Chapter 1095 Labor Gap

Although it is currently in the Little Ice Age in history, Zhifu Island is still relatively hot in August. The surface temperature before the sun goes down is basically stable above 30 degrees. This also makes many soldiers who are rushing to build docks and camps

Sweating like rain and feeling very tired. Although the logistics department has taken some treatment and preventive measures, many people with fever and heatstroke still fall to the construction site every day.

Due to the limited transportation capacity of the fleet, the personnel of the fleet heading north this time are mainly military, and not many migrant workers came with the team. Therefore, various early infrastructure projects can only be shared by the various units heading north. And such

The situation will probably continue for some time and will only improve after Haihan recruits a certain number of local immigrants.

"At the earliest, hundreds of people can be transported back from Fushan County before the sun goes down today." Sun Changmi stood at the dock and said to Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom: "Of course, this will only happen if everything goes smoothly. I hope

Don't let them cause any trouble over there."

Sun Changmi wore a wide-brimmed straw hat on his head, an open coat, and his trousers rolled up high. He did not look like a superior leader, but more like an informal foreman on the construction site. From the moment he landed on Zhifu Island, he

He has been stationed at the dock construction site to take command, and he has been really tired these past few days. As long as you get closer to him, you can clearly see the bloodshot eyes in his eyes due to lack of rest.

"With a few hundred people...it would be a blessing to have 50% of the population." Qian Tiandun did not have much hope for the upcoming harvest: "For us, it can only be a drop in the bucket!"

"A drop in the bucket is better than nothing!" Wang Tom could only sigh as he faced Zhifu Bay, and responded to Qian Tiandun's evaluation with some helplessness.

The situation among 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 there were in the previous two years along the Shandong coast, 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 exchange for money or providing food, in short, a group of cheap labor can be obtained in a short period of time to work on the preliminary infrastructure projects of Zhifu Island Base. But after arriving here, I discovered that nearby

The coastal areas are already empty. For personal safety, the few people often gather near the county town or garrison garrison to seek official asylum and refuse to leave easily.

Like during the Annan Civil War, as soon as the ship docked at the coast, a large number of refugees gathered around and asked to board the ship. This will definitely not happen here. Although Haihan estimates that the potential immigrant population in Shandong is still

Hundreds of thousands, but it will still take a lot of time and more effort to mobilize these immigrant targets to participate in Haihan's plan. And this relatively slow immigration collection progress will indeed have a negative impact on the early infrastructure.

The implementation of the project plan will have a certain impact.

Among them, those who are most dissatisfied with this situation are naturally the military. Even the elites of the special operations battalion under Qian Tiandun now have to replace daily physical training with physical labor. The Navy, in addition to the scheduled maritime patrol personnel,

, all the other people also came ashore to work on the construction site moving bricks. This arrangement is obviously a huge waste of military personnel and combat materials transported all the way to Shandong. These manpower should have been put into the surrounding areas of Zhifu Island, increasing the number of seamen.

This is the correct deployment plan to increase the scope of control to promote the speed of recruiting immigrants.

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 natural to still

It was more important to meet the deadline. No matter how unwilling the military bosses were, they had no choice but to give in to the needs of the situation.

Although Qian Tiandun was mean and not optimistic about the immigration prospects of Fushan County, after receiving the report from the cavalry from Fushan County yesterday, he was not stingy at all about the possible sources of immigrants in the local area and immediately decided to send his men

The elite troops cooperated with the navy to go to the area for reinforcements.

"Chief, those immigration ships are back and are now sailing to Pier 3." While he was talking, a staff member came to report the good news to Sun Changmi. Pier 1 and Pier 2 set up by Haihan on Zhifu Island are both

It is located on the Zhifu Bay side, and Pier 3 is to the west of the sandbank connecting Zhifu Island to the mainland. The straight-line distance between here and the entrance of Jiahe River is only more than ten miles. Starting from Pier 3, it only takes

It takes more than an hour to drive into Jiahe.

