Chapter 1084
Chapter 1084
Chapter 1084
After setting foot on the coast of Zhifu Island, Feng Fei noticed the construction scene in full swing. Thousands of young men were building barracks and docks under the command of the foreman.Considering the time when the Haihan people arrived on Zhifu Island, these people were obviously not recruited from the local area, and they should all be transported from the south by boat.Feng Fei originally estimated that the Haihan fleet would have around a thousand people, but judging from what he has seen so far, the actual number may be far more than a thousand people.To transport so many people from the south to Shandong, the investment in the process must be not small. From this, it can be seen that the move of the Haihan people to settle on Zhifu Island was by no means a whim, but after careful planning. Implemented so orderly after arriving here.
Since the other party wants to take root here with peace of mind, and doesn't plan to run away after making a fortune, Feng Fei's mood is much more relaxed, because the area around here is all under the jurisdiction of Qishan, and Haihan people want to live here. No matter how you have to deal with Qishan, you can't get around it.
"Master Feng, please wait here."
The two walked to the gate of the camp. Here, like the sandbar, there are trenches, barbed wire, horses and sandbags, and armed personnel deployed behind the bunker with live ammunition. Gao Qiaonan asked Feng Fei to wait, and he dismounted and went in to report The situation is gone.
Feng Fei noticed that the camp here is a standard militarized setting. Not only are the peripheral defense facilities complete, and the watchtowers are complete, but there are firebreaks between the tents, and drainage ditches have been dug inside and outside the camp. This is by no means an ordinary caravan. Or the way people camp in the wild, Feng Fei has never heard of folk training that can do this.Even if the Ming army of Qishan Institute went to the field for training, they probably couldn't do better than this.
After a while, Gao Qiaonan returned to the gate of the camp and called Feng Fei to enter, but the horse could not be ridden in.Feng Fei also realized that this place should not be put on official airs anymore, so he immediately got off his horse and handed over the reins to Gao Qiaonan's men.
The person representing Haihan to meet Feng Fei was Hao Wanqing. This was also decided based on Haihan's current strategy. Only Hao Wanqing's image is a bit like a wealthy businessman, and he is also good at extracting information from conversations. It is most suitable for him to come forward to talk with local officials of Ming Dynasty.
"I'm Hao Wanqing, the person in charge of this fleet. I've just arrived and disturbed the peace of the place, so I'm worrying Master Feng!"
After Hao Wanqing met Feng Fei, his attitude was still very polite, which made Feng Fei, who had run into trouble with Gao Qiaonan just now, feel quite a contrast.The master's self-cultivation is obviously much better than that vicious leader of the militia.However, there is another reason why Feng Fei has a good impression, that is, Hao Wanqing obviously speaks with a Shandong accent.
"Boss Hao is from Shandong?" Feng Fei directly asked the question he was most concerned about.
"My ancestors were born in Jinan Prefecture." Hao Wanqing was prepared for this kind of question, and immediately admitted Feng Fei's guess generously: "Although I have been overseas for many years, I have learned this accent from my elders since I was a child. I will never change it in this life. Lost."
Hao Wanqing's statement is not completely nonsense. Hainan Island is indeed an overseas enclave compared to the inland of Ming Dynasty, and he has stayed in Hainan Island for seven years after crossing. It can be said that he has been overseas for many years.
"I'm from Qingzhou Prefecture, so I can be regarded as neighbors with Boss Hao." Although there was no clear purpose, Feng Fei subconsciously made a close statement.
"Yeah, when I come back to Shandong, I feel the flavor of my hometown everywhere, just like Mr. Feng's local accent, it sounds very kind." Hao Wanqing heard the song and knew the strings, and immediately responded.In terms of routines, he knows much more than the thousands of households in the Shandong countryside, so naturally there will be no problem with the correspondence.
During the conversation, a servant brought tea and desserts. Hao Wanqing introduced: "This is Longjing tea produced in Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. It was picked before the Qingming Festival this year. It is called lotus heart because of its shape. It takes [-] pieces of tender tea. Only buds can be roasted to make a pound of dry tea, and it is not easy to buy it in the market, please Master Feng to taste it."
