Upstream of the Kansas River, there is a plain more than 100 kilometers east of the Colorado Pass.
Although this is the border of Kansas, the hundreds of square kilometers of land here are now the property of Yangtze Security.
This can be done with a formal document from the local government of Kansas.
Because of Yangtze Security's outstanding performance in the Kansas battle, the newly established local government awarded this place to Yangtze Security.
Just at the beginning of this year, California's de facto administrator Li Kaicheng allocated more than 1,200 new immigrants to build a small city here.
The name of this small town is Xinzhengzhou.
The city lord Zhao Sixi was the original young refugee from Henan.
Zhao Sixi had already become a minor official in northern Jiangsu.
But at the end of last year, he suddenly mobilized the entire Zhao family to rent a boat and move to Jiaqing under the surprised eyes of others.
The Chinese immigrants who come now prefer to call California Jihua.
This can make them feel that this place is their new hometown.
So Zhao Sixi was doing well in China, so why did he come all the way to Jiahua?
Is he full to hold on?
of course not.
As a grassroots official, Zhao Sixi's immigration to Canada has many additional benefits.
Naturally, he is not qualified as a retainer of the Dong family.
But Zhao Sixi is also within the scope of introducing talents.
If he goes to Jiahua, he can get 10,000 acres of land at once. Each of his family members can also get thousands of acres of land.
If managed well, the Zhao family can become a big family in Jiahua.
In recent years, because they were doing well in northern Jiangsu, people from the Zhao clan in Henan came to seek refuge in northern Jiangsu one after another.
But now the population in northern Jiangsu is very dense.
If you want to get ahead in this place, you have to work your way up from the bottom to become an official.
Either you are in business, but in domestic business, competition is fierce.
Zhao Sixi thinks that he has not lost his mind yet.
His father is an honest man.
However, in the past two years, he had been working in the government and heard some news.
That is to cross the sea east to Amelia.
It's full of opportunities there.
The government has also been recruiting volunteers to immigrate to Amelia, which also needs a lot of administrative personnel.
As long as you go there, you will be promoted to one level in your original official position. Once there, you can serve as the chief executive of a place.
In addition, land rewards are even more generous.
Thousands of acres of land.
This is simply unimaginable in China. Even if it is impossible to all be cultivated land, such a large piece of land that belongs entirely to oneself makes people feel extremely jealous.
Know that the land, everything above and below the ground, is yours.
Zhao Sixi originally had a weak cultural foundation. In the past two years, he has encountered a bottleneck in his work in the government.
As a large number of college graduates joined, the conditions for promotion of Fuxing Government officials became more and more stringent. He felt that it was difficult for him to go further.
So he came up with the idea of immigrating. His family originally migrated from Henan. Now they just moved again to a farther place.
He began to mobilize his family members to migrate together.
The Zhao family has experienced the benefits of immigration, so it is not difficult to mobilize.
In the end, Sixi's family, including Sixi's sister's family and her brother-in-law's family, were willing to immigrate with Zhao Sixi.
The entire family eventually gathered hundreds of people.
Zhao Sixi first asked his family to sell all their property.
In addition to the government subsidies, Sixi also has a lot of money in her hands.
He did not let the government arrange a boat. Instead, he converted it into cash and rented a boat himself.
Zhao Sixi had inquired in advance, and he couldn't just go there, even though there were hundreds of people in his family.
But the land they will allocate in the future will be very large, and these people will definitely not be able to handle it.
Experienced people will go to North Korea or Fuso to hire some long-term workers to take them there. You can even buy some servants.
But it would not be so convenient if Zhao Sixi took a boat arranged by the government.
There must be other people on board. Many Amelia ships now are both passenger and cargo ships. The captain will not serve just one person.
So Sixi hired a flying shear merchant ship of more than 1,000 tons. The owner of the ship was a businessman from Haizhou.
The name of this ship is very interesting: "Monkey King".
The Monkey King’s hometown, Huaguoshan, is in Haizhou (now Lianyungang), the shipowner’s hometown.
The ship departed from Haizhou, and the bottom warehouse contained some supplies that Zhao Sixi bought in China. They were mainly high-quality seeds, farm tools, and personal items for his family.
He is going to California. I heard that the climate there is similar to that here in northern Jiangsu.
In order to prevent my family from suffering at sea, I also prepared a lot of food at sea.
But when he was at sea, he regretted it and should have spent more money to hire a ship.
Although this kind of clipper ship is not slow, it is powered by sails and its tonnage is not large, so it is very bumpy.
The most serious cases of seasickness are the elderly at home.
