Chapter 886 Northern Immigration

Being able to capture the wanted bandit leader Wang Jialin of Zhoushan Boat Gang on the second day of the operation is definitely good news for the participating troops. The headquarters mobilized troops to organize troops to go into the mountains to suppress the bandits. A large part of the reason was that Wang Jialin had not been captured.

This dangerous element, and now that the bandit leader has been arrested, the headquarters can finally carry out subsequent production and construction work on the island with peace of mind.

However, the special operations battalion's anti-bandit mission does not end here. In addition to escorting Wang Jialin and other captured personnel to Dinghai Fort, they will still carry out several consecutive days of anti-bandit operations in the mountainous area as originally planned. Of course, as the number one hero,

Sun Zhen does not need to participate in the operations in the next few days. He will be responsible for escorting Wang Jialin to Dinghai Fort and reporting the capture of the target to the headquarters. As for recording merits, reporting to the Military Commission, and applying for awards, this is something we can look forward to.

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However, for several senior officers in the headquarters, Wang Jialin's life or death is secondary. What is more important is to find out from him where the Zhoushan Ship Gang's property is hidden. According to various intelligence information obtained previously, Qian Tiandun and Shi

Di Wendu believed that only a small part of the property transferred by the Zhoushan Boat Gang out of the island before the war, and there must be a lot buried somewhere on the island, and Wang Jialin should obviously be the person who knows these situations best. Haihan was able to capture Zhoushan Island from

The direct benefits obtained from the operation will still fall on Wang Jialin's head.

The people from the Special Service Office of the Ministry of Security rushed to the headquarters in Dinghai Fort to report as soon as they got the news. Gong Shiqi specially brought two torture experts from Guanyuan and Guanping over, intending to pry open the case as soon as possible.

Wang Jialin's mouth. However, his plan did not come in handy. Wang Jialin was probably so disheartened by repeated defeats that he only used to save his life as an exchange, so he revealed the place where he hid his belongings.

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The next day, Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen personally led the team to the two treasure sites on Zhoushan Island that Wang Jialin had told them about. Even senior officials like them, who had little interest in money, saw the treasures piled up like mountains.

It was inevitable to marvel at the treasures of gold and silver. After a preliminary inventory, the value of the wealth hidden by the Zhoushan Boat Gang in these two places exceeded one million taels of silver. The harvest has set a new record for what was seized by the Haihan Militia after the war.

, even more generous than the profits from the two big cities of Hoi An and Hue in Annan. The proportion of the military's share of these seizures alone is enough to cover the military expenditures of this expedition to Zhejiang so far.

Expensed.

Originally, these wealth should have been obtained when Haihan captured Zhoushan, but due to a strange combination of circumstances, it was delayed for more than half a month. Fortunately, Haihan had firm control of Zhoushan Island, allowing Wang Jialin to

It is also impossible to smuggle this wealth out of the island. Although the Zhoushan Boat Gang still has many properties that are difficult to recover in Ningbo Prefecture, they are nothing compared to those hidden on the island.

However, this money may not all be sealed and sent back to Sanya, because the money required for the construction of the Zhoushan Port Area will be a huge astronomical figure, and it will be a continuous investment.

The planned southern port area will probably take several years to complete.

But compared to the several port areas at the north and south ends of Taiwan Island in the south, which are also in the early stages of development, Zhoushan Island has an unparalleled advantage in that it is very close to the mainland. It is ten times closer than the navigation distance between Taiwan Island and Fujian.

Zhoushan Island is obviously more convenient for trade or population introduction. And as a transit point for northern immigrants going south, it is logical to intercept some immigrants with better quality. Especially those who are educated and literate.

They have become priority candidates for recruitment and naturalization arrangements.

One day in early June, three immigrant ships heading south from the north arrived at Dinghai Port. They were the first batch of northern immigrants accepted by Haihan after taking over Zhoushan Island. The carrier was Fujian maritime merchant Liu Zhenguo, who had been accepting immigrants since the beginning of last year.

He started the business of organizing the transportation of immigrants from the north for Haihan. Although this business is risky, the profits are equally huge. If you don’t believe it, look at the number of ships Liu Zhenguo invested on this route has increased from the original four to the current fourteen.

This explains the problem very well.

When this ship went north a month ago, Liu Zhenguo personally led the team. At that time, Haihan had already captured Liuheng Island and was in the stage of preparing to attack Zhoushan Island. Shi Diwen and Qian Tiandun had both stayed in Fujian for a long time.

