Chapter 742 Introducing immigrants

Since the time it takes for news to spread in this era is almost equal to the speed of transportation, when the Matalan grain-buying fleet left Champa and returned, they had no idea that the war in Batavia had ended. They also

The Dutch, who never expected that after capturing Batavia, would be forced into a desperate situation, successfully made a comeback and finally evacuated the place as a defeated army. At this time, they escorted this batch of food back to Batavia, and the only result was that they were

The Dutch took advantage of the situation and took over the pot.

It is a trivial matter that these ships and the grain they carried were swallowed up by the Dutch. It was nothing more than Dacheng Rice Bank losing some money. But if the fact that Dacheng Rice Bank assisted the Malata Blue Army in purchasing grain was exposed, it would be a big deal to Dacheng Rice.

It's not a good idea. Therefore, from a business perspective, Ambuna Port cannot easily let these ships leave on their own. Although Li Dagui's idea has little technical content, it is indeed an effective way to solve this problem. Luo

After Jie thought about it for a while, he agreed to the plan.

At midnight that day, two companies of armed men quietly took control of four Matalan sailing ships docked at the Port of Ampana and detained all the crew members on board. Although some people realized that something was wrong and tried to resist,

The Haihan militia would not give these people a chance to resist. In the process, seven Matalan crew members were injured or killed, but in the end they captured the four ships relatively smoothly.

The noise in the middle of the night also attracted the attention of other ships on the dock. However, after hearing that Haihan was capturing the slaves who escaped on the ship, no one was interested in continuing to care about the follow-up development. The merchant ships coming and going here basically knew the Haihan people.

Many plantations have been built on the island and many slave workers have been raised. Naturally, there will be some who are not peaceful enough and want to escape from here. It is only natural that the Haihan people want to capture escaped slaves. No one will

It is unpleasant to go out to find the Haihan people for other people's slaves. When encountering this kind of thing, just pretend that nothing happened.

As soon as it got dark the next day, four matarana sailboats quietly sailed out of the port away from public view. However, their direction of travel was not to continue south, but to turn back and head north. Considering that these ships and

The identities of the crew members on the ship are relatively sensitive, so Roger decided to leave this little trouble to Annan's colleagues to deal with. These ships will go to Cam Ranh Port and be disassembled or refitted there, and the crew members on the ship will also be

Transferred to work farther north—for example, sent to work as a miner in the Black Earth Port Coal Mine in the Beibu Gulf.

As for the three people from the Security Department who used their identities as associates of Dacheng Rice Company, they were obviously not included in this list, but they would not go back south to Batavia. Considering that there might be other people in Batavia who knew about this matter, Luo

Jie thought it would be best for these three people not to go back again, lest others take advantage of them.

After receiving the news, the Ministry of Security agreed with Roger's opinion and allowed the three people to return to Sanya on a military supply ship. As for the Batavia Intelligence Station, additional personnel will be sent south to reinforce the personnel.

More than ten days later, Cheng Dapeng also returned from Champa with the Dutch fleet. This time, Cheng Dapeng did not need to bother to persuade. The Dutch captains naturally made Ambuna Port the first place on their way back.

A supply docking point. Although the supplies loaded on the ship were enough for the fleet to sail to at least Belitung Island, there were additional benefits to be gained from docking at Ambina Port, and the Dutch were naturally willing to spend one more night here.

The double commendation orders from the Executive Committee and the Ministry of Security had been sent to Ambuna Port a few days ago. As a representative, Roger read out the contents of the commendation orders to Cheng Dapeng in person. All the staff of the Dacheng Rice Information Station were honored

One second-class collective merit, and one second-class individual merit for Cheng Dapeng. Of course, due to his special status, these meritorious deeds cannot be announced publicly. Even the medal can only be shown to Cheng Dapeng. This thing

He can only get it when he is transferred back to Hainan Island.

However, the rewards from the Ministry of Security are relatively more practical. Cheng Dapeng was promoted from the head of the Batavia team to the deputy director of the Nanyang Affairs Office of the Ministry of Security. It can be said that the carp leaped over the dragon's gate-style promotion, because the director's

The position was held concurrently by Hao Wanqing himself. Before him, there were only Gong Shiqi from Guangzhou, Zhang Qianzhi from Danzhou, Lin Nan from Sanya, and Gong Shaoqi from Fujian.

