Chapter 1210
Departing Southbound
Chapter 1210 Departing Southbound
The scale of the southward immigration plan is quite large. Tan Juren and his subordinates, as well as the hundreds of immigrants selected, are just one of the small teams that will be sent to a certain place in the South China Sea.In addition to a large number of immigrants and dispatched personnel, there are also several troops going south to perform defense replacement tasks. The number of the entire fleet will exceed 4000 people, and there will be thousands of tons of various supplies transported.This is also a super large-scale southward fleet organized by the government after a year since Haihan, Annan, Champa and other countries formed a joint fleet to go to Nanyang for military exercises in 1633.And this is just the first group of people going south, and at least two or three groups of people will be sent to the south to colonize in the future.
For most of the people in this fleet, it is the first time in their lives that they have seen and participated in such a large-scale ocean-going fleet.Especially for those newcomers who have just arrived in Sanya and haven't even been out of the immigration camp, most of them are dumbfounded when they gather at the pier.No matter where their next destination is, seeing such a huge fleet will give them some peace of mind.
Han Zhengshan looked at the long line of people on the pier to board the ship, and he was deeply moved. The mobilization ability of Haihan, a country, was far beyond his imagination.Such thousands of people have to be transported thousands of miles away to settle down, and what they need is more than just food and some living supplies in the short term. It is no wonder that Haihan was able to organize a naval expedition to Zhejiang, and even sent a fleet to the farther north. Shandong established a colony.For a small country that has not yet been established to have such national power, this kind of incredible thing happened in front of my eyes. Thinking about it, I used to think that the world is invincible, but now it seems that my vision is a bit short-sighted.
Most of the sailboats carrying migrants on the Luhuitou Peninsula were of the same model as the migrant boat Han Zhengshan transferred on his way south from Zhejiang Province, but the number was much larger than the migrant fleet from Penghu. Dozens of migrant boats lined up at the pier. Thousands of people were lined up, and thousands of people were divided into several teams to board the ship along the trestle bridge. This scene alone made people feel excited.
From a distance, Han Zhengshan saw that Tan Juren was being interviewed by high-ranking Haihan officials. It was said that the visitors were several high-ranking chiefs in the executive committee, and it was rare to see them show their faces outside.However, grassroots cadres of his level are not even qualified to step aside to get some immortal energy, so they can only crane their necks in the designated waiting area to take a few glances.
Whenever there is a large-scale fleet leaving the port for an expedition, the top figures of the executive committee will go to the pier to see them off. This has become one of Haihan's routines, and this time is no exception.However, this symbolic ceremony will not last long. After a few words of encouragement and exhortation, the dispatched officials have to board the ship and prepare to set off.
After Han Zhengshan boarded the ship, he found that the living conditions of this errand were much better than when he first came to Sanya. Instead of being crowded with immigrants in the cabin below the deck, he could enjoy the high-class compartment on the deck with other cadres .Of course, this kind of advanced compartment is only compared to the hammocks under the deck. In fact, it is still a narrow cabin for eight people. After putting down four double beds against the bulkheads on both sides, only There is a narrow aisle about two feet wide in the middle.
Even if it was just a slight improvement in living conditions, Han Zhengshan could feel the difference in treatment brought about by his status, which made him slightly less worried about leaving Sanya and going south this time.Although it seems a pity not to be able to stay in Sanya for development, but thinking about the power and status that can be exchanged for this, Han Zhengshan thinks it is worthwhile to make a small sacrifice for this.Before he came to Haihan, he was used to a life with privileges in his hands. Now, if he wants to return to the life of ordinary people, one is difficult to adapt, and the other is unwillingness in his heart. Since there is a chance to make a comeback, it is natural With the idea that I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, go south to the colony to fight for the future.
The various cargo supplies that should be loaded have been loaded on the ship one after another a few days ago. After all the personnel boarded the ship, the sailors on the dock began to untie the cables that fixed the ship and let the sailboat slowly leave the shore.A huge flotilla of dozens of immigrant ships, cargo ships, and comprehensive supply ships sailed out one after another, and after rounding the Cape of Luhuitou, joined the naval fleet sailing from Victory Port, and then headed for the southern waters together.