Feng Fei has heard of the reputation of Zhejiang Longjing, but he has never seen this high-quality product called "Lianxin". He took a sip of the teacup and tasted it. That sweet and bitter taste.What attracted his attention was not only the fragrant tea, but also the crystal clear glass teacup that he couldn't put it down. He could clearly see the tender green tea leaves floating in the cup from the side. Said it was very novel.
"I have heard that Haihan glassware is very exquisite before, and seeing it today, the rumors are indeed true." Feng Fei slowly turned the glass teacup in his hand, as if his attention was attracted by it.
"Since Mr. Feng likes it, let someone prepare a set of glass tea sets and give it to Mr. Feng later." Hao Wanqing immediately took the initiative to express his position. The fear of giving gifts and bribes is not that the other party will open his mouth, but that he can't find a chance to take it. Since Feng Fei showed his interest in glassware, Hao Wanqing would not miss this opportunity to win him over.
Before Feng Fei pretended to decline a few words, Hao Wanqing was already ahead of him and said: "In the future, we will rely on adults to take care of many places in Dengzhou Prefecture. With these kind words, please don't decline."
Seeing Hao Wanqing's humble and gentle attitude, Feng Fei didn't want to break his face directly at the moment, so he thought about it before asking: "I'm here this time, and I actually have something to ask, Boss Hao, you have to answer truthfully, and don't lie. "
Hao Wanqing arched his hands and said: "Master Feng, please tell me, I must have told the truth."
Feng Fei asked in a deep voice: "When did you arrive at Zhifu Bay? Have you ever sent someone to Yantai Mountain in the south? Have you had contact with the Ming army stationed there?"
Hao Wanqing shook his head and pushed the matter away completely: "Our fleet arrived at Zhifu Bay the night before yesterday. Because we don't know the security situation here, we specially set up checkpoints on the sandbar and arranged some guards to prevent bandits. Come in to make trouble. We have never sent anyone to Yantai Mountain in the south, and we have never seen the Ming army stationed there."
Hao Wanqing's words actually had two meanings. One was to explain that he had no contact with the Ming army before that, and the other was to show that his intention to deploy armed personnel outside was only for self-protection.
As for whether Feng Fei believed it or not, how much he could believe it, this was beyond Hao Wanqing's control.He can only infer how much information the other party currently has based on Feng Fei's verbal performance, and then make an appropriate response based on this.
Feng Fei frowned, and the other party's answer was impeccable, leaving the relationship very clean.But as the only suspect at present, Feng Fei can't fully believe Hao Wanqing's answer.The two groups of people who disappeared before and after Yantai Mountain couldn't find their whereabouts, so how could he contact these outsiders with confidence.
Hao Wanqing was a dumb man eating glutinous rice balls, he had a good idea in his mind, and pretended to ask: "Master Feng, what happened to the garrison in Yantai Mountain?"
Feng Fei glanced at Hao Wanqing, but couldn't see anything from his face. This matter is still a secret in the military. At the moment when he is not sure whether the Haihan people are related to this matter, Feng Fei will not easily tell him that he has nothing to do with it. Outsiders mentioned the details.
Feng Fei did not respond to Hao Wanqing's question, but asked separately: "Boss Hao, you have built such a large fleet and brought so many people north to Shandong, it must have cost a lot, right? Just by selling this glass , can you earn this fee back?"
Hao Wanqing said: "Glassware is only one of the more famous products in Haihan. In fact, we still have a lot of profitable business, Master Feng will gradually know. In addition, I want to explain that we are going north this time. Coming to Shandong is not just for doing business here to make money, but also for another purpose.”
Feng Fei said: "But it's okay to say."
Hao Wanqing said: "We heard that the Denglei area has experienced wars in the past period of time. There are hundreds of thousands of people who were displaced by the war and became refugees. The government provided relief to these refugees for various reasons. The strength is also very limited, so we intend to contribute to assist the government to provide food and livelihoods to war refugees, and resettle these people.”
"You mean...you want to give money and food to help the refugees in Denglai and Denglai?" Feng Fei couldn't believe his ears, so he asked again.
