Chapter 1194: Surrendering to compromise

Han Zhengshan has been in the industry for many years and has lost count of the number of times he has been to prisons in various states. However, he never thought that one day he would be behind bars and be locked up in a prison as a prisoner. The most terrible thing is that

This prison was not under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and he did not even have the opportunity to appeal. To be precise, even the fair judgment was omitted. It can be said that when the Haihan people arrested him, they were already destined to be like this.

An ending.

Han Zhengshan naturally felt that he was very wronged. What he did was just his duty and not out of the idea of ​​going against the Haihan people. However, the Haihan people did not seem to think so, but regarded him as a security threat that must be eliminated.

After carrying out kidnappings from Hangzhou city and transporting them all the way to Zhoushan Island and being imprisoned, Han Zhengshan also wanted to understand something - what this group of armed merchants secretly did was completely different from the peaceful way to make money they advocated on the surface.

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Last summer, three senior officials disappeared overnight in Hangzhou. Han Zhengshan was also involved in the investigation of the case, but no useful clues were found at the time. Although some people also suspected Haihan was suspected of committing a crime, he was not found in the end.

According to the evidence, the investigation work has been carried out for half a year and there is still no reliable conclusion. But Han Zhengshan can now almost conclude that the collective disappearance of high-ranking officials at that time must be related to Haihan. Their method of kidnapping was very skilled, and their retreat route was also unclear.

It has been planned for a long time, and it is obviously not the first time to use it.

Han Zhengshan only presided over the investigation of a fire case related to Haihan, but he was already regarded as a stumbling block. He did not hesitate to send troops to kidnap him from Hangzhou to Zhoushan. Think about the three senior officials who disappeared last year. They were all blatantly calling for the expulsion of Haihan.

The characters of the Han Dynasty have implemented many measures to oppose Haihan's entry into the Zhejiang area. It is not known how the Haihan people will feel about them. It is probably reasonable to get rid of these people.

And judging from the reactions of the Haihan people afterwards, Han Zhengshan did not feel that they showed any panic. This calm reaction also showed from the side that the Haihan people had regarded similar handling methods as routine. They did not even have a high-level imperial court

Even high-ranking officials can take action, so naturally they won't have any scruples when dealing with a small government official like him.

But judging from the current performance of the Haihan people, Han Zhengshan feels that there is no need to worry about his life safety for the time being. If the other party just wants to silence him, he can throw himself off the boat to feed the fish in Hangzhou Bay. Since he specially used the boat to bring him back to Zhoushan

To imprison him, it means that the other party has no intention of taking his life. He just suddenly changed from a law enforcer to a prisoner. This change of identity made it difficult for him to adapt for a while.

Now, it is no longer important what Gu Hui saw at Tongsheng Pier that day. What is the truth of the fire case has also lost the meaning of tracing. Moreover, the other two people have been detained separately by the Haihan people. Han Zheng

Shan had no chance to get more detailed information from them. For Han Zhengshan, the only way to understand the environment here as soon as possible, to try his best to get better living conditions for himself, or even a chance to escape and regain his freedom.

It is a top priority right now.

Although he is currently a prisoner in Haihan, Han Zhengshan has to admit that the living conditions in Haihan's prison are much better than the big prisons he knows. In fact, if it weren't for the high walls surrounding the prisoners, they would be separated from the outside world.

Due to the isolation, coupled with the round-the-clock surveillance and patrol by armed personnel, Han Zhengshan would not even regard this place as a prison for prisoners, but more like a temporary camp for all kinds of people.

After Han Zhengshan came in, he was not put into a cell that never saw the light of day. Instead, he was immediately assigned a labor task. The content was very simple, which was to use a small hammer to smash rocks, smash big rocks into small ones, and smash small rocks into pieces.

, it is almost qualified if he hits it as big as a finger. On a flat ground in the middle of the cell, nearly a hundred people were sitting on the ground, holding small hammers and banging rocks. No one expressed concern or curiosity about his arrival.

"Before the sun goes down, you have to smash three baskets of stones so that you can have dinner." A soldier threw a hammer in front of him expressionlessly and said: "You are not allowed to get up and walk around at will. Whether you want to pee or drink water, you must

First raise your hand to ask for permission. You can only move after getting permission. Do you understand? Okay, let’s do it!”

