The sea breeze at the end of October was cool and pleasant, and strong southeasterly winds and currents made it smooth sailing for ships returning to Europe from the East Indies. In the sea southeast of Port Oriente, the Portuguese ships "Algarve Merchant" and "Moluccas" are slowly approaching. At this time, the frigate gunboat "Red Trout", which was patrolling the sea, quickly met it under the command of acting captain Guo Zili, and after some negotiations, it was learned that these were two Portuguese ships carrying immigrants from Macao.

When Li Wei, director of the Port Authority of the Oriental Port, heard the news, he immediately jumped up, signed the entry documents with a few brushstrokes, and then hurried to the dock, waiting with excitement for the Portuguese ship to dock.

The stone breakwater of the port of Vostochny is wide and deep, and the stone breakwater built with huge manpower and material resources to keep the rough waves of the South Atlantic Ocean out of the embankment, making the embankment a peaceful haven. Four cement trestle bridges in the harbor are directly plunged into the sea for nearly 50 meters, and there are many excellent deep-water berths. Two Portuguese ships slowly approached the port under the command of the port authority pilots and docked at the pier.

Captain Eduardo Paolo de Assunção stepped from the gangplank onto the sturdy reinforced concrete trestle, and only one three-masted galleon was moored in the empty harbor. The small and medium-sized sailing ship with the red double-sword goshawk flag seemed to be a frigate, and Captain Assunsan paid attention to it, and there were 20 cannons installed on this ship.

"Crazy Tatars!" From the point of view of Captain Asonsan, this frigate with a displacement of two or three hundred tons at most is very good if it is equipped with 14-16 8-18-pounder guns. Thinking of this, Captain Asunsang couldn't help but shake his head.

But he didn't dare to underestimate these Tatars, and the beautiful, sturdy artificial harbor in front of him had earned his respect. The hardware facilities of this seaport are first-class even in Europe at this time, not to mention the dense and terrifying long-barreled heavy artillery that is scattered around the port. While resupplying the port of Goa, the Governor of Goa had vaguely mentioned to him that the Brazilian colonies were now looking for these Tatars, and warned him that he must be very careful in his relations with the Tatars, and try to avoid undue conflicts with them.

The wind was very strong on the sea, and Captain Assunção tidied up his appearance a little, and then walked to the shore of the quay, surrounded by the first and second officers, while the captain of the "Moluccas", Mr. João de Carvalho, remained on board to take precautions. The ground of the dock was still flat and sturdy, and some natives in shabby linen clothes skillfully used the pulley set boom and prepared to start loading and unloading the cargo, but the two ships might be about to disappoint them. Because these are two migrant ships, Captain Assunsang was eager to fill every corner with migrants when he set off from Macau. As for the goods, there may be some, but very few. For apart from the spices, tea, porcelain and silk, what other goods could be compared to the 8 kruza (old Portuguese currency, about 400 yuan) of the Macau-Tartan port population transshipment business for one person?

After receiving news from Brazil at the end of last year, Captain Assunção and Captain Carvalho began to work separately.

Captain Assunan's work did not go well at first, and those Ming people who came into contact with him were basically unwilling to emigrate, and even if they were, they were only willing to go to Malacca, Luzon and other places, which made Captain Assunsang very troubled. After sweeping away the Ming beggars roaming the city, Captain Assunsang had to turn to the pirate Liu Xiang in the Cantonese seas.

Liu Xiang's situation this year is a bit bad, and after his defeat to Cheng Chi Lung, he doesn't mind working with the Portuguese in Macau, who has close ties to the Dutch. So, at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, Liu Xiang gathered some people, adhering to the tradition of rabbits not eating grass by the nest, risked rushing into the coastal areas of Zhejiang, went ashore and plundered and then fled in a hurry. After returning to Guangdong, Liu Xiang threw the captured hundreds of people to the Portuguese, in exchange for some gold, silver and weapons.

Captain Assunsang did not dare to stop in Macao, and he brought the people captured by Liu Xiang to Malacca. At the same time, Captain Carvalho also rushed over from Japan. This guy was even more excessive, he initially searched for Chinese exiles in Nanyang, but the number was not large, and almost no one was willing to go with him to any "America", which made him have to forcibly take people into exile. Despite this, the population was still pitiful, and the last unscrupulous guy simply went to Japan and managed to get a group of Japanese immigrants to come over to fill the numbers. In his opinion, these Orientals look alike anyway.

