Immigrants opened up wasteland in the jungle and added hundreds of thousands of acres of cultivated land in less than half a year.
We follow the instructions of the Governor-General of Nanyang.
With the government as a guarantee, businessmen and villagers formed a cooperative to grow a large number of cash crops in addition to food.
The development of the Nanyang region is on the right track. There is no shortage of food and industrial products, but there is a shortage of people.
The local indigenous people are really lazy and uneducated.
Even if you use a whip to drive them away, they will not be able to undertake such an important task.
It will take nearly ten years for the indigenous children trained in schools to become successful.
We officials from all over Nanyang hope that the imperial court will increase immigration efforts and send more people to Nanyang."
Su He listened to Wang Qiyuan's story and was not surprised that there was a shortage of people in Nanyang.
The Nanyang region is larger than the five southeastern provinces.
The Han population in the entire region is not as large as that of Shuntian Prefecture.
If the population is too sparse, Nanyang cannot develop rapidly.
The imperial court has tried its best to immigrate to Southeast Asia.
After the reform of native land, the imperial court controlled a large number of chieftains.
Most of these people live in mountainous areas, places that are not suitable for living, and they all immigrate to Southeast Asia and other areas.
Most of the domestic people living in areas with harsh environments or affected by disasters immigrated to Nanyang.
The people of China are hard-pressed to move, and they have not encountered major disasters. It is too difficult to persuade them to move.
The domestic population density is still a bit high, and in order to completely control Nanyang, a large number of people must migrate.
Su He watched Wang Qiyuan come to report on the gold mine, and he thought that later cities such as San Francisco developed because of the gold mine.
The benefits that gold mines can bring will make many people forget about the risks.
Using gold mines as bait should allow a large number of people to go to Nanyang to pan for gold.
As long as some people can settle in Nanyang, the problem of lack of population in Nanyang will be solved.
Chinese culture has a very strong ability to assimilate foreign races.
But to achieve this, there must be a sufficient number of Han people.
Su He asked Wang Qiyuan: "Do you know the general distribution of gold veins? Do you need me to send someone to the Ministry of Industry to obtain a map of the veins?"
As the gold mine is the main development fund for the imperial court and the Nanyang region, the bulk of the profits must be controlled by the government.
If the gold mine was a relatively integrated vein, Su He's thinking would have to change.
Wang Qiyuan heard Emperor Su He asking about the situation of the gold mine.
He stood up and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the trend of the gold mine is in my memory.
I was afraid of losing the drawing, so I had memorized it."
Su He immediately ordered: "Zhou Fangzhi, prepare pen and paper for Wangzhi County."
Zhou Fangzhi immediately brought pencils and paper and used pencils to draw pictures to make them clearer.
Wang Qiyuan thanked Eunuch Zhou Fangzhi, and under the guidance of Zhou Fangzhi, he walked to the desk.
He sat down and began to map the gold veins of memory.
Su He looked at the mineral vein map that Wang Qiyuan had drawn and smiled.
"Wang Zhixian, I look at the gold mine discovered now. It consists of two main veins and several branch veins.
The main vein is managed by a company under the Nanyang government.
Mines with low reserves or that are inconvenient to mine can be opened to the private sector for gold mining.
As long as they pay a sum of money and half of the profits, they can enter these mines to pan for gold.
There is more than just this gold mine in the Nanyang region. There may be a large number of gold mines here, and many people will go looking for them.
With the attraction of these gold mines, I believe it will definitely attract a large number of people to the Nanyang region."
When Wang Qiyuan heard what Emperor Su He said, he bowed and said: "Your Majesty's policy will definitely attract a large number of immigrants.
After hearing His Majesty's policy, I was enlightened and left it to me to formulate the details of the relevant policies."
Su He heard that Wang Qiyuan took the initiative to take the matter on him.
"Wang Aiqing, I will leave this matter to you.
Your memorial can be submitted directly to me through the General Affairs Department."
When Wang Qiyuan heard that Emperor Su He had granted him this right, he was extremely excited.
He could report the situation directly to Emperor Su He. This was the power of the governor. This represented that his holy scroll was in good shape.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will definitely be able to do this job well."
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Wang Qiyuan came out of the Qianqing Palace. Under the leadership of Zheng Ziliang, the general envoy, he quickly applied for a mining license from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
His most important mission in coming to the capital has been completed.
When Wang Qiyuan returned to his official residence, he immediately sent someone to find the two subordinates who had come to the capital with him.
Lu Guangming and Wu Zheng took a carriage and arrived at the official residence where Mr. Wang was.
He saw that the rooms here were very comfortable.
