Chapter 363: Preparations for Evacuation
While the French were preparing for retaliation, the Nanyang Army was also seizing the time to prepare for the evacuation in all aspects. Silver dollars and commodities seized and confiscated from coastal areas such as Taiping Province and Hai Phong City were continuously transported back to the base camp in Quang Ninh Province.
Chinese and Annam women from Lang Son, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and other inland provinces were escorted by the soldiers of the Nanyang Legion and slowly marched towards Quang Ninh Province.
The evacuation operation was carried out in an orderly manner, in the provinces controlled by the Nanyang Army, such as Hanoi and Bac Giang, as well as other areas of Beisaka under the temporary control of the Annam government, the intelligence officers who were ordered to hide among the ordinary people of Annam, spread the news that the French were about to launch a full-scale attack, and that the situation in the Beisaka area was in crisis, and that once the French occupied their homes, those black indigenous soldiers who smelled foul and carried the virus would go door to door to open the doors of the people in the occupied areas and abuse the wives and daughters of ordinary people. Spread the virus to them.
If there are no female relatives in the family, the black natives who have escaped from the primeval forest, because their physical needs are not met, will vent their anger and resentment on the men, stab them with knives and guns for fun, or beat them violently, and rob the people of all their property and livestock.
The rumors spread more and more widely in the Beisaka area, and gradually evolved into various versions, and under the propaganda fueled by the Nanyang Legion and the confirmation of the past atrocities of the French colonial army, many Vietnamese people believed the truth of the rumors, and took action to find a way to avoid the harm of the French colonial army. Ferry tickets for South Seas such as Songkhla.
In addition to women of appropriate age who can directly obtain immigration status, ordinary non-Chinese men, only a part of the people who have a deep degree of sinicization, can proficiently complete daily communication in Chinese, and are helpful to local construction, can get the opportunity to enter South America. As for the ordinary people of Annam, if they want to escape the brutal rule of the Annam government and the French, they can only accept the temporary shelter of the Nanyang Army and take a boat down to the Nanyang.
Chinese immigrants from the mainland and the Nanyang region give priority to the supply of local manpower needs, so although the Nanyang region has the advantage of being close to the mainland and having a shorter immigration distance, the number of Chinese people in the Nanyang area has not increased rapidly in recent years.
The Han side operated earlier in Songkhla and Natuna Islands, and the number of local Chinese was enough to maintain the needs of local rule, and there was no need to import Annam immigrants to fill the labor gap, but Lanfang Company was the latest to be included in the Han sphere of influence, and the number of local Chinese was relatively insufficient, and at the same time, it faced the colonial threat of the Dutch. Dealing with the Dutch threat is the most appropriate option for the current situation in the South Seas.
In addition, from the perspective of shaping the image of the Han Kingdom in the Kitasaka region and stabilizing the Nanyang Legion's recent control over the Hokusaka provinces, 500,000 or 600,000 Annam women married into South America, and their relatives left in the Annam area are as many as millions.
Based on the above two considerations, while considering the evacuation arrangement, the Nanyang Legion also sought a way back for the Annam gentry officials who had been serving the Nanyang Legion for more than ten years, as well as the Annan people who were implicated in the Han State because of their marriage.
Lan Fang, Songkhla, and some Nanyang regions where the Huapot forces have deep control can accommodate the import of about 200,000 to 300,000 Annam immigrants, and any more of them will weaken the control of the Chinese forces in the Nanyang region. In the northern part of Annam, although there are millions of Annan people who have deep or shallow ties with the Nanyang Army, only about 10% of them are willing to leave their hometowns and abandon their ancestral industries to leave Annam. Therefore, the Han side does not have to worry, because there are too many immigrants in Annam and cannot be properly resettled.
In the provincial capital of Hanoi, Chen Youdu, who was temporarily appointed as the magistrate of Hanoi by Mai Dong Xing, is urging his subordinates to hurry up and pack up their things.
"Master, do you want to move the mahogany chairs in the hall, as well as the plaque at the gate and the palanquin presented by the yellow horse......
The butler babbled inquiringly.
"No, all the things that don't matter are left in the house, the French reconnaissance troops have broken through along the Red River to the outskirts of Tokyo (Hanoi) several times, seeing that the Nanyang Army is going to fight with the French, where is there so much time to take care of those idle items, and order the people in the house, except for the gold and silver fine soft and the two pack horses rewarded by Lord Mei, the other things will be left in the house for the time being, leaving seven or eight servants to watch in the house, and the housekeeper will choose a few more shrewd and loyal subordinates, follow the migration team of Hanoi City, and transfer to Quang Ninh Province."
"Hey, according to the master's orders, the small ones will go down and arrange them."
The butler bent down and saluted, and was about to get up to leave, as if he remembered something important, stopped, with a smile on his face, and said flatteringly, "Can I ask you something?" ”
"If there is something to say, the master is still in a hurry to meet with Master Mei, and I don't have time to listen to your nagging."
"Yes, yes, villain to make a long story short."
The housekeeper nodded and said, "Ninh Binh Province was hit by a military disaster, and when the villain's younger brother fled in the countryside, the house was destroyed, and now there is nowhere to go, so I have to ask the villain, and I want the villain to help ask the lord to see if there is a quota for immigration to South America?" ”
"Hehe, the number of places to immigrate to South America is limited, sir, I have been working faithfully for the Nanyang Legion for more than ten years, and I finally got permission to take my family to immigrate to South America, what's the matter? Your brother is an ordinary person, and his merits can catch up with my lord? ”
"The little one doesn't dare, the little brother may have been deceived by the rumors outside, and he doesn't understand the truth, so he will think about something out of tune."
"Hmph, there is chaos outside, if you want to immigrate to South America, you also have to see your identity, don't listen to a few nonsense words from others, you can't tell the difference between east and west, north and south."
Chen Youdu snorted coldly, and said, "Master, for the sake of your loyalty, I don't care about you, but in the future, you can't bother me with these trivial matters, otherwise you will make the master unhappy, don't talk about your brother, it's your family, can you leave Annan, or not." ”
"Yes, yes, the villain understands."
"Okay, don't stand here, hurry up and tell your subordinates to work, your brother's matter, I will talk to a few adults of the Nanyang Legion, and give out a few more tickets to the sea, so that your brother's family can settle down in Lanfang, which is not much worse than going to South America."
"Thank you for your grace, the villain thanked the master for his great kindness for his brother's family." …………