Chapter 1199 Journey South (2)

The measure of deducting food rations for this group of immigrants with special status is not because the civil affairs department is short of such a small amount of food. The main purpose is to use this method to reduce the chance of causing trouble on the way to help people. These prisoners are too full.

Since they have nothing to do, they will inevitably have random thoughts, so they will only be provided with a small amount of food during the escort to keep them hungry, making it less likely to cause trouble on the ship. Although this set of measures is not very humane, it is from the sea

Judging from the long-term operational experience of Han Dynasty in transporting population by sea, the overall effect is quite satisfactory.

When Han Zhengshan was a head catcher before, he knew that there would be similar measures in prisons to restrict physically strong prisoners from causing trouble in prison, so he was not particularly surprised by Haihan's operation. He knew this

In this case, complaining will not help. It is better to lie down and take a nap to reduce physical energy consumption and effectively relieve the body's hunger.

Although the cabin became very crowded with most of the space taken up by cargo, fortunately it was winter now, and it was warmer even though it was so crowded, so everyone did not complain too much and just looked forward to arriving as soon as possible.

Next stop, get a short rest.

After the fleet sailed out of Shipu Port, it never docked in Zhejiang and sailed to the south day and night. Three days later, when Han Zhengshan was sleeping in a daze, he heard someone next to him saying that the ship had docked.

He also got up to check. After waiting for a while, the guard on the deck asked everyone to line up in the cabin and wait, and then there would be arrangements for them to go ashore for a walk. After hearing this, everyone cheered, and they have been cheering for the past few days since leaving Zhoushan.

Staying on the ship, their brains have long been sloshed into a ball of mush. Being able to return to land is probably a more urgent need for them than having a full meal.

After waiting for about half an hour, the hatch on the top of the cargo hold was finally opened, and Han Zhengshan and others were released. After Han Zhengshan reached the deck, what he saw was a rather large bay. Compared with the size of the dock,

Shipu Port, which I had visited before, was not much better. On the high ground in the distance, an exotic stone castle stood, and the crenels with artillery on the city wall were faintly visible. However, there were not many ships docked at the dock, except for my own.

Apart from the fleet, most of the people docked on the shore are small fishing boats and small passenger and cargo sailing boats. In addition, you can clearly feel that the temperature here is higher than that in Zhejiang. It seems that we have entered the southern boundary.

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At that moment, someone asked the guard where this place was, and the answer was Jilong Port. Han Zhengshan had no impression of this place name. After the guard explained it in detail, he realized that this place was not the boundary of the Ming Dynasty, but across the sea from the Ming Dynasty.

The northern tip of Taiwan Island faces each other, and the nearest Fuzhou Prefecture is five hundred miles away by waterway.

The guard told everyone in a show-off manner that this place was originally the territory of the Folangji people, and it was taken over by Haihan by force two years ago. The castle on the hillside in the distance was the stronghold built by the Folangji people in the past.

, but now it is the seat of the Jilong Port Management Committee and the local armed command.

Although Han Zhengshan still doesn't quite understand what kind of geographical location this port is in, Haihan did not hesitate to use force to drive away the Folangji people and seize control of this place. Obviously, it cannot be because he has nothing to do.

Yes. This place must be either a must-pass on an important waterway, or it has some special local products.

Han Zhengshan's prediction was indeed correct. Haihan took action to occupy this place. On the one hand, it was geographically located at the northern end of the Taiwan Strait. It could not only control the waterway from south to north, but also serve as Haihan's control area and Ryukyu in the northeast.

It is the starting point of the waterways of Japan and other countries. On the other hand, the Jinguashi mining area near Jilong Port is the location of the largest gold mine under Haihan rule. It can be regarded as one of the main sources of gold reserves in the Haihan treasury.

Its strategic significance is even more important than its geographical location.

However, although Han Zhengshan's inference was accurate, he did not know the inside story. It seems that the prosperity here is far less than that of Zhoushan. If he is left to settle down here, his life will probably be more difficult in the future.

Han Zhengshan's worry soon became a reality. The guard announced that 20 people would stay here, and the personnel would be allocated immediately after landing. Han Zhengshan was also nervous. If he stayed here, he would be closer to Zhejiang.

