The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

"Lin Ge, what benefits can the capital bring to us?"

Jiang Cheng said calmly, "Or can they bring us stability and trade cooperation in international relations?"

"So far, the Japanese are not to be mentioned... the British, Americans, Pharaohs, and Russians, who is not targeting our Northeast?"

Yang Yuting said in a low voice: "Jiang Feilan, what do you mean by this?"

Glancing sideways at Hai Rushong and Yang Hongyi who were standing in front of the desk, Jiang Cheng retracted his foot and stood up.

He held the microphone in his hand, and his voice was filled with impatience: "What do you mean by asking me? Then let me ask you, what benefits does the current Beiyang bring to our Northeast?"

"Besides tricking Second Uncle and Sixth Uncle into going to the Hunan battlefield to help them fight Old Duan, what else have we gained?"

"Who paid for the military expenditure of more than 20 million in the end? I know that Feng Guozhang is still the commander-in-chief, but why should we continue to play with them, regardless of whether they are happy or not?"

Yang Yuting stretched his neck to the ground after hearing these words. Jiang Cheng ended the topic easily in an instant: "Okay, tell me, the weather is very cold and Fei Lan drank a few cups and said some drunken words, but I still hope that you, the Chief of Staff, understand the overall meaning!"

"Let's wait and see. Please rest assured, I have a plan in mind!"

After he finished speaking, Jiang Cheng hung up the phone.

"This is fucking terrible. It's not enough to build and develop Jilin every day. We still have to think about how to deal with the Japanese devils... Forget it. The internal fighting among our own people is endless!"

Yang Hongyi looked unhappy, and started to feel indignant before Jiang Cheng even opened his mouth.

As his sworn brother, Hai Rusong glanced at him, indicating that he was talking too much; but Jiang Cheng shook his head and smiled, "Oh, what I mean is -"

"We have no peace of mind every day! Come on, let's not talk about this now. Uncle Hai, Uncle Si, I called you two back from Siping and Yanji today to discuss the resettlement of refugees."

He asked Feng Qing to go downstairs and call Yang Yucheng and Yan Ziwen, and then motioned these two uncles to sit down first.

While unbuttoning his collar, he sat down opposite the two of them and said, "Droughts broke out in Zhili, Shanxi, Shandong and other places, resulting in disaster victims all over the Central Plains—"

"Of course, once these refugees enter Jilin, they can no longer remain refugees... I won't go into detail about the premise of introducing population. What I want to know now is, how many townspeople can be accommodated in Siping and Yanji?"

Hai Rusong was the first to straighten his back and immediately responded in a loud voice: "Feilan, our Siping started the earliest. When you followed Master Wu to Siping three years ago, agriculture and animal husbandry were already developing."

"There are three Changping warehouses around Siping, and with the bumper harvest last year, I can guarantee that we will not have any shortage of food no matter how many people come! We will definitely be able to get through this lean period."

His words sounded like bragging, but in fact Jiang Cheng knew very well that Siping, as a major grain-producing area, had contributed a large amount of grain to the military for two consecutive years.

Since he took office, he has suppressed bandits, reclaimed wasteland, engaged in agricultural construction, and introduced improved varieties for widespread planting in Jilin. In addition, Hai Rusong and his son have never been greedy for money, so the money allocated by the Jilin government for

"Brother, you have to think it over before you speak. I heard from Fushan that the first batch of people arriving in Siping will be nearly 5,000 people!"

Hai Rusong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry! If Siping fails, we still have Zhengjiatun! Junshan has reported to me that the grain reserves in Zhengjiatun are more than mine - this year he even wants to ask me for people to build more military settlements!"

After Sun Liechen's troops moved out of Zhengjiatun, Jiang Cheng ordered Wang Junshan to

Jiang Cheng nodded and smiled: It seems that there will be no problem arranging food and drink for the first batch of people arriving in Siping.

"Forget about the military settlement. Set aside some virgin land and let these newcomers reclaim it." Jiang Cheng was talking when Yang Yucheng and Yan Ziwen came in one after another. He motioned for them to sit down and then turned his gaze to Yang Hongyi, "Fourth Uncle, haven't the Koreans in Yanji been reclaiming wasteland?"

"How is the work going?"

When his name was called, Yang Hongyi suddenly panicked.

"I, I..."

Seeing the other party's words flickering, Jiang Cheng's face suddenly sank, "What, is there a problem?"

Yang Hongyi lowered his eyelids and thought for about a minute before gritting his teeth and said, "Yes - there is a problem! Don't stare at me, Chengcheng... Stop wasting time and tell the truth!"

"Master Jiang, at the end of last year, I conducted another investigation on the registered Chao people, and I found that a lot of Chao people had been lost."

"Because when we registered in the middle of the year, there were nearly 8,000 Chao people in Yanji alone; but later we found that there were less than 4,000 left."

Another population loss problem? Jiang Cheng asked and found out that in addition to the previous land struggle, right after the Siberian War broke out, many Koreans were deceived by the Japanese to serve in the army.

In addition, because the Northern Expeditionary Force left Korea in large numbers, the conflicts between local residents and the Japanese devils were much less, and some Koreans even chose to return home.

"So, there aren't that many people at all?"

Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Okay, it can be said that the great waves have washed away the sands. Those who are willing to make a living in Jilin will stay -"

Hai Rusong looked at the two of them blankly, scratched his head and said, "Feilan, I think this is a good thing. The Chao clan in Yanji has left, isn't it just a good opportunity to make room for the outsiders?"

Jiang Cheng shook his head and smiled.

He thought the problem was too simple.

The biggest problem with introducing population is that it will affect the local population structure to a certain extent.

For example, if a city is full of outsiders, it will be very difficult to manage the city.

Therefore, the ratio of permanent residents to floating population must be struck within a certain range...In the short term, the population structure is not suitable for major changes.

Another problem is the adaptability of outsiders.

Unlike the modern times when civilization was highly developed, the conditions in the Republic of China were still limited.

Climate, living habits, etc., are not suitable for major changes; although the Chao people are also outsiders compared to the Northeast, they are more familiar with the topography of the Northeast than the people of the Central Plains, and are more easily adapted to border areas such as Yanji, Longtumen, and Hunchun.

The reason why Jiang Cheng arranged the first batch of people from the Central Plains who moved to Jilin in Siping, Changchun and other places was that there were more local people in these places, and the climate and environment were milder than those in border areas, which would not cause these outsiders who came from thousands of miles away to suffer greater difficulty in adapting.

"Yanji is not suitable for arranging people from the Central Plains!"

Yang Hongyi spoke up for Jiang Cheng and explained the situation to his brother. He then continued, "After the Japanese were driven out of Yanji, the local residents were basically a mixture of Chinese and North Koreans..."

"Now that most of the Chao people have left, it may be difficult to reclaim the wasteland." (End of this chapter)