"That's right." Hao Wanqing replied affirmatively: "However, this still requires the convenience and support of the local government to guide refugees to Zhifu Island to receive our help."
Feng Fei thought it wrong, and asked again: "This Zhifu Island is only a tiny place, how many refugees can it accommodate?"
"Zhifu Island is small, but it can accommodate 8000 people." Hao Wanqing had already prepared for this, and said with confidence: "Besides, we don't just accept refugees. After accumulating a certain number, we will use boats to accommodate them." Sent to the south for resettlement..."
"Wait!" Feng Fei interrupted the conversation when he heard this: "Send them to the south for resettlement? Don't you plan to resettle refugees in Shandong?"
Hao Wanqing said with a smile: "Master Feng, I would like to ask you. At present, Shandong...forget it, let's just talk about the two hardest-hit areas of Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture. How many war refugees are there in these two places?"
Feng Fei snorted and said, "This matter is a political matter of the imperial court. If you are a businessman asking for such information, it is a bit out of bounds!"
Hao Wanqing ignored Feng Fei's warning and began to analyze on his own: "According to the information we have learned from various sources, although the war has ended for more than a year, the two places have lost their property due to the war and are currently homeless. There are at least nearly 10 refugees. These people have no money, no production tools, no land, and no way to support themselves. They can only live on government relief and begging. Some of them may have become bandits. The disaster in the countryside made it impossible for those people who tried to restore food planting to reorganize production. The government rescued and rescued, and the granary was empty, but the number of victims did not decrease, and the public security situation was deteriorating day by day. Presumably the pressure on the government is not small .”
Feng Feiyue frowned when he heard this, not because Hao Wanqing was talking nonsense, but because what he said was almost the current situation in the Denglai area.All the local government could do was provide some food relief, but failed to effectively organize post-war reconstruction and resume production, so that the refugees in these two places still had difficulty rebuilding their homes more than a year after the end of the war. Both law and order and supplies have caused great pressure.
But what can the local government do?The imperial court did not have enough funds, food and personnel to organize post-war reconstruction. Feng Fei was just a thousand households. Facing such a situation, he had no choice but to despair. He could only let those refugees who could not find a living to fend for themselves. up.During the period, it was not that there were no local gentry who opened warehouses to release food, but there were often only two consequences. One was to be poor by the swarming refugees, and the other was to attract bandits and bandits. object.
After this kind of thing happened a few times, no big family was willing to share the pressure for the government anymore, and there were very few places in the Denglei area that resumed food production after the war, so it was difficult to buy a large amount of food at one time, even if someone wanted to buy it for the government. There is no way to start with some relief food.Hao Wanqing is not the first person to say that he wants to share the worries of the government, but Feng Fei is skeptical about whether this kind of disaster relief will be effective.
"Boss Hao, you know that this is easy to say, but it's not so easy to do!" Feng Fei said coldly, "If you want to transport people back to the south for resettlement, I'm afraid that you will be transported before the time comes. The fleet is empty!"
Hao Wanqing said in his heart that it was because you local officials looked forward and backward in doing things and were timid, which caused the chaotic situation that production still failed to resume more than a year after the war ended.When it comes to disaster relief and organizing immigrants, Haihan’s experience must be more than a hundred times that of local institutions like Qishan Institute. I think that when Haihan transported people from Annan to Hainan Island, the situation in Annan was comparable to today’s situation. Shandong is much more chaotic.Efficient and orderly organizational skills are much more useful than the government's rhetoric.
Hao Wanqing said: "Whether we can transport people away is our business, but what we can do should be able to help the government solve a big problem. Mr. Feng, we don't need you to pay money and effort to send people, as long as you Just pretend to be deaf and dumb, and don't interfere. If Master Feng is willing to cooperate, there will be benefits in the future."
Feng Fei would be lying if he said that he was not moved at all. There are many homeless refugees in the area under the jurisdiction of Qishan, and they caused trouble for the government in the year after the war.If it can be cleaned up, Feng Fei's life will definitely be much more comfortable than now.
