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Chapter 29 Beihai Base

After hearing Ajiu's words, a group of men discussed it. The old man pulled a girl of similar age to Erya and said to Wu Ajiu: "His son-in-law, I heard that you are also in charge of Dongfan. There must be many young men who have not gotten married. My girl grew up with Erya. Can you help me find a family for her? If you go to Dongfan, you can take care of her."

Before Wu Ajiu could express his opinion, he was pulled by Erya beside him. Erya whispered in his ear. Wu Ajiu's face changed. It turned out that this girl was different from Erya. She had married and had a young child. This kind of situation was extremely normal in the war years, but it was abnormal. The elder in the Erya clan tried to propose to the girl as a daughter, which was a cheating.

"Old man, Ajiu does have dozens of people and seven or eight apprentices under his command, but the club has rules that prohibits arrangements for others' marriages. Even if Ajiu intends to help you, he will not be able to do it." Wu Ajiu did not care about the old man's bad intentions and told the truth.

The old man's face changed slightly, pretending to be angry: "I originally wanted to go to Dongfan with you, and our fellow tribes and townsmen can take care of you. If you don't help this, then that's fine. I thought that according to seniority, your son-in-law would have to call me Grandpa Third, but I didn't think that he wouldn't even be willing to help with such a little busy. It seems that Grandpa Third's face is worthless."

Wu Ajiu looked embarrassed. Yu Gong said that he was carrying the burden of immigrating to the community, and Yu Pian did not want to offend his wife's family. He was at a loss for a moment. He planned to pay for the old man to settle in Dongban. Without saying anything, he was stopped by Erya.

"Grandpa San, please restrain your past supernatural powers. In the past, you were an elder in the village and always rely on your seniority to manage the other people's business of the same surname. Now you are in trouble. Why shouldn't you have a temper?" Erya stood up and said loudly. She pointed to the ragged refugees around her and said, "Grandpa San, you are willing to roll in front of the King of Hell, and no one stops you, but you also see your identity clearly. Now it is the club that gives us villagers a way out, not begging us to go to the East."

"You... the water you splashed from your married daughter, how did you talk to your elders?" The old man slapped the table and stood up.

Wu Ajiu protected his wife behind him, but Erya refused to give in: "Who do you think you are? A rich gentry master or a skilled master. There are many people in Shandong who dig food in the fields like you. Who cares about you? You give you face and you are still holding on to the air. That virtue!"

"You can have food with your mother-in-law, so I will naturally have something to say here." Wu Ajiu pulled Erya aside.

Back at the seat, Wu Ajiu clasped his fists and said to everyone: "Elders, Ajiu knows that you don't know much about Dongfan, and you don't want to owe a lot of debts before you settle it. But as Erya said, some people want to go to Dongfan, but no one stops them. If you want benefits, you are either rich gentry or skilled craftsmen, and the rest are handled according to the document agreement."

"I went to Dongfan, and this woman became more and more unfaithful. I think that Dongfan is not a good place. If I don't go, I won't go, I will all disperse, I will disperse!" The old man stood up and drove away the people around him.

Wu Ajiu suddenly got angry, slapped the table, and shouted: "Third Master, what are you doing! It would be fine if you don't go, why don't you go!"

The old man was also a stubborn donkey. He raised his head and said, "I am the patriarch of this family. I can't say I can go. I see who dares to go!"

"Why don't your clan leader behave at the Donglu bandits? You know how to bully the juniors of the same clan. I'll spoil it!" Erya cursed loudly from the table beside her.

Wu Ajiu said, "Third Master, let me tell you the truth. You can't go, but if you dare to stop others from going, hum... Don't blame the community for being polite first and then soldiers!"

The old man walked forward and asked, "What can you do? This is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Can you still kill me?"

Wu Ajiu sat on the stool and smiled coldly: "I dare not kill you, but then I'm afraid you won't come back to this porridge factory."

"This is a porridge factory opened by the Governor's Office. You Dongfan people don't have any control!" the old man shouted.

Wu Ajiu said: "This is the porridge factory of Governor Denglai, but the rice they eat is the rice of the club. To be honest, Governor Denglai got almost the same rice from Fujian. The grain in his hand is only enough for military purposes. Now all the porridge factory refugee camps are counting on our club. Humph, although our club is not ruthless, it cannot make people eat our rice and smash the club's pot!"

