Chapter 2395
Chapter 2395
Chapter 2395
A few days later, refugees who fled into Dengzhou from Jinan Prefecture and other places brought the latest news about the fighting situation.The Qing army has now ended its looting operations against Jinan Prefecture and other places, and the main force has now crossed the river and retreated northward.However, because the Qing army looted a large amount of supplies and hundreds of thousands of people in the Shandong area, it was not easy for the Qing army to return to the outside of the customs with so many spoils, and the marching speed was very slow.
The Ming army did not completely sit back and watch the enemy take away the wealth and dolls that originally belonged to Ming. They tried to block the Qing army by relying on the defense line that had been established in Dezhou, but their performance on the battlefield was no better than that of the Qing army. No matter how much it was improved when going south, it was still unable to compete head-on with the Qing cavalry in the field.
After a few battles, the Ming army, unable to bear the casualties, once again shrunk the front line, turning the blocking war into a defensive war again.However, it is obviously impossible to build a dense enough fence to stop the Qing army just by relying on multiple city strongholds that are far apart.And the rout of soldiers and bandit mobs who took the opportunity to cause chaos caused the area that the Qing army had just withdrawn to suffer a second round of looting.
The areas affected by the war have formed several uninhabited areas with a radius of hundreds of miles due to the massive loss of population.The social production in these places has completely stagnated, and there are no ready-made materials for people to live there. Therefore, even the people who escaped the war by chance have to leave the place to escape in order to survive.Therefore, after the war came to an end, the number of people fleeing from the war zone did not decrease significantly. On the contrary, a large number of people also fled from neighboring areas due to the impact of refugees.
And if refugees want to return to their hometown immediately at this time, they are likely to face months of lack of food and clothing, as well as a completely disordered social environment, which may be even more dangerous than fleeing.
But in any case, the retreat of the Qing army was finally good news. After hearing the news, many refugees chose to temporarily stop fleeing and wait and see how the situation would develop.Even though Zhaoyuan County no longer provides relief for refugees, many people still want to wait for news in a place closer to their hometown, so that they can return home as soon as possible.
"If there is no way to evacuate these refugees, the bark in Zhaoyuan County will almost be stripped!" Sun Zhen looked worriedly at the growing refugee area outside the county, and couldn't help expressing emotion.
Gong Shiqi responded: "At present, if these people don't get hungry, they won't leave Zhaoyuan County. We don't have any extra food to help them, so let's wait and see what happens!"
Neither the Zhaoyuan County Government nor the Haihan Army has been able to provide enough food to relieve the refugees in the area.Now, let alone the fish in the small river next to the county seat, even the shrimp, crabs and snails have been touched clean by the hungry refugees.Within twenty miles of the county seat, as long as it is a place that people can go to, no bird's nest or rabbit hole will be spared.
The military doctors accompanying the team have treated many unlucky ghosts who broke their hands and feet when digging out bird nests from trees. In addition, there are also those who eat wild vegetables and get food poisoning, and those who go fishing in the river and accidentally drown. In short, those who appeared in search of food Injuries and illnesses are also rising with the increase in the number of local refugees.
Sun Zhen had no doubt that if this continued for a few more days, some hungry people would take the lead in making trouble.In fact, there are already signs of this. In the past few days, many nearby villages have been robbed by refugees, and people have even died in some places.
At present, these unorganized refugees can only act sporadically. Even if they want to rob the village, they will often fail due to their weak power.But if there are some commanding figures, it will not be too difficult to coerce the irrational people.
Therefore, Sun Zhen has also increased the frequency of patrols in the refugee area in recent days, making the refugees realize that although the local government closed the city gate and did nothing, there are still other armed forces in Zhaoyuan County maintaining law and order. Those who make trouble had better first weigh whether they can beat the Haihan army.
But how to drive these refugees who are still waiting to see the situation to Fushan County, Sun and Gong have not thought of a better way so far.If force is used to expel the refugees, they are worried that it will backfire, causing the already emotionally unstable people to fear the consequences of going to Fukuyama County, so they flee in other directions.
