1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 331 Immigration Preparation
On June 1639, 6, four warships led by Qi Dajiang set off from Xinsheng Island (now Fuguo Island, Vietnam) and planned to return to Hanxing Island (now Miyako Island) via Guangzhou and Quanzhou.At the same time, more than 5 Guangnan prisoners and more than 100 artisans accompanying the army were also shipped on board, which needed to be transported back to Hanzhou for processing.Several important mines, or wild areas, will be their future home.

On June 6, he arrived in Champa and stopped at Bintong Long, the royal city, for two days. He unloaded one hundred flintlock guns, two artillery pieces, and many captured Guangnan military weapons.In exchange, the enthusiastic Champas loaded more than 6 tons of rice on four warships.

On June 6, the Hanzhou warship arrived at the estuary near Fuchun (now Hue, Vietnam), the king city of Guangnan, and sank several of the more than ten Guangnan navy ships it encountered.Then went straight up the river through the mouth of the river, docked in the river, and bombarded Fuchun Wharf with dozens of shells, destroying houses and wharf facilities. Warn the King of Guangnan, don't come to Xinsheng Island again to seek humiliation, otherwise, the Hanzhou Fleet will block the entire coast of Guangnan Kingdom, making it impossible to enter the sea.

Looking at the Hanzhou Fleet fleeing away, Guangnan King Ruan Fulan stood on the tower of Fuchun City with a gloomy expression.The two defeats on Xinsheng Island caused quite a shock to the entire Guangnan Kingdom.

The Zheng clan of the Li Dynasty in the north has a large population and well-equipped soldiers. They have always regarded Annan Zhengshuo as their own. Guangnan Kingdom has been defeated by the opponent several times in the past decades.

Today, the Guangnan Kingdom, which wanted to aspire to become the regional hegemon, suffered two disastrous defeats on a small island with thousands of people. Two commanders were captured, and more than six thousand troops were wiped out.This is a heavy blow to Ruan Fulan, the king of Guangnan who is ambitious and wants to do something.

What's more, this so-called small country of Hanzhou even sent large ships to the Fuchun King City River to bombard the wharfs and market towns outside the city, showing off its force.But what about Tu Nai, the Guangnan National Navy is all small boats, and cannot compete with the big ships.

Ruan Fulan, the king of Guangnan, beheaded the two low-level military officers who had been let down by the Hanzhou warship, and dismissed more than ten officials from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, the Navy, and the Northern Governor's Mansion.He also ordered the newly-appointed officials of the Ministry of Rituals to quickly contact Portugal, the Netherlands and other Western countries to discuss the purchase of firearms and large ships.

A small country like Hanzhou is nothing more than relying on sharp firearms and huge boats to act recklessly.Right now, let's hold back for now, in the future we will definitely attack that small island, destroy Hanzhou, and use our blood to avenge our shame.

On June 6, the Hanzhou fleet arrived at the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangzhou, picked up more than 16 craftsmen and scholars collected by the Hanzhou warehouse, and then turned around and headed for Quanzhou, Fujian.Qi Dajiang was going to repair and maintain the four warships there in order to transport the immigrants back to Hanzhou.

As expected, after arriving in Quanzhou, all the Spaniards captured by Hanzhou two months ago were swallowed by Zheng Zhilong, and they were all scattered and added to his numerous land and navy troops.As for the sixty or seventy Zheng family sailors recruited by Hanzhou on Xinsheng Island, Zheng Zhilong also had a tacit understanding and did not say anything.
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Zhang Wenqi stood in the watchtower of Hanxing Fort and looked out. The temporary settlements outside the camp were densely packed with shacks built by the hungry people.These are the hungry people from Shandong and Huaibei brought by the second Hanzhou immigration fleet. They and the first batch of hungry people are located on the east and west sides of the camp.

The second batch of ships brought more than 600 hungry people, not including more than 180 people who died on the way. More than 3000 hungry people instantly put pressure on the small Hamburg.

A few days ago, Zhang Wenqi and Luo Rucheng had a fierce quarrel.He requested that three ships be drawn out immediately to transfer the hungry people to Midway Island (now Koror Island, Palau), or directly to Tongzhou Fort (now Manokwari City, Papua New Guinea).Because there are more than 3000 hungry people, and most of them are young and middle-aged, there is a certain risk in the suppression of only more than 200 Marine soldiers.

