Just when the traversers were conducting a pilot project in Wangjiazhai, Qin Zheng and Wang Yunpeng took a platoon of troops to Yindao by boat to inspect the salt industry here. He was accompanied by the radar long-range Shishuo of the Kunming ship. In the old time and space, he served in the North Sea Fleet as a radar technician for eight months, and went to Yin Island.

It turned out that the South China Sea Fleet was the first Chinese Navy to assemble Type 052D missile destroyers in the old time and space, and the North Sea Fleet was the last of the three fleets to assemble this type of warship, so in order to help the North Sea Fleet's Type 052D missile destroyers form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, a group of technical personnel were transferred from the South China Sea Fleet to the North Sea Fleet for technical support, and Cheng Shishuo was one of them.

The station of the North Sea Fleet is Qingdao, Cheng Shishuo is more familiar with the area around Qingdao, and has twice visited the Hanjia Folk Village in Hongdao, and has passed through the waters around Hongdao by warship many times, so this time the Kunming ship returned to Tianjin to station, but Cheng Shishuo was left as a staff officer of the Qingdao Command.

Red Island is also the Yin Island in this time and space. In the 60s of the 20th century, when the mountains and rivers of the country were red, the local people changed Yin Island to Red Island in order to express the revolutionary spirit, and it has been used until the time of the crossing.

In the old time and space, Hongdao has been connected with the mainland and has become a peninsula in Jiaozhou Bay, but in this time and space, Yin Island is still an independent island in the sea, connected to the land, and it will take more than ten years.

The group took a 318 boat from the trestle wharf of Qingdao Bay in the early morning, sailed into Jiaozhou Bay, and after more than an hour of sailing, arrived near Langjun Port in Yin Island.

Langjun Port is located in the northeast of Yin Island and is the largest port in Yin Island. "Lang Jun" here is not a woman's name for her husband, but refers to the Yan Huang era Dongyi tribe leader Lang Jun, according to historical research: the world's fishery originated in China, and China's fishery originated from the Dongyi tribe, it is said that the leader of the Lang Jun clan to build nets and go out to sea to fish, so Lang Jun was respected as the "fishing ancestor" by later generations.

Yindao is a typical marine civilization society, has always been to fishing, salt industry as the economic pillar, so the fishing ancestor Lang Jun, Yanzong Shusha, all have temples on Yin Island, it can be seen that since ancient times fishing and salt are not separated.

Qin Zheng, Wang Yunpeng, and Cheng Shishuo stood on the boat, looking at the undulating and gentle land contour on the distant coastline, but the island was verdant and green, and the trees were dotted with village houses, reflecting the blue sea and blue sky, and the scenery was indeed pleasant. In Langjun Harbor, there are many sails and sails, and seagulls fly over in the air, making bursts of crisp chirping from time to time. In the distance, you can see the villages, shops and towers on the shore, as well as the crowds of people coming and going

Qin Zheng paid attention to the observation that the fishing boats were large and small, the largest was a two-masted boat, with a height of three or four meters, estimated to be more than 100 tons, and there were also small fishing boats that did not even have sails and were only powered by oars, but all of them were wooden boats. Although it is now the fishing season, the people on the boat are still busy, mending nets, repairing boats, sailing, changing masts and so on.

Cheng Shishuo took his mobile phone and said while taking pictures: "This scenery is much better than when I came, this is the original ancient scenery, unlike the Hanjia Folk Village I visited, which are all antique buildings of modern construction." ”

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "This is Hanjia Village." ”

Cheng Shishuo said: "Yes, Hanjia Village is an old resident of Yin Island, which is considered a big family, and in the old time and space, the residents in the northeast of Hongdao are mostly surnamed Han. Ju said that the ancestors of Hanjia Village in Yindao were the descendants of Han Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, and now it has been passed down to about 16 or 7 generations, and most of them make a living from salt making. ”

Wang Yunpeng said: "That's great, this trip we are going to inspect the salt industry in Yin Island." ”

Everyone was talking at the bow of the ship, and at this time, the 318 boat also sailed into the harbor and anchored about 100 meters from the shore, which naturally became the focus of attention of other wooden ships. However, when they saw the twin 14.5mm machine guns in the bow of the boat, they all honestly took their eyes back.

Qin Zheng and the others boarded the motorboat and sailed to the shore, and the accompanying platoon of soldiers also took turns to take the motorboat to land, at this time, more than a dozen people came over, looking nervous, holding knives and guns in their hands, and three or four of them were holding rifles against them, but looking at the appearance of this rifle, it should be a single-shot rifle. However, the accompanying People's Army did not dare to be careless, and more than a dozen soldiers also raised their rifles in their hands, and platoon commander Li Zhen said loudly: "Stop, don't move forward." ”

At this time, Qin Zheng said: "Put down the guns, we don't want to come to war." Then he said to the group: "Folks, don't get me wrong, we are the People's Army, go to Yin Island to take a look, you don't need to use a knife and a gun like this." ”

When the group heard this, they were also shocked, because the Qing court signed the [Sino-German Jiaoao Concession Treaty] with Germany, and Yindao was included in the German concession area, and not long ago, someone came back from Qingdao and informed the residents of the island that the German army in Qingdao had been defeated by an army calling itself the People's Army, and this People's Army was formed by a group of overseas Chinese, and it is said that this group of overseas Chinese not only defeated the German army, but also before that, they also defeated the British army in Weiweihai, and the Eight-Nation Alliance Army that captured Tianjin.