About 150 nautical miles southwest of Sanya is the first stop of the southbound fleet, located in Da Nang, a commercial port in the middle of the east coast of Annan Country.The fleet will stop at the local area to unload the goods shipped from Sanya for local sale, and transport away a batch of grain produced in the nearby Qiupen River Plain.
This time, Han Zhengshan was not banned from leaving the cabin like he was when he came to Sanya. As long as the captain did not issue a ban, they, the cadres who went south, could move about on the deck by themselves, and even go to the cockpit to see how the captain judged the situation based on the chart. the way forward.
The immigrant boat that Han Zhengshan was on had already traveled back and forth between Sanya and the South China Sea seven or eight times. The captain Ding Xu was a naturalized citizen who was naturalized from Annan Heitu Port five years ago, but now he speaks Haihan Mandarin fully. I can't tell the difference between him and the Han people.For these passengers who do not have rich sea experience, the captain is still more patient, explaining some superficial sailing knowledge to them in a leisurely manner.
Han Zhengshan only listened to it for entertainment at first, but after listening for a while, he gradually noticed more information.According to what the captain said, the area controlled by Haihan Kingdom in the South China Sea seems to be larger than the control area on the coastline of Daming.However, because the population of South China Sea is far less than that of Daming, the labor force Haihan can recruit locally is extremely limited, so the construction and development of these places mainly depends on foreign immigrants.It is precisely because of this last resort that Haihan spent a lot of time organizing immigrants from Hainan Island and transporting people to the south.
Of course, Han Zhengshan doesn't understand more complicated political and military considerations, and neither does the captain, so the reason they can perceive is relatively simple.However, this does not prevent them from realizing the strength of Haihan. After all, Han Zhengshan has never seen this kind of long-distance sea migration before. The only thing he has heard of is that it probably dates back to the time Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu. Take boys and girls across the sea to find the gods.
Although the straight-line voyage between Sanya and Da Nang is only 150 nautical miles, the speed of the huge fleet is only kept at about five to seven knots, so it will take at least one and a half days to complete this voyage.Han Zhengshan took this opportunity to take a good look at the Haihan warships in the fleet as escort missions.
He had seen Haihan warships from afar in the city of Hangzhou, and when he traveled south from Zhejiang, he had also seen warships docked at the docks in Zhoushan Dinghai Port and Penghu Magong Port, but this time he went south with half a fleet The staff of the Haihan warships served as escort missions. Seeing these Haihan warships at sea are agile and mighty, cutting through the waves, which is quite different from the appearance of the ships parked in the port.Haihan claims to be invincible in the South China Sea, and more than half of its confidence comes from this powerful navy.
Everyone was idle on the boat, so they asked the captain Ding Xu about the situation of the next destination.Ding Xu asked his deputy to hold the steering wheel, took out the tobacco stem and leaves by himself, took two puffs in a calm place, and then told everyone about the situation of the destination Da Nang.
"This Da Nang was originally a natural harbor of the Annan Kingdom. At that time, the Annan Kingdom was divided into the northern and southern imperial courts, and Da Nang was on the territory of the southern imperial court. But this Da Nang is one north and one south, which are the capital of the southern imperial court, Hue. Hue city and Hoi An port, the largest port in the south, Da Nang was just a fishing village at the time. Later, Haihan Kingdom helped the northern court to fight the war, and destroyed Hue city and Hoi An port in one go. An Nanguo owed Thanks to the great kindness, some pieces of wasteland near the sea were drawn out in the south, and as compensation, they were handed over to Haihan Kingdom for management, and this Da Nang is one of them."
Someone interjected and asked, "Old Ding, did you go to the war at that time?"
Ding Xu shook his head and said: "When the chiefs took Da Nang, Ding was still working as a fisherman near Heitu Port at that time, and he hadn't served as the chief yet, so these things were heard from others later."
Han Zhengshan said: "Old Ding, you said that you were naturalized five years ago, so when the war was fought, it was at least five years ago?"
Ding Xu glanced at Han Zhengshan and said: "You are careful... That's right, it was seven years ago when the Haihan army attacked Hoi An Port, and it happened to be six years ago when it attacked Hue City. Known as the most powerful city in Annan, the moat alone has two inner and outer moats. Even if there are 3000 to [-] troops besieging the city, it is difficult to break into it. The army doesn't even have the power to fight back..."
