Chapter 1200 Journey South (3)

The further south he traveled, the more powerful Han Zhengshan felt the influence of Haihan, and the higher the degree of completion of infrastructure construction of the trading ports affiliated with Haihan he saw. For example, the one on the coast of Causeway Bay in front of him

This port area is not just a few passenger and cargo terminals. The large residential areas built along the coastline according to the terrain indicate that at least thousands of permanent residents live here. There are no large areas as far as the eye can see.

Farmland or plantations, this shows that the local source of income is most likely to rely on maritime trade brought by ships, as well as the corresponding intermediary, labor, warehousing, accommodation, catering and other service industries, and in this way

The social division of labor centered on trade was definitely a rare sight in the Ming Dynasty.

Immigrants, including Han Zhengshan, got more freedom of movement here. They were organized to go ashore in batches to visit the local port operations, and learned more about the current situation here through the official leader's explanation. The place is becoming increasingly mature.

The trade market and convenient transportation conditions, as well as complete supporting facilities and related systems and regulations, have made it to a certain extent replace the role of the Pearl River Wharf outside Guangzhou and become the largest trading port in the coastal area of ​​Guangdong.

In fact, even if there is no corresponding explanation, it is not difficult for a discerning person to infer from the prosperity of the port area how much resources Haihan invested in running this place. Haihan's emphasis on and reliance on trade was something that the local officials of the Ming Dynasty could not imitate.

Han Zhengshan comes from Hangzhou and has a more personal understanding of this situation. Hangzhou's status in Zhejiang is similar to Guangzhou, both playing the role of political, economic and cultural centers in the region. However, after Haihan opened a port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang

The center of coastal trade gradually moved from Hangzhou to Zhoushan Island outside Hangzhou Bay. This is almost a replica of the transfer process of the trade center in Guangdong. The difference between the two places is that the Haihan people have not been established in Zhejiang for a short time.

, the influence of Zhoushan Trade Port is still relatively limited for the time being, and Guangdong is the base camp where Haihan has been operating for several years. Hong Kong's influence in the economic field is not something Zhoushan can currently compare with.

Although Han Zhengshan has never been to Guangzhou, judging from the introduction of the team leader and the situation he saw now, it is not difficult to guess how Haihan gradually seized trade share from Guangzhou by operating his own port - the same method,

They have been operating in Zhejiang for more than a year, and Han Zhengshan has some understanding of it. If the Guangdong government wants to change this situation of resource outflow, the only way is to adopt a closed-door approach and prohibit Haihan from carrying out any form of trade in Guangdong.

, and Haihan must be completely driven out of the Pearl River Delta area.

Can the Guangdong government do this? The answer is obvious. When Haihan had not yet established a stable foothold in Zhejiang, he had already overwhelmed the government. This year, he even attacked the city of Hangzhou and forced Zhejiang Chief Minister Wang Ji to sign the

With the alliance under the city, the trade rights in Zhejiang were opened to Haihan. If this is the case in Zhejiang, it goes without saying that the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, which are the traditional territory of Haihan, are only more infiltrated by Haihan than in Zhejiang.

And nothing worse than that. If someone wants to try to use violent means to exclude Haihan, I am afraid that the end will be even worse than that of those people in Zhejiang. The pressure from within the Guangdong officialdom is probably enough to make him lose.

The official resigned.

During the visit, Han Zhengshan noticed that the people maintaining public order in the local area were not the Haihan soldiers seen at previous stops, but young and strong men dressed in black, with wooden sticks at their waists and rattan helmets on their heads. According to the introduction of the tour leader,

These people are called "police", and their scope of duties is similar to Han Zhengshan's past errands.

Han Zhengshan watched for a while and couldn't help but ask the team leader: "These people only carry a wooden stick. If the murderer has a sharp knife, wouldn't he suffer a big loss?"

The team leader glanced at Han Zhengshan and patiently explained to him: "You may have misunderstood this. Look at the copper whistles hanging on their chests. When something goes wrong, they can blow it to attract reinforcements from nearby companions.

