1890 King of Southeast Asia

Nanhua, in Liu Yiming's office, Liu Yiming and Staff Officer Wang were sticking their butts out, comparing intelligence, and looking for Wang Yang's location.

"What happened? In so many days, the Third Brigade has advanced 80 kilometers, and the other two brigades have also advanced. The Second Brigade attacked from both sides, and the distance between the east and west ends was only 120 kilometers. Are the savages so difficult to fight?" Liu Yiming frowned.

He thought of the Philippine uprising, and the ungrateful wolves, all squatting in the jungle, especially the latter, "The tree can talk!" This is the sequelae of the US military after the war.

"Commander, the Second Brigade and the Third Brigade are all requesting to receive prisoners. The telegram said that there are too many prisoners, and the subsequent immigrants have not kept up, so they dare not move forward." Staff Officer Wang said.

"Prisoners? How many?" Liu Yiming asked. It's not that he doesn't care. There are not many reports of this kind, and it's not important. Liu Yiming has been very busy during this period. He just checked whether the logistics can keep up. As for the others? Just savages.

"In the direction of the Third Brigade, more than 130,000 prisoners have been collected. More are hiding in the jungle and are difficult to capture. In the direction of the Second Brigade, there are 220,000. However, the Second Brigade has the cooperation of the Semarang militia, so there is no constant complaint. The same is true for the First Brigade. Of the 180,000 prisoners, 80,000 have been arranged for road construction." Staff Officer Wang took out a notebook and looked at it before speaking.

"So many?" Liu Yiming didn't expect to catch them so quickly. Are all the savages fools?

"There are still 350,000 prisoners to deal with?" Liu Yiming frowned. This is the best labor force, but if no one supervises them, they will definitely run away. If they are left alone, it will also cause a big mess.

"Reply to Batavia and tell Wang Yang that I have known about it. Stop the attack, set up camp on the spot, build a prisoner-of-war camp, and centrally manage the natives." Liu Yiming had no choice. There were not many militias in Batavia. They were mainly responsible for city defense and coordinating with coastal defense artillery.

"In addition, the first and second brigades, the same order." Liu Yiming admitted that the sequelae of insufficient preparation had emerged.

The army needs to continue to eliminate the savages. If they are used as security forces, they will be useless. The number of militiamen is small, and they have to guard against the savages' sneak attacks, so they can't be used.

"I'll go and see the immigration situation, you follow me." Liu Yiming thought about it and decided that it would still depend on people to solve the problem. He called Staff Officer Wang and set off.

"How many immigrants have come during this period?" Liu Yiming asked.

"Two batches, a total of 6,000 people. The river in the north burst in the first half of the year, and now there is a snowstorm. Most of the people who came this time are young and strong, and a good part of them are selling themselves. In addition, there are tens of thousands of people in the northern ports, but the transportation capacity is insufficient, so they can only be sent once a month." Staff Officer Wang looked at the report of the Immigration Bureau and said.

"The Dutch returned the ships and used them to transport people. Young and strong men and women were directly incorporated into the Production and Construction Corps. Their main task is to supervise the savages to reclaim land and plant." Liu Yiming can't think of many ways. There are few people and few talents. This is the biggest flaw of Nanhua.

"Production and Construction Corps?" Staff Officer Wang was confused. It was the first time he heard this name.

"It's a military settlement!" Liu Yiming explained, "but it's more extensive, and this environment is very suitable. I will write a report when I go back, you are responsible!" Staff Officer Wang's name is Wang Linhai. His father's surname is Wang and his mother's surname is Lin. He was born by the sea, so he was given this name.

It's not that Liu Yiming is nepotism, and this construction corps is not that construction corps. This one focuses more on production and construction, not heavy corps. The nature is similar to the militia, but it is more standardized and tight.

Wang Linhai has been with Liu Yiming for a long time. He has not been to college, but he has been to a regular high school and has received traditional education. His learning ability is okay.

At present, his ability is okay. Nanhua is short of people, so let him go and try. Perfect talents also need to grow, and growth = experience. Without experience, you will never grow.

"It's here. The first 3,000 people have gone through the steps of disinfection and sterilization, the quarantine period has passed, and the discipline training has ended. It was originally planned to be sent to the villages in Qianfeng Township for military training." Wang Linhai introduced.

"Take it easy for now. If there is not enough labor in Qianfeng Township, send some prisoners over. These people will form two regiments to support the Third Brigade and the Second Brigade first. Teach them how to shoot on the way. Give them the rifles replaced by the First Brigade. Draw grassroots officers and soldiers from the First Brigade. I will give you ten officer quotas and twenty soldier quotas. You can do it yourself." Liu Yiming is not afraid that Wang Linhai will transfer everyone, unless he is stubborn.

"Yes!" Wang Linhai said excitedly.

"You go and hand over the work, I will go to the Immigration Bureau to see." Liu Yiming didn't care, but to see if he could increase the number.

"Siyuan, how is the work of the Immigration Bureau?" Liu Yiming walked into the office of the Immigration Bureau and saw Chen Siyuan with dark circles under his eyes, and teased.

"Alas~ The Immigration Bureau is raised by their stepmother. This one comes to ask for people, and that one comes to ask for people, as if I can make people out of thin air." Chen Siyuan muttered.

"Hahahaha! Okay, how many people have immigrated?" Liu Yiming asked while sitting on the sofa.

"10,800 people, about half of them are under 16 years old, and the other half are mainly refugees from Dongshan and Beihe who were brought in this month." Chen Siyuan didn't even look at the document and went straight back.

"Can it be increased?" Liu Yiming asked.

"Yes, increase the fleet." Chen Siyuan answered without hesitation.

"The Dutch returned nine ships, and the government bought them. They will be allocated to you later. In addition, you can hire a fleet and try to complete it before the Spring Festival and start operating before the 15th day of the first lunar month." Liu Yiming said.

"It's easy to say. The ships have been allocated to me, but where are the manpower?" Chen Siyuan seized the loophole and didn't fall for it.

"Recruitment is not limited to Nanhua, but also to Singapore. In addition, the subsequent ships will bring more assistants and train more sailors. Immigration will continue for a long time." Liu Yiming said.

"Okay! I am destined to be a hard worker! By the way, it is the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month. When will we have a holiday?" Chen Siyuan asked. In fact, this is what everyone in Nanhua wants to know. It is the end of the year, and we don't know when we will have a holiday. It's just that everyone is busy, so they didn't ask.

"Finish up, finish the work at hand, prepare for the work to be done next year, and submit it to me on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month. I will take a look. Those who are not qualified will work overtime, and the 28th will be a holiday, but those who have not finished will continue to work." Liu Yiming really thought about whether he should not have a holiday this year, but at the beginning of the founding of the country, he should take a holiday. He was busy and had survived the most difficult time.

"Yes! Commander Liu!" Chen Siyuan heard about the holiday and immediately became energetic and said mischievously.

"You tell Uncle Chen to announce it. From the 28th to the 5th of the first lunar month, we will have eight days off, and then we will go back to work on the 6th." Liu Yiming said and left, going back to finish his work. He also wanted to take a holiday!