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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 588 Bloody Immigration

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    China has recently occupied a lot of territory. Immigration in these territories will inevitably lead to conflicts with the local indigenous residents and even large-scale riots.  For a long time, there were even attacks by local indigenous people against Chinese immigrants.  Although Chinese people can stick together as a group, those who are new to a place and unfamiliar with the place are easily attacked.  If the safety of immigrants cannot be guaranteed, it will inevitably affect future immigrants.  Therefore, this point needs special attention when it comes to the safety and protection of immigrants.

    "Your Majesty, rest assured that the garrisons in various places are basically in place. Troops are stationed at every major immigration point. In addition, the troops will organize patrol teams and carry out patrols regularly. Once it is discovered that local indigenous people attack our immigrants, they will definitely be punished.  Those natives will crack down hard!" said Xiong Wu, Chief of General Staff.  The military will be needed to ensure the safety of immigrants for a long time to come.  Later, after the reserve brigades in each province are established, these tasks will be gradually transferred to the reserve brigades.  Facing unarmed or poorly equipped natives, the reserve brigade only needs a small number of troops to protect many immigrants.

    "Your Majesty, the cabinet recommends providing weapons to immigrants so that they can protect themselves. We seized a lot of weapons during the war. These weapons are difficult to sell. Instead of destroying them, it is better to provide them to immigrants.  Protect yourself!" Yang Hua said simply.

    Wang Yuze was a little hesitant. The empire's weapons control was generally very strict.  If weapons are provided to immigrants, will it lead to the proliferation of guns and eventually lead to serious problems in the security of the empire?  Wang Yuze was a little worried that such a problem would arise, so he couldn't make up his mind.  However, if weapons can be provided to immigrants, it will be very helpful for these immigrants to quickly establish a foothold.  However, it must be managed properly.

    Xiong Wu, the chief of general staff, knew what Wang Yuze was worried about, so he said: "Your Majesty, let's do this! We can provide weapons to immigrants, but each family only needs to provide one or two rifles. Moreover, these immigrants can be incorporated into the militia  During the day, they usually work, and in their free time they can participate in training, protect the immigration points, and when necessary, they can also join the army."

    "Okay, let's do it this way! However, it must be strictly controlled. These guns are prohibited from flowing into the country!" Wang Yuze warned.

    "Yes, Your Majesty!" Chief of General Staff Xiong Wu replied.

    The empire¡¯s large-scale immigration work is fully prepared, and soon, the first batch of immigrants will set off.

    Eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, the hometown of Guanzhong. In history, the reason why the Qin State was able to annex the six countries relied on the wealth of the Guanzhong area.  It has also been the most fertile place throughout the ages.  However, in modern times, excessive reclamation has caused great damage to the ecology of this land, and the surface has become even more fragmented and riddled with ravines.  Due to the decline in soil fertility, the output of the fields is very small, and the lives of the people living in these areas are also very difficult.  Therefore, in this immigration, the entire Loess Plateau is a top priority.  According to statistics, there are more than 10 million people living on the Loess Plateau.  In the next two years, all these people will immigrate to northern Siberia and Southeast Asia.

    When the government just announced that it would carry out immigration, the entire Loess Plateau was boiling.  Many young people are willing to immigrate.  They no longer want to live such a hard life. Moreover, the government announced that every immigrant will be able to obtain a large amount of land, which makes them very excited.  You know, the reason why they are poor is not because they don¡¯t work hard, but because the land really can¡¯t produce anything!  The government's immigration policy has the support of these young people.  However, those who are older are unwilling to immigrate.  Half of their bodies were already buried in the soil, and they saw that they only had a few more years to live, so naturally they didn't want to leave at this time.  Elderly people all value a homeland that is hard to leave.  However, when Emperor Wang Yuze issued the decree, these elderly people had nothing to say.  They regarded the emperor's words as an imperial edict. Even if they were unwilling, the emperor had already issued an edict and they could not object.  In this way, the tens of millions of immigrants in the entire Loess Plateau can no longer hear any objections.

    Bujia Town is a small town on the Loess Plateau. The entire town has only more than 5,000 people.  This is deep in the Loess Plateau, and the people are very poor.  This time, more than 5,000 people from their entire township will immigrate to Yan'an Qiang in the central region of Myanmar in South-Central Province.  For immigrants thousands of miles away, in this backward small town, this is completely unimaginable.  The people in this small town have only been to the county seat as far away as possible.  Now they have to immigrate to Nanyang, thousands of miles away, which gives them an inexplicable fear about the future.

