Chapter 267 The Wave of Refugees

Rucheng County, located in the northern suburbs of Shaoguan, is the intersection of the three provinces of Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has a superior geographical location. The main characteristics of its land are mainly mountainous areas, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and hilly basins are intersected.

The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, and the water system is branch-like and radiates toward the east and west. Passing through the Bamian Mountains in the county, most of the main veins and branches of the mountains of the Guangshan Mountains are north and spread toward the east.

It is precisely because of such favorable terrain and landform characteristics that Li Jishen deployed a brigade's troops here as the first front to defend the threat from the south. This brigade was personally led by Chen Jitang, the commander of the Fourth Army of the ** Army, equipped with excellent weapons, and the staffing was full, without any missing.

Since being driven out of the extremely prosperous Guangdong by Hualian, Li Jishen has always been quite resentful. However, the Chinese army was well-equipped and had enough food, so he could only express helplessness. Apart from strengthening defense and stabilizing the defense line, he had no choice but to let him choose.

Coupled with the division within the ** Party, Jiang Ruiyuan has always distrustled him and is even more unlikely to send troops to help. To put it bluntly, Jiang Ruiyuan wants to continue to make a fool of himself. The party just needs a down-and-out negative textbook to highlight the achievements of the chairman.

The Huangpu clan, heading north, has advanced all the way and driven the powerful Fengtian army out of the pass. However, the western Guangdong faction in the ** army can't even take care of its hometown and its foundation is taken away. For this political matter, I'm afraid that there will be a comparison, and the highest and the worst will be judged, and the outcome will be decided.

Machine gunners were arranged at the outer periphery of Rucheng County, and sandbags built simple fortifications, Maxim water-cooled heavy machine guns, Czech light machine guns, soldiers wearing yellow military uniforms. The high-mounted blue sky and white sun flags all silently declared the sovereignty here.

Not far away are the two counties of Lechang and Renhua, and there is the sphere of influence of the Chinese army. Both sides are deploying defenses on the border, and their past unpleasant experiences are deeply rooted in their hearts and have turned into irreconcilable hatred.

"Captain, refugee waves are constantly coming, and at least nearly 500 people flee to Guangdong Province every day. The situation continues to spread to surrounding areas. Even if we can block the main roads, we cannot block the entire area." It was Chen Weizhou who spoke, with his wretched face and two beards under his nose, and his image is really not ordinary.

He is the brother of Chen Jitang, the "Sitting Tiger" and is also the quarantine of the Fourth Army. Under Li Jishen's strict order, although the two of them had complaints, they had to take their main force to defend here, and they were frightened at all times.

They have seen the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army and cannot be stopped by human forces. The defeat at the beginning left a deep shadow on the two. The increasingly serious wave of refugees moving south also made them very distressed.

Faced with the increasingly severe orders from superiors, both of them were helpless.

The two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi no longer impose agricultural taxes, which is really attractive to poor and helpless farmers. Natural disasters, soldiers and bandits, and compared with the expectation of a stable and stable life, many people who cannot continue to endure exploitation have begun to escape from their hometowns.

Apart from memories, my hometown no longer has anything worth nostalgia for them. In order to have a better life, they finally chose to vote with their feet.

For the military and political forces led by Li Jishen, a large-scale population loss is not in their interest, because it means a reduction in tax revenue and a lack of military sources. These two are quite fatal negative effects for any local forces. If they are not stopped, once they are spread throughout the province, they will be really going to be over.

"What can we do? Kill all the refugees? Or fight back to Guangdong?" When talking about this, Chen Jitang himself was also full of anger. Being sent by Li Jishen to the front line of "anti-enemy" was already the hardest job, but now he still has to play a bad face.

"Bonan, don't be angry. In my opinion, this may not be a good thing." Seeing that there was no one around, Chen Weizhou no longer called Chen Jitang the army commander, but changed his name to show closeness.

The relationship between the two seems very close because of the same bloodline. Chen Weizhou has a poor character, but his bad habits also show that this person has many ideas. With some conspiracy, Chen Jitang has benefited a lot from it, so he has always listened to Chen Weizhou's words.

With confusion on his face, he asked Chen Weizhou: "What do you say?"

"Everything has a price. In the past, we sold goods, but now we can sell people." The corners of our mouths grinned with an exaggerated amplitude, and their dark yellow teeth were exposed to the air, looking like a real villain.

"It's not good to get this into it. Now many people are jealous of me." Although I have little thoughts, Chen Jitang is not stupid, and he is very bright in his heart. He didn't believe all Chen Weizhou's ideas.

In fact, Chen Jitang was very reluctant to guard Rucheng County at the beginning, but he had to come under pressure. Who made him get close to Jiang Ruiyuan? Naturally, he was not welcomed in front of Li Jishen.

However, for nearly a year and a half, in addition to occasionally complaining, he has gradually fallen in love with his current life. Although he was garrisoning Rucheng, he took huge military risks, but he also earned a wealth of income in economic terms. Some of his relatives have begun to make profits by relying on their privileges and interfering in trade.

