Chapter 1808
Hirokashima Refugee Camp
Chapter 1808 Hirokashima Refugee Camp
The more than 400 Han refugees sent by Ximang this time were captured yesterday near Zhuanghe Town, which is about [-] nautical miles away from Guanglu Island. Basically, they brought back an entire village.After the Portuguese landed at that time, after their whereabouts were exposed, they also had a small-scale battle with the Manchu armed forces in the town. The Portuguese easily defeated their opponents with zero battle damage. Therefore, Simao seemed very relaxed after coming to Guanglu Island. .
In addition to the group of Han refugees sent to Haihan, the Portuguese also ransacked several large local Manchu landlord families. According to the agreement between the two parties, this part of the harvest does not need to be distributed to Haihan. into the pockets of the Portuguese.
Simao roughly calculated the harvest of these days' operations. Although it is not enough to cover the military expenses for the northward trip, it is still a considerable amount of income. Moreover, Haihan has not limited the operation period, as long as the Portuguese promise not to It is enough to attack the Han people, which means that the Portuguese fleet can continue its armed operations on the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, and seize property from the Qing ruled area in a simple and rude way.
As for why Haihan reached such a deal with him, Simao also understood very clearly that Haihan needs a large number of people to fill the new colonial ports of Liaodong Jinzhou and North Korea, and relying on traditional methods obviously cannot meet such needs. Han couldn't divide his troops to do this kind of rough work for the time being, so he took advantage of himself.Once the battle situation in Liaodong changes in favor of Haihan, the Haihan people may take this job back and do it themselves, so Ximang will take advantage of the stalemate in the war situation during this period of time to do more business in Liaodong.
Of course, for the sake of efficiency, the Portuguese will not have much patience when dealing with the local Han people in Liaodong.Although Haihan asked Portugal not to use force against the Han people, when the Portuguese encountered armed resistance after landing, no one had the time to distinguish whether the enemy was Han or Manchu, and some Han people who tried to resist would be killed during the period.And some injured Han people, Portugal will also capture and send them to Haihan territory. The Han refugees who died on the way this time are the people who were injured in the previous arrest process.However, this kind of loss of personnel is within the normal range. Liu Shang knows it well, and he will not deliberately ask the real cause of death of these refugees.
If it hadn't been for sending away hundreds of refugees early in the morning according to Liu Shang's deployment, the barracks on the island really couldn't accommodate the group of refugees who just arrived in Hong Kong.Now that Liu Shang has some people under his command, he doesn't need to personally handle the matter of accepting refugees, he just needs to issue orders, which is much easier than before.Moreover, before dealing with the Portuguese, officials from the military and foreign affairs mostly came forward, but now Liu Shang's powers are sufficient to handle such high-level errands.
Although he said that there was no reception banquet arranged, in fact Liu Shang invited Xi Mang to have dinner together. The conditions on the island are indeed limited, but relying on the sea to eat the sea, the seafood can be full no matter what.Moreover, Liu Shang did not take care of the content of the dinner. Instead, he asked Simao to transfer several Portuguese cooks from the ship, and they used the ingredients and seasonings on the island to cook several home-style dishes.
"There is a saying in our country that wine is the son of the earth and the sun, it can lift the spirit and inspire wisdom!" Simao didn't come empty-handed, and specially asked two bottles of fine wine from Portugal to be taken from the boat. During the dinner, he invited Liu Shang Gongyin: "Seafood should be paired with white wine, and meat should be paired with red wine, so I brought a bottle of each, please Master Liu to taste our country's fine wine!"
In fact, Liu Shang is not good at drinking. Although he poured two glasses of wine and put them in front of him, he still tasted them lightly and did not drink with his head up like Simao.The purpose of inviting Simao to dinner was not only to provide diplomatic etiquette, but also to take this opportunity to learn more about the battle situation on the front line from Simao.
Liu Shang is neither a diplomat nor a military attache, but he is very clear that the changes in the situation in Liaodong, including the direction of the Korean Peninsula, will be closely related to the content of his work here. The Haihan Army or the allied forces including the Portuguese are on the front line Every battle in the game may have the potential to become promotional material.The development and changes of international relations in the entire region are important objects that the propaganda department in charge of him needs to pay attention to and make use of at any time.