There is even heating here, unlike when they live in an inn, where they have to rely on their bodies to carry on in the winter.
Lu Guangming saw Master Wang's face glowing red, and he congratulated: "Master Wang, this is what you wanted. How long will it take for us to return to Nanyang?"
He was extremely anxious because the new wife he married in Nanyang was pregnant.
There is a lack of medical treatment and medicine in Nanyang, and the indigenous people are rampant.
Without him as the backbone of the house, what should you do if your wife is in danger?
Wang Qiyuan said with a smile: "The main things have been taken care of, and we will return to Nanyang soon."
He briefly explained to the two of them that the Nanyang Gold Mine was preparing to open some branches for gold prospectors to prospect for gold.
After Wang Qiyuan finished speaking, he looked at Wu Zheng and Lu Guangming with excited faces, ready to dig for gold.
He laughed and cursed, making the two of them realize that they would have a better future by following him.
Wu Zheng and Lu Guangming immediately expressed their loyalty.
Wang Qiyuan assigned tasks to these two people.
"Wu Zheng, you go find a newspaper and place an advertisement in the newspaper.
I found that many local officials, in order to prevent the loss of the people under their rule, never publicized our Nanyang preferential policies.
It is not possible to rely on official channels for publicity, we must rely on the power of newspapers to promote it ourselves."
During this period, Wang Qiyuan went to the countryside from time to time to inquire.
He found that the people in the countryside had no idea how much benefit they could gain by immigrating to Southeast Asia.
Most of the old farmers in the countryside are illiterate.
But there are also some people who are literate, especially their children, who have gone to primary school and understand the words in newspapers.
Wang Qiyuan saw Wu Zheng taking the silver coin, understood his intention, and went out to place advertisements.
He looked at Lu Guangming and said: "We are short of people in Nanyang, and mining gold mines requires workers who know the ins and outs.
The gold mine is not far from your village, and you don't want the people in the mine to harm the village.
Your hometown is in Sunchon County, and the recruitment of gold mine workers will be left to you."
Lu Guangming asked in surprise: "Mining is such a tiring job, and the indigenous people we captured are used to do it, why do we need to recruit workers?"
Wang Qiyuan frowned and said, "You think too well, the natives are capable of heavy manual labor.
Reinforce mine tunnels, build underground track systems, and some technical work.
The natives cannot do such delicate work.
You'd better recruit young people with strong learning ability to facilitate training."
Lu Guangming carefully asked Mr. Wang about the requirements for gold mine work and the treatment of workers.
After receiving a deposit, he went to his hometown to recruit workers.
Wang Qiyuan is personally responsible for promoting the Nanyang gold rush. He is not going to use traditional methods, but the fastest-spreading rumors.
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Lu Guangming took a train and came to his hometown of Daliu Village in Qinhuangdao County, Tangshan Prefecture.
He returned to his hometown again, feeling very emotional.
The last time he returned to his hometown, he was a promising soldier, but he found that his wife was having an affair with someone else.
In a rage, he killed everyone involved and was exiled to Nanyang.
He formed a militia and continuously killed the indigenous people who harassed the village, and received a reduced sentence.
He took risks to wipe out several indigenous tribes and discovered a large gold mine. Only then was he pardoned by the government and became a free man.
Lu Guangming was walking on the dirt road into the village. It was winter and there were no villagers in the fields on both sides of the dirt road.
He suddenly saw a figure rushing towards him from the edge of the ditch.
Lu Guangming's instinct developed on the battlefield was just about to strike back and give this man a fatal blow.
He saw this person, it was a familiar figure to him.
He was dragged down into the ditch beside the road and heard the man say in a low voice: "Mingzi, you are too courageous.
After escaping from prison, he didn't even find a remote place to hide, but he dared to return to the village.
Fortunately, you met Third Uncle. If you met other people, these people would definitely inform the government for the bounty."
Lu Guangming saw that this was a neighbor who had a good relationship with his family and was related to them, so he did not take action.
He stood up, brushed off the dirt on his body, and said in a relaxed tone: "Third uncle, don't worry, I have commuted my sentence for meritorious service, and I am now out of prison.
Otherwise, I would not have returned to the village. Sunchon County is in Gyeonggi Province and has the most intensive patrols.
If I really escape, I won't be able to come to the village and throw myself into a trap."
"It's good to be released from prison. You soldiers are better. You can be released from prison so quickly for killing people. This is the benefit of having people in the yamen."
Lu Guangming saw that his third uncle had misunderstood, but he did not explain.
This misunderstanding makes it easier for him to recruit workers, which shows the real situation. The villagers are afraid of the indigenous people in Nanyang, so it is not easy for him to recruit workers.
