Chapter 2388

From an objective point of view, this secret operation planned and directed by Geng Zhongming and carried out by the Hulusa organization was actually very powerful. It found the loopholes that Ming Dynasty and Haihan would inevitably appear in this special period, and what Hulusa and his group did was

The disguised identity was almost flawless. If they hadn't been exposed due to an unexpected incident in Zhaoyuan County, they might not have been noticed even if they crossed the border under the nose of the Haihan Army.

Although Gong Shiqi and Sun Zhen joked that even if this group of people sneaked into Fushan County, they would be screened out in the refugee camp, but in fact they knew in their hearts the risks that would be caused if they really let them enter Fushan County.

In fact, it was uncontrollable. But fortunately, with good luck, this group of people was intercepted in Zhaoyuan by mistake, and the Qing army's conspiracy was resolved without much effort.

However, what they did not expect was that this battle won Haihan a good reputation among the refugee community. The reason was also very clear. After the operation, the Haihan army promptly displayed the weapons hidden by the gangsters, and sat down

It was confirmed that the true identity of this group of people was not civilians. Moreover, the Haihan Army's arrest operations were very restrained and basically did not affect Chiyu. This also made the refugees think that the approach of these armed personnel to persuade them to go to Fushan County was credible.

It must be pointed out that the restraint shown by the Haihan Army when arresting Hulusha and his gang was not necessarily because they were worried about harming innocent people, but because Sun Zhen only had one platoon of men at that time, so it was difficult to

We rounded up the enemies who had fled to the refugee areas, so we basically stopped them and only captured those people who were surrounded by the cavalry at that time and then closed the team.

It is indeed difficult to catch a few people among thousands of refugees. But if the Haihan Army had enough troops to mobilize at that time, Sun Zhen would not give up the subsequent arrests so easily.

If they are arrested, they will turn the refugee settlement outside the county town upside down.

After completing the interrogation of Hulusa and others, Sun Zhen asked the propaganda officer to make the true identities of these people public, and offered rewards to capture other fish who slipped through the net. Although it is currently impossible to draw a wanted order, Sun Zhen is sure that the high reward

The reward money will make those people unable to hide. Even if they cannot be caught immediately, at least they will be able to actively reduce their contact with other refugees, let alone continue to implement the original plan.

The Qing army's spies appeared in Zhaoyuan County. This news was undoubtedly a reminder to the fleeing people. They never expected that they had escaped so far across the state, but they still could not escape the Qing army's pursuit. Although

This gang of spies has been captured and killed, and it seems they can no longer cause trouble, but God knows if there are other Qing spies lurking in the dark, waiting for opportunities.

Under the conscious guidance and propaganda of the Haihan Army, Zhaoyuan County is obviously no longer a safe area, and it seems that we have to leave here and continue to the east. And Fushan County, which the Haihan Army has repeatedly promoted in the past few days, seems to be

It is a relatively safe place. Although it seems to be under the control of the foreign army, the Haihan Army, at least there is no more terrifying Qing army there.

In these troubled times, the most important thing is to find a peaceful place to live. Many people don't care whether they can get the treatment claimed by the Haihan people after going to Fushan County.

As long as the county waits, the Qing army may really attack one day, and then it will be too late to run away.

Although it was an unexpected incident, the timing of it gave Sun Zhen and his party the opportunity to change the situation. They just saw the opportunity and followed the trend, giving the local refugees the motivation to go to Fushan County.

In Fushan County, a hundred miles away, Chen Yixin and Hao Wanqing were also discussing the telegram from Zhaoyuan County.

"Sun Zhen is really a lucky general! Every time he is assigned a task, he always comes up with something different!" Chen Yixin couldn't help but sigh after reading the telegram sent back by Sun Zhen.

He originally just asked Sun Zhen to go to Zhaoyuan County to set up an outpost to guide refugees, but he didn't expect that within a few days of leaving, Sun Zhen would catch a group of Qing army spies there, and they were all Han Chinese from Shandong.

These people sneaked into Fushan County quietly, and the consequences were really disastrous.

Hao Wanqing said: "The top priority is to send people to Zhaoyuan to escort those prisoners back and examine them carefully to confirm whether the Qing army has any secret plans like this!"

