Chapter 1196
The chance to regain freedom
Chapter 1196 The chance to regain freedom
Han Zhengshan didn't dare to reveal his thoughts to others. Although everyone here wanted to leave as soon as possible, there were probably not many people who had the courage to plan a prison escape.Moreover, this hard labor camp is full of prisoners with short sentences. If they fail, they will have a fixed term. There is really no need for them to take this risk.
And according to the rules here, if you report and expose other people's misbehavior, you will be rewarded with points once it is verified. Han Zhengshan can't believe that these people's character is so noble that they won't betray themselves for the points.A guy like Zhao Sanbiao who is so careless and doesn't take anything seriously, but has a very careful mind, as long as he realizes that he has the intention of escaping from prison, he will report to the guard immediately.
At night, Han Zhengshan, with backache and backache, was lying on the hard wooden bed, but he was thinking in his heart that the other two who were also arrested in Zhoushan were probably also assigned to other labor camps to break stones. There is another chance to meet.In fact, Han Zhengshan still had some doubts in his mind, for example, did Cui'e ask him to help her for ransom, or for her other concubine Gu Hui?And Gu Hui had some evidence that was not good for the Haihan people at the beginning, and it was able to provoke Haihan to tie all the relevant people back to Zhoushan and imprison them.The Haihan people are obviously very afraid of the information they know, but why are they only imprisoned and not take a more thorough solution?It's a pity that many guesses can only be buried in his heart, and he knows that he will never have the chance to find out the truth.
After staying in the hard labor camp for a few days, Han Zhengshan also gradually learned about the composition of the personnel here.For example, the number of prisoners he was on were all pirates who had previously been active in the Zhoushan Islands area.Most people are pirates when they take up arms, and fishermen when they put down their weapons. Therefore, it has always been difficult for the government to completely eliminate piracy in this area.However, the Haihan people's approach is simple and rude. All the captured pirates are sentenced to heavy sentences first, and then these pirates are asked to identify each other in exchange for a chance to reduce their sentences. Therefore, basically no one who joins the pirate organization Neng escaped from Haihan's repeated investigations.
However, characters like Zhao Sanbiao, who were originally small men in the pirate organization, were basically sentenced to relatively light sentences, and the general sentence would not exceed three years.Only those leaders and figures at the leader level will be severely sentenced or even executed directly.Moreover, according to Zhao Sanbiao and others, there are still many Ming army prisoners in other camps, but the accent does not seem to be from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but from the northern region.
Han Zhengshan entered the hard labor camp for No. 13 days. After the work was over, everyone in this number except him was taken away by the guards, leaving him alone in the cell.Han Zhengshan vaguely felt that something was going to happen, but he was completely at a loss as to why the Haihan people left him alone.
But an hour later, Zhao Sanbiao and others came back, but everyone's expression was a little strange.Han Zhengshan took the initiative to ask, "The guards took you away, but is there any special arrangement?"
Zhao Sanbiao sighed and said, "Brother Han, we are leaving here soon, so take care of yourself from now on!"
Han Zhengshan wondered: "Why is this? Could it be that the Haihan people are so kind and want to release you in advance?"
Zhao Sanbiao said: "If you say yes, you can say that you don't, and if you say no, you can't say no, alas... it's hard to say!"
When Han Zhengshan heard that there was a chance to regain his freedom, his curiosity naturally increased, and he hurriedly asked: "What is it, can you tell me?"
Zhao Sanbiao said: "Just now the guards called us out and told us that we have a chance to leave the camp early, and the condition is to accept Haihan's unified arrangement and go to the south to take root."
Han Zhengshan said: "Going to the south? Is it Fujian or Guangdong? As long as you don't leave Daming, it's not a difficult thing. Why are you all looking so ugly?"
Zhao Sanbiao smiled wryly and said, "If you are really going to Lingnan, why do you all have to come back with a sad face... The place Haihan people want to arrange to go is much farther than Lingnan!"
Han Zhengshan thought for a while and said, "Could it be the Qiongzhou Island occupied by Haihan? I heard that the place has been remodeled by the Haihan people. Sanya, the capital of Haihan, is known as the first port in the South China Sea. It’s not necessarily a bad thing there.”