This news surprised and delighted the residents of the island, because Yin Island was included in the German concession area, and the islanders were naturally unwilling, and now the German army was defeated by others, and the islanders were naturally happy, but who were the overseas Chinese who defeated the German army, and what they would do with Yin Island, no one had to know, so this also made the islanders very worried.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a gray robe jumped out, first beckoning everyone to put down the weapons in their hands, on the one hand, the other party has already put down the weapon, and he is still so tense, of course, it is not suitable, on the other hand, the other party is a heavily armed army, and there are only 3 or 4 rifles on his side, and he must obviously suffer a loss in the fight. Then he arched his hand to everyone and said, "In Han Gaocheng, Xiahanjia Village, I don't know what the military masters call me, what are you doing when you come to Yin Island?"

Li Zhendao: "This is our Qin political commissar, who came to Yindao to inspect and investigate, and now the German army has been defeated by us, and now all the German concession areas have been taken over by our People's Army, so now Yindao is also under our jurisdiction." ”

Han Gaocheng looked like a person in charge of a small business on the dock, and he also had some knowledge, to know some things about the People's Army, to hear that the top official of this group of People's Army was the "political commissar", this time he actually came to Yin Island to inspect and investigate. But I don't know what to call it.

Originally, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, civilians or lower-level officials called officials higher than themselves, and generally did not directly call their official positions, and the vast majority of official positions had another honorific title, such as the military minister honorific title Zhongtang, the governor honorific title of the ministry or system, the governor honorific title Futai, the admiral honorific title of the military gate, the honorific title of the political secretary, and even the honorific title of the magistrate or the lord. However, if the person who came was a soldier, then according to the honorific title of the soldier, it is estimated that the "political commissar" should also be a military position such as commander and chief soldier, so he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "The villain has seen Qin Junmen." When the others saw it, they all put down their knives and guns, knelt down and kowtowed to Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng smiled, didn't correct it, pulled Han Gaocheng up, and said, "Don't kneel, get up, everyone get up." ”

After Han Gaocheng got up, he said, "Please go to the military gate to sit in the outpost for a while, and the villain will call the security chief to come to see the military gate." ”

Qin Zheng said: "I'm not busy, is there a salt field here?"

Han Gaocheng hurriedly said: "Just behind the market, there is a salt farm. ”

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Take us to the salt field to have a look, and call the chief directly to the salt field." ”

Han Gaocheng didn't dare to disobey, and said, "Yes, please come with the villain." ”

The group followed Han Gaocheng through the market. Qin Zheng and Wang Yunpeng are attentive to observe, the total length of the market is about 200 meters, both sides are full of shops, the basic products sold are seafood, there are live fish, live shrimp, clams, turtles, shell fans, kelp, there are also dried goods, as well as pearls, shells, corals, starfish and other items, in addition there are a small amount of daily necessities such as firewood, rice, rape cloth, and even two butcher shops, it is very rich, and there are a lot of people, it can be seen that it is quite prosperous and lively.

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "The bazaar is so lively. ”

Han Gaocheng said: "There are not two months to celebrate the New Year, every household always has to buy something, and merchants from all over the country also have to prepare New Year's goods, the most lively in the year is this two months, and the market will be deserted in another month, everything that should be bought has been bought, and the merchants will not come again until after the beginning of spring."

Qin Zheng nodded again and said, "How much tax can a merchant ship receive when it comes to Hong Kong every year." ”

Han Gaocheng was stunned for a moment and said, "This villain doesn't know, so you have to ask the tax department." ”

Qin Zheng listened, so he didn't ask any more, and after the group passed through the market, they turned two more corners before they came to the salt factory. I saw that the salt factory covers an extremely wide area, there are dozens of acres, there are more than ten rows of reed fences on one side, under the reed fence are rows of stone stoves, each row has about more than ten stoves, but at this time at least more than half of the stoves are vacant, and only less than half of the stoves are still working.

In the middle of the two rows of stoves, there is a long stone sink, in front of each stove, a long bamboo tube sticks out, plugged with cork, as long as the cork is pulled, the water in the sink is from the bamboo tube into the large iron pot, boiled into salt. At the end of the trough, there is a large square stone pool, the edge is much higher than the sink, nearly two meters high, with a layer of wooden frames on both sides, and a door beam is erected in the sky, and a winch rope is installed, at this time someone is using the winch to pull up a bucket of water and pour it into the trough.

Someone came to the sink to take a closer look, and saw that there was an outlet in the pool connected to the sink. At the bottom of the surface of the pool, there is a layer of wooden strips, and I don't know what it is, it seems to have a layer of straw, but the straw is also covered with a layer of dark gray substance, through which the water seeps into the pool, and then flows into the tank, and then flows into the iron pot through the tank.