"Son-in-law, please don't be angry, don't be angry, Uncle San, Uncle San, why do you sit down and start arguing as you say?" Erya's father could no longer sit still and hurried out to be a good person.

The old man looked around and found that the tribes around him not only did not help him, but also surrounded him one by one. He obviously wanted to go to the East Festival. He originally intended to go, but just wanted to raise his own value and protect his clan power, but now he is in a difficult situation.

Wu Ajiu clasped his fists and said to everyone: "You are all Erya's relatives, and they are considered Ajiu's relatives. Ajiu is honest. For example, in this girl's situation, there is no way to talk about peace. There are also ways for the clubs. If you are willing to listen, I will say to you. If you don't want to drink the porridge on the table, then leave by yourself."

No one moved in the porridge shed, but many people who were eating food surrounded him. Everyone saw clearly that Wu Ajiu was also the leader in the visiting group. He was eloquent and was better than the clumsy son-in-law of his family, so he gathered together.

The old man stopped talking, but the old man's daughter-in-law held his daughter's hand and said, "Son-in-law, my daughter is in a difficult life. Please give me a way out."

Wu Ajiu took a sip of tea and said, "You should have heard that our club has a military camp in the Eastern Federation, and the soldiers are treated better than the model soldiers of the governor. All soldiers who join the army not only receive silver per month, but also receive land acres of land whenever they are injured, die or retire, and at least fifty acres of fertile land."

After hearing this, many people were moved. A man sitting at the table said, "What is the eldest son-in-law meant to introduce those military officials to us as son-in-laws?"

Wu Ajiu waved his hand: "This is impossible. The community has a daughter. The soldiers are out of the war. They cannot bring their families, nor are they allowed to marry and take concubines. They must abide by it from generals to soldiers. But there is one type of soldier, that is, soldiers who were killed and injured. A few days ago, didn't anyone buy innocent boys in this area?"

"Yes, the ones who buy are innocent boys. The older ones are only ten years old and the younger ones are only five or six years old. I don't know what to buy."

Wu Ajiu said: "That was bought for the soldiers who fell into the battle. Some soldiers who fell into the battle are only twenty years old and have not married yet. They have no relatives and family members. Not only are their pensions unsuccessful, but their family names must be eliminated. The club cannot bear this, so they buy innocent young men and inherit their surnames and family business. If the soldiers who fell into the battle are like this, the soldiers who have been injured will naturally not treat them unfairly. In addition to the original Yongye field, the soldiers who have been injured will also give some land as rewards. However, they are injured on the battle formation, with broken limbs and broken legs, and cannot take care of themselves, and the marriage partner is much wider. Such a new widow will not dislike them. If you marry the soldiers who have been injured, you will have a support in the East Fan and take care of the soldiers, which is the best of both worlds."

Erya also said, "You might as well tell you that those soldiers are also children of good families, but they are injured and cannot fight. In the future, there will be community pensions every year, and there will be dozens to hundreds of acres of fertile land. In Shandong, not to mention poor village men, even some landlords are not as good as that. Many good families' daughters are thinking about clinging to each other, and you are still waiting to do something."

After saying this, everyone started to make noise. Some asked to recommend it to their family, some sighed that they sold their daughter and left their sons. Some scolded their mother for not giving birth to a handsome daughter for themselves. They made a mess for a while. Everyone asked how to enter the wounded barracks to comfort them, and also asked about how many similar situations there were in Dongfan. After a while, more people were very eager for Dongfan.

Wu Ajiu said: "From tomorrow, there will be a few books in the porridge pan to handle the matters of going to the East Fan for everyone. Ajiu will not hide it from you. It is a lot of benefits to go early, but it will not be able to grab it later. If anyone dares to stop him, ask your stomach first."

Wu Ajiu didn't know that his strong publicity was taken in his eyes by Li Mingxun, who was beside him. Li Mingxun said to Lin Qian beside him: "Mr. Lin, why did you choose Ajiu into the visiting group?"

Lin Qian was a little puzzled, "Your Excellency, isn't this very good thing he did?"

