1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 3749

Qian Tiandun originally intended to appoint one of Li Yuande and Dong Shangyi to accompany Gaoqiao Nan to Fubo Port. After all, these two people had met with Chief Abdullah of the Xihu tribe. If they accompanied them, it might be helpful for the subsequent in-depth contact between the two sides.

However, before this, the two had already told him privately that they were leaving the Special Warfare Division and returning to China. Li Yuande was going back to Guangdong to organize the next batch of supplies and immigrants, while Dong Shangyi was going back to Fujian to report - he had been on this business trip for almost a year, and had spent most of the time with the Special Warfare Division, so it was time for him to go back and report.

These two were not Qian Tiandun's subordinates. Although they could be temporarily recruited, that would inevitably violate Qian Tiandun's earlier promise to them that they could "come and go freely."

Qian Tiandun appreciated the abilities and enthusiasm of these two young men, but he also knew that they had their own beliefs and careers. Especially Dong Shangyi, he was also a loyal retainer of the Xu family in Fujian. If he stayed with him for too long, it might affect his future in Fujian, so letting him go at the right time might be the best arrangement for him.

Although Li Yuande is not in the organization, he has already regarded himself as a member of the special operations division and will definitely come back next year. Qian Tiandun will not worry that he will never come back.

Despite the lack of participation of these two business professionals, this will not hinder the progress of the operation - especially since the commander of this operation is Takahashi Minami, who only has the goal in mind and no difficulties are insurmountable.

A few days after Takahashi Minami led his troops to set off, the fleet led by Shi Diwen also arrived at Xingdao one after another.

Although Roger and Tan Juren had long known that the fleet heading west to Malacca would be large, they were still shocked when the fleet arrived at Sing Tao Island in such a mighty manner.

The armed fleet alone includes the main fleet composed of the East China Sea Fleet, the escort fleets sent by North Korea and Annan, as well as more than 20 ships dispatched from Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan and other places to escort local merchant ships, with thousands of sailors alone.

The number of civilian ships in the fleet was even greater, accounting for about 70% of all ships in the fleet when they arrived at Xingdao. Due to the different speeds of the ships, the fleet stretched for hundreds of miles on the sea, and the slower ships did not enter the port until the next night.

More than half of the local officials who were originally arranged to welcome Shi Diwen and his party at the port were temporarily dismissed, because what was most needed at this time was not for them to appear in the welcoming team, but to immediately prepare more supplies and accommodation, otherwise there would definitely be chaos.

Although the Sing Tao government had made preparations for the reception, they did not expect so many people to come. There were more than 4,000 immigrants from various places along the way, and almost half of them came from Japan, which was in the midst of a civil war.

Only a few of these immigrants had ever been to sea, and most had never experienced such a long journey on the sea. Many people were already exhausted from days of seasickness on their way to Sing Tao Island, and many of them were left half dead.

What these people need most right now is to return to land as soon as possible to rest for a few days, recover their strength, and then head to the next destination.

As tens of thousands of people suddenly arrived, all the inns and hotels on Sing Tao Island were full. The authorities had to temporarily organize the construction of hundreds of large marching tents to accommodate the thousands of immigrants who needed to go ashore to rest while the fleet was anchored.

Fortunately, part of the Xingdao garrison has been sent to the southern new continent, and there are some empty barracks in the military camp, which can accommodate colleagues who have come from afar. Roger and Shi Diwen were friends before they traveled through time, but now they are each in charge of a large region, and the opportunities to meet are very few. After the two met, they hugged each other warmly, which surprised all the subordinates.

In their eyes, their superiors are always very majestic. No matter who they meet, they would just shake hands as a courtesy. Even when they meet their family members, they may not show such excitement.

But how could they understand how important the friendship between these two people, which spans the years and even time and space, is to them.

Of course, it was not only Shi Diwen and many immigrants who arrived in Sing Tao this time, but also Gao Huan, Tian Yeyou, and experts and scholars from various fields.

Although these people's destinations are all the new control area of ​​the Special Operations Division, since they are passing by Xingdao, they will naturally stay there for a few days.

Among them, Tian Yeyou also revisited the old place. Ten years ago, during the exploration and development of the Dumai oil field on the south bank of the Strait of Malacca, Tian Yeyou was the chief commander of the project at that time. Xingdao, which is only a few hundred miles away, is also a place he often visits.

The Xingdao authorities were the main investors in the exploration and development of the Dumai oil field, so after it was completed and put into production, Xingdao was also the one that benefited the most from the oil field. In the past ten years, Xingdao's income from operating the oil field has accounted for about one-tenth of the region's fiscal revenue, and it has provided thousands of jobs for the local area and trained a large number of industrial workers.

From this perspective, Tian Yeyou, who was in charge of the project, can be regarded as the God of Wealth of Xingdao. Although Tian Yeyou later settled in China, Xingdao still reserved a manor for him so that he could come and live there at any time. Unexpectedly, it really came in handy.

After the grand welcome dinner, Roger, who was still not satisfied, invited Shi Diwen to his mansion and called his family to meet Shi Diwen. However, his two eldest sons, Luo Shenghuai and Luo Shengding, were not at home, as they were stationed in Swan Harbor in the southern New World.

After sending his family away, Roger turned around and took out a small clay pot from the bookcase, showing it to Shi Diwen, "Would you like some more? This is home-brewed wine. I buried it in the cellar when my eldest daughter was just conceived. I originally wanted to keep it as a daughter's wine and dig it out as a dowry eighteen years later. But I didn't expect that I would give birth to two sons in a row, so I forgot about it."

"Last year, we demolished the old house and planned to build a college. We found the wine we had buried in the cellar. Now, this is all we have left!"

Shi Diwen nodded and said, "Since it's so precious, of course I have to try it. You know me. If you bring me some Sanya special brew, I will definitely not be interested."

Although Shi Diwen and Luo Jie are Chinese who grew up overseas, their ancestral homes are in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They grew up drinking rice wine with their elders. So when Luo Jie arrived in Sing Tao, he planned to settle down here for a long time, so he specially brewed a batch of rice wine and buried it underground.

As for the Sanya special brew, which uses tropical fruits as the main brewing material, although it is also a good wine, it is not so to their taste.