Chapter 3068
Chapter 3068
The area of Jinshan City, with the port area at its core, is not too large, with a radius of only a few miles.The outskirts of the urban area are full of farmland and fenced pastures, and there is nothing to do when you go out.It only took Aragones a day to go around the city.
If he were to manage this place by himself, Aragones thought he would not be able to build such a small coastal city with the same efficiency.But for him, what was even more frightening was that Haihan was able to spare resources and manpower to organize an armed fleet to conquer new territory in the south while building the city.
The local people are not surprised by the large number of Hispanic immigrants brought back from the South. The victory of the Haihan Army is a matter of course for them. In the eyes of the local people, these Western immigrants who were taken back to Jinshan Bay are nothing more than The spoils of this war.
Constantly expanding their territory and annexing resource origins and geographical key points of other continents, this is the colonization method of European maritime powers, but Haihan is obviously better at this. It has only been four years since he set foot in North America. With such impressive results, over time, the areas controlled by Spain in Central and North America will probably be hit one after another.
Can the Viceroyalty of New Spain in Mexico stop Haihan's armed fleet?Aragones didn't even have the slightest confidence in this.In his opinion, when Haihan goes south again, the local troops will probably repeat what happened to DeSantis.
But as a defeated man, Aragones is obviously powerless to change this situation. Since he has chosen the path of self-protection, he can only continue walking along this path.In the current situation, seeking a better resettlement environment for oneself is the top priority.
After waiting patiently for two days, Aragones was finally summoned by Wang Tom.But the civil affairs official who was traveling with him told him that the meeting time Tom Wang set aside for him was very short, so try to keep the story short so as not to delay the precious opportunity.
Tom Wang is not putting on airs, he is really busy.Jinshan Port is not a big place, but he has to deal with all matters big and small. Every day, reviewing documents and holding meetings to deal with government affairs takes up a lot of time. He also has to meet with people from all walks of life and subordinates. Work arrangements are often arranged in advance. The day is full.
When Aragones arrived, there were still several people lined up outside Tom Wang's office, so he had to wait patiently.Fortunately, these people didn't stay for long after they went in, and it was his turn soon.
What surprised Aragones was that this high-ranking official who was obviously Han Chinese could speak Spanish, which saved the trouble of needing a translator to communicate.
"I heard that you have some opinions on our placement? Tell me about your request!" Tom Wang didn't intend to waste time greeting Aragones, and asked straight to the point.
Aragones remembered the instructions of the civil affairs officials, so he didn't dare to go around in circles at the moment, and quickly responded: "My lord, Sir Morgan of your country promised to allocate land to me for building a farm, but after arriving at Jinshan Port, there is no Allocating enough hired workers to me, I think this is a very unreasonable arrangement."
Wang Tom said: "We hope that the new immigrants can manage the allocated land on a household basis. Maybe you should take your family to learn how to do farm work."
Aragones naturally dissatisfied: "But in San Diego Bay, there are more than 2000 people working for me. It was your country who claimed to protect my interests, so I chose to cooperate and gave up San Diego Bay to come here!"
Wang Tom said: "Those people are not your personal property, and they are not within the scope of protection we promised. If you want to find someone to work for you, then pay to hire them."
Aragones said anxiously: "You guys are breaking your promise!"
Tom Wang shook his head slightly and said, "I don't think you have figured out why you came here."
Aragones responded angrily: "Of course it's because we are inferior in skills and can't beat the Haihan Army on the battlefield!"
Wang Tom continued to shake his head and said: "That's not the point... We let you settle in Jinshan Bay, hoping to let the Spaniards in San Diego Bay know that as long as we cooperate with our country, even former officials can have a chance to be a new man." .”
"But if you don't cherish such an opportunity, then I don't mind letting all the Spaniards who come to settle in Jinshan Bay know how we will deal with those who don't want to cooperate!"
Aragones couldn't help shivering when he heard this. Although the other party's words were not in a tone, he smelled danger from it.
Aragones argued: "I am not unwilling to cooperate, I just want to seek reasonable treatment."
