Chapter 1095
Labor gap
Chapter 1095 Labor gap
Although it is currently in the Little Ice Age in history, Zhifu Island in August is still relatively hot, and the surface temperature before sunset is basically stable above [-] degrees, which also makes many soldiers who are rushing to build docks and camps Sweat profusely, very tired.Although the logistics department has taken some treatment and preventive measures, many people with fever and heatstroke will fall on the construction site every day.
Due to the limited capacity of the fleet, the Northward Fleet is mainly composed of the army, and there are not many migrant workers coming with the team. Therefore, the various infrastructure projects in the early stage can only be shared by the various troops in the Northward.And this situation will probably continue for a while, and it will not be improved until Haihan recruits a certain number of immigrants locally.
"Before the sun goes down today, hundreds of people can be transported back from Fushan County at the earliest." Sun Changmi stood by the pier and said to Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom: "Of course, everything goes well, I hope Let them make no trouble over there."
Sun Changmi wore a wide-brimmed straw hat on his head, his gown was unbuttoned, and his trousers were rolled up high. He didn't look like a high-ranking chief, but more like a casual foreman on a construction site.Since he landed on Zhifu Island, he has been stationed at the wharf site to take command, and he has been really tired these days.As long as you get closer to him, you can clearly see the bloodshot eyes in his eyes due to lack of rest.
"Hundreds of people... I would be thankful to have [-]% of the population." Qian Tiandun did not have much hope for the upcoming harvest: "For us, it can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket!"
"A drop in the bucket is better than nothing!" Tom Wang could only sigh facing Zhifu Bay, and responded to Qian Tiandun's evaluation with some helplessness.
The situation of the people in Zhifu Bay is somewhat different from what they expected before departure. They believe that even if there are not as many refugees as in the previous two years along the coast of Shandong, they should be able to recruit a certain number of people from near Zhifu Bay in a short period of time. Whether it is in the form of money employment or in exchange for food, a batch of cheap labor can be obtained in a short period of time to engage in the preliminary infrastructure projects of the Zhifu Island base.But after arriving here, I found out that the nearby coastal areas are empty, and the few people often live in the county town or near the garrison stronghold of the guard for personal safety, seeking official asylum and refusing to leave easily.
As in the civil war in Annan, as soon as the boat docked on the coast, a large number of refugees would surround them and ask to board the boat, which will definitely not happen here.Although Haihan estimates that the potential immigrant population in Shandong is still in the hundreds of thousands, it still takes a lot of time and more effort to mobilize these immigrants to participate in Haihan's plan.And this relatively slow pace of immigration collection will indeed have a certain impact on the implementation of the previous infrastructure project plan.
Among them, the most dissatisfied with this status quo is naturally the military. Even the elites of the special warfare battalion under Qian Tiandun now have to replace daily physical training with manual labor, and the navy, in addition to the maritime patrol personnel on duty , Others also all went ashore to move bricks on the construction site to work.Such an arrangement is obviously a great waste of military personnel and combat supplies transported all the way to Shandong. These manpower should have been allocated to the surrounding areas of Zhifu Island to increase the control area of Haihan, so as to speed up the recruitment of immigrants. , which is the correct deployment solution.
However, the time left for Haihan's construction is only about three months. Once winter enters, it will be much more difficult to carry out infrastructure construction outdoors than in summer.At present, when there is no stable and reliable source of immigrants, it is naturally more important to grab the construction period. No matter how unwilling the few military leaders are, they can only succumb to the needs of the situation first.
Although Qian Tiandun was mean and not optimistic about the immigration prospects of Fushan County, but after receiving the report from the cavalry team from Fushan County yesterday, he was not stingy at all about the possible sources of immigrants in the area, and immediately decided to send his men The elite soldiers cooperated with the navy to go to the area for reinforcements.
"Boss, those immigrant ships have returned and are sailing to Pier No. [-]." While speaking, a staff member came to report good news to Sun Changmi.The No. [-] and No. [-] piers set up by Haihan on Zhifu Island are located on the Zhifu Bay side, while the No. [-] Pier is west of the sandbar connecting Zhifu Island to the mainland. The straight-line distance between here and the mouth of the Jiahe River is only ten Departing from Pier No. [-], Duolidi can sail into Jiahe in just over an hour at normal speed.
