Chapter 121 Overseas Inspection (8)

During the two days that the temporary miners were fighting in the field, the few people who stayed in the coastal camp were not idle. They had to sort out a route from Fushuizhou Island to this port area based on the voyage diary and charts. In addition, they also needed to make

The purpose of producing a military-grade port area map is, on the one hand, for the Military and Police Department to study defense deployment, and on the other hand, to provide it to the Executive Committee and the Ministry of Construction to prepare a port area planning map after returning home.

During the routine contact between the expedition team and the base camp that night, Wang Tom reported the conclusions of the two days of field visits to the executive committee and asked for instructions on the next steps. In fact, the expedition team has basically completed all scheduled tasks so far.

Inspection mission: formulate a cross-sea route, explore the coastline of the mining area, find a suitable port environment, conduct on-site exploration of the mining area, collect ore samples, and draw detailed maps. If the executive committee does not have a new task arrangement, then the inspection team can

Ready to return.

Unexpectedly, the executive committee did not make an immediate decision this time. After a brief silence on the radio, the executive committee said that it needed some time to study it. After the conversation, everyone in the expedition team looked at each other and was at a loss.

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"What does the Executive Committee mean by this?" Wang Tom frowned, wondering, could it be that we have made some omissions? Or is there something unexpected going on at the base camp?

"We estimate that we will have to stay in Vietnam for a day or two." Xie Chun seemed to have understood something: "The executive committee may send us to the west."

About forty nautical miles west of Halong Bay is the Red River Delta, the largest grain-producing area in northern Vietnam. The current capital of the Annan regime, and later Hanoi, is located about a hundred kilometers inland to the west of the Red River Delta. In view of the fact that the expedition team

The areas visited in the past few days are basically no-man's land where no one has set foot. The large number of laborers needed in the mining area in the future will probably be Hanoi and its eastern seaside area as the main target.

In terms of the location of Hongji Coal Mine, Qinzhou and Beihai in the northeast of Guangxi are actually places that can be considered for immigration introduction. However, the current transportation capacity of the Executive Committee is still seriously insufficient and it is unable to send a large number of ships to several places.

To transport people hundreds of nautical miles away. The route to Vietnam is much smoother. Most of the ships sailing from Victory Port to Vietnam are empty. They can dock in the Red River Delta first to load people, and then go to the port area.

But if the Executive Committee decides to do this, someone must first investigate the situation in the coastal areas of Vietnam to see how difficult it is to introduce immigrants. Whether it is for time or efficiency considerations, the Executive Committee is unlikely to do so.

A team was specially sent to do this. The expedition team currently waiting in Halong Bay is undoubtedly the best person to complete this task.

Sure enough, more than an hour later, the executive committee contacted the expedition team again and assigned them the task of searching for areas where immigrants were introduced.

"Everyone should go to bed early today. Everyone must cheer up in the next two days. I don't want any accidents to happen during the last part of this journey." Wang Tom seemed very cautious about the new tasks assigned by the executive committee.

, in his opinion, settled areas may be more dangerous than the uninhabited areas that have been explored in the past few days.

Early the next morning, the expedition team packed up, boarded a ship and left the port area where they had been stationed for two days. The fleet crossed Halong Bay all the way west, bypassed the huge Cat Ba Island, and arrived at Later World in the afternoon of the same day.

The location of Haiphong City. This place was the largest port in northern Vietnam in later generations and the third largest city in Vietnam after Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, with a population of more than two million.

But when the expedition team saw the scene here with their own eyes, they felt deeply disappointed. Looking at the situation on the shore through the telescope, we could indeed see signs of habitation not far from the coast, but its scale was

It is far from meeting the expectations of the expedition team. There are only a few dozen sparse households in the village. At best, it is only a little bigger than the original Yulin Fishing Village, and it cannot even compare with small towns like Fenghuang and Tianya.

If the expedition team had consulted Ning Qi about the historical situation of Haiphong City in advance, they would not have come with such high hopes. Until the second half of the 19th century, the population of Haiphong City was still only the size of a fishing village. Until 1870

In 1999, under the coercion of France, the Nguyen dynasty opened a port here, built wharves, commercial halls, military depots, etc., and embarked on the development path of a port city. The large coastal city in the impression of the expedition team still needs 200

It will take many years to appear on this land.

"Isn't this too boring? Do we really have to go upstream to Hanoi?" Xie Chun looked at the dilapidated fishing villages on the coast and couldn't help complaining.

"No, we can't go to Hanoi by water." Wang Tom shook his head and rejected Xie Chun's idea: "Our two boats are not river boats, and it is difficult to navigate on the winding rivers inland.

Besides, the land distance from here to Hanoi is more than 100 kilometers, and the length of the river would probably double this distance, making it almost impossible to travel by water."

