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745 Unexpected labor force

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    With the steady implementation of Chi Zhengjie's plan to "sell land and engage in real estate", the trend of buying land and real estate gradually began to rise on Hainan Island.  A large number of people who came to Hainan for business initially bought a wooden house with the idea of ??"having a place to stay, so as not to always stay in a hotel." Under the strong encouragement of the "Qionghai Real Estate Company", the kind of prefabricated wooden house  A house is compared to just a larger piece of wooden furniture.  And the purchase price is indeed very attractive compared to traditional brick and tile houses.

    Chi Zhengjie also referred to the practice of apartment-style houses in later generations, and thoughtfully launched the "rental agency" service. After customers buy the house, if they do not live there for a long time, they can entrust it to a real estate company to manage it on their behalf.  The real estate company rents it out as a temporary hotel for a short period of time. On the one hand, it ensures that the house will not be damaged due to long-term unoccupancy. On the other hand, the client can also get a profit.

    There are a lot of businessmen coming and going on Hainan Island now, and with more people there are more opportunities, not only those doing business, but also those who come from the countryside to work in the city to make money.  So like all emerging towns, there is a huge demand for hotels and B&Bs.  Nowadays, in Qiongzhou Prefecture, especially near Baisha Port, as long as the families have some conditions, they almost try to free up one or two rooms and rent them to people from other places who come to Hainan. Some even provide meals for the women and children at home.  With some management, it can be a good income, and sometimes the income is even higher than their main business.

    This is a policy for those small households, or the "middle class". For those large households who come to Hainan with the idea of ????"cunning rabbits and three caves" to buy property, real estate companies directly promote manors.  The conditions are roughly the same as the one in Zhang Ling: about 500 acres of land, plus various supporting facilities and services. Depending on the quality of the location, the price hovers between 3,000 to 5,000 taels of silver.  Anyway, for real estate companies, it is completely profitable to sell completely undeveloped wasteland for three taels of silver per acre.

    Of course, from the overall concept, the various infrastructure provided for these manors: roads, water canals, and various supporting facilities within the manors all have to be paid for by the real estate company.  When all the costs are added up, the profit is not that high.  However, what Qiong Haijun cares about is not the economic prosperity brought about by the gathering of popularity after these investments, nor the subsequent large-scale development and continuous tax growth these are the things that the rulers of Hainan Island care about.

    Originally, they recruited immigrants from various places and built immigrant villages, including building roads and other infrastructure, all at their own expense. Now with the assistance of real estate companies, various investments can make up a large part of it from the proceeds from the sale of real estate.  , the construction department will have a much easier time making budgets.

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    Like all policies, when they are completely led by the government, they are inefficient and progress is slow, but everything is within the plan.  After the introduction of private capital, although the vitality was greatly increased, all kinds of messy things also appeared, many of which were not expected in advance.

    For example, the most basic one: introducing population.  Originally, Qiong Haijun set up this plan in the hope that the plantation owners would take the initiative and consciously introduce people from the mainland as a supplement to their mainland immigration plan.

    In the beginning, the plan was executed well. Those who could afford to buy local manors must be wealthy families and clan leaders. After discovering that everything was good here except that it was difficult to recruit farmers, they naturally thought of returning to their hometown.  Bring people over.  People from the same ethnic group are definitely more reliable than people recruited at random.

    But as time goes by, the demand for labor expands, and some weird content begins to creep in

    …………

    "What? Did the Westerners bring a ship of black slaves?"

    When Zhao Lide, Chi Zhengjie and others heard the news and came to the pier of Baisha Port, there were already many people watching the excitement.  Zhang Ling, who was in charge of port security, had to arrange for soldiers to set up a temporary cordon to keep out those overly curious onlookers.

    "Who is so bold? I remember that when Sister Hu was in power, she clearly announced to the barbarian merchants: Slave trade is strictly prohibited here. Violators will not only have all their goods confiscated, but they will also be imprisoned."

    Zhao Lide remembers his predecessor’s policies quite well. In fact, there have been attempts to traffic people to Hainan Island in recent years.  But mainly women from Annam and Siam, some of whom were even sold voluntarily.  Hu Wen was very strict about this, but she couldn't help but there were too many single men in need of wives. This kind ofLove is always hard to guard against.

    But no matter what, this kind of thing has never become a trend. At most, it is just one or two people sneaking in. It has never been said that whole ships are transporting slaves here, let alone black slaves.

