The turbid sea water carrying a large amount of mud and sand washed the dock embankment of Dinghai Port over and over again. Major Junio, who had just arrived in Ningbo to discuss the adaptation of the stand-up team with Jiang Zhiqing, stood quietly on the dock and bid farewell to some old subordinates who had been struggling together for many years.

Some of these old subordinates came from the stand-up team system, some came from the local garrison system, and some came from the intelligence management system. Generally, those who are not young and have family members are not planning to continue working in the Far East and want to return to the local area to live a better job, most of them were affected by this military system reform and were unhappy. When they were frustrated, they planned to return to the local area and stop working in this place.

Junio ​​felt a pity for the departure of these people, because they were honestly serving for many years, and had many battles and had a lot of experience, so they would never be useless. It’s a pity that, as the saying goes, the emperor and the minister, now the commander-in-chief Liao Xiaoyao of Denglai, is the commander-in-chief Liao, naturally he is more willing to give priority to selecting the officers he is familiar with and trustworthy into the new military system, and then he is the turn of others. The middle-aged officers in front of him naturally have no competition for "others", so he can only get a considerable severance payment and find a way out.

Junio ​​naturally had no choice but to do this, because he was too unsafe to say that he was unable to guarantee himself. He was the captain of the first wing of the forward team (also in charge of the fourth and fifth wing teams), and was originally a senior in the Far East military system. Unfortunately, the two pioneer team captains who had been appreciating him before, and Liang Xiangjian had both left the post. The newly appointed Liao Xiaoyao was not very interested in him. He was more willing to arrange his old subordinates who had been in the Heishui area for many years, so veteran Junio ​​was so tragic. I believe that after the forward team system was demolished, this was almost inevitable in this military reform, he could only serve as a high-ranking but not powerful idle position to support his old age. Anyway, he is not young anymore, and his best youth has been dedicated to the army.

"It's good to go back to the local area, at least there is a good living environment, rich opportunities, abundant living supplies, many schools, and convenient treatment. This advantage is something that no one else can compare to." Junio ​​said in a slightly sad tone: "The fifth team of the forward team is gone, and the fourth team will also be reorganized later, and even the first team will have to cancel the number as a whole. Everyone just left first and then left, and it doesn't matter much. Maybe after some time, I will pack back to the local area like all my brothers. Speaking of which, after so many years in the Far East, I can only see local news from newspapers, books and magazines, and I am indeed a little curious."

"By the way, others choose to return to their hometown when they go back. They choose to settle in Ningbo or Denglai. You guys are better, and they actually go to such a malaria-related place in New China Island. Have you really thought about it? The annual mortality rate there is not low, not only because of the battles with the natives, diseases, natural disasters and other messy causes of death, but has always troubled most of the residents there." Junio ​​suddenly pointed to the middle-aged man in old military uniforms standing in front, shook his head, and said in confusion: "Just because it is easy to do something there? Well, I respect your choice, I wish you good luck."

In fact, Junio ​​is right. Even after years of governance in New China, due to the humid and stuffy climate in the tropical areas, there are a large number of mosquitoes, snakes and scorpions, and various bacteria are extremely active, which leads to people being caught from time to time. Sometimes people are still fine during the day, but suddenly they are not able to do so at night, and they are burned, vomited and diarrhea. This is fine in the city, and there may be a trace of possible treatment for medical treatment (but the price is also quite expensive, and they often face the dilemma of shortage of medicine). However, if you are in relatively remote places such as farms, forest farms, plantations, etc., then if you are not lucky, the possibility of quitting is very high. This leads to the natural population growth rate of New China Island being inferior to other places all year round, mainly because of the environment, there is no way.

Therefore, it is indeed admirable that several of Junio's old subordinates plan to settle in Xinhuaxia Island with their severance fees and their savings over the years. Because they not only have to face risks that may be encountered in business, but also have to face threats from the environment, especially when they can be approved to open a plantation for you, they are generally not good or mature. However, when they see that several old subordinates have decided on their minds, he has nothing to say. He can only wish them all the best and not lose the reputation of the Fifth Battalion.

