1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 136 New Inspection ([-])

"Barbarian?" Luo Shengdong almost laughed out loud: "It won't be too late to comment on that place after you go to Shengli Port. In my opinion, that place is much better than Yazhou!"

"I heard that Shengli Port has a population of less than a thousand and is only close to Nanshan Town. How can it compare with Yazhou City?" Wei Ping didn't quite believe Luo Shengdong's statement.

"Nanshan Town? If Shengli Port is similar to Nanshan Town, why should the people in Yazhou wait for the Haihan people to recruit workers? You are from the inspection department, so you should be well informed. I think you must have heard a lot about Shengli. What about Hong Kong?" Luo Shengdong asked back.

After thinking for a while, Wei Ping nodded and said, "Almost all the people who come back from Shengli Port go back to Yazhou to pick up people or move. According to these people, everyone in Shengli Port has work to do, food to eat, and children to read. There are people who take care of the patients. From my point of view, this is just a gimmick for the Haihan people to deceive these foolish people, how can there be such a good thing in the world!"

"Whether there is such a good thing, you can see it with your own eyes." Luo Shengdong did not continue to argue with Wei Ping on this issue. He has seen the rapid changes in Shengli Port in the past few months. Saying ten thousand sentences is not as effective as letting the facts speak.

Now the recruitment of Haihan people in Yazhou has lasted for more than a month, and 700 people have been recruited one after another.The dental dealer who recruited people for the Zhuya Office has now built a special room in the labor market outside the south gate, and there is a sign "Haihan Recruitment Office" at the door, and he regards this as a full-time job. do it.And those people who couldn't find a livelihood near Yazhou regarded moving to Shengli Port to work for the Haihan people as a good way out.In order to attract more immigrants to take the initiative to defect, Shengli Port will occasionally send some smarter immigrants back to Yazhou to do some publicity work.

Luo Shengdong raised his finger forward: "By going around the corner of Yulin, you can see Shengli Harbor. The Haihan people are actually very easy to deal with, but there is one prerequisite, that is, don't fight against them. If you can do this, you want to be in the It is actually not difficult for Victory Port to make a small fortune.”

Wei Ping thought to himself that I am the person in charge of this place, if the Haihan people are disobedient, I will arrest them all.But even though he was complaining endlessly in his heart, Wei Ping didn't say it out loud, because he had a vague feeling that the ass of President Luo probably wasn't sitting on his side.

The sailboat circled Yulinjiao and slowly entered the harbor.Without exception, Wei Ping, like other newcomers, was stunned and speechless by the huge pile of big iron ships moored in the port.This kind of thing that has crossed the ages and surpassed imagination is indeed extremely shocking. Even the boldest people will involuntarily feel awe when they see these huge iron ships on the shore.

However, Luo Shengdong noticed that there were many more sailboats in the port. In addition to the old Haicang boat and the two Guangzhou boats, there were four Dafu boats with at least [-] materials parked at the pier. Migrant workers are loading various materials onto these ships with their hands and shoulders. It seems that these ships will set sail in the near future.

Luo Shengdong is very familiar with the merchant ships that often come and go on the Ningyuan River outside Yazhou. These large ships are obviously not from Yazhou. They all came from the north. It seems that the Haihan people have already turned their business into the capital city of Qiongzhou.

Naturally, these large ships were not merchant ships that came here to load cargo, but cargo ships that were going to open up a new port in the Beibu Gulf.One of them was bought, and three were rented from Qiongzhou Fucheng. The executive committee planned to use these four ships plus the original two sailboats to carry out the first mission of transporting materials and personnel.As for the smallest Guangzhou ship, because it was too severely damaged in the naval battle, it is no longer suitable for going to sea, and can only be used as a training ship for the Ministry of Shipping.

After seeing these ships, Wei Ping had to admit that at least the prosperity of Shengli Port has surpassed Yazhou in terms of shipping. At least it is extremely rare to see [-] ships on the wharf in Yazhou, but here they are parked side by side. four.And the scale of the wharf here is also astonishingly large. Although there are still hundreds of laborers working on the wharf, the outline of the wharf has already begun to appear. It is at least a hundred feet long in the east-west direction. sturdy.Wei Ping estimated that if such a large wharf was to be built on the seaside of Yazhou, it would take about half a year for the construction alone. However, these Haihan people have only been here for a few months, and they are able to complete such a large project. Their admiration is not without reason.

After disembarking, Luo Shengdong was also a little surprised to see Tao Donglai and others appearing. He didn't expect that the Haihan people would attach so much importance to the inspection department sent by Yazhou officials, so he immediately introduced them to both parties.Although the effect of Luo Shengdong's brainwashing on the way was not very satisfactory, Wei Ping put away his former rebelliousness, cupped his fists and said politely to Tao Donglai and the others.

