Everything was beyond people's expectations. No one would have thought that a news report would bring the emperor to the home of a disabled worker, and no one would have thought that subsequently the imperial court promulgated the "Disease Insurance Law" and the "Workers' Law".
The Compensation Law and the Disability and Pension Insurance Law, although the promulgated laws are just drafts, what is certain is that when these laws were promulgated, the entire world was changed.
1872 was a year of change for the Ming Dynasty. This year seemed to be the dividing line between the past and the present.
Once these systems were introduced, they were warmly welcomed by the people of the Ming Dynasty. After some "friendly" negotiations, the result of these laws was: capital contributed the majority, workers contributed the small contribution, and the government provided subsidies and enforcement.
In fact, there is nothing mandatory. It doesn't matter if those companies are unwilling to implement it. Anyway, all companies belonging to Emperor Zhu Da's private company, America Company, will cooperate in enforcing these laws and purchase various insurances for their employees.
In other words, just such a worker covers basically more than 80% of factory employees and workers.
At the same time, Imperial Agriculture Company also purchased pension, medical and work-related injury insurance for all farm employees.
As a result, if other companies do not purchase insurance for their employees, they will definitely not be able to recruit workers.
Just like after Ford in the United States offered a "$5 wage", various companies had no choice but to follow suit in order to survive. Those companies, whether willing or not, had no choice but to follow suit.
From 1873 to 1883, the number of insured persons in the Ming Empire increased from 3 million to 25.5 million, covering almost all adult workers.
Problems such as workers' survival, pension, and health damage, inequality, and oppression suffered in the working environment are all addressed head-on under this system. Even those ethnic minorities—Europeans and European-Indian mixed-races—are willing to live in
Under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, social security was stable and industry developed steadily and rapidly.
It was also from this day that Ming Dynasty became a country that was completely different from other countries, and would leave other countries far behind in the future.
But if we want to leave other countries far behind, we still need people. After all, whether it is industrial production or market consumption, we must have people.
No one is talking about everything.
For the Ming Dynasty, nothing is more important than the introduction of immigrants. After all, the population of the Ming Dynasty is only a mere tens of millions.
And for Ming Dynasty, the biggest advantage of introducing immigrants is cheap labor!
The new immigrants not only receive low wages, but also do not need to purchase various insurances for them within half a year. This is simply the best cheap labor force.
Fortunately, there are hundreds of millions of hungry people in China, and parties with different ideas are trying their best to put a steady stream of immigrants on trains and ships for various purposes, and then arrive in this new world.
Before Christmas in 1872, the "Kamping" immigration ship sailing from China slowly sailed into the new Xiamen Port located in the Success Islands in northern New Guinea.
New Xiamen is the capital of the Success Islands. It is not Rabaul as it is known to the world in the other world, but Kokopo. Before 1910, it had been the capital of German New Guinea, and then it was moved to Rabaul.
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The reason why we chose this place as the capital is entirely to stand on the shoulders of historical giants. After all, in history, Rabaul was wiped out twice by volcanic eruptions.
As the saying goes, destiny cannot be violated. In this case, there is no need to bite the bullet and insist on building the capital in Labar.
After nearly ten years of development, Xiamen has now become the largest city in the entire Central Pacific region.
Although the population is only 50,000 or 60,000, it is definitely the largest city in the Central Pacific region of this era.
More than a dozen magnificent Ming-style modern buildings and Western-style buildings stand in the harbor. These buildings are where the offices of commercial banks are located. The most magnificent one is the successful branch building of HSBC Bank. In addition to these buildings, the city
Most of them are oriental-style wood and bamboo buildings - thanks to the rich wood resources on the island, most of the residential houses in Xiamen are wooden houses. Those wooden houses that draw on Western modern architectural structures are full of oriental charm.
All of this is new to the eyes of the immigrants on the ship. Although the "Kangping" sailed from Yangzhou, compared with the crowded, dirty and messy place there... it can be seen at a glance that it is not only clean
Neat and visibly wealthy!