"Let's go! Let's take a look!" Wang Tom was the one who reacted the fastest when he heard the news. He patted Qian Tiandun on the shoulder and said, "Would you like to take a bet, how many people will come back this time? Whoever has the closest answer wins.

"

Qian Tiandun said: "What are you betting on?"

Tom Wang did not respond to him in a hurry, but turned around and dragged 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 some conditions! Let's agree first, we are all our own people, so don't be so vulgar about gambling money!"

"There's no point in gambling for money, let's do something else." Wang Tom rolled his eyes and said: "How about this, Camp No. 2 also needs to dig a reservoir for a thousand people, and the loser will contract this project? What if?

If one of the two loses, let’s work together.”

"Okay, let me start by provoking some ideas. I guess four hundred people." Sun Changmi was also happy. As soon as Wang Tom finished speaking, he gave his guess number.

Qian Tiandun thought for a while and gave a higher number: "Then I guess five hundred people."

Tom Wang smiled and said, "You just said something so mean, how come you guessed so many numbers?"

Qian Tiandun said: "The news sent back yesterday said that there are large slums in the area, with at least two to three thousand people living there. I believe that Lao Ha's people should be able to bring back some people."

Wang Tom clapped his hands and said, "I forgot about Lao Ha. We should bring him to bet together."

"Farewell, most of his men and horses have been sent out, and only one company has been left on the island to prepare for duty. Is it really necessary to use this only mobile force to dig mud?" Qian Tiandun immediately asked Wang Tom's question.

Opinions were raised against.

"Okay, stop talking about others, just tell me the number!" Sun Changmi couldn't help but urge when he saw Tom Wang rambling.

"Then I'll take a good guess, six hundred people." 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 labor gap is undoubtedly the biggest problem currently faced by Zhifu Island Base, and this problem is difficult to solve 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 accurate estimate of the first batch of immigration results that can be achieved.

When the three of them arrived at Pier 3 on the southwest side of Zhifu Island, the three immigrant boats returning from the upper reaches of Jiahe River had not yet docked. It is called Pier 3, but in fact it is just a site naming. The terminal facilities and staffing here are

It is still very crude. In addition to two simple wooden trestles extending into the sea and primitive cranes on the shore for lifting and unloading heavy materials, there are only dozens of dock workers temporarily provided by sailors from the Ministry of Shipping and the Navy.

After the first ship docked, the captain who walked down the gangplank to the shore saw three chiefs waiting on the dock. He was very frightened at the moment and didn't know what was going on.

Tom Wang had already noticed the dense crowd of heads protruding from the side of the ship, and joked to the other two: "Did you see it? This ship is packed full of people! This ship can carry more than two hundred people. Even excluding the crew, three people

There are probably more than 600 people on the ship, I should have guessed more!"

Sun Changmi ignored him, called the captain over and asked: "How many immigrants were brought back this time?"

The captain didn't know what he meant, but he replied honestly: "Commander, the three ships carried a total of 387 immigrants this time..."

"Did you hear that? Three hundred and eighty-seven people!" Sun Changmi proudly showed off to the other two people: "Obviously, only my answer is the closest to the accurate number! Get ready and lead a team to dig mud in the afternoon.

Bar!"

"Wait!" Qian Tiandun stopped the proud Sun Changmi: "I don't think things are that simple yet!"

Sun Changmi said: "Did you not hear clearly just now? Then I will repeat it again, three hundred and eighty-seven people!"

Qian Tiandun smiled and said: "Mr. Sun, how many people can this kind of sailing boat carry?"

Sun Changmi said: "Tom also said just now that a boat can carry about two hundred people."

"The people can be loaded in two boats, so why do we need to divide them into three boats? Isn't this a waste of transportation capacity?" Qian Tiandun asked with a smile.

Sun Changmi thought it was reasonable. He turned around and asked the captain again: "Two ships carry immigrants, and what does the other ship carry?"