    Soon after, they met the ship owner, a British man named John, in the detention center at the dock. Sure enough, it was his first time back to Hainan.  If not, it would not be that they don't know the rules here. All businessmen who come to Hainan for the first time will be forced to listen to a class when going through immigration procedures, explaining the various rules and taboos here.  For foreign businessmen, we help them introduce services such as specialized interpreters and shopping guides to avoid trouble due to unfamiliar places, language barriers and other issues.

    Captain John should have followed this procedure, but when he got off the ship to declare his cargo, when people heard that his "cargo" was actually a living person, he was taken directly to the detention center, and the crew members were also blocked on the ship.  Leaving made him quite nervous.

    Generally speaking, people who dare to take such an ocean route and go to a strange foreign port that they have never been to must be very courageous.  Captain John was actually fearless. He even carried with him a letter of credence written by His Majesty the King of England to the Emperor of China. Of course it was a forgery.  But he was already prepared to pretend to be the king's messenger if he had the opportunity. Anyway, as long as he could get some benefits, he would even dare to deceive Satan!

    But this courage disappeared after seeing the soldiers who arrested him. Even though Captain John had two or three matchlocks hanging on his body and a fine Damascus steel sword around his waist, he was facing a small group of Ming soldiers.  At this time, he also raised his arms obediently and surrendered, not daring to make any noise.

    Zhang Ling’s army is known as the only Ming army on Hainan Island. This is mainly reflected in their clothing: everything is made of Ming-style fish scale armor and sharp steel swords.  Wearing a bright red brocade robe and bright armor, he was absolutely majestic.

    Of course, it is impossible for the real Ming Dynasty army to have such luxurious equipment. Even Zhang Ling himself often laughed at himself and said that his old Zhang family had been generals for several lifetimes, and their clothes were not as good as those of a small soldier here.  I am afraid that even the armors and costumes of the Han generals in the Forbidden City are not as exquisite as the ordinary soldiers on duty at the dock here.

    The role of this unit on the pier is actually closer to that of a guard of honor, just like the bearskin hat guards set up by the British in famous places in later generations. Their main function is for tourists to take photos.

    But the soldiers here at Baisha Port are not completely showy. Their equipment is slightly different from the traditional Ming army. Each one is equipped with a double-barreled musket, equipped with several different bullets: Single-headed lead  The first two can be used in actual combat, but usually only the last one is loaded, which is used to control the target without killing people as much as possible.  .

    Captain John is well-travelled, and although he has never seen such a double-barreled gun, he will never misunderstand its purpose when pointed out.  When he saw that the other party was wearing such fine armor, he immediately gave up the idea of ??a head-on confrontation and honestly accepted the fate of being arrested.

    After entering the detention center, the person in charge of the interrogation surprised him again. Those people were all wearing brocade coats with silver patterns embroidered on them, and the pattern seemed to be a Chinese dragon pattern!

    That is actually the flying fish pattern, the flying fish uniform of Jin Yiwei. These people are Zhou Sheng's subordinates.  The Jinyiwei stronghold stationed on Hainan Island by the Ming Dynasty had little business to do at first. They could only drink tea and read newspapers every day. The city of Qiongzhou was completely dominated by the urban management team.

    Later, Zhou Sheng went to find Zhao Lide and said that he could find something for us to do, otherwise it would be difficult for the court to explain.  Then Zhao Lide entrusted them with the security of the port terminal.  Anyway, he and Zhang Ling are both from the Ming Dynasty system, and they have a good personal relationship, so it will be easier for them to cooperate with each other.

    So now, the security of the wharf falls under the management of the Jin Yiwei, and like those soldiers, they don’t care about anything else, but first make the Jin Yiwei’s biggest features: the flying fish suit and Xiuchun knife extremely luxurious.  So Zhou Sheng and the others had to be careful every day, lest they get dirty and ruin their uniforms.

    But in the eyes of outsiders, this outfit is definitely scary enough.  For example, Captain John is sitting in the iron cage of the detention center, feeling ashamed to the guards outside. China is indeed a country as wealthy as the legend!  Even the jailers at the port were wearing brocade clothes, with extremely gorgeous patterns embroidered with gold and silver threads on their bodies, and even the scabbards were inlaid with gems Or maybe I was so lucky that I met the Chinese Emperor as soon as I landed.  Guards Guards?
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