In principle, the military's battle reports are not completely open to the propaganda department. Generally, some battle cases are purposefully selected and handed over to Liu Shang's department for processing.The news releases related to the Liaodong War published in Haihan's domestic newspapers were basically reviewed and edited by Liu Shang, and then sent back to China for publication.
As for the versions performed by the storytellers in teahouses and restaurants, they are basically provided by the propaganda department, and then the storytellers write and process them themselves.Liu Shang was previously discovered by the officials of the Propaganda Department from teahouses because he was good at making up stories. He had his own way of processing real battle cases into exciting stories. However, the limited information provided by the military, whether it was timeliness or detail, It is difficult to meet Liu Shang's needs.Of course he understands that the military has the obligation to keep military secrets, and this kind of thing cannot be forced, but since he has the opportunity to learn about the frontline battle situation from other channels, he doesn't want to miss it.
But Liu Shang wanted to find out about the battle situation on the front line of North Korea in Ximang, but he was looking for the wrong person. The Portuguese fleet had never sailed into the Yalu River since Jianghua Island set off. combat progress.What Simao knew was that the coalition fleet had established a temporary stronghold on the upper reaches of the Yalu River, and had formed a confrontation with the Qing army.
Of course, based on Liu Shang's understanding of the military, more information can be deduced from this.For example, the current battle intensity between the navy and the Qing army in the upper reaches of the Yalu River is not great, otherwise the Portuguese would not be allowed to fight guerrilla warfare on the Liaodong coastline so leisurely; The task of robbing the Han people will be entrusted to the Portuguese. At least this task will be entrusted to the Fujian Navy, which should save a lot of trouble in communication, and may even attract more Han people to flee voluntarily.
In fact, Tom Wang has not considered Liu Shang's idea, but the Fujian Navy has already gone deep into the upper reaches of the Yalu River. If they want to arrange a defense change with the Portuguese fleet, it will take two or three days to complete the defense handover.Moreover, the Portuguese were transferred to serve as sentries in the Yalu River, and the Fujian Navy was transferred to the outside to perform lucrative tasks.So Wang Tom simply made the mistake and handed over the mission of the raid to Simao's fleet.Although the actual effect of disrupting the social order in the Qing ruled area may not be comparable to that of the Fujian navy, at least the two allies will not have much objection to this arrangement, and the average harvest of hundreds of people per day can be considered a pass.
Of course, these military arrangements will not have any explanation to the outside world. Liu Shang couldn't understand the mystery of this for a while, and could only understand it as a special deployment by the military boss for another purpose.Fortunately, Simao did not deliberately conceal anything about the recent progress of the Portuguese fleet. Maybe it was because of his drunkenness, or maybe he planned to brag about his achievements in front of Haihan officials. He introduced it to Liu Shang in detail. He explained how he commanded troops to rush left and right on the five hundred-mile-long Liaodong coastline, causing chaos in the local military and politics.
Simao is not entirely bragging. In the short few days since the Portuguese fleet attacked, they have already attacked more than ten villages and towns in the Qing Dynasty-occupied area on the coast of Liaodong, killing and injuring hundreds of people. They rescued more than [-] Han refugees, and robbed them of money and food along the way, and the results were quite fruitful.The Portuguese only suffered five deaths and twelve injuries during this period. In Simao's view, compared with the gains from the operation, this loss is almost negligible.
"If your country could have allowed our fleet to enter the northern waters to coordinate operations a year or two earlier, maybe the Qing Dynasty would not have had the idea of going south from the Korean Peninsula at all."
Simao killed most of the two bottles of wine on the table by himself. His face was flushed at the moment, but his mind was still clear, but when he analyzed the current situation, he couldn't help but start to speak unrestrainedly: "With the strength of our fleet , can completely block the Yalu River all the year round, and completely cut off the Qing army’s idea of invading North Korea. At that time, your army will advance from Jinzhou to the northeast, and our army will advance from the Yalu River to the northwest. I believe that the entire Liaodong Peninsula will be captured soon, and the sword will be pointed at Shenyang. city!"