"Let's go! Take a look!" Hearing the news, it was Tom Wang who reacted the fastest. He patted Qian Tiandun on the shoulder and said, "Would you like to take a gamble, how many people did you get back this time? Whoever has the closest answer wins. "
Qian Tiandun asked, "What are you betting on?"
Wang Tom didn't respond to him in a hurry, but turned his head and pulled Sun Changmi into the water again: "Minister Sun, do you want to play together?"
Sun Changmi smiled and said, "Okay, Commander Wang, let's make an offer! Let's talk about it first, we are all on our own, so don't be so vulgar as to bet on money!"
"Gambling money is boring, let's play something else." Wang Tom turned his eyes and said: "Well, the No. [-] camp needs to dig a reservoir for a thousand people, and the loser can contract this project? If If two lose, then work together."
"Okay, then I'll throw bricks and stones first, and I'll guess 400 people." Sun Changmi was also straightforward. As soon as Tom Wang finished speaking, he gave the number he guessed.
Qian Tiandun thought for a while and gave a higher number: "Then I guess 500 people."
Tom Wang laughed and said, "You said it so meanly just now, how did you guess that the number is not too small?"
Qian Tiandun said: "The news sent back yesterday said that there are large slums in the area, at least two to three thousand people live there. I believe Lao Ha's people should still be able to bring back some people."
Tom Wang clapped his hands and said: "I forgot about Lao Ha, I should invite him to bet together."
"Come on, most of his troops have been sent out, and only one company is left on the island to prepare for duty. Is it true that the only mobile force is used to dig mud?" Qian Tiandun immediately said to Tom Wang. Opinions raised objections.
"Okay, don't talk about others, you can also tell the number!" Sun Changmi couldn't help urging when he saw Tom Wang rambling.
"Then I will guess in a good direction, 600 people will be enough." Wang Tom gave his answer with a smile: "I am still very optimistic about the immigration plan, and I believe that the current difficulties will be over soon."
Compared with the existing problems in safety, material supply, etc., the shortage of labor force is undoubtedly the biggest problem facing the Zhifu Island base at present, and this problem is difficult to be solved through Haihan's unilateral efforts. To a certain extent It still depends on objective conditions.Therefore, regarding this matter, the heads of various departments are not as sure as they are in the military field, and it is difficult to make an exact estimate of the first batch of immigration results that can be obtained.
When the three arrived at Pier No. [-] on the southwest side of Zhifu Island, the three immigrant boats returning from the upper reaches of the Jiahe River had not yet docked.It is said to be Pier No. [-], but in fact it is just a site selection and naming. The facilities and staffing of the dock here are still very simple, except for two simple wooden trestles extending into the sea and the original cranes for lifting and unloading heavy materials on the shore. There are only a few dozen dock staff temporarily served by sailors from the Ministry of Shipping and the Navy.
After the first ship docked, the captain who went down the gangway to the shore saw three chiefs waiting on the pier, and was very panicked at the moment, not knowing what happened.
And Tom Wang had already noticed the densely packed human heads protruding from the ship's side, and joked to the other two: "See? This is a boat full of people! This boat can hold more than 200 people, even if the crew is removed, three boats It is estimated that there are more than 600 people, I should guess a little more!"
Sun Changmi ignored him, and called the captain over and asked, "How many immigrants have you pretended to come back this time?"
The captain didn't understand what he meant, but he replied honestly: "I'm reporting to the chief, this time the three ships transported a total of 380 seven immigrants..."
"Did you hear that? 380 seven people!" Sun Changmi proudly showed off to the other two people: "Obviously, only my answer is the closest to the exact number! Get ready and lead the team to dig the mud this afternoon!"
"Wait!" Qian Tiandun stopped the complacent Sun Changmi, "I don't think things are that simple!"
Sun Changmi said: "Didn't you hear clearly just now? Then let me repeat, 380 seven people!"
Qian Tiandun smiled and said, "Minister Sun, how many people can this kind of sailboat hold?"
Sun Changmi said: "Tom also said just now that a boat can hold two hundred people."
"Those two boats can load people, so why divide them into three boats? Isn't this a waste of capacity?" Qian Tiandun asked with a smile.