Wei Ping brought a total of 12 people under his command this time, ten of them were out-of-class government servants in charge of arrests, smuggling, reminders, food collection, and escorts. Officials who built the land contract.These out-of-class yamen servants are not as easy as the inside-shift yamen servants who are on duty in the yamen. Not only are their salaries low but their errands are tiring.

"This time we heard that the Yazhou government is going to re-establish the Yulin Inspection Department. We are also very relieved, and we have fully felt the concern of the Ming court for us overseas wanderers!" Tao Donglai fooled Wei Ping with a smile on his face: "Considering It is inconvenient for you to come here for the first time, we have already prepared the office and accommodation of the inspection department in advance, do you want to take a look at the inspector Wei first?"

Wei Ping, who was still a little nervous, suddenly relaxed, nodded and said with a smile: "That's very good! Then please Mr. Tao lead the way!"

He glanced at Luo Shengdong in a blink of an eye, and thought to himself, this is what you call the tall Haihan people?It's nothing more than that, when I see my uncle, I still kneel and lick.On the other hand, Luo Shengdong remained calm and did not express anything. He knew the Haihan people's style of handling things very well. The more polite his attitude was, the more it meant that things were not that simple. Wei Ping might soon be exhausted.

Tao Donglai and others led the way in front, and led the crowd out of the dock to the direction of Base No. [-].The roads here are all flat and straight, not like the potholes outside Yazhou City at all. In addition to bullock carts, people can be seen speeding by on a two-wheeled cart from time to time. The subordinates led by Wei Ping There was a lot of discussion and curiosity.

"Mr. Tao, the road is so wide, why don't you just walk in the middle and keep to the right?" Wei Ping noticed this detail and couldn't help asking.

"Pedestrians and vehicles keep to the right, so that there will be no collisions when traveling face to face, and the traffic efficiency can be improved when the traffic flow is heavy." Tao Donglai explained casually.

There are too many uncommon words in these words, Wei Ping can only understand half of them, but he still nodded his head pretending to understand, and then pointed to the gate of the No. Fort?"

Tao Donglai replied: "That's right. For the sake of convenience, the office we prepared for the inspection department is here."

Tao Donglai pointed to the front. Outside the ditch of the moat, about 20 meters to the left of the gate, there was a prefabricated house and a large military tent, and a circle of chest-high timber was built outside. The fence surrounded a small courtyard facing the river, with an area of ​​about [-] square meters.There is also a wooden sign hanging at the entrance of the small courtyard, with five big characters "Yulin Inspection Department" written in black on a white background.The most striking thing was that there were several green-clothed sentries standing upright outside the small courtyard, but these sentries were not issued with knives and guns, only a two-foot-long wooden stick hanging from their waists.

"Please, please go and have a look inside." Tao Donglai entered the courtyard first, and introduced to the guests: "This room is used for the daily work of the inspection department. We have prepared tables, chairs, pens, ink, paper and inkstone. Tent It is for you to stay temporarily, the manpower is too tight these few days, and there is no time to build a house in time, you have to be wronged for a few days, and I promise to solve your housing problem before the end of the month."

Wei Ping poked his head in the door of the prefabricated house to have a look, and then asked, "Is there any other room? Without a kitchen, how can we eat?"

"Three meals a day will be delivered on time, and you don't need to cook by yourself." Ning Qi took over the conversation: "If there is anything that needs our assistance, you can tell the security guards in green clothes outside the yard, and they will help you Convey. As long as the request is not too excessive, we will handle it as appropriate."

"What do you mean?" Wei Ping faintly felt something was wrong: "What does our inspection department want to do, and we need to notify you first?"

"This is to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. It's good for everyone." Ning Qi pointed to the yard and gestured: "Nothing happens at ordinary times, so please don't leave this yard. Fishing while fishing and boxing in the yard are also good pastimes."

Wei Ping said angrily: "How dare you encircle and inspect Daming Tangtang!"

"This is not a confinement, it's for the sake of everyone's safety." Facing the angry Wei Ping, Ning Qi's expression did not change at all: "Not only will we provide free food and accommodation, but also during the period of stationing at Shengli Port, we will Refer to the remuneration you received from Yazhou officials before, and double the allowance. In addition, our Haihan Executive Committee also specially approved a monthly office fund of 50 taels of silver for the Yulin Inspection Department. As long as you are honest, every The money will be released on time on the last day of the month."

50 taels per month!Wei Ping's heart skipped a beat. His current annual salary is only around 20 taels. This number is too tempting!As for those subordinates around him with only a few taels of salary, they were already silent at this time.

(End of this chapter)