Captain Assunsang and others were delayed in Malacca for another two or three weeks, during which time they made a selection of immigrants. Those who are too old to have it, those who are disabled cannot have it, those who are sick cannot have it, and those who are weak cannot have it, and at the same time, with reference to the original requirements of the crossing public, try to keep the integrity of the family as much as possible, and after such a selection, there are more than 800 immigrants left. So, at the beginning of spring, the two ships left Malacca and followed the northeast monsoon of the Indian Ocean, passing through Goa, Sofala, and then directly to the port of Vostochny.

Including the time spent waiting for the monsoon, dodging storms and recuperating in the middle of the journey, and the fact that it was the first time to take this route, the entire voyage took seven months, almost longer than the return to mainland Europe from the Moluccas. The death rate of migrants reached 30% during the entire voyage, and a total of 605 migrants were still alive on board when they arrived at Vostochny Port.

To tell the truth, Captain Assunsang and others have a conscience in transporting this group of immigrants. The Algarve Merchant, which carries 550 tonnes, and the Moluca carries 500 tonnes, can stuff you with a thousand or two thousand men if they follow the rhythm of their Portuguese counterparts.

Now it's all paying off. There seemed to be a Tatar official on the dock approaching, and Captain Asunsang took a deep breath and greeted him. After a brief confirmation in Spanish, the Tatar official looked absentmindedly at the ships on the dock, much to the displeasure of Captain Assunsan, who was ready to get acquainted with each other. However, he quickly adjusted his mood, as long as they kept their promise to pay their 4,840 cruzados in full, what did he get for some slight neglect? Then, fulfill the wishes of these Tatar owners and let them see their "goods" as soon as possible.

Soon, the first unkempt immigrants stepped onto the cement trestle with the assistance of dock workers. The fresh sea breeze on the pier lifted him from the foul air of the cabin, but his face still looked a little dull, and he didn't even know what to do when he stood on the pier. Two workers from the Charuya Quarantine Bureau were familiar with the road, and one of them picked up the person and went to the isolation room on the side of the pier. Bathing, disinfection, isolation, they have done this process many times, and they are already familiar with it.

To be honest, Levi was a little disappointed at the moment. The immigrants from the Celestial Empire's ceremonial state, who had originally made up his brain, turned out to be such a down-and-out beggar, looking even more shabby than those European immigrants when they first arrived, which really disappointed him, and he couldn't even see the faces of these people clearly. Alas, it seems that the Ming Dynasty had natural and man-made disasters, and the common people were really miserable, he thought secretly. In this way, Levi was not in the mood to continue watching, so he simply brought a group of idle dock laborers to help, so that these "hometown people" who had been tortured for more than half a year hurriedly went ashore.

When the migrants entered the quarantine area, the health department divided them into two groups, which caused some small commotion among the migrants, but the commotion quickly disappeared under the fierce eyes of the police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After all, it's not life and death, it's just that men and women are divided into two groups to take a bath and disinfect, and the immigrants can't fight with these fierce soldiers.

Large public bathhouses were built in the quarantine area that could accommodate thousands of people at the same time, and each person was given a simple soap made of plant ash and animal fat, and they were required to wash everything on their bodies. Since the quarantine bureau does not force them to shave their hair, they have to wash their hair cleanly. After each person has taken a shower and passed the inspection, the staff will send them a set of machine-made cotton clothes, and then they will be gathered and led to eat in the public canteen opposite.

In addition to the staple potato, everyone can also get a salted fish, a bowl of fish soup, a soybean roast beef, and a small amount of vegetables. These immigrants spent more than half a year on the ship, eating crude food such as maggot bread, and their bodies were already relatively weak. However, people who can survive long-distance voyages at sea are generally not too bad, and according to the past experience of the Health Bureau, after nutritional supplementation during this quarantine period, these people can basically recover quickly.

At this time, many people who got off work or were not on duty ran to the dock to see the strangeness. These Ming Dynasty immigrants who were onlookers numbly followed the workers of the Health Bureau forward, and they didn't bother to pay attention to the people around them who were judging their tastes, and just walked forward. This made everyone look very bored, and it dissipated after a while.

However, the news of the arrival of immigrants in the Ming Dynasty still began to spread rapidly in the county, and almost all the people who were still in the county knew the news as soon as possible. No matter what these Ming Dynasty people think of the traversal people in the future, at least at this moment, the traversers regard them as their own kind.

Of course, it's just racial and blood kinds. As for the culture, values, and way of life, they are not much different from the European immigrants who have been transforming the Travelers, and they all need to be inculcated and transformed slowly.

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