However, the children got used to it within a few days and were still playing around on the boat.
Si Xi felt that the burden on her body was very heavy. She had brought her whole family out, so she had to be responsible for them.
Sixi's daughter-in-law, whose surname is Jiang, is a native of northern Jiangsu. She is also an ordinary farmer.
This time, the daughter-in-law and her family were also persuaded by Sixi to immigrate together.
When Si Xi is upset, Si Xi's daughter-in-law always runs over to comfort Si Xi.
"As long as we get to Jiahua!" This is what Jiang said most.
"Yes, it will be fine when we get to Jihua." Zhao Sixi also comforted himself in his heart.
The most painful part of immigration is the journey.
I think about how many people died when he, his father, and his eldest sister escaped from their hometown.
It was really littered with corpses.
Fortunately, the ship arrived at Fuso very quickly.
Sixi did not go to North Korea. It is said that the current price of North Korean labor is more expensive than that of Fusang labor.
North Korea has exported a lot of labor to the mainland in the past two years, so their surplus labor force has been greatly reduced.
And Fuso has recently seen a lot of refugees due to the rebellion caused by the remnants of the overthrown army.
Qi Bin's solution was to gather these people into various ports and export them as laborers.
This has resulted in Fuso's labor prices becoming very cheap.
Of course, there are many ways to hire labor.
There are long-term workers and short-term workers. Long-term workers are actually similar to slaves.
Negotiate the price, and the owner will take care of food and housing. Sign a long-term contract.
During this period, neither party can unilaterally terminate the contract without special reasons.
Zhao Sixi's ship docked in Kagoshima. This is the territory of Satsuma Academy.
The ship passed by Sakurajima before entering the port, and the scenery there was very beautiful.
Everyone ran to the boat to look at the exotic scenery. Most of those who immigrated with Zhao Sixi were farmers, and the farthest place many of them went in their lives was the county seat.
After the ship docked, Zhao Si found an inn and asked the old man and the child to go ashore for some repairs.
In order to save money, Qingzhuang still lives on the boat.
Zhao Sixi took his wife and a few young men ashore to hire long-term workers.
Zhao Sixi had already calculated for them how much land each family could get when they arrived at their destination.
Therefore, each household has an idea of whether to hire long-term workers and how many long-term workers to hire.
Zhao Sixi himself must be the one who bought the most.
He also has to be an official, so he doesn't have much time to take care of family affairs.
By then, it is impossible for all of his more than 10,000 acres of land to be used for farming. But even if there is only 1,000 acres of farmland, it will take more than a dozen people to take care of it.
The remaining land can also be used for farming, which also requires a lot of manpower.
So Sixi is going to hire twenty people.
Kagoshima's pier is divided into two areas.
The labor area is crowded with looking workers, and the environment is very poor. With so many people, they are almost sleeping on the dock.
They rely on government assistance to survive.
Many people gathered here just to get a bite of the relief food from the Fuso Protectorate.
But as long as someone is willing to hire them, they can't refuse.
Otherwise, you will be driven away from the dock.
Otherwise there will be people hanging around here just to eat.
Qi Bin is an old man, he will not let such a thing happen.
Now there is a friend in Yama Prefecture, Sanjo Sanimi and others are hiding in Kansai to fight guerrillas with him, which is very difficult to handle.
The main reason is that the vassals below are too useless. Without the army of the Protectorate, they can't even defeat the remnants of the defeated Tokugawa army.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the various vassals are not subordinate to each other and fight on their own.
On the Kagoshima Pier, Zhao Sixi led people on the pier while looking for people. All he had to do was shout if he liked the person, and then take him to the registration office at the pier to register and pay a small fee.
Qi Bin relied on this labor fee to import food to feed these refugees.
"Husband, look at those two children, they seem to be brother and sister. They are so pitiful, why don't we hire them?" Jiang's Madonna was sick, and she pointed at a pair of Fusang brothers and sisters squatting in the corner.
Both children are very thin and seem to have little strength.
A man and his sister have been living at the dock for a long time. But most people would not hire two children.
A man also wants someone to hire him. It is said that after going abroad, he can live in a house and have enough to eat.
But the two of them were too thin, and they didn't have enough to eat in the refugee resettlement camp, making it even more difficult for them to grow up. Because they were weak, a man and his sister often had their food taken away from them.
"Brother, look, that person is pointing at us." My sister's small voice sounded.
A man was dozing off just now. He always couldn't sleep well at night, for fear that his sister would be stolen.
There are many people in Fuso now who specialize in abducting and trafficking women, especially young girls like my sister.
