Chapter 1197 Surrender

During Haihan's journey north in the past two years, small-scale fighting continued, and naturally many people were captured. There were many prisoners held in local hard labor camps in Zhejiang and Shandong, and there were even more hard labor camps on Zhoushan Island.

There are several, and prisoners are admitted according to different levels of danger. Most of them do not have serious crimes, but unfortunately became prisoners of war because their camp was hostile to Haihan in the past. Originally, they only needed to undergo a period of labor reform.

After that, they will be released and resettled by Haihan. However, since the labor shortage in the south is too large now, these people who have not committed serious crimes and are even sent to hard labor camps because of their status can be transported in advance to those who are in urgent need of labor in the south.

Settlement of strongholds.

In this general environment, prisoners in situations like Zhao Sanbiao became the first batch of "lucky ones". The navy, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Transportation worked together to transport them to the south for resettlement as immigrants. According to past experience

It can be inferred that after they have settled there for a year and a half, they will gradually realize the importance of nationality to their stable life in the future, and most of them will take the initiative to apply for naturalization.

Of course, there may be some stubborn people who will still violate Haihan laws after arriving in the south. Then it will not be as simple as entering a hard labor camp. There are many private investment and operation tropical tropics in various strongholds in the South China Sea.

In cash crop plantations, where the labor force is mainly slaves, the environment is much worse than that of prisoners who knock stones, and the labor intensity is much higher, but the living conditions are not much worse than that of animals. These people who were shipped to the south were no longer

If someone commits a crime, he will most likely be sold as a slave to a farmer, and the outcome will most likely be death from exhaustion on the plantation.

Although this kind of personnel transfer will slow down the progress of various local construction projects to a certain extent, Wang Tom and Shi Diwen believe that this is not necessarily a bad thing. The identities of most of these prisoners are relatively sensitive, and they

The information known will hinder Haihan's local rule, and he cannot be allowed to return to live in Zhejiang in the first place. It is also a good thing to transport these people away early, so that the existing hard labor camps can be easily transformed after they are vacated.

It has been established as an immigration camp to accommodate immigrants who will be transported from Shandong and Liaodong in a steady stream after the spring.

In addition to nearly 800 local prisoners, the first batch of shipments also included almost the same number of prisoners sent back from the stronghold of Zhifu Port, Shandong. Among them were local bandits and bandits, as well as a small number of captured Ming army personnel, as well as

Some of them are refugees collected in Dengzhou and Pidao, Liaodong. After setting off from Zhoushan, this fleet of immigrants will stop for rest at several places in Penghu, Hong Kong, Sanya, and Cam Ranh Port. The final destination is Champa and Annam.

Junction of Vung Tau Port.

However, Vung Tau Port is only one of many strongholds in the South China Sea that are experiencing population shortages, so Wang Tom and Shi Diwen agreed to simply take this opportunity to clean up all the local prisoners with minor crimes as soon as possible to reduce the pressure on public security.

, let Zhoushan continue to develop in the direction of a commercial port rather than a prison island. Of the six existing hard labor camps, only one will be retained after the personnel clearance, and the others will all be converted into immigration camps and storage warehouses to further develop

Strengthen local population reception capacity.

The prisoners who will eventually be left to serve hard labor in the local area are basically sentenced to life imprisonment. It is impossible to change their status to become Haihan nationals, and they have no value in being transported to other places for resettlement as immigrants. The number of these people is not large.

As long as they are detained together, there will be no big problems. As for prisoners like Han Zhengshan, in fact, they are captured and imprisoned just to seal his mouth. The threat to Haihan is also extremely limited. As long as he leaves Zhejiang, he will be a passerby. Send him to

Going to the distant South China Sea can perfectly solve this problem.

Of course, considering safety and confidentiality issues, the other two people involved in the case with Han Zhengshan must not be sent to the same place as him, but must be placed separately. In fact, among the first batch of people who went south, the prostitute Cui Cui

E has already been taken away. It is unlikely that Han Zhengshan and Gu Hui will know her whereabouts through official channels in the future. The chance of these three people meeting each other in the rest of their lives is probably very slim.