Inside the small cowhide bag were stainless steel handcuffs, used to lock up the captured prisoners. The police officer leading the team was also equipped with a repeating musket. A single pellet could kill someone from a few feet away. If you think you know how to do it,

, you can do whatever you want in the land of Haihan with swords, guns and sticks, that’s a big mistake! There are many good guys from all walks of life who want to make a fortune in the past few years, and I haven’t seen anyone who can escape smoothly, even if they don’t die.

They have all been imprisoned in hard labor camps! Besides, there is a Haihan Army stationed here, so what kind of situation can’t we handle?”

Han Zhengshan was shocked when he heard the words "hard labor camp". Although he was now classified as an immigrant waiting to be assigned, the days he spent in the hard labor camp were still vivid in his mind.

This topic is still somewhat sensitive. After knocking stones in the Zhoushan hard labor camp for nearly a month, he did not want to go back to that environment again.

Among the immigrants transported from Penghu, nearly 300 people ended up staying in this port, but Han Zhengshan's name was still not among them. This means that he will continue to travel south with the immigrant ship, and the final destination may be as follows

As he had expected before, it was somewhere in the South China Sea far away from the Ming Dynasty. However, Han Zhengshan no longer wanted to dwell on the uncertain future at this time. At least judging from the Haihan ports he had visited, life was

No matter how bad the conditions are, they are still much better than those in the hard labor camp.

The immigration fleet rested for a day and two nights in Hong Kong. When it set off again, a troop transport ship and an exploration-class warship were added to the fleet. They were all troops who had returned to Sanya for rotation. After leaving Hong Kong, the ships on board

The martial law has been further lifted, and immigrants can go to the deck in batches every day to get some fresh air, and the duration of each break has been increased from about one stick of incense in the past to at least an hour.

On the second day after departure, the captain finally announced to everyone the next stop destination - Sanya, the capital of the Haihan Kingdom. This news made the immigrants couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. They had gradually seen the sea along the way.

The strength of Han's national power made him full of expectations for this maritime country and its future life. Now that he had the opportunity to go to the capital of Han Dynasty, he was naturally very excited.

However, there are also insiders like Han Zhengshan who have long known that the so-called territory of Haihan Kingdom is actually the occupied Qiongzhou Island belonging to Guangdong and Guangxi. However, the government here colluded with Haihan to conceal the relevant situation. Although

This matter is not airtight, there are also rumors in Zhejiang, but I don’t know how many benefits the Guangdong and Guangxi officials promised to the court bosses, so that the Ming Dynasty never declared war on Haihan and tried to regain control of these areas.

Han Zhengshan actually has no clear understanding of the location, size, and history of Qiongzhou Island, but since Haihan can occupy it and establish a country, it must be not a small place. Along the way, I heard that Sanya is known as the largest city in the South China Sea.

In fact, he also wanted to see what the big city of Haihan State looked like, and how it was better and worse than the city of Hangzhou where he had lived for many years.

Since this immigration fleet is going to dock in Sanya, it is not surprising that some of the immigrants on the ship will be left there for resettlement, and this is undoubtedly the best place for immigrants to enter Haihan society. Even Han Zhengshan still has a lot of feelings for Haihan.

There was a lot of resistance, and he could not help but have a sense of luck. Maybe he would have the opportunity to be selected and stay in the capital of Haihan to settle down. Han Zhengshan believed that he had some abilities. Even if he was not a headhunter, he relied on his understanding of various rivers and lakes.

, it is enough to make a living from scratch. If such an arrangement can be made, there will be no chance of making a comeback in the future.

However, God was not too kind. It was smooth sailing all the way south, but at this juncture, it encountered continuous storms. The fleet had to abandon its original direct route to Sanya and instead headed west along the coastline.

It took nearly two days to avoid the stormy sea, and then turned south and sailed to Qiongzhou Island. The voyage that was originally completed in four or five days actually took seven days to get there.

Before the fleet entered the port area, the immigrants who were watching on the deck felt the specialness of this place. Not only were there groups of merchant ships on the sea, but there were also warships flying the Haihan flag cruising back and forth.

It reminds people that this is indeed the location of the capital of Haihan, and the patrols at sea are not relaxed.

Several small boats with triangular sails flew across the sea at an astonishing speed, leaving everyone on the deck stunned. The sailors explained that these small boats were samples used by the Ministry of Shipping for sea trials and were the latest shipbuilding products.