Li Mingxun smiled, "Ajiu is the backbone of the shipyard, with good craftsmanship and leadership skills. You brought him to Shandong, didn't Qian Jin and Pan Xuezhong ask you for trouble?"

"Master Pan asked a few questions, but Lord Qian blocked it. He said that Wu Ajiu was sent by the shipyard, that it was used by Shandong, and that many daily necessities sent by people were also sent by people. It seemed that he would not let him go back for a while." Lin Qian said carefully, looking at Li Mingxun's face changing, and he was also puzzled about this matter, but Wu Ajiu was too strict and had no clues along the way north. Lin Qian was only thinking about asking something from Li Mingxun.

Li Mingxun smiled and understood the whole story, but also changed the topic and said, "As far as you see, how many more can you immigrate before the north wind ends?"

Lin Qian said: "Your Excellency, if you are willing to go with us, it's about 70,000 yuan. The visiting group should be able to make the number of immigrants explode. By the end of March, the north wind will fall for more than two months. I think that immigration is 250,000 yuan, and there will be no scattered immigration in the future, so..."

"Don't mention the future in advance, just start to do the immigrant ship heading south at the moment, will it be smooth?" Li Mingxun asked.

Lin Qian said: "The first batch suffered two shipwrecks and lost two ships. That was because the transport ships of the club were not very familiar with the needle route of the Beiyang route. Now that the Shen family's fleet has joined, the situation has improved a lot. Lord Shen sent many sailors and sea dogs to our ship, and the way was smooth. He was harassed by Gu Sanmazi's people in the Sijiao Mountain area, but nothing happened. After passing Zhoushan, he encountered the Zheng family's fleet. Those guys were fierce. Fortunately, Zheng Sen, the son of the Zheng family, helped him at that time, and maybe he could not pass the barrier."

"Zheng Sen?" Li Mingxun said suspiciously. He thought about it and always felt that Zheng Sen didn't happen to appear. He smiled and said, "This Zheng family's young master is really not the same as him. Haha, next time I see Mr. Zheng, I will tell him for me that I will write down his favor and will repay him in the future."

Lin Qian didn't dare to talk about this matter anymore, but said: "The last two times, there was a ship from the Shen family. My friends from Jiangnan sent several official ships to escort it. No major incident happened, and overall it went smoothly."

Li Mingxun smiled slightly, whipped his mount and headed towards Dengzhou. Lin Qian followed behind and said, "This time he went to the East Fan, the Elderly Association, Taipei, and Yongning, the two adults from the Chief Executives' Districts took out a charter. It was decided by our Immigration Bureau. I would like to ask you to approve it."

"Let's talk first, I'll go back and read it." Li Mingxun put the document in his arms and said.

Lin Qian said: "This is an immigration plan, which plans to immigrate from Denlai by May this year!

"Haha, they are really lions talking. Does our club have the strength to eat so much population?" Li Mingxun smiled.

Lin Qian said in detail. Speaking of which, both the base camp, the newly developed Taipei or the Yongning Chief Executive District are short of people, and they have fought many verbal battles due to the issue of immigration distribution. In the end, the three parties chose to compromise. The Yongning Chief Executive District took the lead in concessions and fully supported the immigration to Taiwan. However, one thing is that it requires that at least 50,000 immigrants should be placed in Chongming before the northeast monsoon disappears. In this way, together with the southwest monsoon, the immigration ship can set off immediately for the already thawed Yongning.

In this matter, Li Mingxun was happy to see that several administrative regions could form a win-win situation, but from Lin Qian's narrative, Li Mingxun keenly realized that the Elderly Council was investing all resources into immigration acceptance work. It seemed that this immigration wave was only once, and there would be no such good opportunity in the future.

From the budget, we can see that the Elderly Council suspended the expansion of the third new military camp and suspended the construction of the main battleship. In order to raise funds, the gentry in Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangnan sold the land that had been reclaimed to Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangnan at a lower price, opened up industries including mining, logging and other industries, and even had the idea of ​​borrowing.

"This plan is too crazy, I will never agree. If they insist, I will use my veto power as the chief veteran. You can tell them my attitude clearly." Li Mingxun said immediately.

"Why? Didn't you say that there are many people and the power is great. As long as there are people, the community will develop faster." Lin Qian said in surprise.
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