Chapter 3067
Chapter 3067
The first batch of immigrants who followed Aragones to Jinshan Port had only about a hundred households, but it was obviously impossible for Wang Tom to allow these Hispanic immigrants to continue to live together in the local area, so they had to be dispersed to multiple settlements for resettlement .
The Hispanic people who have just arrived are not aware of the pros and cons of the local settlements, and they have no resistance to the lottery arrangement.
A wooden box was placed on the table in front of the civil affairs officer, and there were several small balls corresponding to the settlements inside.There is a hole in the top of the wooden box, and the immigrants reach in to draw lots, and it depends on luck where they end up.
All the settlements sent people over, and after the lottery was drawn for each immigrant, they counted the heads of the people on the spot, and then took the people away.
If the gold mining area located in the inland mountainous area is the settlement with the worst conditions, then Jinshan City, with complete facilities and convenient living, is undoubtedly the best destination for immigrants.
However, in view of the special place of origin of the immigrants, the upper limit for receiving immigrants in the urban area is only ten households.In the mining areas with the most difficult conditions, there is no upper limit for receiving at all.
These settlements are scattered around Jinshan Bay, the nearest ones are tens of miles away from each other, and the farthest places are three to four hundred miles away from Jinshan Port. It takes several days to walk on the road.
The settlements are under military management, and new immigrants like them will not be allowed to leave the settlements until one or two years later.
After listening to the explanation of the immigration distribution rules by civil affairs officials, Aragones couldn't help admiring Haihan's methods.It's just that in this way, the communication between the various settlements is inconvenient. His plan to take advantage of his family's prestige and prestige to slowly absorb these Hispanic immigrants into his command may be difficult to realize.
Aragones suddenly realized that if these immigrants were to be scattered to various places for resettlement, then who would take care of the farm Haihan promised to allocate to him?
Now there are only a few servants who cook and do laundry, and these people may not be able to take care of the farm work. They can't even have to farm and herd themselves, right?
He immediately raised this question with civil affairs officials, and the answer he received was that at least ten families of Hispanic immigrants would be assigned to the place where he settled, and he could hire these people to take care of the farm.
But the government will also allocate arable land to these Hispanic immigrants to support them in running their own industries. Whether they will accept the employment of Aragones depends on his bid.
This is incomparable to the time in San Diego Bay before. At that time, the settlement was the private territory of Aragones. All the people and land were the property of his family, and every household in the area had to pay taxes to him. , There is no such thing as spending money to hire long-term workers.
Even his family's servants are only provided with food and lodging, and they have never been paid.Occasionally, when there are special festivals, Aragones will send them a little money as a reward according to his mood.
Of course, not everyone worked for him for free. For example, the armed men under him, who worked hard for him, had to be paid on time.But this group of people had been disbanded after the war, and they went back to their homes. Even if he was willing to pay, Haihan would probably not agree to let him reorganize a private armed force.
More than 2000 people used to work for Aragones in San Diego Bay, supporting his family.But now, ten households of immigrants, this is the employment quota that Aragones can currently get, and these immigrants may not accept his employment after they have their own land.
Aragones felt instantly deceived.
Morgan had promised him excellent conditions before, allocating farms and giving tax holidays, but he just didn't mention this damn resettlement plan.
If no one can use it, then even if he has land, even if he doesn't have to pay taxes all the time, it's just guarding a large piece of wasteland, which is meaningless to his family at all.
Aragones was in no mood to continue watching the immigration lottery. He immediately made a request to the civil affairs officials to meet with the chief executive here.
But Wang Tom is a small character like him who can see him whenever he wants. After the civil affairs officials asked for instructions, the answer they got was to let him stay in Jinshan Port and wait for the next arrangement.
So the Aragones family was arranged to stay in a hotel at the port, waiting for the official notice.Their big family moved in, and immediately occupied half of the hotel room.
Although the accommodation conditions in this hotel were far inferior to Aragones' mansion in San Diego Bay, he could only make do with it, because there was only one hotel in the entire port area.
Jinshan Port seems to be prosperous, but in fact there are not many floating population. Most of them are people between the urban area and various settlements, and the demand for temporary accommodation is extremely low.
Although it's just such a hotel, there are vacancies most of the year.When their family moved in, it was even more than half empty.
After getting permission to go out alone, Aragones chose to take a look around the city, intending to see how the Haihan people run the colony.
Civil affairs officials originally planned to send a Spanish translator to accompany them, but Aragones thought it was a surveillance measure by the other party, so he declined the offer.
As an expert looking at the doorway, Aragones, who is also a colonial ruler, quickly saw some clues about this small coastal city.
First, the city's population density is low, as evidenced by its sparsely laid-out houses and relatively empty streets. It's certainly not much more populous than the Spanish colonies in San Diego Bay.
Secondly, the level of infrastructure here is more than one grade higher than the settlements in San Diego Bay.The urban area is neatly planned, the appearance of houses is uniform, the streets are spacious, flat and clean, and the water supply and drainage facilities almost cover the entire urban area.
In addition, although Jinshan City is said to be under military control, there is actually no tense atmosphere in the city, and no soldiers are even seen on duty on the streets.
As seen on the street, most of the local people are indeed Han Chinese, but for Europeans like Aragones, passers-by seem to have no curiosity, and basically no one looks at him too much.
After turning around for a while, Aragones found that there are actually many European faces here, which reminded him of Morgan, who is obviously a European, but is playing for Haihan. It seems that there should be many Europeans in the Haihan camp. person.
This is good news for him, at least it shows that Haihan is not particularly repulsed by Europeans, and he should not be discriminated against if he settles here in the future.
