Chapter 1199
Journey to the South
Chapter 1199 Journey to the South ([-])
The measure of withholding food rations for this group of immigrants with special status is not that the civil affairs department is short of food. The main purpose is to use this method to reduce the chance of causing trouble on the way.These inmates eat too much and have nothing to do, so they will inevitably be cranky. Therefore, only a small amount of food is provided during the escort process to keep them hungry, and it is not so easy to cause trouble on the ship.Although this set of measures is not very humane, judging from Haihan's long-term experience in transshipment of people by sea, the overall effect is quite satisfactory.
When Han Zhengshan was a head arrester before, he knew that there would be similar measures in the prison to restrict the prisoners with strong physical strength from making trouble in the prison, so he was not particularly surprised by Haihan's operation.He knew that complaining would be useless in this situation. It would be better to lie down and sleep to reduce energy consumption and effectively alleviate the body's hunger.
Although the cabin where most of the space is occupied by cargo has become very crowded, fortunately it is winter, so it can be warmer if it is so crowded, so no one complains too much, they just hope to arrive soon Next stop, get a short break.
After the fleet sailed out of Shipu Port, it never docked in Zhejiang and sailed to the south day and night.Three days later, when Han Zhengshan was in a drowsy sleep, he heard someone beside him say that the boat had docked, so he also got up to check.After waiting for a while, the guards on the deck let everyone wait in line in the cabin first, and then there will be arrangements for them to go ashore for a release.Everyone cheered when they heard it. They have been staying on the boat for the past few days after leaving Zhoushan. for urgent needs.
After waiting for about half an hour, the hatch on the top of the cargo hold was finally opened, releasing Han Zhengshan and others.After Han Zhengshan went up to the deck, he saw a rather large bay, and the size of the wharf was no less than that of the Shipu Port that he had visited before.On the high ground in the distance, an exotic stone castle stands, and the crenels of the artillery on the city wall can be seen faintly.However, there are not many ships docked at the dock. Except for his own fleet, most of the boats docked on the shore are small fishing boats and small passenger and cargo sailboats.In addition, it can be clearly felt that the temperature here is higher than that in Zhejiang, and it seems that it has entered the southern boundary.
Immediately, someone asked the guard what this place was, and the answer was Jilonggang.Han Zhengshan had no impression of this place name. After the guard explained it in detail, he realized that this place was not on the border of Daming, but at the northern tip of Taiwan Island across the sea from Daming. The nearest Fuzhou Prefecture is five hundred miles away by water remote.
The guard told everyone ostentatiously that this place was originally the territory of the Frangji people, and it was only acquired by Haihan by force two years ago.The castle on the hillside in the distance was the stronghold built by the Frangji before, but now it is the location of the Jilonggang Management Committee and the local armed command.
Although Han Zhengshan still doesn't quite understand what kind of geographic location this port is in, Haihan did not hesitate to use force to drive away the Fulang robot and take control of this place. Obviously, it is impossible because he has nothing to do. Do.Presumably this place is either a necessary place on an important waterway, or there are some special local products.
Han Zhengshan's expectations were indeed not bad. Haihan occupied this place first, on the one hand because it is located at the northern end of the Taiwan Strait. The starting point of the waterway of Japan and other countries.On the other hand, the Jinguashi mining area near Jilonggang is the location of the largest gold mine mined under Haihan's rule. It can be regarded as one of the main sources of gold reserves in Haihan's treasury. is even more important.
However, although Han Zhengshan's deduction is accurate, he doesn't know the inside information. It seems that the prosperity here should be far less than that of Zhoushan.
Han Zhengshan's worry soon became a reality. The guard announced that 20 people would stay here, and they would be assigned immediately after landing.Han Zhengshan couldn't help but feel nervous. If he stayed here, he would be closer to Zhejiang, but this place is like a wilderness. It would be difficult to live a good life if he stayed here. He felt a little uneasy and contradictory right now.
After disembarking, several people who appeared to be in charge came, but they did not select these people one by one, but read the names of 20 people directly from the roster, and then took the selected people away from the dock.Han Zhengshan was not included in this list, which made him feel a little bit regretful while he was relieved.
But then the guard announced a piece of news that made everyone very happy. Tonight, instead of sleeping in a crowded cabin, they could spend the night in a warehouse at the pier.This means that they can temporarily bid farewell to the bumpy water environment and get a good night's sleep.
Of course, this kind of treatment did not come for nothing. Before that, they had to act as laborers and unload part of the supplies on the ship to the shore.This job is not particularly heavy in normal times, but this group of people has been wandering at sea for several days, and now the feeling of stepping on the ground is still light and unreal, and in addition, they have not eaten enough, and their physical condition is not very good. Okay, so it's really not easy to do the job.Han Zhengshan was out of breath after carrying a bag of fifty catties of rice only twice, and felt that he could not stand on his feet.