And in Fushan County, hundreds of miles away, hundreds of refugees are boarding more than ten large ships docked at the port.These Yugong-class sailing ships are large ships specially used to carry goods and people, and each ship can carry at least nearly 300 people.However, when there are more people on board, the endurance at sea will naturally be greatly affected. During the return journey, these ships must complete one or two shore replenishment on the way, otherwise the fresh water and food on board will be in a hurry.
Yugong-class sailboats, which belong to heavy cargo ships, are rarely sent to the north to perform transportation tasks, because if there is not enough cargo to fill the cabin, the income from sea transportation will inevitably be greatly reduced, and the current scale of sea trade in the north is basically not enough. Board the Yugong-class sailboat.But this time they came with a full cabin, and the ships were loaded with all kinds of survival supplies that Fukuyama County urgently needed. On the return trip, the refugees were loaded into the cargo hold and brought back.
This batch of Yugong-class sailboats that arrived at Zhifu Port are all affiliated to the state-owned shipping company under the jurisdiction of Zhoushan Dinghai Port, and the supplies they sent are all from the official treasury of Dinghai Port.As for the refugees who were picked up, their future settlements will probably be the Zhoushan Islands centered on Dinghai Port.
The appearance of these large ships is undoubtedly a relief for the refugees who are about to go overseas. Although they still don't know where they will be sent to resettle, seeing these large ships with uniform standards at least shows that Haihan is serious. Regarding this matter, and there is no sea-going ship of this size in the north, it can also reflect Haihan's strength in navigation and transportation from the side.Since Haihan has the national strength to build these large ships and send them all the way to Shandong to pick up the refugees, it shouldn't be a big problem to realize the resettlement conditions mentioned repeatedly by the Haihan people.
As for the food and various supplies unloaded from these ships, Haihan also deliberately piled them up into hills on the pier to show the abundance of supplies.
The colonial ports of Taipei, Kaohsiung, and Penghu, which are farther away than Zhoushan Dinghai Port, have also dispatched their own fleets, but due to the distance, it will be a few days later to arrive here.Most of the several colonies in Taiwan have labor-intensive industries such as plantations. The demand for population is long-standing. Even if all the refugees in Shandong are handed over to them, they should be able to digest them. It is nothing more than what is needed for transportation and resettlement. Just a little longer.
Due to the limitations of many objective conditions, the speed of the local expansion of the refugee camp has not been accelerated by the increase in manpower. However, since there is already a steady stream of transport capacity from other places, the refugees finally have a channel to transfer out in large numbers. Chen Yixin is also Not as anxious as before.
And Haihan's proper handling of the refugee wave also gave those wealthy businessmen and dignitaries temporarily living in Fushan County a new understanding of Haihan's strength. It is a big disaster, because no prefecture or county alone can carry and accommodate such a large population, but the Haihan people have done it almost perfectly.
Thousands of refugees come to Fushan County every day, and they are quickly diverted into dozens of refugee camps set up locally under guidance.They will be given rations and shelter to survive, and learn to abide by the various "rules" made by Haihan in the refugee camp.As for whether these refugees choose to sign a contract with Haihan as laborers, or voluntarily accept the resettlement measures to go overseas, the wealthy businessmen and dignitaries will not mind the methods Haihan uses in the process.
In their view, this is already an act of kindness by the Haihan people, doing what the local government should have been responsible for, and taking in these refugees at a considerable risk.Just like when they came to Fushan County to take refuge, they paid a lot of money to the Haihan people in exchange for the current treatment. It is only natural that these people want to rely on Haihan's help to survive.
As for whether the Haihan people's doing so would be detrimental to Daming, most people don't think so.Haihan really wanted to harm Daming, so he didn't have to do anything, just sit back and watch, and it wouldn't take long before refugees from all over the place would start rioting in order to survive.At that time, the chaos in Shandong will only increase. At that time, if the Haihan people want to do something, the government will be powerless to stop them.