Han Zhengshan wanted to grab the hammer and hit the opponent in the face, but reason told him not to be impulsive. The consequences of doing so would only make him more passive. There was no need to force himself to suffer. Although Han Zhengshan was unwilling to do so,

, but thinking that I had to solve the problem of eating before I could think about escaping, I could only lose my temper and endure the sigh, sat down on the ground, and started throwing rocks like the people next to me.

Seeing that the Haihan soldiers were walking away, Han Zhengshan turned to the person next to him and asked: "Brother, why did the Haihan soldiers arrange for everyone to throw stones?"

The man next to him looked at him and said, "If the Haihan people want to build houses and roads on Zhoushan Island, or open a port, they have to use stones as building materials. Do you understand?"

Han Zhengshan said: "There are just a hundred or so people. How many stones can they throw in a day? Is that enough for them?"

"That's enough!" the man responded: "You think there are only these people? There are at least one or two thousand people in the Zhoushan hard labor camp, and more than half of them are doing this work from sunrise to dusk every day."

"So many hard labor..." Han Zhengshan was shocked when he heard this number. The maximum number of prisoners held in Hangzhou Prison was only three or four hundred, but this private prison built by Haihan in Zhoushan actually held so many people.

It was indeed a bit unbelievable to him. These people imprisoned here are obviously not Haihan citizens. So many people of the Ming Dynasty were detained here by the Haihan people, but there is no news at all from Hangzhou, which shows that the Haihan people are here.

The situation created by Bian's management has been out of Ming's control.

Haihan is building a large-scale construction project on Zhoushan Island. This is obviously his plan to separate the place for long-term management. However, at present, the Zhejiang government does not seem to have any effective countermeasures to this. They basically turn a blind eye and pretend they don't know. But

After Han Zhengshan saw the methods of the Haihan people, he realized that the danger of this group of people was far greater than that of the various armed smugglers and pirates who occupied Zhoushan in the past. The huge military dock where he disembarked earlier was absolutely dangerous.

It is not a project that can be built by private citizens, and the armed fleet stationed here is not comparable to the previous smuggling sailing ships. Its ambition is evident from these places.

Han Zhengshan had heard more or less about the situation of Haihan's operations in the south before, but he did not take the rumors seriously. After all, it was just a little-known overseas foreign country. How could it possibly mess up the governments of Fuzhou and Guangzhou?

Submissive? But now after actually dealing with the Haihan people, he understands that these rumors are not without purpose. This group of people has been operating in the current situation in Zhejiang for more than a year, and they have been operating in the south for seven years.

In eight years, the local scale and the degree of penetration into the Ming Dynasty are definitely far beyond that of Zhejiang. In time, Zhejiang will probably follow in the footsteps of Fuzhou and Guangzhou, and will be unable and unwilling to resist the various methods used by Haihan.

Han Zhengshan looked around, lowered his voice and asked, "The guards here are not strict. Could it be that no one tried to escape?"

The man looked at him as if he were a fool and responded disdainfully: "Escape? Where are you going? Jump into the sea and swim back to the land? Or escape into the mountains and become a savage? It would be nice if I could let you sit here and knock stones.

If you go to the construction site to work for two days, I'm afraid you will come back crying and pounding stones!"

Han Zhengshan was a little speechless, but he also got a message from the other party's answer, that is, prisoners should also have different divisions of labor. Their kind of breaking stones is only a relatively easy job, and those who engage in heavy manual labor are even more difficult.

.Although the security of this place is not too strict, because it is isolated from the mainland, the prisoners do not seem to have much desire to try to escape.

Before Han Zhengshan could ask again, the man said impatiently: "You are a newbie, if you don't do your job well, you will not have anything to eat at night, so you will feel better!"

Han Zhengshan thought of the workload set by the detention center just now, looked at the sun, and could only sigh, then picked up the hammer and continued to pound stones. No matter how difficult the life is, you must live first to have hope.

The hard labor camp where Han Zhengshan was staying was just one of the six hard labor camps in the Zhoushan Islands. The prisoners were mainly people who were relatively minor and did not cause much harm and would be resettled again in the future. In other words, these people were not

If there is no danger of life, there is a great chance of regaining freedom in the future. If they can see the hope of life, naturally few people will choose to take the risk and escape. You must know that once you try to escape, the misdemeanor will become a felony, and the prison term will also increase.