The work that should be done within the time of a stick of incense usually took more than half an hour for this group of people to complete the task. Naturally, they were often scolded by the guards to speed up, but the physical condition of everyone was indeed unable to keep up. up.After finishing the work, most of the people were so tired that they collapsed to the ground. After resting for a long time, they barely got up under the urging of the guards, and went to the designated warehouse to rest.
To everyone's relief, after all this hard work, they had an extra meal, and the portion was much larger than the daily meal on the ship a few days ago.Han Zhengshan also felt a strange sense of satisfaction after eating this meal. He suddenly felt that the most meaningful thing in life is to eat enough and sleep well, and other desires can be put aside for the time being.As for the previous experience of being a headhunter in Hangzhou Mansion, although it was only a month ago, thinking about it now, it seems like a lifetime ago.
Although they were allowed to go ashore to rest, Han Zhengshan and his group were still strictly limited in their scope of activities and could not step out of this empty warehouse.According to the explanation given to them by the guards, this Jilong Port belongs to the military control area. Even though they have basically broken away from the status of prisoners, they still cannot move freely in this area.
Of course, this kind of reason is just a matter of hearing. As far as Han Zhengshan knows, all the colonies of Haihan outside of his homeland are military control areas, which means that no matter which port the fleet stops at, they will all be there for the same reason. without freedom of movement.But it was a rare privilege to be able to rest on land for one night. Han Zhengshan slept very soundly that night, and even woke up in the morning with the illusion that he was at home in Hangzhou City.
After breakfast at dawn, Han Zhengshan and the others were rushed back to the boat to prepare for departure.When they boarded the ship, they saw a group of Haihan soldiers working together to hoist an extremely heavy box onto the troop carrier. There were more than 20 people working together.Han Zhengshan's first reaction was that Haihan Bing didn't hire his free coolies to do this job, but then he thought that since there were free coolies left unused, the things in this box must be very important and should not be touched by outsiders. .
What Han Zhengshan expected was not bad. The gold ore dug out in the Jinguashi mining area in the past few months was contained in this box. After preliminary smelting, it was packed and shipped to Sanya, where it was purified and smelted by a professional smelting workshop. , made into standard stock gold bars and sent to the treasury for standby.The value of this box of gold ore is probably more than 80 taels of silver. Naturally, it must be escorted by the army to be assured.
After departing from Jilong Port, the fleet first bypassed Yangming Mountain in the northwest direction, then turned southwest and headed south along the coastline. After two days of sailing, they arrived at the next stop, Magong Port in Penghu.
Compared with the sparsely populated Jilong Port, Penghu is much more lively. It is not only the main trading port of Haihan in the Fujian waters, but also the largest military base of the Haihan Navy in the Fujian Strait area. It is one of the main transshipment ports for immigrants from the north to go south.In terms of the number of ships that come in and out of here every day, it is almost at the same level as Zhoushan Dinghai Port in Zhejiang.
After arriving here, Han Zhengshan and others were taken ashore. The boat they took before arrived in Penghu was the turning point, and the next journey needed to be completed by changing to an immigration boat.But before that, they have to stay at the immigration transfer site on Baisha Island for two days, waiting for the relevant department to arrange the boat.
It was only after Han Zhengshan entered the immigration camp that he really realized the astonishing scale of Haihan's immigration.The size of this immigrant camp is at least 5000 people. At present, there are about 2000 people living here, waiting for the civil affairs department to assign them the next destination.The sources of immigrants here are also diverse. There are not only people who fled from places such as Liaodong and Shandong to escape the war, but also immigrants who were recruited or hired from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. Foreigners from China, Champa, Siam and other countries are mixed among them.The arrival of Han Zhengshan's dozens of people did not cause any disturbance at all, and they were quickly dispersed and assigned to various camps.
Han Zhengshan didn't know what criteria the Haihan people used to sort out so many immigrants, but he knew that it was unlikely that he would stay here. According to the staff here, most of the people in the immigration camp Some of them will be assigned to other places for resettlement, not only to transport immigrants to the south, but also to the north.Han Zhengshan remembered that many of the people who worked for Haihan he met in Zhoushan were indeed from the south.This method of relocating immigrants across regions from north to south also opened Han Zhengshan's eyes.According to this standard, Han Zhengshan expected that Penghu would not be his destination, and his journey to the south would continue.
