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- The camp houses used to house the first batch of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty were made of bricks and tiles. Somewhat similar to the rural houses in early China in another time and space.
However, because these houses use building materials from the virtual world, even in this spring when the night is a little cold, it can be guaranteed that the night will not bring any coldness to the people staying in the camp.
And everything in the camp, after these Ming people passed through the initial panic, began to interest them a little bit.
For these people from the Ming Dynasty, they did not seem to feel any unfriendly attitude from the imperial people. And it seems that these people of the same species and origin as them do not seem to bring any danger to them.
Therefore, early the next morning, these Mingren walked out of their rooms one by one and began to visit each other.
The imperial soldiers stationed outside the barbed wire fence of the camp did not stop these Ming people from visiting. After all, such behavior cannot bring any threat.
¡°Besides, the main purpose of these Ming people living in the camp is to get them used to life in America. At the same time, they are also checking their bodies to ensure that they do not carry any diseases.
And, we also need to teach them about the laws, regulations and systems of the Americas.
A groundwater well was drilled in the camp and water pipes were also installed. However, if you want to use tap water, several people need to manually pump the water nearby, and then others can use the clean water source through the tap water pipe.
But even so, this convenient facility shocked those Ming people.
"This is tap water, so you just need to turn on the faucet and water will come out. But you have to arrange several people to take turns pumping water up from the well every day."
The imperial officials responsible for managing the camp came here early in the morning and began to explain to the people how to use some of the facilities in the camp.
"My lord, why do we live here?"
During the explanation process, there were bold people. At this time, the question that everyone wanted to know came up.
The camp manager looked at the person who asked the question and saw that the person who asked the question was shivering. It was clear from a glance that he was extremely scared.
"Don't be afraid, we won't do anything to you. Originally, we would tell you this matter after a while, but it seems that if you don't tell you early, I think all of you will be uneasy."
The camp manager thought about it for a moment and realized what was going on in the minds of these Ming people.
In order to stop these Ming people from thinking wildly all day long, he decided to reveal a little bit of information to these Ming people.
However, we cannot talk about allocating land to them yet.
They have to wait until they can go out from the camp. to be able to tell them.
If someone is unable to get out of the camp, wouldn¡¯t it be all joy in vain?
After all, no one can guarantee that these wise men do not have any infectious germs on their bodies.
In the end, after some explanations from the camp administrator, these people were half relieved.
?????????? I don¡¯t want to imprison them and let them live here, but I want to see if there are any infectious diseases on their bodies. As long as there are no infectious diseases, they can leave from here.
As for where they will go after leaving here. The man who looked like an official didn't say anything. And these Mingren did not have the courage to continue asking, so the matter was dropped.
"Sir, I don't even have half a penny, how about seeing a doctor?"
at this time. An old man walked out shakily, raised his hands to the camp manager and said something uneasy.
?Obviously, these Ming people were originally people who could not survive in the Ming Dynasty. That's why they were sold to America, otherwise who would be here.
therefore. They don't have any money on them at all.
You must know that those people sold by Ming Dynasty are all beggars, homeless people and bankrupt people. There are even some prisoners in the cells.
"There is no need to worry, old man. You don't need to spend money to see a doctor. These are all free and paid for by our imperial government."
The camp manager looked at the old man and estimated that he must be in his seventies. So when he answered the old man, his face was very pleasant and his tone was humble.
However, the management of this camp is constantly complaining in my heart.
¡°Damn it, you actually sent someone of such an age here,¡±?The Ming Dynasty was too unruly in handling affairs.
¡° Let¡¯s not talk about what people of this age can do when they come to America. The four-month voyage at sea can basically kill them.
It was also thanks to the good luck of this old man, otherwise he would definitely have died on the sea voyage.
Thinking about Daming, I think everyone can pay back the money.
¡°At this old man¡¯s age, he can¡¯t do anything, and he still has to eat at home. So with the attitude of using the waste, he stuffed it in?
¡°Don¡¯t tell me, Daming really has such an idea.
Of course, this is only one of the factors.
There are also some reasons, that is, the people below who are doing things want to make a fortune from it.
This can be regarded as an unspoken rule of doing things in the Ming Dynasty, and it is inevitable.