The fixed term became indefinite. As for the "easy" job of pounding stones, forget about it. You will be immediately assigned to work at the most painful, tiring and dangerous construction site. If you can survive two or three months, you will be considered lucky.

Han Zhengshan didn't know there were these differences, and just thought that these prisoners lacked the spirit of resistance. But when he first arrived, he didn't dare to talk nonsense, otherwise if someone reported to the guards, he would be miserable. He served in the public prison.

Over the years, I have seen a lot of such dirty things. When you are in prison, self-protection is the most important thing.

Seeing that the sun was turning to the west, Han Zhengshan wanted to complete three baskets of stones but still had half of the basket left to finish. The foreman responsible for inspecting and accepting the results received it from him and just shook his head and said: "Go on, when will it be finished?"

Only then will we have food to eat.”

It took Han Zhengshan more than half an hour to finally complete his quota task. However, he still had to wait for several other prisoners who also failed to complete their labor tasks on time and in quantity. After everyone had finished their work, he could join the group.

Leave here and go eat.

Han Zhengshan had been eating and resting very irregularly for the past few days on the ship, and his body was a lot weak. At this time, he was so hungry that his eyes were filled with stars and he could hardly stand. After a long time, the guards finally let them finish their work together.

Assemble the team and go to the cafeteria to eat.

At this time, the dinner time has long passed, and there are only a few leftovers in the cafeteria. However, Han Zhengshan no longer cares about the hard brown rice and the pickles that are completely devoid of oil and water, and devours them as if they are in a bowl.

Everything is delicious.

Han Zhengshan scraped the bowl clean in a few seconds, but he still felt empty in his stomach. He could only lick his lips and watch others eat. Upon seeing this, the guard said: "If you want to eat well, tomorrow

Work harder, and as long as you can exceed the target, there will be rewards on the table!"

Han Zhengshan thought to himself: When I was in Hangzhou, people lined up to treat me to a meal every day. Never had I ever had such a hard life. But now, it’s like a tiger has been bullied by a dog, and a phoenix with its hair is not as good as a chicken. It’s like eating leftovers.

The fate depends on the person's face. Only then did Han Zhengshan suddenly realize why the prisoners just seemed to have nothing else in mind when they knocked the stones. It turned out that they were all doing it to fill their stomachs.

After finally waiting for the other people to finish their meal, Han Zhengshan thought that he could finally go back to rest, but the guard ordered them to go to the kitchen to wash pots and dishes and clean up the mess. This is also one of the rules of the hard labor camp, and all the last batch of people to finish work

, he had to take on the task of cleaning the canteen and kitchen, and Han Zhengshan caught up with this job on the first day he entered the hard labor camp.

When Han Zhengshan was in Hangzhou, he couldn't do so much work in a year. Although he was still in good health, he felt very tired after finishing the work. Fortunately, he was finally done and could go back to the prison cell to rest for a while.

The guard took him to get a bedding and pillow, and then arranged for him to move into the prison cell.

The living arrangement of this hard labor camp is actually the same as that of the immigration camp. They are all ten-person rooms with five bunk beds arranged in sequence. Han Zhengshan was led to one of the rooms by the guards and handed over to the leader of the room.

: "Zhao Sanbiao, this newcomer's name is Han Zhengshan. You will take him to work starting tomorrow, and you will also teach him the rules here."

Zhao Sanbiao nodded and bowed in response, and respectfully sent the guard away. Then he waved to Han Zhengshan and said, "Come in and talk."

Han Zhengshan saw that Zhao Sanbiao was not very old, only in his early twenties, he cupped his hands and said: "Han Zhengshan, you are polite!"

"Don't bring the rules outside here." Zhao Sanbiao didn't look at him at all: "I don't care what you did before, you have to abide by the rules here. The brothers in this number call me Zhao San

Brother or Brother Biao, if you are sensible and obedient, your life will be easy. If you want to be a thorn, then don't blame me for being rude."

Han Zhengshan thought to himself, I don’t know how many scoundrels like you will be caught in a year, so he ignored his pretense and saw an empty bed in the room. He said, "I'll borrow it," and then dug him aside.

He walked over and put down the quilt, then sat down.

Zhao Sanbiao didn't expect this newcomer to be so unruly. Instead of getting angry, he smiled and said, "He does have a temper! Brothers, show this guy some color!"
Chapter completed!