The northeast wind rose very early this year. It was only mid-October when the whistling north wind blew. At this time, a group of east coast ships (four flute-shaped transport ships, two fast cruisers, and two expedition ships) were ready, loaded with a large number of metal ore (lead, tin, copper), livestock (Turkmen horses and camels), as well as slaves (Polish and German mercenary prisoners of war), followed the bitter north, and left Suez port like an arrow, heading south, and finally arrived at Xinhua port, which had just entered the rainy season on November 11.

After arriving at Xinhua Port, Captain Jiwen and other members of the expedition team went to meet Shi Qinjie, the captain of the New China Development Team, and Major Guo Zili, the new commander of the Second Navy Fleet. They will discuss with the military and political leaders of the New China Island to see if they can provide strong support - such as sending the main warships to accompany them - to go to the Persian Port again in order to gain greater benefits for the East Coast Republic of China - those ignorant Persians were too snobbish and would not give enough benefits if they did not let them see the powerful warships on our Great East Coast.

Let’s not mention Captain Jiwen and others for the matter, just talk about the large number of commodities imported from the Ottoman Empire this time. Among these commodities, metals such as lead, tin, copper and other metals must be transported back to the local area; some of the Turkmen horses bought were transported to South Africa and local military horse farms, and some were transported to the Australian military horse farms; camels were also treated the same, and some were transported to Australia and South Africa, and some were transported to South Patagonia. Of course, a considerable number of camels would be left to use for themselves in New China Island. After all, this kind of solid livestock is still used in the tropical arid grassland areas in the west.

In addition to these, the most special "commodities" brought back from the Ottomans were more than 4,000 prisoners of war. Among them, there were about 1,500 prisoners of war in Polish prisoners of war. German Hesse hired more than 2,500 prisoners of war in Germany. According to the plan, all German mercenaries will be sent to the Far East. Join the East Coast Stand Team System and fight against the Qing army. Each person who served for five years or has killed at least one real Tartar will be immediately assigned to a brick and tile house, thirty acres of arable land, twenty acres of ponds, several livestock and a daughter-in-law. At the same time, they will automatically settle their homes and become colonial residents of the East Coast Republic of China.

After automatically obtaining nationality, they can also choose to stay in the army and receive full salary - five yuan per month, before that, only three yuan per month. In fact, three yuan per month salary is good for these miserable Hesse mercenaries. Because even if they are hired by the Dutch East India Company to serve in the East Indies, their monthly salary is only 9-12 guilts (about 3-4 yuan). What's more, they are still "slaves" bought by the East Coast people, and it is God's blessing to get this kind of treatment.

Therefore, under this understanding, the emotions of these German mercenaries are basically stable. Although they are reluctant to go to the unfamiliar Far East, their resistance is not particularly strong. I believe that after arriving in Shandong, the government of the Hei Shui Development Team will do some ideological work on them. With both soft and hard work, they will soon be able to correct their mentality. Become a qualified forward soldier and fight against the Qing army for the benefit of the East Coast. They are all soldiers who are old wars. Many people go out to make a living with their fellow villagers when they are in their teens. They don’t know how many battles they have experienced in their lives, and face many life-and-death battles. They have rich combat experience and good fighting will. They are familiar with the latest firearm techniques and tactics. Are there any more perfect cannon fodder than this?

The transportation season between New China Island and Australia has just ended (from May to September every year, a total of five months), and the immigration ships are currently anchored in the port for overhaul. If you want to send these more than 2,500 German mercenaries to Gushan Port in Western Australia, you can only rely on these ships from the East African Transportation Company. Otherwise, you will have to wait until February next year, when three newly built 1,100-ton immigration ships will be headed to the Far East, and you can take them to Australia and then travel to Hei Shui.

However, considering that New China Island has entered the rainy season, which is the season of high temperature and high humidity, and mosquito diseases rage, and this is often the most unbearable time for outsiders (not adapting to the local climate). If you are not careful, you will be knocked down by terrible diseases such as malaria, cholera, and dysentery. From now until February, there are almost three months left. Kyle, who is responsible for transporting these prisoners of war, suspects that by February, only half of the more than 2,500 Germans can still maintain health - this is something Kyle cannot accept. Therefore, they must be sent away as soon as possible!

But this is not easy! This involves complex ship allocation issues, which are far from what Kyle, a small section-level cadre, can make the decision. We must ask the local supreme commander Shi Qinjie.