Although Liu Shang is a civil servant, he is not military blind. Hearing this, he couldn't help but shook his head and objected: "General Ximang's words are wrong. If your country's fleet wants to block the Yalu River all the year round, it must have a logistics base in the Yalu River Basin. But North Korea may not be willing to cooperate, and Jinzhou is too far away, can it be possible to keep the fleet running just by looting supplies from the territory of the Qing Dynasty?"
Simao was stunned, and felt that what Liu Shang said was reasonable, so he threw out another plan: "Then I can also follow your country's example, first lead the fleet to go outside the capital of North Korea, and force them to also cooperate with our country. Form an alliance, and this will solve the problem!"
Liu Shang smiled and said nothing. The main reason why the Koreans are willing to form an alliance with Haihan is that Haihan is also a Han regime, and there is no great resistance to North Korea.It is not that the Han regime wants to force North Korea to surrender. The most typical example is the current Qing Dynasty. Even if North Korea knows that it is invincible, it is still unwilling to bow its head and form an alliance with it.If the Portuguese wanted to follow Haihan's original approach, it would be difficult to achieve the same effect.
Of course, the Portuguese can also copy the routines they used to open up sea routes and build colonies in other areas of the earth, but this area already has Haihan, a strong colonial power, and Portugal wants to operate a trading port of its own. Or colonies, it is basically impossible, and they can only rely on Haihan to open up sea routes and business relations.
When the two were talking, one of Liu Shang's subordinates came in in a panic to report the news. After listening to the meal, Liu Shang didn't bother to eat, and confessed to Xi Mang: "Something happened in the refugee camp. It seems that there is a conflict between the refugees, I have to go and have a look, excuse me!"
Hearing this, Simao put down the wine glass in his hand and stood up: "Let's go together. If there is any situation, I still have hundreds of people here who can be dispatched at any time."
The current temporary camp for refugees on the island is the barracks of the One Thousand Shang Kexi Department. After Haihan took over the place, he carried out simple renovations, and the current capacity to accommodate about a thousand people.When Liu Shang landed on the island yesterday, the number of refugees on the island had actually exceeded the capacity to accommodate them, so Liu Shang was in a hurry to arrange to transport some refugees back to Jinzhou for resettlement.
The security of this temporary refugee camp on the island is maintained by the army company stationed on the island, but in a place like this that lacks formal social organization, it is very common for refugees to fight for living conditions or for other reasons.Moreover, the Portuguese often "pack" people back in units of villages and towns. It is also common for these refugees to huddle together to keep warm in unfamiliar environments. Once a fight occurs, it can easily turn into a large-scale gang fight.So as soon as Liu Shang heard that there was a disturbance in the refugee camp, he didn't have the heart to chat with Simao anymore.
When Liu Shang arrived at the refugee camp, the garrison had already intervened on the scene, isolating a barracks where the situation occurred from the outside world, and ordered all the refugees in the camp to return to the house immediately, otherwise they would all be charged with creating a rebellion.The situation has been basically brought under control, and all that remains is to find out what happened and deal with the relevant personnel.
Seeing Liu Shang's arrival, the officer in charge of calming the chaos at the scene briefly explained the situation to him.In fact, the situation is very simple. A refugee family who just landed on the island today had a quarrel with another family that had been on the island for three days because of food distribution, and then a gang fight broke out.Although the participants were basically bare-handed and did not have any lethal weapons, several people were beaten with bloody heads and broken hands and legs.Fortunately, the garrison arrived in time to separate the two groups of people who were fighting, and no one was killed in the end.
In fact, this kind of thing happens almost every day in the refugee camp. It is nothing more than the difference in the scale of the fight. Liu Shang didn't have any special reaction after hearing it, but said lightly: "There is still strength to fight, it seems that I am still too full Already! Starting tomorrow, the food supply for all those who participated in the brawl will be halved! Also, arrange them to do the most tiring work, since they are full of energy, then put it to good use!"
Simao responded from the side: "Don't Mr. Liu plan to punish the perpetrator severely?"
Liu Shang shook his head and said: "These refugees have just arrived, and their hearts are unstable. If they are dealt with too severely, it may affect other people's confidence in Haihan. Punishment must be punished, but we must pay attention to the method and method. We need their labor. Physical labor to change their mentality, that's how I handle it."