How could he let go of such a rich place? He must have tried his best to stay. He still needs to worry about the opinions of Li Jishen and several other powerful figures.

"As long as we don't take it alone, what's wrong? These refugees have neither land nor money and food. Staying in Hunan Province is also a hidden danger. It's better to send it to Guangdong Province if you add strength to Hongmen for nothing. The most important thing is that this means that refugees want to eat, and if there are too many people eating, the Chinese army may have no money to fight."

Attached to Chen Jitang's ears, Chen Weizhou has been advocating this matter. The reason is far-fetched, but it is actually just finding a way for Chen Jitang. It doesn't matter whether it is true or not. Even Chen Jitang himself doesn't care whether the reason is reliable or not. He just needs a reasonable excuse.

Hualian's merchants needed local specialties from Hunan, and the landlords and powerful people in western Hunan also liked Hualian's luxury goods very much. After a while, there was trade. For more money, Chen Jitang even allowed Hualian's private enterprises to invest and start mining companies in Rucheng.

After exploration by geological experts, Rucheng has a rich underground mineral deposit. More than 30 species of hematite, tungsten, molybdenum, bismuth, lead, and zinc have been found to have abundant storage, including iron ore and high-quality granite. The number of iron ore and high-quality granite is 123 million tons and 1 billion cubic meters respectively.

He earned 200,000 yuan of dividends from the company's income every month by using his dry stocks, and he could enjoy the fruits without paying anything.

He could even buy arms and ammunition produced by Hualian from smuggling merchants. Today, the Fourth Army has been transformed into his own private army by Chen Jitang. As for Li Jishen's order, he had already begun to disobey his orders. He had a gun in his hand and was not panicked.

Under his brother's "faithful advice", he also "suddenly realized" and began to send people to discuss with the person in charge of the Huajun opposite. The population transaction also needs to be marked with the price, right?

This is an extremely chaotic era, with morality and shame, which are not common.

In the Sky Hall, twelve huge marble pillars support the magnificent hall. Although it is called a hotel, it is actually a veritable palace community. It is built on the mountain and lives by the water. It has beautiful scenery and grand weather, and it lives on the name of the Sky.

The hall is covered with hand-woven camel velvet carpets, and even the tables and chairs are all made of precious nanmu. In the center of the spacious hall, a long cloud-patterned table is placed with exquisite openwork knots, which can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time.

But now, there are less than twenty people sitting on the front main seat, far from reaching the full level. These familiar faces are mixed with five strange faces, namely Jie Minghong, Xu Jiangwen and Wang Liwen, who have just joined the association.

The wide leather back is facing the design of the mountains and rivers in the center of the stone wall of the lobby. On the wooden frame, it is bent and coiled with beautiful arabesque patterns. It is supported by soft materials with a semi-arched circular chair cushion, and a flat pit is squeezed downward by the heavy body.

On the main seat of the long table, Zhong Yang, who looked calm, sat upright. As usual, he was wearing a dark black uniform with exquisite workmanship. The collar and cuffs were embroidered with beautiful gold patterns, and the spike-shaped horizontal patterns of the type piano keyboard were arranged neatly along both sides of the buttons.

The high and tight style and hard padded shoulder edges make the whole person look majestic and full of power. This amplified aura makes the whole person full of irresistible majesty, which is the unique mystery and pride of those who hold great power.

Looking up at the three newcomers standing at the end and looking at the restrained look, Zhong Yang couldn't help but smile, and pointed to a high-backed chair opposite the table, saying, "Don't be so restrained when you sit down."

The three of them bowed their bodies and looked calm and took a step back one after another. Then they pulled the stool and sat down, with their upper bodies straightened. Although the fingers placed flat on their knees were still slightly trembling, but their eyes were full of curiosity.

From their respective information channels, they learned that this is the core right of the entire Hualian, and some policies will be finalized here, and then sent to the parliament and the cabinet for detailed processing. Of course, those are all content involving confidentiality and grand strategies, and not everything is interfering with.

The Association of Classical Culture Researchers, referred to as the Ancient Literature Society, is a group of private clubs that is not at all eye-catching, but is the real promoter behind Hualian. Technological innovation, military armed forces, and cultural policies are all completed on this long marble table less than 30 meters.

This is the real core of the power organization. Those present are not important figures in the fields of China Alliance, the military, business, etc.

They crawled under common beliefs and ideals, intending to divide China again, and were even preparing to extend their minions to the entire world.

Just the information I have learned so far has shocked Jie Minghong, who was a reporter, who was born in a reporter. This has exceeded the level of so-called civil organizations. The direct power and related indirect influence of the ancient Chinese Society have a very wide radiation range.

What's more, with his keen sense of touch, everything floating on the surface is just the tip of the iceberg of this huge force. The real secret must be buried deep underground.

Seeing that everyone had already taken their seats, Zhong Yang did not delay and announced directly: "Now, the meeting begins, Yue Jun, you can make a brief report first."