"Sanya, Qiongzhou is naturally good. Those guards described Sanya as a paradise when they talked about Sanya, but how can such a good thing happen to people like us?" Zhao Sanbiao shook his head and denied Han Zhengshan's guess: "Haihan arranged to go there. The place is much farther than Qiongzhou Island, and it is said to be on the coast of Champa, two thousand miles south of Sanya, a place called Vung Tau Harbor."
"Vung Tau Port? I've never heard of this place name." With Han Zhengshan's knowledge, he had only heard of the existence of the Champa Kingdom. As for the more specific place, he didn't know it at all. He could only guess and ask: "Then this place should be far away from Zhoushan, right?"
"It's more than five thousand miles." Zhao Sanbiao's face was really not good-looking: "It is said that the direct flight from Zhoushan does not stop halfway, and it will take more than half a month to get there."
Han Zhengshan didn't know and couldn't imagine what place he could reach by sailing south for half a month. In short, it was a place far away from Daming. Perhaps he had only been to those places when the Sanbao eunuch went to Nanyang.The Haihan people have territories so far away, which shows that their sphere of influence is really quite large.Of course, based on Haihan's usual methods, the local area is probably similar to Zhoushan Island, but a small country in Nanyang, such as Champa, must be much easier to attack than Daming, and the land occupied by Haihan may even resist I don't even have any thoughts.
It is no wonder that Zhao Sanbiao and others have such strange expressions on their faces in exchange for being arranged to go to such a far place.It is really a dilemma for them whether to stay on Zhoushan Island to serve the full sentence, or to leave their hometown and go to the coast of the South China Sea thousands of miles away to be a free man.After all, if you go to settle in such a far place, it is really possible that you will not be able to return to your hometown in your lifetime.
Han Zhengshan suddenly thought of something, so he asked again: "Since our account is all assigned to the south, why are you just excluding me?"
Zhao Sanbiao said: "I have already asked about this. The superior said that you have just arrived and you are not yet eligible for reassignment, so you are not included in the list of personnel who are arranged to go to the south this time. This may not be a bad thing for you, you Don't worry about it too much."
Han Zhengshan thought to himself that even if he arranged for me, I might not be willing to go to such a remote place, so he asked casually: "Arranged you to such a far place, how will you maintain your livelihood? You can't just knock stones, right?"
Zhao Sanbiao shook his head and said: "That's not the case. The superiors said that when we go to the local area, we will allocate [-] mu of cultivated land to each person according to the number of laborers. For the first three years, all taxes will be exempted. Grain seeds, tools, and residences are all unified. Distribution, no need to pay for it yourself. If you don’t want to farm, Haihan will arrange other things to do, in short, if you have work, you won’t starve to death.”
Han Zhengshan said in his heart that these conditions are quite generous. Thirty acres of arable land to grow vegetables and food is enough to support a family. There is no need for immigrants to invest in the early stage. Even if they are not prisoners, some poor people who cannot survive in the local area will probably try to join them , Go to the south to fight for a way out.Earlier, I heard that Haihan was recruiting immigrants in Zhejiang, and it seems that he has some skills.It's just that in this way, the inmates living with me probably have to change all of them, and have to adapt to the environment again.
However, what Zhao Sanbiao said next immediately attracted his attention again: "I heard that the prisoners in the Niujiaowan Hard Labor Camp will have the opportunity to shorten their sentences in the future, and they will be resettled overseas first."
This news is mixed for Han Zhengshan. The happy thing is that he seems to see the opportunity to regain freedom in advance. The worry is that the place where freedom may be realized will be far away from Daming, and there may be no chance of returning home in the future.
The order from above came quickly and was carried out quickly. Early the next morning, the guard asked everyone to pack their bags and prepare to go—except of course Han Zhengshan alone.And maybe it is about to embark on a long sea journey, the breakfast of this day is relatively rich, in addition to the daily brown rice porridge and kimchi, there are also white flour steamed buns and salted fish, which is also a rare treat.Although Han Zhengshan was not on the list to leave, he still enjoyed special treatment.
Before leaving, Zhao Sanbiao called Han Zhengshan aside, and told him a few honest words: "If you want to leave here alive, don't make trouble in the camp, especially prison escape, you must never try it! "
Han Zhengshan forced a smile and said, "I don't think so."