Wang Tom said: "As the victor, we didn't take away your property, slaughter your family, and degrade you as slaves and send you to the mines as coolies. Instead, we respected you, allocated land to you, and exempted you from taxes... If you think this kind of treatment is not reasonable enough, then I can only send you to stay with the prisoners of war, maybe they will tell you how precious everything you have now is!"
Aragones' treatment was obtained by selling his own fleet. If he was allowed to stay with the prisoners of war, he might be torn to pieces by angry people on the spot.
He was far from losing his mind, and of course he could tell which was more serious. Seeing Tom Wang's bad tone, he didn't dare to say any more, so he got up and left.
Wang Tom said: "If you really don't want to run a farm, you can also do business in the urban area, but if you choose to settle in the urban area, the land we allocated to you elsewhere will be taken back. You should think about it carefully, and then let the civil affairs officer arrange it for you. "
Aragones thought to himself, then you have to hire talents from outside to run a business. What is the essential difference between this and running a farm?But he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he had to say that he would go back and discuss with his family, and then left the office.
On the way back to the hotel, Aragones was also thinking about another way proposed by Wang Tom.
Staying in the urban area for development and doing business as the direction should be better than reclaiming wasteland and farming, but it is also a feasible way out.But he doesn't know the local language and lacks contacts. What kind of business can he do?
He wandered around the city two days ago and saw many shops in the area.However, the rice noodles, oilcloths, pots and pans, chicken, duck and fish sold in the shops all have to be sourced. Where can I buy the goods, which obviously doesn't work.
Moreover, these businesses earn only pocket money. After all, he is from a seafaring family. Several generations of his family have worked overseas, so he has no interest in this kind of small business.
Aragones actually had two merchant ships under his name. A month ago, he delivered goods to the south and asked for rescue soldiers. He happened to miss DeSantis' fleet at sea.Counting the time, it should be on the way back now.
Perhaps after the two ships returned to San Diego Bay from Mexico, they could ask the Haihan people to get them back, and then resume their old business and continue to travel by sea.
But with the Haihan people's behavior, whether they can return the two boats to themselves, and more importantly, whether they can allow themselves to sail the boats, seems to be uncertain.
If he were to manage this place by himself, Aragones thought he would not be able to build such a small coastal city with the same efficiency.But for him, what was even more frightening was that Haihan was able to spare resources and manpower to organize an armed fleet to conquer new territory in the south while building the city.
The local people are not surprised by the large number of Hispanic immigrants brought back from the South. The victory of the Haihan Army is a matter of course for them. In the eyes of the local people, these Western immigrants who were taken back to Jinshan Bay are nothing more than The spoils of this war.
Constantly expanding their territory and annexing resource origins and geographical key points of other continents, this is the colonization method of European maritime powers, but Haihan is obviously better at this. It has only been four years since he set foot in North America. With such impressive results, over time, the areas controlled by Spain in Central and North America will probably be hit one after another.
Can the Viceroyalty of New Spain in Mexico stop Haihan's armed fleet?Aragones didn't even have the slightest confidence in this.In his opinion, when Haihan goes south again, the local troops will probably repeat what happened to DeSantis.
But as a defeated man, Aragones is obviously powerless to change this situation. Since he has chosen the path of self-protection, he can only continue walking along this path.In the current situation, seeking a better resettlement environment for oneself is the top priority.
After waiting patiently for two days, Aragones was finally summoned by Wang Tom.But the civil affairs official who was traveling with him told him that the meeting time Tom Wang set aside for him was very short, so try to keep the story short so as not to delay the precious opportunity.
Tom Wang is not putting on airs, he is really busy.Jinshan Port is not a big place, but he has to deal with all matters big and small. Every day, reviewing documents and holding meetings to deal with government affairs takes up a lot of time. He also has to meet with people from all walks of life and subordinates. Work arrangements are often arranged in advance. The day is full.
When Aragones arrived, there were still several people lined up outside Tom Wang's office, so he had to wait patiently.Fortunately, these people didn't stay for long after they went in, and it was his turn soon.