There are only a few people. Even Li Dagui on Ampurna Island does not have a current administrative position as compared to Cheng Dapeng who became famous in World War I.

However, the current position of deputy director does not have much practical effect for Cheng Dapeng. He still has to engage in his previous job and play the role of the boss of Mihang. In addition to increasing his autonomy, he will also be able to mobilize more power.

There will be no major changes in the scope of responsibility for the time being. But what Cheng Dapeng is more nervous about is the matter of the Madalan fleet. After hearing that this matter has been successfully resolved and that both people and ships have been sent to the north for processing, Cheng Dapeng

Da Peng breathed a sigh of relief.

The Batavia War started in chaos in early July, and it was not until Cheng Dapeng returned from Champa in early September that it finally came to an end. Haihan did not directly participate in this war, but because Cheng Dapeng

Despite the efforts of Peng and others, Haihan was able to obtain a large amount of battlefield information in the first time, which was difficult to simply value with money. Through this information, the Executive Committee also clarified several pieces of information that were not previously known.

A very thorough understanding of things.

First, the strength of the Dutch is not as strong as imagined, but other forces in Nanyang are not as weak as the travelers think. The Dutch may have the intention to solve their opponents once and for all by relying on a devastating blow, but it is undeniable

Unfortunately, they were not able to take an active position on the battlefield during the war. They were in a passive defensive position most of the time, and they struggled very hard for a time. And the Ma Dalan people were by no means described as combat-effective by time travelers.

The lowly Nanyang Monkeys, the mobilization and troop mobilization and deployment capabilities they demonstrated during this battle were even higher than that of the mainland country of Annan. The size of the garrison deployed by the Dutch in Batavia was comparable to that of the Haihan Militia.

The army's strength was also able to compete, but the battle process was so passive. This is indeed an aspect that requires the attention of Haihan's military.

Second, logistical supply is still a major problem that Haihan must solve in the future when he goes south. Ma Dalan's three defeats were not lost on the frontal battlefield. The first two were due to insufficient supplies, and the last confrontation brought enough supplies.

But it was stolen by the Dutch fleet. This story tells Haihan that if there is not a more reliable supply base closer to Batavia, then even if the city of Batavia is captured, it will be difficult to gain a foothold there.

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The third point undoubtedly highlights the importance of intelligence work. If the Dutch could find out before the war that the Malta Blue Army would use a large number of giant trebuchets on the battlefield, then Van Diemen probably would not have known it in the early stages of the war.

would adopt such a conservative defense method. You must know that before the war began, the Matalan people took several days to transport these trebuchet parts to the port, unload them, install and debug them, and the Dutch wasted this originally

This is a great opportunity to harass the Ma Da Blue Army. If the Ma Da Blue Army had not successfully deployed so many trebuchets on the battlefield, then the course of the war might have been completely different.

Fortunately, detailed information on the combat methods and styles of these two armies has been collected for Haihan's reference. Although I don't know if they will play other tricks in the future, Haihan's military will definitely

Make targeted arrangements for its existing combat methods.

Of course, this level of combat readiness does not mean that Haihan will take action in the Nanyang region in the near future. After all, the resources required to invest in fighting in Nanyang are too large, and Haihan's development direction this year is not focused on the south.

As time enters September, affairs in the Fujian direction are gradually increasing, especially the introduction of mainland immigrants this year. The Executive Committee has designated Fujian as one of the main channels. The wars in the Central Plains and Jiaodong areas of the Ming Dynasty created a large number of war refugees, and

The goal of the Executive Committee is to accept as many refugees as possible from the Ming Dynasty and introduce them to settle in the areas under their own rule. For the refugees whose survival has become a problem, as long as they have a mouth to eat, giving up their former nationality does not seem to be a problem.

It's not a big problem. Haihan stepped forward to act as a savior at this time, not only able to bring in a large number of people, but also gain more favor from the Ming Dynasty officials.