Sun Changmi was reasonable after thinking about it, and turned to the captain and asked: "The two ships transport immigrants, and what is the other ship carrying?"
The captain replied: "When we arrived at our destination this morning, we happened to encounter a cavalry company fighting with local bandit forces. The third ship was loaded with the bandit prisoners who were escorted back..."
Now Qian Tiandun couldn't hold back anymore, before he finished speaking, he asked, "How many prisoners are there?"
"A hundred... more than 40 people!" The captain roughly remembered the number of heads counted by the soldiers when they escorted the prisoners to board the ship.
"Including more than 300 immigrants, the total is in the early [-]s!" Qian Tiandun spread his hands and said: "You two, admit it!"
The 380 immigrants were divided into two ships, and the prisoners of war were obviously inconvenient to be shipped on the same ship with the immigrants, so a separate ship was used to transport them.Among the three, Sun Changmi guessed 500, Wang Tom guessed [-], and only Qian Tiandun's guess of [-] was the closest.Judging from the previous bet, he did win.
Sun Changmi slapped his forehead and said: "I didn't say anything earlier, the immigration status should be restricted! Thinking about it this way, you 500 people guessed very tricky! Did you just rely on luck or calculation?"
"It has both elements!" Qian Tiandun was also very frank, and immediately explained his thoughts to the two companions: "The news came back yesterday that the cavalry battalion asked for additional troops because they thought that Fushan County might There will be hostile forces that will add resistance to our recruitment. I was thinking at the time, if our troops had an armed conflict with the other side, then maybe we could send a group of coolies back and let them go soaking in sea water to pierce our People are liberated. If there are prisoners of war, they must be shipped separately. Considering that there are armed personnel on board, a ship can only escort more than 100 people. To put it bluntly, I am betting that some prisoners of war will be sent back. If the three boats were all immigrants, there must be more than 500 people."
"Then what if the prisoners of war couldn't be loaded in one ship?" Sun Changmi still wanted to break the casserole and ask the end.
Qian Tiandun laughed and said, "It's the same in two boats! Excluding sailors and escorts, two boats can hold about [-] prisoners of war, plus one boat of immigrants, there are still about [-] people."
"Then according to your estimate, if the three ships are all prisoners of war and there are no immigrants, I may have won!" Sun Changmi was still a little dissatisfied with Qian Tiandun's good luck.
"The three ships are all prisoners of war, so the warships we sent out must come back with them. This is the rule of the navy to escort prisoners of war, so that if the situation on any ship gets out of control, we can still take advantage of the firepower to seize the ship. Come back." After Wang Tom explained, he also sighed helplessly: "There is no need to argue, the details are all calculated by this guy!"
When Haihan participated in the Annan Civil War, he organized and transported a large number of South Vietnamese prisoners of war to Hainan Island as coolies. During this period, in order to ensure that these ships transporting prisoners of war would not have accidents at sea, a certain proportion of warships were also arranged for escort. The prisoners of war on the ship rebelled and seized the ship, and they could never escape Haihan's control.Qian Tiandun participated in the Annan Kingdom's civil war from the beginning to the end, and then carried out many combat missions overseas. Naturally, he was very clear about these unwritten rules.
"I'm convinced, you're ruthless!" Sun Changmi was convinced now, losing his temper.
Arriving on the same boat as the more than 100 prisoners of war, there were also two war horses that had undergone simple wound treatment and bandaging.The conditions on the front line of Fukuyama were obviously not suitable for them to recuperate, so they were specially sent back to Zhifu Island by boat as quickly as possible.Being able to get Harukon's careful care here, the recovery from the injury must be much faster.In addition, there were several wounded soldiers who were sent back at the same time. Two of them were stabbed from behind when the bandits were in chaos.
When Qian Tiandun saw the wounded soldier being carried down on a stretcher, his face darkened immediately, and he immediately asked if the offender was captured alive, but the answer he got was that he was shot dead by the soldiers who responded on the spot.Qian Tiandun breathed a sigh of relief and had nowhere to vent his anger. He could only kick the prisoners squatting next to him indiscriminately, and then ordered the soldiers to immediately send them all to work at the wharf site on the southeast side of Zhifu Island.