Although Shandong was invaded by the Qing army is a catastrophe, but how to resolve this crisis, the Haihan people have provided them with a good choice, and they even have the opportunity to quickly restore themselves in this war by cooperating with Haihan. economic loss in.
The chamber of commerce proposed by Chen Yixin finally reached a consensus after several rounds of public and private discussions.One day in March, Chen Yixin held a secret meeting in Majiazhuang, gathered wealthy businessmen and dignitaries who wanted to join the chamber of commerce, and held a simple establishment ceremony.
"Shanhaihui is a chamber of commerce, but in addition to providing opportunities for you, it is also a strong backing for you. If you need any help, you can release information through Shanhaihui. We will try our best to help you solve the problems you encounter." Chen Yixin opened the article with clarity, pointing out the nature of this special commercial organization. Apart from doing business, this organization can also have many other functions.
Someone asked: "General Chen, if you are short of money, can you ask the chamber of commerce for help?"
Chen Yixin replied without hesitation: "Of course! If you encounter difficulties in turnover, you can ask the chamber of commerce for help. We will give you loans according to your actual situation. Please remember that if you can solve the problem with money, then It's not a problem at all."
Everyone here smiled knowingly when they heard the words. If they had only heard about the prosperity of Haihan Kingdom in the past, then after living in Fushan County for so long, they already had a clear understanding of it.
Among other things, the infrastructure project that they can feel immediately after entering Fushan County is a level that they have never seen elsewhere.The official roads, wharves, and markets here are all built with a standard far superior to that of Daming, and the cost of these projects is obviously not a level that the local government of Daming can afford.
Those large sailing fleets coming from far south also made them realize that in addition to a powerful naval fleet, Haihan also possesses a strong maritime capacity.These fleets can transport hundreds of thousands of catties of grain from the south at one time, and then transport thousands of people from Zhifu Port. Naturally, such a transportation capacity will cost a lot of money to build.
Although the people present here are considered well-to-do families in their respective hometowns, at most they donate some money to repair bridges and roads in the countryside, or they have a few cargo ships running inland rivers under their names, and they are in Fushan County with Haihan. Compared with his demeanor, it is a world of difference.Chen Yixin said that problems that can be solved with money are not considered problems. Even if everyone disagrees with this point of view, they will not doubt that Haihan people can really achieve this level.
Chen Yixin went on to say: "Every member of the Shanhaihui will be regarded as a partner of our country in the future. You are both a distributor and a supplier. Two-way trade will make it easier for you to make money. In the future, production from all over Shandong will It can be shipped overseas through the local Zhifu Port, and you can also enjoy various products from the south at your doorstep. Countless merchants in the south have become wealthy and powerful through this type of trade. It will appear in Shandong soon."
Zhen Lang, a big landlord in Qingzhou, asked: "I heard that your country's partners in the south can even buy weapons from you. Is this true?"
Chen Yixin nodded slightly and said: "It seems that Boss Zhen is very concerned about the news of our country recently! Yes, it is indeed true. We are happy to assist our partners in forming private armed forces, and we can provide weapons and equipment to train soldiers Service. Of course, this special cooperation is not open to everyone. Only those who have in-depth cooperation with our country and have closely related interests can get this cooperation opportunity. If Boss Zhen is interested, we can discuss this in private .”
Regarding the selection of military partners, today's Haihan has stricter standards, and no cat or dog is eligible to participate.And this topic is more sensitive, and Chen Yixin didn't want to discuss it openly on this occasion, so he just briefly mentioned it.Those who are really interested in this will naturally ask him for details in private.
In fact, most of these dignitaries hired martial artists to guard their homes, but after they came to Fushan County and saw the style of the Majia militia, many people, including Zhen Lang, felt envious and moved to form their own private armed forces. thought.However, the Majia Militia was organized according to the establishment and standards of the Golden Shield Escort, and its cost and equipment were far from comparable to ordinary militias. Without Haihan's support, it would have been impossible. So Zhen Lang also took this opportunity to test Chen Yixin's attitude. See if there is any possibility of cooperation.
