I heard that the repair period for the A-ship is very long, so all parties who were originally eyeing the A-ship have given up. In addition to the navy, which is bound to win, the long-range exploration team and the special reconnaissance team all have ownership rights to the ship.
Eager to try.
During the period before the arrival of spring, all parties continued to prepare for the "Giant Project" that was interrupted by the general meeting. In order to ensure that the minds of the laborers and immigrants who were about to board the ship to work as coolies remained unwavering, all relevant departments started to
The puppet troupe rehearsed the new play "Promised Land": with the theme of developing desolate land and building a beautiful new home, it toured repeatedly.
The script of the puppet show is roughly based on the Soviet novel "The Virgin Land", with a large number of characters and scenes copied from it, and the setting is naturally set in Australia.
The puppet show depicts "In the vast wilderness of Australia, a group of poor farmers who had no land and migrated to Australia, under the leadership of the Australian chief, reclaimed land, fought against the sky and the earth, established farms, planted endless fields of wheat and rice, and raised many cattle.
Sheep, the people lived a happy life."
Of course, there are also the "Australian chiefs" who always grasp the right direction, always unite the masses, educate backward elements, and fight resolutely against hostile elements, the hesitant and selfish small farmers, and the old people who are full of outdated ideas and do not want to make progress. They dare to think and do, and are full of enthusiasm.
Ideal young people, activists who sacrifice themselves for the collective benefit and the safety of the leader... There are naturally all kinds of bad elements: from the bad guys who steal public property and cause the dam to burst, to those who have ulterior motives to incite mass dissatisfaction and attempt to destroy
The "enemy" of the people's good life - the enemy was not clearly identified, but the puppet character spoke in standard Mandarin, and occasionally used titles such as "Sir, Master, Emperor".
It is not enough for Tintin to even exaggerate the beautiful prospects, so he always plays "The Trial" one day and "Promised Land" the next day to make a full comparison.
The appeal of literature and art is huge, and the performance of the puppet show is far better than everyone expected. Most of the immigrants are farmers and do not have much experience, but they are not afraid of hardship and value land and a stable life. As long as they can
Satisfying this point can fully stimulate their greatest enthusiasm.
While it was painting a bright future for workers and immigrants in the splendid Nanhai Paradise, the Planning Institute was formulating a weekly death toll plan. Death indicators were set based on weekly work tasks and changes in surrounding conditions.
The death index is related to the overall planning of the Planning Institute: how many new labor forces need to be replenished to Sanya every week; it determines how much food, clothing, and tools need to be transported to Yulin. It also affects the transshipment speed of Guangzhou’s new immigrants to Lingao.
and whether it is necessary to expand the scale of quarantine camps. In this grand undertaking of developing Sanya, people are just a number on a document.
In addition to positive publicity, internal security work has also been strengthened. The General Administration of Political Security has established a work network among laborers to provide feedback on the mood of the masses at all times in order to make timely work adjustments. Certain "low-key elements" who spread pessimistic and panic remarks about the development of Yulin have been punished.
They were arrested secretly. Zhou Dongtian was interrogating every day to find out whether there were any external backgrounds and internal connections among these people. This was a point that Zhao Manxiong was very concerned about.
Zhao Manxiong does not think that the level of the Ming Dynasty's spy organization is high enough to send people into this group of immigrants to carry out propaganda and series activities, but we must pay great attention to the formation of various small groups within the immigrants. He is giving the Sanya Development Leading Group
This point was highlighted in the memo.
Regional groups in particular are very harmful. He clearly stated this in the memorandum. Regional groups bound by a common dialect and customs are highly exclusive. Once a larger regional group is formed, it will undoubtedly have a negative impact on the population.
It is not uncommon in many places to infringe on the rights of "outsiders" who are relatively small in number.
Once a regional group is formed, there will be a leader who will control the "fellows" either explicitly or covertly. And the regional group will strengthen the tendency to use a common dialect. Some dialects are difficult for outsiders to understand, and they are almost "incomprehensible" within the group.
"Black talk" will not only be a challenge to the authority of the elders, but also contains the danger of instability.
Under the strict control of the Chuanchuan Group's regime in Lingao, this situation can be effectively prevented and contained. After arriving in Sanya, control is relatively loose, and people are bound to engage in activities such as "looking for fellow villagers" in a difficult environment.
Zhao Manxiong drew the attention of Sanya's five giants to absolutely curb the possibility of this kind of small group slowly being connected by fellow villagers. If necessary, the most severe means should be used to prohibit it until the body is eliminated. Among those secretly arrested,
Zhao Manxiong, no matter what his motives were, wrote "indefinite labor reform" in all his opinions on handling workers who attempted to organize a hometown association.