(End of this chapter)
Although it is currently in the Little Ice Age in history, Zhifu Island in August is still relatively hot, and the surface temperature before sunset is basically stable above [-] degrees, which also makes many soldiers who are rushing to build docks and camps Sweat profusely, very tired.Although the logistics department has taken some treatment and preventive measures, many people with fever and heatstroke will fall on the construction site every day.
Due to the limited capacity of the fleet, the Northward Fleet is mainly composed of the army, and there are not many migrant workers coming with the team. Therefore, the various infrastructure projects in the early stage can only be shared by the various troops in the Northward.And this situation will probably continue for a while, and it will not be improved until Haihan recruits a certain number of immigrants locally.
"Before the sun goes down today, hundreds of people can be transported back from Fushan County at the earliest." Sun Changmi stood by the pier and said to Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom: "Of course, everything goes well, I hope Let them make no trouble over there."
Sun Changmi wore a wide-brimmed straw hat on his head, his gown was unbuttoned, and his trousers were rolled up high. He didn't look like a high-ranking chief, but more like a casual foreman on a construction site.Since he landed on Zhifu Island, he has been stationed at the wharf site to take command, and he has been really tired these days.As long as you get closer to him, you can clearly see the bloodshot eyes in his eyes due to lack of rest.
"Hundreds of people... I would be thankful to have [-]% of the population." Qian Tiandun did not have much hope for the upcoming harvest: "For us, it can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket!"
"A drop in the bucket is better than nothing!" Tom Wang could only sigh facing Zhifu Bay, and responded to Qian Tiandun's evaluation with some helplessness.
The situation of the people in Zhifu Bay is somewhat different from what they expected before departure. They believe that even if there are not as many refugees as in the previous two years along the coast of Shandong, they should be able to recruit a certain number of people from near Zhifu Bay in a short period of time. Whether it is in the form of money employment or in exchange for food, a batch of cheap labor can be obtained in a short period of time to engage in the preliminary infrastructure projects of the Zhifu Island base.But after arriving here, I found out that the nearby coastal areas are empty, and the few people often live in the county town or near the garrison stronghold of the guard for personal safety, seeking official asylum and refusing to leave easily.
As in the civil war in Annan, as soon as the boat docked on the coast, a large number of refugees would surround them and ask to board the boat, which will definitely not happen here.Although Haihan estimates that the potential immigrant population in Shandong is still in the hundreds of thousands, it still takes a lot of time and more effort to mobilize these immigrants to participate in Haihan's plan.And this relatively slow pace of immigration collection will indeed have a certain impact on the implementation of the previous infrastructure project plan.
Among them, the most dissatisfied with this status quo is naturally the military. Even the elites of the special warfare battalion under Qian Tiandun now have to replace daily physical training with manual labor, and the navy, in addition to the maritime patrol personnel on duty , Others also all went ashore to move bricks on the construction site to work.Such an arrangement is obviously a great waste of military personnel and combat supplies transported all the way to Shandong. These manpower should have been allocated to the surrounding areas of Zhifu Island to increase the control area of Haihan, so as to speed up the recruitment of immigrants. , which is the correct deployment solution.
However, the time left for Haihan's construction is only about three months. Once winter enters, it will be much more difficult to carry out infrastructure construction outdoors than in summer.At present, when there is no stable and reliable source of immigrants, it is naturally more important to grab the construction period. No matter how unwilling the few military leaders are, they can only succumb to the needs of the situation first.
Although Qian Tiandun was mean and not optimistic about the immigration prospects of Fushan County, but after receiving the report from the cavalry team from Fushan County yesterday, he was not stingy at all about the possible sources of immigrants in the area, and immediately decided to send his men The elite soldiers cooperated with the navy to go to the area for reinforcements.
"Boss, those immigrant ships have returned and are sailing to Pier No. [-]." While speaking, a staff member came to report good news to Sun Changmi.The No. [-] and No. [-] piers set up by Haihan on Zhifu Island are located on the Zhifu Bay side, while the No. [-] Pier is west of the sandbar connecting Zhifu Island to the mainland. The straight-line distance between here and the mouth of the Jiahe River is only ten Departing from Pier No. [-], Duolidi can sail into Jiahe in just over an hour at normal speed.