But Luo Rucheng sneered at this. These hungry people traveled thousands of miles from Shandong, Hebei, and Lianghuai, and finally rushed to Haizhou (now Lianyungang City, Jiangsu) to beg for food. The longest has been there for half a year, starving and freezing. But there has never been any trouble.Now in Hanxing Island, there is porridge to drink every day, and fish soup and fish from time to time, so how could they have the idea of ​​making trouble here.

Counting the days, Commander Qi Er should return from Xinsheng Island and bring back a large amount of food, and then participate in the immigration transportation task.It just so happens that they transfer some of the immigrants back to Midway Island, or several transit points on Weiyuan Island.And Luo Rucheng's five large ships must return to Daming quickly, trying to bring more immigrants back.It would be a pity if the situation changed in the future.

Zhang Wenqi was worried that there would be a problem with Commander Qi Er, and he would not be able to return to Hanxing Island in a short time, so what should I do? Once the more than 3000 hungry people have something to eat, they will definitely panic because they are about to leave Daming and go to an unknown place, and then they will have unreasonable thoughts.

Luo Rucheng seemed very angry at Zhang Wenqi's malicious speculation about those poor hungry people.He was born in Huaibei and made a living in Shandong. He thought that someone who knew the two places very well could even guarantee his own life that these hungry people would not make trouble.After all, it was Han Zhou who saved their lives with a piece of pancake, and also promised to share the house and land in the future.

In the end, Li Fade, the captain of the Second Marine Corps, came out to smooth things over, saying that he would lead more than 200 Marine Corps soldiers to maintain everything here with the local soldiers organized here, and categorically guaranteed that nothing would happen.

Although Zhang Wenqi was forced to agree with Luo Rucheng to lead all the ships to Daming to transport the hungry people, she still maintained a high enough vigilance against the hungry people flocking to the island.

He built a new camp on the coast six to seven kilometers southwest of Hanxing Island, and moved more than half of the hungry people who came for the second time.At the same time, the first one hundred Guangdong immigrants were all armed, and they patrolled the two temporary camps together with the soldiers of the Second Marine Corps to maintain the order of production and life on the island.As for the most important grain depot in Hanxingburg, it is even more important to take care of it.

There are more than [-] people, most of them are young and strong, and this place is not very far from Daming.These hungry people may not think about the future when they are dying of hunger.But now once you have a full stomach, will there be other thoughts in your mind?But if these hungry people make trouble, wouldn't it destroy this immigration transit point that was established with great difficulty.

Zhang Wenqi still underestimated the difficulty of leaving the homeland of the immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, but also overestimated their ability to resist.

In less than ten days, more than half of the hungry people of Ming Dynasty came to Hanxing Fort, pleading with Zhang Wenqi and many soldiers of the Marine Corps, asking the Hanzhou people not to transport them to the Hanzhou mainland thousands of miles away. Instead, they were placed on the island.Because for them, leaving their hometown and being forced to go overseas is already ashamed of their ancestors.

Then why not choose a place that is closer to Daming. In the future, he or his descendants will still have the opportunity to return to Daming to pay homage to their ancestors.But if you want to go to Hanzhou, which is thousands of miles away, it may be difficult to return to Daming.

Are you kidding me? All these 3000 people stay on the island. What will they eat this year?Could it be that all of them were transported from Annan and Champa by large ships.With this skill, wouldn't it be good to go to Daming and bring some people back?

Therefore, Zhang Wenqi categorically rejected the request of the hungry people, but he left a little hope for everyone.That is on Hanxing Island, at least 700 to [-] people will be left in the early stage.As for which one to keep, it depends on their labor performance in the last month.

The marines and local soldiers, who were still on full alert and ready to attack at any time, were surprised to find that the many hungry people who had come to pray had dispersed after hearing Zhang Wenqi's words.Instead, under the leadership of a few designated managers, they worked hard to reclaim farmland and build houses.

All this made Zhang Wenqi feel inexplicably surprised and puzzled.What's the matter, I just promised that hundreds of people can stay on Hanxing Island, and most of them will be transported to the mainland of Hanzhou, or settle in Weiyuan Island (New Guinea Island), and may never return to Daming.They just let it go?

Originally, he wanted to use force to deal with the hungry people who were making trouble with thunder, and deter everyone.But now, they quickly died down and obeyed all the arrangements of the Hanzhou people.They, shouldn't they use the superficial calm to brew a violent resistance?
"You think people are too sinister!" Li Fade looked at Zhang Wenqi, shook his head and said, "We Ming people, as long as we have a chance to survive, we will not take risks and do things against the government."