(End of this chapter)
The more than 400 Han refugees sent by Ximang this time were captured yesterday near Zhuanghe Town, which is about [-] nautical miles away from Guanglu Island. Basically, they brought back an entire village.After the Portuguese landed at that time, after their whereabouts were exposed, they also had a small-scale battle with the Manchu armed forces in the town. The Portuguese easily defeated their opponents with zero battle damage. Therefore, Simao seemed very relaxed after coming to Guanglu Island. .
In addition to the group of Han refugees sent to Haihan, the Portuguese also ransacked several large local Manchu landlord families. According to the agreement between the two parties, this part of the harvest does not need to be distributed to Haihan. into the pockets of the Portuguese.
Simao roughly calculated the harvest of these days' operations. Although it is not enough to cover the military expenses for the northward trip, it is still a considerable amount of income. Moreover, Haihan has not limited the operation period, as long as the Portuguese promise not to It is enough to attack the Han people, which means that the Portuguese fleet can continue its armed operations on the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, and seize property from the Qing ruled area in a simple and rude way.
As for why Haihan reached such a deal with him, Simao also understood very clearly that Haihan needs a large number of people to fill the new colonial ports of Liaodong Jinzhou and North Korea, and relying on traditional methods obviously cannot meet such needs. Han couldn't divide his troops to do this kind of rough work for the time being, so he took advantage of himself.Once the battle situation in Liaodong changes in favor of Haihan, the Haihan people may take this job back and do it themselves, so Ximang will take advantage of the stalemate in the war situation during this period of time to do more business in Liaodong.
Of course, for the sake of efficiency, the Portuguese will not have much patience when dealing with the local Han people in Liaodong.Although Haihan asked Portugal not to use force against the Han people, when the Portuguese encountered armed resistance after landing, no one had the time to distinguish whether the enemy was Han or Manchu, and some Han people who tried to resist would be killed during the period.And some injured Han people, Portugal will also capture and send them to Haihan territory. The Han refugees who died on the way this time are the people who were injured in the previous arrest process.However, this kind of loss of personnel is within the normal range. Liu Shang knows it well, and he will not deliberately ask the real cause of death of these refugees.
If it hadn't been for sending away hundreds of refugees early in the morning according to Liu Shang's deployment, the barracks on the island really couldn't accommodate the group of refugees who just arrived in Hong Kong.Now that Liu Shang has some people under his command, he doesn't need to personally handle the matter of accepting refugees, he just needs to issue orders, which is much easier than before.Moreover, before dealing with the Portuguese, officials from the military and foreign affairs mostly came forward, but now Liu Shang's powers are sufficient to handle such high-level errands.
Although he said that there was no reception banquet arranged, in fact Liu Shang invited Xi Mang to have dinner together. The conditions on the island are indeed limited, but relying on the sea to eat the sea, the seafood can be full no matter what.Moreover, Liu Shang did not take care of the content of the dinner. Instead, he asked Simao to transfer several Portuguese cooks from the ship, and they used the ingredients and seasonings on the island to cook several home-style dishes.
"There is a saying in our country that wine is the son of the earth and the sun, it can lift the spirit and inspire wisdom!" Simao didn't come empty-handed, and specially asked two bottles of fine wine from Portugal to be taken from the boat. During the dinner, he invited Liu Shang Gongyin: "Seafood should be paired with white wine, and meat should be paired with red wine, so I brought a bottle of each, please Master Liu to taste our country's fine wine!"
In fact, Liu Shang is not good at drinking. Although he poured two glasses of wine and put them in front of him, he still tasted them lightly and did not drink with his head up like Simao.The purpose of inviting Simao to dinner was not only to provide diplomatic etiquette, but also to take this opportunity to learn more about the battle situation on the front line from Simao.
Liu Shang is neither a diplomat nor a military attache, but he is very clear that the changes in the situation in Liaodong, including the direction of the Korean Peninsula, will be closely related to the content of his work here. The Haihan Army or the allied forces including the Portuguese are on the front line Every battle in the game may have the potential to become promotional material.The development and changes of international relations in the entire region are important objects that the propaganda department in charge of him needs to pay attention to and make use of at any time.