"Let's go! Take a look!" Hearing the news, it was Tom Wang who reacted the fastest. He patted Qian Tiandun on the shoulder and said, "Would you like to take a gamble, how many people did you get back this time? Whoever has the closest answer wins. "
Qian Tiandun asked, "What are you betting on?"
Wang Tom didn't respond to him in a hurry, but turned his head and pulled Sun Changmi into the water again: "Minister Sun, do you want to play together?"
Sun Changmi smiled and said, "Okay, Commander Wang, let's make an offer! Let's talk about it first, we are all on our own, so don't be so vulgar as to bet on money!"
"Gambling money is boring, let's play something else." Wang Tom turned his eyes and said: "Well, the No. [-] camp needs to dig a reservoir for a thousand people, and the loser can contract this project? If If two lose, then work together."
"Okay, then I'll throw bricks and stones first, and I'll guess 400 people." Sun Changmi was also straightforward. As soon as Tom Wang finished speaking, he gave the number he guessed.
Qian Tiandun thought for a while and gave a higher number: "Then I guess 500 people."
Tom Wang laughed and said, "You said it so meanly just now, how did you guess that the number is not too small?"
Qian Tiandun said: "The news sent back yesterday said that there are large slums in the area, at least two to three thousand people live there. I believe Lao Ha's people should still be able to bring back some people."
Tom Wang clapped his hands and said: "I forgot about Lao Ha, I should invite him to bet together."
"Come on, most of his troops have been sent out, and only one company is left on the island to prepare for duty. Is it true that the only mobile force is used to dig mud?" Qian Tiandun immediately said to Tom Wang. Opinions raised objections.
"Okay, don't talk about others, you can also tell the number!" Sun Changmi couldn't help urging when he saw Tom Wang rambling.
"Then I will guess in a good direction, 600 people will be enough." Wang Tom gave his answer with a smile: "I am still very optimistic about the immigration plan, and I believe that the current difficulties will be over soon."
Compared with the existing problems in safety, material supply, etc., the shortage of labor force is undoubtedly the biggest problem facing the Zhifu Island base at present, and this problem is difficult to be solved through Haihan's unilateral efforts. To a certain extent It still depends on objective conditions.Therefore, regarding this matter, the heads of various departments are not as sure as they are in the military field, and it is difficult to make an exact estimate of the first batch of immigration results that can be obtained.
When the three arrived at Pier No. [-] on the southwest side of Zhifu Island, the three immigrant boats returning from the upper reaches of the Jiahe River had not yet docked.It is said to be Pier No. [-], but in fact it is just a site selection and naming. The facilities and staffing of the dock here are still very simple, except for two simple wooden trestles extending into the sea and the original cranes for lifting and unloading heavy materials on the shore. There are only a few dozen dock staff temporarily served by sailors from the Ministry of Shipping and the Navy.
After the first ship docked, the captain who went down the gangway to the shore saw three chiefs waiting on the pier, and was very panicked at the moment, not knowing what happened.
And Tom Wang had already noticed the densely packed human heads protruding from the ship's side, and joked to the other two: "See? This is a boat full of people! This boat can hold more than 200 people, even if the crew is removed, three boats It is estimated that there are more than 600 people, I should guess a little more!"
Sun Changmi ignored him, and called the captain over and asked, "How many immigrants have you pretended to come back this time?"
The captain didn't understand what he meant, but he replied honestly: "I'm reporting to the chief, this time the three ships transported a total of 380 seven immigrants..."
"Did you hear that? 380 seven people!" Sun Changmi proudly showed off to the other two people: "Obviously, only my answer is the closest to the exact number! Get ready and lead the team to dig the mud this afternoon!"
"Wait!" Qian Tiandun stopped the complacent Sun Changmi, "I don't think things are that simple!"
Sun Changmi said: "Didn't you hear clearly just now? Then let me repeat, 380 seven people!"
Qian Tiandun smiled and said, "Minister Sun, how many people can this kind of sailboat hold?"
Sun Changmi said: "Tom also said just now that a boat can hold two hundred people."
"Those two boats can load people, so why divide them into three boats? Isn't this a waste of capacity?" Qian Tiandun asked with a smile.