(End of this chapter)
After setting foot on the coast of Zhifu Island, Feng Fei noticed the construction scene in full swing. Thousands of young men were building barracks and docks under the command of the foreman.Considering the time when the Haihan people arrived on Zhifu Island, these people were obviously not recruited from the local area, and they should all be transported from the south by boat.Feng Fei originally estimated that the Haihan fleet would have around a thousand people, but judging from what he has seen so far, the actual number may be far more than a thousand people.To transport so many people from the south to Shandong, the investment in the process must be not small. From this, it can be seen that the move of the Haihan people to settle on Zhifu Island was by no means a whim, but after careful planning. Implemented so orderly after arriving here.
Since the other party wants to take root here with peace of mind, and doesn't plan to run away after making a fortune, Feng Fei's mood is much more relaxed, because the area around here is all under the jurisdiction of Qishan, and Haihan people want to live here. No matter how you have to deal with Qishan, you can't get around it.
"Master Feng, please wait here."
The two walked to the gate of the camp. Here, like the sandbar, there are trenches, barbed wire, horses and sandbags, and armed personnel deployed behind the bunker with live ammunition. Gao Qiaonan asked Feng Fei to wait, and he dismounted and went in to report The situation is gone.
Feng Fei noticed that the camp here is a standard militarized setting. Not only are the peripheral defense facilities complete, and the watchtowers are complete, but there are firebreaks between the tents, and drainage ditches have been dug inside and outside the camp. This is by no means an ordinary caravan. Or the way people camp in the wild, Feng Fei has never heard of folk training that can do this.Even if the Ming army of Qishan Institute went to the field for training, they probably couldn't do better than this.
After a while, Gao Qiaonan returned to the gate of the camp and called Feng Fei to enter, but the horse could not be ridden in.Feng Fei also realized that this place should not be put on official airs anymore, so he immediately got off his horse and handed over the reins to Gao Qiaonan's men.
The person representing Haihan to meet Feng Fei was Hao Wanqing. This was also decided based on Haihan's current strategy. Only Hao Wanqing's image is a bit like a wealthy businessman, and he is also good at extracting information from conversations. It is most suitable for him to come forward to talk with local officials of Ming Dynasty.
"I'm Hao Wanqing, the person in charge of this fleet. I've just arrived and disturbed the peace of the place, so I'm worrying Master Feng!"
After Hao Wanqing met Feng Fei, his attitude was still very polite, which made Feng Fei, who had run into trouble with Gao Qiaonan just now, feel quite a contrast.The master's self-cultivation is obviously much better than that vicious leader of the militia.However, there is another reason why Feng Fei has a good impression, that is, Hao Wanqing obviously speaks with a Shandong accent.
"Boss Hao is from Shandong?" Feng Fei directly asked the question he was most concerned about.
"My ancestors were born in Jinan Prefecture." Hao Wanqing was prepared for this kind of question, and immediately admitted Feng Fei's guess generously: "Although I have been overseas for many years, I have learned this accent from my elders since I was a child. I will never change it in this life. Lost."
Hao Wanqing's statement is not completely nonsense. Hainan Island is indeed an overseas enclave compared to the inland of Ming Dynasty, and he has stayed in Hainan Island for seven years after crossing. It can be said that he has been overseas for many years.
"I'm from Qingzhou Prefecture, so I can be regarded as neighbors with Boss Hao." Although there was no clear purpose, Feng Fei subconsciously made a close statement.
"Yeah, when I come back to Shandong, I feel the flavor of my hometown everywhere, just like Mr. Feng's local accent, it sounds very kind." Hao Wanqing heard the song and knew the strings, and immediately responded.In terms of routines, he knows much more than the thousands of households in the Shandong countryside, so naturally there will be no problem with the correspondence.
During the conversation, a servant brought tea and desserts. Hao Wanqing introduced: "This is Longjing tea produced in Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. It was picked before the Qingming Festival this year. It is called lotus heart because of its shape. It takes [-] pieces of tender tea. Only buds can be roasted to make a pound of dry tea, and it is not easy to buy it in the market, please Master Feng to taste it."