A product of technology. This speedboat can sail from Sanya to Hong Kong in less than three days when sea conditions are ideal.

But what makes Han Zhengshan feel a little confused is that the dock where the fleet is docked does not look prosperous, far less than Hong Kong, Penghu and other places. There are only a few boats parked on the dock, which does not look like the largest city in the South China Sea.

appearance?

Han Zhengshan asked his question to a sailor next to him. The sailor looked at him as if he were a fool and said: "This is a wharf specially designed to accommodate immigrants. It is still about ten miles away from Sanya city, and there are not many merchant ships entering and leaving the port.

If we stop at this place, of course it will look more deserted.”

The immigration fleet docked at the Luhuitou Peninsula's dedicated immigration pier. Adjacent to the pier is a large immigration camp that can accommodate thousands of people at the same time. All immigrants who are transiting through Sanya or who want to be resettled on-site are arranged in

Entry here.

After Han Zhengshan got off the ship, he realized how outrageous his judgment just now was. There were only fewer ships docked in this place, but the construction level of the shore facilities had greatly exceeded the previous ports he had passed. The roads here were all

It has been hardened. This is the first time Han Zhengshan has seen such a straight and smooth road, leading from the dock to the camp in the distance. And the buildings as far as the eye can see are almost all made of masonry, unlike the previous ones.

Most of the station's port terminals are built with bamboo and wood buildings. This also shows that Haihan spent more thought and resources when building this place.

After the immigrants disembarked, there was a routine gathering of the whole team. Han Zhengshan was already familiar with the relevant passwords in the hard labor camp, and he could execute them easily. Some people who were slow in their movements and confused in their thinking would inevitably be scolded.

The assembly area was surrounded by groups of black-clad police officers, and no one dared to speak out or deliberately disobey orders.

After the heads were counted against the roster, the immigrants were taken away from the gathering area in batches and went to the next location to undergo "purification treatment." The so-called purification treatment meant that the immigrants were allowed to enter the bathhouse to wash themselves thoroughly. This was very important to Han Zhengshan.

It was a very pleasant thing to say. Ever since he was kidnapped by the Haihan people in Hangzhou, he had not had a decent bath. As for the few clothes he brought from Zhejiang, they were all infested with lice.

I was ordered to take off my clothes in the bathhouse and turned them in.

Of course, the Haihan people did not let him stay naked. After washing, they gave him separate clothes. When he got out of the bathhouse, he saw that almost all the immigrants had changed into uniform blue cloth suits, and they looked strangely neat.

Han Zhengshan was secretly stunned when he saw it. Just for the free clothes distributed to immigrants, Haihan's investment was not a small amount. His reputation for being rich and wealthy can be reflected in everything.

The next step was to divide the dormitories. Han Zhengshan had to admit that the living environment here was indeed very tidy. Both the camp and the dormitory were kept clean. According to the civil affairs cadre who led them into the camp, this kind of cleanliness was

The leaders have a rigid requirement that the living area must be cleaned every day, and there are also strict assessment standards.

"The health conditions here are closely related to the labor points of each of you!" the civil affairs cadre said loudly: "No matter where you are assigned to settle down in the future, your labor points are your lifeblood! You will have to apply for naturalization in the future to improve your labor status.

Levels, buying houses and land, life, old age, illness and death are all linked to points! So don’t think this is an unimportant trivial matter. Cleaning every day is as important as your eating and sleeping!"

Han Zhengshan has also listened to a lot of immigration policy lectures on the ship these days, and has a certain understanding of the labor points system. In fact, this is not much different from the points system he used in the hard labor camp, except that the labor of immigrants and Haihan nationals

There are more various benefits linked to points and they have greater effects. If you want to live a good life in the Haihan social system, or even look for opportunities to climb up, you cannot bypass this points system. However, Han Zhengshan did not expect that even this

All kinds of public health are linked to personal points. It seems like you won’t be able to relax in this immigration camp.

The work came faster than he thought. Not long after the dormitories were assigned, someone came to call them together and began to assign labor tasks to them. What made Han Zhengshan a little dumbfounded was that his first labor task after coming to Sanya was actually

It is to return to the old business, and each person receives a small hammer to knock stones.
Chapter completed!