1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 887
The Zhoushan Ship Gang was the strongest maritime armed organization in the East China Sea before the arrival of Haihan. The number and quality of sailboats under its command were quite good. There was even a large-scale boathouse in Dinghai Bay, which could maintain or build four ships at the same time. A sailboat with about a hundred materials.Haihan has always attached great importance to technical talents, and naturally they did not spare the shipwrights here. After occupying this place, they immediately packed up and sent them to the south.

Although these ships are good, they are not suitable for the Haihan Shipping Department, which has begun to implement standardized organization and operations. Therefore, after the war came to an end, the frontline headquarters and the newly established Zhoushan Provisional Management Committee decided to put these ships as soon as possible. Assets are disposed of in exchange for the urgently needed labor force in the local area.

Liu Zhenguo was careful in selecting the ships at the beginning, fearing that there might be some problems with these ships, but after randomly picking out a few ships to check carefully, he found that the condition of these ships was still very good, and if they were resold in the market, the price would not be lower.And just now he asked the staff at Haihan's side, after picking out the boat, he just needs to register and he can take it away immediately, without even needing a deposit or anything.

While Liu Zhenguo was picking the boat, at another pier he was picking literate and literate immigrants from the immigrants brought back from the north this time.After arriving at Dinghai Port in Zhoushan, these migrants were allowed to go ashore for two days and one night to rest. Of course, their scope of activities was limited to the wharf.A staff member was holding a tin horn and shouting at these ragged refugees: "... who can read and write, educated people, can stay and settle in the local area, provide board and lodging salary, and opportunities for promotion. If you miss this place, All the folks can only go to Fujian to settle down!"

How far is Fujian? Nine out of ten refugees on the pier probably don’t know it. Most of them have traveled the farthest in their lives. This time they took an immigrant boat to Zhoushan, and then went south. What is thousands of miles, they have no concept in their minds.But there is no doubt that compared with Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Fujian is undoubtedly farther away from his hometown, and it will definitely be more difficult for Ye Luo to return to his roots in the future.

For refugees who are forced to leave their hometowns, it is naturally better to be closer to their hometowns under the premise of ensuring living conditions.Even though it is thousands of miles away from the Jiaodong Peninsula, it will probably be better than the legendary hot Lingnan.At that moment, several people in the crowd raised their hands and responded, expressing their willingness to stay here.

Xu Yi was also one of the people who raised his hand to respond. He is from Dengzhou, Shandong. Before the war, his family was quite good. A thousand acres of fertile land.However, after Kong Youde's rebels captured Dengzhou, rich families like the Xu family fell into a situation where their families were ruined. However, the subsequent development of the war involved the entire Jiaodong Peninsula, and Xu Yi's country manor was not spared. A group of rebels attacked here one evening. a member of

In the following six months, Xu Yi wandered around with a large group of refugees, and he was lucky to survive in this troubled world.But after Dengzhou was recovered by the court, he suddenly found that his family and all his property no longer existed, and his refugee status did not change with the end of the war.Apart from continuing to wander around to survive, Xu Yi couldn't find a place to make ends meet in Dengzhou City after the war.

Xu Yi heard that rich people from the south would bring food to the seaside of Lingshanwei from time to time, and they would also take a large number of refugees to settle in the south, so he decided to try his luck.As a result, it didn't take long to arrive at the local area, and Liu Zhenguo's fleet arrived.However, what is slightly different from the rumors is that only refugees who are willing to follow the fleet to the south can get free food supplies.And due to the limited carrying capacity of the fleet, not everyone will receive it.But Xu Yi's luck was really good. A young man like him happened to be the favorite of the immigrant fleet, and he passed the basic physical examination and boarded the ship without much effort.

Xu Yi boarded the boat in order to have a full meal, and only after he had filled his stomach did he start worrying about his future.According to the fleet's publicity, they will be assigned to Fujian, Guangdong and other places to work for the new owner Haihan people.As for the origin of the Haihan people, Xu Yi has probably heard about them. After all, before the war, there were already sporadic Haihan people on the ground in Dengzhou.But apart from his status as a wealthy businessman, Xu Yi didn't know much about other situations. After going to the unfamiliar environment in the south, how to survive and what he could do, he had to think carefully.

According to the people on the boat, the Haihan people have established thousands of miles of land in the south, and they have established a management organization independent of the local government to rule the people in the area.As long as you go to the area under the Haihan rule, everyone will have work, housing, food, and reading. There will be no wars, no oppression, and it will be like heaven.However, Xu Yi doesn't quite believe it. He thinks that this is mostly a fabricated theory to deceive refugees to work as coolies in the south. However, he believes that with his background, knowledge, and knowledge, he will definitely find it when he goes to the south. No matter how powerful the Haihan people are, they will never be able to do everything by themselves, and someone must do things for them.Otherwise, how could there be no Haihan people in the fleet that came to Shandong to pick up refugees?
After the fleet set off from Lingshanwei to the south, it did not stop at the shore for resupply along the way. It continued to drive south day and night, until it arrived near the Zhoushan Islands on this day, and then slowed down to enter the port and dock.Although Xu Yi didn't know the original situation in the local area, he began to re-examine the strength of the Haihan people after seeing the Haihan soldiers with live ammunition on the pier.Obviously this place is no longer under the control of the Daming government, otherwise this scene on the pier would definitely be regarded as an act of rebellion. He really couldn't figure out how the Haihan people did it.

The refugees on board were allowed to go down to the pier to rest for the night. Dozens of large tents have been set up here, and each tent has more than ten single camp beds. This is the only time Xu Yi has slept on a bed for a long time. Lay down overnight.And the food you can get here is much better than that on the boat. In the morning, you can even eat white flour steamed buns with porridge. A few days ago, each meal on the boat was only half a bowl of gruel, so it can finally fill your stomach a little bit here. It's one o'clock.