Workers working in gold mines have a relatively safe working environment and will not come into contact with dangerous indigenous people. It is not considered that they are leading people to a pit of fire.
Lu Guangming swaggered into the village. When he saw familiar people, he immediately greeted them.
His proactive attitude basically dispelled the villagers' suspicion, and with Third Uncle's explanation, the villagers immediately showed understanding.
Lu Guangming quickly found a group of familiar friends, a few of whom were already married and had children.
Most of them are still singles, not wives at all.
Lu Guangming was a little surprised when he saw this situation.
“I see that the village is developing very well, and every family has been allocated land and is living a good life.
Some people's families can already raise several cows, but why haven't they married a wife yet?"
Wang Dashi said depressingly: "I heard that the scholar said that only those who have done a lot of evil must live close to the capital.
I don’t know much about villages in other places, but our village here.
All the beautiful little girls went to the capital to seek life.
People with average looks should go to county towns and prefectures.
When we farm, we only work part-time at most, and how much money we earn in a year.
For workers in the city, one month's salary is equivalent to half our annual income.
If you want to compete with city workers for a wife, how can you possibly win?
The betrothal gifts for girls in the village are too expensive, so my family can only find a wife for the eldest brother.
Now my family still owes dozens of taels of silver coins in foreign debt, how could a girl marry into my family?"
Wang Dashi's tone was a bit complaining. The family only gave his eldest brother a wife.
He is already a young man in his twenties. If he cannot marry a wife, he will remain a bachelor for the rest of his life.
Lu Guangming learned from these friends that it was difficult to find a wife in the village, which was very common in Shuntian Prefecture.
The bride price spent on marrying a wife is simply not something that local villagers in rural areas can afford.
He had previously planned to use gold or workers' wages to persuade these people to go to Nanyang to work with him.
Now he has a better idea.
After Lu Guangming investigated the situation, he took the letter of introduction and visited several nearby villages, asking them to represent him in Daliu Village.
Now is the slack season in winter, and Lu Guangming is another celebrity here.
He recruited workers with letters of introduction, and many young people in the village were interested.
Lu Guangming saw that more than 500 people had come to the grain drying farm in Daliu Village.
As long as he can persuade these people, he can attract at least four or five times the size of workers.
Lu Guangming said in his loud voice: "Some of you know me, and some don't.
I won’t talk about my previous identity, but I am now a worker recruitment representative for Nanyang Gold Mining Company.
Nanyang Gold Mining Company is a company under the Nanyang Governor's Office. It is a government company worthy of the name. Wages are paid on time and wages will never be in arrears.
We recruit miners and receive a monthly salary of 8 taels of silver coins, 12 taels of silver coins for skilled workers, and a settlement allowance of 10 taels of silver coins.
Everyone thinks that Nanyang is far away and they are reluctant to leave their hometown.
I would like to say that there is an advantage in Nanyang: there are more young women than men.
As long as you become a worker of Nanyang Gold Mining Company, you can easily marry two wives in a year."
Lu Guangming was not bragging at all. When he said there were many women, he was referring to indigenous women.
They killed a large number of indigenous men, and the population dropped sharply to less than one-third of its previous size, leaving a large number of indigenous women.
Apart from the language barrier, the appearance of these indigenous women is not much different from that of the Han people.
Lu Guangming saw that many people in the village were tempted, and he continued to fan: "In many families, only the boss can have a wife.
The other brothers will be bachelors for the rest of their lives.
It's not like you haven't seen how miserable the old bachelors in the village live.
Does anyone really want to be a bachelor for the rest of his life?
As long as you follow me to Nanyang, I can guarantee that all of you will get wives.
The ancestral grave of Lu Guangming is right here. If I deceive anyone, I will not deceive the people in my hometown.
Last time I came to my hometown to recruit people to join the army, everyone has seen how good they are now.
Don’t you want to have your own wife and children, and live a lonely life in the future?”
Lu Guangming's words directly hit the pain point of these people.
In this day and age, it is not uncommon for relatives to die.
If you don't have your own offspring, you will definitely be bullied.
Continuing the family lineage is also the greatest desire of the young people in every village.
The wonderful life of marrying a wife and having children suppressed the fear of leaving home.
Many villagers are willing to go to Nanyang with Lu Guangming.
Lu Guangming kept visiting villages in his hometown and recruited a large number of villagers through this set of words.
He conducted simple training for the villagers to teach them discipline.
At the same time, he wrote a letter to Mr. Wang Qiyuan, reporting on the progress of the recruitment and asking when they would return to Nanyang.