Sure enough, after staying in the immigrant camp for two days, Han Zhengshan was once again selected into a new batch of immigrants going south, and took an immigration boat to the colony controlled by Haihan in the south.But at this time, he still doesn't know where his end will be.
The environmental conditions on board the immigrant ship were slightly better than those of the mixed passenger and cargo ship on the previous journey. There were fixed three-layer berths in the cabin, so there was no need to squeeze the ground berths into a ball.In addition, the ventilation and lighting conditions are much better. Even if hundreds of people are accommodated in a cabin on the first floor, they will not be too stuffy to breathe.
The most important point is that the food supply of the immigrant boat departing from Penghu returned to the level of two meals a day, which made Han Zhengshan, who had been hungry for several days, see the dawn of hope.Although it was said that the two meals were vegetable porridge, Han Zhengshan felt that compared to the days when he could only eat one meal a day, there was nothing to be picky about.
When the fleet set off, Han Zhengshan experienced Haihan's strength again. In addition to the armed troop carrier escorting the whole way, there were six immigration ships going south this time, carrying more than a thousand immigrants. There are four cargo ships traveling together.It is said that one or two immigrant fleets of this size depart from Penghu every month. From this, one can imagine the scale of immigration organized by Haihan.
Then the fleet sailed at sea for more than three days, and then sailed into a bay.The immigrants got permission to go to the deck to watch the process of entering the port, Han Zhengshan naturally would not give up this opportunity, and squeezed into the side of the ship early to occupy a seat.
According to the crew's explanation, this harbor is called Causeway Bay, which is located near the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangdong, and the opposite of the bay is the boundary of Daming, which is much closer than the voyage between Zhoushan Island and Ningbo.The prosperity of the port here is higher than that of Dinghai Port in Zhoushan, Shipu Port in Ningbo, Jilong Port in Taiwan, Magong Port in Penghu and other places. There are hundreds of large sailing ships on the shore, and they are transported on the wharf. The carts of goods are constantly flowing, and there are obviously more buildings on the shore than the previous ports.
Han Zhengshan had heard rumors that Haihan people were good at maritime trade when he was in Hangzhou, but he didn't have an intuitive concept of such a statement at the time.But along the way, after seeing the various ports developed and constructed by Haihan, Han Zhengshan really realized that what Haihan is proficient in is not just business in the traditional sense, this kind of control of sea areas and waterways through ports The technique is what makes Hai Han truly terrifying.
(End of this chapter)
The measure of withholding food rations for this group of immigrants with special status is not that the civil affairs department is short of food. The main purpose is to use this method to reduce the chance of causing trouble on the way.These inmates eat too much and have nothing to do, so they will inevitably be cranky. Therefore, only a small amount of food is provided during the escort process to keep them hungry, and it is not so easy to cause trouble on the ship.Although this set of measures is not very humane, judging from Haihan's long-term experience in transshipment of people by sea, the overall effect is quite satisfactory.
When Han Zhengshan was a head arrester before, he knew that there would be similar measures in the prison to restrict the prisoners with strong physical strength from making trouble in the prison, so he was not particularly surprised by Haihan's operation.He knew that complaining would be useless in this situation. It would be better to lie down and sleep to reduce energy consumption and effectively alleviate the body's hunger.
Although the cabin where most of the space is occupied by cargo has become very crowded, fortunately it is winter, so it can be warmer if it is so crowded, so no one complains too much, they just hope to arrive soon Next stop, get a short break.
After the fleet sailed out of Shipu Port, it never docked in Zhejiang and sailed to the south day and night.Three days later, when Han Zhengshan was in a drowsy sleep, he heard someone beside him say that the boat had docked, so he also got up to check.After waiting for a while, the guards on the deck let everyone wait in line in the cabin first, and then there will be arrangements for them to go ashore for a release.Everyone cheered when they heard it. They have been staying on the boat for the past few days after leaving Zhoushan. for urgent needs.
After waiting for about half an hour, the hatch on the top of the cargo hold was finally opened, releasing Han Zhengshan and others.After Han Zhengshan went up to the deck, he saw a rather large bay, and the size of the wharf was no less than that of the Shipu Port that he had visited before.On the high ground in the distance, an exotic stone castle stands, and the crenels of the artillery on the city wall can be seen faintly.However, there are not many ships docked at the dock. Except for his own fleet, most of the boats docked on the shore are small fishing boats and small passenger and cargo sailboats.In addition, it can be clearly felt that the temperature here is higher than that in Zhejiang, and it seems that it has entered the southern boundary.
Immediately, someone asked the guard what this place was, and the answer was Jilonggang.Han Zhengshan had no impression of this place name. After the guard explained it in detail, he realized that this place was not on the border of Daming, but at the northern tip of Taiwan Island across the sea from Daming. The nearest Fuzhou Prefecture is five hundred miles away by water remote.