Shi Qinjie also attached great importance to the issue of Kyle's reaction. After careful consideration, he decided to help Shao Shude, Wei Boqiu and others - he planned to free up four flute-shaped transport ships from the East African Transportation Company to carry these more than 2,500 German mercenaries, and then transport a batch of newly arrived horses and camels to Australia.

As for transportation between the New China Islands, it is definitely not enough to rely on the East African Transportation Company alone. After all, the export of goods from New China Island to the local area has increased rapidly. The export volume of goods such as wood, sisal, dried fruit, seafood, coconut, honey, pepper and other goods has almost doubled compared with two years ago, and of course the requirements for transportation capacity have also doubled. Therefore, at this time, in order not to affect the export of local materials, Shi Qinjie had to take time to go to Mozambique Island opposite the strait and ask the Portuguese to help the top leaders there. They also have several idle three-masted sailboats there, and it is not a problem to undertake some transportation tasks to the local area. At most, they can just pay more rent.

Since the decision was made, on November 18, after waiting for a tropical storm to leave, four transport ships from the East African Transport Company set sail, left Xinhua Port, and then headed south along the warm current of Mozambique and headed towards Gushan Port in Western Australia.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the issue of transportation lines between New China and Australia. In fact, in terms of meteorology and current, New China and Australia can be opened for navigation throughout the year. The reason why the East Coast government only limits the transportation season between the two places between May and September each year is mainly because it involves immigration issues. To put it bluntly, the ships from Australia to New China are full of immigrants (they are full of goods when returning).

They head north from the west coast of Australia, then enter the trade wind zone, and follow the South Indian Ocean to return to Xinhua Port. Most of the time this route is sailing in hot waters and must pass as soon as possible, otherwise immigrants will die in a large number of sultry and humid environments. From May to September every year, this sea area is both windy and smooth, making it easier for immigrant ships to pass quickly to reduce the mortality rate.

But if after these few months, when the immigrant ship passes here, it will face the northwest wind that crosses the equator and suppresses the southeast trade winds. The ocean currents are also affected by this adverse wind direction and the flow rate is greatly slowed down. At this time, the ship's navigation speed will be extremely slow. Even if it is not a sailboat, pure sailboats will not be able to sail in this section of the sea during this season. It can be imagined that if the immigrant ship on the east coast passes here at an outrageously slow speed to head to Xinhua Port, how many immigrant bodies would be thrown into the sea along the way.

Of course, if the ship carries cargo, then there is no big deal. As long as you are careful, basically the South Indian Ocean can theoretically be open to navigation all year round, after all, the cargo will not get sick.

After these East African transport companies ships ships transported these mercenaries to Gushan Port in Western Australia, they will maintain the ships there, and then load some rare cargo from the Far East back to the local area. These cargoes are of various types, generally medicinal materials, fur, animals and plants, books, antiques and jade, tea, porcelain, silk, and some captured Australian indigenous people. According to the policy, the indigenous people should try to resettle in another place, so these Australian indigenous people will try to "consume" in New Huaxia Island.

The German Hesse mercenaries collectively transported them to the Far East as cannon fodder, and the situation of the Polish prisoners of war who came with them was much worse. Now, in a legal sense, they are contract slaves of the government of the East Coast Republic of China. Everyone has to work in state-owned plantations, coal mines, docks, logging farms and other places on New China Island for five years to obtain a free citizenship. This undoubtedly means their extremely high mortality rate. But what about this? The East Coast Republic bought them back from the Crimean Tatars not to be the ones who were offered by the old man, but to work! Whether it was digging coal, logging, farming, or working hard labor, or going deep into the rainforest to open up territory and attacking the barbarians, they would not be idle.

If you want to be free, you can! Work hard for five years first! Five years later, you can settle down on New China Island, and then use the severance payments given to you by your hair to purchase land, houses and livestock. If you still have any extra money, you can also marry a wife. The future is bright, but you must first survive the hellish five years in a dangerous environment full of mosquitoes, diseases and barbarian attacks! To be honest, this step has actually wiped out many people. It is conceivable that few of these more than 1,500 Polish prisoners of war may still be alive in five years - in fact, it would be good to have three or five hundred.

At the end of November 1649, more than 1,500 new Polish prisoners of war were "escorted" by militias on the east coast. Five hundred of them went to Tacheng Coal Mine, and five hundred went to the sisal and coffee plantations in Guihua Port. In the end, the remaining people were all sent to the cotton plantations in Mianhe Port. From now on to the next five years, they will use their own hands to create benefits for the people on the east coast. The so-called king's front is the same. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!

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