Zhou Hua stood up, first bowed to Zhong Yang, then nodded slightly to the others, and then picked up the report on the table in front of him. There was a copy in front of everyone, with a signature on it, which must be submitted after the meeting and is not allowed to be taken away.

In contrast to his thin appearance, Zhou Hua's tone was cold and sonorous, exuding a calm temperament: "There is only one main problem at this meeting, that is, the decision to deal with refugees from other provinces. A large number of labor-intensive industrial chains have been laid. If we want to operate at full capacity, our primary labor population shortage is still about three million."

During the Republic of China, contrary to the chaotic war, the population of each province was growing slowly, except for Guangdong. The population base of 33 million was actually calculated carefully, and adult men did not even have one-sixth of them.

Wars, sacking and fleeing famines have made the number of men of aging very scarce. The rest are children, women or the elderly. For the sustainable development of society, such a population structure cannot be needed by the Manchus.

It is precisely because of this that Hualian urgently needs to absorb refugees. Those who can come here will not be many elderly, weak, sick and disabled. In this era, long-distance travel is a very cruel test, bumps and dangers, and the requirements for physical fitness are enough to discourage many weak people.

After Zhou Hua finished his brief report, it was Gu Yuejun's turn. Although he was not a civil servant, he was responsible for the statistics of civil affairs. He held up the silver-white alloy-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and he said softly in a slightly shy tone, just so that everyone present could barely hear it.

"In terms of food reserves, our inventory can still maintain the consumption of eight million people. Considering the very likely war, this number will be less than half of it after deducting military supplies."

"Isn't the food trade with the United States still continuing? A large number of textiles, shoes, papermaking and other factories all need more cheap labor." Liu Haoran's breathless words were revealed from his bright red lips. Although he was not questioning Gu Yuejun's statistical report, his high tone still showed his inner dissatisfaction.

According to Hualian's policy on disposing of refugees, the labor and social security department will not protect refugees who have not yet obtained formal resident status in the first three years. To be simple, the factory can arbitrarily squeeze the surplus labor value of these sweatshops within the scope of the permit.

This is also what Liu Haoran is concerned about. He is not the only one in the technology field like Tianyu Group, so the profits of some midstream and downstream companies are quite important.

"There is no problem with shipping routes and trade, but we cannot take risks. In the event of unpredictable accidents, food shortages will bring uncontrollable chaos."

Zhong Yang stopped Liu Haoran. Gu Yuejun was a weak person, but he was also his right-hand man, so of course he had to take care of him. Looking at Chen Ze and other industrial investors, Zhong Yang raised his sword eyebrows and slowly tapped the table with his fingertips, making a decision.

A high tone fluttered in the open hall: "For the purchase of grain, we can urgently add orders to American farmers. But the amount of four million refugees is the current limit, and we cannot bring danger to Hualian because of greed."

"At the same time, I hope the military can strengthen its vigilance on the border and prevent people from fanning the flames of refugees and causing violence. The police department must also closely monitor the internal dynamics of refugees and find out some people with ulterior motives. It does not need to be dealt with, but a case must be filed."

After giving three instructions in a row, Zhong Yang looked at everyone who listened carefully and asked solemnly: "Who has any questions? You can raise them now and negotiate at the meeting. If you don't say it now, it means you all agree."

After a while of silence, Chen Ze cleared his throat and looked at Zhong Yang with a solemn tone: "How should we distribute this time the refugee recruitment be made afterwards?"

This is the most true. As soon as this statement was made, Liu Haoran, Yi Zhongming and others all looked at Zhong Yang, waiting for decision-making. Refugees mean labor, and human resources that can be used cheaply within three years, which naturally made the capitalists extremely moved.

They will definitely seek Zhong Yang's opinion first when there is a dispute over the possible benefits, they will hand over the power of the decision to Zhong Yang. Because Zhong Yang has always been an object worthy of their convincing.

Integrity, fairness, principled work, admirable persistence and decision-making are the fundamental reasons why he became the backbone of the team. Of course, smart factories also play an indispensable role in it.

"First, there are personnel responsible for the Civil Affairs Bureau's statistics, you can also send important personnel to participate in supervision. After the recruitment work is completed, we will discuss how to allocate the quota?"

"Okay, that's the decision."

"Okay, I agree."

Zhong Yang has never been involved in secular interests, so he is the best way to preside over the distribution. As for the statistical report of the Civil Affairs Bureau, it is just a piece of data and a sweet cake. The real person is the big guys sitting there.

The meeting did not last long, and in less than an hour, all important matters were discussed. The next time would be an ordinary luncheon, the dishes were not rich, but they were exquisite and delicious, and they were full of weight.

Jie Minghong, Wang Liwen and Xu Jiangwen are all the first time they have attended a gathering of this level, and they are not in a hurry to show themselves at the meeting. This attitude makes everyone else here very appreciative. His ostentatious personality is definitely not a popular move here...

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