The guard told everyone ostentatiously that this place was originally the territory of the Frangji people, and it was only acquired by Haihan by force two years ago.The castle on the hillside in the distance was the stronghold built by the Frangji before, but now it is the location of the Jilonggang Management Committee and the local armed command.
Although Han Zhengshan still doesn't quite understand what kind of geographic location this port is in, Haihan did not hesitate to use force to drive away the Fulang robot and take control of this place. Obviously, it is impossible because he has nothing to do. Do.Presumably this place is either a necessary place on an important waterway, or there are some special local products.
Han Zhengshan's expectations were indeed not bad. Haihan occupied this place first, on the one hand because it is located at the northern end of the Taiwan Strait. The starting point of the waterway of Japan and other countries.On the other hand, the Jinguashi mining area near Jilonggang is the location of the largest gold mine mined under Haihan's rule. It can be regarded as one of the main sources of gold reserves in Haihan's treasury. is even more important.
However, although Han Zhengshan's deduction is accurate, he doesn't know the inside information. It seems that the prosperity here should be far less than that of Zhoushan.
Han Zhengshan's worry soon became a reality. The guard announced that 20 people would stay here, and they would be assigned immediately after landing.Han Zhengshan couldn't help but feel nervous. If he stayed here, he would be closer to Zhejiang, but this place is like a wilderness. It would be difficult to live a good life if he stayed here. He felt a little uneasy and contradictory right now.
After disembarking, several people who appeared to be in charge came, but they did not select these people one by one, but read the names of 20 people directly from the roster, and then took the selected people away from the dock.Han Zhengshan was not included in this list, which made him feel a little bit regretful while he was relieved.
But then the guard announced a piece of news that made everyone very happy. Tonight, instead of sleeping in a crowded cabin, they could spend the night in a warehouse at the pier.This means that they can temporarily bid farewell to the bumpy water environment and get a good night's sleep.
Of course, this kind of treatment did not come for nothing. Before that, they had to act as laborers and unload part of the supplies on the ship to the shore.This job is not particularly heavy in normal times, but this group of people has been wandering at sea for several days, and now the feeling of stepping on the ground is still light and unreal, and in addition, they have not eaten enough, and their physical condition is not very good. Okay, so it's really not easy to do the job.Han Zhengshan was out of breath after carrying a bag of fifty catties of rice only twice, and felt that he could not stand on his feet.
The work that should be done within the time of a stick of incense usually took more than half an hour for this group of people to complete the task. Naturally, they were often scolded by the guards to speed up, but the physical condition of everyone was indeed unable to keep up. up.After finishing the work, most of the people were so tired that they collapsed to the ground. After resting for a long time, they barely got up under the urging of the guards, and went to the designated warehouse to rest.
To everyone's relief, after all this hard work, they had an extra meal, and the portion was much larger than the daily meal on the ship a few days ago.Han Zhengshan also felt a strange sense of satisfaction after eating this meal. He suddenly felt that the most meaningful thing in life is to eat enough and sleep well, and other desires can be put aside for the time being.As for the previous experience of being a headhunter in Hangzhou Mansion, although it was only a month ago, thinking about it now, it seems like a lifetime ago.
Although they were allowed to go ashore to rest, Han Zhengshan and his group were still strictly limited in their scope of activities and could not step out of this empty warehouse.According to the explanation given to them by the guards, this Jilong Port belongs to the military control area. Even though they have basically broken away from the status of prisoners, they still cannot move freely in this area.
Of course, this kind of reason is just a matter of hearing. As far as Han Zhengshan knows, all the colonies of Haihan outside of his homeland are military control areas, which means that no matter which port the fleet stops at, they will all be there for the same reason. without freedom of movement.But it was a rare privilege to be able to rest on land for one night. Han Zhengshan slept very soundly that night, and even woke up in the morning with the illusion that he was at home in Hangzhou City.
After breakfast at dawn, Han Zhengshan and the others were rushed back to the boat to prepare for departure.When they boarded the ship, they saw a group of Haihan soldiers working together to hoist an extremely heavy box onto the troop carrier. There were more than 20 people working together.Han Zhengshan's first reaction was that Haihan Bing didn't hire his free coolies to do this job, but then he thought that since there were free coolies left unused, the things in this box must be very important and should not be touched by outsiders. .
What Han Zhengshan expected was not bad. The gold ore dug out in the Jinguashi mining area in the past few months was contained in this box. After preliminary smelting, it was packed and shipped to Sanya, where it was purified and smelted by a professional smelting workshop. , made into standard stock gold bars and sent to the treasury for standby.The value of this box of gold ore is probably more than 80 taels of silver. Naturally, it must be escorted by the army to be assured.