"You don't need to pretend. There were several nights when I woke up in the middle of the night and saw you standing in front of the window and fumbling around in front of the door. I didn't need to ask to know that you were looking at how to remove the window lattice and door lock, right?" Zhao Sanbiao also smiled and said: "If someone reported you, you would have been dragged out to soak in the sea water until you became swollen. Don't worry, maybe after a while, you will leave here like us. The risk is not worth it. I don't That said, others may not necessarily see it.”
Han Zhengshan was secretly surprised, but Zhao Sanbiao had already noticed what he thought was a covert action.It was very kind of the other party not to report him quietly.He clasped his fists together and said, "I will write down the love I owe Brother Biao first. The mountains and rivers will meet each other. See you outside in the future, and there will be rewards!"
After breakfast, Zhao Sanbiao and others packed their luggage and set off.Today, the number of people knocking stones on the construction site has obviously decreased a lot, even less than half of the usual number. It seems that this batch of prisoners sent to the south is really quite a lot.Han Zhengshan knocked on the stones and suddenly felt a sense of loneliness.He was not a sentimental person at first, but what happened these days kept hitting his willpower. After staying in prison for a long time, his will inevitably began to become weak.
When Han Zhengshan was knocking stones in the hard labor camp, Wang Tom and Shi Diwen were studying the official document and telegram from Sanya.In the past year, Haihan's external energy has been mainly focused on the development work in the north. Since the National Day in April last year, nearly half of the mobile forces of Haihan's land and sea armies have concentrated in Zhejiang and Shandong. The two places, and the resulting resource inclination will inevitably stagnate the development and construction process of the South China Sea area.Now that the north has entered winter, and Haihan's military operations in Shandong and Zhejiang have all come to an end, the Executive Committee hopes to return the focus to the south and continue to consolidate and strengthen Haihan's control over the South China Sea.
At present, Haihan in the South China Sea is mainly based on several ports on the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula, plus the Ambuna Islands located at the junction of the Indochina Peninsula, the Malay Peninsula, and the Borneo waters, Star Island at the east entrance of the Strait of Malacca, and Sumatra Island. Bangka-Belitung Island between Borneo, this series of strongholds and colonies is a direct control area connected in series.
The various ports located in the Indochina Peninsula rely on the mainland, and the difficulty of development and construction is slightly lower. However, the islands in the South China Sea are far away from the Sanya base camp, so the transportation of materials and personnel is extremely inconvenient, and the development process is relatively much slower.In addition, last year, Haihan concentrated most of its sea transportation capacity to the north to promote the implementation of the northward plan, and the resources available in the South China Sea are relatively less.Now that the executive committee has decided to adjust the allocation of resources, the first task is to transport more Han people to various strongholds in the South China Sea to strengthen the control of the Han nationality over the local area. The construction speed of large-scale infrastructure projects such as parks.
At present, the number of immigrants in the surrounding areas of Hainan Island is gradually stabilizing. There will not be a large wave of cheap immigrants pouring into Haihan like in previous years. It is more of a purposeful introduction of skilled immigrants with special skills, such as Craftsmen from various industries, open-minded literati, businessmen who have in-depth cooperation with Haihan, etc.
The source of cheap labor is gradually shifting to the north and south. The south is slaves trafficked from South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia and even North Africa. These people are mainly placed to work in plantations in various parts of the South China Sea; Most of them are war refugees in North China, North China, and Eastern Liaodong. These people are basically Han Chinese, and there is not much difference from Hai Han in terms of language, culture, and living habits. The speed of re-adapting to the environment is much faster than that of foreign slaves. It is also one of the immigration targets that the Executive Committee is most willing to accept.
However, with the arrival of winter, the northern air route has temporarily come to a standstill, and the source of immigrants from Haihan has also been greatly affected. Therefore, the Executive Committee requires all colonies in the southern part of Ming Dynasty, including Zhejiang, to increase their efforts to collect immigrants as much as possible. Fill the labor gap in the development of the South Sea Colony.Of course, this task is not so easy to complete. After all, Haihan's labor shortage in the South China Sea area is not small, and it would not be too much to fill in a few thousand people in any stronghold.Under such circumstances, the hard labor camps used to hold prisoners of war and prisoners in various places have naturally become the focus of relevant departments.