Sun Zhen only has one company of troops, and he will have to deal with tens of thousands of refugees later. It is obviously impossible for his side to send out more troops to escort the prisoners, so Fushan County can only send another troops to carry out this task.

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Chen Yixin said: "Then take this opportunity to transport some supplies to Sun Zhen."

Due to space limitations, Sun Zhen's telegram only talked about the capture of the spies, but did not mention that he had received thousands of kilograms of grain assistance from the local government, and that in the process of capturing the Qing army spies, he also confiscated three carts of grain. These two items

The total amount of grain harvested from the transactions was more than what they originally brought from Fushan County, which was enough to support their stay in Fushan County for forty to fifty days longer.

Hao Wanqing said: "Although Sun Zhen has arrested a group of people, we are still unable to determine whether there are spies sneaking into the refugee camp. I will go to the refugee camp later to make arrangements. Even if someone does sneak in,

We cannot allow them to cause trouble in the refugee camps. Also, I am afraid that the local troops stationed there will not be enough to cope with the subsequent flow of refugees. I suggest that more troops be transferred from other places, as soon as possible!"

Chen Yixin nodded and said: "Then we have the same idea. I am planning to inform North Korea and send some troops to help."

Haihan's troops stationed in the north are mainly deployed in Jinzhou, Liaodong, Fushan County, Shandong, and the Datong River Base in North Korea. Fushan County is the one with the smallest number of troops. This time, Sun Zhen was also transferred from North Korea.

The infantry battalion was able to stabilize the situation first. But judging from the current trend of the situation, it is obvious that the troops brought by Sun Zhen cannot guarantee the security of Fushan County, and more troops must be added as soon as possible.

Although the situation in Liaodong was a bit tense because Haihan refused the Manchu and Qing truce, Haihan defended the local area according to the danger. As long as they guarded the isthmus defense line and did not take the initiative to attack, even if the Qing army launched a large-scale offensive, it was unlikely that it would be possible in just a few days.

Conquer Jinzhou’s naturally dangerous terrain in one day.

The civil strife in North Korea has basically subsided, and there is currently no need to station a large number of troops there to maintain domestic stability. Instead, some more troops can be mobilized to Fushan County for emergency response.

Of course, just entering without exiting is not enough. Fushan County’s carrying capacity is limited, and refugees must be transported out to other places at the same time as Shandong refugees arrive to achieve off-site resettlement.

At present, dozens of civilian ships from Jinzhou and North Korea have gathered at Zhifu Port. Together with local ships of all sizes that can go to sea, there are about a hundred sailboats that can take on the task of transporting refugees to the south. However, this kind of transportation capacity seems

Quite a few, but for the large number of refugees that are about to appear in Fushan County, there will still be insufficient transportation capacity.

Chen Yixin said: "Shi Diwen sent a telegram. The first batch of ships left Dinghai Port and headed north yesterday. There are about thirty ships. More ships will be dispatched from Fujian, Penghu, Taiwan and other places in the future.

, form a fleet and come to Shandong. In addition, the ships from the south will also bring the food, medicine, tents and other materials we need. We should wait for another ten days and a half and we will gradually get better."

Hao Wanqing said with a smile: "I believe that when everyone heard the news that there were a large number of refugees in Shandong, they took action overnight!"

"Yes, we all want to come here earlier so we can draw more people away!" Chen Yixin also agreed with a smile.

The overseas colonies like Haihan are taking such active actions, of course, not to do good deeds and provide refugee relief. All colonies under Haihan's rule have a common need, which is population, which is the real scarce resource for Haihan.

Compared with ethnic groups from other countries and regions, the difficulty for Han people from the Ming Dynasty to integrate into Haihan is undoubtedly the lowest. Therefore, the main channel for Haihan to obtain population has always been to obtain immigrants from the Ming Dynasty through various channels. But in peacetime

However, not so many people are willing to leave their hometowns and settle overseas. The number of immigrants that can be collected is far less than the development needs of Shanghai. The cost of attracting talents in certain fields or with special skills to immigrate is very high.

The lowest-cost way to obtain immigrants is undoubtedly war refugees. Whether it is the large number of Annan refugees obtained from the Annan Civil War in the early days, or the Shandong and Liaodong refugees later obtained from the northern Ming Dynasty, they are all examples of this type of operation.

