1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 474 Visiting the Inspection Division

Li Qingyang was also observing the laborers wearing colorful vests on the pier. After hearing Lin Nan's explanation, he immediately understood why the pier was still running in an orderly manner despite the busy flow of people and goods. The congestion that is common on terminals occurs during transshipment.

Li Qingyang asked: "These workers can obey the unified command, but are they all under the jurisdiction of the same guild?"

Lin Nan shook his head with a smile and said: "We don't have any civil organizations like guilds here. These workers belong to the Management Committee of Shengli Port Area, and all their work arrangements are handled by the Management Committee. You won't find those messy Jianghu organizations here."

"There is no guild?" Li Qingyang was stunned when he heard this answer, but soon he felt that it was a reasonable thing. Under Haihan's rule, even the official organizations of Ming Dynasty disappeared, let alone such organizations as guilds.

Thinking of this, Li Qingyang pretended to inadvertently ask: "Since there is no guild, there must be no officials from Daming here, right? I heard that thousands of immigrants arrive here every month, and there is no official government of Ming Dynasty here. Don't people find it strange?"

"The government of the Ming Dynasty? Of course there is. This is still the territory of the Ming Dynasty in name. How can there be no government?" Lin Nan deliberately bit the word "in name" a little bit harder, raised his finger to the west and said: "Look Have you been to the yard with the flag on the wharf over there? That's where the Yulin Inspection Department is stationed, and next to it is the yard of the Yacheng Shuizhai. Brother Li, do you want to go over there and check for yourself?"

Li Qingyang thought to himself that the local government had really been colluding with the Haihan people for a long time. They obviously had a permanent organization here, but they still sat back and watched the Haihan people do all kinds of illegal things in Sanya.Li Qingyang nodded and said, "If it's convenient, I'd like to take a look."

"Convenient, very convenient." Lin Nan was eager for Li Qingyang to visit, because this was originally one of the visitors prepared by the Ministry of Security for Li Qingyang.

Hao Wanqing believed that in order to win over Li Qingyang, he must first try to influence his view of Haihan and reduce the guilt in his heart for betraying Daming, and the best way to do this is to let him see it with his own eyes. Looking at the lives of the Ming officials who cooperated with Haihan, he can have a general idea of ​​his future living conditions in Sanya.

The representative figures in this regard are none other than Luo Shengdong and Wei Ping, who were the first to choose cooperation rather than confrontation.When these two people dealt with Hai Han at the beginning, they were still grassroots personnel, Luo Shengdong was only a hundred bosses, and Wei Ping was a small patrol inspector, but after more than two years passed, the positions of the two have already been established No small change.

Due to Luo Shengdong's high starting point and good cooperation attitude, and his father-in-law Zhang Qing is the current magistrate of Yazhou, the executive committee contributed money and efforts to enable him to successfully achieve the triple jump in the past two years. The general of Yacheng Shuizhai is gone, and all the Ming army naval divisions in Qiongnan area are under his command.Wei Ping's starting point is slightly lower. His backing in the officialdom, his brother-in-law who was once the prefect of Yazhou, has retired, so the promotion is not as smooth as Luo Shengdong, but he has now been promoted to the deputy of the Yacheng Guards Army. Mr. Qian can be regarded as a local senior military officer.

Of course, although the official ranks of these two people are not low, the real power in their hands has not increased much. The garrisons of Yacheng Shuizhai and Weisuo Army have long been taken over by the militia, and the people who are stationed in these two places now Almost all the people were replaced by militia soldiers, the original navy and guards were basically demobilized, and most of them chose to enter Haihan's social system to serve for the executive committee.In terms of income alone, working for the executive committee is much better than working for the imperial court. Working for three months can last a year, so the choice is very simple.

Although almost all the subordinates have been dismissed, this is not a problem for Luo Shengdong and Wei Ping. They have no soldiers, but they can gain more trust from the executive committee.In order to show openness in their hearts, the two simply moved to Victory Port for a long-term settlement.And the flags of the navy and inspection department are still flying on the coast of Shengli Port every day, showing to the newly arrived outsiders that this place still belongs to Daming's territory.