Of course, this plan is not that easy to implement. Haihan's own shipping power is not enough to extend its tentacles to the far north, so transshipment and resale is necessary to get the refugees from the north to the south. Moreover, Haihan

There is no foundation in Fujian. Even a large-scale immigration transfer base like Lijiazhuang in Panyu has not been built, and it does not have the ability to receive a large number of immigrants. It was not until after the victory of Penghu in May that the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Haihan put the planned

The long-standing plan of the Fujian Immigration Transfer Base has been put into effect. Although Penghu is still nominally owned by the Ming Dynasty, it is actually completely controlled and dominated by Haihan. It is undoubtedly necessary to handle the input and output of the Ming Dynasty immigrants here.

Much more convenient than on the coast of Fujian.

After three months of infrastructure construction, the immigration transfer base in Penghu finally began to operate. For safety and management reasons, the immigration base was not built on the main island of Penghu, but on Baisha Island in the north.

Above. The distance between Baisha Island and Penghu Island is less than two thousand meters, which can not only isolate the environment on the island, but also conveniently transport people and materials. The island with an area of ​​25 square kilometers has a relatively flat terrain.

It can easily accommodate tens of thousands of people to live temporarily on the island.

At present, five immigration camps have been planned and constructed on Baisha Island, which can accommodate 12,000 immigrants. Although it is only about one-third of the designed population, it is already the largest number of immigrants in the areas under Haihan's rule except the Sanya base camp.

It is the largest immigration base outside the country.

The reason why such a large immigration base is built in Penghu is because the Executive Committee believes that in the next few years, the main source of Haihan immigrants will gradually shift to the war-prone northern Ming Dynasty. At that time, every month from the north

The number of immigrants transported may be a very large number, and the immigration base in the Fujian Strait will assume an important transfer station function in this population transportation system. It will alleviate the pressure on maritime transport capacity demand and enhance the immigrants' response to the southern climate.

The adaptability of the environment, allowing them to have a transitional period before entering the Haihan social system, and preventing the introduction of epidemic diseases into the Haihan ruled areas, are all the reasons for the existence of the Penghu immigration base.

In order to be able to solve the food supply problem of immigrants as much as possible, the Ministry of Agriculture has currently planned a collective farm with a total area of ​​more than 20 square kilometers on Penghu Island. The main planting content is grain, vegetables and fruits. Mr. Yuan Ruoxiu optimistically estimates that by the end of the year,

In three years' time, if the agricultural land in the Penghu Islands can be effectively developed, the food produced can not only supply the needs of local immigrants and garrison troops, but can also feed back to Hainan Island or be sold to the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, for the Ministry of Agriculture, these plantation parks and collective farms developed in the Penghu Islands are just an appetizer for agricultural development in the southeastern coastal areas. The area that the Ministry of Agriculture really values ​​​​is not in Penghu, but in the western part of Taiwan Island.

In the coastal plain area, with the help of the local developed water system, it is easy to open up the farms planned by the Ministry of Agriculture. However, there are currently not enough manpower and resources to implement the Ministry of Agriculture’s ideas, so we can only start with Penghu.

It’s time to practice your hands on the land.

On September 11, three lucky ships docked at Baisha Island, bringing more than 500 refugees from the north of the Ming Dynasty. The owner of these three ships was Liu Zhenguo, a Fujian maritime merchant who specialized in running the northern route for more than 20 years.

Years ago, he was familiar with coastal areas such as Jianghuai, Shandong, and North China. After Haihan offered attractive terms, he gave up his previous freight business and switched to a human trafficker.

After the ship docked, Liu Zhenguo disembarked first and went to the dock to hand over to the port staff in Haihan. The port staff would count and verify the refugees loaded on the ships based on the list provided by Liu Zhenguo.

Before the handover of the list was completed, two teams of men and horses wearing black clothes and black trousers, with rattan helmets on their heads, and holding rattan shields and short sticks appeared on the pier, trotting in uniform steps. This murderous team

This did not frighten Liu Zhenguo. He knew that these were the government officials used to maintain local security in areas under the rule of the Haihan people. They were called "police". They were also called security teams or anti-riot teams in some places. Liu Zhenguo didn't know what these names were.

There was no difference, but he knew that these men in black leather and the officials of the Ming Dynasty had completely different styles of conduct.
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