But the busiest moment for the General Administration of Political Security has just begun. They will soon face a more arduous review and appraisal work. At the end of January 1630, ships shipped from Guangzhou the first batch of "special commodities" that everyone had been waiting for -
-woman.
Zhang Xin purchased the women through the channels of the Qiwei Escort Bureau. Sun Kecheng had doubts about this task, and he knew with his feet that he was buying women for Australians. Purchasing women for foreigners from overseas is inherently a crime.
Moreover, according to the traditional concept, this is suspected of separating people's flesh and blood.
Zhang Xin explained to him: These women were all sent to Lingao, and they promised not to be sent to Australia, so they would not be "separated". He also said that if the women's parents and relatives were willing to go with them, Lingao would do the same.
Make appropriate arrangements.
Zhang Xin gave repeated assurances and even brought Zhou Shizhai back to explain, which dispelled Sun Kecheng's concerns.
"Shopkeeper Zhang, please forgive me!" Sun Kecheng said a little apologetically, "You have come all the way and settled in the poor and remote area of Lingao. You really need a woman to take care of you, but if you take the girl away, you will not be close to this place.
Australia is thousands of miles away, and our family and children can no longer see each other. We really don’t dare to commit such a sin."
Zhang Xinxin thought that he was really pedantic. If he sold it to a wealthy businessman and official from Beijing, we would be thousands of miles away from each other and might never see each other again. How could we talk about being "separated by thousands of miles" and "separated from human flesh and blood".
But he knew that an old-school escort like Shopkeeper Sun had his own moral code. If it conflicted with his moral code, Shopkeeper Sun would rather not make money than stick to it. On the plus side, such a person is honest and reliable.
, some things are difficult to handle.
After his repeated assurances and persuasion, Sun Kecheng finally agreed to handle the matter. However, he stated that the escort would not do this, and the specific handling would be handled by the steward at the outer cabinet. The criteria given by Zhang Xin were: a woman from a good family, unmarried
, under 25 years old, no foot binding.
"It's best not to buy them from anyone. They are worth no more than ten taels of silver each. If your parents and relatives are willing to go together, they will be given two taels of housing expenses. All people will be escorted by the bodyguard bureau."
Sun Kecheng knew that the aesthetic taste of Australians was to be tall, long-legged, thin-waisted, big-breasted and with big eyes, so he asked competent personnel to handle the matter in various foreign offices according to this standard.
In the end, more than 400 people were purchased from the three provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi through Qiwei's business network. This was a rough selection. After arriving in Guangzhou, a secondary screening was conducted according to the standards of the Maid Countermeasures Committee.
Under the direct care of Wen Desi, chairman of the Maid Countermeasures Committee, several special measuring tools were specially produced and distributed to Guangzhou and Leizhou. One of the measuring tools is "standard height" and "alternative height", which are actually two rulers and one ruler.
One is 1.60 meters, and one is 1.55 meters. The latter is the alternate size when the former cannot find enough suitable candidates.
This method is simple and intuitive, very suitable for indigenous staff to master, and it is completely hard. In addition, three soft rulers are provided, which are used to define bust, waist and hip circumference respectively. A comparison table of height and body measurements is also provided.
The last item is the body proportion scale: some women are quite tall, but their upper bodies are too long.
Generally speaking, the standards set by Mr. Wen are quite low. Not only is the height standard 1.60, but the bust is only at the level of a B cup. Even the body proportions are set quite loosely. As for skin color, there are no requirements at all.
, only generally stipulates "fairness", but like "big eyes", it is a guiding standard, not a hard target.
But this set of standards still makes people in the Maid Countermeasures Committee feel that the standards are too high - as far as the standards of indigenous women in this time and space they have seen, almost none meet everyone's aesthetic standards. If there is one who insists on it, it is Colgate.
It's just because of her long legs and well-proportioned figure.
"Since we have to do it, we have to do it." Wen Desi said, "Otherwise, we can just grab a group of girls from the quarantine camp and distribute them to everyone. Why bother going to the mainland to purchase them?"
"Can you do so much..."
"China is a big country with a large population, so we can always find qualified people." Wen Desi was not worried about this.
Among the more than 300 people who were transported to Guangzhou, about 100 people who barely met the standards were screened out. They were then selected from the refugee camps in Guangzhou according to this standard, and less than 100 people were selected. Thus, the first batch of more than 200 people were selected.
The people then set off for Lingao, accompanied by more than a hundred family members.
Those who are not selected will not be wasted, they will start their journey as alternates.
The arrival of the woman did not cause a big sensation. After the turmoil in the previous stage, everyone has become a bit indifferent to the matter. Even the discussion about this matter on bbs has become cold.
This group of women was directly taken over by the general office. A quarantine camp was set up, completely isolated from other camps.