Expedition to Europe

Speaking of "work-for-relief", it has a long history.

The most famous "work-for-relief" should be the New Deal of Roosevelt in the United States. In the early days of Roosevelt's administration, there were more than 17 million unemployed people in the United States.

Before 1934, the US government used direct relief to help these unemployed people, that is, all those who were unemployed could receive some food and drink every day. After Roosevelt came to power, the US government changed the simple relief to "work-for-relief", and clearly stipulated that unemployed people with working ability would not be given relief money, but helped to get wages by participating in different labor.

This is called the core of the "New Deal of Roosevelt", and the effect is still very good, creating employment opportunities for the majority of unskilled unemployed workers. By the eve of World War II, the total number of employees employed by various projects invested by the US government reached 23 million, accounting for more than 1/2 of the total labor force in the country. It can be said that through the above measures, the "New Deal" has played an important role in increasing the income of low-income groups, narrowing the social distribution gap, and promoting demand growth.

The current labor situation in Egypt is similar to that in the United States before 1934. Many people have no jobs and no source of income, and their lives are almost like beggars.

The problem is that Egypt is much poorer than the United States, and the Egyptian government has no ability to provide relief, so even if Egyptians want to beg, they have nowhere to go. Everyone lives a similar life, and the food at home is not enough to be self-sufficient, so they really have no ability to help their neighbors.

Under this premise, Yang Deshan had no choice but to set up a labor export bureau.

Yang Deshan also wanted to "use work instead of relief", but the Egyptian government was so poor that it could not even afford government investment. If it wanted to "use work instead of relief", there was no "work" to provide to the Egyptians.

Fortunately, there was the Western Province of Lan Fang. The Western Province was under construction and needed a lot of human resources. So Yang Deshan organized the surplus labor in Egypt and exported it to the Western Province in a planned way. This could not only alleviate the problem of insufficient manpower in the Western Province of Lan Fang, but also create some income for the Egyptian government, and allow those Egyptians who wanted to work to be self-reliant. It was really killing two birds with one stone.

Chen Kangjian is definitely against the slave trade. When there is no other way, he can use slaves to make do. As long as there are alternative resources, Chen Kangjian is willing to take some formal means to solve the problem of insufficient labor. Therefore, there are indeed many Egyptians in the current Western Province. At least more than 200,000 Egyptians work in the Western Province, of which more than 100,000 are in Djibouti alone.

After hearing Yang Deshan's explanation, Qin Zhiyuan was immediately moved.

Although the Chinese have a lot of human resources, Qin Zhiyuan did not bring people out of the Republic of China to use them as construction workers. The Chinese that Lan Fang brought out from the Republic of China were basically settled in various parts of Lan Fang. They were either farmers, workers in factories, or soldiers. Very few of them went to construction sites.

Qin Zhiyuan knew very well that the Chinese needed to recuperate and have a stable life, while construction workers had to follow the construction site and wander around without a fixed place to live. If all the Chinese were brought to the construction site, how could they have time to have children?

For Lan Fang, Qin Zhiyuan's ideal population structure is that the Chinese should occupy an absolute dominant position. Now it seems that the proportion of Koreans and Japanese is still a bit large. If you want to change the population structure, you must ensure that the Chinese have a stable living environment, so as to ensure a higher fertility rate.

In fact, the fertility rate of the Chinese has always been relatively high, so the Chinese population can account for more than 40% of the world's total population. This is due to the stability of the Chinese society and the superb agricultural skills of the Chinese. Social stability can ensure that population growth will not be reduced due to war, and developed agriculture can ensure that people have enough food. In these two aspects, Lan Fang is doing well now.

Because the Republic of China is in the midst of war, Qin Zhiyuan is not very clear about the birth rate of the Republic of China, but in Lan Fang, every woman of childbearing age now has 3.8 children, among which the fertility rate of the Chinese is the highest, with an average of 4.2. It is estimated that in twenty years, although the Chinese in Lan Fang will not reach an absolute dominant position, it will still be no problem to reach the dominant position.

On average, each woman gives birth to 4.2 children. This sounds like a fantasy in China in the 21st century, but it was not uncommon in the 1920s. It was normal for Qin Zhiyuan's father to have five or six sisters, and it was not uncommon for them to have more than a dozen brothers and sisters. This was under the premise of monogamy. If it was polygamy, the number of brothers and sisters would be even greater.

The Chinese have a very special feeling for their children. Now there is no "family planning" to play tricks on them. The dominant idea is to have more children and more blessings. If a family does not have two sons to inherit the bloodline, it would be embarrassing to go out and say hello to people.

Qin Zhiyuan certainly encourages childbirth. Lan Fang already has infant products, and even an industrial chain has been formed. The Lan Fang government has strict requirements for infant products. Product quality is the first basis to be controlled, and then the low price. Qin Zhiyuan even stipulates that the profit of all infant products must not exceed 10%. This will of course make those infant product manufacturers dissatisfied, but in order to reduce the cost of raising children, Qin Zhiyuan does not care so much. He can choose not to do anything irrelevant. Even Julie's private industry "Ugly Duckling" is operated according to this standard. What qualifications do others have to ask for more?

