Chapter 1417
New Colony
Chapter 1417 New Colony
When Liu Shang was in Sanya, he devoted time to study the history of Haihan's fortune. His understanding of the country is much deeper than that of his counterparts in Daming. It is only a tool for occupying the territory, and the process of actually turning the seized land into one's own is mainly accomplished through a steady stream of migration activities.Moving the aborigines away, bringing in people from other places, and then establishing a local governing body, this is a trick that Haihan will use in almost every overseas colony.
And the effect of this set of measures is of course obvious. Haihan has occupied many areas along the coast for several years, but I have never heard of any major repetitions.The territory recently occupied by Haihan in Liaodong, and the southern part of Jinzhou that will be ready to be conquered by troops, obviously also intends to follow the old practice.
Liu Shang, who has personally experienced Haihan's strong organizational and maritime transportation capabilities, is not too surprised by the plan to transport thousands of people to Lushun in the short term.He believed that as long as Haihan was willing, it would be possible to forcibly relocate tens of thousands of people from the Denglai area to Liaodong.Of course, doing so may cause chaos in Denglai, which is certainly not what Haihan, who needs peace in Shandong, wants to see.
Liu Shang can't speculate on the specific plans of the senior management of Haihan for Lushun, but with the natural port of Lushunkou, Liu Shang thinks that it will be no problem to build this place into a commercial port or a military port in the future.When he landed the day before yesterday, he had carefully observed the situation of Port Arthur. The geographical conditions of this harbor are far superior to those operated by Haihan in Shandong, Zhejiang and other places. It was indeed a waste to stay in Houjin's hands. Now it is occupied by Haihan. It's time to really make a difference here.Of course, everything can only be implemented after there is enough labor here.
The efficiency of the civil affairs and shipping departments was higher than Liu Shang imagined. Two days later, the first batch of migrants from Shandong arrived at Port Lushun by boat.These more than [-] immigrants were divided into four immigrant ships, and there were also four Yugong-class cargo ships that transported supplies and food, and an Exploration-class warship.
Although Liu Shang and Qin Wei are not from the civil affairs department, their propaganda expertise also needs to come in handy at this time.When Liu Shang was in Hainan Island, he had a lot of dealings with immigrants. Later, he was transferred to Shandong. The same is true when new immigrants arrived in Liaodong. Naturally, the work of this propaganda organization was handed over to him again.
Fortunately, before these immigrants came to Liaodong, they had spent some time in the Haihan immigration camp, received relevant publicity and education, and informed them of the status of their destination in advance, so the burden on Liu Shang’s shoulders was much lighter. , no need to explain to these immigrants why they were sent here to settle.
In fact, only about half of the immigrants sent to Liaodong were real Shandong people, the other half were immigrants recruited in Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and the rest were all people from Liaodong.Almost all of these Liaodong Han people fled to the south by crossing the sea during the post-Jin invasion, during which they joined the Haihan flag through various channels.For Haihan to build a colonial area on the Liaodong Peninsula, he naturally needed to select a group of immigrants who were familiar with the local conditions as the backbone.
In order to solve the security concerns of the immigrants about the arrangement of returning to Liaodong, a special item was added to their propaganda content, which is to popularize the glorious record of the special operations battalion, the main force currently guarding Lushun, especially after the heavy losses here last year. The battle of the Jin Shoujun is the most important thing, let the people know that the army guarding them here is the most powerful ace army of Haihan, so as to obtain a sufficient sense of security.
However, the garrison barracks in Lushun Fort have not been completed, and these new immigrants naturally have no ready-made residences. They can only live in tents set up first, and then the official organization will build the houses.There are large mountains and forests near Lushun Fort, and several brick kilns built outside Lushun Fort have also started construction for several days.
Of course, all the current construction plans are just those small wooden stakes nailed horizontally and vertically in the snow. It will take at least a month or two to realize the transformation of Lushun Fort into a vibrant coastal town. .
Areas run by the military are never muddled about engineering arrangements.On the second day after the immigrants arrived in Lushun, the engineers organized them to start construction in the planned area outside Lushun Fort.Although most of these immigrants were not trained as carpenters or plasterers, there was no technical difficulty in getting them to work as laborers to dig earth and move building materials.