After breakfast, a staff member with a tin drum horn came and stood on a high place to preach the policy to these new immigrants.Xu Yi was more concerned about this matter, and he listened carefully at the moment. He heard that educated people who could read and write could apply to settle here, so he decisively decided to give it a try.He doesn't know what's going on in the south, but Jiangsu and Zhejiang are undoubtedly the most affluent areas in Daming. Instead of going to Lingnan to suffer, it's better to stay in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to look for opportunities to make a comeback.

Besides, the Haihan people specifically specified those who need to be literate, so it is impossible to gather those who have educated to do rough work. According to Xu Yi's deduction, most of them can be used as accountants, documents, and management. Position.Xu Yi has gone through the baptism of hard life for more than half a year, and there is not much of the young master's habit left in him. As long as he is not going fishing in the sea or farming in the fields, he can accept it.And Xu Yi was originally from a wealthy gentry family, and he himself has a reputation as a scholar, so he thinks that he can handle these jobs without any problem.

Xu Yi was quickly called out of the team and stood with several other refugees who claimed to be scholars.After a while, someone took them out of the immigration rest area and came to a yard in the port area, allowing them to enter the house one by one to register.

Xu Yi waited for two ranks before it was his turn. After entering the room, he saw pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the table in the middle, and the staff in charge of review said, "Please write down your name, age, place of origin, and culture on the paper. level and experience.”

Xu Yi cupped his hands and asked, "May I ask what is the standard for cultural level?"

The person above replied: "If you have fame, write your fame, and if you don't, write how many words you know."

After Xu Yi finished writing the first few items, he thought that he had never done any work since he was a child, so he honestly wrote "no work experience" on the paper.

After reading it, the reviewer nodded and said, "The writing is not bad."

Xu Yi saw that this person knew the goods, and responded casually: "Too much, I am ashamed."

"Okay, let's go to the yard and wait for the news." The man took the paper he had written from the table and put it on his desk.

In fact, there are quite a few immigrants who have similar thoughts with Xu Yi. After solving the current survival problem, many people began to think about how to stay here without going to Lingnan.After this group of people who could read and write were recruited away, some people came to publicize immediately, allowing craftsmen with special skills to sign up by themselves. People with a production skill are all listed here, and now more than ten people raised their hands to signal.

The rest of the people are illiterate and have no special production skills. For Haihan, they belong to pure labor force.But the Zhoushan Management Committee did not intend to just let this batch of immigrants who still had room to be squeezed go. After the technicians who selected them left, the military finally made their debut.

"Those who voluntarily join the Haihan Militia to eat military rations can sign up now! Food, housing, and pay are good. After retiring from the army, they can arrange work, and one person can serve as a soldier and the whole family can be naturalized!" , It can also make the immigrants on the pier hear clearly.

Regarding Haihan's immigration policy, military service system and welfare benefits, since Lingshanwei boarded the ship, there have been people who have been responsible for explaining and explaining on the ship. They have to repeat it at least seven or eight times a day, and the refugees have already heard it by heart after a few days. .There are many people who regard this kind of recruitment as a joke. After all, the Daming law controls civilian weapons very strictly. Besides, enlisting in the Haihan militia is equivalent to naturalization, and naturalization is equivalent to losing the identity of Ming people. This is for many people. It is unimaginable and difficult to accept.

But after they came to Dinghai Port and saw the environment here, the refugees gradually realized that the situation here seemed to be really out of Ming Dynasty's control, and the Haihan militia was also a real civilian armed force, not the Haihan people's fabricated.The territory under Haihan's rule is indeed another world independent of Daming.

Although the people working on the wharf seemed to be Han Chinese no different from him, it was said that they had all given up their identity as Ming people and joined Haihan nationality.Also working for Haihan people, there is a difference in treatment between Haihan and non-Han nationality, and the refugees have also heard lectures on the way.At this juncture, seeing that two groups of people have been selected and gone, a lot of thoughts among the remaining people began to float.Someone asked loudly: "Then can you stay here and settle down to eat soldiers?"

"Family members can, but I can't." The officer in charge of the conscription responded: "The Haihan Militia will move the station at any time, but after three years of service, you can choose to retire. You can apply for where you want to settle at that time."

Someone else asked: "If you die in battle, can you get a pension?"

The officer replied: "Of course there are. How can the chiefs treat the soldiers who fought for Hai Han badly? If you die in battle, in addition to the pension, your parents will have their own civil affairs offices to support them. If you have children, they will also He has been raised on his behalf until he is an adult. The soldiers of our militia go to battle and never have to worry about what will happen to them after death!"

Although it is a bit risky to eat military food, but seeing the majestic appearance of these militiamen on the pier, some people are still moved by the words, and immediately got up to sign up.As long as there is someone to start, the onlookers who were still hesitant are afraid of missing the opportunity, and more than 20 people have signed up one after another.The officer preached for a while, and seeing no one responded, he led the group of applicants away from the pier.

After the three groups of recruits left, there was no movement on the pier.Someone impatiently asked the staff on the pier, but the answer was that their next stop was Fujian.If they missed the recruitment here in Zhoushan, they would have to wait until Penghu to accept the next recruitment.

Those who held a wait-and-see attitude and failed to make a decision in time suddenly felt miscalculated. Some people were undecided, and some wanted to wait for the price. However, the Haihan people did not have such patience to identify them one by one, and only accepted them. Those who voluntarily sign up.Of course, this is also because this group of people has to be transported to the south. If the Zhoushan side intercepts too much, the Penghu side may report to the base camp.The essence of Zhoushan is left here, and most of the labor force flows to Fujian, so that the two places can get what they need, and there will be no major conflicts.

(End of this chapter)