The captain responded: "When we arrived at our destination this morning, we happened to encounter a cavalry company fighting a battle with the local bandit armed forces. The third ship carried the bandit prisoners who were escorted back..."

Now Qian Tiandun couldn't hold it any longer and asked before he could finish his words: "How many prisoners are there?"

"One hundred...more than forty people!" The captain still roughly remembered the number of heads counted by the soldiers when they escorted the prisoners onto the ship.

"Including more than 300 immigrants, the total is over 500!" Qian Tiandun spread his hands and said: "You two, admit it!"

Three hundred and eighty-seven immigrants were loaded on two boats, and it was obviously inconvenient for the prisoners of war to be shipped on the same boat as the immigrants, so a separate boat was used to transport them. Among the three, Sun Changmi guessed 400, and Wang Tom guessed 600.

, only the five hundred people guessed by Qian Tiandun were the closest. Judging from the previous bet, he indeed won.

Sun Changmi slapped his forehead and said: "As I said before, the immigration status should be limited! Thinking about it like this, you five hundred people are very clever at guessing! Did you rely on pure luck or calculation?"

"There must be both ingredients!" Qian Tiandun was also very frank, and immediately explained his thoughts to his two companions: "The news came back yesterday that the cavalry battalion requested to send more troops because they believed that Fushan County might

There will be hostile forces that will add resistance to our recruitment operations. I was thinking at the time that if our troops had an armed conflict with the other party, then we could probably send a group of coolies back and let them soak in the sea water and drive piles to destroy our troops.

If there are prisoners of war, they must be shipped separately. Considering that there are also armed personnel on the ship, a ship can only escort more than a hundred people. To put it bluntly, I am betting that there will be prisoners of war sent back.

, if all three boats are filled with immigrants, there must be more than 500 people."

"What if the prisoners of war can't be loaded into one ship?" Sun Changmi still wanted to break the casserole and ask the question.

Qian Tiandun laughed and said: "It's the same thing to load them into two ships! Excluding the sailors and escorts, two ships can carry about three hundred prisoners of war. If we add one ship of immigrants, the number will still be about five hundred people."

"Then based on your estimate, if the three ships are all prisoners of war and there are no immigrants, I might 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 will definitely have to come back with them. This is the Navy's rule for escorting prisoners of war, so that if the situation on any ship gets out of control, we can still seize the ship with our firepower advantage.

Come back." After Wang Tom explained, he sighed helplessly: "There's no need to argue, all the details have been 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 from Annan to Hainan Island to work 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 arranged to escort them. Even if

The prisoners of war on the ship rebelled and seized the ship, but they had no chance of escaping from Haihan's control. Qian Tiandun participated in Annan's civil war from beginning to end, and later performed many combat missions overseas. Naturally, he was very clear about these unwritten rules.

"I'm convinced, you're cruel!" Sun Changmi was convinced now, and he lost his temper.

Arriving in the same boat as these more than 100 prisoners of war, there were also two war horses that had undergone simple wound treatment and bandaging. The conditions on the Fushan front line were obviously not suitable for them to recuperate, so they were specially sent back to Zhifu Island by boat as quickly as possible. Here

Being able to receive Harugong's careful care will definitely help him recover from his injuries much faster. In addition, there were several wounded soldiers sent back at the same time. Two of them were stabbed from behind when the bandits were causing trouble, and their injuries were relatively serious.

Seriously, I'm afraid it will take a long time to recover.

When Qian Tiandun saw the wounded soldier being carried down on a stretcher, his face suddenly darkened. He immediately asked the perpetrator if he had been captured alive, but the answer he got was that he was shot dead by the soldiers who reacted on the spot. Qian Tiandun sighed sullenly.

With no way to vent his inner feelings, he could only kick the prisoners of war squatting next to him, and then ordered the soldiers to immediately send all of them to the dock construction site on the southeast side of Zhifu Island to work.
Chapter completed!