Hearing his sister's words, a man quickly opened his eyes and looked.
I saw a young couple standing in the middle of the road, dressed very well.
Especially that man, wearing a navy blue short shirt, obviously the clothes of an official.
A man seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He quickly pulled his sister to kneel on the ground and moved forward with his knees.
"Sir, hire us. Just take care of the food." These were some of the most proficient Chinese sentences spoken by a man.
"Husband, you see this boy can also speak Chinese." Mrs. Jiang said with a smile. Most of the Fusang people they hired just now can't speak Chinese. Fortunately, Sixi knew some Fusang dialect. When they got on the ship, Sixi prepared
Teach them how to speak Chinese, otherwise it will be very troublesome to use them in the future.
"Hi, madam, you are a very good person." A man said again.
Zhao Si looked at the little brother and sister. Just looking at their height, they looked like ten-year-old children.
But looking at the southern boy's eyebrows and the hair on his upper lip, he must be about fifteen years old.
It is estimated that long-term hunger has affected my growth.
Zhao Sixi shook his head and said to his wife: "I don't think I can do farm work with this body. Besides, I am too young and have no work experience."
"Husband, such a young man needs to go back and raise him for two years. He will be loyal to the family. Besides, there must be two servants in the family. Look at the big families, which family doesn't have a long-term servant to serve as servants," said Mrs. Jiang.
Under the rule of the Fuxing Army, slaves are no longer allowed.
But you can hire long-term workers. In fact, it just changed the name.
Also, long-term workers are independent people and they are protected by the law.
The relationship between them and their employer is an employment relationship, not a dependency relationship.
Seeing the male host shaking his head, although he didn't understand what Zhao Sixi was talking about.
A man can still understand what the other person means.
He could only make a last-ditch effort.
If he continues to stay in this refugee camp, he and his sister will be killed sooner or later.
The two of them are too weak and have no ability to protect themselves.
"Sir, I know how to raise horses." His father used to raise horses for a daimyo. When he was young, Yitou helped his father and learned a lot.
"Husband, I think I'll just accept it. These two kids don't need to pay settling-in fees. Let's just pay them taxes."
Unable to withstand his wife's persuasion, Zhao Sixi finally accepted the two children.
Untouchables here in Fusang do not have surnames.
Zhao Sixi named one of them Zhao Yinan and the other Jiao Zhao Yimei.
In this way, a man and a girl joined the labor force behind Zhao Sixi.
Originally I thought it would take half a day to hire enough workers.
Unexpectedly, the problem was solved in less than an hour.
The main reason is that there are too many refugees gathered here.
It is impossible to pick out the strong ones.
Only those with honest faces should be selected. Those with other skills, such as carpenters, masons and blacksmiths, will definitely be hired first.
When they arrived in California, they had land and had to build their own houses. They even had to make their own tools.
Zhao Sixi has already understood these things to pay attention to when immigrating.
You can go through the formalities at the exit of the refugee camp.
A labor identity certificate issued by the Fuso Governor's Office. This certificate will be used when entering customs in California.
In addition, each worker must pay a tax of two Chinese dollars.
This is not a small sum of money.
When they arrive at the pier, they have to be sent to take a shower, get a haircut, and then each person puts on a new set of clothes before uploading.
This is mainly to prevent these people from bringing parasites onto the ship.
Routine epidemic prevention measures must be taken.
These people were cleaned and taken to the ship.
A total of thirty Fuso workers stood in three rows on the deck of the "Monkey King".
They are now wearing uniform clothes.
These clothes were all purchased at the port. Although they are made of coarse cloth, at least they are new.
If they appear on the dock again wearing these clothes, they will be arrested quickly, and their employer can be found based on the number above.
In fact, this outfit functions very much like a prison uniform.
That is, they must work at the host's home during the contract period.
Of course, they are better than black slaves, and they also enjoy basic human rights.
"Yimei, come with me." After everyone had washed and changed their clothes, Ms. Jiang realized that this little Fusang girl who had just been named Yimei was quite cute. It was just that the labor uniform looked too big on her thin body.
Big.
The first sister was a little scared and grabbed her brother's clothes.
"Go, sister, listen to your wife and be well behaved." A man whispered to her in Fusang dialect.
The little girl reluctantly followed Mr. Jiang into the cabin.
Mrs. Jiang changed the little girl into beautiful clothes and braided her hair.
Then he brought some delicious food to the little girl.
Zhao Yimei was naturally happy that she and her brother had finally found a good family and no longer had to wander around.
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