(End of this chapter)
A few days later, refugees who fled into Dengzhou from Jinan Prefecture and other places brought the latest news about the fighting situation.The Qing army has now ended its looting operations against Jinan Prefecture and other places, and the main force has now crossed the river and retreated northward.However, because the Qing army looted a large amount of supplies and hundreds of thousands of people in the Shandong area, it was not easy for the Qing army to return to the outside of the customs with so many spoils, and the marching speed was very slow.
The Ming army did not completely sit back and watch the enemy take away the wealth and dolls that originally belonged to Ming. They tried to block the Qing army by relying on the defense line that had been established in Dezhou, but their performance on the battlefield was no better than that of the Qing army. No matter how much it was improved when going south, it was still unable to compete head-on with the Qing cavalry in the field.
After a few battles, the Ming army, unable to bear the casualties, once again shrunk the front line, turning the blocking war into a defensive war again.However, it is obviously impossible to build a dense enough fence to stop the Qing army just by relying on multiple city strongholds that are far apart.And the rout of soldiers and bandit mobs who took the opportunity to cause chaos caused the area that the Qing army had just withdrawn to suffer a second round of looting.
The areas affected by the war have formed several uninhabited areas with a radius of hundreds of miles due to the massive loss of population.The social production in these places has completely stagnated, and there are no ready-made materials for people to live there. Therefore, even the people who escaped the war by chance have to leave the place to escape in order to survive.Therefore, after the war came to an end, the number of people fleeing from the war zone did not decrease significantly. On the contrary, a large number of people also fled from neighboring areas due to the impact of refugees.
And if refugees want to return to their hometown immediately at this time, they are likely to face months of lack of food and clothing, as well as a completely disordered social environment, which may be even more dangerous than fleeing.
But in any case, the retreat of the Qing army was finally good news. After hearing the news, many refugees chose to temporarily stop fleeing and wait and see how the situation would develop.Even though Zhaoyuan County no longer provides relief for refugees, many people still want to wait for news in a place closer to their hometown, so that they can return home as soon as possible.
"If there is no way to evacuate these refugees, the bark in Zhaoyuan County will almost be stripped!" Sun Zhen looked worriedly at the growing refugee area outside the county, and couldn't help expressing emotion.
Gong Shiqi responded: "At present, if these people don't get hungry, they won't leave Zhaoyuan County. We don't have any extra food to help them, so let's wait and see what happens!"
Neither the Zhaoyuan County Government nor the Haihan Army has been able to provide enough food to relieve the refugees in the area.Now, let alone the fish in the small river next to the county seat, even the shrimp, crabs and snails have been touched clean by the hungry refugees.Within twenty miles of the county seat, as long as it is a place that people can go to, no bird's nest or rabbit hole will be spared.
The military doctors accompanying the team have treated many unlucky ghosts who broke their hands and feet when digging out bird nests from trees. In addition, there are also those who eat wild vegetables and get food poisoning, and those who go fishing in the river and accidentally drown. In short, those who appeared in search of food Injuries and illnesses are also rising with the increase in the number of local refugees.
Sun Zhen had no doubt that if this continued for a few more days, some hungry people would take the lead in making trouble.In fact, there are already signs of this. In the past few days, many nearby villages have been robbed by refugees, and people have even died in some places.
At present, these unorganized refugees can only act sporadically. Even if they want to rob the village, they will often fail due to their weak power.But if there are some commanding figures, it will not be too difficult to coerce the irrational people.
Therefore, Sun Zhen has also increased the frequency of patrols in the refugee area in recent days, making the refugees realize that although the local government closed the city gate and did nothing, there are still other armed forces in Zhaoyuan County maintaining law and order. Those who make trouble had better first weigh whether they can beat the Haihan army.
But how to drive these refugees who are still waiting to see the situation to Fushan County, Sun and Gong have not thought of a better way so far.If force is used to expel the refugees, they are worried that it will backfire, causing the already emotionally unstable people to fear the consequences of going to Fukuyama County, so they flee in other directions.