Han Zhengshan could not have imagined that his fate had been decided by others unknowingly, and his current situation did not allow him to think about the long-term future. Although he learned from Zhao Sanbiao that he might also become one of the immigrants going south in the future.

member, but he will not regard this as his only way out yet. If possible, he still hopes to solve his way out problem as soon as possible on Zhoushan Island to avoid being forced to leave his hometown and go elsewhere.

After Zhao Sanbiao and others were sent away, as expected, he was quickly moved to the prison cell and lived with a group of Shandong bandits. However, with the previous experience of getting along with Zhao Sanbiao and others, Han Zhengshan did not cause any trouble this time.

I became familiar with this group of people.

From these people, Han Zhengshan learned that the Haihan Army had gone north to Shandong last year and established a foothold in Dengzhou. The reaction of the local government was similar to that of Zhejiang, and there was no good way to deal with this group of foreign armed forces.

, unable to deport them, they can only turn a blind eye and ignore their existence. As for civilian armed forces such as bandits and bandits, they are naturally no match for Haihan. Speaking of these Shandong people who were in the same cell as Han Zhengshan,

The experience of fighting the Haihan Army at that time left me with lingering fears, and I was glad that I was lucky enough to survive the battlefield.

As for leaving their hometown and coming to the south after being captured, these Shandong people are very open-minded: "We go into the mountains to become bandits, don't we just do it for food? As long as we can make a living, we can do anything! To be honest, this place is at least today.

You don’t have to worry about not having food to eat tomorrow when you sleep, you have food and shelter and you don’t have to take risks to rob homes and homes. Isn’t this better than staying in the mountains and being a savage?”

Han Zhengshan was speechless at such remarks. He really couldn't understand the mentality of these people, and he couldn't imagine how bad their living environment was in the past. But it was obvious that these people felt bad for the current prisoners.

They are not disgusted with life, and are even a little content with the status quo. Moreover, this is Zhejiang, not Shandong. Even if they are separated from the current environment, they have no way to survive. They cannot fall into bandits again, so they can provide hard labor for food and accommodation.

The camp, in the eyes of these people, has become a shelter-like existence. As long as they work honestly and don't cause trouble, the Haihan people will not impose additional punishment on them. Apart from being as tired as a dog after finishing their work every day, there is nothing else.

There is nothing to complain about.

Whether they will be assigned further south in the future, these people will not think there is anything wrong. Anyway, they have no chance to return to Shandong, and it will be different wherever they settle. Their requirements for the future are very low, as low as

Han Zhengshan could only sigh that the Taoism and Taoism are different and do not work together.

This group of Shandong people came to Zhoushan only a few months earlier than Han Zhengshan, but according to the ranking of points, Han Zhengshan was naturally not qualified to compete for the top spot and could only continue to be a member of the masses. However, he did not agree with this arrangement.

He did not reject it. In his opinion, it was not a big deal to be successful in this place. He was more interested in Haihan's various behaviors in the north. After work every day, he would chat with these Shandong people.

conditions they know.

The more he learned about Haihan, the more frightened he became. Only then did Han Zhengshan gradually realize that this country was not a small country. Its national strength was enough to support their army to fight a real local war thousands of miles away from home.

The actions of the Haihan Army in Shandong were much more powerful than the bluff intimidation outside Hangzhou. There were thousands of prisoners of war transported to the south alone, including many local Ming troops - of course.

The prisoners of the Ming army were held in a place separated from these bandits to prevent these guys from fighting in the camp. In comparison, Haihan's actions in Zhejiang were already very restrained. If they were really at ease, they would make a big fuss.

, there seems to be no way in Zhejiang to effectively stop the actions of the Haihan Army.

On the twenty-first day after entering the hard labor camp, that is, seven days after Han Zhengshan's last batch of cellmates left, this group of Shandong people were also transferred out of the hard labor camp in the same way. What was different from the previous batch of people was

However, the Shandong people obviously regarded this transfer as an opportunity for them to regain a new life. Instead of rejecting this arrangement, they were overjoyed and even packed their luggage with great joy.