After a while, with a loud whistle, the sailors' long and thick voices were heard on a sailing ship loading cargo and population. It was a reminder for guests who had not yet boarded the ship to board quickly. The ship was about to drive in twenty minutes and everyone was overdue.

This is an immigrant transport ship with a tonnage of tonnage. It is one of several small ships that take Indian Ocean routes. It has just been renovated at Dinghai Port. It is now a new time. In this season when the southeastern wind is prevalent, this ship will not sail against the wind, but who has made the situation in the south now tense? Guangdong and even the Southern Ming court urgently need a large amount of military supplies and equipment? Therefore, these immigrant transport ships will exit the ports of Denglai and Ningbo in the near future. The cabin is full of various war materials (the bottom cabin uses copper blocks and copper pieces smuggled from Japan). They plan to go to the Haizhu Island Merchant Station to unload the goods, and then repair them there for about two months. Finally, they are filled with gangs and ordinary immigrants from Guangdong, and arrive at New China Island through the North Indian Ocean.

As for other brigades of transport ships, they will not go out to sea to transport immigrants until the northeast wind blows in late October. They are on the South Indian Ocean route and are also the main force of transportation. In the past few years, the disasters in Shandong were frequent. In addition to the local resettlement in Denglai, Liaodong and Heishui, the remaining hundreds of thousands of victims were still waiting for transportation, which can allow all the immigrant ships in the Far East to be transported until the end of 63 (arriving in the local area in 6 years). This is Liang Xiangjian's political achievements. At the same time, it also strengthened the idea of ​​the East Coast government to balance the situation in the Far East to gain benefits and population.

On August 6, several immigrant ships taking Indian Ocean routes arrived at the estuary of the Pearl River and then anchored in the Yaniangsa Island area of ​​Humen. Since the British Widell Merchant Fleet attacked and destroyed the Humen Fort in 1963, this place has gradually been abandoned because Li Chengdong, who was in Guangdong, did not want to spend huge amounts of funds to repair the fort. The East Coast Engineer once gave Li Chengdong a budget, pointing out that the purchase of the long-pipe sea defense artillery with a large caliber and long-pipe sea defense artillery would cost 100,000 taels of silver. In addition, the body of the fortress, the construction and restoration of the fortress were also a major project. If recruitment and training of personnel were added, it would be impossible to spend 300,000 taels of silver at one time. Of course, there are also factors that the East Coast people falsely reported the attempt to make huge profits. Unfortunately, Li Chengdong was not deceived.

Since Li Chengdong looked down on this place, then naturally someone would pick it up. After hearing this, Jiang Zhiqing immediately asked his subordinates to visit the Humen Fort, investigate, and then gave a feasibility plan for the East Coast to build a fortress there. The military engineers' feedback was generally optimistic. They pointed out that the Humen Fort (including multiple forts) was bombarded by British merchant ships more than 30 years ago and suffered a lot of losses after the battle. At that time, many artillery was captured by the British, and the rest were also destroyed by it. Later, neither the Ming government nor the subsequent rule of Li Chengdong did not allocate funds to restore it. This was probably because they were not from the marine regime.

By 6 years, even the main building of the fort was decayed in the wind and rain day after day. The only foundations that people on the east coast could use were probably the foundations of that year. The other bricks, stones, wood and other building materials had to be purchased nearby or transported from other places. The cost of construction was probably not very low. However, it seems that Jiang Zhiqing's determination was still relatively firm. While he allocated money from the already tense finance, he also made Taiwan banks bleed and sponsored part of the debt. Anyway, he also felt that the fort was the most beneficial to Taiwan banks, and it was not too much to let them pay some money.