(End of this chapter)
Han Zhengshan didn't dare to reveal his thoughts to others. Although everyone here wanted to leave as soon as possible, there were probably not many people who had the courage to plan a prison escape.Moreover, this hard labor camp is full of prisoners with short sentences. If they fail, they will have a fixed term. There is really no need for them to take this risk.
And according to the rules here, if you report and expose other people's misbehavior, you will be rewarded with points once it is verified. Han Zhengshan can't believe that these people's character is so noble that they won't betray themselves for the points.A guy like Zhao Sanbiao who is so careless and doesn't take anything seriously, but has a very careful mind, as long as he realizes that he has the intention of escaping from prison, he will report to the guard immediately.
At night, Han Zhengshan, with backache and backache, was lying on the hard wooden bed, but he was thinking in his heart that the other two who were also arrested in Zhoushan were probably also assigned to other labor camps to break stones. There is another chance to meet.In fact, Han Zhengshan still had some doubts in his mind, for example, did Cui'e ask him to help her for ransom, or for her other concubine Gu Hui?And Gu Hui had some evidence that was not good for the Haihan people at the beginning, and it was able to provoke Haihan to tie all the relevant people back to Zhoushan and imprison them.The Haihan people are obviously very afraid of the information they know, but why are they only imprisoned and not take a more thorough solution?It's a pity that many guesses can only be buried in his heart, and he knows that he will never have the chance to find out the truth.
After staying in the hard labor camp for a few days, Han Zhengshan also gradually learned about the composition of the personnel here.For example, the number of prisoners he was on were all pirates who had previously been active in the Zhoushan Islands area.Most people are pirates when they take up arms, and fishermen when they put down their weapons. Therefore, it has always been difficult for the government to completely eliminate piracy in this area.However, the Haihan people's approach is simple and rude. All the captured pirates are sentenced to heavy sentences first, and then these pirates are asked to identify each other in exchange for a chance to reduce their sentences. Therefore, basically no one who joins the pirate organization Neng escaped from Haihan's repeated investigations.
However, characters like Zhao Sanbiao, who were originally small men in the pirate organization, were basically sentenced to relatively light sentences, and the general sentence would not exceed three years.Only those leaders and figures at the leader level will be severely sentenced or even executed directly.Moreover, according to Zhao Sanbiao and others, there are still many Ming army prisoners in other camps, but the accent does not seem to be from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but from the northern region.
Han Zhengshan entered the hard labor camp for No. 13 days. After the work was over, everyone in this number except him was taken away by the guards, leaving him alone in the cell.Han Zhengshan vaguely felt that something was going to happen, but he was completely at a loss as to why the Haihan people left him alone.
But an hour later, Zhao Sanbiao and others came back, but everyone's expression was a little strange.Han Zhengshan took the initiative to ask, "The guards took you away, but is there any special arrangement?"
Zhao Sanbiao sighed and said, "Brother Han, we are leaving here soon, so take care of yourself from now on!"
Han Zhengshan wondered: "Why is this? Could it be that the Haihan people are so kind and want to release you in advance?"
Zhao Sanbiao said: "If you say yes, you can say that you don't, and if you say no, you can't say no, alas... it's hard to say!"
When Han Zhengshan heard that there was a chance to regain his freedom, his curiosity naturally increased, and he hurriedly asked: "What is it, can you tell me?"
Zhao Sanbiao said: "Just now the guards called us out and told us that we have a chance to leave the camp early, and the condition is to accept Haihan's unified arrangement and go to the south to take root."
Han Zhengshan said: "Going to the south? Is it Fujian or Guangdong? As long as you don't leave Daming, it's not a difficult thing. Why are you all looking so ugly?"
Zhao Sanbiao smiled wryly and said, "If you are really going to Lingnan, why do you all have to come back with a sad face... The place Haihan people want to arrange to go is much farther than Lingnan!"
Han Zhengshan thought for a while and said, "Could it be the Qiongzhou Island occupied by Haihan? I heard that the place has been remodeled by the Haihan people. Sanya, the capital of Haihan, is known as the first port in the South China Sea. It’s not necessarily a bad thing there.”