Sun Changmi was reasonable after thinking about it, and turned to the captain and asked: "The two ships transport immigrants, and what is the other ship carrying?"
The captain replied: "When we arrived at our destination this morning, we happened to encounter a cavalry company fighting with local bandit forces. The third ship was loaded with the bandit prisoners who were escorted back..."
Now Qian Tiandun couldn't hold back anymore, before he finished speaking, he asked, "How many prisoners are there?"
"A hundred... more than 40 people!" The captain roughly remembered the number of heads counted by the soldiers when they escorted the prisoners to board the ship.
"Including more than 300 immigrants, the total is in the early [-]s!" Qian Tiandun spread his hands and said: "You two, admit it!"
The 380 immigrants were divided into two ships, and the prisoners of war were obviously inconvenient to be shipped on the same ship with the immigrants, so a separate ship was used to transport them.Among the three, Sun Changmi guessed 500, Wang Tom guessed [-], and only Qian Tiandun's guess of [-] was the closest.Judging from the previous bet, he did win.
Sun Changmi slapped his forehead and said: "I didn't say anything earlier, the immigration status should be restricted! Thinking about it this way, you 500 people guessed very tricky! Did you just rely on luck or calculation?"
"It has both elements!" Qian Tiandun was also very frank, and immediately explained his thoughts to the two companions: "The news came back yesterday that the cavalry battalion asked for additional troops because they thought that Fushan County might There will be hostile forces that will add resistance to our recruitment. I was thinking at the time, if our troops had an armed conflict with the other side, then maybe we could send a group of coolies back and let them go soaking in sea water to pierce our People are liberated. If there are prisoners of war, they must be shipped separately. Considering that there are armed personnel on board, a ship can only escort more than 100 people. To put it bluntly, I am betting that some prisoners of war will be sent back. If the three boats were all immigrants, there must be more than 500 people."
"Then what if the prisoners of war couldn't be loaded in one ship?" Sun Changmi still wanted to break the casserole and ask the end.
Qian Tiandun laughed and said, "It's the same in two boats! Excluding sailors and escorts, two boats can hold about [-] prisoners of war, plus one boat of immigrants, there are still about [-] people."
"Then according to your estimate, if the three ships are all prisoners of war and there are no immigrants, I may have won!" Sun Changmi was still a little dissatisfied with Qian Tiandun's good luck.
"The three ships are all prisoners of war, so the warships we sent out must come back with them. This is the rule of the navy to escort prisoners of war, so that if the situation on any ship gets out of control, we can still take advantage of the firepower to seize the ship. Come back." After Wang Tom explained, he also sighed helplessly: "There is no need to argue, the details are all calculated by this guy!"
When Haihan participated in the Annan Civil War, he organized and transported a large number of South Vietnamese prisoners of war to Hainan Island as coolies. During this period, in order to ensure that these ships transporting prisoners of war would not have accidents at sea, a certain proportion of warships were also arranged for escort. The prisoners of war on the ship rebelled and seized the ship, and they could never escape Haihan's control.Qian Tiandun participated in the Annan Kingdom's civil war from the beginning to the end, and then carried out many combat missions overseas. Naturally, he was very clear about these unwritten rules.
"I'm convinced, you're ruthless!" Sun Changmi was convinced now, losing his temper.
Arriving on the same boat as the more than 100 prisoners of war, there were also two war horses that had undergone simple wound treatment and bandaging.The conditions on the front line of Fukuyama were obviously not suitable for them to recuperate, so they were specially sent back to Zhifu Island by boat as quickly as possible.Being able to get Harukon's careful care here, the recovery from the injury must be much faster.In addition, there were several wounded soldiers who were sent back at the same time. Two of them were stabbed from behind when the bandits were in chaos.
When Qian Tiandun saw the wounded soldier being carried down on a stretcher, his face darkened immediately, and he immediately asked if the offender was captured alive, but the answer he got was that he was shot dead by the soldiers who responded on the spot.Qian Tiandun breathed a sigh of relief and had nowhere to vent his anger. He could only kick the prisoners squatting next to him indiscriminately, and then ordered the soldiers to immediately send them all to work at the wharf site on the southeast side of Zhifu Island.
(End of this chapter)