There is no doubt that after the construction of this fort was naturally not left for Li Chengdong to enjoy, but a weapon for the East Coast people to effectively control the Pearl River channel. By then, the trade of the entire Pearl River channel will also be in the hands of the East Coast people, just as the Dutch controlled the estuary of the South Netherlands and forced its trade to turn. The East Coast people who controlled the estuary of the Pearl River can also control various commercial activities near the basin at will. The benefits here are simply unimaginable.

At present, perhaps Li Chengdong did not have much intuitive understanding of the consequences of the construction of this fort, perhaps he had a desire for the East Coast people, or perhaps because the battle of the East Coast army defeating the Portuguese outside Macau many years ago was too shocking. In short, Li Chengdong did not react too fiercely to this, as if he had acquiesced to the actions of the East Coast people.

In this way, the people of the East Coast began to break ground on the ruins of the original Humen Fort, and the first one to be built was the turret of Yaniangjiao Island. The turret is a closed modern turret with a 6-defense fortress. It is planned to install twenty types of sea defense artillery, as well as almost the same number of 6-defense artillery. All artillery will be transported from the local area for long-distance sea. Among them, sea defense artillery is mainly cast, and the 6-defense artillery is forged as usual, and the cost is quite high if the freight is included.

In addition to the fortress, a small dock has been built here, and the water supply of ships on the east coast can also be provided with some wounded and sick people. This is where these immigrant transport ships dock. It is obvious that they will stay here until mid-to-late October, and will not sail to Malacca City under the rule of the Dutch East India Company after the north wind.

At this time, there were already many people on the East Coast on Ya Niangsai Island, mostly soldiers and craftsmen, and the others were large number of local residents in Guangdong. They were hired to transport construction materials on the island, and also helped build forts and forts to earn some money that was quite rich for them. Fearing from the East Coast people's prestige over the years, the local government in Guangzhou could not ban it, not to mention that they could not distract from these matters now. Wu Sangui Zhengming was the top priority they were concerned about. As for the construction of forts on Ya Niangsai Island, some people may have objections, but they cannot become the mainstream.

The supplies on several immigrant transport ships were loaded on the cabin of some 2-ton steamer on Yaniangjiao Island, and then pulled to Guangzhou Xiguan, which was further upstream. These small boats often loaded with some supplies and immigrants when they returned. In this way, from early August to late October, the monotonous and repeated transportation work lasted for two months. During this period, a large amount of arms and materials were transported to Li Chengdong's army, and then left for his own use, or transported to Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou by him.

On June 24, the stable northeastern wind began to blow in the Far East. The captain led the team ordered immigrants to board the ship, and the sailors checked the supplies and prepared to sail. At this time, large-scale immigration transfer work in Yantai, Jiaozhou, Dinghai and other places also began to proceed at the same time.

On the afternoon of the 2nd of the month, a total of six immigrant transport ships set sail, leaving Yaniangsa Island, which had been stationed for many days, and began an annual ocean adventure (departing for the local area). The storm along the way was dangerous and complicated. One ship would have to sink every year, and sometimes if you have bad luck, there would be two. There were more ships sinking on the South Indian Ocean route. This is also the reason why many senior officials would rather stay in the local area than go overseas. After all, everyone has families and careers, and their lives are good. Why did I let me go out to sea for a long time? It was just a few "greens" who were keen on gilding in the Far East.

In late February 6, after a long journey of two months, in Malacca, the fleet that stopped for supply in Galle Fort and lost an immigrant transport ship (sank to the sea outside Galle Fort in Ceylon) successfully arrived at Xinhua Port on Xinhua Island for supply repair, and also allowed the immigrants on the ship to come down and let the air go so as not to get sick.

Of course, New China, the fourth largest island in the world, is also the final destination for many of them to immigrate after all, most of these ships are immigrants living in Guangdong, and they are more adaptable to this kind of climate. For example, the officers and families of the Fifth Brigade of the former forward team who said goodbye to Junio ​​at the Dinghai Port Pier a few months ago.
Chapter completed!