1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 157 Route
As a member of Zheng Zhilong's sea force, He Qing thought he was a person who had gone to sea. Even Batavia, he had been here once.

However, he never imagined that after crossing Batavia, he would go east all the way. After resting in a remote camp for one night, he traveled south by boat for five days and came to a place that no one had mentioned before. And the mainland.

He got off the boat with many immigrants. When he was at a loss, a group of soldiers in gray uniforms (town soldiers) shouted at them, and entered a huge bathhouse by men and women.I took off all the clothes on my body, washed from one pool to another, and washed four pools in a row, which can be regarded as cleaning the dirt that was contaminated along the way.

After leaving the bathhouse, everyone was given a piece of linen clothes, and they were taken to the cafeteria in batches.Meals are also simple, a bowl of corn mush and two burnt potatoes.

After the meal, they were led by a group of "subordinate staff" to a neat wooden house, and every ten people were randomly assigned to a room.

Lying on the simple straw mat, He Qing suddenly realized that he had already arrived at the place called Hanzhou.Several companions who mixed with him among the immigrants were separated in Phu Quoc Island and Batavia one after another.However, they must have come to Hanzhou, but they don't know where they are going.

While eating, I heard soldiers in gray uniforms talking about that some immigrants would be transported to the inland Heishan City (Heishan Fort and nearby settlements have been merged into Heishan City) and New Huai’an City after a night’s rest.

And when He Qing got off the boat to register what kind of technical skills he knew, he reported the skills of boat handling and fishing.It is estimated that they will be left in Jianye City by the sea.

Along the way, when the wind was blowing on the upper deck, he would try his best to record the position of the sun or astrology at that time, as well as the islands, land, or reefs with special scenes along the way.As a very experienced sea navigator, I have already outlined a rough route in my mind.As long as you give him paper and pen, he will sketch out in detail while recalling.If you can take a boat trip or two, you will definitely find this place accurately from Daming.

As the ruler of Hanzhou, Qi Tian and a group of managers did not notice at all that a few spies sent by Zheng Zhilong had sneaked into Hanzhou.Of course, considering that Daming is so far away from Hanzhou, even if Zheng Zhilong finds out the situation in Hanzhou, so what?How do you pass on the detected information?

At present, almost all the sailors on all the transport ships in Hanzhou are the first two batches of immigrants and Dan people from Ming Dynasty.As for the immigrants who came later, even if they knew how to operate a boat, they had to go to the fishery department under the civil government to do fishing work for more than a year.

At present, the focus of work of all the military and administrative personnel in Hanzhou is on the transfer and resettlement of the follow-up [-] immigrants.

Now the entire immigration process is slowly divided into four stages. Luo Rucheng took the two ships headed by "Tuochan No. 1" to continuously transfer the hungry people gathered in Guangzhou to Fuguo Island.The newly-purchased Galen ships "Xingye" and "Tuochan 3" went to Phu Quoc Island to transfer immigrants to Batavia.

The local "Polang 1" and "Polang 2" of Hanzhou transported a large amount of nanmu from Xinxiangbao to Batavia, and then returned to Xinxiangbao with immigrants.

The experimental flying shear ship "Flying Fish No. 1" and the flying shear ship "Flying Fish No. 8" just launched in early August, relying on their super fast speed, kept going back and forth between Xinxiangbao and Jianye City, and stayed in Xinxiang for transit. Immigrants from Fort brought back to Hanzhou.

Hu Pingjiang, who stayed on Phu Quoc Island, has begun to organize the temporarily stranded immigrants to build Xinsheng Fort.Because, the message from Hanzhou clearly told them that this island cannot be abandoned and must be occupied as a transit point for immigrants.

Because at this time, neither Chenla nor Champa will pose a threat to this island.They will be busy fighting with each other for a long time to come, and have no time to take care of this humble island.As for the Dutch and Portuguese, it is estimated that they will not be interested in this humble island.After all, there doesn't seem to be anything of value on the island.

Then, after occupying Xinsheng Island (Fuguo Island was renamed), there are two transfer points on the immigration route of Hanzhou, one in front and one in the back, which will provide effective supplies and repairs for future immigration transportation, greatly reducing immigration. transport mortality.

In fact, Qi Tian wanted someone to occupy Natuna Island, but he was worried.

