1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2400
For the out-of-town people who don't know the real situation in Fushan County, the obedience they show now is more out of fear of Haihan's army and desire to survive, but not because of trust and dependence on Haihan.Compared with the Haihan people, they are still more willing to trust the local government. Even if the local officials did not show up in the process of accepting the refugees, they are still more reliable than the troops from other countries from overseas in the eyes of the refugees.

The biggest official that many people can come into contact with in their life is probably the county magistrate, so for them, the magistrate represents the existence of the country and imperial power to a certain extent, and what the magistrate says symbolizes the existence of the ruler. will.The magistrate of Zhang County in Fushan County asked them to accept Haihan's rescue arrangement. According to the understanding of ordinary people, this represents the attitude of the government. As helpless refugees, besides obeying the orders of the government, is there anything else choice?
In fact, Zhang Pucheng seldom had this kind of public speech to the people. Even before the Haihan people came to Fushan County, he did not have the habit of going deep into the countryside to contact the people.But at this time, seeing the awe-inspiring expressions on the faces of these refugees, Zhang Pucheng suddenly regained his sense of authority as a county parent official.

How long has it been since you felt this way?Zhang Pucheng thinks that it probably started when the Haihan people took control of Fushan County. Since then, no one cared about the authority of the county government anymore. In the past year, it has almost entered a state of invisibility. Maybe not many people still remember the local government. Zhang Pucheng is the county magistrate.If Hai Han hadn't arranged such a special task today, he would have almost forgotten the feeling of being revered by the people.

Zhang Pucheng was in a daze for a while, who gave his current position and power, and whether the object of his service was Haihan or Daming, this is really confusing.

In front of the officials of Daming, the authority was given by Hai Han, and it was the people of Daming who were saved, but it was Hai Han who gave the order.Zhang Pucheng had never experienced this strange feeling of being cut apart.He can only sigh secretly in his heart, this is probably the troubled times!

Chaos and stability, what Zhang Pucheng said is of course not counted, but Haihan definitely does not want to let Fushan County, which has been working hard for several years, fall into chaos, so he will try every means to guide and control the refugees entering Fushan County, and even use it. Local officials came to reassure the refugees and ensure that they could comply with Haihan's immigration arrangements.

However, the situation in the first refugee camp visited by Zhang Pucheng is not universal. After all, the hardware facilities of this refugee camp are relatively complete, and the refugees accommodated here have also undergone preliminary screening. It can be said that Fushan County is in the best condition. one of the refugee camps.Liu Shang arranged for Zhang Pucheng to show up here first, hoping to let him find a feeling in this relatively good environment, so that he can adapt faster when he goes to other refugee camps later.

Compared with this "model camp" next to Majiazhuang, most other refugee camps in Fushan County are much simpler in terms of hardware. The barracks are basically built with tents, and similar to latrines and reservoirs. Facilities such as cemeteries and drainage ditches were also temporarily built, almost housing refugees while they were being built.

Young and strong men among the refugees will be selected to serve as temporary labor, and new refugee camps will be continuously expanded to ensure that the refugees who are still entering Fukuyama County can be accommodated in the first place.

The labor force with their families can often get more trust, and they will even be taken to Zhifu Port to help the cargo ships arriving here unload various emergency supplies.These people still have family members in the refugee camp, so there is no need to worry too much about them making trouble outside.

Thanks to the fact that Haihan's troops stationed in the north are currently in a truce, and no troops need to go out to fight, so most of the military tents in various warehouses were transferred to Fushan County to be used as temporary barracks for building refugee camps.But even so, the number of military tents is far from enough to meet the living needs of many refugees. After all, the troops deployed by Haihan in several control areas in the north are only a few thousand people. Naturally, military tents are equipped according to the strength of the troops. So far there is still a large demand gap.

Fortunately, emergency supplies in the south are being transported to Fushan County continuously, and more than ten military tents are being set up in the second refugee camp Zhang Pucheng visited.This kind of tent is made of high-quality canvas, which is tough and durable, and can also play a certain role in preventing wind, rain and snow.Using the matching ropes, brackets and ground nails, seven or eight people can build a tent in about half an hour.