Taking the land route is obviously not a good idea. The number of people in the expedition team is limited, and driving these two sailboats requires at least seven or eight people to stay. A team of about ten people will have to go hundreds of kilometers into a strange country, and also have to visit

This is definitely a very risky thing to do in the capital of this country. What's more, Ning Qi said that this country is currently in the midst of a civil war between the north and the south. It's hard to say whether a guy in strange clothes like Chuan Chuanzhong will be caught in a densely populated area.

Treat it as a hostile force.

Although the entire team can be equipped with the top weapons of this era and can be said to be safe for self-protection, they have to be subject to primitive transportation conditions. The expedition team does not even have a mule or horse to carry luggage. If they want to

It is not impossible to carry several days of supplies through hundreds of kilometers of wilderness by manpower, but once any accident occurs in the inland area, they can only escape on two legs. If they are not lucky,

Well, it’s hard to say whether we can return to the beach.

"It's better to go ashore and have a look first, and contact the local people before we can make further judgments." Wang Tom finally made up his mind: "I just don't know if I can communicate with the language."

"Don't worry, you should be able to understand. There are many people in northern Vietnam who speak the same vernacular as Guangdong and Guangxi." Tian Yeyou comforted Wang Tom with confidence. Although he was unable to bring a daughter due to work reasons before the time travel,

A friend came to Vietnam to travel, but he did a lot of related homework.

To the surprise of the expedition team, the fishermen here are not as afraid of outside strangers as those in Yulin Fishing Village. This may be because there are very few pirates in the coastal area of ​​​​Beibu Gulf, and the fishermen are not much disturbed by outsiders.

Because of the harm caused by the invaders.

Although these people who make a living by fishing are illiterate, they can recognize the refined salt brought out by the expedition team, which is much finer than the salt they boiled by boiling seawater in earthen pots, and after tasting it, they found that this salt

There is absolutely no bitter taste that stimulates the taste buds like homemade sea salt. Since the market for table salt opened, the Executive Committee has realized that using this product as a stepping stone is almost unfavorable, even in salt-producing areas - in this era of large-scale salt farms

The salt produced cannot compete with the products of the Executive Committee in terms of quality and price.

The expedition team was also very pleased to find that the language spoken by the people here was indeed the vernacular with a strong accent of Guangdong and Guangxi, as Tian Yeyou expected. There were several people in the expedition team who could speak the vernacular and had worked in countless industries.

Xie Chun, who had gone through a lot of trouble, was able to manage a few words. In this way, there was basically no communication barrier between the expedition team and the local fishermen.

According to what the inspection team learned, the living standards of the fishermen here are actually similar to those of fishermen in places like Sanya and Yazhou. They are only able to make ends meet, and they have no financial ability to seek medical treatment, education, etc.

Compared with the Yazhou government’s control over nearby areas, the Annan regime seems to have less control over local areas. In this coastal area, which is only one or two hundred miles away from the capital, there is neither a place to govern nor a place to control.

The garrison has a complete sheep-herding style of management over the local people, which is as incredible as Tianjin, which is completely undefended.

According to what these immigrants said, the nearest densely populated area is about thirty or forty miles further inland. From there, there are large tracts of land occupied by some royal relatives, most of which are used to grow rice. Just like

According to the information available to the expedition team, this area is the largest grain-producing area in northern Vietnam. On the vast alluvial plain between here and Hanoi, tens of thousands of farmers are serving as tenant farmers for the nobles, cultivating the land for them.

, harvest food.

During the conversation, the expedition team also learned a very important piece of information, that is, in recent months, a large number of people have fled from Hue, Dong Hoi, Vinh City and other places in the south to nearby areas. It is said that it is because of the changes in the situation in the south.

Because of the tension, the powerful people in the confrontation between the north and the south began to recruit nearby people to serve as civilian husbands or even directly as peasant soldiers. Some people who did not want to be involved in the war fled to the north away from the war zone with their families. This situation was different from what Ning Qi had done at the beginning.

The political situation in Annan is exactly in line with the mentioned situation, and the large number of war refugees are undoubtedly the best candidates for labor immigration.

"It seems we have to go south." After learning the good news, Wang Tom immediately ordered the expedition team to continue south along the coast.

Before setting off, the expedition team used salt and silver to hire two bold young men from the fishing village as guides. An hour later, the fleet sailed around the Tushan Peninsula across the sea from Cat Ba Island, which was famous in later generations.

The scenic spot is also the location of the only legal casino in Vietnam. In the evening of the same day, the fleet arrived at the southern end of the Red River Delta - the mouth of the Red River. The expedition team will rest here for one night, and after dawn they will visit 40 kilometers south of here.

Thanh Hoa, which is more than 10 kilometers away, is one of the largest cities between Annan and the war zone. The expedition team believes that a large number of war refugees may have gathered there.

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