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Chapter 213 Let it fly for a while

Yes, the harbor in front of me was densely filled with ships of all kinds, large and small.

If it weren't for being a prisoner, Chen Qiyu wouldn't have believed that this scene was in the borders of the Qing Dynasty.

"Oh! Or this is really not the Qing Dynasty." Chen Qiyu thought to himself in a rebellious way.

Despite this, Chen Qiyu did not doubt that the Qing Dynasty would have ports that could be compared with this.

In fact, Chen Qiyu didn't know. If it weren't for Zhang Rui's rise, following the pace of history, Qianlong would have closed the other three of the only four customs in the Qing Dynasty next year: Jiang Customs, Zhejiang Customs, and Fujian Customs, leaving only one Guangdong Customs.

Faced with so many ships, if ordinary people are here, they can only sigh that there are so many ships here. However, as the chief minister of the Taiwan Navy Association, when you look at the various flags hanging on the ship, you can roughly see that they come from the Red Vanguard, Japanese slaves, Korean, Chameng, etc.

Originally, the navy of the bandit suppression army had a special port, so Chen Qiyu and other prisoners did not have to go around here, but the captive ships would only take a little detour at the request of the army headquarters.

Everything seems so natural again.

After Chen Qiyu and others were escorted off the ship, they walked around the bustling and busy dock again.

At this time, Chen Qiyu noticed something strange. Not only the people who escorted them, but everyone would walk on both sides according to the marked lines on the ground. In this way, the crowd would rush without being congested.

Moreover, every other place, there will be yamen runners wearing strange and simple but spiritual yamen uniforms to maintain local order.

Looking around, all kinds of humans and dragons.

Dock porters, fleet transport and various small stalls.

Although everyone's face was full of vicissitudes, they always showed a sincere smile. Chen Qiyu could even feel that there were more things on them than other Qing people, but he couldn't say them. It was not until later that Chen Qiyu realized that this was called self-confidence.

Most of the people at the pier were extremely busy, and Chen Qiyu and others passed by like a tourist, and did not attract everyone's attention. It was not until they passed by the city that they began to be watched by the surrounding people.

As the number of onlookers increased, many onlookers kept talking Cantonese and laughing at them. Chen Qiyu, who knew some Cantonese, listened carefully and most of them were laughing at the overestimation of their ability and the braid on their heads.

After Chen Qiyu took a look, he realized that almost all the people watching them had cut off their braids and began to grow their hair.

Looking at this scene, Chen Qiyu couldn't help but sigh again that the people here were so bold and did not accept Wang Hua, and it seemed that there was no help.

In fact, it is not these people who are more conscious of cutting their braids. After all, it has been passed down for two or three generations. It is not that the bandit suppression army can cut off their braids as soon as they occupy Guangdong.

If possible, Zhang Rui didn't want to manage whether there were braids on the heads of the people. After all, as a new generation, he has never seen what hairstyle he has? But for the sake of

If the Qing Dynasty used the same method to cut the braids, it would certainly make the people helplessly cut off the braids on their heads. However, this would make the people unwilling to accept it. After all, it is easy to cut off the braids on their heads, but it is difficult to cut off the braids in their hearts.

To this end, Zhang Rui could only adopt a more eased method - paying a heavy fine, and paying it monthly.

This not only gives them the opportunity to choose, but also allows many wait-and-see people to pay for the money to raise military expenses.

For those who cannot pay this "braid rental money", they will be forced to cut their braids once they are caught and are required to work for the government to pay back their money before they can be released.

At first, most of the rich people were willing to pay money, but as the bandit suppression army advanced rapidly, and news of victory continued to come, many people who were unwilling to give out this expensive "braided rent" again also cut off their braids.

Gradually, a situation was formed where people who had not cut off their braids were ridiculed by people who had their braids cut off their braids.

Although most Taiwanese navy green camps cannot understand Cantonese, they can feel the ridicule. They all bowed their heads and walked with the team.

As prisoners, they can no longer deal with people like pigs and cows as usual.

The captured green camp soldiers of the Taiwan Navy Association slowly passed through the city from the onlookers and entered the camp where they placed them outside the city.

Since entering the camp where they were placed, they were told that as long as they did not make trouble, they would be released soon. At the same time, the work here would settle the wages to them on a day basis when they were released.

Soon, five days passed.

During these five days, their injured prisoners were well treated and resettled. As for those who were not injured, they would be safely sent to nearby shipyards to help workers during the day, transporting wood and boards, etc., and would return to the camp in the evening.

If it was just like this, Chen Qiyu didn't find it strange. What's important is that they have no shortage of three meals a day, one is thin and two are dry, and they can eat at least one meal every day.

At first, Chen Qiyu thought that only the generals had such good food. However, after inquiring with the personal soldiers, he realized that the food of all the prisoners was like this.

This made Chen Qiyu unable to understand. How could this be the food for the prisoners? Even if they were in their own Taiwanese Navy Association, they only had two meals a day, and they might not have such good food every day.

If they follow their actions, 90% of the prisoners' destinations may be asked to cut off their heads and seek credit, otherwise they would also be dedicated to the court.

According to the Qing court's practice, the lightest thing is to exile the desolate places of Ningguta. It is not something that ordinary people can treat there, and it will definitely not be as relaxed and comfortable as they do.

In Chen Qiyu's opinion, he felt distressed when treating prisoners with such "luxury" food. This is too "wasteful" food! Many soldiers from the navy even secretly said: After being a soldier for so many years, they had eaten better in the past five days than in previous years.

It wouldn't be particularly strange if the food is good alone. What's even more strange is that at night there will be opera troupes coming to their people to talk about opera.

It tells stories about the Yang family generals, Qi family army, Di Qing, Yue Fei's resistance to the Jin Dynasty, etc. Especially when the Guo family Zheng Chenggong regained Taiwan, it can give people a passionate and passionate feeling.

Chen Qiyu looked at everything in the past five days and always felt that there was any conspiracy in it, but he couldn't say anything specific.

If the bandit suppression army wanted to surrender them, but I have not seen anyone come over to surrender these days.

"What do these rebels want to do? If I were to surrender, I would rather die than surrender." Chen Qiyu said to Yao Yingmeng, who had been rescued and woke up.

"Qi Yu, no matter what this group of thieves want to do, you just need to know what you want." Yao Yingmeng said to Chen Qiyu in a weak voice:

"If you don't know where the shell is landing, just fly for a while."
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