Feng Fei has heard of the reputation of Zhejiang Longjing, but he has never seen this high-quality product called "Lianxin". He took a sip of the teacup and tasted it. That sweet and bitter taste.What attracted his attention was not only the fragrant tea, but also the crystal clear glass teacup that he couldn't put it down. He could clearly see the tender green tea leaves floating in the cup from the side. Said it was very novel.
"I have heard that Haihan glassware is very exquisite before, and seeing it today, the rumors are indeed true." Feng Fei slowly turned the glass teacup in his hand, as if his attention was attracted by it.
"Since Mr. Feng likes it, let someone prepare a set of glass tea sets and give it to Mr. Feng later." Hao Wanqing immediately took the initiative to express his position. The fear of giving gifts and bribes is not that the other party will open his mouth, but that he can't find a chance to take it. Since Feng Fei showed his interest in glassware, Hao Wanqing would not miss this opportunity to win him over.
Before Feng Fei pretended to decline a few words, Hao Wanqing was already ahead of him and said: "In the future, we will rely on adults to take care of many places in Dengzhou Prefecture. With these kind words, please don't decline."
Seeing Hao Wanqing's humble and gentle attitude, Feng Fei didn't want to break his face directly at the moment, so he thought about it before asking: "I'm here this time, and I actually have something to ask, Boss Hao, you have to answer truthfully, and don't lie. "
Hao Wanqing arched his hands and said: "Master Feng, please tell me, I must have told the truth."
Feng Fei asked in a deep voice: "When did you arrive at Zhifu Bay? Have you ever sent someone to Yantai Mountain in the south? Have you had contact with the Ming army stationed there?"
Hao Wanqing shook his head and pushed the matter away completely: "Our fleet arrived at Zhifu Bay the night before yesterday. Because we don't know the security situation here, we specially set up checkpoints on the sandbar and arranged some guards to prevent bandits. Come in to make trouble. We have never sent anyone to Yantai Mountain in the south, and we have never seen the Ming army stationed there."
Hao Wanqing's words actually had two meanings. One was to explain that he had no contact with the Ming army before that, and the other was to show that his intention to deploy armed personnel outside was only for self-protection.
As for whether Feng Fei believed it or not, how much he could believe it, this was beyond Hao Wanqing's control.He can only infer how much information the other party currently has based on Feng Fei's verbal performance, and then make an appropriate response based on this.
Feng Fei frowned, and the other party's answer was impeccable, leaving the relationship very clean.But as the only suspect at present, Feng Fei can't fully believe Hao Wanqing's answer.The two groups of people who disappeared before and after Yantai Mountain couldn't find their whereabouts, so how could he contact these outsiders with confidence.
Hao Wanqing was a dumb man eating glutinous rice balls, he had a good idea in his mind, and pretended to ask: "Master Feng, what happened to the garrison in Yantai Mountain?"
Feng Fei glanced at Hao Wanqing, but couldn't see anything from his face. This matter is still a secret in the military. At the moment when he is not sure whether the Haihan people are related to this matter, Feng Fei will not easily tell him that he has nothing to do with it. Outsiders mentioned the details.
Feng Fei did not respond to Hao Wanqing's question, but asked separately: "Boss Hao, you have built such a large fleet and brought so many people north to Shandong, it must have cost a lot, right? Just by selling this glass , can you earn this fee back?"
Hao Wanqing said: "Glassware is only one of the more famous products in Haihan. In fact, we still have a lot of profitable business, Master Feng will gradually know. In addition, I want to explain that we are going north this time. Coming to Shandong is not just for doing business here to make money, but also for another purpose.”
Feng Fei said: "But it's okay to say."
Hao Wanqing said: "We heard that the Denglei area has experienced wars in the past period of time. There are hundreds of thousands of people who were displaced by the war and became refugees. The government provided relief to these refugees for various reasons. The strength is also very limited, so we intend to contribute to assist the government to provide food and livelihoods to war refugees, and resettle these people.”
"You mean...you want to give money and food to help the refugees in Denglai and Denglai?" Feng Fei couldn't believe his ears, so he asked again.