And in Fushan County, hundreds of miles away, hundreds of refugees are boarding more than ten large ships docked at the port.These Yugong-class sailing ships are large ships specially used to carry goods and people, and each ship can carry at least nearly 300 people.However, when there are more people on board, the endurance at sea will naturally be greatly affected. During the return journey, these ships must complete one or two shore replenishment on the way, otherwise the fresh water and food on board will be in a hurry.
Yugong-class sailboats, which belong to heavy cargo ships, are rarely sent to the north to perform transportation tasks, because if there is not enough cargo to fill the cabin, the income from sea transportation will inevitably be greatly reduced, and the current scale of sea trade in the north is basically not enough. Board the Yugong-class sailboat.But this time they came with a full cabin, and the ships were loaded with all kinds of survival supplies that Fukuyama County urgently needed. On the return trip, the refugees were loaded into the cargo hold and brought back.
This batch of Yugong-class sailboats that arrived at Zhifu Port are all affiliated to the state-owned shipping company under the jurisdiction of Zhoushan Dinghai Port, and the supplies they sent are all from the official treasury of Dinghai Port.As for the refugees who were picked up, their future settlements will probably be the Zhoushan Islands centered on Dinghai Port.
The appearance of these large ships is undoubtedly a relief for the refugees who are about to go overseas. Although they still don't know where they will be sent to resettle, seeing these large ships with uniform standards at least shows that Haihan is serious. Regarding this matter, and there is no sea-going ship of this size in the north, it can also reflect Haihan's strength in navigation and transportation from the side.Since Haihan has the national strength to build these large ships and send them all the way to Shandong to pick up the refugees, it shouldn't be a big problem to realize the resettlement conditions mentioned repeatedly by the Haihan people.
As for the food and various supplies unloaded from these ships, Haihan also deliberately piled them up into hills on the pier to show the abundance of supplies.
The colonial ports of Taipei, Kaohsiung, and Penghu, which are farther away than Zhoushan Dinghai Port, have also dispatched their own fleets, but due to the distance, it will be a few days later to arrive here.Most of the several colonies in Taiwan have labor-intensive industries such as plantations. The demand for population is long-standing. Even if all the refugees in Shandong are handed over to them, they should be able to digest them. It is nothing more than what is needed for transportation and resettlement. Just a little longer.
Due to the limitations of many objective conditions, the speed of the local expansion of the refugee camp has not been accelerated by the increase in manpower. However, since there is already a steady stream of transport capacity from other places, the refugees finally have a channel to transfer out in large numbers. Chen Yixin is also Not as anxious as before.
And Haihan's proper handling of the refugee wave also gave those wealthy businessmen and dignitaries temporarily living in Fushan County a new understanding of Haihan's strength. It is a big disaster, because no prefecture or county alone can carry and accommodate such a large population, but the Haihan people have done it almost perfectly.
Thousands of refugees come to Fushan County every day, and they are quickly diverted into dozens of refugee camps set up locally under guidance.They will be given rations and shelter to survive, and learn to abide by the various "rules" made by Haihan in the refugee camp.As for whether these refugees choose to sign a contract with Haihan as laborers, or voluntarily accept the resettlement measures to go overseas, the wealthy businessmen and dignitaries will not mind the methods Haihan uses in the process.
In their view, this is already an act of kindness by the Haihan people, doing what the local government should have been responsible for, and taking in these refugees at a considerable risk.Just like when they came to Fushan County to take refuge, they paid a lot of money to the Haihan people in exchange for the current treatment. It is only natural that these people want to rely on Haihan's help to survive.
As for whether the Haihan people's doing so would be detrimental to Daming, most people don't think so.Haihan really wanted to harm Daming, so he didn't have to do anything, just sit back and watch, and it wouldn't take long before refugees from all over the place would start rioting in order to survive.At that time, the chaos in Shandong will only increase. At that time, if the Haihan people want to do something, the government will be powerless to stop them.