When Zhao Hongyu and Zhu Shangwu reached this agreement, they just said they wanted people, and did not specify the age of the person.
So, this gave some people below a loophole to exploit.
They are like some refugees who cannot live anymore. They sell themselves just to have a mouthful of food. As long as they can have a bite to eat, they don't even want money.
"The price given by the imperial court is only three taels of silver per person, or even an immeasurable amount of silver for a young man."
It can be said that as long as this thing is done well, the officials and handlers below and even some low-level errand runners can make a lot of money.
¡°For example, the old man who spoke to the camp management, his family of seven, is selling himself. The two sons are considered young and strong and can receive ten taels of silver. The two daughters-in-law can only receive two taels of silver because they are women and are married. I and my wife are too old, so it is impossible to receive any silver.
Finally, the boss¡¯s family has a little girl who is over three years old. This cannot be counted as money.
Therefore, if calculated based on reality, their family only needs to pay fourteen taels of silver to buy it.
But in fact, their family¡¯s staff in the Ming Dynasty were calculated based on seven young men.
Therefore, after the empire takes over this family of seven, they need to pay according to the price of Qingzhuang, which means that they have to pay thirty-five taels of silver.
There is a difference of twenty-one taels of silver between inside and outside.
It can be seen how greedy the officials in the Ming Dynasty were.
The old man heard that it was the imperial court here that paid for it. When he showed them whether they were sick for free, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying a series of good words.
As the old man knelt down, everyone else in the camp square also knelt down.
For a time, all the sounds in the camp were filled with grateful voices.
"Everyone, get up. We don't want to kowtow here. As long as you stay here and don't cause trouble, you will be repaying us."
The camp manager asked these Ming people to stand up while looking at the Ming Dynasty immigrants received this time very carefully.
At first glance, there are a lot of people there. But I also understand a little bit.
Most of them are old, weak and young, and there are also quite a few women.
As for the young and strong, there are not many.
After having a rough judgment in his mind, the camp manager frowned.
"Grandma, aren't you taking us for granted?"
It cost so much money. Just get such a population.
No, this matter needs to be reported.
Thinking of this, the manager said a few more words to these Ming immigrants, then turned and left the camp.
After he left. Dozens of doctors and nurses from the Imperial Jinshan Military Region Hospital, as well as dozens of teachers who came here to teach these Ming immigrants, began their work.
Because of the four-month voyage, many of these immigrants got sick.
??Moreover, children, women and the elderly account for a large part of the population. Therefore, colds and fever are the main symptoms.
Fortunately, they came to the American Song Empire, otherwise these people would probably be dead¡ª¡ª
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Wang Shan received the document submitted by the camp manager, and after reading it, he also frowned.
It seems that we need to ventilate this matter to Jiuzhou and His Highness.
¡° If the people loading ships in the Ming Dynasty were all old, weak, women and children, this would not be a good thing for the Song Empire.
Let¡¯s not talk about their role in the development of the empire.It is a four-month sea voyage, and these people are expected to die a lot.
This group of immigrants had good luck, as only more than a hundred people died.
Mainly because these ships were transport ships of the Song Empire. At the same time, there is sufficient food on board, as well as enough emergency medicines.
¡°If it had been a European ship, don¡¯t think about it, at least 60% of these immigrants would have died.
¡°Besides, once the Ming Dynasty gets the advantage, all immigrants will be sent to it in the future. So wouldn¡¯t America become a kindergarten and nursing home?
This is not possible.
Soon, Wang Shan made a decision.
He wrote two letters and planned to take them back when the transport ship returned to Kyushu. One was given to the Jiuzhou Regional Immigration Management Bureau, and the other was given to His Highness Zhao Hongyu.
He hopes that the Kyushu Immigration Bureau will have a good discussion with the Ming Dynasty on this issue.
Otherwise, you will definitely be cheated.
Of course, Wang Shan also mentioned his name in the letter. It is not impossible to hand over the old, weak, women and children. It's just that you can't mess around with the price, otherwise the agreement between the empire and Ming will be invalid.
In other words, the empire accepted the old, weak, women, children, and children. After all, if these people came to America, at least their lives would be much better than in the Ming Dynasty.
"However, the empire cannot lose too much here.
Isn't that the empire becoming a silly 13? (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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