Although snowflakes still fall from the sky from time to time, the construction of the residential area was carried out quickly under the official organization. The old, weak, women and children were assigned to the logistics department to help, while men aged 50 to [-] were all arranged to work on the construction site. Participate in labor.Of course, their labor is not without rewards. In fact, the immigrants who came here as the first pioneers of the Liaodong colony were given a very generous promise by the government. Each head gets [-] mu of land per person.Even those families without a strong labor force will be given no less than [-] mu of land for each family, which will be used for their future living needs.For the immigrants who took refuge in Haihan because of poverty, it was really hard to resist the temptation.
Four days after the first batch of immigrants arrived in Lushun, the second batch of more than [-] immigrants also arrived by boat.These people are also from Shandong, but considering the sea transportation capacity and the placement capacity of Lushun, they were transported in two batches.The arrival of this group of people allowed the locals to finally free up part of the labor force to start building barracks for the garrison in Lushun Fort.
But the arrival of these more than [-] immigrants is only the beginning of the subsequent surge in the local population.On January [-], [-] Chinese immigrants from Phi Dao also arrived at Port Lushun successfully. Shen Zhixiang, the current second-in-command of Phi Dao, personally led the team to escort them.
Speaking of which, Shen Zhixiang can be regarded as an acquaintance of Haihan. After the cooperation between Haihan and Pidao was negotiated the year before, Shen Zhixiang was stationed in Zhifu Island as the representative of Pidao. They even went to Zhoushan, Zhejiang with the Northern Fleet, which went south for winter, and received a winter military training there.
After seeing the scale of the Northern Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet of the Haihan Navy in Zhoushan, as well as their influence in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Shen Zhixiang quickly became a loyal fan of Haihan.If it wasn't for Haihan's military requesting Pidao to retain Daming's establishment in order to act, Shen Zhixiang would probably take the initiative to turn against his uncle Shen Shikui, or abandon his military position and go directly to Haihan.
Haihan's achievements in Liaodong were finally given to Phi Dao, and Shen's uncle and nephew reported their merits to the Daming court.And the thousands of Houjin heads that were sent to Shandong Dusi back and forth finally got Shen Zhixiang a general position.Of course, the Shandong Dusi and the Ministry of War gave this benefit, whether it was a reward, or whether they wanted to use it to contain Haihan, who had already connected with Pidao, it was hard to say.
However, Haihan didn't mind this at all, and the military executives even wished that Shen's uncle and nephew could climb higher to facilitate future actions.The foundation of these two people is in Phi Island. If they leave this place and go back to Daming, it can be said that they are not even a fart. And if this place wants to maintain long-term, Daming is unreliable. Just hug Haihan's big thick leg.
Although there are tens of thousands of people on the island, this place has no conditions for large-scale agricultural cultivation, so the surplus population can only be gradually handed over to Haihan for relocation, and then in exchange for Haihan's materials and armaments. aid support.However, Shen's uncle and nephew also understand that the population on the island is limited after all. Although some Han people can come out from the northeastern region every three or five times, it is not fast enough to come out, and the resources will eventually be exhausted just by exporting immigrants. one day.Before that, you must think about your future direction and livelihood, otherwise what conditions can you come up with to discuss cooperation with Haihan.
Shen Zhixiang went to Zhejiang and met with many high-ranking Haihan officials, and gradually understood why Haihan needed the Pidao Ming Army to retain the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.Haihan wanted to enter Liaodong, but he didn't want to conflict with Daming because of this, so he needed a more high-sounding name to do this, such as attacking Liaodong in the name of the Ming army.
Regarding the arrangement of the spring offensive, the Zhifu Island Command has already informed the Phi Island side after the Battle of Lushun, so Shen Zhixiang is also more aware of the role that Phi Island needs to play in the changes in the situation in Liaodong.If the Ming army attacked Liaodong and recaptured the land in the southern part of Jinzhou, it would be a great achievement for Pidao, and Haihan's actual control of the local area could also be covered up to a certain extent, and it would not be given to the court officials. The bigwigs made excuses like "invasion".