Since Han Zhengshan already knew that what Ding Xu said was based on hearsay, he didn't concentrate on listening to his bragging right now, but was thinking about another matter in his heart.As far as he knew, the Haihan people came to Qiongzhou in the seventh year of Tianqi. In the second year, they crossed the sea and fought against Hoi An, and in the third year they broke through the city of Hue. Their fighting skills can be said to be quite powerful.Fortunately, they used all their force on Annan's side. If they attacked Guangdong and Guangxi, it would be difficult for the government to resist.
After pondering this idea, he listened to Ding Xuyu talking to everyone about the Annan War: "...the Ruan Dynasty court in the south, if the chiefs hadn't come forward to protect them and left some clansmen behind, I'm afraid it would have been a long time ago." He was completely killed by the Zheng family in the north. If you meet an Annan citizen surnamed Ruan in the country, it is likely to be a member of the Ruan family."
Han Zhengshan thought about it, when he was taking advanced training classes at the training base of the Police Department, one of the officials who gave the lectures was named Ruan Jingwen, and he must be the Ruan clan that Ding Xu mentioned.
Someone asked puzzledly: "Since the Annan court owes the chiefs such a great favor, why didn't the chiefs directly ask for one or two cities, so as to avoid the trouble of building strongholds in barren mountains and wild ridges?"
Ding Xu shook his head and said, "You don't understand this. Not to mention Annan's city, even Daming's city, how useful can it be to Haihan? It is an undeveloped natural port, which is of great benefit to the opening of the South China Sea route. Besides, it has nothing to do with the wasteland. It only took eight years for Sanya to build the current situation. Over time, these overseas ports will not all gradually become A bustling port town?"
Han Zhengshan recalled the ports he stopped at all the way from Zhejiang to the south, and it really fits what Ding Xu said. The Haihan people are not keen on entering the inland to occupy cities, but prefer to be in the seaports and sea lanes. Harm to establish a stronghold.With their unique management methods, these seaports have indeed become prosperous commercial ports and population settlements in a short period of time.With the continuous immigration of Haihan immigrants, this temporary stronghold will soon evolve into the territory of Haihan.
Since ancient times, the expansion of countries has always been based on the mainland, but Haihan has developed a unique way, and the territories it occupies are either islands or ports near the sea.The more Han Zhengshan learned, the more he admired Haihan's unconventional means. It's a pity that his boss, Tan Juren, was on a military ship. Otherwise, he really wanted to ask Tan Juren for advice. This is Haihan's external expansion strategy. How many mysteries are there in it.
The fleet arrived in Da Nang the next day, and when it was more than ten nautical miles away from the port, the tall mountains outside Da Nang could already be seen from the deck.
In terms of the level of port construction, Da Nang is similar to Hong Kong, which was launched almost at the same time. When the immigrants saw such a large Haihan territory overseas, they cheered on board.However, Han Zhengshan had already seen several ports in Haihan on the way south, so he was not particularly surprised by the scale of Da Nang's construction.
When the fleet docks at the port, the local garrison and police have delineated an activity area in the port in advance. The immigrants on board can go to the shore in batches during the short berthing period to have a rest, but they are not allowed to leave the designated activity area.Only a very small number of people in the southward fleet were arranged to settle in Da Nang, and the vast majority of immigrants could only stay here for a short time, and they would not even have a visit, so they had to continue to travel south.
The laborers on the wharf used winches to skillfully operate the tall booms to hoist the goods on board to the shore, most of which were relatively cheap primary industrial products, such as various iron farm tools and so on.Although the profits of these things are not high, the market share in southern Annan is quite good. The goods are wholesaled to domestic traders in Annan in Da Nang, and then distributed to inland areas by them.
On the pier, Han Zhengshan saw the Annan businessman who came to pick up the goods excitedly unpacking and inspecting the goods. staff?Annan and Daming didn't have civil strife because of this, but Haihan's subordinates showed mercy.He didn't know that Haihan exported a large amount of weapons to foreign countries every year, and the two biggest buyers were Daming and Annan who were adjacent to Haihan.