    Old man Zhang is fifty years old this year. He has lived on the Loess Plateau all his life. He didn¡¯t expect that even though he is old, he still has to immigrate. I am afraid that it will be even more difficult for him to return to his roots in the future.  ?Old man Zhang's wrinkled old face was full of sorrow.

    "Dad, if you really don't want to, then we won't immigrate. The mountains are so big. We will hide in the mountains when the time comes. We will come out after all the immigrants have left." Zhang Daniu, the eldest son of Mr. Zhang, said.  Zhang Daniu is twenty years old this year and has not yet been able to marry a wife. On the Loess Plateau, he is already considered an older young man.  Old man Zhang didn't marry his wife until he was thirty because he was too poor.  There are only more than 200 people in their small village, and girls are basically marrying out, and no girl is willing to marry in.

    "Brother, how can you not immigrate? I have heard that the land we immigrated to is called Ren'anqiang. The land is very fertile. The water source is also abundant. You can grow rice. One acre of land can produce four to five hundred kilograms.  ! In addition, the weather in that place is relatively hot, and two or three crops can be harvested a year. In that case, one acre of land can produce at least a thousand kilograms of rice a year. Our family of five, if we go to Ren'anqiang, we can get a hundred  Fifty acres of land cannot produce 150,000 kilograms of rice this year! According to the current price, four cents per kilogram, that is 6,000 yuan a year! This is what we will stay here for the rest of our lives.  You can¡¯t make any money! When you have money, will you still be afraid that you won¡¯t be able to find a wife?¡± Zhang Yuhong, the youngest son of Mr. Zhang, who had just turned sixteen, interjected.  As the youngest son, he was always well taken care of at home. Old Man Zhang even sent him to elementary school. If the family hadn't really had no money, he might have gone to middle school.

    "One hundred and fifty thousand jins of rice a year, six thousand yuan?" Old man Zhang and his family were shocked by this figure.  Even if the calculation is not accurate, if you discount it in half, it is still 3,000 yuan a year!  This is definitely a high income for the current empire.

    "Dad, anyway, we have agreed to immigrate and have taken our fingerprints, so don't think about anything else. Now the family is so poor that it's almost too hard to open the pot. After Nanyang, we will be able to live a good life!"  Zhang Laohan's second son, Zhang Erniu, also said with shining eyes.  He is also eighteen years old and has reached the age to marry a wife.  But the boss hasn¡¯t married a wife yet?  Let alone him!

    "Alas! Even though I say that, the thought of leaving this place makes me feel uncomfortable!" Old Man Zhang said.

    "Okay, old man, if you want us to be poor all our lives, then you can stay here. Anyway, I don't want to stay here anymore!" Old Man Zhang's wife also said.

    "How can we continue to stay here? The emperor has issued an imperial edict. How can we, the common people, still resist the edict? That is a serious crime of beheading! Now, we can only bite the bullet and go to Nanyang. Even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of ??fire,  We can only try our best. The current emperor, who governs the world with benevolence and righteousness, should not harm us!" Old Man Zhang finally said.

    "Dad, don't worry. How could the emperor lie to us? Didn't you read what the newspaper said? The empire paid the price of more than 100,000 casualties in order to conquer such a large area of ??land. This is the result of the imperial army's sacrifice of life.  Go and seize the land for us. Now that the empire is strong, it is natural for us ordinary people to enjoy the benefits brought by the strong empire!" Zhang Yuhong, the youngest son, said with a smile.

    "I heard that Nanyang is not peaceful. When we go there, we occupy the land of the locals. Are the locals easy to deal with?" Zhang Daniu, the eldest son, said cautiously.  If someone else came to occupy his family's land, he would definitely not agree.

    "Hmph! What do those natives have to fear? They are simply uncivilized natives. Besides, the newspaper said that the imperial army will protect us. Moreover, each family will be issued one or two rifles.  If those natives dare to bully us, then we will kill them!" Zhang Yuhong said disdainfully.

    "Rifle? That's a good thing! Let's make a deal first. When the rifles are distributed, one of them will be mine!" Zhang Erniu said with eyes shining.

    People from this family like Old Zhang can be found throughout the Loess Plateau.  Everyone is full of reverence for the future, but also fear of the future.  But in general, everyone still accepts this reality.

    At this time, in Nanyang, the imperial army was expelling the local indigenous people, seizing the most fertile land, and then preparing to distribute it to the immigrants from the country.  During this process, many local indigenous people were killed because they refused to hand over their land and were then driven into the mountains.  It can be said that every inch of land is stained with the blood of these local indigenous people.  It's just that no one cares about them, their lives are humble!  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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