The sea boats that cross the south of the sea are about to arrive at their destination after two days. There is a bay several miles away in front of the ship. After entering the bay smoothly, the journey will end safely.

A fast ship was coming towards him and leaning towards the sea boat. Several crew members boarded the ship and took the sea boat into the port as a guide.

At the entrance of the bay, there is a long embankment, like a wall, keeping the surging waves out. If a ship wants to enter and exit the harbor, it needs to pass through the gap beside the embankment, so people who are familiar with the waterway are guided. Such a person is the navigator.

The sea boat slowly entered the harbor through the entrance channel, and the passengers on the boat then saw clearly the situation in the bay: a large-scale building complex was presented in front of them.

In less than a year, Lushun has changed drastically, with a large number of buildings rising from the ground, and a large section of the coast by the sea has been replaced by a cemented wharf.

Rows of neat arcade buildings lined up along the pier, and several cement trests extended from the shore pier to the sea.

A large number of ships that crossed the sea were moored at the end of the pier, unloaded a lot of cargo, and pulled them to the dock by carriages.

The ship entering the port successfully berthed on a pier and waited for a long ladder to be built. Many men, women, young and old looked anxiously at the crowd gathering on the pier before getting off the boat, and soon they found the figures of relatives and friends who picked up the boat.

Many people waved their arms, shouted loudly, then walked down the long ladder excitedly, hugging their relatives and friends who were coming up.

After asking about the well-being, people walked towards the pier, and there were convenient carriages, carrying the young and the young and the luggage to the pier for free.

Most of the passengers who came from the sea were seasick and vomited heavily on the boat, and some of them vomited all their bile. However, when they looked at the unexpectedly prosperous Port in Lushun in front of them, everyone was very excited.

The lively place here is no worse than that of Huangcheng, Laizhou, where they temporarily lived when they set off. Seeing people coming and going on the pier and mountains of goods piled up on the pier, everyone was full of hope for the next life.

Nearly a year since the imperial court recaptured the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula, under the organization of the Beiyang Trading Company, many people from Qingxu came across the sea to reclaim wasteland in Xintiandi opposite the sea, and had their own land.

The first year is about to pass, and the people who have been clearing the land have initially gained a foothold. So they use the smooth "postal service" to call friends, gather more people to cross the sea, settle down here, and reclaim more wastelands.

It is late summer and early autumn, and it is the busy season of farming. New helpers help harvest crops and spend the first winter in Lushun. When the spring comes to spring, you can immediately plow spring immediately to prepare for a good harvest in the new year.

They were far away from their hometown and lived in the Liaodong Peninsula on the other side of the sea, and they were unavoidable. Although their relatives and friends said in their letter that Lushun was so good, and although they were moved and set off for Lushun, they were always worried.

I was worried that this place was barren, that there were few government troops, and there were evil thieves everywhere.

Now that we have arrived in Lushun, looking at the large-scale port area in front of us, and then looking at the rows of buildings in the distance, everyone was relieved and looked at this brand new city curiously.

As I looked, I suddenly realized something was wrong: some of the hairies on the dock who had just got off the boat were wearing double-breasted clothes, narrow-legged pants, and strange backpacks on their backs, and were walking in line.

Monks are not like monks, and soldiers are not like soldiers. Who are these wombed people?

Hair refers to bald or short hair. It is said that in ancient times, there was a punishment for hair, which means shaving a person's head or cutting his hair short as a punishment. Hair is a sinner.

However, with the rise of Buddhism, the term "hair" usually refers to monks, or people with short hair shortly after returning to secular life. Nowadays, a large number of hairs appearing on the pier have made passengers who have just arrived in Lushun feel many questions.

Regarding this question, relatives and friends who came to pick up the boat were not surprised: "This is a sage army, and many soldiers have short hair, so they look like monks who have returned to secular life."

Someone was surprised when he heard this: "Qianjun? Is there such an army in the government?"

"This is not an official army, it is a company... Hey, let's put it this way, this is a guard hired by Beiyang Trading Company, which is specially designed to clean up the thieves who blocked the road and robbed the thieves. Do you understand this?"

The name of Beiyang Trading Company is now well-known in Qingxu. Many people say, "Oh..."

The people who saw the "Hongjun" for the first time looked at these bald or short-haired men and felt a little novel. Only when they listened to their relatives and friends slowly telling the truth about it was roughly understood.

When they were in Laizhou, they heard people everywhere saying that the government army had won battles in Liaodong. Later, they gradually realized that the government army mentioned in these victories were actually not real government troops.

These armies also go to the battlefield to fight for their lives, but they are minions of the Beiyang Trading Company. The company spends money to buy the lives of these people and makes a contract, so these people have to work for the company.

Because most soldiers have shaved their heads or have short hair grown on their bald heads, they are all "hairmen", so in order to distinguish them from the real government army, others call these soldiers "hairmen" and call their army "hairmen".

Although these armies have official names, they are too difficult to remember and are difficult to remember. More people still call these armies "官网", so the word "官网" has become an nickname for the armed forces under the name of Beiyang Trading Company and has become an increasingly common synonym.

Although the Hun Army is not a serious official army, it is not vague when fighting. The reason why the Hun Army soldiers shave their hair is mainly because most of the recruits have fleas and lice on their bodies, which are difficult to clean when hidden in their hair, so they have to shave their heads and turn into hair people.

Then after receiving months of training, the trading company will distribute armor and weapons to let these gangsters who have become "soldiers" go to the battlefield.

When they went to the battlefield, most of these soldiers retained their short hair or bald heads. The reason was very simple, and the first thing was to be easy to manage.

After all, there is not so much attention to military life, and it is common not to wash your hair once every few months. If you bald or short hair, you will not get stinky, fleas, or lice because you don’t wash your hair for a long time.

Secondly, avoid being grabbed by the enemy and cut the throat during hand-to-hand combat, so many soldiers choose to keep short hair or even bald heads.

Once the head is injured, short hair or bald head is more convenient to deal with, and bandage the wound. It is precisely for various reasons that many soldiers "cut their hair" or even "shaved their hair" from time to time to maintain the hairstyle of the hair.

The Han army is different from the official army, but the Beiyang Trading Company gave the Han army good treatment, with clear rewards and punishments, and the requirements for soldiers are not very strict. Therefore, many desperate people who have settled down or despair also joined the Han army and wanted to serve as minions for the trading company and go to Liaodong to grab money, grain and women.

Speaking of this, the people who picked up the boat did not forget to tell their relatives and friends: "These men are all soldiers who work hard for the Beiyang Trading Company. They are crazy when fighting wars, and they are more cruel than serious official troops. You, when you meet them on the road on weekdays, don't think they are mages and masters, otherwise they will annoy people, and they will eat their fists..."
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