Chapter 992 Return to Sanya Port

Pier 4 of Sanya Port on March 26, 1634. This pier has eight trestles and 32 berths. It can accommodate sailboats with a maximum displacement of about 500 tons. It is one of the main passenger terminals of Sanya Port. Entering and exiting Sanya Port

Foreign ships are usually arranged to dock at this pier. Recently, due to the upcoming Haihan event, there is an endless stream of ships from various countries arriving at the port every day, and Pier 4 has gradually become extremely busy.

Although there are not as many laborers and port personnel as there are at the cargo terminal, there are quite a lot of people engaged in the service industry. As soon as a passenger ship docks, people will gather near the pier and hold up various signs, large and small, to outsiders.

Loudly soliciting business: "Old brand hotel, clean and comfortable, free hot water all day long, only one yuan per night!" "Agent for goods purchase, sea and land transfer, local tour guide, honest management!" "Various Haihan specialties, the lowest prices in Sanya!

"Recruiting high-paying workers, priority will be given to those with skills, and naturalization can be naturalized in as soon as half a year!" "Rent and buy a house, free house inspections, complete range of high, middle and low-end, and you only get commission when you sign the house deed!"

"Li Dou, look at this scene, does it look like when we used to hold up light signs to chase stars at concerts?" Chen Yixin, who had just disembarked from the boat, joked to his friend Li Dou who had returned from the same boat: "It's like shouting at the top of one's voice to the little boy.

The idol’s name is the same!”

Li Dou rolled his eyes and replied, "Why don't I remember this? I've never done such a stupid thing!"

Chen Yixin laughed and stopped exposing his shortcomings. He and Li Dou were still high school graduates when they came to this time and space. Now, six or seven years later, they are already representatives of the young officials among the time travellers. Each of them is in charge of a life.

Sha Daquan. Those past events before the time travel feel like a world away when I think about them now.

"After being here for so long, this place has still changed a lot!" Chen Yixin sighed: "When we left here, the construction of Pier 4 had just begun. Look at it now. I heard that construction was starting on the upper reaches of the Linchun River.

It’s Pier 10.”

Li Dou responded: "You have been fighting outside. You don't know how big the trade throughput is in Sanya. Let me tell you this, every month there are at least forty or fifty cargo ships coming to Sanya from Penghu and Kaohsiung.

There are so many ships. If you think about the fact that there are so many ports for trade and navigation between Daming and Sanya, how many ships will come in and out of the two ports of Sanya every month?"

Chen Yixin said with emotion: "To be honest, before I came here, I thought I would have to wait until I was thirty before I could see a decent Sanya, but the construction speed is much faster than I expected. According to this progress, by the time you and I retire,

By then, this place should really turn into a prosperous big city!"

"You should be able to see it!" When talking about this topic, Li Dou also had a longing expression on his face. When they participated in the time-travel operation, they were at the age when they liked to dream the most, and they were full of all kinds of hopes for their future life.

They all had many ideas about what a powerful country with their own participation in governance would look like. In the years since time travel, some of these ideas are being realized step by step.

The two men returned to Sanya at this time, both for the purpose of celebrating the founding of the People's Republic of China. Chen Yixin represented the military and political agencies stationed in Zhoushan, while Li Dou represented Hong Kong Island. The two friends had been together since their separation in Penghu in 1632.

After that, this was the first time they met again. Chen Yixin stopped in Hong Kong on his way south and picked up Li Dou on the same boat. In the past two years, Li Dou stayed in Penghu and never moved, while Chen Yixin's experience was far more complicated.

Much richer.

Chen Yixin was first transferred to Penghu in 1632 and served as Qian Tiandun's deputy. At the beginning of 1633, Chen Yixin led his army to Taipei and successively captured two armed strongholds in Tamsui River Chicken Coop that were originally controlled by the Spanish. After taking Taipei, they continued non-stop.

He then followed the troops commanded by Qian Tiandun and Shi Diwen and went north to Zhejiang to attack Zhoushan. In July, Chen Yixin led the team to sea again, going north to Japan's Kyushu Island and the southern waters of the Korean Peninsula, and collected a lot of valuable information.

Valuable information. In the past year, Chen Yixin's achievements have greatly exceeded those of his friends. If nothing else happens, he will definitely be publicly disclosed by the Executive Committee and the Military Commission during this founding celebration.

Commendation and award.