, but this place is like a wilderness. I'm afraid it will be difficult to live a good life if I stay here. I feel a little anxious and conflicted at the moment.

After landing, several people who looked like stewards came, but they did not select these people one by one. Instead, they directly read the names of twenty people from the roster, and then took the selected people away from the dock.

Han Zhengshan was not included in this list, which made him feel relieved and a little regretful at the same time.

But then the guard announced a piece of news that made everyone very happy. They no longer had to sleep in a crowded cabin tonight, but would spend the night in a warehouse at the dock. This meant that they could say goodbye to the bumpy and bumpy life for the time being.

Water environment, have a good sleep.

Of course, such treatment does not come in vain. Before that, they had to act as laborers and unload some of the supplies on the ship to the shore. This job is not particularly onerous in normal times, but this group of people

I have been drifting at sea for several days, and now my feet still feel light and insubstantial when I step on the ground. In addition, I have never eaten enough and my physical condition is not very good, so it is really not easy to work. Fifty pounds per bag

Han Zhengshan was out of breath after only carrying the rice twice, and felt like he could no longer stand on his feet.

It took these people more than half an hour to complete the task that usually takes as long as one stick of incense. During this time, they were naturally scolded by the guards to speed up, but their physical condition could no longer keep up.

After finishing the work, most of the people collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. After resting for a while, they reluctantly got up under the urging of the guards and went to the designated warehouse to rest.

To everyone's relief, after all this busy work, they had an extra meal, and the portion was much larger than the one meal a day on the ship a few days ago. Han Zhengshan also had a feeling after eating this meal

With a strange sense of satisfaction, I suddenly felt that among all the things in life, eating well and sleeping well is the most meaningful thing. All other desires can be put aside for the time being. As for my previous experience as a head catcher in Hangzhou Prefecture, although it was just a few years ago,

It's been more than a month, but now that I think about it, it feels like a lifetime ago.

Although they were allowed to go ashore to rest, Han Zhengshan and his group were still strictly restricted in their scope of activities and could not step out of this empty warehouse. According to the explanation given to them by the guards, this Jilong Port was a military controlled area, even if they

Now he has basically escaped his status as a prisoner, but he still cannot move freely in this area.

Of course, just listen to this reason. As far as Han Zhengshan knows, all of Haihan's colonies outside of its homeland are military control zones, which means that no matter which port the fleet docks, they will do so for the same reason.

And could not gain freedom of movement. But being able to rest for one night on land was a rare treat after all. Han Zhengshan slept very soundly that night, and even when he woke up in the morning, he had the illusion that he was at home in Hangzhou.

After breakfast at dawn, Han Zhengshan and others were rushed back to the ship to prepare for departure. When they boarded the ship, they saw a group of Haihan soldiers working together to hoist an extremely heavy box onto the troop carrier.

There were more than twenty people cooperating up and down. Han Zhengshan's first reaction was that Hai Hanbing did not find his own group of free coolies to do this work, but then he thought that since there were free coolies lying around, they must be in this box.

The contents are very important and should not be touched by outsiders.

Han Zhengshan expected it to be true. The box contained gold ore excavated from the Jinguashi mining area in the past few months. It had only undergone preliminary smelting and was packed into boxes and shipped to Sanya. It was then refined and smelted by the professional smelting workshop there.

, made into standard stock gold bars and sent to the treasury for later use. The value of this box of gold ore is probably more than 800,000 taels of silver, so naturally it needs to be escorted by the army to be safe.

After setting off from Jilong Port, the fleet first went northwest around Yangmingshan, then turned southwest and traveled south along the coastline. After two days of sailing, it arrived at its next stop, Magong Port in Penghu.

Compared with the sparsely populated Jilong Port, Penghu is much more lively. It is not only Haihan's main trading port in the Fujian waters, but also the largest military base of Haihan Navy in the Fujian Strait area.

One of the main transshipment ports for immigrants from the north going south. In terms of the number of ships that come and go here every day, it is almost on the same level as Zhoushan Dinghai Port in Zhejiang.