Although it is impossible to hide such a cover up from the interested people in the court, Daming is currently in the midst of internal and external troubles, and he really can't provoke an enemy like Haihan. As long as the situation in Liaodong is justified on the bright side, I believe the court will also Consciously pretended to be deaf to Phi Dao and Haihan's small movements.
Taking a step back [-] steps, Haihan seized a large piece of land in Liaodong, and as long as a piece of land was given to Phi Island, so that the Ming army under the leadership of Shen's uncle and nephew could move back to the mainland to settle down, it would be better than staying on the ground. It's much better to have a tough time on Phi Island.Therefore, Chen's uncle and nephew are very consistent in assisting Haihan to launch the spring offensive, that is, to seize this rare opportunity and fight more on Haihan's side to see if the situation of Phi Dao can be improved this year. There is a fundamental change.
It is with this attitude that when Phi Dao sent the immigrants to Lushun, Shen Zhixiang also followed in person.This is to understand the progress and arrangements of Haihan's preparations, and secondly, it is also to find an opportunity to test the attitude of Haihan's senior management to see if the other party is willing to give some more affordable benefits to Phi Dao.
Morgan did not go to the port to meet Shen Zhixiang's arrival, but when Shen Zhixiang entered Fort Lushun, Morgan met him immediately.The two had dealt with each other on Zhifu Island before, and they had a good chat after meeting.
Shen Zhixiang is no stranger to Morgan's current residence, and he took the initiative to explain the origin of this place to Morgan: "In the past, this place was the Zuoqian household of Jinzhou Weizhong, and the house where the adults lived was the Qianhu residence. Households. There were originally many buildings in this city, and it seems that they were all demolished after Houjin occupied the place.”
Morgan actually knew that this place used to be the armed stronghold of Daming. He nodded and said, "General Shen should have been to this place before, right?"
"Before the fall of Jinzhou, I came here with my uncle several times." Shen Zhixiang frowned slightly, remembering that he came here on business with his uncle Shen Shikui. At that time, Shen Shikui had just abandoned business and joined the army, and he himself was Shen Shikui's personal soldier. Serve around.But now this place has belonged to Haihan, and the name has also been changed to Lushun Fort. If there are no major changes, it is estimated that this place will be difficult to return to Daming's hands in the future.
But Shen Zhixiang doesn't have much regret about this. His sense of belonging to Daming has become less and less in recent years, and now he is relying on Haihan for food. In his opinion, this place belongs to Haihan. Much better than letting the post-Golden Manzi take control.At least Haihan will let the Han people naturalize, and it will be no problem to live and work here in peace and contentment in the future, but Jin Manzi only treats the Han people as slaves, and does his best to oppress them.
Morgan went on to say: "The battle plan after the beginning of the spring, when you came to Zhifu Island last time, we also gave you a general introduction. When the time comes, there should be no problem with Pidao sending troops to join the operation, right?"
Shen Zhixiang replied: "This matter has been discussed with my uncle at the end. At that time, a battalion of elite soldiers will be transferred from Pidao for your army to command. Pidao will also try its best to organize the transport ships needed by your army."
The establishment of Phi Island had become very chaotic due to various historical reasons before Haihan's arrival. It was not until Haihan provided military aid to Phi Island that it was gradually cleaned up and reorganized.The elite infantry battalion on Phi Island has a total of more than 1000 officers and soldiers, including 120 musketeers, [-] artillerymen, more than [-] soldiers equipped with cold weapons such as pikemen and rattan soldiers, and the rest are clerical personnel. There are hundreds of logistics personnel such as , handymen, craftsmen, military doctors, and cooks.
Of course, almost all of the standard firearms equipped by this elite battalion were provided by Haihan, and the firearms and artillery were also trained by Haihan, which were part of the Haihan military aid.It is not an exaggeration to say that the troop sent by Phi Dao is the Haihan Consortium. Although the combat power is far inferior to the regular Haihan army, it is necessary to provide assistance on the battlefield and bully the more primitive Houjin Army. It's already enough.
