Chapter 1210 Departure for Southbound

The scale of this southbound immigration plan is quite large. Tan Juren and his gang, as well as hundreds of selected immigrants, are just one of the small teams that will be sent to a certain place in the South China Sea. In addition to the large number of immigrants and

In addition to the dispatched personnel, there are also several troops heading south to perform defense replacement tasks. The entire fleet will have more than 4,000 people, and will transport thousands of tons of various supplies. This is the first time since 1633 when Haihan and

After Annan, Champa and other countries formed a joint fleet to go to Nanyang for military exercises, a super-large fleet was officially organized to go south again after a year. And this is only the first batch of people to go south, and there will be at least two or three more in the future.

A group of people were sent to colonize the south.

For most of the people in this fleet, it is also the first time in their lives that they have seen and participated in an ocean-going fleet of this size. Especially those newcomers who have just arrived in Sanya and have not even left the immigration camp.

Most of them were dumbfounded when they assembled at the dock. No matter where their next destination was, seeing such a huge fleet made them feel more at ease.

Han Zhengshan looked at the long line of people lining up to board the ship at the pier, and he was filled with emotion. The country's mobilization ability was far beyond his imagination. Thousands of people had to be transported thousands of miles away.

To settle down, you need more than just food and some daily necessities for a short period of time. It is no wonder that Haihan was able to organize a naval expedition to Zhejiang, and even sent a fleet to establish a colony in Shandong further north. How can a small country that was founded not long ago be like this?

national power, this incredible thing is actually happening in front of me. Thinking about it before, I thought that the world was invincible, but now it seems that my vision is a bit short-sighted.

Most of the sailing ships carrying immigrants on the Luhuitou Peninsula were the same type of immigration ships that Han Zhengshan transferred to on his way south from Zhejiang. However, the number was much larger than the immigration fleet departing from Penghu. Dozens of immigrant ships were on the dock at the same time.

Thousands of people were lined up and divided into several teams to board the ship along the trestle. This scene alone can make people's hearts surge.

Han Zhengshan saw from a distance that Tan Juren was being received by senior officials from Haihan. It was said that the visitors were several high-ranking leaders in the executive committee. It was rare to see them in public. But people like him were rarely seen outside.

Grassroots cadres at this level were not even qualified to step over to get a bit of celestial energy, so they could only crane their necks and take a few glances in the designated waiting area.

Whenever there is a large-scale fleet leaving port for an expedition, the leading figures of the executive committee will go to the dock to see them off. This has become one of Haihan's practices, and this time is no exception. However, this symbolic ceremony will not

It lasted too long, and after a few words of encouragement and advice, the overseas officials had to board the ship and prepare to set off.

After Han Zhengshan got on board, he found that the living conditions on this trip were much better than when he came to Sanya. He no longer had to crowd with the immigrants in the cabin below the deck, but could enjoy the high-end compartments on the deck with other cadres.

Of course, this kind of advanced compartment is only compared to the through-cabin hammock below the deck. In fact, it is still a narrow cabin for eight people. After putting down four double beds against the bulkheads on both sides, there is only

There is a narrow aisle about two feet wide in the middle.

Even if it is only a slight improvement in living conditions, Han Zhengshan can feel the difference in treatment brought by his status, which makes him slightly less worried about leaving Sanya and going south this time. Although it seems to be a pity that he cannot stay in Sanya to develop.

, but thinking about the power and status that can be gained from this, Han Zhengshan believes that it is worth making a small sacrifice for this. He was accustomed to a life of privileges before coming to Haihan, and now he has to

He returned to the living conditions of ordinary people. Firstly, it was difficult to adapt, and secondly, he was unwilling to accept it. Since there was a chance to make a comeback, he naturally wanted to go south to the colonies with the idea of ​​​​preferring to be the head of a chicken rather than the tail of a phoenix.

There is a future.

The various cargo supplies that should be loaded onto the ship have been loaded one after another in the past few days. After everyone boarded the ship, the sailors on the dock began to untie the cables that fixed the ship and let the sailboat slowly sail away from the shore. Dozens of people

A huge fleet consisting of immigration ships, cargo ships and comprehensive supply ships sailed out one after another. After going around Luhuitoujiao, they met up with the naval fleet sailing out of Victory Port, and then headed for the southern waters together.