Han Zhengshan had also never heard of the Amborna Islands, the destination for these Shandong people to be transferred to. It is said that its main island is much larger than Zhoushan Island, and the local resident population is thousands.

It is an undeveloped desert island with nothing. After these Shandong people arrive there, they can all share land and rooms and enjoy the treatment of new immigrants. For them, it will definitely be much better than living as bandits before and now as prisoners.

Before leaving, the Shandong man who was the trumpet took off his sheepskin coat and left it to Han Zhengshan: "I heard that the place we are going to is extremely hot all year round. I can't wear this sheepskin coat, so I'll leave it to you."

Right! But I guess you won’t be able to wear it for long!”

After Han Zhengshan thanked him, he responded with a wry smile: "Yes, spring will start soon, and these clothes won't last a few days."

"What I mean is that you might not be able to wait until spring, and you will be transported to the south." The Shandong man grinned and said: "Once our group leaves, there will only be a few dozen prisoners left in this camp. The guard said it will be very difficult.

This place will be cleared soon and will be used to receive immigrants from the north. If you have the opportunity to come to Ambon Island, remember to come and have a drink with us!"

Han Zhengshan didn't know how to answer these words for a moment. Although he resisted being sent to the wilderness thousands of miles away in the south as a new immigrant, he also understood that such a fate was not something he could fight against. Perhaps

From now on, it is time to think about the way out after going to the south in advance, otherwise, when you get there, you will fall into great passivity.

If he wanted to obtain information about the South, Han Zhengshan was not without means. In fact, just a few days after he arrived in Zhoushan, there was an officially organized propaganda activity in the hard labor camp, which was to introduce the South China Sea area to the prisoners.

Natural environment, living conditions, etc. But at that time, Han Zhengshan had no interest in these irrelevant things. Although Zhao Sanbiao and others in the same cell would go to listen to the lectures, this activity was a voluntary participation, and Han Zhengshan never went there even once

Yes. But now it seems that it may be a wise choice to first understand the local situation from the side.

However, this publicity event only takes place every five or six years. Before Han Zhengshan could participate in the next event, the list of the new batch of prisoners who moved south had been announced, and his name was also on the list. Until this time

, Han Zhengshan stayed in the Zhoushan hard labor camp for less than a month.

Han Zhengshan boldly went to the prison guard in his camp and asked if he could apply to stay in Zhejiang. The prison guard's answer was straightforward: "It's not impossible for you to stay, but your case is special. Within seven years

You cannot be released from the hard labor camp, but if you are willing to go to the south, you can regain your freedom once the three-month supervision period is over, but you are restricted from leaving the place. After half a year, you can apply for Hainan citizenship.

As a Han national, you can go back to Zhejiang even if you want to."

Of course, the guards didn't make it too clear. Even if things go well, it will be at least a year before Han Zhengshan wants to become a naturalized citizen of Haihan. By then, his mentality will probably be very different from now. Even if he still doesn't care.

Xiang Daming wants to come back and expose Haihan's "conspiracy". This kind of cross-regional population movement must be approved by relevant departments. He can't go wherever he wants.

As for the seven-year sentence, discipline is actually just a casual mention. After Han Zhengshan entered the camp, he was classified as a person who was going to move to the south, so the judicial department had no intention of sentencing him and just waited for the order of the batch.

After arriving, he was transported away. The civil affairs department and the local management committee were responsible for the rest, and the judicial department of Zhoushan Island took advantage of the situation to save this trouble.

Han Zhengshan is at the other end of the information asymmetry. How could he have thought of Haihan's plan? However, he has been in Gongmen for many years, and he also knows that the yamen's sentences can be light or serious, and the scope of activities during this period is huge. What the guard said may not be everything.

It's a sure thing. It's just that he was penniless when he was caught here, and the other party wouldn't sell him face because of his past identity. He really had no basis for bargaining with the other party.

Suffering in prison for seven years, or going south to be a free man, this is probably no longer a difficult choice. Han Zhengshan is not sure whether he can survive after seven years in the hard labor camp, but through

Another option to regain freedom is just around the corner. No matter how much he hates Haihan, he still cannot deny his desire for freedom.
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