After departing from Jilong Port, the fleet first bypassed Yangming Mountain in the northwest direction, then turned southwest and headed south along the coastline. After two days of sailing, they arrived at the next stop, Magong Port in Penghu.
Compared with the sparsely populated Jilong Port, Penghu is much more lively. It is not only the main trading port of Haihan in the Fujian waters, but also the largest military base of the Haihan Navy in the Fujian Strait area. It is one of the main transshipment ports for immigrants from the north to go south.In terms of the number of ships that come in and out of here every day, it is almost at the same level as Zhoushan Dinghai Port in Zhejiang.
After arriving here, Han Zhengshan and others were taken ashore. The boat they took before arrived in Penghu was the turning point, and the next journey needed to be completed by changing to an immigration boat.But before that, they have to stay at the immigration transfer site on Baisha Island for two days, waiting for the relevant department to arrange the boat.
It was only after Han Zhengshan entered the immigration camp that he really realized the astonishing scale of Haihan's immigration.The size of this immigrant camp is at least 5000 people. At present, there are about 2000 people living here, waiting for the civil affairs department to assign them the next destination.The sources of immigrants here are also diverse. There are not only people who fled from places such as Liaodong and Shandong to escape the war, but also immigrants who were recruited or hired from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. Foreigners from China, Champa, Siam and other countries are mixed among them.The arrival of Han Zhengshan's dozens of people did not cause any disturbance at all, and they were quickly dispersed and assigned to various camps.
Han Zhengshan didn't know what criteria the Haihan people used to sort out so many immigrants, but he knew that it was unlikely that he would stay here. According to the staff here, most of the people in the immigration camp Some of them will be assigned to other places for resettlement, not only to transport immigrants to the south, but also to the north.Han Zhengshan remembered that many of the people who worked for Haihan he met in Zhoushan were indeed from the south.This method of relocating immigrants across regions from north to south also opened Han Zhengshan's eyes.According to this standard, Han Zhengshan expected that Penghu would not be his destination, and his journey to the south would continue.
Sure enough, after staying in the immigrant camp for two days, Han Zhengshan was once again selected into a new batch of immigrants going south, and took an immigration boat to the colony controlled by Haihan in the south.But at this time, he still doesn't know where his end will be.
The environmental conditions on board the immigrant ship were slightly better than those of the mixed passenger and cargo ship on the previous journey. There were fixed three-layer berths in the cabin, so there was no need to squeeze the ground berths into a ball.In addition, the ventilation and lighting conditions are much better. Even if hundreds of people are accommodated in a cabin on the first floor, they will not be too stuffy to breathe.
The most important point is that the food supply of the immigrant boat departing from Penghu returned to the level of two meals a day, which made Han Zhengshan, who had been hungry for several days, see the dawn of hope.Although it was said that the two meals were vegetable porridge, Han Zhengshan felt that compared to the days when he could only eat one meal a day, there was nothing to be picky about.
When the fleet set off, Han Zhengshan experienced Haihan's strength again. In addition to the armed troop carrier escorting the whole way, there were six immigration ships going south this time, carrying more than a thousand immigrants. There are four cargo ships traveling together.It is said that one or two immigrant fleets of this size depart from Penghu every month. From this, one can imagine the scale of immigration organized by Haihan.
Then the fleet sailed at sea for more than three days, and then sailed into a bay.The immigrants got permission to go to the deck to watch the process of entering the port, Han Zhengshan naturally would not give up this opportunity, and squeezed into the side of the ship early to occupy a seat.
According to the crew's explanation, this harbor is called Causeway Bay, which is located near the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangdong, and the opposite of the bay is the boundary of Daming, which is much closer than the voyage between Zhoushan Island and Ningbo.The prosperity of the port here is higher than that of Dinghai Port in Zhoushan, Shipu Port in Ningbo, Jilong Port in Taiwan, Magong Port in Penghu and other places. There are hundreds of large sailing ships on the shore, and they are transported on the wharf. The carts of goods are constantly flowing, and there are obviously more buildings on the shore than the previous ports.
Han Zhengshan had heard rumors that Haihan people were good at maritime trade when he was in Hangzhou, but he didn't have an intuitive concept of such a statement at the time.But along the way, after seeing the various ports developed and constructed by Haihan, Han Zhengshan really realized that what Haihan is proficient in is not just business in the traditional sense, this kind of control of sea areas and waterways through ports The technique is what makes Hai Han truly terrifying.
(End of this chapter)