About 150 nautical miles southwest of Sanya is the first stop of the southbound fleet, Da Nang, a commercial and trading port located in the middle of the east coast of Annan. The fleet will stop there for a while to unload Sanya and transport it to the local area.

goods for sale and transported a batch of grain from the nearby Thu Bon River plain.

Han Zhengshan was not prohibited from leaving the cabin this time like when he came to Sanya. As long as the captain did not issue a ban, they, the cadres heading south, could move around on the deck by themselves, and they could even go to the cockpit to see how the captain made judgments based on the charts.

The way forward.

The immigration ship that Han Zhengshan was on has made seven or eight trips between Sanya and the South China Sea. The captain, Ding Xu, was a naturalized citizen from the Black Earth Port of Annan five years ago. However, he now speaks Chinese Mandarin and cannot read at all.

There is no difference between him and the Han people. For these passengers who do not have much experience at sea, the captain still seems to be more patient and explains some superficial navigation knowledge to them in a leisurely manner.

Han Zhengshan just listened for fun at first, but after listening for a while, he gradually noticed more information. According to what the captain said, the area controlled by the Haihan Kingdom in the South China Sea seemed to be larger than

The scope of control on the coastline of the Ming Dynasty. However, because the population of Nanhai is far less than that of the Ming Dynasty, the labor force Haihan can recruit locally is extremely limited, so the construction and development of these places mainly depends on immigrants. Haihan spent a lot of time

It is precisely because of this last resort that we organize immigrants from Hainan Island and transport people all the way to the south.

Of course, Han Zhengshan did not understand the more complex political and military considerations, and neither did the captain, so the reasons they could recognize were relatively simple. However, this did not prevent them from understanding the maritime

The Han Dynasty was so powerful. After all, Han Zhengshan had never seen this kind of long-distance sea migration before. The only similar incident he had heard of probably dates back to the time when Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu to take boys and girls across the sea to find the gods.

That's it.

Although the straight-line voyage between Sanya and Da Nang is only 150 nautical miles, the speed of the huge fleet can only be maintained at about five to seven knots, so it will take at least a day and a half to complete this voyage. Han Zhengshan, on the other hand,

Taking this opportunity, I took a good look at the Haihan warship that was serving as an escort in the fleet.

He had seen the Haihan warship from a distance in the city of Hangzhou. When he went south from Zhejiang, he had also seen warships docked at the docks at Dinghai Port in Zhoushan and Magong Port in Penghu. But this time, half of the fleet went south.

The establishment of the Haihan warships served as escort missions. When I saw these Haihan warships at sea, they were agile and majestic and cut through the waves. They were very different from the ones parked in the port. Haihan was known as invincible in the South China Sea, and more than half of its confidence came from this fleet.

A powerful navy.

Everyone had nothing to do on the boat, so they asked the captain Ding Xu about the situation at the next destination. Ding Xu asked his deputy to hold the steering wheel, took out the tobacco leaves from the tobacco rod, and took a few puffs calmly.

Everyone talked about the situation in Da Nang, the destination.

"This Da Nang was originally a natural harbor of the Annan Kingdom. At that time, the Annan Kingdom was still divided into northern and southern imperial courts, and Da Nang was on the territory of the southern imperial court. However, one north and one south of Da Nang were Hue, the capital of the southern imperial court.

Hue City and Hoi An Port, the largest port in the south, which was just a fishing village at the time. Later, Hai Han Kingdom helped the northern court fight the war and destroyed Hue City and Hoi An Port in one go. Annan Kingdom owed

As a huge favor, we set aside a few pieces of wasteland near the sea in the south and gave it to our Haihan Kingdom to run as compensation, and Da Nang is one of them."

Someone interrupted and asked: "Old Ding, did you go to the war?"

Ding Xu shook his head and said: "When the chiefs took Da Nang, Ding was still working as a fisherman near Black Tu Port and had not yet surrendered to the chiefs, so these things were only heard from others later."

Han Zhengshan said: "Old Ding, you said you were naturalized five years ago, so when the war started, it was at least five years ago?"

Ding Xu glanced at Han Zhengshan and said: "You are careful... Yes, it was seven years ago when the Haihan army attacked Hoi An Port, and it was exactly six years ago when they attacked Hue City. Then Hue City

Known as the most majestic city in Annan, the moat alone has two moats, both inside and outside. Even if there are 30,000 to 50,000 troops surrounding the city, it would be difficult to break into it. However, the Haihan Army is said to have only two to three thousand men, and they directly demolished half of the city.

