Chapter 287: Re-discussing the Recruitment of Nanyang Survivors
After hearing Jiao Da's worries, Jia Lan laughed heartily and explained: "The sage said: If three people walk together, they must have my teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.
Since the Westerners were in such a difficult situation and were able to breed a population and build huge ships, they must have a lot of knowledge worth learning from, not just weapons and technology. As far as I know, the Westerners also have a lot of knowledge in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and minerals.
Unique insights, what I want to learn is not just weapons?
Now I invite Mr. Luo to help me make colored glaze in order to make a profit. After all, a penny can’t help a heroic man, but I can’t do it without money.”
When Jiao Da heard this, he knew that Jia Lan was indeed measured, so he felt relieved and took another sip of tea before saying:
"No matter how tightly guarded Beizhuang is, it can't be truly airtight. Those who should know will know sooner or later. I estimate that it can be hidden for half a year at most."
"Half a year is enough!" Jia Lan said with a smile.
Things are rare and expensive, and if you want to make money from glass, you must make it first-hand. After that, the profits must be shared, and it is impossible for his family to live alone.
"You are worthy of Uncle Jiao for being able to hide it from the prying eyes of the embroidered guards for half a year!"
Jiao Da did not take the credit, and said with a smile: "That boy from the Zhao family is still very good. If he hadn't secretly investigated and dug out a group of people, I might only be able to survive for a month. The key is to know how to use people!"
Jia Lan heard the implication of Jiao Da's words, he was reminding himself.
Thanking Jiao Da for his kind reminder, Jia Lan then informed him of some of his next plans.
"Recruiting survivors from Nanyang?"
"The correct term is those Nanyang survivors who need help."
When Jiao Da heard this for the first time, he couldn't help but frown. It wasn't until Jia Lan finished speaking that his face relaxed, but his tone was very uncertain.
"As far as I know, there are indeed a large number of survivors from the Ming Dynasty left in the Nanyang Sea, but this is a story from a hundred years ago. Is it appropriate to recruit Nanyang survivors as crew members?"
It turned out that Jia Lan planned to fill the fleet with basically no people from other backgrounds except the old people from Beizhuang. He once thought about recruiting crew members in Guangnan, but after careful inspection of the local people's sentiments and discussions with Liang Yong and Qin Zhong, he decided to
The idea was rejected.
There are a large number of seafarers on the southeast coast who rely on the sea to make a living, which is indeed a very rich human resource.
But the problem is, excellent ones may not necessarily be suitable.
The reason is very simple. Although these coastal people make a living by going to the sea, they are still Chinese at heart and have an inexplicable admiration and love for the land. As long as they make money at sea and turn around, they will immediately disembark and return to their hometown to buy land and start farming again. p>
Moreover, the dangers on the sea also make the people on the southeast coast stick together even more. On the same boat, people of the same race and hometown are united, and in the end they have the same belief. Those who believe in Guan Erye stick together, while those who believe in Mazu are in another group.
In a ball.
Due to differences in origins and beliefs, various temples were built not only along the southeastern coast, but even in trading strongholds in Southeast Asia.
According to reports, while performing religious functions, these temples will also act as arbitration venues when sailors have disputes. For example, if sailors have a dispute on a ship, they will offer a sum of money to the temple, and then proceed under the watchful eye of the gods.
Referee.
How easy is it to train the people along the southeastern coast who have their own sect in terms of customs and beliefs to become a modern navy that obeys disciplines? Even the admiral of the Beiyang Fleet in later generations could not handle the various small groups, let alone Jialan
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So Jia Lan plans to visit and recruit the Chinese survivors left on the Nanyang Islands and integrate them together.
In fact, most of these Nanyang remnants originated from various parts of the southeastern coast. They all stayed together and had a high degree of local awareness. However, after enduring hardships and being bullied by foreigners, a valuable quality naturally awakened in them.
A quality that probably made Beidi people most feared in Jialan's original world.
That is their high pride in their identity as descendants of Yan and Huang, and their strong attachment to Chinese culture.
In their eyes, going to Nanyang is just another trip to the south in disguise. Although life is hard, their backbones are still straight.
They are the queen of China!
Jia Lan firmly believes that such a group that has a heart for their homeland and has seen the world is the most suitable target for recruitment.
After hearing this, Jiao Da thought about it carefully and suggested: "It is indeed feasible to recruit Nanyang survivors, but we cannot use all Nanyang people. In recent years, the young master has also taken in many children who have lost their parents in Beizhuang. I think we can choose some from them."
Those who are smart and understand the nature of water will be sent to the south together to learn the art of navigation."
Jia Lan kept nodding: "This is an excellent suggestion."
Jiao Da added: "In this case, Zhuangzi in various places can take in a new batch of refugees as appropriate. Anyway, there is no shortage of food money for the time being."
"That's very good." Jia Lan agreed very much. Indeed, as Jiao Da said, he is not short of money for food now. What he values is the human resources.
Nowadays, refugees even sign "red deeds" in order to be taken in by Zhuangzi.
Once the red deed is signed, it will be recorded in the government's slave file, and they will be slaves for life and cannot be redeemed. For example, Xiren and Qingwen around Jia Baoyu all signed the red deed, and they will be slaves of Jia's family for the rest of their lives.
people.
The refugees directly signed the red deed, and they were spared the tooth money that was exploited by the tooth people. They were able to get some more money and food, which made them happy.
Jia Lan does not advocate this kind of human trafficking, but he knows that it is a helpless move. After all, survival is the most important thing.
The imperial court regarded this as rescuing people from famine, not only did they not criticize them for neglecting others, but they also implicitly encouraged them.
Jia Lan once wanted to return Qingwen's body deed to her, but unexpectedly, he scared Qingwen to tears, thinking that Jia Lan wanted to drive her away.
Qingwen is romantic and lazy, but her heart is bright. She knows that she has no roots. In the past, her biggest support was Jia Baoyu, but now it is Jia Lan. If she hurts the relationship between the master and the servant, even if she gets the body deed, what will it matter?
Use?
Jia Lan slapped his head and had to admit that Qingwen had the right idea.
Qingwen in the original book also turned into a helpless person as soon as she left Baoyu, and she died soon after.
So even though he couldn't stand things like selling himself into slavery, Jia Lan could only admit that this was indeed in keeping with the times.
"But we still have to pay attention to screening, don't let those ruffians sneak into Zhuangzi, and we must pay special attention to preventing the plague."
Jiao Da grinned: "Don't worry, Brother Lan. Every refugee is isolated according to your instructions. After washing, he puts on clean clothes and lives for a while. He is released without any problems.
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As he was talking, Jia Lan suddenly remembered something.
"There is one thing, I wonder if Uncle Jiao has ever heard of it?"
"What happened?"
"At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Chenggong's tribe dominated the southeast. Have you ever heard of it?"