This kind of military tent can accommodate about [-] to [-] soldiers. However, there are too many refugees and there is a serious shortage of tents. Haihan can only arrange more refugees to squeeze into the limited tents, at least to ensure that these people will not be affected. Wind and rain.But this is not without benefits. In a tent that cannot be heated by a fire, it seems to be slightly warmer when there are more people.

"In this season, if there is a place to live, the chance of survival will double. Although the conditions we can provide are very limited, it is better than letting these refugees become refugees." Liu Shang led Zhang Pucheng Check out the refugee camp and explain to him what's going on here.

Zhang Pucheng quickly responded: "What Master Liu said is very true. Your country provides board and lodging for so many refugees. It is indeed a living Buddha of thousands of families. I also admire it very much."

The living conditions here are undoubtedly not comparable to the refugee camp Zhang Pucheng visited before, but as Liu Shang said, it is better to have a place to live than to be a refugee, not to mention that besides accommodation, Haihan can provide them with provide food.

At present, there are tens of thousands of refugees in Fushan County waiting to be fed. It is not an easy task to provide a stable food supply for so many people.Even if Haihan is as strong as Haihan in terms of resource allocation and shipping logistics, it is still difficult to move enough food in a hurry.

But fortunately, Haihan has taken precautions to prepare for the possible food crisis. In the past two years, the planting of potatoes and sweet potatoes has been widely promoted in these control areas in the north. These crops with simple planting techniques and high yields are quickly solved. The local food shortage problem can also be used to help refugees in Fukuyama County at this time.

These two kinds of crops appeared here earlier than the original history, so these non-rice non-noodle foods are very novel to the refugees.But as long as they can make ends meet, they won't bother to find out the origin and cultivation methods of these foods, they just think it's a unique product of Haihan Country.

No matter how rough the food is, at least Haihan can maintain the supply, and the refugees will not starve to death. After all, it is better than their situation before they arrived in Fushan County.From this point of view, it is not false that they heard in Zhaoyuan, Laixi and other places that Haihan provided board and lodging for refugees in Fushan County.

Of course, in addition to board and lodging, there is another extremely important point that is easily overlooked, and that is the issue of safety.

Refugees basically have no safety at all during their escape. There are too many soldiers, refugees, and wild animals that may endanger their personal safety.But after arriving in Fushan County, they were assigned to various refugee camps. These camps were guarded by fully armed Haihan soldiers, so they no longer had to worry about their own safety.

Especially those who fled with their belongings, they don't have to worry about being robbed here.If you are willing to spend money, you can also change yourself to a camp with relatively better conditions, and say goodbye to the days of eating potatoes every day.

Most of the people staying in this kind of refugee camp have limited knowledge, and they are not willing to believe things that they lack knowledge. For example, there is a Haihan country that is more powerful than Ming Dynasty.Some people even worry that they have just stepped out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's mouth. These Haihan people may not be much better than the wolf-like Qing army.

Of course, in essence, Haihan's purpose is indeed similar to that of the Qing army, they all want to obtain a large number of people from Ming Dynasty.It's just that one used force to rob, and the other coaxed and deceived.Although the former was more efficient and took away hundreds of thousands of Daming's population at one time, Haihan didn't want to break face with Daming, and was more willing to use peaceful means to achieve his goal.

Under such circumstances, it is particularly important for local officials like Zhang Pucheng to cooperate.After Liu Shang briefly introduced the situation here, he followed the previous operation and called the refugees in the camp to listen to Zhang Pucheng's speech.

With previous experience, Zhang Pucheng's mood is also calmer at this time.He has roughly understood the purpose of Haihan asking him to come forward, so he also made some adjustments to the content of his speech, highlighting the benefits of accepting Haihan's rescue and emigrating overseas, and even patted his chest in the name of the Fushan County Government Assure the refugees that the new resettlement place provided by Haihan will be much better than the current treatment. Not only will they be guaranteed food and lodging, but they will even be allocated their own land, or they will be provided with official resources by Haihan. Other livelihoods provided - this is also the condition that Liu Shang instructed him to join.