Lin Nan took Li Qingyang to the Yulin Inspection Department first, and as soon as he entered, he saw five men kneeling in the yard, all with their hands tied behind their backs and their heads drooping.Someone saw Lin Nan coming in and hurriedly greeted Wei Ping who was drinking tea under the eaves: "Master Wei, Master Lin is here!"

Wei Ping got up and came out when he heard the words, and exchanged a few words with Lin Nan.Lin Nan didn't introduce Li Qingyang's identity to Wei Ping, pointing to a few people kneeling in the courtyard and asking, "What's going on?"

"Two ships arrived in the morning, and they were full of immigrants. These guys mixed with the immigrants and planned to come to Sanya to make a fortune. Unexpectedly, we caught them out as soon as we got off the boat!" Wei Ping sneered: "In the past six months, the There are more and more people coming to Sanya with the idea of ​​getting rich, our inspection department used to be a leisurely yamen, but now we have work every day!"

The Executive Committee kept the Yulin Inspection Department in Shengli Port, and it was originally for them to do the dirty work.For new immigrants and other outsiders who are new to Shengli Port and are not familiar with the local situation, the authority of the inspection department is obviously higher than that of the Haihan police they have never been in contact with before, and the inspection department will deal with the new arrivals All kinds of disputes are obviously more efficient than the police.Of course, apart from a few of Wei Ping's cronies who can be counted with a slap in the inspection department, everyone else is also affiliated with the police department, but they usually wear the official uniform of the inspection department at work.

Among the early immigrants, at most, some people who disobeyed the arrangement would be arrested on the pier, but in recent years, with the increasing prosperity of Sanya, more and more people came here with other intentions. There are many, and there are also some thieves, liars and even gangsters trying to enter Sanya.

However, the vast majority of these people will reveal their secrets when they disembark and enter the country, either because the hidden weapons, drugs and other things in the package were found out, or because the increasingly experienced immigration inspectors saw something wrong, Or he thought he was self-righteous and refused to accept the management, but he was directly suppressed by the inspection department.

The five guys who were caught today are said to be the same group, and they took two immigration ships to conceal their identities.However, contraband was found in the luggage when they entered the country, and the items of the five people were exactly the same, so they were caught out one by one by the inspection department staff waiting next to them.

After hearing this, Lin Nan couldn't help asking: "Then what are these five people doing?"

"It's been interrogated. They're all street scammers, and they're planning to come to Sanya to open an underground casino." Wei Ping said as he motioned his subordinates to present the evidence: "Look, Master Lin, this is what they seized."

Li Qingyang followed up and took a look, and found that there were several large bags of dice.Wei Ping took one at random, pulled out his short knife and cut it open, only to see a small grain of metal falling out of it.

"They are all dice filled with lead. Who would take this thing across the ocean with a good person? So we arrested them directly and notified the Ministry of Justice. It is estimated that someone will come to take them away in a while." Wei Ping didn't feel very complacent about this. It was indeed a very common situation among the people captured by the inspection department on a daily basis. Nothing to bask in.

Li Qingyang couldn't help but asked, "Since he was arrested by the inspection department, why did he hand it over to Hai Han for disposal?"

Wei Ping glanced at Li Qingyang and said, "I didn't ask this one..."

"Mr. Wei Qian, this is Li Qingyang, Mr. Li, a specially hired consultant from our side, who came from the mainland." Lin Nan's introduction was rather cryptic, and did not specify Li Qingyang's original identity.

However, Wei Ping has not been dealing with Lin Nan here for a day or two. Naturally, he knows Lin Nan's identity. Since Li Qingyang is from the Ministry of Security and is from the mainland, in fact, Wei Ping has no idea about Li Qingyang's identity. How much has already guessed a few points.

Of course, Wei Ping didn't want to get to the bottom of it. After quickly exchanging glances with Lin Nan, he nodded and said, "Since Mr. Li is new here, let me explain why."

"The local inspection department has only five people, and the number of ships arriving at Hong Kong every day ranges from six to seven to as many as ten or twenty. There are thousands of new immigrants arriving in Hong Kong every month. Just imagine, Can it be managed with only the personnel of the inspection department?" Wei Ping pointed to a four-story brick building next to him and said, "Do you see the building next to it? That's the Port Affairs Center, and that's where the processing is done. Regarding port affairs, the inspection department is only responsible for helping to maintain order in the port. If everything is handled by us, then everyone may not even have time to eat and sleep!"