In principle, the military's battle reports are not completely open to the propaganda department. Generally, some battle cases are purposefully selected and handed over to Liu Shang's department for processing.The news releases related to the Liaodong War published in Haihan's domestic newspapers were basically reviewed and edited by Liu Shang, and then sent back to China for publication.
As for the versions performed by the storytellers in teahouses and restaurants, they are basically provided by the propaganda department, and then the storytellers write and process them themselves.Liu Shang was previously discovered by the officials of the Propaganda Department from teahouses because he was good at making up stories. He had his own way of processing real battle cases into exciting stories. However, the limited information provided by the military, whether it was timeliness or detail, It is difficult to meet Liu Shang's needs.Of course he understands that the military has the obligation to keep military secrets, and this kind of thing cannot be forced, but since he has the opportunity to learn about the frontline battle situation from other channels, he doesn't want to miss it.
But Liu Shang wanted to find out about the battle situation on the front line of North Korea in Ximang, but he was looking for the wrong person. The Portuguese fleet had never sailed into the Yalu River since Jianghua Island set off. combat progress.What Simao knew was that the coalition fleet had established a temporary stronghold on the upper reaches of the Yalu River, and had formed a confrontation with the Qing army.
Of course, based on Liu Shang's understanding of the military, more information can be deduced from this.For example, the current battle intensity between the navy and the Qing army in the upper reaches of the Yalu River is not great, otherwise the Portuguese would not be allowed to fight guerrilla warfare on the Liaodong coastline so leisurely; The task of robbing the Han people will be entrusted to the Portuguese. At least this task will be entrusted to the Fujian Navy, which should save a lot of trouble in communication, and may even attract more Han people to flee voluntarily.
In fact, Tom Wang has not considered Liu Shang's idea, but the Fujian Navy has already gone deep into the upper reaches of the Yalu River. If they want to arrange a defense change with the Portuguese fleet, it will take two or three days to complete the defense handover.Moreover, the Portuguese were transferred to serve as sentries in the Yalu River, and the Fujian Navy was transferred to the outside to perform lucrative tasks.So Wang Tom simply made the mistake and handed over the mission of the raid to Simao's fleet.Although the actual effect of disrupting the social order in the Qing ruled area may not be comparable to that of the Fujian navy, at least the two allies will not have much objection to this arrangement, and the average harvest of hundreds of people per day can be considered a pass.
Of course, these military arrangements will not have any explanation to the outside world. Liu Shang couldn't understand the mystery of this for a while, and could only understand it as a special deployment by the military boss for another purpose.Fortunately, Simao did not deliberately conceal anything about the recent progress of the Portuguese fleet. Maybe it was because of his drunkenness, or maybe he planned to brag about his achievements in front of Haihan officials. He introduced it to Liu Shang in detail. He explained how he commanded troops to rush left and right on the five hundred-mile-long Liaodong coastline, causing chaos in the local military and politics.
Simao is not entirely bragging. In the short few days since the Portuguese fleet attacked, they have already attacked more than ten villages and towns in the Qing Dynasty-occupied area on the coast of Liaodong, killing and injuring hundreds of people. They rescued more than [-] Han refugees, and robbed them of money and food along the way, and the results were quite fruitful.The Portuguese only suffered five deaths and twelve injuries during this period. In Simao's view, compared with the gains from the operation, this loss is almost negligible.
"If your country could have allowed our fleet to enter the northern waters to coordinate operations a year or two earlier, maybe the Qing Dynasty would not have had the idea of going south from the Korean Peninsula at all."
Simao killed most of the two bottles of wine on the table by himself. His face was flushed at the moment, but his mind was still clear, but when he analyzed the current situation, he couldn't help but start to speak unrestrainedly: "With the strength of our fleet , can completely block the Yalu River all the year round, and completely cut off the Qing army’s idea of invading North Korea. At that time, your army will advance from Jinzhou to the northeast, and our army will advance from the Yalu River to the northwest. I believe that the entire Liaodong Peninsula will be captured soon, and the sword will be pointed at Shenyang. city!"