In a short period of time, I got to know Liu Zhenguo. He knew the battle situation in much more detail than the people outside, so he dared to let the fleet sail directly into Dingwan Bay on the return trip. Usually when passing by this sea area, in order to

To avoid trouble, he always required ships to go around the east of Zhoushan Islands and only dock in Taizhou for supplies.

After Liu Zhenguo got off the boat, he found that Qian Tiandun was waiting for him on the dock. He was so flattered that he hurried over to greet Qian Tiandun: "General Qian is so flattering, it's really a shame to kill a villain!"

Qian Tiandun responded with a smile: "Boss Liu has been working hard all the way. I asked someone to prepare a table of wine to welcome Boss Liu. But please don't dislike the poor conditions in our place!"

Liu Zhenguo even said he did not dare, but in his heart he was thinking that this Haihan man took the initiative to host a banquet to greet him, fearing that something would happen to him. But his main business now is the immigration route between the north and the south.

Presumably what Qian Tiandun wanted to discuss with him at the banquet would also be related to this.

Liu Zhenguo expected it to be true. After drinking for three rounds, Qian Tiandun took the initiative to bring up the business: "We heard that the war in Shandong in the north has basically subsided. What is the current situation there?"

Liu Zhenguo put down his chopsticks and replied: "The rebellion of Kong Youde and others has come to an end, but the chaos in Shandong is still unresolved. Last year, we fought a whole year of war, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, and many people fell into the grass just to survive.

He became a bandit. After last year's chaos, many weapons flowed into the people. Now there are at least five or six groups of bandits in Shandong, all using the equipment of the Ming army. There are even small groups of cavalry and naval forces. The government is also very

It’s a headache. To eliminate these bandits, we have to mobilize officers and soldiers from all states to encircle and suppress them. But now Shandong is a scorched earth. Except for Dengzhou City and Laizhou City where troops are stationed, other places cannot maintain the supplies needed for the army to be stationed. What’s more,

Forget about the war. Only a few big cities are in slightly better condition, but other places are still in terrible chaos."

Qian Tiandun nodded and then asked: "What about the situation among the people? Has the government organized people to return to their hometowns to help themselves through production?"

Liu Zhenguo shook his head and said: "It's not that the government doesn't care, but that it really can't handle it. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are like locusts, eating up wherever they go. Even if they go back to their hometown, the local area can't support so many people. You

Think about it, there was no harvest in most places last year, and the grain in the official warehouses had long been robbed by the rebels. The riots in the Central Plains were even worse, and they could not provide food to Shandong. People who want to survive are still

There are only two escape routes to choose from, north and south. This time I went north to Lingshanwei and Aoshanwei. The miserable conditions of the local refugees were still the same as during the war. Having said that, if the leaders of Haihan hadn't been benevolent and provided money and food to relieve these refugees,

, and sent them south to resettle and settle down. I don’t know how many people died of starvation and illness there. Although the villain transported the refugees back from the north to do business with money, he also admired the leaders’ righteous deeds and offered a toast to General Qian.

A little thanks!"

Qian Tiandun said a few polite words and toasted with him, then continued to ask: "Based on the situation Boss Liu saw in the north, what are the local refugees' willingness to go south? If the government is willing to rescue the refugees, how long will it take to return to normal?

social order?”

Liu Zhenguo said: “Given the current situation of the refugees, it’s good to have food to eat. There’s no room for choice. What’s more, starting from this year, every time we go north to accept immigrants, we will be accompanied by naturalized citizens who have gone south earlier.

These local people publicized Haihan's charity on his behalf, and the villain also saved a lot of trouble. After returning to Fujian, the villain plans to see if he can buy more boats and try to bring as many people back as possible. As for the measures of the local government

... I think it will take at least two or three years before we can return to the situation before the war!"

Qian Tiandun pondered for a while before speaking again: "If Zhoushan can provide you with a batch of ships, do you have the ability to open another short route to run back and forth between Shandong and Zhoushan?"

Although Liu Zhenguo was a little surprised after hearing this, he quickly nodded and responded: "This should be possible, but the villain doesn't have that many sailors at the moment. However, there are indeed many people who can sail boats among the refugees from Denglai and Denglai states.

, it will be quick to recruit a group of sailors from the local area.”