What surprised Aragones was that this high-ranking official who was obviously Han Chinese could speak Spanish, which saved the trouble of needing a translator to communicate.
"I heard that you have some opinions on our placement? Tell me about your request!" Tom Wang didn't intend to waste time greeting Aragones, and asked straight to the point.
Aragones remembered the instructions of the civil affairs officials, so he didn't dare to go around in circles at the moment, and quickly responded: "My lord, Sir Morgan of your country promised to allocate land to me for building a farm, but after arriving at Jinshan Port, there is no Allocating enough hired workers to me, I think this is a very unreasonable arrangement."
Wang Tom said: "We hope that the new immigrants can manage the allocated land on a household basis. Maybe you should take your family to learn how to do farm work."
Aragones naturally dissatisfied: "But in San Diego Bay, there are more than 2000 people working for me. It was your country who claimed to protect my interests, so I chose to cooperate and gave up San Diego Bay to come here!"
Wang Tom said: "Those people are not your personal property, and they are not within the scope of protection we promised. If you want to find someone to work for you, then pay to hire them."
Aragones said anxiously: "You guys are breaking your promise!"
Tom Wang shook his head slightly and said, "I don't think you have figured out why you came here."
Aragones responded angrily: "Of course it's because we are inferior in skills and can't beat the Haihan Army on the battlefield!"
Wang Tom continued to shake his head and said: "That's not the point... We let you settle in Jinshan Bay, hoping to let the Spaniards in San Diego Bay know that as long as we cooperate with our country, even former officials can have a chance to be a new man." .”
"But if you don't cherish such an opportunity, then I don't mind letting all the Spaniards who come to settle in Jinshan Bay know how we will deal with those who don't want to cooperate!"
Aragones couldn't help shivering when he heard this. Although the other party's words were not in a tone, he smelled danger from it.
Aragones argued: "I am not unwilling to cooperate, I just want to seek reasonable treatment."
Wang Tom said: "As the victor, we didn't take away your property, slaughter your family, and degrade you as slaves and send you to the mines as coolies. Instead, we respected you, allocated land to you, and exempted you from taxes... If you think this kind of treatment is not reasonable enough, then I can only send you to stay with the prisoners of war, maybe they will tell you how precious everything you have now is!"
Aragones' treatment was obtained by selling his own fleet. If he was allowed to stay with the prisoners of war, he might be torn to pieces by angry people on the spot.
He was far from losing his mind, and of course he could tell which was more serious. Seeing Tom Wang's bad tone, he didn't dare to say any more, so he got up and left.
Wang Tom said: "If you really don't want to run a farm, you can also do business in the urban area, but if you choose to settle in the urban area, the land we allocated to you elsewhere will be taken back. You should think about it carefully, and then let the civil affairs officer arrange it for you. "
Aragones thought to himself, then you have to hire talents from outside to run a business. What is the essential difference between this and running a farm?But he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he had to say that he would go back and discuss with his family, and then left the office.
On the way back to the hotel, Aragones was also thinking about another way proposed by Wang Tom.
Staying in the urban area for development and doing business as the direction should be better than reclaiming wasteland and farming, but it is also a feasible way out.But he doesn't know the local language and lacks contacts. What kind of business can he do?
He wandered around the city two days ago and saw many shops in the area.However, the rice noodles, oilcloths, pots and pans, chicken, duck and fish sold in the shops all have to be sourced. Where can I buy the goods, which obviously doesn't work.
Moreover, these businesses earn only pocket money. After all, he is from a seafaring family. Several generations of his family have worked overseas, so he has no interest in this kind of small business.
Aragones actually had two merchant ships under his name. A month ago, he delivered goods to the south and asked for rescue soldiers. He happened to miss DeSantis' fleet at sea.Counting the time, it should be on the way back now.
Perhaps after the two ships returned to San Diego Bay from Mexico, they could ask the Haihan people to get them back, and then resume their old business and continue to travel by sea.
But with the Haihan people's behavior, whether they can return the two boats to themselves, and more importantly, whether they can allow themselves to sail the boats, seems to be uncertain.