(End of this chapter)
When Liu Shang was in Sanya, he devoted time to study the history of Haihan's fortune. His understanding of the country is much deeper than that of his counterparts in Daming. It is only a tool for occupying the territory, and the process of actually turning the seized land into one's own is mainly accomplished through a steady stream of migration activities.Moving the aborigines away, bringing in people from other places, and then establishing a local governing body, this is a trick that Haihan will use in almost every overseas colony.
And the effect of this set of measures is of course obvious. Haihan has occupied many areas along the coast for several years, but I have never heard of any major repetitions.The territory recently occupied by Haihan in Liaodong, and the southern part of Jinzhou that will be ready to be conquered by troops, obviously also intends to follow the old practice.
Liu Shang, who has personally experienced Haihan's strong organizational and maritime transportation capabilities, is not too surprised by the plan to transport thousands of people to Lushun in the short term.He believed that as long as Haihan was willing, it would be possible to forcibly relocate tens of thousands of people from the Denglai area to Liaodong.Of course, doing so may cause chaos in Denglai, which is certainly not what Haihan, who needs peace in Shandong, wants to see.
Liu Shang can't speculate on the specific plans of the senior management of Haihan for Lushun, but with the natural port of Lushunkou, Liu Shang thinks that it will be no problem to build this place into a commercial port or a military port in the future.When he landed the day before yesterday, he had carefully observed the situation of Port Arthur. The geographical conditions of this harbor are far superior to those operated by Haihan in Shandong, Zhejiang and other places. It was indeed a waste to stay in Houjin's hands. Now it is occupied by Haihan. It's time to really make a difference here.Of course, everything can only be implemented after there is enough labor here.
The efficiency of the civil affairs and shipping departments was higher than Liu Shang imagined. Two days later, the first batch of migrants from Shandong arrived at Port Lushun by boat.These more than [-] immigrants were divided into four immigrant ships, and there were also four Yugong-class cargo ships that transported supplies and food, and an Exploration-class warship.
Although Liu Shang and Qin Wei are not from the civil affairs department, their propaganda expertise also needs to come in handy at this time.When Liu Shang was in Hainan Island, he had a lot of dealings with immigrants. Later, he was transferred to Shandong. The same is true when new immigrants arrived in Liaodong. Naturally, the work of this propaganda organization was handed over to him again.
Fortunately, before these immigrants came to Liaodong, they had spent some time in the Haihan immigration camp, received relevant publicity and education, and informed them of the status of their destination in advance, so the burden on Liu Shang’s shoulders was much lighter. , no need to explain to these immigrants why they were sent here to settle.
In fact, only about half of the immigrants sent to Liaodong were real Shandong people, the other half were immigrants recruited in Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and the rest were all people from Liaodong.Almost all of these Liaodong Han people fled to the south by crossing the sea during the post-Jin invasion, during which they joined the Haihan flag through various channels.For Haihan to build a colonial area on the Liaodong Peninsula, he naturally needed to select a group of immigrants who were familiar with the local conditions as the backbone.
In order to solve the security concerns of the immigrants about the arrangement of returning to Liaodong, a special item was added to their propaganda content, which is to popularize the glorious record of the special operations battalion, the main force currently guarding Lushun, especially after the heavy losses here last year. The battle of the Jin Shoujun is the most important thing, let the people know that the army guarding them here is the most powerful ace army of Haihan, so as to obtain a sufficient sense of security.
However, the garrison barracks in Lushun Fort have not been completed, and these new immigrants naturally have no ready-made residences. They can only live in tents set up first, and then the official organization will build the houses.There are large mountains and forests near Lushun Fort, and several brick kilns built outside Lushun Fort have also started construction for several days.
Of course, all the current construction plans are just those small wooden stakes nailed horizontally and vertically in the snow. It will take at least a month or two to realize the transformation of Lushun Fort into a vibrant coastal town. .
Areas run by the military are never muddled about engineering arrangements.On the second day after the immigrants arrived in Lushun, the engineers organized them to start construction in the planned area outside Lushun Fort.Although most of these immigrants were not trained as carpenters or plasterers, there was no technical difficulty in getting them to work as laborers to dig earth and move building materials.