"Sanya, Qiongzhou is naturally good. Those guards described Sanya as a paradise when they talked about Sanya, but how can such a good thing happen to people like us?" Zhao Sanbiao shook his head and denied Han Zhengshan's guess: "Haihan arranged to go there. The place is much farther than Qiongzhou Island, and it is said to be on the coast of Champa, two thousand miles south of Sanya, a place called Vung Tau Harbor."
"Vung Tau Port? I've never heard of this place name." With Han Zhengshan's knowledge, he had only heard of the existence of the Champa Kingdom. As for the more specific place, he didn't know it at all. He could only guess and ask: "Then this place should be far away from Zhoushan, right?"
"It's more than five thousand miles." Zhao Sanbiao's face was really not good-looking: "It is said that the direct flight from Zhoushan does not stop halfway, and it will take more than half a month to get there."
Han Zhengshan didn't know and couldn't imagine what place he could reach by sailing south for half a month. In short, it was a place far away from Daming. Perhaps he had only been to those places when the Sanbao eunuch went to Nanyang.The Haihan people have territories so far away, which shows that their sphere of influence is really quite large.Of course, based on Haihan's usual methods, the local area is probably similar to Zhoushan Island, but a small country in Nanyang, such as Champa, must be much easier to attack than Daming, and the land occupied by Haihan may even resist I don't even have any thoughts.
It is no wonder that Zhao Sanbiao and others have such strange expressions on their faces in exchange for being arranged to go to such a far place.It is really a dilemma for them whether to stay on Zhoushan Island to serve the full sentence, or to leave their hometown and go to the coast of the South China Sea thousands of miles away to be a free man.After all, if you go to settle in such a far place, it is really possible that you will not be able to return to your hometown in your lifetime.
Han Zhengshan suddenly thought of something, so he asked again: "Since our account is all assigned to the south, why are you just excluding me?"
Zhao Sanbiao said: "I have already asked about this. The superior said that you have just arrived and you are not yet eligible for reassignment, so you are not included in the list of personnel who are arranged to go to the south this time. This may not be a bad thing for you, you Don't worry about it too much."
Han Zhengshan thought to himself that even if he arranged for me, I might not be willing to go to such a remote place, so he asked casually: "Arranged you to such a far place, how will you maintain your livelihood? You can't just knock stones, right?"
Zhao Sanbiao shook his head and said: "That's not the case. The superiors said that when we go to the local area, we will allocate [-] mu of cultivated land to each person according to the number of laborers. For the first three years, all taxes will be exempted. Grain seeds, tools, and residences are all unified. Distribution, no need to pay for it yourself. If you don’t want to farm, Haihan will arrange other things to do, in short, if you have work, you won’t starve to death.”
Han Zhengshan said in his heart that these conditions are quite generous. Thirty acres of arable land to grow vegetables and food is enough to support a family. There is no need for immigrants to invest in the early stage. Even if they are not prisoners, some poor people who cannot survive in the local area will probably try to join them , Go to the south to fight for a way out.Earlier, I heard that Haihan was recruiting immigrants in Zhejiang, and it seems that he has some skills.It's just that in this way, the inmates living with me probably have to change all of them, and have to adapt to the environment again.
However, what Zhao Sanbiao said next immediately attracted his attention again: "I heard that the prisoners in the Niujiaowan Hard Labor Camp will have the opportunity to shorten their sentences in the future, and they will be resettled overseas first."
This news is mixed for Han Zhengshan. The happy thing is that he seems to see the opportunity to regain freedom in advance. The worry is that the place where freedom may be realized will be far away from Daming, and there may be no chance of returning home in the future.
The order from above came quickly and was carried out quickly. Early the next morning, the guard asked everyone to pack their bags and prepare to go—except of course Han Zhengshan alone.And maybe it is about to embark on a long sea journey, the breakfast of this day is relatively rich, in addition to the daily brown rice porridge and kimchi, there are also white flour steamed buns and salted fish, which is also a rare treat.Although Han Zhengshan was not on the list to leave, he still enjoyed special treatment.
Before leaving, Zhao Sanbiao called Han Zhengshan aside, and told him a few honest words: "If you want to leave here alive, don't make trouble in the camp, especially prison escape, you must never try it! "
Han Zhengshan forced a smile and said, "I don't think so."
