A 500-ton passenger and cargo steamer slowly approached the Havana pier with its whistle blowing. A large number of refugees dragging their families with them looked at this place known as the last Eden with dull and numb eyes. In their eyes,
, a city full of brilliance already represents hope.
"Attention everyone, you must accept inspection, and any guns, knives and other weapons must be surrendered. Private ownership of weapons is not allowed in the territory of the 'Aurora Legion'."
"Attention everyone, security personnel will open your bags and luggage. No one is allowed to resist. Violators will be executed on the spot immediately."
"Everyone must register identity information, including name, age and kinship, fingerprints and blood will be recorded. The Legion implements militarized management, all new joiners are of the lowest class, and we do not recognize any ** rights."
The loudspeakers on the pier repeatedly broadcast various rules and regulations. The refugees who arrived here could only be obedient in front of the soldiers with guns and ammunition. Those who were unwilling to voluntarily hand over their weapons would not be able to pass the inspection of the security equipment and would instead be subject to inspection.
Put a hard butt on the gun and register it for controlled use.
In the last days of great social chaos, violence is rampant, and almost all private individuals carry a large number of firearms. Every time a refugee comes, the dock security personnel will confiscate piles of weapons and ammunition, including even explosive weapons such as grenades, which is extremely harmful to society.
.However, these refugees rarely have the awareness to voluntarily hand in their weapons, so they must be closely inspected.
"Without weapons, we cannot guarantee our own safety."
"Can you be accommodating? I can pay a price, how about two gold bars?"
"No, I won't give up my pistol. No one can take it from me."
When people with various thoughts come to Havana, they must learn how to abide by the rules here. During this period, various conflicts, arguments, yelling, and even shootings inevitably occur, so the pier is always the most chaotic place in Havana. But the Aurora Legion
'It doesn't need rebellious people, it only needs obedient people.
People who are accustomed to using violence to make a living will be cleared out the moment they get off the ship. When registering, everyone will be asked whether any violence occurred on the ship, whether anyone bullied the weak, and whether there was any bullying or robbery. In fact, this
Such things are bound to happen, and they are not rare.
If they can pass the inspection, the refugees can often get a bowl of gruel to barely satisfy their hunger, and then enter the shelter for further inspection. Further health inspections in the shelter can often identify people with various diseases, especially malignant ones.
Infectious diseases must be eliminated.
However, these sick people also try their best to hide it. Don't expect them to tell the truth about their physical condition. Quarantine personnel must wear full protective clothing and strip the refugees naked for inspection.
Some people once criticized this as a violation of human rights. As a result, the critic was thrown into a shelter for a month and eventually died of the flu. The criticism quickly disappeared. Everyone unanimously praised the legion commander as a saint, benevolent and majestic.
Each refugee will stay in the shelter for a week to a month, living on gruel every day, while declaring his skills to the legion and learning how to live in the legion's territory.
Those who were able to cross the ocean and come to Havana during the cataclysm had undergone a cruel baptism of ability and will, and most of them were talents that the Legion urgently needed. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Legion liked these people very much, because their qualities were often better than
Cuban locals are much taller.
"The only troublesome thing is that women are the weak ones in the catastrophe, and relatively few survived. The majority of refugees are men." As the police chief, Qi Guangrong inspected the large number of people coming off the pier.
Lena Fox reported.
"I heard that someone applied to open a brothel in Havana?" Lina asked.
"Yes, due to the current imbalance in the ratio of men to women, the proportion of sexual assault crimes among the lower-class population under the rule of the Legion has greatly increased. We are ready to approve five brothels and provide about two hundred prostitutes to alleviate the current sexual repression of the lower-class labor force.
These prostitutes are often from the bottom of the society with no education and no ability to live. They have no skills to enter the factory and cannot do manual labor. The cost of re-education is too high, so selling sex has become their only way to survive.
In fact, the phenomenon of private prostitution is particularly serious among refugees. It is initially estimated that there are more than 3,000 women engaged in the flesh trade. We are now trying to regulate it, which can at least control the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and reduce the crime rate.
If the model brothel is effective, we are going to build a dedicated red light district to provide one-stop prostitution services while strengthening public security. This should be very helpful for social stability at this stage.
We have also increased the purchase price of female slaves and are trying to collect the remaining women from the refugees in Florida. However, it will take at least a month to see the effect. The only trouble now is whether we can accept so many refugees."
Qi Guangrong's affairs are very complex. Now the number of police officers has exceeded that of the army, becoming the largest department in the army. Lina's Ministry of Internal Affairs delegated a lot of trivial matters to the police department to strengthen management. This made the police
The department complained endlessly.
After inspecting the passenger terminal, it is natural to go to the cargo terminal to have a look. Compared to the bustle of the passenger terminal, it is much deserted. Although we already know the current situation from the data report, taking a look in person is still more impressive.
The cargo of the 'Aurora Legion' is 80% less than a month ago. The reason is simple. The 'Enclave' has set up blockades in Florida and Mexico, forcing a large number of transport ships to travel further to South America to transport supplies.
It takes a long time, high losses, and low efficiency. It can even be said that a small steamer of 500 tons does not have enough coal to burn for one trip. Lina has to supply all the fuel produced by the Havana Refinery to large ocean-going ships, using 10,000 tons of fuel.
Class freighters are running the route. As a result, the fuel supply within the legion is extremely tight.
"The warehouses of the 'Bird of Paradise' are basically full, and all factories are producing at full speed. However, sales have stagnated, and our recent inventory pressure has been extremely high. This has made our internal economic cycle very bad."
The person introduced this time was Raymond, the senior administrative assistant of the Ministry of Interior. He was very worried about the current situation and even suggested: "Miss Fox, if the commander of the Corps is unable to open the Mexican market, should we slow down production?"
, to relieve internal pressure?”
"No!" Lina flatly refused, "We are now a planned economy, and production cannot be stopped easily once it starts. We can only wait for Victor Hugo to finish the 'Enclave'."
"But..." The rational Raymond wanted to say, 'We can't put all our bets on Mexico, right? If all resources are exhausted but we still can't solve it, we will be doomed.'
But Raymond didn't speak, because he also knew that his army commander was always good at creating miracles and could always find a way for everyone to survive at critical moments. But before things became clear, everyone was under a lot of pressure, even Lina
These past few days I have kept a straight face and no smile.
After inspecting the dock, it was only possible to understand how much crisis lurked in the current stable situation of the legion. Lena Fox and her party had no choice but to silently return to the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior. At this time, a car suddenly came rushing in.
The car drove over, and a staff member of the Ministry of Interior got out of the car. He raised a telegraph newspaper in his hand and shouted: "Success!"
No need for too many words, no need for too many explanations, just three words "success". Lena Fox and everyone around her knew what was a success.
Success? Really success? After a few seconds of disbelief, the entire Ministry of Interior inspection team immediately burst into cheers, full of passion, and the heavy pressure was instantly released. Raymond jumped up with excitement!
Even Miss Fox, who has always been reserved, looked as happy as she was lucky!