The vast majority of these refugees have taken root in Haihan and have contributed to the rapid rise of Haihan. However, the industry and agriculture that Haihan focuses on are labor-intensive industries, and there is a huge gap in the labor force required.

, there will almost never be enough. Especially overseas colonies that started late require a large amount of labor to complete early infrastructure, farming and other major projects, and their thirst for population far exceeds that of Haihan itself.

Generally speaking, these Haihan colonies located in the surrounding areas of the Ming Dynasty used the Eight Immortals to cross the sea as a means of introducing immigrants. Each showed their magical powers and used various preferential treatment to attract the people of the Ming Dynasty to immigrate to settle there. However, once they encountered war refugees such as

Each colony will not hesitate to fight for this ultra-low-cost source of population.

For example, when North Korea was invaded by the Qing army the year before last, many Haihan ships quietly rushed to the Datong River and took away many North Korean refugees from the local area. The North Korean court was not completely unaware of this.

, but at that time, I wanted to ask Haihan for help, but I didn’t dare to argue with Haihan on these trivial issues, so I could only pretend not to know.

In recent years, the Haihan Army has continuously carried out raids on the coastal areas of the Liaodong Peninsula, during which they captured a large number of people from the areas occupied by the Qing Dynasty. Some of these people later flowed into the southern colonies through various channels.

Part of this is the off-site resettlement organized by civil affairs agencies to ensure that the population ratio in each place will not be imbalanced. The other part is the population that each colony directly exchanged from the northern colonies through resource replacement. Whether it is the military or

Colonies in the north and south can get what they need from it.

This time, the situation followed the old practice. After receiving the news, each colony organized its own transportation capacity to Zhifu Port, and the food and other living supplies carried on these ships were used to replace the resources of the refugees.

After these materials arrive in Shandong, they will be used as replacements and put into local refugee camps to ensure that Shandong's refugee resettlement system can operate smoothly. The sufficient supply of materials will also reassure the refugees.

, the overseas resettlement plan that Haihan officials promised them is a credible and feasible option, so that the refugees can calmly accept the arrangement of leaving Shandong and settling in unknown areas.

Of course, not everyone will be happy to accept such a unilateral arrangement. Many refugees just want to get a chance to survive in Fushan County and return to their hometown after the situation calms down. As for selling their lives to Haihan and going to the distant Haihan

Most of them would not approve of such an approach.

Therefore, the propaganda information received by the refugees after arriving in Fushan County is particularly important. Haihan must convince these panicked people that the only way out that can guarantee their personal safety is to take the boat provided by Haihan.

Go and settle in the "promised land" overseas.

The propaganda methods used during this period, in addition to various eye-catching slogans outdoors, also included those content that the propaganda officers repeated all the time, such as the current crisis of the Ming Dynasty, the generous immigrants of Haihan

The treatment, as well as the testimonials of old immigrants who have made a fortune in Haihan, constantly encourage the emotions of the refugees, making them convinced that Haihan, which is more powerful and rich than the Ming Dynasty, can truly provide them with a better life prospect.

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As for the effectiveness of these propaganda methods, it largely depends on the skill of the operator. Chen Yixin specifically transferred Liu Shang from Jinzhou back to Shandong because of his experience and ability in this field.

And Liu Shang did not disappoint him. After arriving in Fushan County, he immediately devoted himself to the expansion project of the refugee camp. While working as a supervisor, he also trained local propaganda officers and taught them how to prescribe the right medicine for possible problems among the refugee groups.

various issues are properly dealt with.

And these skills are not even what Liu Shang learned when he was trained in Sanya, but the experience he accumulated after working in several northern colonies for several years. His professional level has long surpassed what he learned in Sanya.

The civil affairs officials he attended classes with. Coupled with Shanghai's already very mature immigration operation system, there will not be many refugees who will explicitly oppose the immigration plan for overseas resettlement.

The few refugees who are still unwilling to accept resettlement overseas can only earn rations for themselves by working. Once the three-year and five-year miner's contract is signed, they are immediately sent to a nearby copper mine to work as a human excavator.

.There are Haihan troops stationed in the area, so even if you want to escape in the future, it will not be that easy.
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