Although Liu Shang is a civil servant, he is not military blind. Hearing this, he couldn't help but shook his head and objected: "General Ximang's words are wrong. If your country's fleet wants to block the Yalu River all the year round, it must have a logistics base in the Yalu River Basin. But North Korea may not be willing to cooperate, and Jinzhou is too far away, can it be possible to keep the fleet running just by looting supplies from the territory of the Qing Dynasty?"
Simao was stunned, and felt that what Liu Shang said was reasonable, so he threw out another plan: "Then I can also follow your country's example, first lead the fleet to go outside the capital of North Korea, and force them to also cooperate with our country. Form an alliance, and this will solve the problem!"
Liu Shang smiled and said nothing. The main reason why the Koreans are willing to form an alliance with Haihan is that Haihan is also a Han regime, and there is no great resistance to North Korea.It is not that the Han regime wants to force North Korea to surrender. The most typical example is the current Qing Dynasty. Even if North Korea knows that it is invincible, it is still unwilling to bow its head and form an alliance with it.If the Portuguese wanted to follow Haihan's original approach, it would be difficult to achieve the same effect.
Of course, the Portuguese can also copy the routines they used to open up sea routes and build colonies in other areas of the earth, but this area already has Haihan, a strong colonial power, and Portugal wants to operate a trading port of its own. Or colonies, it is basically impossible, and they can only rely on Haihan to open up sea routes and business relations.
When the two were talking, one of Liu Shang's subordinates came in in a panic to report the news. After listening to the meal, Liu Shang didn't bother to eat, and confessed to Xi Mang: "Something happened in the refugee camp. It seems that there is a conflict between the refugees, I have to go and have a look, excuse me!"
Hearing this, Simao put down the wine glass in his hand and stood up: "Let's go together. If there is any situation, I still have hundreds of people here who can be dispatched at any time."
The current temporary camp for refugees on the island is the barracks of the One Thousand Shang Kexi Department. After Haihan took over the place, he carried out simple renovations, and the current capacity to accommodate about a thousand people.When Liu Shang landed on the island yesterday, the number of refugees on the island had actually exceeded the capacity to accommodate them, so Liu Shang was in a hurry to arrange to transport some refugees back to Jinzhou for resettlement.
The security of this temporary refugee camp on the island is maintained by the army company stationed on the island, but in a place like this that lacks formal social organization, it is very common for refugees to fight for living conditions or for other reasons.Moreover, the Portuguese often "pack" people back in units of villages and towns. It is also common for these refugees to huddle together to keep warm in unfamiliar environments. Once a fight occurs, it can easily turn into a large-scale gang fight.So as soon as Liu Shang heard that there was a disturbance in the refugee camp, he didn't have the heart to chat with Simao anymore.
When Liu Shang arrived at the refugee camp, the garrison had already intervened on the scene, isolating a barracks where the situation occurred from the outside world, and ordered all the refugees in the camp to return to the house immediately, otherwise they would all be charged with creating a rebellion.The situation has been basically brought under control, and all that remains is to find out what happened and deal with the relevant personnel.
Seeing Liu Shang's arrival, the officer in charge of calming the chaos at the scene briefly explained the situation to him.In fact, the situation is very simple. A refugee family who just landed on the island today had a quarrel with another family that had been on the island for three days because of food distribution, and then a gang fight broke out.Although the participants were basically bare-handed and did not have any lethal weapons, several people were beaten with bloody heads and broken hands and legs.Fortunately, the garrison arrived in time to separate the two groups of people who were fighting, and no one was killed in the end.
In fact, this kind of thing happens almost every day in the refugee camp. It is nothing more than the difference in the scale of the fight. Liu Shang didn't have any special reaction after hearing it, but said lightly: "There is still strength to fight, it seems that I am still too full Already! Starting tomorrow, the food supply for all those who participated in the brawl will be halved! Also, arrange them to do the most tiring work, since they are full of energy, then put it to good use!"
Simao responded from the side: "Don't Mr. Liu plan to punish the perpetrator severely?"
Liu Shang shook his head and said: "These refugees have just arrived, and their hearts are unstable. If they are dealt with too severely, it may affect other people's confidence in Haihan. Punishment must be punished, but we must pay attention to the method and method. We need their labor. Physical labor to change their mentality, that's how I handle it."
(End of this chapter)