The defenders didn't even have the strength to fight back..."

Since Han Zhengshan already knew that what Ding Xu said was just hearsay, he didn't pay much attention to his boasting at the moment, but was thinking about another thing. As far as he knew, the Haihan people didn't come until the seventh year of Tianqi.

After arriving in Qiongzhou, in the second year they crossed the sea and attacked Hoi An, and in the third year they conquered Hue City, their fighting ability can be said to be quite powerful. Fortunately, they used all their force on Annan. If they had attacked Guangdong and Guangxi

In such a region, it would be difficult for the government to withstand it.

After he pondered this idea, he listened to Ding Xuyou talking endlessly to everyone about the Annan War: "...the Ruan family court in the south would have been destroyed long ago if the chiefs had not come forward as guarantees and left some clansmen behind.

They were all killed by the Zheng family in the north. If you meet an Annan citizen with the surname Ruan in the country, there is a good chance that he is a member of the Ruan family."

Han Zhengshan thought about it. When he took the refresher course at the Police Department training base, one of the officials who gave the lecture was named Ruan Wenwen. He must be from the Ruan clan that Ding Xu mentioned.

Someone asked in confusion: "Since the Annan court owes such a huge favor to the chiefs, why don't the chiefs just ask for one or two cities to avoid the trouble of building a stronghold in the barren mountains?"

Ding Xu shook his head and said: "You don't understand this. Not to mention the city of Annan, even the city of the Ming Dynasty, how much use can it have to Haihan? The leader is far-sighted and has asked Annan for several overseas enclaves.

It is an undeveloped natural port, which is of great benefit in opening up routes to the South China Sea. What does it have to do with wasteland? It only took Sanya eight years to build its current situation. As time goes by, these overseas ports will not slowly become

A bustling port city?”

Han Zhengshan recalled the various ports he stopped at when he traveled south from Zhejiang. It was indeed in line with what Ding Xu said. The Haihan people were not keen on entering the inland and occupying cities, but preferred to stay in coastal ports and sea waterway fortresses.

Harmful establishment of strongholds. With their unique management methods, these seaports have indeed become prosperous commercial ports and population centers in a short period of time. With the continuous migration of Haihan immigrants, such temporary strongholds will also soon

It evolved into a territory belonging to Haihan.

Since ancient times, when countries want to expand, they have always used the mainland as the basis to conquer cities and territories, but Haihan has taken a unique approach. The territories he occupies are either islands or seaside ports. The more Han Zhengshan knows, the more he admires Haihan's alternative approach.

It was a pity that his boss Tan Juren was on a military ship, otherwise he would have really wanted to ask Tan Juren in person how much mystery there was in Haihan's foreign expansion strategy.

The fleet arrived in Da Nang the next day. When it was still more than ten nautical miles away from the port, the tall mountains outside Da Nang could already be seen from the deck.

In terms of the level of port construction, Da Nang is similar to Hong Kong, which was launched at almost the same time. The immigrants cheered on the ship when they saw that there was such a large Hai Han territory overseas. But Han Zhengshan had already seen it on his way south.

There are several ports in Hai Han, so I am not particularly surprised by the scale of construction in Da Nang.

The fleet docked at the port. The local garrison and police had already designated an activity area at the port in advance. The immigrants on the ship could disembark in batches to the shore during the short docking period, but were not allowed to leave the designated activity area. This time

Only a very small number of people from the southbound fleet were arranged to settle in Da Nang. The vast majority of immigrants could only stay here for a short time without even a casual visit, so they had to continue their journey south.

The laborers on the dock skillfully operated the tall crane with winches to hoist the cargo ashore. Most of them were relatively cheap primary industrial products, such as various iron farm tools, etc. Although these items were not profitable,

High, but the market share in southern Annam is quite good. The goods are wholesaled in Da Nang to domestic traders in Annam, and then distributed to inland areas by them.

Han Zhengshan saw the Annan businessman who came to pick up the goods at the dock excitedly unboxing and inspecting the goods. He couldn't help but think about it. If Haihan replaced farm tools with weapons, he wouldn't be able to arm thousands of people in other countries at any time.

Personnel? Annan and Daming did not have civil strife because of this, but it was Haihan who showed mercy. He didn't know that Haihan exported a large amount of weapons to foreign countries every year, and the two largest buyers were those who were related to Haihan.

Daming and Annan are neighboring countries.
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