"Then we can discount the price of the ship to offset the freight. Is it acceptable to Boss Liu? Of course, you can choose the ship yourself, and the price can also be negotiated. In short, you will not suffer a loss." Qian Tiandun continued to set out conditions.

When Liu Zhenguo heard this, he roughly guessed the reason, but he would not say it out without wisdom. He immediately responded: "Since it is General Qian's wish, I should obey it. I don't know when to start taking care of this matter?"

"You have a rest today, and tomorrow I will ask someone to take you to the pier to pick up a boat." Qian Tiandun saw Liu Zhenguo readily agreeing, and he was very happy at the moment, and took the initiative to raise a glass to Liu Zhenguo.

The reason why Qian Tiandun specially invited Liu Zhenguo to discuss this matter was mainly due to the executive committee's deployment of Zhoushan. Since the waters of the Zhoushan Islands have not yet been completely cleaned up, and the Zhejiang government's attitude towards Haihan's arrival is still unclear, the executive committee

The committee believes that it is necessary for the special operations battalion to continue to be stationed in Zhoushan for a period of time, and then make new deployments after the situation stabilizes. Qian Tiandun, as a senior official who has been in charge of military and political affairs outside all year round, has him sitting in charge of Zhoushan.

The committee is also a little more relieved.

Currently, Qian Tiandun is temporarily in charge of business, civil affairs and other affairs in the Zhoushan area, so he has a lot to worry about. For example, introducing immigrants to adjust the local population structure, and dealing with the large amounts of materials seized from this area during the war.

This includes a large number of sea-going ships.

In addition to some ships that were damaged and destroyed by the Haihan fleet in the naval battle, the Haihan militia captured a large number of ships that had no chance to escape after occupying Zhoushan Island. There were as many as 70 or 80 sailing ships with a displacement of more than 100 tons.

.There are hundreds of miscellaneous boats.

The team responsible for counting the spoils first classified these boats according to their functions. For example, fishing boats will probably stay locally. After the civil affairs department organizes a management organization at the commune level, they will be handed over to the commune for use as production tools. Some of them go on long-distance voyages.

Since there are not enough sailors among the Haihan personnel stationed here, it is difficult to put the cargo ships to use for the time being. Moreover, the standard of these ships is chaotic, which is not in line with the current development of the Ministry of Shipping to "achieve full self-production and unified ship models"

Trend, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade and the Ministry of Shipping do not have much interest in taking over these ships.

It is certainly not difficult to sell these ships in Ningbo, where the shipping industry is relatively developed, but Qian Tiandun hopes to make the best use of them and make these ships more effective. And put them into the route for transporting northern immigrants.

On the other hand, converting these idle ships into people and importing them into Zhoushan can be regarded as a feasible solution to deal with non-performing assets. It is worth mentioning that this method of treatment will not touch the special funds of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for immigration transportation, so in exchange for

There will be no need to send immigrants to the south, and colleagues in the south will no longer complain about intercepting too many immigrants.

Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen had specially planned this matter. If done properly, these sailing ships seized from pirates and smugglers could at least bring thousands of immigrants to the local area, and after these people arrive in Zhoushan, they will be able to bring more immigrants to Zhoushan in the next few years.

The value that can be created for Haihan will definitely far exceed the cost of introducing them.

Liu Zhenguo was one of Haihan's longest-standing partners in the plan to introduce immigrants from the north. His proficiency and scale in transporting immigrants was second only to the shipping company owned by the Xu family, so Qian Tiandun made him his first salesperson.

The target. Liu Zhenguo was also quite sensible. He thought that he would not suffer any loss in this transaction, so he decisively agreed first.

In fact, the food needed to transport immigrants from the north has always been provided by Haihan. Even including the crew's salary and the cost of ship maintenance and depreciation, Liu Zhenguo really cannot suffer a loss in this transaction. He can make three round trips at most.

, you can basically earn the value of a boat. And the voyage from Jiaodong Peninsula to Zhoushan is half the distance to Penghu in the past. The time required to travel between the two places is also greatly reduced, and the corresponding expenses are naturally

It is also much lower. As long as the ship does not cause any accidents on the way, Liu Zhenguo will basically make a profit without losing money if he takes this deal.

The next day, someone took Liu Zhenguo to pick out boats at another pier in Dinghai Bay. When Liu Zhenguo saw so many boats, he could pick out a few suitable ones even with his eyes closed. He was secretly glad that he agreed to Qian Tian's offer yesterday.

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