But language and culture are undoubtedly a major obstacle to integrating here. Aragones can't understand Chinese or read Chinese characters, but he previously refused to travel with a translator, so he couldn't communicate with others at all, so he could only stay in the city by himself. I wandered around for a while.
The Hispanic people who have just arrived are not aware of the pros and cons of the local settlements, and they have no resistance to the lottery arrangement.
A wooden box was placed on the table in front of the civil affairs officer, and there were several small balls corresponding to the settlements inside.There is a hole in the top of the wooden box, and the immigrants reach in to draw lots, and it depends on luck where they end up.
All the settlements sent people over, and after the lottery was drawn for each immigrant, they counted the heads of the people on the spot, and then took the people away.
If the gold mining area located in the inland mountainous area is the settlement with the worst conditions, then Jinshan City, with complete facilities and convenient living, is undoubtedly the best destination for immigrants.
However, in view of the special place of origin of the immigrants, the upper limit for receiving immigrants in the urban area is only ten households.In the mining areas with the most difficult conditions, there is no upper limit for receiving at all.
These settlements are scattered around Jinshan Bay, the nearest ones are tens of miles away from each other, and the farthest places are three to four hundred miles away from Jinshan Port. It takes several days to walk on the road.
The settlements are under military management, and new immigrants like them will not be allowed to leave the settlements until one or two years later.
After listening to the explanation of the immigration distribution rules by civil affairs officials, Aragones couldn't help admiring Haihan's methods.It's just that in this way, the communication between the various settlements is inconvenient. His plan to take advantage of his family's prestige and prestige to slowly absorb these Hispanic immigrants into his command may be difficult to realize.
Aragones suddenly realized that if these immigrants were to be scattered to various places for resettlement, then who would take care of the farm Haihan promised to allocate to him?
Now there are only a few servants who cook and do laundry, and these people may not be able to take care of the farm work. They can't even have to farm and herd themselves, right?
He immediately raised this question with civil affairs officials, and the answer he received was that at least ten families of Hispanic immigrants would be assigned to the place where he settled, and he could hire these people to take care of the farm.
But the government will also allocate arable land to these Hispanic immigrants to support them in running their own industries. Whether they will accept the employment of Aragones depends on his bid.
This is incomparable to the time in San Diego Bay before. At that time, the settlement was the private territory of Aragones. All the people and land were the property of his family, and every household in the area had to pay taxes to him. , There is no such thing as spending money to hire long-term workers.
Even his family's servants are only provided with food and lodging, and they have never been paid.Occasionally, when there are special festivals, Aragones will send them a little money as a reward according to his mood.
Of course, not everyone worked for him for free. For example, the armed men under him, who worked hard for him, had to be paid on time.But this group of people had been disbanded after the war, and they went back to their homes. Even if he was willing to pay, Haihan would probably not agree to let him reorganize a private armed force.
More than 2000 people used to work for Aragones in San Diego Bay, supporting his family.But now, ten households of immigrants, this is the employment quota that Aragones can currently get, and these immigrants may not accept his employment after they have their own land.
Aragones felt instantly deceived.
Morgan had promised him excellent conditions before, allocating farms and giving tax holidays, but he just didn't mention this damn resettlement plan.
If no one can use it, then even if he has land, even if he doesn't have to pay taxes all the time, it's just guarding a large piece of wasteland, which is meaningless to his family at all.
Aragones was in no mood to continue watching the immigration lottery. He immediately made a request to the civil affairs officials to meet with the chief executive here.
But Wang Tom is a small character like him who can see him whenever he wants. After the civil affairs officials asked for instructions, the answer they got was to let him stay in Jinshan Port and wait for the next arrangement.
So the Aragones family was arranged to stay in a hotel at the port, waiting for the official notice.Their big family moved in, and immediately occupied half of the hotel room.
Although the accommodation conditions in this hotel were far inferior to Aragones' mansion in San Diego Bay, he could only make do with it, because there was only one hotel in the entire port area.
Jinshan Port seems to be prosperous, but in fact there are not many floating population. Most of them are people between the urban area and various settlements, and the demand for temporary accommodation is extremely low.
Although it's just such a hotel, there are vacancies most of the year.When their family moved in, it was even more than half empty.
After getting permission to go out alone, Aragones chose to take a look around the city, intending to see how the Haihan people run the colony.
Civil affairs officials originally planned to send a Spanish translator to accompany them, but Aragones thought it was a surveillance measure by the other party, so he declined the offer.
As an expert looking at the doorway, Aragones, who is also a colonial ruler, quickly saw some clues about this small coastal city.
First, the city's population density is low, as evidenced by its sparsely laid-out houses and relatively empty streets. It's certainly not much more populous than the Spanish colonies in San Diego Bay.
Secondly, the level of infrastructure here is more than one grade higher than the settlements in San Diego Bay.The urban area is neatly planned, the appearance of houses is uniform, the streets are spacious, flat and clean, and the water supply and drainage facilities almost cover the entire urban area.
In addition, although Jinshan City is said to be under military control, there is actually no tense atmosphere in the city, and no soldiers are even seen on duty on the streets.
As seen on the street, most of the local people are indeed Han Chinese, but for Europeans like Aragones, passers-by seem to have no curiosity, and basically no one looks at him too much.
After turning around for a while, Aragones found that there are actually many European faces here, which reminded him of Morgan, who is obviously a European, but is playing for Haihan. It seems that there should be many Europeans in the Haihan camp. person.
This is good news for him, at least it shows that Haihan is not particularly repulsed by Europeans, and he should not be discriminated against if he settles here in the future.
But language and culture are undoubtedly a major obstacle to integrating here. Aragones can't understand Chinese or read Chinese characters, but he previously refused to travel with a translator, so he couldn't communicate with others at all, so he could only stay in the city by himself. I wandered around for a while.