(End of this chapter)
The scale of the southward immigration plan is quite large. Tan Juren and his subordinates, as well as the hundreds of immigrants selected, are just one of the small teams that will be sent to a certain place in the South China Sea.In addition to a large number of immigrants and dispatched personnel, there are also several troops going south to perform defense replacement tasks. The number of the entire fleet will exceed 4000 people, and there will be thousands of tons of various supplies transported.This is also a super large-scale southward fleet organized by the government after a year since Haihan, Annan, Champa and other countries formed a joint fleet to go to Nanyang for military exercises in 1633.And this is just the first group of people going south, and at least two or three groups of people will be sent to the south to colonize in the future.
For most of the people in this fleet, it is the first time in their lives that they have seen and participated in such a large-scale ocean-going fleet.Especially for those newcomers who have just arrived in Sanya and haven't even been out of the immigration camp, most of them are dumbfounded when they gather at the pier.No matter where their next destination is, seeing such a huge fleet will give them some peace of mind.
Han Zhengshan looked at the long line of people on the pier to board the ship, and he was deeply moved. The mobilization ability of Haihan, a country, was far beyond his imagination.Such thousands of people have to be transported thousands of miles away to settle down, and what they need is more than just food and some living supplies in the short term. It is no wonder that Haihan was able to organize a naval expedition to Zhejiang, and even sent a fleet to the farther north. Shandong established a colony.For a small country that has not yet been established to have such national power, this kind of incredible thing happened in front of my eyes. Thinking about it, I used to think that the world is invincible, but now it seems that my vision is a bit short-sighted.
Most of the sailboats carrying migrants on the Luhuitou Peninsula were of the same model as the migrant boat Han Zhengshan transferred on his way south from Zhejiang Province, but the number was much larger than the migrant fleet from Penghu. Dozens of migrant boats lined up at the pier. Thousands of people were lined up, and thousands of people were divided into several teams to board the ship along the trestle bridge. This scene alone made people feel excited.
From a distance, Han Zhengshan saw that Tan Juren was being interviewed by high-ranking Haihan officials. It was said that the visitors were several high-ranking chiefs in the executive committee, and it was rare to see them show their faces outside.However, grassroots cadres of his level are not even qualified to step aside to get some immortal energy, so they can only crane their necks in the designated waiting area to take a few glances.
Whenever there is a large-scale fleet leaving the port for an expedition, the top figures of the executive committee will go to the pier to see them off. This has become one of Haihan's routines, and this time is no exception.However, this symbolic ceremony will not last long. After a few words of encouragement and exhortation, the dispatched officials have to board the ship and prepare to set off.
After Han Zhengshan boarded the ship, he found that the living conditions of this errand were much better than when he first came to Sanya. Instead of being crowded with immigrants in the cabin below the deck, he could enjoy the high-class compartment on the deck with other cadres .Of course, this kind of advanced compartment is only compared to the hammocks under the deck. In fact, it is still a narrow cabin for eight people. After putting down four double beds against the bulkheads on both sides, only There is a narrow aisle about two feet wide in the middle.
Even if it was just a slight improvement in living conditions, Han Zhengshan could feel the difference in treatment brought about by his status, which made him slightly less worried about leaving Sanya and going south this time.Although it seems a pity not to be able to stay in Sanya for development, but thinking about the power and status that can be exchanged for this, Han Zhengshan thinks it is worthwhile to make a small sacrifice for this.Before he came to Haihan, he was used to a life with privileges in his hands. Now, if he wants to return to the life of ordinary people, one is difficult to adapt, and the other is unwillingness in his heart. Since there is a chance to make a comeback, it is natural With the idea that I would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, go south to the colony to fight for the future.
The various cargo supplies that should be loaded have been loaded on the ship one after another a few days ago. After all the personnel boarded the ship, the sailors on the dock began to untie the cables that fixed the ship and let the sailboat slowly leave the shore.A huge flotilla of dozens of immigrant ships, cargo ships, and comprehensive supply ships sailed out one after another, and after rounding the Cape of Luhuitou, joined the naval fleet sailing from Victory Port, and then headed for the southern waters together.
