, this pagoda is really tall. It is much higher than the pagoda in our hometown. How did you build it?"
"Well... I don't know. Everyone says that the president knows everything. These things were all made by his old man."
"I heard that the president is not old at all, he is still young."
"What do you know? Of course a great man like the president cannot look old. You haven't seen that red boy in the storybook, who is tens of thousands of years old and still looks like a child."
"All right!"
The ship continued south and stopped again at Tsushima Island, supposedly to replenish coal on board.
This time the time was very short and no one was allowed to disembark. Passengers could only move around on the deck.
Some short Japanese people were selling goods to people on the boat at the pier.
Chunhua saw that the dolls of a thinly dressed Japanese girl in a basket were very realistic, so she spent a small copper dollar to buy four of them.
When the little girl saw the business coming, she used a long pole with a fork at the front to lift the basket. Chunhua took the things and put the copper coins in the basket. The transaction was completed. The little girl took out the things in the basket.
Tong Yuan bowed to the spring flowers repeatedly to express his gratitude.
Huaxia copper coins are very popular in Japan. Not only ordinary people like to use them, but also many famous people like to collect copper coins. So much so that Huaxia Bank strictly prohibits bringing large quantities of copper coins to Japan.
Because some people found that it was very cost-effective to exchange copper coins from China for silver in Japan, so there was a phenomenon of reselling copper coins.
"Chunhua, why did you buy this? It can't be eaten or worn." Shuan Zhu blamed Chunhua for buying useless things.
"Shuan Zhu, I see how pitiful that Japanese child is. He wears so little in such a cold weather. These dolls are not valuable, so it would be nice to buy them back and play with them for my younger siblings."
Spring flowers are very much like those tourists of later generations who would take some specialties with them when traveling.
Along the way, the ship had to dock several times. When we were in Busan, the ship docked again.
Similarly, there are many people wearing Korean costumes selling goods on the pier.
They all know that the boats coming from the north are full of immigrants going home to visit relatives. These people all go home with money.
Moreover, most of these people are farm workers and are the most generous with their money.
ps: Interspersed with a little story, write about some changes under the rule of the Renaissance Army, not only changes in the economic environment, but also changes in people. In fact, the change in people's hearts is the most difficult, to re-establish the confidence of the Chinese people
It is very important to get rid of the servility cultivated by the Manchus. The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is being held these days. You can go and take a look at the major resolutions. Chinese people have really changed a lot in recent years, especially young people.
I have even more self-confidence as a citizen of a great country.