"That's right." Hao Wanqing replied affirmatively: "However, this still requires the convenience and support of the local government to guide refugees to Zhifu Island to receive our help."
Feng Fei thought it wrong, and asked again: "This Zhifu Island is only a tiny place, how many refugees can it accommodate?"
"Zhifu Island is small, but it can accommodate 8000 people." Hao Wanqing had already prepared for this, and said with confidence: "Besides, we don't just accept refugees. After accumulating a certain number, we will use boats to accommodate them." Sent to the south for resettlement..."
"Wait!" Feng Fei interrupted the conversation when he heard this: "Send them to the south for resettlement? Don't you plan to resettle refugees in Shandong?"
Hao Wanqing said with a smile: "Master Feng, I would like to ask you. At present, Shandong...forget it, let's just talk about the two hardest-hit areas of Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture. How many war refugees are there in these two places?"
Feng Fei snorted and said, "This matter is a political matter of the imperial court. If you are a businessman asking for such information, it is a bit out of bounds!"
Hao Wanqing ignored Feng Fei's warning and began to analyze on his own: "According to the information we have learned from various sources, although the war has ended for more than a year, the two places have lost their property due to the war and are currently homeless. There are at least nearly 10 refugees. These people have no money, no production tools, no land, and no way to support themselves. They can only live on government relief and begging. Some of them may have become bandits. The disaster in the countryside made it impossible for those people who tried to restore food planting to reorganize production. The government rescued and rescued, and the granary was empty, but the number of victims did not decrease, and the public security situation was deteriorating day by day. Presumably the pressure on the government is not small .”
Feng Feiyue frowned when he heard this, not because Hao Wanqing was talking nonsense, but because what he said was almost the current situation in the Denglai area.All the local government could do was provide some food relief, but failed to effectively organize post-war reconstruction and resume production, so that the refugees in these two places still had difficulty rebuilding their homes more than a year after the end of the war. Both law and order and supplies have caused great pressure.
But what can the local government do?The imperial court did not have enough funds, food and personnel to organize post-war reconstruction. Feng Fei was just a thousand households. Facing such a situation, he had no choice but to despair. He could only let those refugees who could not find a living to fend for themselves. up.During the period, it was not that there were no local gentry who opened warehouses to release food, but there were often only two consequences. One was to be poor by the swarming refugees, and the other was to attract bandits and bandits. object.
After this kind of thing happened a few times, no big family was willing to share the pressure for the government anymore, and there were very few places in the Denglei area that resumed food production after the war, so it was difficult to buy a large amount of food at one time, even if someone wanted to buy it for the government. There is no way to start with some relief food.Hao Wanqing is not the first person to say that he wants to share the worries of the government, but Feng Fei is skeptical about whether this kind of disaster relief will be effective.
"Boss Hao, you know that this is easy to say, but it's not so easy to do!" Feng Fei said coldly, "If you want to transport people back to the south for resettlement, I'm afraid that you will be transported before the time comes. The fleet is empty!"
Hao Wanqing said in his heart that it was because you local officials looked forward and backward in doing things and were timid, which caused the chaotic situation that production still failed to resume more than a year after the war ended.When it comes to disaster relief and organizing immigrants, Haihan’s experience must be more than a hundred times that of local institutions like Qishan Institute. I think that when Haihan transported people from Annan to Hainan Island, the situation in Annan was comparable to today’s situation. Shandong is much more chaotic.Efficient and orderly organizational skills are much more useful than the government's rhetoric.
Hao Wanqing said: "Whether we can transport people away is our business, but what we can do should be able to help the government solve a big problem. Mr. Feng, we don't need you to pay money and effort to send people, as long as you Just pretend to be deaf and dumb, and don't interfere. If Master Feng is willing to cooperate, there will be benefits in the future."
Feng Fei would be lying if he said that he was not moved at all. There are many homeless refugees in the area under the jurisdiction of Qishan, and they caused trouble for the government in the year after the war.If it can be cleaned up, Feng Fei's life will definitely be much more comfortable than now.
(End of this chapter)