About 150 nautical miles southwest of Sanya is the first stop of the southbound fleet, located in Da Nang, a commercial port in the middle of the east coast of Annan Country.The fleet will stop at the local area to unload the goods shipped from Sanya for local sale, and transport away a batch of grain produced in the nearby Qiupen River Plain.
This time, Han Zhengshan was not banned from leaving the cabin like he was when he came to Sanya. As long as the captain did not issue a ban, they, the cadres who went south, could move about on the deck by themselves, and even go to the cockpit to see how the captain judged the situation based on the chart. the way forward.
The immigrant boat that Han Zhengshan was on had already traveled back and forth between Sanya and the South China Sea seven or eight times. The captain Ding Xu was a naturalized citizen who was naturalized from Annan Heitu Port five years ago, but now he speaks Haihan Mandarin fully. I can't tell the difference between him and the Han people.For these passengers who do not have rich sea experience, the captain is still more patient, explaining some superficial sailing knowledge to them in a leisurely manner.
Han Zhengshan only listened to it for entertainment at first, but after listening for a while, he gradually noticed more information.According to what the captain said, the area controlled by Haihan Kingdom in the South China Sea seems to be larger than the control area on the coastline of Daming.However, because the population of South China Sea is far less than that of Daming, the labor force Haihan can recruit locally is extremely limited, so the construction and development of these places mainly depends on foreign immigrants.It is precisely because of this last resort that Haihan spent a lot of time organizing immigrants from Hainan Island and transporting people to the south.
Of course, Han Zhengshan doesn't understand more complicated political and military considerations, and neither does the captain, so the reason they can perceive is relatively simple.However, this does not prevent them from realizing the strength of Haihan. After all, Han Zhengshan has never seen this kind of long-distance sea migration before. The only thing he has heard of is that it probably dates back to the time Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu. Take boys and girls across the sea to find the gods.
Although the straight-line voyage between Sanya and Da Nang is only 150 nautical miles, the speed of the huge fleet is only kept at about five to seven knots, so it will take at least one and a half days to complete this voyage.Han Zhengshan took this opportunity to take a good look at the Haihan warships in the fleet as escort missions.
He had seen Haihan warships from afar in the city of Hangzhou, and when he traveled south from Zhejiang, he had also seen warships docked at the docks in Zhoushan Dinghai Port and Penghu Magong Port, but this time he went south with half a fleet The staff of the Haihan warships served as escort missions. Seeing these Haihan warships at sea are agile and mighty, cutting through the waves, which is quite different from the appearance of the ships parked in the port.Haihan claims to be invincible in the South China Sea, and more than half of its confidence comes from this powerful navy.
Everyone was idle on the boat, so they asked the captain Ding Xu about the situation of the next destination.Ding Xu asked his deputy to hold the steering wheel, took out the tobacco stem and leaves by himself, took two puffs in a calm place, and then told everyone about the situation of the destination Da Nang.
"This Da Nang was originally a natural harbor of the Annan Kingdom. At that time, the Annan Kingdom was divided into the northern and southern imperial courts, and Da Nang was on the territory of the southern imperial court. But this Da Nang is one north and one south, which are the capital of the southern imperial court, Hue. Hue city and Hoi An port, the largest port in the south, Da Nang was just a fishing village at the time. Later, Haihan Kingdom helped the northern court to fight the war, and destroyed Hue city and Hoi An port in one go. An Nanguo owed Thanks to the great kindness, some pieces of wasteland near the sea were drawn out in the south, and as compensation, they were handed over to Haihan Kingdom for management, and this Da Nang is one of them."
Someone interjected and asked, "Old Ding, did you go to the war at that time?"
Ding Xu shook his head and said: "When the chiefs took Da Nang, Ding was still working as a fisherman near Heitu Port at that time, and he hadn't served as the chief yet, so these things were heard from others later."
Han Zhengshan said: "Old Ding, you said that you were naturalized five years ago, so when the war was fought, it was at least five years ago?"
Ding Xu glanced at Han Zhengshan and said: "You are careful... That's right, it was seven years ago when the Haihan army attacked Hoi An Port, and it happened to be six years ago when it attacked Hue City. Known as the most powerful city in Annan, the moat alone has two inner and outer moats. Even if there are 3000 to [-] troops besieging the city, it is difficult to break into it. The army doesn't even have the power to fight back..."