"Brother Li, let's stop here!"
Looking at the city on the shore, especially when he saw the red faces of the people on the dock, Zhao Si shouted to the sailors on the ship with great expectation. After sailing on the ship for so many days, he recognized this fellow countryman.
Like him, he is from Fengyang, the hometown of Emperor Zhu of the Ming Dynasty.
According to him, in the Ming Dynasty, they were dignified people from Zhongdu.
"It's only been a few days. Our ship is going to Linhai. You can look at this place, but this is just our overseas territory of the Ming Dynasty. When you get to Linhai, you will know that the Ming Dynasty... is much better than this place.
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How good is Ming Dynasty!
The immigrants on the boat looked at the city on the shore, their eyes full of doubts and expectations. This place seemed so wealthy, so Ming Dynasty would definitely be even richer.
In fact, for those people who migrated from China, no matter where they go, as long as they can not go hungry and have enough to eat, it is enough.
For the vast majority of ordinary people, their requirements have never been high, but these are just the requirements of ordinary people.
When the ship docked at the port, Li Laile, who was driving the carriage, came to the dock again. As a plantation owner, he rushed to the dock because, to put it bluntly, he wanted people.
"Dong Li, you are here again."
"Can you come, Chief Xu, how many people are on this boat sent to us today?"
Li Laile said a little excitedly.
"I have been registered for two full months, and my oil palm plantation is one of the largest in our Success Islands. If someone comes, they don't consider us first..."
The pillar industry of the New Success Islands in the tropics is rice dumpling cultivation. For Ming Dynasty, palm oil is not only an edible oil, but also an industrial raw material for the production of soap and other products.
Moreover, blended oil based on palm oil is still the most important export product of the Ming Dynasty. Every year, tens of millions of yuan of palm oil are exported from the Ming Dynasty to European countries. The demand for cheap oil by the poor in European countries far exceeds that of the Ming Dynasty.
The emperor's thoughts.
The market demand is also increasing, so now the rice dumpling plantation owners will continue to expand their plantations. But expanding plantations always requires labor.
"Look what you said, if someone comes, they will definitely be sent to your place when the time comes, but..."
Section Chief Xu, who was holding a single volume in his hand, opened the book and said directly.
"Look, there aren't any! Don't tell me you don't have one. We don't have a single immigrant in the Success Islands!"
"how so?"
Li Laile shouted loudly,
"It's been half a year, and we don't even have a single person here on Chenggong Island. Is the court not going to give us any more people?"
"It's not that we won't give it, it's that there is nothing we can do at the moment. I heard someone say that we have a place in North America called Beihai. Yes, we can't deal with it in the United States, so in the next two years, immigrants should be given priority.
Think about that side, let's succeed here..."
Section Chief Xu sighed helplessly and said.
"Of course there will be no one left!"
"What, how could this be possible? The governor didn't know how to tell the emperor. Our Chenggong Island also belongs to the Ming Dynasty, how could he not give us people?"
"Then what can be done?"
Section Chief Xu stared at the immigration ship entering the port and said.
"These are all things that can't be helped. The imperial court must consider everything. Don't say that you are anxious. In our plantation, who is not anxious? How can we expand this garden? I heard that there are people who are not anxious. There is no one."
People went to the rainforest to catch natives..."
"Catch the natives!"
Li Laile opened his eyes wide and said,
"This, this is okay..."
"If the people don't take action and the officials don't investigate, they can go to the garden. What can the government do? But, I think, Brother Li, if you have a way, you might as well think of doing it in your hometown or somewhere instead of relying on others."
, it’s better to rely on yourself...besides."
Chief Xu looked at Li Laile who was wearing a silk robe and said.
"Brother Li, you are so rich now, why don't you want to return to your hometown and visit your hometown?"
This chapter has been completed!