As for education and medical care, these are basically provided free of charge in Lanfang. There are no private hospitals and so-called "noble schools" in Lanfang. Even Qin De went to school in the Boy Scouts. No matter how expensive the others are, they can still be more expensive. Where to go——

With these basic conditions, the Chinese in Lanfang go all out to give birth to children. It can be said that the Chinese have never experienced such a relaxed environment in history. The country does not have many types of corvee, and there is no agricultural tax that makes people complain. , there was endless food in the warehouse, all of which contributed to the population explosion in Lanfang.

Qin Zhiyuan does not focus on having children. Qin Zhiyuan's mission is to open up a broader living space for the people of Lanfang. So after hearing Chen Kangjian's explanation, Qin Zhiyuan immediately made a decision after thinking about it and contacted Yang Deshan. Men were hired from Egypt to build Sardinia.

This was the original intention of Yang Deshan in establishing the Labor Export Bureau. The needs of the Western Province can be regarded as a big help to Yang Deshan. Egyptians have jobs and hope in life. It is true that few ordinary people regard the name "Sudan" as what it means. It was a matter of life and death, so the Egyptian Labor Export Bureau responded to Sardinia that day: Within a week, Egypt could provide Sardinia with more than 300,000 laborers, and after a month, this number could increase to 500,000. .

Half a million people, which is equivalent to nearly one-tenth of Egypt's current population. This shows how great the difficulties Yang Deshan faces. So many people have no source of livelihood and really need help from external forces.

For every person Lanfang hires from Egypt, he has to pay the Egyptian government an agency fee of five pounds. At the same time, the Egyptian government takes a portion of these workers' wages every month as management expenses. Although five pounds is not much, it cannot support the large number of people. There are hundreds of thousands of people in one fell swoop. It is a lot of income for the Egyptian government, not to mention the steady flow of subsequent income. This is for the Egyptian government, which is now suffering from hunger and cold. It's important to say.

Qin Zhiyuan didn't care about these expenses. Although it would be equivalent to a one-time payment of nearly 10 million yuan to the Egyptian government, compared with the time saved, Qin Zhiyuan was more willing to exchange money for labor. For Qin Zhiyuan, Equally important.

After the Egyptian government and the Lanfang government reached an agreement, the agreement attracted a lot of attention, mainly from the Republic of China government and the Indian government.

In the current world, the Republic of China has the largest population, followed by India. When it comes to labor export, the Egyptians are not the ones to be counted.

Zhang Yuting was most anxious after hearing the news, and immediately contacted Lu Zhengxiang, saying that the Republic of China could also organize labor exports.

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Although Lanfang continues to immigrate from the Republic of China, for many Chinese, it is still difficult to leave their homeland. Many people are unwilling to leave their hometown and live under the shelter of others. Although the Lanfang Immigration Bureau has organized many Chinese who have immigrated to Lanfang to come back to their hometown to speak out, there are still Many Chinese are unwilling to join the immigration ranks.

Being unwilling to immigrate does not mean that you are unwilling to go out to work. In the final analysis, you are not forced to do anything. If you can’t even eat, you will starve to death, and you won’t care about whether to leave your hometown or not. There has never been a shortage in the Republic of China. Refugees, these people are the source of trouble. They must be stabilized so that the economy and society can slowly recover.

Zhang Yuting completely defeated the southern military government a few months ago and formally unified the country in name. Restoring the economy has become the main task of the Beiyang government in the next stage of work, so Zhang Yuting is also in urgent need of "relief with work."

Qin Zhiyuan would hardly refuse the Republic of China's request. After Zhang Yuting expressed the Republic of China's willingness to export labor, Qin Zhiyuan immediately ordered Lu Zhengxiang to contact Zhang Yuting and use the same conditions as for Egypt to obtain more labor from the Republic of China.

Compared with Egypt, the Republic of China was definitely "rich" in terms of manpower. After receiving the reply from the Lanfang government, Zhang Yuting acted quickly and immediately said that the Beiyang government could provide at least one million laborers for Lanfang. If the requirements were further relaxed, this number would will be increased further.

The area originally occupied by the southern military government was the southeast region, which happened to be the most open-minded area among the Chinese. Starting around the Song Dynasty, people in the southeast coastal areas had a tradition of "going to the West."

When the Southern Military Government occupied the southeastern coast, it was not easy for Lanfang to obtain immigrants from the southeastern coast of the Republic of China because of the bad relationship with Lanfang. It is different now. Now the Republic of China has completely opened up the human resources market to Lanfang, so Zhang Yuting can promise millions of people in just one breath.

It's enough, it's enough to at least build Sardinia.