Xinsheng Island is surrounded by some small countries, and there is no time to pay attention to who will occupy it.But Natuna Island is different, it happens to be on the route between Batavia and Daming, Japan and North Korea.

Once Natuna Island is rashly occupied, it may arouse suspicion and vigilance of the Dutch.

Of course, there is also a negative method, the establishment of immigration transit points.That is to throw hundreds of immigrants on Natuna Island and provide early-stage reclamation materials so that they can develop themselves first and not be included in the Hanzhou system.

However, there is still a risk. If the Dutch take a fancy to it, they might pick it up and use it as a supply point for their route.

"What does Hanzhou want me to do this time?" Hu Wenjin asked with a smile as he watched Niu Jinmin lead a group of sailors into the warehouse.Almost every time people come from Hanzhou, they will put forward all kinds of needs, whether it is some kind of craftsman, or some kind of tool, or some kind of equipment.

"Commander Hu!" Niu Jinmin also smiled and cupped his hands, "This time I still need someone!...Wen Po, at least ten Wen Po's will be prepared next month!"

"Why, there will be a large number of women in Hanzhou giving birth next month?" Hu Wenjin asked in surprise.

"In almost September and October, there will be more than 200 women giving birth." With the marriage of more than 300 women in January this year, and then, in the coming September to October, Hanzhou will usher in a Baby boom.

It is estimated that Niu Jinmin's daughter-in-law will give birth in mid-to-late September.He is more concerned about the matter of recruiting stable women in Batavia.

In the early morning of the next day, Niu Jinmin found Hu Wenjin in a panic and reported an unexpected incident to him.

"Two more sailors are gone? What are you doing to eat?" Hu Wenjin was furious when he heard Niu Jinmin say that two sailors had not returned after going out last night.

Niu Jinmin was also a little panicked. Half a month ago, a sailor on the ship disappeared in Batavia.They thought they were new sailors, who couldn't bear the remoteness of Hanzhou, and ran away because of the prosperity of Batavia.

Today, after the transport ship from Hanzhou to Batavia docks, it will stay in the dock warehouse if it is not necessary.Among the two sailors who did not return last night was an old brother.They are going to buy some wine to take on board as backup drinking water.Niu Jinmin thought he was out fooling around when he didn't return late at night, so he didn't care.

As a result, at dawn, Niu Jinmin saw that the two hadn't returned, and immediately knew that something had happened.

"You guys stay here for a day. I'm going to look for Sixth Brother Lin to see if he can help us find someone. I don't believe it. Two big men can still be tied up?" At this time, Su Minggang The Chinese Jiapitan has been resigned, and Lim Liuge will be in charge.Therefore, in Batavia, asking him for help in some matters can still solve most of the problems.

In a small warehouse not far from the Hanzhou Warehouse, a brutal torture had lasted all night.Luisto Suarez stared at the blood-red eyes, and remained silent for a long time on a few hastily drawn route maps.

He believed that after a whole night of repeated torture, the two sailors captured last night should have nothing to hide.

It's just that these route maps are too crudely drawn!Luisto Suarez shook his head. Perhaps, those two sailors were limited by their low cognitive ability, and they were not professional pilots, so that was all they could do.

"Sir, what should we do with those two people? Is it the same as last time, after they were killed, they sank into the sea?" A follower came over and asked in a low voice, with a strong smell of blood on his body.

"No, keep them. Are we going to take them back to Manila?" Luisto Suarez lowered his head and was still studying the abstract route maps.

"Sir, should we find a Chinese interpreter to confirm whether what they said is correct?"

When Luisto Suarez heard this, his heart moved, and then he shook his head again.The interpreters here should all have a Dutch background. If the beginning and the end are not clean, it is easy to be caught by the Dutch.Still don't take any risks, and it's not too late to confirm after returning to Manila.

The three pirates were caught before and after, and the approximate location of their hiding should be known.The approximate time of the voyage, when to turn, and what island signs are on the way, these may require sending a ship to explore and verify slowly.

The goal seems to be getting closer and closer to catching all the pirates.Anyone who challenged the authority of the Kingdom of Spain, they will be punished.No matter where they hide, they cannot escape the pursuit of the Kingdom of Spain after all!

One week later, in the early morning, several merchants who claimed to be from Genoa boarded a Portuguese merchant ship in the port of Batavia carrying several wooden boxes.

Looking at the pier gradually going away, Luisto Suarez let out a long breath.

(End of this chapter)