In short, after going to Haihan, they don't have to worry about continuing to live a refugee-like life. They can start their new lives in overseas resettlement places, and there will be no more wars.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhang Pucheng declared that Haihan's immigration relief measures have been approved by Daming, and they will not bear any charges for leaving Daming, and they can still return to Shandong at an appropriate time in the future.

Although the content of the speech was similar to the previous speech, due to some more targeted adjustments, Zhang Pucheng achieved quite good results here.Some refugees who had nothing to worry about because of the destruction of their homes immediately expressed their willingness to follow the arrangement and go to resettlement places overseas.

There are still people who have doubts about this, and there are many people who are reluctant to leave Shandong, but at least there is no voice that publicly opposes Haihan's arrangement.However, these refugees had a lot of weird questions, Zhang Pucheng had to spend a lot of saliva to answer them, and after some questions and answers, his mouth was dry.Thinking that there are still dozens of refugee camps to be visited one by one, Zhang Pucheng can't help but feel a little tired. For a while, he wondered whether it was the right decision to come back to take up this hard job with a shy face and begging for mercy.

As if he had seen through his mind, Liu Shang said: "Master Zhang, as long as you do things well, our country will definitely treat you well. If you work here for a day, we will count your salary for a day. In the future, whether you are Whether you continue to stay in Fushan County, or let our country arrange to leave here, you can get courtesy by virtue of what you do at this time."

Liu Shang's words made Zhang Pucheng's mood a little better, and he quickly said a few words: "Master Liu, you are polite, it is my duty to rescue these fleeing people, even if my ability is limited and I can't save them, I can't just sit back and watch them in Fushan County Something happened. Since the purpose of your country is also to let these people survive, it is the same as the purpose of your subordinates, and it is only natural to make some efforts."

Liu Shang smiled and said: "If all the officials in Daming had the awareness of Mr. Zhang, there wouldn't be so many refugees. It's a pity that a talent like Mr. Zhang is really a bright pearl in Daming. Voted."

Zhang Pu asked intentionally, could it be that you still want to drag me to Haihan to be an official?Although this was an excellent way out, Zhang Pucheng didn't dare to pick up the topic casually, worried that Liu Shang was deliberately testing himself, and it might not be a good thing if he expressed his attitude too positively.

But Liu Shang is just saying a few polite words. Officials like Zhang Pucheng have no backbone, no outstanding ability, and they are fine in Fushan County. It is not so easy to be a magistrate in Haihan Country. joy.He didn't think that Zhang Pucheng had such ability. Even if he went to Haihan, he could manage a town at most with his ability.

But in any case, the identities of Zhang Pucheng and others played a positive role. Their public appearance made the refugee group think that Daming had reached an agreement with Haihan on the relevant rescue measures, which also included sending refugees overseas. The content of the placement.

"If local officials come out to endorse us, the process of organizing immigration will be much easier. It's a pity we can't invite higher-level officials to come forward, otherwise the effect should be even better!" Chen Yixin listened to Liu After Shang's report, he commented on the current situation in Fukuyama County.

Chen Yixin's regret is actually a compliment to the work at this stage, because everyone knows that the Terengganu government has always been at odds with Haihan, and if they want the Terengganu government to agree with Haihan's measures to rescue refugees, then basically It is impossible to do, let alone endorse Haihan's immigration action.

If these incidents in Fushan County spread to the imperial court, most of Dengzhou will have to bear the punishment of the imperial court, because they failed to implement effective rescue measures to control the flow of refugees to Fushan County controlled by Haihan, and they could not prevent Haihan from sending them to Fushan County. Refugees are being shipped overseas in large numbers.The imperial court could hold its nose and admit this sullen loss, but in the end someone has to bear the responsibility, and the Terengganu government must bear the blame.

(End of this chapter)