"You don't need to pretend. There were several nights when I woke up in the middle of the night and saw you standing in front of the window and fumbling around in front of the door. I didn't need to ask to know that you were looking at how to remove the window lattice and door lock, right?" Zhao Sanbiao also smiled and said: "If someone reported you, you would have been dragged out to soak in the sea water until you became swollen. Don't worry, maybe after a while, you will leave here like us. The risk is not worth it. I don't That said, others may not necessarily see it.”
Han Zhengshan was secretly surprised, but Zhao Sanbiao had already noticed what he thought was a covert action.It was very kind of the other party not to report him quietly.He clasped his fists together and said, "I will write down the love I owe Brother Biao first. The mountains and rivers will meet each other. See you outside in the future, and there will be rewards!"
After breakfast, Zhao Sanbiao and others packed their luggage and set off.Today, the number of people knocking stones on the construction site has obviously decreased a lot, even less than half of the usual number. It seems that this batch of prisoners sent to the south is really quite a lot.Han Zhengshan knocked on the stones and suddenly felt a sense of loneliness.He was not a sentimental person at first, but what happened these days kept hitting his willpower. After staying in prison for a long time, his will inevitably began to become weak.
When Han Zhengshan was knocking stones in the hard labor camp, Wang Tom and Shi Diwen were studying the official document and telegram from Sanya.In the past year, Haihan's external energy has been mainly focused on the development work in the north. Since the National Day in April last year, nearly half of the mobile forces of Haihan's land and sea armies have concentrated in Zhejiang and Shandong. The two places, and the resulting resource inclination will inevitably stagnate the development and construction process of the South China Sea area.Now that the north has entered winter, and Haihan's military operations in Shandong and Zhejiang have all come to an end, the Executive Committee hopes to return the focus to the south and continue to consolidate and strengthen Haihan's control over the South China Sea.
At present, Haihan in the South China Sea is mainly based on several ports on the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula, plus the Ambuna Islands located at the junction of the Indochina Peninsula, the Malay Peninsula, and the Borneo waters, Star Island at the east entrance of the Strait of Malacca, and Sumatra Island. Bangka-Belitung Island between Borneo, this series of strongholds and colonies is a direct control area connected in series.
The various ports located in the Indochina Peninsula rely on the mainland, and the difficulty of development and construction is slightly lower. However, the islands in the South China Sea are far away from the Sanya base camp, so the transportation of materials and personnel is extremely inconvenient, and the development process is relatively much slower.In addition, last year, Haihan concentrated most of its sea transportation capacity to the north to promote the implementation of the northward plan, and the resources available in the South China Sea are relatively less.Now that the executive committee has decided to adjust the allocation of resources, the first task is to transport more Han people to various strongholds in the South China Sea to strengthen the control of the Han nationality over the local area. The construction speed of large-scale infrastructure projects such as parks.
At present, the number of immigrants in the surrounding areas of Hainan Island is gradually stabilizing. There will not be a large wave of cheap immigrants pouring into Haihan like in previous years. It is more of a purposeful introduction of skilled immigrants with special skills, such as Craftsmen from various industries, open-minded literati, businessmen who have in-depth cooperation with Haihan, etc.
The source of cheap labor is gradually shifting to the north and south. The south is slaves trafficked from South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia and even North Africa. These people are mainly placed to work in plantations in various parts of the South China Sea; Most of them are war refugees in North China, North China, and Eastern Liaodong. These people are basically Han Chinese, and there is not much difference from Hai Han in terms of language, culture, and living habits. The speed of re-adapting to the environment is much faster than that of foreign slaves. It is also one of the immigration targets that the Executive Committee is most willing to accept.
However, with the arrival of winter, the northern air route has temporarily come to a standstill, and the source of immigrants from Haihan has also been greatly affected. Therefore, the Executive Committee requires all colonies in the southern part of Ming Dynasty, including Zhejiang, to increase their efforts to collect immigrants as much as possible. Fill the labor gap in the development of the South Sea Colony.Of course, this task is not so easy to complete. After all, Haihan's labor shortage in the South China Sea area is not small, and it would not be too much to fill in a few thousand people in any stronghold.Under such circumstances, the hard labor camps used to hold prisoners of war and prisoners in various places have naturally become the focus of relevant departments.
(End of this chapter)