Li Qingyang said: "In that case, why not increase the manpower of the Inspection Department?"

Wei Ping glared and said, "It doesn't cost money to increase the staff? Who will pay for it? One additional person will get 100 taels of silver a year. This wharf is several miles long. How much more manpower do you think is enough?"

Li Qingyang opened his mouth to answer, but was at a loss for words for a while.It doesn't sound like a big amount, but it is probably not easy for a place like Yazhou to add 800 taels of silver to the government's budget.Li Qingyang said resentfully: "Then the inspectors..."

"These people are members of the Haihan Justice Department, and they're just helping here in the uniforms of the inspection department." Wei Ping didn't try to hide this, and directly told the truth: "These offenders, The Ministry of Justice will punish them, and Haihan has perfect laws and regulations, so Mr. Li doesn’t have to worry that they will get away with it!”

Li Qingyang shook his head and said: "As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, if you break the law on the land of the Ming Dynasty, shouldn't you make a judgment based on the laws of the Ming Dynasty?"

Wei Ping said patiently: "This is the place of the Haihan Executive Committee, and everything must be done in accordance with the regulations of the Executive Committee."

"Mr. Wei Qian, do you still remember that you are an official of the imperial court?" Li Qingyang forgot his current identity for a moment when he heard this, and couldn't help scolding him.

Wei Ping sneered and said, "Remember, if I didn't have the status of an imperial official, I'm afraid I would have already fed the fish by now. Now this official position is helped by the executive committee, and the money that goes into the account every month is also the executive committee. It was given by the committee. If I take off this official uniform, I can only go to the pier to carry big bags like everyone else. How can I not remember my identity! Mr. Li, if you want to live in Sanya, the best Follow the rules here!"

Li Qingyang snorted, and disagreed with Wei Ping's statement.

Lin Nan saw that the atmosphere was a bit tense, so he smoothed things over and said, "Master Wei, when you first arrived in Shengli Port, your temper was no better than that of Mr. Li."

Wei Ping was brought up by Lin Nan, and he couldn't help sighing: "That's true. At the beginning, I, Wei Ping, thought that I would not disappoint the position of a small sesame official given to me by the imperial court, and planned to serve the country with my death! It’s okay, I didn’t act impulsively at that time, otherwise it would be too late to regret it!”

After Wei Ping finished speaking, he hugged Li Qingyang and expressed his apology: "Mr. Li, I was the one who spoke impulsively just now, so don't mind. When I first came here, it was more difficult for me to accept the rules here than you. Your mentality at this moment , you can understand a thing or two in the future. After you live here for two or three months, your thinking will definitely change. Isn’t everyone working hard in this world to live a stable and prosperous life? If you can live in peace and comfort, who is in charge of this place, so what does it matter?"

Li Qingyang still couldn't help but answered: "This place is the land of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally the imperial court has the final say!"

Wei Ping shook his head and said: "This is different. Although this place is the land of Ming Dynasty, the tens of thousands of people here are not supported by the imperial court. The people here are the locals of Yazhou. Three years ago, this place was a barren beach, not to mention the port. There are not even a few resident households. Now Sanya has tens of thousands of residents, and the prosperity of the port is comparable to that of Guangzhou. This situation is not due to the imperial court, but the Haihan Executive Committee led everyone to build it bit by bit. Next I was lucky enough to witness this process with my own eyes. Apart from admiration for the abilities of the Haihan Executive Committee, I have nothing else to say. If the imperial court had such abilities, Yazhou would not have been a place for prisoners to be exiled, but a party Happy land!"

Li Qingyang really wanted to scold him for treason, but after thinking about it, it was useless. Lin Nan was still here, if he showed too obvious emotions, it would definitely lead to disadvantages in the future.So Li Qingyang swallowed his words abruptly, and did not continue to argue with Wei Ping.

Lin Nan had been silently observing Li Qingyang's mood. As Li Qingyang's person in charge, he had to make a reasonable assessment of Li Qingyang's mental state in order to provide reference for his future appointment.Judging from the current situation, although Li Qingyang could not accept the degree of Haihan's control over the local area, he did not show complete disgust. It was more of a conflict of ideas, and in Lin Nan's view, this deviation could be resolved through various methods. Means to slowly correct.

(End of this chapter)