Of course, Li Dou is actually doing well. He is currently the head of the Kaohsiung Port Management Committee. As a local official, he still holds considerable real power. Moreover, Haihan has made considerable development plans on Taiwan Island in the past two years.

The company is huge, many things have to be handled by Li Dou, and his future career prospects are also very good. However, for officials like Li Dou who engage in administrative work, they often have to rely on the accumulation of political qualifications to get promoted.

It is unrealistic to increase the level again and again in a short period of time.

Haihan sent representatives from almost all overseas colonies to participate in this celebration. They have been arriving in Hong Kong one after another since mid-March. Chen Yixin’s Dinghai Port in Zhoushan is Haihan’s farthest colony in the north. Although he

We set out from Zhoushan at the beginning of the month, but encountered bad weather twice in the Fujian Strait and the Pearl River Estuary, and had to stay ashore for a few days. Fortunately, we hurriedly and slowly returned to Sanya in time for the ceremony, without missing the main business.

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Of course, people with status like Chen Yixin and Li Dou definitely don't need to stay in these outside hotels. There are people waiting for them at the pier. After they landed, someone brought a carriage to take them directly to Fort Victory. But these two people

There was quite a lot of luggage, and it took a while to move it around. In fact, they originally had an apartment under their name in Port Victory, but it had been empty all year round, and it had become nothing more than a warehouse for stacking personal belongings. This time the executive committee

Officials who came back from various places to attend the celebrations will be specially arranged to stay in the expanded guest house. There will be people serving tea and water. The conditions are definitely much better than living in single apartments back home. Besides, they will not be in Sanya.

If you live permanently, after the celebration is over and the business is done, you will definitely go back north to your own place, and there is no need to clean out the apartment to live in for such a few days.

Seeing the two people shouting and swarming, the people on the pier naturally knew that this was the arrival of a big shot, and they quickly moved aside to let the carriage headed by the chief leave the pier without the need for the guards with guns and ammunition to greet them.

The group of bearers squatting next to them waiting for the guests looked at it and were even more envious. Most of them were new immigrants who had not yet naturalized in Hong Kong. They had no other skills except their physical strength. They could only do something like this.

physical work.

However, the job of a sedan bearer is not easy. It also faces competition. The wages for carrying a sedan chair are actually about the same as the fare of a carriage. It is even cheaper for short distances, but the speed and comfort are far inferior to that of a carriage. They can take ten jobs a day, but

The bearers don't have such good physical strength. Moreover, riding in a carriage is more grand. Guests with some wealth will often choose a carriage instead of the bumpier human-powered sedan.

Recently, there is a new two-wheeled rickshaw, which has also taken away a lot of business from bearers. This kind of rickshaw can carry two people and simple luggage, but only one person can pull it. Although the speed is not as fast as a horse-drawn carriage, it is faster than two people.

The sedan is much faster. Some bearers will buy a rickshaw after saving a certain amount of savings and change careers. After all, two people have to split the bill to lift the sedan, but one person only needs to pay for the rickshaw, and the income level is still the same.

Stronger than the bearer.

Fortunately, the rickshaw has less privacy because its hood is semi-open, and the train station is not far from the port. There is a lot of coal ash in the air. In this regard, it is still not as good as a sedan, but it is better in the city of Victory Port.

There are more sides. The new four-wheeled carriages are more expensive to build, and most of them are used by the government. Not many people use them for passenger transportation. It has not had a big impact on the livelihood of the bearers yet. When the carriage is busy

However, when arriving, sedan chairs are also an acceptable alternative. For example, the number of passenger ships arriving at the port has increased significantly in recent days, and all four-wheeled carriages have been requisitioned by the government to pick up distinguished guests, so the business of the sedan bearers is still good.

Although the naturalized cadres who arrived on the same boat as Chen Yixin and Li Dou were not qualified enough to ride in a special carriage, they could still afford to hire a sedan or a rickshaw. All the sedans and rickshaws on the dock were wiped out, except for

A large sedan with four people was left parked nearby. When someone came to ask, a man in black next to him bowed and said, "I'm sorry, this sedan has been hired. My master will use it soon."

Seeing the crowd slowly dispersing, the bearer squatting next to him became a little impatient: "Steward Wang, when will your master arrive? It's been more than an hour... Why don't you let us pick him up first?