After arriving here, Han Zhengshan and others were taken to the shore. The boat they took before was the turnaround point when they arrived at Penghu. The rest of the journey would need to be transferred to an immigration boat. But before that, they had to stop at Baisha

I stayed at the immigration transfer camp on the island for two days, waiting for the relevant departments to arrange the boat.

Only after Han Zhengshan entered the immigration camp did he truly realize how amazing the scale of immigrants in Haihan was. The immigration camp can accommodate at least four to five thousand people, and currently there are about two thousand people living here, waiting for the civil affairs department to allocate them to them.

The next destination. The sources of immigrants here are also diverse. There are people fleeing from war in Liaodong, Shandong and other places, as well as immigrants recruited or employed from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. There are also a small number of immigrants from North Korea.

Foreigners from Japan, Ryukyu, Annan, Champa, Siam and other countries were mixed in. The arrival of Han Zhengshan and his dozens of people did not cause any disturbance at all, and they were quickly dispersed and assigned to various camps.

Han Zhengshan didn't know what standards the Haihan people used to resettle so many immigrants into different categories, but he knew that it was unlikely that he would stay here. According to the staff here, the vast majority of people in the immigration camp were

Some of them will be assigned to other places for resettlement, not only to transport immigrants to the south, but also to the north. Han Zhengshan thought of the people he met in Zhoushan who worked for Haihan, and indeed many of them came from the south. This kind of north-south crossing

The method of cross-regional resettlement of immigrants was also an eye-opener for Han Zhengshan. If he followed this standard, Han Zhengshan expected that Penghu would not be his destination, and his journey south would continue.

Sure enough, after living in the immigration camp for two days, Han Zhengshan was once again selected into the new batch of immigrants going south and took an immigration ship to the colony controlled by Haihan in the south. But at this time, he still didn't know where his end point would be.

where.

The environmental conditions on the immigration ship are slightly better than the mixed passenger and cargo ship we took on the previous journey. There are fixed three-layer bunks in the cabin, so there is no need to crowd the bunks on the floor. In addition, the ventilation and lighting conditions are much better, even if one

Hundreds of people can be accommodated in a tier-1 cabin without being too stuffy to breathe.

The most important point is that the food supply on the immigration ship departing from Penghu has returned to the level of two meals a day. This makes Han Zhengshan, who has been hungry for several days, seem to see a glimmer of hope. Although it is said that both meals are

Vegetable porridge, but Han Zhengshan felt that compared with the days when he could only eat one meal a day, there was nothing to be picky about.

When the fleet set off, Han Zhengshan once again experienced Haihan's strength. In addition to the armed troop carrier that had been escorting all the way, there were six immigration ships heading south this time, carrying more than a thousand immigrants. In addition, there were also

There were four cargo ships traveling with them. It is said that one or two immigration fleets of this size depart from Penghu every month. From this, one can imagine how large the scale of immigration organized by Haihan is.

Next, the fleet traveled on the sea for more than three days at a stretch, and then sailed into a bay. The immigrants got permission to go to the deck to watch the entry process. Naturally, Han Zhengshan would not give up this opportunity and crowded to the side of the ship early.

He took up a seat on the side.

According to the crew's explanation, this harbor is called Causeway Bay, which is located near the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangdong. Opposite the bay is the boundary of Daming Dynasty. The distance is much closer than the voyage from Zhoushan Island to Ningbo. The prosperity of the port here is much higher than that of Zhoushan

Dinghai Port, Ningbo Shipu Port, Taiwan Jilong Port, Penghu Magong Port and other places are a higher level. Large sailing ships with hundreds of materials can be found on the shore. There is a constant flow of carts transporting goods on the pier, and there are buildings on the shore.

There are obviously more things than the previous ports we have been to.

Han Zhengshan had heard rumors that the Haihan people were good at maritime trade when he was in Hangzhou, but he did not have an intuitive concept of this statement at the time. But along the way, after seeing the ports developed and constructed by Haihan,

, Han Zhengshan truly realized that what Haihan was proficient in was not just business in the traditional sense. This method of controlling sea areas and waterways through ports was what was truly terrifying about Haihan.
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