"We are the government in their eyes now?"

"Yes, we are their government." Li Fade said seriously: "The government that can fill their stomachs and give them a glimmer of hope!"
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With a sound of "pop!", a huge coconut fell from the tree. A soldier with a musket on his back walked over with a smile on his face, picked up the coconut, walked under a tree, and handed it to them. Captain Lu Changdong.

After a while, a few more coconuts were thrown from the tree, and several Hanzhou soldiers picked them up one after another, and sat down beside Lu Changdong.

"Captain, I think everything is good on this small island except that there are fewer people." An immature village soldier said to Lu Changdong while drinking coconuts: "You can find food everywhere here, what's the matter?" Nobody can starve to death."

"So, look at these natives who are lazy and stupid!" Lu Changdong glanced at them, and those black and thin natives who came down from the trees curled their lips, "Isn't this just a waste of time on the island?" So many great places!"

"I don't know when Commander Qi Er passed here from the Damingla people." A village soldier said, "We have a hundred or so people guarding such a small island. If pirates or Spaniards pass by here. It doesn't look good!"

"Our small island is so remote, where do pirates come from here? Besides, there are no such things as... mineral treasures here except for trees everywhere. If coconuts and bread trees are counted, it is also It can be considered to be of some value. But these things, except for those who have no food, who cares about them!"

"Although our small island is called Midway Island, it seems to me that it is much farther away from Daming. It is said that it will take more than 20 days to go there by boat."

"Why, are you thinking about going back to Daming?" a village soldier asked.

"A little bit. But I still think it's better to stay in Hanzhou. At least I don't have to go hungry, and I don't have to avoid refugees and officers and soldiers everywhere. It's a pity that my old lady and two younger sisters couldn't follow me on the boat to Hanzhou. "

"If there is a chance, we can return to Daming." Lu Changdong drank the coconut in one gulp, and then said: "When the vacancy of the Marine Corps is replenished, I must join in. Follow our fleet and return to Daming proudly."

"War with Daming?" A village soldier asked blankly: "We don't have many soldiers in Hanzhou who can fight with Daming?"

"You idiot!" Lu Changdong patted the village soldier, "I went to Daming with the fleet to pull people back. Who wants to fight against Daming!"

"Captain, what if Han Zhou asks us to fight against Daming in the future, what should we do?" Suddenly a village soldier asked timidly.

"..." The surrounding soldiers looked at their captain Lu Changdong in unison.

"..., let's do it!" Lu Changdong gritted his teeth and said, "Hanzhou saved my life, and everything I own is in Hanzhou. Daming, you didn't show me any kindness."

After finishing speaking, Lu Changdong looked at the few village soldiers around him.They were stunned, and then nodded in agreement with their captain's statement.After eating Hanzhou's money and food, and getting Hanzhou's land property, it is natural to work hard for Hanzhou.

After resting for a while, several rural soldiers continued to drive the natives on the island to continue cutting down trees to provide raw materials for building a large number of wooden houses in the camp. In the next month, perhaps the Midway Island (Palau Koror Island) where they are located will usher in For large numbers of immigrants, corresponding preparations must be made.

Although Midway Island has been brought under the management of Hanzhou in July last year, because it is isolated in the ocean, it is inconvenient to supply materials and personnel. Up to now, it is still a wooden village with a radius of less than 300 meters. There are only more than 130, including more than 30 Hanzhou natives and more than 50 Timor Island natives.

However, they captured more than 200 natives on the island in a few months.These natives, who were still at the end of primitive society, were scared into a ball the moment the Hanzhou soldiers pulled the trigger of their muskets, and then they all followed the Hanzhou people back to the camp obediently, accompanied by those who brought them The natives do some hard work.

The arrival of the Hanzhou people has changed this primitive island.For the first time, these ignorant natives on the island experienced the helplessness of someone whipping them to work, cutting wood, digging soil, clearing the fields that have been opened up, working non-stop all day long, and can no longer lie comfortably. Sleeping late under the tree.

Of course, these primitive natives also tasted the taste of rice and potatoes for the first time, and experienced the fragrance of food, which is considered to have come into contact with foreign civilizations.

As for the unceremonious enslavement of this foreign "civilization" that drove them to develop this small island and broke their peaceful and leisurely life for thousands of years, although they were a little unwilling, they observed and appreciated this part with curiosity. A different world.

(End of this chapter)