How about a business trip to the train station? It won’t take long for you to come back, and it won’t delay you in picking up people. What do you think?”

"You're so panicked, can this shipping date be exactly right?" The middle-aged man known as Butler Wang scolded: "Didn't we agree to keep your sedan for half a day? You feel itchy when you see people accepting business.

? Just wait and don't think about it. Who is my master? You little people who have not yet been naturalized should be careful. If you offend him, you will not be able to make a living in this place!"

Butler Wang's rebuke was indeed effective, and several bearers immediately became silent and did not dare to answer any more questions. Among them, the longest time they had been in Sanya was only a month and a half, and two of them were new immigrants who had just come out of the quarantine observation period.

I don’t know anything about the local rules, so how can I dare to offend the master that Butler Wang calls me? But having said that, Butler Wang has indeed paid enough for their big sedan, so naturally they will not be allowed to leave temporarily to pick up others.

Buy and sell.

"Which master is so powerful?" A voice suddenly sounded, and then a group of people came out from behind a pile of goods nearby.

As soon as the leader showed his face, Butler Wang recognized him. His legs went weak and he almost knelt down on the spot: "Chief Zhou, I just said it casually. Don't take it seriously... I just want to scare these sedans."

Husband, I have no other meaning!"

The person who made Butler Wang change his attitude 180 degrees is Zhou Hengxing, the director of the Sanya Port Management Committee. Although his position is still the director, he has the final say and the final say on all matters of Sanya Port, large and small.

The actual power in his hands is actually higher than that of the leaders of most overseas colonies. Everyone who travels here all year round knows him.

Zhou Hengxing happened to be passing by this place on his inspection tour today. He just met the carriage driven by Chen Yixin and Li Dou outside the port. They stopped the carriage and exchanged a few words with Zhou Hengxing. After seeing off the two juniors, Zhou Hengxing happened to hear this king.

The steward scolded the sedan bearer for his remarks. The other party recognized him, but he didn't know which servant this person was. However, from the tone of the other party's words just now, he should probably be a person with some wealth.

"Who is your master?" Zhou Hengxing repeated again. He didn't really want to teach Butler Wang a lesson, but was just out of curiosity.

But when Butler Wang heard it, the smell was different. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. When he was about to confess to Zhou Hengxing again, he saw a sailboat slowly approaching the harbor.

At the dock, he quickly said: "Chief, my master's ship has arrived."

This sailing ship was actually the same as the ship Chen Yixin and his party were on. It was an exploration-class multi-purpose ship. The difference was that Chen Yixin's ship was equipped with weapons, while this ship had no gun windows on the side and no collision angle on the bow.

The size of the sails and masts are slightly smaller, and they are obviously civilian versions. Zhou Hengxing can clearly see that the flag hanging on the mast has black characters on a white background, which is the character "Luo".

"So it's Luo Shengdong!" Zhou Hengxing smiled, waved his hand towards Butler Wang and said, "Okay, I'm an old acquaintance, no need for introduction."

As the first official of the Ming Dynasty to join Haihan, Luo Shengdong seized the opportunity to change his destiny and jumped from a prisoner to the object of Haihan's support. If he had not been unwilling to work hard in his official career, he might have been like Fujian's

Like Xu Xinsu, he relied on Haihan's support to rise through the ranks. But even though he had not handled his own work at all in the past few years, and even Yacheng Water Village had been disbanded early, his official position was still brought from the Border Water Village.

The chief of the army was promoted all the way to the chief soldier of Qiongzhou Prefecture.

Of course, this is just a false position without actual military power. Luo Shengdong has long stopped relying on court salary for a living. His other identity now is the largest salt merchant in Guangdong and Guangxi, and he is also the owner of Haihan Salt

As a general agent in Guangdong and Guangdong, he personally sells millions of kilograms of salt every year. The profits he earned from this made him no longer interested in serving as an official or a soldier.

The scale of business has expanded year by year, and Luo Shengdong's scope of activities has long been no longer limited to Hainan Island. In fact, he may spend more time in the mainland now. After all, the market in the mainland is far better than that in Hainan Island, and it has been

Haihan is in complete control, and naturally he will not be allowed to sell salt here anymore. Therefore, Luo Shengdong's main market has now moved to the mainland, and he spends less time on Hainan Island. But for a major event like Haihan's founding of the country, he

I definitely have to rush back to see it with my own eyes.
Chapter completed!