Since Han Zhengshan already knew that what Ding Xu said was based on hearsay, he didn't concentrate on listening to his bragging right now, but was thinking about another matter in his heart.As far as he knew, the Haihan people came to Qiongzhou in the seventh year of Tianqi. In the second year, they crossed the sea and fought against Hoi An, and in the third year they broke through the city of Hue. Their fighting skills can be said to be quite powerful.Fortunately, they used all their force on Annan's side. If they attacked Guangdong and Guangxi, it would be difficult for the government to resist.
After pondering this idea, he listened to Ding Xuyu talking to everyone about the Annan War: "...the Ruan Dynasty court in the south, if the chiefs hadn't come forward to protect them and left some clansmen behind, I'm afraid it would have been a long time ago." He was completely killed by the Zheng family in the north. If you meet an Annan citizen surnamed Ruan in the country, it is likely to be a member of the Ruan family."
Han Zhengshan thought about it, when he was taking advanced training classes at the training base of the Police Department, one of the officials who gave the lectures was named Ruan Jingwen, and he must be the Ruan clan that Ding Xu mentioned.
Someone asked puzzledly: "Since the Annan court owes the chiefs such a great favor, why didn't the chiefs directly ask for one or two cities, so as to avoid the trouble of building strongholds in barren mountains and wild ridges?"
Ding Xu shook his head and said, "You don't understand this. Not to mention Annan's city, even Daming's city, how useful can it be to Haihan? It is an undeveloped natural port, which is of great benefit to the opening of the South China Sea route. Besides, it has nothing to do with the wasteland. It only took eight years for Sanya to build the current situation. Over time, these overseas ports will not all gradually become A bustling port town?"
Han Zhengshan recalled the ports he stopped at all the way from Zhejiang to the south, and it really fits what Ding Xu said. The Haihan people are not keen on entering the inland to occupy cities, but prefer to be in the seaports and sea lanes. Harm to establish a stronghold.With their unique management methods, these seaports have indeed become prosperous commercial ports and population settlements in a short period of time.With the continuous immigration of Haihan immigrants, this temporary stronghold will soon evolve into the territory of Haihan.
Since ancient times, the expansion of countries has always been based on the mainland, but Haihan has developed a unique way, and the territories it occupies are either islands or ports near the sea.The more Han Zhengshan learned, the more he admired Haihan's unconventional means. It's a pity that his boss, Tan Juren, was on a military ship. Otherwise, he really wanted to ask Tan Juren for advice. This is Haihan's external expansion strategy. How many mysteries are there in it.
The fleet arrived in Da Nang the next day, and when it was more than ten nautical miles away from the port, the tall mountains outside Da Nang could already be seen from the deck.
In terms of the level of port construction, Da Nang is similar to Hong Kong, which was launched almost at the same time. When the immigrants saw such a large Haihan territory overseas, they cheered on board.However, Han Zhengshan had already seen several ports in Haihan on the way south, so he was not particularly surprised by the scale of Da Nang's construction.
When the fleet docks at the port, the local garrison and police have delineated an activity area in the port in advance. The immigrants on board can go to the shore in batches during the short berthing period to have a rest, but they are not allowed to leave the designated activity area.Only a very small number of people in the southward fleet were arranged to settle in Da Nang, and the vast majority of immigrants could only stay here for a short time, and they would not even have a visit, so they had to continue to travel south.
The laborers on the wharf used winches to skillfully operate the tall booms to hoist the goods on board to the shore, most of which were relatively cheap primary industrial products, such as various iron farm tools and so on.Although the profits of these things are not high, the market share in southern Annan is quite good. The goods are wholesaled to domestic traders in Annan in Da Nang, and then distributed to inland areas by them.
On the pier, Han Zhengshan saw the Annan businessman who came to pick up the goods excitedly unpacking and inspecting the goods. staff?Annan and Daming didn't have civil strife because of this, but Haihan's subordinates showed mercy.He didn't know that Haihan exported a large amount of weapons to foreign countries every year, and the two biggest buyers were Daming and Annan who were adjacent to Haihan.
(End of this chapter)