Although Shandong was invaded by the Qing army is a catastrophe, but how to resolve this crisis, the Haihan people have provided them with a good choice, and they even have the opportunity to quickly restore themselves in this war by cooperating with Haihan. economic loss in.
The chamber of commerce proposed by Chen Yixin finally reached a consensus after several rounds of public and private discussions.One day in March, Chen Yixin held a secret meeting in Majiazhuang, gathered wealthy businessmen and dignitaries who wanted to join the chamber of commerce, and held a simple establishment ceremony.
"Shanhaihui is a chamber of commerce, but in addition to providing opportunities for you, it is also a strong backing for you. If you need any help, you can release information through Shanhaihui. We will try our best to help you solve the problems you encounter." Chen Yixin opened the article with clarity, pointing out the nature of this special commercial organization. Apart from doing business, this organization can also have many other functions.
Someone asked: "General Chen, if you are short of money, can you ask the chamber of commerce for help?"
Chen Yixin replied without hesitation: "Of course! If you encounter difficulties in turnover, you can ask the chamber of commerce for help. We will give you loans according to your actual situation. Please remember that if you can solve the problem with money, then It's not a problem at all."
Everyone here smiled knowingly when they heard the words. If they had only heard about the prosperity of Haihan Kingdom in the past, then after living in Fushan County for so long, they already had a clear understanding of it.
Among other things, the infrastructure project that they can feel immediately after entering Fushan County is a level that they have never seen elsewhere.The official roads, wharves, and markets here are all built with a standard far superior to that of Daming, and the cost of these projects is obviously not a level that the local government of Daming can afford.
Those large sailing fleets coming from far south also made them realize that in addition to a powerful naval fleet, Haihan also possesses a strong maritime capacity.These fleets can transport hundreds of thousands of catties of grain from the south at one time, and then transport thousands of people from Zhifu Port. Naturally, such a transportation capacity will cost a lot of money to build.
Although the people present here are considered well-to-do families in their respective hometowns, at most they donate some money to repair bridges and roads in the countryside, or they have a few cargo ships running inland rivers under their names, and they are in Fushan County with Haihan. Compared with his demeanor, it is a world of difference.Chen Yixin said that problems that can be solved with money are not considered problems. Even if everyone disagrees with this point of view, they will not doubt that Haihan people can really achieve this level.
Chen Yixin went on to say: "Every member of the Shanhaihui will be regarded as a partner of our country in the future. You are both a distributor and a supplier. Two-way trade will make it easier for you to make money. In the future, production from all over Shandong will It can be shipped overseas through the local Zhifu Port, and you can also enjoy various products from the south at your doorstep. Countless merchants in the south have become wealthy and powerful through this type of trade. It will appear in Shandong soon."
Zhen Lang, a big landlord in Qingzhou, asked: "I heard that your country's partners in the south can even buy weapons from you. Is this true?"
Chen Yixin nodded slightly and said: "It seems that Boss Zhen is very concerned about the news of our country recently! Yes, it is indeed true. We are happy to assist our partners in forming private armed forces, and we can provide weapons and equipment to train soldiers Service. Of course, this special cooperation is not open to everyone. Only those who have in-depth cooperation with our country and have closely related interests can get this cooperation opportunity. If Boss Zhen is interested, we can discuss this in private .”
Regarding the selection of military partners, today's Haihan has stricter standards, and no cat or dog is eligible to participate.And this topic is more sensitive, and Chen Yixin didn't want to discuss it openly on this occasion, so he just briefly mentioned it.Those who are really interested in this will naturally ask him for details in private.
In fact, most of these dignitaries hired martial artists to guard their homes, but after they came to Fushan County and saw the style of the Majia militia, many people, including Zhen Lang, felt envious and moved to form their own private armed forces. thought.However, the Majia Militia was organized according to the establishment and standards of the Golden Shield Escort, and its cost and equipment were far from comparable to ordinary militias. Without Haihan's support, it would have been impossible. So Zhen Lang also took this opportunity to test Chen Yixin's attitude. See if there is any possibility of cooperation.
(End of this chapter)