Although snowflakes still fall from the sky from time to time, the construction of the residential area was carried out quickly under the official organization. The old, weak, women and children were assigned to the logistics department to help, while men aged 50 to [-] were all arranged to work on the construction site. Participate in labor.Of course, their labor is not without rewards. In fact, the immigrants who came here as the first pioneers of the Liaodong colony were given a very generous promise by the government. Each head gets [-] mu of land per person.Even those families without a strong labor force will be given no less than [-] mu of land for each family, which will be used for their future living needs.For the immigrants who took refuge in Haihan because of poverty, it was really hard to resist the temptation.
Four days after the first batch of immigrants arrived in Lushun, the second batch of more than [-] immigrants also arrived by boat.These people are also from Shandong, but considering the sea transportation capacity and the placement capacity of Lushun, they were transported in two batches.The arrival of this group of people allowed the locals to finally free up part of the labor force to start building barracks for the garrison in Lushun Fort.
But the arrival of these more than [-] immigrants is only the beginning of the subsequent surge in the local population.On January [-], [-] Chinese immigrants from Phi Dao also arrived at Port Lushun successfully. Shen Zhixiang, the current second-in-command of Phi Dao, personally led the team to escort them.
Speaking of which, Shen Zhixiang can be regarded as an acquaintance of Haihan. After the cooperation between Haihan and Pidao was negotiated the year before, Shen Zhixiang was stationed in Zhifu Island as the representative of Pidao. They even went to Zhoushan, Zhejiang with the Northern Fleet, which went south for winter, and received a winter military training there.
After seeing the scale of the Northern Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet of the Haihan Navy in Zhoushan, as well as their influence in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Shen Zhixiang quickly became a loyal fan of Haihan.If it wasn't for Haihan's military requesting Pidao to retain Daming's establishment in order to act, Shen Zhixiang would probably take the initiative to turn against his uncle Shen Shikui, or abandon his military position and go directly to Haihan.
Haihan's achievements in Liaodong were finally given to Phi Dao, and Shen's uncle and nephew reported their merits to the Daming court.And the thousands of Houjin heads that were sent to Shandong Dusi back and forth finally got Shen Zhixiang a general position.Of course, the Shandong Dusi and the Ministry of War gave this benefit, whether it was a reward, or whether they wanted to use it to contain Haihan, who had already connected with Pidao, it was hard to say.
However, Haihan didn't mind this at all, and the military executives even wished that Shen's uncle and nephew could climb higher to facilitate future actions.The foundation of these two people is in Phi Island. If they leave this place and go back to Daming, it can be said that they are not even a fart. And if this place wants to maintain long-term, Daming is unreliable. Just hug Haihan's big thick leg.
Although there are tens of thousands of people on the island, this place has no conditions for large-scale agricultural cultivation, so the surplus population can only be gradually handed over to Haihan for relocation, and then in exchange for Haihan's materials and armaments. aid support.However, Shen's uncle and nephew also understand that the population on the island is limited after all. Although some Han people can come out from the northeastern region every three or five times, it is not fast enough to come out, and the resources will eventually be exhausted just by exporting immigrants. one day.Before that, you must think about your future direction and livelihood, otherwise what conditions can you come up with to discuss cooperation with Haihan.
Shen Zhixiang went to Zhejiang and met with many high-ranking Haihan officials, and gradually understood why Haihan needed the Pidao Ming Army to retain the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.Haihan wanted to enter Liaodong, but he didn't want to conflict with Daming because of this, so he needed a more high-sounding name to do this, such as attacking Liaodong in the name of the Ming army.
Regarding the arrangement of the spring offensive, the Zhifu Island Command has already informed the Phi Island side after the Battle of Lushun, so Shen Zhixiang is also more aware of the role that Phi Island needs to play in the changes in the situation in Liaodong.If the Ming army attacked Liaodong and recaptured the land in the southern part of Jinzhou, it would be a great achievement for Pidao, and Haihan's actual control of the local area could also be covered up to a certain extent, and it would not be given to the court officials. The bigwigs made excuses like "invasion".
Although it is impossible to hide such a cover up from the interested people in the court, Daming is currently in the midst of internal and external troubles, and he really can't provoke an enemy like Haihan. As long as the situation in Liaodong is justified on the bright side, I believe the court will also Consciously pretended to be deaf to Phi Dao and Haihan's small movements.
Taking a step back [-] steps, Haihan seized a large piece of land in Liaodong, and as long as a piece of land was given to Phi Island, so that the Ming army under the leadership of Shen's uncle and nephew could move back to the mainland to settle down, it would be better than staying on the ground. It's much better to have a tough time on Phi Island.Therefore, Chen's uncle and nephew are very consistent in assisting Haihan to launch the spring offensive, that is, to seize this rare opportunity and fight more on Haihan's side to see if the situation of Phi Dao can be improved this year. There is a fundamental change.
It is with this attitude that when Phi Dao sent the immigrants to Lushun, Shen Zhixiang also followed in person.This is to understand the progress and arrangements of Haihan's preparations, and secondly, it is also to find an opportunity to test the attitude of Haihan's senior management to see if the other party is willing to give some more affordable benefits to Phi Dao.
Morgan did not go to the port to meet Shen Zhixiang's arrival, but when Shen Zhixiang entered Fort Lushun, Morgan met him immediately.The two had dealt with each other on Zhifu Island before, and they had a good chat after meeting.
Shen Zhixiang is no stranger to Morgan's current residence, and he took the initiative to explain the origin of this place to Morgan: "In the past, this place was the Zuoqian household of Jinzhou Weizhong, and the house where the adults lived was the Qianhu residence. Households. There were originally many buildings in this city, and it seems that they were all demolished after Houjin occupied the place.”
Morgan actually knew that this place used to be the armed stronghold of Daming. He nodded and said, "General Shen should have been to this place before, right?"
"Before the fall of Jinzhou, I came here with my uncle several times." Shen Zhixiang frowned slightly, remembering that he came here on business with his uncle Shen Shikui. At that time, Shen Shikui had just abandoned business and joined the army, and he himself was Shen Shikui's personal soldier. Serve around.But now this place has belonged to Haihan, and the name has also been changed to Lushun Fort. If there are no major changes, it is estimated that this place will be difficult to return to Daming's hands in the future.
But Shen Zhixiang doesn't have much regret about this. His sense of belonging to Daming has become less and less in recent years, and now he is relying on Haihan for food. In his opinion, this place belongs to Haihan. Much better than letting the post-Golden Manzi take control.At least Haihan will let the Han people naturalize, and it will be no problem to live and work here in peace and contentment in the future, but Jin Manzi only treats the Han people as slaves, and does his best to oppress them.
Morgan went on to say: "The battle plan after the beginning of the spring, when you came to Zhifu Island last time, we also gave you a general introduction. When the time comes, there should be no problem with Pidao sending troops to join the operation, right?"
Shen Zhixiang replied: "This matter has been discussed with my uncle at the end. At that time, a battalion of elite soldiers will be transferred from Pidao for your army to command. Pidao will also try its best to organize the transport ships needed by your army."
The establishment of Phi Island had become very chaotic due to various historical reasons before Haihan's arrival. It was not until Haihan provided military aid to Phi Island that it was gradually cleaned up and reorganized.The elite infantry battalion on Phi Island has a total of more than 1000 officers and soldiers, including 120 musketeers, [-] artillerymen, more than [-] soldiers equipped with cold weapons such as pikemen and rattan soldiers, and the rest are clerical personnel. There are hundreds of logistics personnel such as , handymen, craftsmen, military doctors, and cooks.
Of course, almost all of the standard firearms equipped by this elite battalion were provided by Haihan, and the firearms and artillery were also trained by Haihan, which were part of the Haihan military aid.It is not an exaggeration to say that the troop sent by Phi Dao is the Haihan Consortium. Although the combat power is far inferior to the regular Haihan army, it is necessary to provide assistance on the battlefield and bully the more primitive Houjin Army. It's already enough.
(End of this chapter)